Author's Opening Note: Welcome back everyone. I hope you all had a Happy Thanksgiving. This update missed my personal deadline by a few days thanks to holiday matters like shopping and whatnot. I also made a little addition to the foam ball scene in the last chapter. Once again, please point out any flaws I made ASAP so I can fix them.
Review Responses
Shadow: Yeah, I thought as much. When I was younger, I didn't get that, but now that I think about it, even with super-strength, you can't break free of all those foam balls without proper leverage. It's be like trying to walk while having a bunch of soccer balls attached to you.
EmeraldStirling: I heard that fun fact. Nice narrative. And you're absolutely right, Watts would make an awesome Dr. Robotnik/Eggman. I might even cast him as such in my one-shot fic.
Lunar-Knight-316: Excellent point. I figured as much later one after first watching that scene. As you said, all that strength won't do you any good if you can't move properly.
I'm not Death: I couldn't have said it better myself. Hands down the darkest Disney villain ever created.
THEOWLPALADIN: Thanks for the feedback. And I saw Transformers One. Great flick. It's very possible I'll write a one-shot adaptation.
Bear: Great casting ideas, especially for Jaune and Qrow. You're absolutely right about them being so similar to Logan. I'll keep your suggestions in mind if I ever adapt the film.
Yawar: I strongly disagree with people who consider Syndrome a tragic villain. Even as a kid, he was entitled, arrogant, and reckless, just like a narcissist. He was just born bad.
Firestar001: That's a good point.
pandawok301: Oh, absolutely. And she's not the only one.
Eternal Drakness of Light: Hmmm. Interesting idea. I'll see if I can find the films name and get back to you.
Blackwing8: No sweat. We all like to ramble from time to time. You bring up great points, especially how even children aren't safe from ruthless henchmen in movies like this.
Guest Nov 22nd: Great idea! I love "Platoon". It's my favorite Vietnam War/Oliver Stone film. It might be tricky, but I could probably write a one-shot adaptation.
Ushio: That's an excellent point. I'll bet even a Hercules beetle would be unable to free itself if enough sap covered it.
GojiraFan455516: Thank you so much. It was a tough scene to write, but it had to be done.
Blade Warrior: I did some research on the matter, and your absolutely right. Without any leverage, even Mr. Incredible can't work himself free from so many foam balls covering him.
Luffy L Deathwalker: Originally, I was going to cast a middle-aged Coco to play Edna, but I changed my mind because Maria's short stature made her a better choice to me.
Inspiration: The Incredibles
Disclaimer: The following is a non-profit story for entertainment purposes only. "RWBY" is the property of director and animator Monty Oum (RIP) and production company Rooster Teeth, and "The Incredibles is the property of director Brad Bird, production companies Pixar Animation Studios and Walt Disney Animation Studios, and distributed by Buena Vista Pictures Distribution.
Open to a devastated Kali sobbing with a tissue in her hand.
"Oh, I am such an idiot! I let this happen, you know," she cried to a deadpan looking Maria before blowing her nose. "The new sports car, the getting in shape, the blond hair, the lies..."
Nearly everyone felt their hearts sink at Kali, even though there was no actual adultery involved.
"This sounds familiar…" Weiss sighed sadly. "Mother beat herself up like this, thinking it was her fault being deceived into marrying a greedy scumbag."
Qrow's gaze lowered. "And Taiyang was heartbroken when Raven divorced him," he lamented, prompting a slow nod from Yang.
Maria was blasé about Kali's heartbreak. "Yes, he attempts to relive the past," she said simply as she flung the used tissues into a garbage incinerator installed in the table.
"She seems surprisingly unfazed by Kali's despair," Elm noted disapprovingly.
Harriet pursed her lips. "I guess this isn't the first time she had to be a shoulder to cry on," she guessed.
"Now I'm losing him! What'll I do?" Kali hung her head in despair. "What'll I do?"
Maria narrowed her eyes. "What are you talking about?" she snarled.
The ex-heroine glanced up at Maria.
"You are Elastigirl!" Maria yelled in Kali's face. "My Gods." She jumped up onto the table and smacked Kali across the face with her rolled-up newspaper. "Pull! Yourself! Together!" she punctuated.
Most of the audience winced at Maria hitting Kali, even though it was to snap her out of her heartbreak.
"Take it easy, other me," Maria chided her counterpart. "The poor woman thinks her husband is cheating on her."
"But he isn't. And besides, she's right. If she doesn't get a hold of herself, Ghira is done for," Vine reasoned, remembering what Ozpin said earlier.
Maria stopped smacking Kali. "What will you do, is-is-is this a question?! You will show him you remember that he is Mr. Incredible, and you will remind him who you are!" Kali shrank back, and Maria walked to the other side of the table as she continued. "Well, you know where he is, go, confront the problem! Fight!" She whirled back, limbs outstretched and an enthusiastic grin on her face. "WIN!" Then she instantly calmed down again. "And call me when you get back, darling. I enjoy our visits."
All the girls smiled and hollered in encouragement for Elastigirl.
"Yeah, Elastigirl!" Nora cheered. "Go out to that island and kick Syndrome's ass!"
"Like you said: don't leave saving the world to the men," Yang recalled from the beginning.
"Girl power!" Ruby whooped.
Cut back to the Belladonna residence.
"There's lots of leftovers that you can reheat," Kali informed as she grabbed a bag from a closet. "Make sure Ruby does her homework," she instructed Blake while heading for the master bedroom "and both of you, get to bed on time. I should be back tonight. Late. You can be in charge that long, can't you?"
Ruby looked disappointed. "She's not taking Blake and I with her?" she muttered.
"Well, of course not. She can't focus on rescuing Ghira and watching over you two at the same time," Weiss reasoned before sipping her tea.
"Plus, you two may have their suits and superpowers, but you're still just kids with no experience," Clover reminded.
Oscar looked concerned. "Why do I have a feeling they're gonna get involved anyway. Don't forget, the film is called 'The Incredibles'," he remembered the title.
"That's a good point," Marrow said before shrugging. "I guess we'll find out soon."
"Yeah," Blake replied, confused. "But why am I in charge again?"
"Nothing. Just a little trouble with Daddy," Kali made an understatement.
"Trust me, Kali. It's more than a little," Ozpin said flatly.
Mario nodded. "Mmm-hmm. In fact, all of Vale will be in trouble if Syndrome isn't stopped in time."
Blake cocked her head. "You mean Dad's in trouble, or Dad is the trouble?" she asked.
