The Modern Four

Chapter 46

Violet charged at her friends, aiming for Penny. Take the weak one down first. Penny gasped, and flew up, her eyes wide. Violet growled, jumping for Penny, but not having enough height. She stumbled to the floor, glaring. Violet stood, looking around, her gritting her teeth, and glanced at Hiro. She ran to him, and tackled him, knocking him to the ground.

She was stronger now, Hiro realized. There was some modification to her, on her mind, on her body. He wrestled her off of him, throwing her to the side, feeling guilty for possibly hurting her. She stood, brushing herself off, and growling. He flinched. He hated seeing her like this. He glanced over at Wilbur, who seemed frozen in place. Hiro saw in slow motion as Violet raced to him, knocking him over. She pinned him down, then looked at Syndrome, who nodded. She smirked, and drew back her fist to knock Wilbur out, or worse, kill him. But before she could hit him, Penny flew out from the sky, knocking Violet off of him. The two girls tumbled to the floor, hitting hit hard. Wilbur jumped up, running over to Penny and helping her up, keeping an eye on Violet, who was slowly getting. She had taken many hits from her friends knocking her around, and they could see that in her slow motion. It appeared that, from the way she was holding her arm, that it was hurt. Bruised, at the very least, but could be broken. Hiro limped over to his friends, keeping an eye on Violet.

Wilbur couldn't watch. "She's hurt." He said to Penny, who bit her lip.

"I know. We can't keep doing this to her. She might..." She trailed off, looking away.

Wilbur nodded, looking around. He looked at Syndrome, who was pressing buttons. His eyes widened as he began to understand what was happening. "Syndrome's controlling her. From his stand. We have to take him down to get her to stop this."

Penny nodded, glancing up to Syndrome. She looked at the two boys. "Keep them distracted, I'll get Syndrome." She whispered. The boys nodded understanding what they needed to do.

Wilbur smirked, running out to the empty space in the room. "Hey! Syndrome! Come and get me yourself! Oh wait, you can't! You have to go through a little girl to get to me! How pathetic for such a big talker! Guess you're all talk and no talent!" He taunted, his hands on his hips. Syndrome immediately turned his attention to the boy, taking the bait.

"You want to see talent kid! I'll show you talent!" He slammed on a button on his dashboard, and quickly an arm extended from the machine, grabbing for him. The confidence Wilbur had for the brief second quickly faded from him as soon as he saw the large metal claw aimed for his head, and he felt his stomach drop. He began to run, speeding away from the metal extension, scared for his life and pushing Hiro's design to it's limits.

Meanwhile, Hiro was wrestling with Violet. She charged for him, knocking him down and pinning him to the ground. He gathered his strength, flipping her over, and glaring down at her, a hint of sympathy in his expression.

"I don't want to hurt you, Violet. Can you hear me? Do you even understand what I'm saying? Is this all in vain? Is the real you gone, just replaced with this weapon of destruction?" He asked her, but was mostly asking himself. He wasn't sure if this was even worth it anymore.

Violet's mind was racing. Behind those blank eyes was panic. What was she doing? She was hurting her friends! She couldn't keep doing this! How could she do this. She told herself to stop. But her body didn't listen. It wrestled with Hiro, getting the upper hand. She reeled back a fist, and hit him in the face. She wanted to cry. He groaned, tears slipping out. He fought back, but refused to hit her. She could see in his eyes he didn't want to hurt her. But she begged him to. She begged him to hit her, hard. To knock her out. To stop this madness. "Violet... Please... Stop..." He muttered as she reeled back her fist again. She wanted to. Oh so badly She was scared. She didn't know how to stop this. But she knew she had to.

Penny couldn't watch as her friends were taken down. Wilbur wasn't fast enough, and the claw got him, snapping him up in it's metal bars, trapping him. