Darker Side of Elastigirl

Dash and Violet continue to babysit Jack-Jack. The baby seems to be a handful from time to time, but the two of them pull through together with their super powers to keep this overpowered baby under control. Currently, they sit on the couch catching their breaths from the tiresome night their little brother had made for them. Luckily, Jack-Jack finally fell asleep.

“When were Mom and Lucious coming back from their date again?” Dash asks.

“I don’t know,” Violet replies.

“What about Dad and Mirage?”

“I don’t know!” Violet replies aggravated.

“Should we try calling them?”

“No, they are eating at restaurants right now. They wouldn’t answer unless it was an emergency…”

“Restaurant.” Dash corrects her.

“What?”

“They are eating at the same restaurant.”

“How would you know that?”

“Dad came to me asking me where he should take Mirage, and I suggested the restaurant Mom said she was going to.”

“Did you tell Dad that Mom and Lucious were eating there?”

“Nope…”

Violet thinks about that for a moment. She wonders whether this could be a good thing or not.



Helen and Lucious sit across the table from Bob and Mirage. There has been an awkward silence among the four of them ever since Bob and Mirage had arrived. It has been quite a while since they all ate what little they felt like eating of their meals. Their appetites have been put off hold due to the circumstances.

“Well,” Mirage finally attempts to bring in conversation into the evening. “How has Jack-Jack been doing? I haven’t seen the little baby for a long while.”

Both Bob and Helen continue to sit there keeping their eyes off of each other. From time to time, they glance at each other to see their expressions but they quickly withdraw their stares.

“Helen has been taking care of the baby,” Lucious assures Mirage. “She has been a terrific mother for all of the children.”

“Only to one of the three for now…” Bob whispers to himself, but everyone heard his mumbling.

“Oh I’m sorry Bob,” Helen argues. “But you refused to allow my own son and daughter to come over to Lucious’s and my place.”

“You’re sharing his apartment now???”

“Yes we are. And Dash and Violet are welcome anytime they want.”

“They don’t want to go,” Bob gets defensive. “I’ve suggested it often, but they just want you to come home.”

“I’m not going where I’m not welcome!”

“At least bring Jack-Jack over more often! He’s my son too!”

“You can’t keep all of the kids to yourself!”

“I’m not trying to-”

“We have an announcement…” Lucious interrupts.

“What is it?” Mirage asks.

“Helen and I are going to get married.”

Bob is horrified to hear this news. Helen keeps her eyes away.

“Is this true?” Bob asks fearfully.

“Yes,” Helenh admits.

Bob looks around aimlessly trying to collect his thoughts and to keep his cool. Helen is afraid that this news has angered him greatly.

“Excuse me,” Bob says as he stands up to leave. A moment later after he’s outside of the restaurant, there are a few loud crashes. The people in the restaurant all pause and wonder what the source of that commotion is, but after a minute goes by in silence, the restaurant becomes noisy again. Helen, Lucious, and Mirage have a dreaded feeling of what had just happened.

Bob returns covered in dust with a calmer expression. He wipes“”

Suddenly there is load, fast beat Latin music playing on the dance floor. Couples rush over to the dance floor to show off their moves. Lucious smiles at Helen and stands up abruptly. Helen is surprised when Lucious extends his hand to her.

“Care for a dance?”

“I’d love to…”

Helen takes his outstretched hand and allows him to lead her to the dance floor. Bob and Mirage both stare at Helen and Lucious as they dance passionately together. The dancing, interracial couple move fluidly in sync. Lucious often reaches his hands along her exposed back and feels her skin as they dance together. Helen usually slides her hands up and down Lucious’s chest as they move about to the rhythm. Their faces draw in close from time to time as if they were about to kiss. Bob watches enraged at this sultry sight, even as the rest of the restaurant applaud their exquisite moves. They end the dance with Lucious holding Helen’s back with one hand as she leans backwards and holds her exposed leg up with the other hand. Helen keeps hold of Lucious by the back of his neck with one hand and holds her other arm out freely allowing all to bare witness to her massive cleavage. The men whistle as Lucious leans forward even more to kiss her. Bob accidentally crushes his glass of water with his hand as he watches irritably. The painful memories of seeing them in bed together haunt him still.