"I mean he's in trouble," Kali answered as she turned back to Blake. "Or he's going to be," she snarled with a sideways glance.
With that, Kali shut the door, leaving Blake standing there, confused.
Nearly everyone, especially the men, felt a slight chill from Kali's glance.
"Geez, Ghira's gonna get the earful of his life after Kali rescues him," Qrow predicted.
"Oh absolutely. Whenever I saw mom with that look, Iknewdad was gonna get it," Blake spoke from personal experience.
Kali placed the bag onto the bed and removed all the super suits Maria had given her. She paused while holding up her own, staring in wonder at the red fabric.
Nora bounced a little in her seat. "I can't wait to see her kicking ass in her new suit!" she chirped.
"Me neither. I'll bet she and Ghira will take down Syndrome together," Yang said with an excited fist pump.
"After she's done chewing him out for this whole fiasco," Winter reminded grimly.
"Hey!" Ruby's voice rang out. Kali whirled see her standing in the doorway. "What's that?"
Kali immediately stretched out her arm to shut the door in Ruby's face.
But then her voice came from one of the bedroom windows. "Where'd you get that, Mom? You made a cool outfit?"
"Uh-oh. The secrets out~" Nora said in a wary sing-song voice.
She pulled the blinds down to stop Ruby from looking inside. "Hey, are those for us?" Ruby asked as she appeared at the other window. "We all get cool outfits?" Kali covered that window next, only for her super-fast daughter to dash into the room, snatch her suit from the bed and run out again. "Ha-ha!"
"Ruby! You come back here this moment!" Kali called after her daughter.
"She should have been more careful with them," Jaune mumbled.
Yang and Qrow laughed. "That takes me back to when Ruby was little and started running around the house. It drove Summer crazy," the latter reminisced.
"Yeah, I remember," Ruby couldn't help but giggle, remembering how mom scolded her for such behavior.
Harriet grinned to herself, remembering how she wouldn't stand still for five seconds walls when she discovered her semblance as a child years ago.
Before Kali could chase after Ruby, the bedside telephone rang. She answered it with a smile. "Hey, Peter. Thanks for getting back. Listen, I know this is short notice, but I was hoping that I could get you to-"
"What are these?" Blake cut her mother off, and she turned to find her eldest daughter inspecting her own suit.
Weiss rolled her eyes. "Oh great, now Blake is in on it."
"Did she say Peter?" Ozpin questioned, wondering if his old colleague was a super in this universe.
Kali quickly snatched the suit away from Blake just as Ruby zipped back into the bedroom, wearing her own suit with a look of pride and joy on her face. "Look, I'm The Dash!" she boasted before zooming over to the mirror, making a muscle flexing pose. "The Dash likes this. Yeah."
Yang looked at her sister. "The Dash, huh? That's what your counterpart wants to name herself."
"Yeah. I like it," Ruby preened a little at her counterpart wearing the super suit. "Now if only it had a red cloak. It would be perfect!"
"No capes," Maria barked humorlessly. "My counterpart has enough guilt on her conscience already."[1]
"Just a second," Kali quickly spoke into the phone before turning to Ruby. "Take that off before somebody sees it."
"But you're packing one just like it," Blake pointed out before frowning. "Are you hiding something?"
"Oh, please, honey. I'm on the phone and..." Kali paused, trying to come up with a good explanation, while Ruby snuck past her to grab Blake's suit.
"Yoink!" Ruby exclaimed as she snatched the suit.
"Ruby!" Kali shouted with frustration.
But Ruby ignored her mother and passed the suit over to her sister. "This is yours. It's specially made."
Blake accepted the suit. "What's going on?" she asked suspiciously.
Elm threw her hands up. "Well, so much for secrecy."
Kali finally lost her patience and shoved the kids out of the room. "You're not coming! And I've gotta pack!" she shouted before slamming the door and slumping against it with a frustrated sigh.
Outside the bedroom, Blake turned to her sister. "What makes you think it's special?"
"I don't know." Ruby shrugged with a grin. "Why'd Mom try to hide it?"
Then Ruby ran off again, leaving Blake behind. Staring at her super suit, the eldest Belladonna child turned her left hand invisible and touched it, gasping in surprise when the suit disappeared as well. She then disengaged her power, a strong look of suspicion on her face.
"I'm really hoping they don't tag along stealthily," Marrow said warily.
"Ruby, maybe. But Blake doesn't seem like she'd do something so dangerous," Weiss remarked.
"But assuming they don't tag along, and Elastigirl gets captured trying to rescue Ghira? Then what?" Winter presented a hypothetical scenario, eliciting uncertain looks throughout the audience. [2]
With the kids out of the room, Kali picked the phone back up. "Peter, I'm calling in a solid you owe me," she requested.
"What do you need?" Peter replied immediately.
"An airship. What do you got that's fast?" she requested, picking up a framed picture that showed her in a pilot's outfit standing beside a younger Peter Port with a big grin wearing similar garb. In the background was an airship hangar.
"Let me think..."
"So, what part does Peter play here?" Ozpin asked curiously.
"Well, Peter was a pilot in the Valean military during the Great War in this universe, and Kali "
"Good to see she has some contacts from the glory days to help out besides me," Maria noted with a sip of tea. "Otherwise, she'd have a lot more trouble getting to Nomanisan."
Sure enough, the scene transitioned to a large white airship flying through the skies, bound for Nomanisan.
Ironwood nodded in respect. "Wow. Peter certainly works quick in this universe," he commented.
"And it's good that Elastigirl can fly an airship. The sooner she gets to Nomanisan, the better," Ozpin added.
Sitting in the pilot's seat, Kali took a hand off the controls to turn on the radio. "Island approach. Vale Golf Niner-Niner checking in. VFR on top. Over. "But Kali only received static from the radio. "Island tower, this is Vale Golf Niner-Niner requesting vectors to the initial. Over." Kali repeated but still got no answer.
Kali's wariness increased as she flew on. She unzipped the bag next to her, revealing her super suit inside. She held her hand over it hesitantly. The retired heroine then took a breath to calm down. "Easy, Kali. Easy. Easy, girl. You're overreacting. Everything's fine. They're just...all getting coffee!" Then her face slowly fell as she contemplated her worst fears. "...at the same time. Yeah."
With one last glance at her suit, Kali switched on the autopilot, removed her headphones and stood up, grabbing the bag. She headed for the bathroom to change.
"Smart move being prepared," Qrow remarked with a sip of water.
