AN: I tried to search for my Incredibles copy on my bro's laptop but I can't seem to find it.. I swear we had a copy because I watched it weeks ago... Now it's just... gone. I want to watch it again to give me more muse but... ugh.. Btw, here's another chapter for my dear readers!

I wanna heal, I wanna feel what I thought was never real
I wanna let go of the pain I've felt so long
(Erase all the pain till it's gone)
I wanna heal, I wanna feel like I'm close to something real
I wanna find something I've wanted all along
Somewhere I belong

- Somewhere I belong, Linkin Park

Helen stared at Violet as she packed her backpack. It's time to go now. The next time she'll be back home will probably summer. Probably because if Violet managed to summer work, she'll have to stay at Lawton. She looked very mature. Violet could hear her mother's footsteps. She turned to look at her.
"You almost forgot this. Your Dad said he wanted you to have this." she said, handing her an envelope. Violet opened it and she was slightly shocked.
"Your Dad was worried you might get broke." Helen said, smiling warmly at her.
"But.. Mom.." Violet stammered. "I can't... this is too much."
"You're our daughter. Nothing's ever too much." she said and hugged her tight. Helen buried her face in her daughter's hair. It smelled like flowers. It was so soft.
"Thanks, Mom." that was the only thing Violet could say.

Dash looked at his sister as she went inside the taxi cab. She's leaving... again. he thought to himself. Violet turned to look at her brother who stood there like a statue. She waved her hand. "Bye... Dash." she said in almost a whisper tone. The taxi moved and she watched as her family waved goodbye to her. It somehow hurt her. Violet finally looked ahead and watched as the taxi brings her back to Lawton.

Buddy watched as the cars pass by on the streets. It was a busy day in this part of the city. Violet and he agreed that he would meet her there. They wanted to go on a date before school comes back. He nervously played with the lighter in his hand. He quit smoking a year ago. He promised his mother, he would. And in order to stop himself from this habit, he usually holds a lighter. He was wearing a leather jacket and a navy blue shirt.
Blue orbs observed the crowd. He remembered the last time he'd been on the streets like this. The last time he'd been in a crowd. It was five years ago. Italy. He was with Mirage. He was wearing a black sleek coat and a bow tie, while Mirage was wearing her dark blue dress. He was in love with her. But he was too focused on bad things that he forgot what mattered most.

"Buddy!"

The voice that called him somehow grabbed him from his thoughts. There she stood, waving her hand. Violet. Her hair was tied up, but her left eye was still covered by her side bangs. She was wearing a maroon jacket. Buddy smirked and made his way towards her. The moment they were close to each other, Violet jumped towards Buddy. Her arms were wrapped around him tightly while Buddy buried his face in her shoulder.
"Miss you." he said.
"Miss you too." she replied. Buddy cupped Violet's cheeks, and she giggled slightly upon seeing his face. "Let's go." he said, they were holding each other's hands as they walked off.

NSA was a mess. The agents were trying to figure out who cracked the system and stole the files. Director Towns was staring blankly at the logo in his computer screen. It's a huge silver and red winged logo with MS in it. Another villain. he thought. His index finger traced his lips. Nobody in the agency knew where the interruption came from and the last thing they knew was one fourth of their files were gone. Rick stood in the door way of his office. He looked very upset. Who wouldn't be? They have never been in a lockdown like this before.
"I know what that stare means, Rick." Towns said. "It's not one from my Reform Program. I have evaluated it."
Rick slowly nodded and Towns could even hear the low "Okay" from his mouth.
"Whoever this is, he or she just got whatever he or she wanted." Towns grumbled.
"Director Towns." A young agent interrupted. He looked at Rick and was surprised, as if he saw a ghost.
"Agent Dicker." He greeted.
"What is it?" Towns asked, raising his eyebrow.
"I found out that some of the files that were taken were about Project Kronos." He blurted out. Rick's eyes turned to Towns.
"Contact, Pine." He said before standing up.

Metroville was silent that night. Only the horns of the cars and the sound of the metro train can be heard from the Cortes' apartment. Peter Cortes, the family's head, was sound asleep in his room together with his wife. Ally, their daughter, was wide awake. She jumped out of her bed and walked towards the hallway of their apartment. She was headed to the fire escape because she heard a noise. Ally stared blankly at the hallway before a glowing light hit her eye. She shielded her eyes and stared at the person. She didn't let out a scream or anything but simply stared at the person. But as soon as her eyes noticed the mysterious gun he was holding, Ally let out a loud scream. A loud scream that managed to break the glasses of the whole building. Peter, hearing his daughter, jolted awake. But her scream was cut off and when Peter ran towards where he thought Ally would be… she's gone.

"Last night, another kidnap was reported by the Metro-"
Helen stared at the screen with a heavy feeling. Dash and Jack-Jack was in the kitchen, eating cookies. She stared at them, fear crept up in her skin. That kid was a Supers' child. She thought as she bit her lips.

Buddy came to the NSA office. It felt different, walking towards this place the second time. He was directed to Towns' office. He noticed the rush and the panic at the office. Agents running to and fro, papers were scattered everywhere and as far as he observed, high ranking officials were there.

"I know, sir." Director Towns said. "Yes, thankfully The Nest wasn't affected. Yes." Buddy knocked on his door, eventhough it was open, to catch his attention.
Director Towns pointed at the seat infront of him.
"So… Why did the director called for me?" he asked, nervously rubbing his hands.
Towns stared at Buddy, like he was going to put a hole in his head. Buddy swallowed hard. As far as he remembered, he didn't do anything bad… he hoped.