A new, slower, smoother Latin song begins to play. Bob turns to Mirage and stands up. He reaches out to her for a dance.

“Come,” he tells her. “Let’s show them what we got.”

“I’m flattered,” Mirage smiles, and she is lead to the dance floor.

Helen and Lucious step back in order to observe the other couple’s tango. Even though the two of them have different a different style of dancing, they share as much intensity as Lucious and Helen. Bob and Mirage have fun with their own performance. Helen watches Mirage’s passionate dance with envy. They end their dance similar to Lucious’s and Helen’s, but Bob’s face remains ever so close to Mirage’s that it taunts her and Helen at the same time.

A new song begins to play, but this time the music has more forceful tones. Bob and Mirage continue to dance just as Lucious and Helen begin to dance of their own. The two men glare at each other as they taunt the other with their impressive dance moves. The two women smile as they tease the other as to how close they are able to get with their partners as the music continues to play. More and more the dance becomes a contest between the two couples. The beat goes faster and faster as they dance faster and faster until the climax of the song explodes with a beautiful melody. The restaurant is at a stand still as the couples continue to dance competitively. The song ends and the couples stop mirroring each other. The whole entire restaurant becomes uproar of applause for the intensely spirited dance.

The four of them breathe heavily from this festive activity. They walk back to their table as if nothing even happened.

The waiter comes to the table once they sit down long enough. “May I get you anything else this fine evening?”

“No, we’re fine,” Lucious admits. “Could you bring us our check?”

“Not us though,” Mirage says as she slides her hand over Bob’s. “I want to stay here a while longer with my love.”

Bob smiles. “That’s fine by me.”

Helen is disturbed by this picturesque scene between her husband and his newly found woman. She cringes as Mirage pulls Bob’s face forward and covers his lips with her own. Lucious clears his throat and goes through his wallet for some money in the meantime. Helen can remember her dreaded nightmares of her husband leaving her for another woman. But now these fears have come true, and she can no longer take it. She closes her eyes and tilts her head down to escape the vivid image. She tries to bite her lip as she desires to shout out. Perspiration trickles down her as she tries to hide her uncomfortable feelings. Finally, she frees herself.

“JUST STOP IT!” Helen screams.

The restaurant becomes entirely silent. Helen suddenly realizes what she just said, and she looks up. Everyone has frozen in their places and are staring at her with surprised eyes. Even Mirage, Bob, and especially Lucious are most surprised by her sudden reaction.

Helen feels embarrassed, and quickly stands up. “Excuse me…”

Helen dashes out of the restaurant with her head kept away from everyone’s stare.

“Helen, wait!” Lucious calls after her as he scrambles to put out enough money for the meal. He quickly rushes out after her. The restaurant slowly works its way back to normal.

“Wow,” Bob says staring off into space feeling very weird. “What… what was that… I mean…”

“My God,” Mirage says. “She’s still in love with you…”

“You’re right,” Bob agrees turning to her. “I mean, that was painfully obvious that she couldn’t bare losing me. But why is she-?”

“She must have gotten engaged to Lucious because she was afraid of being around you again,” Mirage sadly explains. “She must feel really guilty for what she did.”

“It doesn’t matter now,” Bob claims. “She wanted the two of us to move on. She told me to as she also wanted to. It’s too late for us to-”

“You’re still in love with her aren’t you?”

“What?” Bob asks awkwardly. “No, I’m with you now, and I can’t forgive her for what she did.”

“Bob,” Mirage sighs. “Don’t play with me anymore. I’ve seen the pictures you still keep in your desk that you always look at, and I’ve noticed how you can’t take you’re wedding ring off.”

“Mirage, it’s not like that…”

“Don’t bother telling me that’s not your wedding ring. I’ve seen the inscriptions on the inside… ‘MI & EG forever’… Who else besides Mr. Incredible and Elastigirl would that signify?”

“Mirage,” Bob says feeling ashamed. “I’m so sorry…”

“I don’t blame you. I came onto you during a bad part in your relationship. I knew you couldn’t just give up a woman like her up so easily…”

“I don’t know what to say. I have always cherished you.”