"She's gonna look awesome in her new suit," Nora predicted, drawing a few eager nods.
Back on Nomanisan Island, Syndrome was shown strolling into a dark containment room. At the far end was huge mechanical device that slowly opened before him. Confined within was Mr. Incredible suspended from a set of metal bars by strands of electricity connected to manacles on his hands and ankles. Emerald was behind a control console on one side of the room, a guard was seated behind another console on the opposite side.
"You, sir, truly are Mr. Incredible," Syndrome pointed and wagged a finger at Mr. Incredible who glared at the supervillain. "You know, I was right to idolize you. I-I-I always knew you were tough, but tricking the probe by hiding under the bones of another super?!" Arthur raised his hands with a broad smile, ignoring Ghira's glare. "Oh, MAN! I'm still geeking out about it!"
Everyone's expression matched Mr. Incredibles as they stared daggers at Syndrome.
Yang shook her head in disgust. "Look at him, all giddy after killing dozens of supers." [3]
"I know. He's like Judge Doom, only in this case, Syndrome succeeded," Oscar said heatedly.
Syndrome's smile then faded. "And then you had to just go and ruin the ride," he went on as he turned back to his former idol. "I mean, Mr. Incredible calling for help? 'Help me, help me.'" Syndrome mocked in a high-pitched voice while pacing back and forth. "Lame, lame, lame, lame, LAME! All right, who did you contact?!" he demanded while pointing at the confined hero.
"Contact?" Ghira frowned, confused. "What are you talking about?"
Syndrome gestured to the guard behind the console. He hit a switch, and streams of electricity danced around Mr. Incredibles body, eliciting groans of pain from him.
Everybody winced or clenched their teeth lightly at Ghira's torture.
"He may be super tough, but he still feels the pain of the shock," Vine noted.
Blake gulped at her father's peril. "Just hang in there, dad. Moms on the way," she whispered.
Mr. Incredible slumped while Syndrome continued his interrogation. "I am referring to last night at 23:07 hours while you were snooping around. You sent out a homing signal."
"I didn't know," Mr. Incredible panted out, "about the homing device."
At Syndromes beckoning, the guard turned a dial on the console, increasing the voltage on the torture device to the red zone, and hit the switch. This time, Ghira cried out briefly in pain.
This time, a few people gasped or groaned in discomfort at the torture.
Blake clenched her fists. "Leave him alone, you bastard!" she shouted at the screen.
"He's lucky it's not me hooked up to that thing, or I'd break out super strong and break his legs!" Nora boasted. [4]
"Don't be too cocky, Nora," Ren cautioned his partner. "Remember, too much electricity can harm you, and Syndrome would probably know that." his partner to pout.
"And now a government airship is requesting permission to land here! Who did you contact?!" a now angry Syndrome demanded answers. "I didn't send for a…a plane," Mr. Incredible gasped.
"Play the transmission!" Syndrome shouted a command, and Emerald pressed a button on her computer console. A recording of Kali's request to land played."...Vale golf Niner-Niner checking in. VFR on top. Over."
Ghira's eyes shot wide open as he instantly recognized the voice. "Kali," he whispered.
"Shhhhh! Quiet, Ghira!" Qrow shushed sharply with a finger to his lips.
Unfortunately, Syndrome overheard him. "So, you do know these people," he smirked as he flipped off the covering of a red button on Emerald's console. "Well, then, I'll send them a little greeting," he pushed the button.
Nearly everyone gasped in shock and horror at Syndromes action.
"Now Kali is in danger, too," Elm muttered.
"Oh Brothers…no…" Blake whispered, knowing immediately what was going to happen.
Back on the plane, Kali stepped out of the bathroom, now wearing her new super suit.
"Lookin good, Elastigirl," Nora gave the screen a thumbs up, prompting a few nods of agreement.
Kali threw her bag onto a nearby seat, eliciting an "Ow!"
Kali gasped, instantly recognizing that voice anywhere. "Blake!" she shouted.
Blake facepalmed. "Oh no…" she groaned at her counterpart stowing away.
"I knew it. If Blake is on board, then Ruby must be too," Yang frowned with concern for her partner and sister.
"It's not my fault," Blake quickly defended as she turned visible and stood up, pushing the bag off. "Ruby ran away, I knew I'd get blamed for it."
On cue, Ruby's head popped up from a seat near the back of the plane. "That's not true!"
"Ruby!" Kali shouted.
Harriet rolled her eyes. "Oh great. Now she's gotta look after the kids and rescue Ghira at the same time."
"I'd expect Ruby's counterpart to pull a stunt like this, but you Blake?" Weiss admonished.
Blake cleared her throat, feeling a little embarrassed for her counterpart's recklessness.
Ruby zipped over to her older sister, and the two began speaking over the other.
"You said, 'Something's up with Mom. We have to find out what!' It was your idea! Your idea!" Ruby tried to pin the blame on Blake, slamming her fist against a seat. "Hundred percent all-yours, all-the-time idea!"
"…and I thought she'd try to sneak on the airship so I came here, and you closed the doors before I could find him and then you took off and it's not my fault!" Blake protested.
Yang winced a little. "Geez. This must be what parents hear whenever their kids are bickering," she guessed.
"My mom had it the worst…" Jaune mumbled, having seven additional siblings and remembering when they all argued together.
"Wait a second…where's Adrien?" Ruby asked as she realized the baby was missing.
Jaune gasped softly. "Oh Brothers. Please tell me they didn't bring him along," he whispered with fear.
Kali glared at her daughters before she realized something. "W-wait a minute, wait a minute. You left Adrien alone?!"Again, the kids spoke over each other.
"Yes, mom, I'm completely stupid..."
"No, we got someone, Mom."
"Of course we got a sitter!"
"We wouldn't do that."
"Do you think I'm totally irresponsible?"
A few people grimaced in discomfort at the two babbling kids.
Harriet rubbed her temples. "Ugh. Kids can be a nightmare sometimes…"
"At least they got someone to watch over Adrien," Jaune said gratefully.
"Someone great." Blake crossed her arms irritably. "Thanks a lot!"
"All right," Kali put her hands on her hips with some relief. "Well, who'd you get?"
Cut to a blonde teenage girl with dental braces speaking on the phone. Adrien was sitting behind her. "You don't have to worry about one single thing, Mrs. Belladonna," she assured. "I've got this baby-sitting thing wired. I've taken courses and learned CPR and I got excellent marks and certificates..." [5]
Everyone familiar with Saphron gaped or stared in surprise that her counterpart was a babysitter.