"Last night, this office was hijacked and our files were taken. The criminal didn't left anything behind except for this." He flipped his laptop to show Buddy the logo that appeared in all of their computer units. "Anything familiar with it, Pine?"
Buddy stared at the logo. It's the first time he had seen it. He knew every villain in this side of the world and none of them bore that kind of logo.
"Nope, Director." He replied.
"Are you sure?"
"Why are you asking me this?" he asked, curious as to where this conversation is going.
"Because the files that were taken… Most of them is about Project Kronos. Your project." He said.
Suddenly everything stopped and Buddy had that feeling. That chilling feeling. He couldn't say a word. Not even move a finger. It was as if Director Towns electrocuted him.
"I… It… I don't know." He replied. "Director, I know what you're thinking. But… it's not me, I swear. Why would I do that?! And if I really did that, I wouldn't be here right now!"
Director Towns sighed and nodded. He was right.
Buddy was angry… his fist clenched. He had every right to be angry. His life work is Project Kronos. And he wanted to keep it safe that's why he gave it to NSA. But now, a new villain stole it. He knows that sooner or later his status would be in jeopardy.
"Also… there had been kidnapping of super children. Municiberg, Metroville, Jersey, San Fransjose and many more." He said. "The Nest is trying to figure out who's doing this. It's a national breakdown."
Buddy gulped and stared at Towns. "I believe in you, Pine." He said. "You may go now."
He stood up and slowly walked towards the door but halted. "Director." He cleared his throat.
"Yes?"
"If there's anything I can help you with… to catch this megalomaniac. I will do my part." Buddy said, blue eyes fired with anger.
"Okay." Towns replied.

Violet noticed the sudden change in Buddy's behavior. He seemed to be very tensed. Always nervous.
"Buddy?" she called. Buddy was surprised to see her on his doorstep.
"Anything wrong, babe?" he asked, putting the laptop to his bed.
"No… But is there anything wrong?" she asked. "You seemed to be preoccupied."
Buddy ran a hand through his hair and was deciding whether to tell her or not. Heck. It's Violet. He needs to be honest to her.
"Remember Project Kronos?" he said.
"Yeah. What about it?" she asked.
"When I agreed about the Reform Program, I gave NSA the files about it. Everything." He sighed and shook his head. "Last night, a culprit hacked the NSA's office and took those files. Even NSA is suspecting it was me."
Violet's eyes widened. Her fingers gripped Buddy's arms lightly, comforting him. "Didn't they have any trace?"
"Nothing. He's… sad to say, great." Buddy said. "He managed to get in, in a blink, and get out of the system without any bread crumbs. But he did leave an ensign. A winged logo of MS. That's all."
Violet cleared her throat. "It's a new villain?"
"Yeah, babe. New and copy-cat." He said.
"What's in those files, Buddy?" she asked.
"Records. My studies about supers." He said. Buddy rubbed his face with the palm of his hand, trying to calm himself.
"NSA will find him. Soon enough, he'd be in a cell." Violet assured him.
"I hope so. But even NSA is having a hard time tracing him."
"Don't worry, baby." Violet said. "Don't you worry."

Few days later.
Violet's class was over and she's dropped by the supermarket to buy some stuff for the decorations. She was too focused on her grocery bag when she stepped on something. "I know this." She whispered to herself as she stared up to the apartment. But she also heard a faint cry from Mrs. Trevor's house.
She immediately ran inside and looked for her.
"Mrs. Trevor!" she called. The older woman was on the floor with her husband. She was shaking in fear.
"Violet, thank goodness you're alright!" Mr. Trevor said.
"What happened?" she asked, helping Mrs. Trevor up to her chair.
"A woman and two men went inside the house. Buddy told us not to come out and stay inside the room. Thankfully, they didn't found us. But Buddy had to deal with them upstairs." Mrs. Trevor cried.
"I'm going to the apartment. Call the police, Mr. Trevor." She said. Violet's heart was beating faster and faster each step she took to the apartment. When she opened the door, the whole place was a mess. The walls had holes in it and the door to Buddy's room was destroyed.
"Buddy!" she called. But there was no answer. She hurried to his room but he wasn't there. Please. Where are you? She thought. Tears started to well up to her eyes. No, Violet Parr. You will not cry. Get a hold of yourself.
She walked around to see if she can find anything, but the whole place was empty. Then she heard a loud beep from Buddy's closet. She opened and saw something that looks like a tablet , hidden under his clothes.
"Identity scan. Violet Parr."
There was a video. It was Buddy. And Violet could hear the noise outside his room. Banging. Crashing.
"Violet. If you ever see this video it means that they got me. Help Mr. and Mrs. Trevor. And don't stay in the apartment. I repeat don't stay here. Tell NSA what happened to me and don't come looking for me… Okay? I love you, Violet. I lo-" the video was cut off. Violet gripped on the tablet tight.
"Hello, Ms. Parr." Violet almost jumped at the mention of her name.
"I am METIS. Sir instructed me to keep you safe and accompany you." She said.
"Sir? You mean Buddy?"
"Yes. He made sure I had contact with you. I had run my system on your bracelet incase you need to contact me. I also contact Alfred Robbins about what happened here. I also suggest we bring the Trevor couple to their daughter at Oregon."
"Thanks, Metis. I'll keep in contact with you."
"Violet! Violet!" Alfred came rushing in and saw her standing in the mess. "Buddy? Is he-"
"They took him, Al. I was too late." She said.
"We have to move now."