“I know, but you don’t love me. You love her, and you shouldn’t let this get in the way of your marriage. If you really want her back, you should go after her.”

Bob smiles at her with a tear in his eye, and he leans over to hug her. He whispers, “Thank you.”

“Get going,” Mirage tells him.

With that uplifting conversation, Bob gets up after leaving some money for the dinner and rushes out the door to search for Helen. Mirage sits back and sighs to herself, feeling ever so lonely.



“Helen!” Lucious calls after her.

Currently Helen is trying to get away from everyone by stretching her body about, swinging from building to building. She is emotionally unstable right now as she tries to keep back her tears. Lucious is freezing and skating after her trying to keep up.

“Helen wait!” he pleads.

Helen begins to tire out and has to rest in order to prevent herself from crying. Lucious slowly slides to a stop right next to her. He places his hand on her shoulder in comfort.

“What was that back there?” Lucious calmly asks.

Helen turns and steps away from him. “I thought I could handle it. I thought I could handle seeing him with her, but I just… I just couldn’t…”

“It’s alright,” Lucious assures her. “I know you still have some feelings for him, but we have something more now.”

“I…” Helen says pushing his hands off of her. “I’m not sure anymore…”

“What do you mean?”

“I can’t stop thinking about him. I know we were having our problems, but now I… I think I’ve made a mistake…”

Lucioius backs away from her with dread. “But… we were happy together. Why would you possibly think this is a mistake??”

“We were happy together,” Helen admits. “At least I thought we were. But I just can’t give him up. I’ve lived without you for so long because I was with Bob. I belong with Bob! Sure we still need to work things out, but I can’t imagine never seeing him again. I can with you…”

Lucious desperately tries to get a hold of himself after hearing this troubling development. He walks away from her to keep from exploding with anger.

“Lucious?” Helen worryingly asks. “Are you going to be okay?”

“Yah, I’ll be fine,” he sarcastically tells her. “I’ll just contemplate to myself about how I left my life to be with the only woman I ever really loved! Even though we shared such passionate times, she still wants to be with the other man…”

“Lucious,” Helen rushes over to hug him for comfort. “I’m so sorry. You are such a great guy and you deserve to be with a wonderful woman. It’s just not me…”

Lucious quivers angrily for a little while longer, but then he calms down again. He realizes the sad truth. “You are in love with him…”

“Yes I am.”

“If Bob is who you truly want,” Lucious sighs. “I won’t stand in the way.”

“Thank you,” Helen holds him tightly, and kisses him on the cheek.

They slowly let go of each other. Helen takes off the engagement ring and hands it back to him. Lucious grasps it sadly, and puts it away in his pocket.

“Come on,” Lucious tells her. “Lets get your kids, I’ll take you all home.”

They walk off together towards his apartment building.



The two of them arrive back in only a few minutes. Lucious unlocks the door and opens it to find the entire place is eerily dark.

“Violet?” Helen calls out. “Dash? Jack-Jack?”

There is no response. This worries the mother.

Lucious tries to switch on the light, but the electricity in the room is dead. He reaches into the closet to get a flashlight and turns it on. They journey into the apartment trying to find signs of life. There is a cool breeze coming from the open window. Lucious finds this odd, because he had this newly repaired window closed when he left.

They find her son and daughter lying on the floor.

“Dash! Vi!” Helen cries out as she rushes to their aid. She holds her children close and finds two darts sticking out of their necks. “Oh my God! They’ve been knocked out with tranquilizers!”

“They’ll be fine,” a deep voice assures her from the shadows. Lucious turns the light around to find the Assimilator there holding the sleeping Jack-Jack tenderly. “They’ll be awake shortly.”

“My baby!”

Lucious tries to freeze the villian’s face but his powers aren’t working. “What the…?”

Suddenly a dart sinks into the side of Lucious’s neck and he falls over limp. The Assimilator laughs out at this. Out from the other side of the room, Agent Zero comes walking over with a blow gun her hand.

Helen gently lets her children down onto the floor and stands up. She angrily edges herself along the floor.

“Give me back my baby… now!”