Jaune chuckled. "Me and the others would tease her a bit for those when she got them," he reminisced.
"Saphron..." Kali tried to interrupt on the phone.
"I also brought Mozart to play while he sleeps to make him smarter because leading experts say Mozart makes babies smarter."
"Saphron..."
"Well, she may be a bit quirky, but I wouldn't say she's unqualified," Clover assessed Saphron.
Weiss tilted her head. "Wait. Who's Mozart?" she asked curiously.
"A world-renowned composer from Atlas in this universe. He lived about two hundred years relative to the onscreen time," Gold-Sith answered succinctly
"…And the beautiful part is that the babies don't even have to listen 'cause they're asleep!" Saphron pondered her words. "You know, I wish my parents played Mozart when I slept because half the time, I don't even know what the heck anyone's talking about."
Despite all of this, Kali looked dubious. "Saphron, I really don't feel comfortable with this. Uh, I'll pay you for your trouble, but I'd really rather call a service."
"Oh, there's really no need, Mrs. Belladonna," Saphron insisted with full confidence. "I can totally handle anything this baby can dish out." She then turned to Adrien and started to baby-talk him. "Can't I, little baby? Who can handle it? Who can handle it?"
"Awww," nearly all the girls cooed at Saphron's motherly instincts.
"I'd say little Adrien's in good hands," Ruby said sweetly.
"Yeah. Besides, he doesn't even have powers," Elm brought up. "How much hassle can he be?"
"Um…guys. I hate to bring this back up but…about Syndromes greeting," Oscar tentatively reminded.
Oscars words created looks of horror throughout the theater.
Kali stared at the phone skeptically when she suddenly heard an alarm from the cockpit. She ran in to see two incoming dots on the radar, and as her eyes widened in shock. Outside, two missiles streaked out of the clouds, heading straight for the plane.
"Oh no!" several people cried out while Yang and Qrow shouted "Oh crap!"
"I knew that was coming," Oscar whimpered.
"And now that Ruby and Blake are on board…" Blake trailed off before her pupils dilated. "Oh, Brothers no…"
Kali immediately jumped into the pilot seat and put on her headphones. "Vale Golf Niner-Niner transmitting in the blind guard," she broadcasted desperately. "Disengage! Repeat, disengage!"
She flipped a switch that turned on a light labelled "FASTEN YOUR SEATBELTS" in the cabin. Blake and Ruby shared worried looks before rushing to their seats and grabbing the belts.
Back in the cockpit, Kali pressed a button labelled "CHAFF" and wrenched the wheel hard, making the plane veer away from the missiles. Some bright flares were released from the aft out from its aft at the same time to draw the missiles off. Blake and Ruby, having failed to buckle up in time, began to bounce around the cabin.
"Ooooh!" a few people groaned and winced at the kids being thrown around the plane.
The airship took a nosedive through the clouds, the missiles still behind them. Noticing there were two dots on the radar, Kali got an idea. She spun the plane into a downward spin, releasing more chaff as the plane continued descending. One of the missiles exploded in the plane's chaff wake, but the second one evaded and kept pursuing it target. Even as the plane shook from the blast wave, Kali maintained her grip on wheel, then she swooped up just as the ocean became visible to her. The kids continued to be tossed around from the wild flight, but the rocket slammed into the water and explored while she barely managed to pull up from the waves, and pushed the airship into full throttle, increasing her altitude rapidly.
"Disengage! Repeat, disengage! Friendlies!" Elastigirl hurriedly broadcasted.
Everybody was in awe of Kali's flying skills and successful evasion of the missiles.
"Holy smokes! That was amazing flying," Marrow cheered and clapped.
"Yeah. Good job, mom!" Blake praised with a smile.
"Using the chaff and flares to her advantage was some effective quick thinking too," Clover lauded. "I can tell she's done this kind of thing before."
"Impressive as that was, she can't keep it up forever. Syndrome must have more missiles at his disposal," Ironwood mentioned, lowering the mood again.
Back inside the containment room, Ghira listened in horror at his family's peril. "No!" he pleaded, hoping against hope Syndrome would listen. "Call off the missiles, I'll do anything!"
The villain simply shrugged with a dark grin on his face. "Too late! Fifteen years too late."
That little comment only intensified the audiences hate for Syndrome, especially Blake. "You son of a bitch!" she snarled.
As the plane flew back into the sky, the fuel indicator started beeping in warning.
"Friendlies at two-zero miles south-southwest of your position. Angels 10. Track east." Two more missiles appeared on the left. "Disengage! Over!" She then turned back to her children lying on the floor. "Blake! You have to put a force field around the plane!"
Blake stared at her mother. "But you said we weren't supposed to use our powers!"
"I know what I said! Listen to what I'm saying now!" Kali demanded loudly.
"Exactly! Forget about secrecy!" Yang agreed loudly with Kali's counterpart.
"Hurry, Blake! You're their only hope!" Ruby cried with her hands cupped to her mouth.
Kali re-focused on the controls. "Disengage. Repeat, disengage!"
The plane spun again away as the third and fourth missiles began to close in.
Ruby stared with dread at two of the approaching missiles. "Mom...?"
Blake stared at a fifth missile until her mother's shouting snapped her out of it. "Blake!" the girl finally stopped focusing on her mother.
"Stop staring at the missiles and get that shield up other me!" Blake shouted urgently. "Come on! Your family's counting on you!"
"Mayday, mayday! Vale Golf niner-niner is buddy-spiked! Abort! Abort!" Kali implored with increasing desperation into the radio as the missiles inched closer and closer. "There are children aboard, say again-"
Cut back to the containment room. "There are children aboard!"
Surprisingly, Emeralds eyes widened at the mention of the children, and she spun around to see Mr. Incredible's terror reach its peak. "NO!" he cried.
That terrified "No!" made the audiences tension nearly skyrocket as they leaned back in their seats or tightly clenched their armrests.
Back on the plane.
"Put a field around us now!" Kali screamed at Blake.
"But Mom, I've never done one that big before!" Blake protested.
"Blake, do it now!" Kali repeated loudly as the missiles continued to close in. "Abort, abort, abort!"
Blake finally complied and created a forcefield, but it was only a small one and it quickly flickered away.
The audiences panic had spiked by this point as the scene dragged on.
"I don't know if she can pull it off," Elm doubted as she went rigid. "Give their parents forbidding them from using their powers, I doubt she's even trained with her forcefields before."
