Chapter 5
Lucius was just as startled as Heather was when suddenly from the master bedroom of the Parr’s he was roused and forced into a kneeling position on the floor with his hands behind his back.
“Okay Old Man, where is the family?”
“They’re out for the night.”
“When will they return? “
“Sometime tonight or tomorrow.”
“Search the house for the boy. Bring him in here with the man.”
Soon Dash was sitting on his knees next to Lucius with three men tying their hands up.
“Are you okay Dash?”
“Yah, I’m okay although I don’t know who these guys are?”
“They’re just robbers come to vandalize and rob.”
The leader was soon back.
“You guys can stop that know…” the leader said although it suddenly sounded much higher in peak.
“Boss? Are you okay?”
“Yah I’m fine. I just got a sore throat all of the sudden.”
The Leader moved behind the two figures.
“You guys can go downstairs and get some of the food now.”
As soon as the men left the room the leader leaned over the kneeling figures and started to untie the ropes.
Shhhh…don’t make any noise. I didn’t know that your family could get robbed Dash.”
“Heather!!”
Shhhhh!!!
“What are you doing?”
“I’m setting you guys free. They tried to get me downstairs but they missed. All right that is the cords loosened you guys can get up now.”
Dash and Lucius now arose to their feet.
“Dash, I want you to go into your room slowly and quietly and get something to get these robbers with.”
“Okay, I’ll be right back.”
Lucius and Dash were soon slowly moving towards their rooms and were soon inside.
Heather started to chuckle under her breath. She removed the leader’s cloak which was much too big for her.
Suddenly next to here came an object nearly as fast as light. He stopped as soon as he saw her.
“I got here as soon as I came when I heard the alar…who are you?”
Another figure soon appeared coming from the opposite direction.
“Hey Dash where are you. Ah there you ar….”
Dash and Frozone stared blankly as doorknobs at the new sight in front of them. Where Heather Price once stood was a green and grey super looking as cool as a cucumber.
“What?? Is my suit on backwards?”
Frozone looked at the new super then at Dash then at the cloak next to the Super.
“Heather??”
“What no…well I mean…okay it is me. I’m a super. So what. I mean even Dash is a super.” She said instinctively turning towards Dash.
Dash instantly started to protest feeling his face for his mask. It wasn’t there.
“Dash!! You’re not wearing your mask?!?”
After a very long silence Frozone continued.
“Well I guess we had better get acquainted with our newest member.” He said as he turned towards Heather. “What is your super name so that way we don’t have to call you Heather?”
“My name is Electragirl.”
Sweetest!!!
“Dash be quiet. What are your superpowers?”
“I possess the rare quality of pure energy, I’m extra strong in this super suit, and I can camouflage into any surrounding except for water.”
“Well, let’s go see how well we can work together.”
Three guards downstairs all saw their comrade Jimmy take the last slice of cake.
They didn’t see Frozone, Electragirl, and Dash come down the stairs.
The guards saw Jimmy start to act silly with John about having the last piece.
They didn’t see the blur go around them holding a rope.
“Auuuugh…OUCH!!!”
“There you go Fro. Three guards all in a row.”
“Good work Dash. Hey who is that over there?”
Dash turned around to the living room to see the leader of the gang. He was holding a little boy in one arm and a knife in the other.
“So you think your really smart getting my guards huh. Well how about now.”
And with the final remark the leader threw the youngster against the wall.
Keeping his eyes on the group he walked over to the prostrate figure and applied the knife to his neck.
“Dillon!” Electragirl screamed. “Do it!”
In a flash Dillon catapulted the man across the room hitting the wall. Dillon jumped across the room in a single bound picked the leader up and with a swift motion flung him out the window and into the yard.
Suddenly from the yard a loud wail was heard and another smash as Dillon tumbled back into the room bruised and bloody.
“That guy won’t give up” he said with his eyes flashing like fire. He leaped back outside only to be repulsed again.
This time as he entered into the room a sudden change had gone into Dillon. His clothes had changed from a dark shirt and short pants to a sleek dark green long sleeved shirt and pants. His face had changed from a scared and nervous character to a confident and smiling superhero. He flicked his hands and jumped back outside.
“Was that Dillon?” Frozone asked Heather who was quietly walking over to the window.
“Yah…that’s Dillon. We met five months ago when I first responded to an emergency with my superpowers. He helped me learn about being a super. He’s got a great arm.”
“Wait he’s a superhero?”
“Yep that’s right. Dillon and I have started a supers group at school. We are the only ones we know of but the group is lots of fun. We go out and help people when we get the chance.”
Dillon had just finished as Heather finished her explanation. His dark-green suit appeared to be black in the moonlight.
“Hi Heather how are you doing in your new suit?”
“Doing fine how is our little friend outside.”
“Snug as a bug against a tree.”
“Oh…Dillon this is Dash Parr and his friend Frozone. They’re the ones who were hosting the party for us.”
Frozone recovering from the shock of having the home invaded with villains and finding two new supers inside soon started to ask questions.
“Wait a minute let me get this straight. You are both friends from school and you both know that you are superheroes but you haven’t told anyone. You were over for the night and changed into your suits when we were attacked. Your real names are Heather and Dillon but your super names are Electragirl and…”
“Flex.”
“…and Flex”
“Your right Mr. Best. My name is Electragirl but my real name is Heather Price. This is Flex but his real name is…”
“I’ll tell them by name later.”
“No, you should tell them now. Besides they don’t know you exist.”
“Okay fine sure, my real name isn’t Dillon, its Chris, or Christopher. My full name is Christopher Parr.”
“Wait your Dash’s secret cousin?”
“That’s right.”
Chris then started to recount the last 5 years after he ran away from home. At the end of his adventure he told them about his powers.
“My abilities are very advanced for being a cousin. I can fly for short distances or long distances although longer ones are a lot harder to do. My arms can change into whatever I want them to be by just flicking them. I can also scan the air for information about stuff like gases, force fields, and invisible beings. This feature works great when people are hiding from me because I can scan for excessive carbon-dioxide emitting from a certain area.”
Once he finished Frozone took command. “So we have four supers who were attacked by robbers who were sent by a mysterious person.”
“Maybe they left some clues behind.” Flex replied.
As Dash looked around the house for clues Flex started to scan the air for information.
Soon the kids heard Frozone calling from the backyard. He had come across a heavy wrench that the villains had used.
“What is written on it?” Flex said as Frozone brought it inside.
“V.E.? Who writes V.E. on their devices?”
“Obviously this person does.”
“Is that an address?”
“Actually…it is.”
“East End Nomanisan.”
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And I agree with TSS on his guess, but we shall see in the next chapter.