“All in due time my dear,” the villain says. “But if you want your child back, you’re going to have to come with us…”

Helen is disgusted by that suggestion. She runs at them and shouts, “Give me my son!”

Agent Zero quickly shoots Helen in the neck, and catches her as she falls over unconscious.

“Really,” the Assimilator shakes his head. “There was no need for this. You could have just made this easier on yourself…”



Bob enters the apartment half an hour later surprised to find the children and Lucious moaning on the floor in a dark apartment. He rushes over to check up on all of them as they slowly come to. He is worried when he is not able to find his wife, nor his infant son.

“Where’s Jack-Jack?” he asks Lucious.

“The… Assimilator… came…” he barely manages to speak clearly. “Had… Jack… Jack… Agent… Zero… shot me… Helen… was here…”

“Lucious?” Bob is ever so worried as Lucious falls in and out of consciousness. “Lucious!”

“What happened?” Dash asks as he slowly awakens.

“I don’t know,” Bob replies. Suddenly he notices the breeze coming in from the open window. He angrily stares out into the cold, cruel night. “But I will find your mother and Jack-Jack, no matter what happens!”



Helen awakens on a comfy bed in a brightly lit, white cell. She looks around wondering where on earth she has been held captive and where her son is.

“Good,” the voice of the Assimilator echoes into the room from a hidden intercom. “You’re awake. We have a lot to discuss…”

“Where’s Jack-Jack?” Helen demands.

“He is safe,” the villain assures her. “All I need is a few DNA samples from him and you’ll get him back. We’ll just collect some hair, a urine sample, a mouth swab, and maybe a trimming off of one of his fingernails. I wouldn’t want to hurt your perfect child…”

“Give me back Jack-Jack!” Helen calls out as she stretches her arms and legs out trying to punch and kick at the wall. “He hasn’t seen me in a while and he can’t stand it!”

“I’m well aware of what he’s capable of doing, but Agent Zero’s power has been suppressing his powers for quite some time. He can’t go ballistic.”

“That’s not what I mean!”

“I know what you mean,” the villain says as the door slides open to reveal his presence. He appears before her in black attire and no helmet on to cover his handsome face. “Your child has been missing you, but do not worry. He will be in your arms in no time.”

Helen turns around to angrily stare at him.

“You… you damn bastard!” she shouts out as she charges at him hitting him frantically. “You hurt my family, you ruined my marriage, and now you kidnapped me and my son!”

The villain takes the blows with barely any pain. He senses her pain and feels sorry for her. He merely stands there blocking her way out. Helen eventually tires out from this pointless venting, sits on the floor, and begins to cry.

“I am truly sorry for hurting you and your family, and I apologize for taking such harsh measurements to obtaining you and your baby,” the villain tries to make her feel better by kneeling down to her level. “But I am barely at fault for your marriage. You were the one who began that affair. And where did it lead you? It brought only lies and pain. If you didn’t want this drama, you should have just been content with your husband.”

“Damn you…” Helen says to him as she walks to the opposite wall and faces away from him.

“I do not expect any forgiveness from you yet,” the Assimilator says. “But I do wish for it at some point. I shall show you why I did what I had to soon enough. In the meantime, I brought you some things.”

Helen turns slightly to see that he brought her a tray of delightfully appetizing food and a suitcase full of her clothes. She notices that she’s still in the dress she was wearing from the evening before, and realizes his kind gesture.

“I brought you something to eat since it’s been a while, and I brought you some spare clothes. You super suit is even in there. I wasn’t sure what you wanted to wear, so I brought a few things. Whatever you chose I’m sure it will be beautiful on you…”

“Ugh, thank you… Assimilator.”

The villain scuffs at that name. “I can read your mind. You know my real name, so you may call me by it.”

“Thank you… Kevin.”

“You’re welcome my dear,” he says to her before shutting the door behind him.



It’s the next day, and the government agency is hard at work on locating the Assimilator. Bob, Violet, Dash, and Lucious are there to check up on their search for Helen as they work in the computer laboratory.

“Where is she??” Bob asks with much concern.

“My people are working as fast as they can,” Mr. Dipper assures him as he passes by. “If we find anything we’ll let you know.”