"She has to try!" Ruby cried with a desperate gesture. "It's their only chance!"
"Well…wh-" Oscar stuttered, trying to come up with an idea. "What if they bail out with parachutes?"
Ren shook his head. "There's no time. The missiles are too close at this point," he said with a frown.
"Abort, abort, abort!"
Blake tried again, but the second forcefield flickered away again.
By this point, the missiles were only ten feet away.
Blake broke into a cold sweat her eyes glued to the screen. "Come on, come on," she mouthed repeatedly.
Yang and Weiss both put their arms around Blake for comfort as they and everyone else braced themselves, prepared for the worst.
Knowing the missiles weren't stopping, Kali tore her headset off just as the projectiles were mere inches away.
In the split second before the three missiles made contact, Kali lunged out of the cockpit and expanded her over her daughters. The airship exploded in a big fiery cloud of metal bits.
The entire theater went dead silent as they collectively scanned the screen for any trace of the trio, hoping Kalis last second move save her and the kids. Blake in particular went
And from the cloud emerged a red-and-black mass plummeting down towards the ocean, uncurling itself to reveal a knocked-out Kali and an unharmed Blake and Ruby.
Heavy sighs of relief echoed throughout the theater. Blake wiped sweat from her forehead…but then they remembered the three supers were still falling toward the ocean.
"Wake up, mom! Snap out of it!" Blake exclaimed with her hands to her cheeks.
"They may have survived the explosion, but they might not survive the fall!" Penny shouted, knowing the trio was falling at terminal velocity.
The as they drifted away from their mother, Ruby and Blake started screaming in terror at their free fall.
Thankfully, Kali regained consciousness as her eyes fluttered open and she gasped as she realized what was happening. Thinking fast, Kali stretched out her arms to grab and reel in her screeching children. The then wrapped her arms and legs around them and expanded her torso into a parachute less than a hundred feet over the water.
The dumbstruck kids stopped screaming and looked up at Kali. "Brace yourselves!" she called down.
The audience sighed again, lighter this time.
"You know, looking back on it, I forgot about her suits indestructability," Ren remarked.
"So did I. Brilliant thinking on her part utilizing the suit and her powers to shield the kids from the explosion," Ozpin praised Kalis quick thinking.
"And that parachute form is pretty cool," Nora commented, wondering what other shapes Kali could take.
The super trio slowly reached and hit the water, Kali returning to her natural shape. She surfaced and found her two daughters unharmed but panicked.
"Everybody calm down," Kali as she swam over to them. "Now, I'll tell you what we're not gonna do. We're not gonna panic, we're not gonna-" Her gaze drifted up to the sky and then widened before she immediately ducked the girls' heads underwater. "LOOK OUT!"
An instant later the smoking remains of one of the airships turbines crashed into the water. Kali and the girls barely managed to avoid the falling debris.
"Whoa!" Ruby, Oscar, Jaune, Marrow, and Nora all yelped and jumped in their seats at the sudden airship crash.
As the kids swam back towards the surface, Kali stayed to watch the wreckage sink and hit the bottom with a muffled crash.
By the time Kali returned to the surface, both the kids were screaming and shouting in a panic at their situation.
"Oh, my Gods! Who's idea was this anyway?!" Blake babbled.
"We're dead! We're dead!" Ruby wailed in despair "We survived, but we're dead!"
"It blew up!" Blake cried even while treading water.
Winter frowned. "Poor children," she cooed sympathetically.
"You can't blame them for panicking," Vine said with a frown. "First they narrowly survive a plane explosion, and now they're stuck in the middle of the ocean."
"Stop it!" Kali slapped the water, silencing the girls "We are not gonna die! Now both of you will get a grip, or so help me, I will ground you for a month! Understand?!"
The girls stared silently at their mother; they got the message.
A few people stared at the screen in befuddlement that Kali's threat shut the kids up.
"I think getting grounded is the least of their worries right now," Qrow reasoned.
Harriet shrugged. "Hey, at least it worked."
Back in the containment room, a devastated Mr. Incredible slumped with grief.
"We have a confirmed hit. Target...was destroyed," Emerald reported with a hint of regret.
Weiss looked crestfallen. "Look at him…his whole world has just been destroyed."
"B-but Kali and the kids are alive," Ruby reminded, as tears welled in her eyes for Mr. Incredible.
"Yes, but he doesn't know that. Plus…Kali reported there were children on board. For all Ghira knows, that means all of them were on board," Penny said, trying to hold back tears herself.
"Ah, you'll get over it," Syndrome remorselessly waved it off. "I seem to recall you prefer to 'work' alone?" Then he turned his back to Mr. Incredible as he began to laugh triumphantly.
If the horrible revelation that Syndrome was responsible for killing dozens of superheroes didn't cement the audience's hatred for him, this scene certainly did. Out of all the villains in the multiverse, Syndrome was definitely one of the worst.
Blake's face was red. "You smug...horrible...murdering bastard!" she thundered.
Yangs eyes went crimson. "I hate him!" she declared fiercely.
"I think we all do," Harriet snarled through clenched teeth.
Unbeknownst to Syndrome Ghira raised his head, showing his grief changing to rage. While the villain still had his back turned, the hero furiously lunged toward him despite the restraints. But Emerald took notice of this and shoved her boss out of the way right before Incredible reached him. The bonds quickly pulled the Ghira back, his arms crossed, and Emerald pressed against his chest, helpless.
"Damn! He almost got him," Nora lightly slammed her fist on her armrest.
"On the other hand, Syndrome might release him for Emerald's safety…" Ruby assumed before pausing, "…right?"
Clover looked doubtful. "I don't think so."
Syndrome got to his feet and turned to see Emerald's peril.
"Release me! Now!" Mr. Incredible roared.
"Or what?" Syndrome challenged, hardly sparing a look at Emerald.
"I'll crush her," Mr. Incredible threatened with a growl.
"Ooh, that sounds a little dark for you," Syndrome remarked before turning away, giving Mr. Incredible a casual wave. "Ahh, go ahead."
Weiss scoffed. "Really? She just saved your life you bastard!" she spat.
"You shouldn't be surprised. Supervillains don't give a damn about their subordinates," Marrow stated.
Ironwood nodded before scowling. "The real Watts never cared for any of his colleagues either when he was a scientist," he recalled from the past.
"But you don't really think Mr. Incredible would kill her...do you?" Nora asked tentatively.
Nobody could give a definite answer.
Emerald gasped in shock while Ghira maintained his grip. "It'll be easy. Like breaking a toothpick," he snarled through his teeth.
Syndrome just chuckled before locking gazes with Mr. Incredible. "Show me!" he dared, knowing Ghira was bluffing.
For a few tense seconds, the camera shifted between the smug Syndrome the two enemies and the terrified Emerald.
The audience went rigid as the scene dragged on. As much at the audience detested Emeralds true self, nobody wanted to see her crushed to death. And even further, the youngsters all hoped they were never placed in such a situation. After all, killing people in cold blood wasn't what being a Hunter was all about.
Oscar was at the edge of his seat. "Don't do it. Otherwise, you'll be just like him" he murmured under his breath.
Finally, with a sigh of defeat, Ghira released Emerald, letting her fall to the floor, panting but not hurt.
The audience sighed with relief, even though that meant Ghira wasn't going anywhere.
"I knew you couldn't do it." Syndrome said contemptuously. "Even when you have nothing to lose! You're weak!" He spat before pivoting on his heel and walking away. "And I've outgrown you."
Emerald got to her feet and followed her employer out of the containment room, but there was regret visible on her face. She even stopped for a second to spare a quick glance back to the confined hero as he hung from his restraints, sobbing softly with grief for his apparently dead family.
Penny studied Emerald's face. "She looks conflicted to me," she observed.
"You're right. She may be working for a villain, even she seems to have qualms about killing children," Winter added, remembering the regret in Emerald's tone when she made the report.
"And I've got a feeling that Syndromes disregard for her is going to bite him in the ass," Qrow predicted, causing everyone to wonder what part Emerald would do later.
Back to Kali and the kids out on the ocean. "Those were short-range missiles. Land-based. That way is our best bet," Kali figured out as she observed the missiles jet stream coming from the horizon.
"You want to go toward the people that tried to kill us?" Ruby questioned incredulously.
"If it means land, yes," Kali reasoned.
"That's a good point," Harriet agreed. "Besides, they can't stay floating out there forever."
"That's right. You can only wade in water for so long before you tire and sink," Elm added with a hint of worry.
Blake stared dubiously at her mother. "Do you expect us to swim there?"
"I expect you," Kali smiled in assurance, "to trust me."
"I trust you mom," Blake spoke for her counterpart, having no shortage of faith in her mother given her past as a superheroine.
Cut to Kali having stretched and molded her body in the shape of a small boat, with just enough room for a seated Blake and the duffel bag. Ruby was at the back, kicking her legs rapidly in the water so rapidly, it propelled Elastigirl toward the island like a makeshift propellor.
"That's ingenious," Vine said in admiration. "The flexibility of Kali's powers really come in handy."
"And so does my semblance…I mean, superpower," Ruby added in awe of her counterpart.
"First a parachute, now a boat. Do you think Elastigirl could stretch herself into a car or something?" Nora asked excitedly.
"Nah. That would be way too much of a stretch for her," Yang joked, prompting groans everywhere.
Blake frowned at her counterpart. "Other me isn't looking too good, though," she noted negatively.
"You can't blame her after an experience like that," Weiss remarked with sympathy.
"Kali can give her a pep talk when they reach the island," Oscar said hopefully.
But despite Ruby's speed, it was nighttime once they reached Nomanisan Island, bullheads visibly flying high above them. But the trio had managed to avoid detection under cover of darkness and were seen crawling up a beach, exhausted. Kali's arms and legs were slightly stretched out as she pulled herself out of the water and along the sand. Finally, she collapsed, while an equally tired Ruby flopped down beside her.
"They made it. And, luckily, under cover of darkness," Winter noted the trio's fortune.
"So, they have the element of surprise," Ironwood added. "That'll give Elastigirl a better chance of infiltrating the base."
Despite her fatigue, Kali still managed to give Ruby a smile. "What a trooper," she praised her. "I'm so proud of you."
The tired Ruby smiled back. "Thanks, mom."
"Yeah, thanks mom," Ruby said before stammering. "I-I mean, Kali!" she corrected herself, drawing a few snickers.
Sometime later, the trio took shelter in a nearby cave and got a fire going. The girls huddled close to it while their mother sat opposite of them.
"I think your father is in trouble," Kali started bluntly.
"If you haven't noticed, Mom, we're not doing so hot either," Blake snarked.
Some people hummed and nodded at Blake's harsh but true assessment.
"Well, at least Syndrome has no idea that she and the kids are on the island. Or that their even supers," Penny noted positively. "They might just have a shot at sabotaging Syndrome's plan."
"Or just Kali. It would be best for her to find the kids a safe place to hole up while she infiltrates Syndromes base," Vine advised strongly.
"Awww," Ruby whined softly, hoping her counterpart would have a chance to shine.
Kali stood up. "I'm going to look for him. And that means you're in charge until I get back, Blake."
"What?!" Ruby cried in outrage.
Blake smirked at her sister. "You heard her."
Yang and Weiss both smirked and giggled as they were reminded of their own little siblings protesting like Ruby's counterpart whenever they were placed in charge when their own parents were out.
Jaune just groaned softly as he remembered similar times when his sisters would all squabble among each other over who was in charge whenever mom and dad were out and he was stuck in the middle of it.
Elastigirl removed a black domino mask from the bag and placed it on her face. Then she held out two more masks. "Put these on. Your identity is your most valuable possession." Ruby had already donned her own while Kali spoke, but Blake held hers hesitantly. "Protect it. And if anything goes wrong, use your powers."
"But you said never to use -"
"I know what I said!" Kali snapped at Blake, making her and Ruby shirk away.
Kali took a breath to calm herself. "Remember the bad guys on those shows you used to watch on Saturday mornings?" The kids nodded. "Well, these guys are not like those guys. They won't exercise restraint because your children. They will kill you if they get the chance. Do not give them that chance."
The kids looked chilled by their mothers' words as the gravity of the situation sank in.
"That's a hard truth to accept, but they need to learn it now. Villains like Syndrome and his guards have no qualms about killing children," Ozpin said wisely.
"That's right. The sooner they learn that the better chance they have of surviving," Ironwood seconded Ozpins notion.
"Mom?" Blake began, not sounding very confident.
"Blake, I'm counting on you."
"There's something I -" Blake tried again.
"I'm counting on you," Kali repeated. "Be strong." She then turned to her younger daughter. "Ruby, if anything goes wrong, I want you to run as fast as you can."