Bob groans walking back and forth impatiently. Dash and Violet sit with Lucious hoping to hear some good news. Lucious stands up to try to talk to Bob.

“Bob, I’m sure Helen and Jack-Jack are fine…”

“Don’t tell me how they are!” Bob shouts at him angrily. “This is your fault! If you never took Helen away from me in the first place, we wouldn’t be in this situation in the first place!”

“Hey, I did what I could!” Lucious argues. “But I’m telling you these villains are better than we thought! What could you have done if you were there?”

“I don’t know!” Bob claims grabbing his shirt. “But they’re my family to protect, not yours!”

“Look, I’m sorry I fell for your wife, but she chose to be with me at the time…”

“Don’t get that started with me God damn it! You were always the ladies man and you couldn’t ever have just one relationship for the rest of your life! You were just never committed!”

“I was committed to Helen! She was the only woman I could have ever felt committed to!”

“Yeah right, you probably would have left her in a month or two anyways!”

“You don’t understand! I would have done anything for her, but she decided she couldn’t be with me in the end! She chose you in the end!”

“Oh that’s just great! She chooses me after having the sex with you! That makes me feel so much better!”

“If you really wanted her back so badly, you would have never gone out with Mirage!”

“Helen told me to! I was listening to her!”

“Don’t be an idiot!”

“I’m not an idiot you-”

“Shut up you two!” Violet interrupts them both as she places a confining force field over each of them. They are both surprised at the girl’s sudden strict behavior. “This arguing isn’t going to bring mom back! If you two really care about her, you’d apologize to each other like mom would have wanted!”

They come to a sad realization as Violet releases her hold on them.

“I’m sorry man,” Lucious apologizes. “I didn’t mean to hurt you. You’re my best friend. In truth, I should have respected the sanctity of your marriage.”

“Thank you Lucious,” Bob says. “That means a lot to me. And I’m sorry that I got angry with you.”

“It’s no problem man.”

“Now,” Bob states. “I guess we do have to wait until they pick up something.”

“I’m just wondering,” Violet asks. “Why would the villains take Jack-Jack and Mom? They don’t need mom in order to keep Jack-Jack under control when Agent Zero has the ability to suppress supers’ powers…”

“Maybe they don’t need to have anymore control over Jack-Jack than they already do,” Bob realizes. “Mirage told me the two of them were really big fans of Elastigirl. Maybe they kept her some sort of trophy.”

“But what would they do with her as a trophy?” Lucious asks.

Bob ponders for a bit and then comes up with a solution. “I have to talk to someone really quick…”

With that last comment, he leaves the room for a little bit.



The white cell chamber is now empty. All that remains in the room is an empty dish tray covered with utensils and a white panel that covered a hidden air duct. Helen is now crawling through the ventilation shaft searching for a way out of this hideout. She is in her superhero outfit with the bag of cloths strapped to her back.

“Agent Zero must be quite the distance away from me still,” Helen ponders to herself. “Otherwise I wouldn’t have been able to use my powers to reach up to that panel. If I begin to lose my abilities than she must be near. And wherever she is, Jack-Jack must be nearby… Hang on Precious, Mommy’s coming.”

The heroine continues to crawl as silently as possible through the ventilation in search for an escape route. She finds one panel after another that empties out into a hallway with robot drones on patrol. She can not seem to find the Assimilator or Agent Zero. All of the while she also tests to see if she can stretch out. For a while, her powers work fine, but eventually her body becomes rigid like a normal person’s body.

“Great!” she whispers. “Now if I could just figure out where she is-”

Suddenly the ventilation shaft opens up and Helen falls through a trap door. A coach reduces the impact of her fall, but it was quite uncomfortable still. After she recollects herself, Helen slowly looks beside her and she sees Agent Zero looking down at her. Several drones are behind her armed with laser guns.

“Impressive,” Rachael compliments Helen. “You are more of the escape artist than we could ever have guessed.”

Helen quickly scrambles to her feet and holds a fighting position. The drones point their weapons at Helen, but Rachael gives them the hand signal to stand down and holds her own fighting position.

“Where is my son!” Helen demands to know.