Ruby looked delighted "As fast as I can?!"
"As fast as you can!" Kali reiterated with a smile.
Ruby practically had stars in her eyes. "Ooooh, other me is gonna run laps around Syndromes goons!"
Yang and Harriet couldn't help but smile at Ruby's excitement. In fact, they were eager to see Ruby's counterpart in action with her super-speed.
Kali hugged her children. "Stay hidden. Keep each other safe. I'll be back by morning." Then she stood up and ran out of the cave.
Right before Elastigirl could enter the jungle, she heard Blake's voice rang out. "Mom!" She turned to find her eldest daughter running up to her. "Mom, what happened on the plane- I'm sorry-I wanted to help." Blake stumbled over her words, ashamed of her failure. "I mean, when you asked me to-" Her gaze fell to the ground. "I'm sorry."
Blake shuffled uncomfortably in her seat; her gaze also downcast in shame.
Yang took notice and put a hand over her partners hand "Don't beat yourself up. You have nothing to be sorry about," she comforted.
"She's right, Blake. Your counterpart is still young and inexperienced. You'll get better. I know you will," Weiss said with full conviction.
Kali gingerly shushed Blake before grabbing her daughter's shoulders. "It isn't your fault. It wasn't fair for me to suddenly ask so much of you. But things are different now. And doubt is a luxury we can't afford anymore, sweetie. You have more power than you realize." A dubious Blake looked up at her mother, but Elastigirl looked confident in her claim. "Don't think, and don't worry. If the time comes, you'll know what to do. It's in your blood." And then she sprinted away.
Blake watched her mother leave with one widened eye, the other covered by a bang. A soft version of the heroic music played as she looked at the domino mask in her hands. Slowly, but surely, determination filled the young heroines face put the mask on and stood resolutely in front of the cave.
The audience cheered or clapped softly for Blake's resolve returning.
"Thanks for the encouragement, mom," Blake said gratefully, reminded of similar pep talks she got in real life.
Ruby rapped her fingers on her arm rest. "Soooo, any ideas for your superhero name yet, Blake?" she asked.
Blake thought for a second. "No, not yet. Give me some time and I might come up with something," she replied.
Back at the base, Syndrome was leaning against a window inside a control room. He was gazing out at a massive white rocket that was being prepared for launch, as per Operation Kronos.
Ren pointed at the screen. "Look at that. The rocket looks like it's about ready for launch," he fretted.
"It could just be me, but it feels like more than eight hours have passed since Mr. Incredible was captured," Penny mused aloud. "Do you think Syndrome slightly postponed the launch?"
Ironwood nodded in acknowledgment. "That's a good point. Perhaps Syndrome chose to wait in case there was a risk his plan would be thwarted by an infiltrator Mr. Incredible attracted with the homing device."
"But now that Mr. Incredibles been captured and Elastigirls airship is toast, Syndrome must be back on Schedule," Yang pointed out.
"Then Elastigirl has to hurry and free Mr. Incredible before it's too late," Clover said urgently.
"He's not weak, you know," Emerald said from behind the supervillain.
Syndrome turned around. "What?" he asked in confusion.
Emerald was seated at a desk going over some files. "Valuing life is not weakness," she stated with a frown.
"Oh, hey. Look, if you're talking about what happened in the containment unit, I had everything under control," Syndrome chuckled as he approached.
Emerald turned a little at her boss. "And disregarding it is not strength," she said angrily.
"Words of wisdom. That's something only a villain would believe,"
"Like Cinder…" Jaune growled under his breath, secretly glad she was dead.
But Syndrome was oblivious. "I called his bluff, sweetheart, that's all," he assured as he tilted Emeralds face up towards his mouth. "I knew he wouldn't have it in him to actually..."
Emerald wasn't having it as she pushed away his hand and stood up. "Next time you gamble, bet your own life," she spat as she shoved the files into Syndromes chest.
With that, Emerald stormed off, leaving Syndrome to stare after her with a look of absolute confusion on his face.
Weiss huffed. "Look at him. He doesn't have a clue," she scornfully pointed out his lack of empathy.
"I knew it. She's going to turn on him," Oscar predicted with a hint of eagerness.
"Or maybe she's just pissed at Syndrome for putting her life at risk like that," Harriet mentioned another possibility.
Ren shrugged. "Only time will tell," he said simply.
Back outside, Elastigirl pushed past some large leaves as she made her way through the jungle, swatting a bug as she gazed out. Soon, she spotted something tall glinting up ahead. She traversed a little further, and she found herself at the monorail to Syndromes headquarters. And a pod was approaching from behind her. This was her chance.
The heroine bounced on her feet in preparation, whispering "Okay, okay, okay," before she jumped up in the air just as a pod passed over her. Her hands stretched up to grab hold, and she was pulled along the rail, swaying from side to side before she swung herself up onto the pod's roof lightly enough to avoid alerting the guards.
"I've got a feeling she's more skilled at stealth than her husband," Elm noted Elastigirl being much more subtle in the field.
Blake nodded. "That fits. My mother was always more for stealth than brute force than my dad," she acknowledged the similarity to her real-life parents.
After riding the monorail for a few seconds, the secret base and islands towering volcano appeared to Elastigirl. She then slid against the side of the pod as a Bullhead hovered overhead and entered a hangar filled with more of the same VTOL craft.
The pod then entered a tunnel, surrounding Elastigirl in darkness, before it became light again. She looked to her right and spotted Syndromes rocket towering within the bowels of the base.
"There's the rocket. She's getting close," Marrow said in anticipation.
Oscar hummed in thought. "Do you think she'll be able to sabotage the launch on her own?" he questioned, even though he doubted it.
"I don't know, but it would be wiser for her to rescue Ghira first," Clover suggested.
Everything went dark again inside the pod tunnel. At that point, Elastigirl expanded her midsection to release and quietly drop off from the pod and watched it zoom away down the tunnel.
Suddenly, though, a light shined on her back. She turned around, then immediately flattened herself against the wall a split second before another pod zipped past her.
Blake exhaled with a hand to her chest. "Be careful, mom. That was way too close."
The heroine leaned out to make sure nobody spotted her. The coast was clear, so she backed up a few steps to spot the rocket slowly having its top half removed while guards stood alert but thankfully faced away from Elastigirl. The upper half of the rocket slid upwards, exposing a huge circular opening in the middle.
"A rocket?" Elastigirl muttered in puzzlement.
Ruby's eyes widened slightly. "Look at the size of that hole. The Omnidroid Mk.10 must be even bigger than Romans Atlesian paladin we fought in Vale."
"And that hole in the center must be where it'll be placed for transportation," Penny added correctly.
Maria hummed and nodded. "Makes sense. Only a rocket would be strong enough to transport something so huge."
Deeper inside the base, two guards walked down a hallway, unaware that a slimmed-down Elastigirl was hiding right above them from the ceiling. She quietly dropped down to the floor as right after they passed her and exited through an automatic sliding door.
Kali then straightened out and began to walk in the opposite direction, but then she paused in front of a mirror, turned around, and sighed in disappointment and how large her backside had gotten over the years.
Nearly all the men had the decency to avert their gazes out of respect for Kali while the younger women could only hope they could maintain their figures as they got older.
Qrow whistled as he stared in admiration. "Man, Ghira's one lucky g-OW!" his words were cut off by Winter smacking him upside the head.
"Shut up, you pervert!" the specialist hissed, while Qrow grumbled and rubbed the back of his head.
Elm cleared her throat. "Qrow's comment aside, Ghira wasn't the only one physically affected by retirement."
Maria just scoffed. "You think she has it bad? Try staying physically capable enough to fight at my age," she said, prompting murmurs of agreement.
The sound of a door opening snapped Elastigirl out of it with a gasp. A patrolling guard emerged from the door, but luckily, the heroine managed and stretch herself along the door's arch as he passed through it. She righted herself and slowly backed away while he removed something belt. But then the door behind her shut automatically before she could completely slip through, catching her left leg.
"Uh-oh," Ruby and Oscar muttered together.
Harriet groaned. "Oh, come one! How did she manage that?!"
"I know she's been out of the game for a while, but she can't afford any slip-ups now that her whole family is in danger," Ironwood admonished.
Elastigirl tried to pull herself free, but it was futile. She back at the guard, who luckily hadn't seen her. Instead, he had opened the next door in front of him with a key card, the reader emitting an electronic chime as he removed it. He then reattached the card to his belt via a magnet and moved on.
Yang snapped her finger. "That's it. She's gotta get that keycard, and then she'll be free."
"Well, she'd better do it quickly and quietly before she gets spotted," Jaune said pressingly.
Elastigirl clambered after the guard with her hands along the floor, elongating her torso as she moved along. Her right hand stretched out to grab the card…
...only for the open door to close once again, this time onto her waist. Startled, Elastigirl shrank back, and her upper body slammed against the second door. She shot a look backwards, revealing her leg still stuck in the first door. Frustrated, she blew away a strand of hair.
Harriet pinched the bridge of her nose. "Oh, great, now she's totally stuck," she muttered.
"Automatic doors can be such a pain in the neck," Nora grumbled.
Yang gently threw her hands up. "So now what is she going to do?"
Just then, an elevator opened on the end of the hallway, and a guard already inside spotted Elastigirl. "Hey!"
Blake flinched. "Oh no! She's been spotted!" she exclaimed.
"At the worst possible time, too," Jaune added, wondering how the heroine would get out of this one.
Elastigirl's fist immediately shot out to hit both the guards, fazing them. She then grabbed one's smg and smacked it against him before slamming the other against the wall, knocking him collapsed to the to the floor with a groan while the other guard immediately got up and pressed the elevator switch fast enough for the door to shut, trapping Elastigirls arm. He smirked as the hand blindly felt for him, but then it touched his chest and worked its way up to his jaw, and became a fist to sock him, knocking him out cold.
Back in the hallway, Elastigirl smirked in triumph.
There were a few cheers and claps for Kali's performance.
"Well done, Elastigirl. Your still combat ready!" Penny commented with a salute.
"Indeed, especially considering she was partially immobilized," Vine added in praise.
"And now she can take one of their keycards and free herself, but it'll probably take a minute," Elm said.
At the first door where Elastigirl's leg was trapped, a third guard approached it and eyed it in confusion. And then a hover cart transporting two more guards drove down the hallway across which Elastigirl's midsection was stretched. They were so busy talking; they didn't notice until the midsection clotheslined and knocked them off. They quickly stood up and trained their sub-machineguns at an alarmed Elastigirl's head, trapped as she was on the other side of the door.
The audience gasped or tensed up at Elastigirls peril.
Blake blanched at the screen. "Oh no! Mom!" she cried.
The guard at the first hallway curiously poked Elastigirl's leg with his gun. Irritated, she kicked him, knocking him out and he fell to the floor, discharging his gun, sending bullets bouncing off the metal luckily ricocheted and pierced the key card scanner causing the door to open, releasing Elastigirl's waist. Both of her legs promptly retracted back her midsection and slammed the guards right into the of them slid unconscious to the floor.
A mixture of praising and laughter fille the theater at Kali dispatching the last two guards.
"That's how," Qrow chuckled.
"Lucky her," Jaune commented Kali's fortune.
Finally, Elastigirl retrieved a key card from one of the downed guards in the elevator and managed to blindly plug it into the reader, freeing her arm. She then unlocked the door trapping her mid-section before standing up with a relieved sigh.
Next, Elastigirl gathered up all of the unconscious guards, and stuffed them all inside a storage locker. She grunted with the effort of shoving the last one inside and struggled with the hatch until it finally closed, and she slid down to the floor with a yelp.
A few people chuckled at Kali's little fall.
"That's just one of the downsides of stealth. If you gotta kill or knock somebody out, you need to hide the bodies," Vine related from past experiences.
"Yeah. But she's doing great so far taking out five guys without alerting the entire base," Yang commented positively.
Author's Closing Note: Welp, the absolute final chapter of this story is coming up, and I promise I'll make it spectacular. Until then, have a very Merry Christmas, and a Happy New Year, everyone. And don't forget to vote for the one-shot fic.
Arthur's Points
[1]-I'm assuming this was the reason Edna refused to design suits with capes anymore.
[2]- A bit of foreshadowing. In hindsight, it's fortunate that Violet snuck aboard the plane, otherwise she wouldn't be present to free her family from capture near the end of the film.
[3]- Just a call back to "Who Framed Roger Rabbit?". As Oscar said, at least Judge Dooms attempt at genocide was thwarted.
[4]- At first, I thought Nora could absorb enough electricity from Syndromes device to utilize her semblance and break free, depending on the voltage. Then again, too much electricity would only harm her.
[5]- Credit to BLADE OF ILLUSIONS for giving me this ironic casting idea.