“He’s not with me like you thought,” Rachael assures her. “Master Assimilator has created cuffs with the help of my DNA that can subdue any super’s powers.”

Helen is really annoyed with this. “If he’s not with you than where is he?”

“He’s with Agent Zero, but the only way you’ll get to him is either calmly and quietly, or I make you go quietly…”

“Bring it…”

They begin to fight hand to hand. Helen is able to use a few of her combat moves until Rachael decides not to hold back and beats at her. Rachael pivots behind her and holds her against her body.

“I like your style,” Rachael whispers into her ear as she holds Helen close. “But if you want to beat me, you’d have to study under me…”

“Tell me where my boy is!” Helen demands again as she breaks Rachael’s hold.

They continue their fight for a little while longer until Rachael knocks her down and holds her there. Helen struggles a little bit until she runs out of energy.

“That’s a good girl,” Rachael smiles stroking Helen’s check. The woman stands up and looks at the closest two robots. “Take Elastigirl and follow me.”

The robots obey the command and follow Agent Zero while carrying Helen.



“There are my favorite two girls,” Kevin says as Racheal, Helen, and the two drones enter the control room. “Welcome to the heart of this underground facility.”

“Where’s my child?” Helen asks.

“Right here,” Kevin turns around to pick up the baby from a capsule. Jack-Jack wears a bracelet on his wrist. “And don’t think you can get that off of him, it will come off automatically by remote.”

He hands Helen Jack-Jack. She smiles and sighs with relief that her baby is alright. She holds her son close as she looks up at the villain.

“Why did you kidnap us?” she demands.

“I needed your on to complete my modified human enhancer,” Kevin replies. “I would have used my own after collecting the last of the supers’ powers, but you decided to bare another child which proved to be more powerful than even me. So I took the liberty of borrowing him…”

“Don’t make him out to be part of your twisted game!”

“Why Helen,” Kevin interjects. “I wasn’t planning on using either one of you as a pawn. I merely wanted to offer you the best possible lifestyle.”

Elastigirl is confused by his meaning.

“Quite simply,” the Assimilator explains. “I am determined to make everyone in the world into super powerful beings.”

“But the experiments on you when you were a child-”

“Yes, lives will be lost, but the outcome weighs more. It would be a better world if everyone had unique abilities.”

“You’re insane…”

“Am I?” the Assimilator angrily protests. “You’ve seen what the world did to their only heroes in a time of crisis! They all turned on you and expected you all to live content lives in secrecy! They wanted you to hide the fact that you have super powers that can help people!”

“But,” Helen argues trying to find a decent objection. “Even if this thing of yours works, wouldn’t the world go into chaos? Not everyone can handle the responsibilities of super powers.”

“That’s where we come in,” Kevin tells her with a smile. “We will be able to punish those who defy our laws since our powers would outweigh their own.”

“You two just want to take over the world,” Helen insists. “This won’t make a better planet, just one that you can control!”

“We’re offering you and your son a chance to join us.”

“What?”

“We could rule the world together, and wouldn’t you want that for your son? A world that won’t persecute him for being different. A world where he could rule and not be persecuted. A world that actually assures his future!”

“Is that world any better than the one right we live in now?” Helen asks. “I don’t buy it…”

“What else is there for you? You were shunned as a hero years ago, and now you’ve been shunned as a mother.”

“They…” Helen sadly thinks about his words. “Didn’t shun…”

“Do you honestly believe that Bob would take you bake now? Do you think he could just let this go? He couldn’t let go of being a superhero for fifteen years. What about your kids? Could you go back to them and live with them having them judge you? And what about Lucious? You broke his heart. Would he ever take you back if Bob wouldn’t?”

Helen just looks down sadly away from her baby thinking about everything he just told her.

“I’ll allow you to think about it,” Kevin states before beckoning a robot. “Please show Helen back to her cell, and turn on the adjustments so that she can not escape again…”

The robot takes the sad mother with child away. Kevin smiles to himself.

“You are quite the convincer,” Rachael tells him as she twirls her finger on his chest.

“We’ll give her a few hours,” he says. “She’ll bend to my will yet…”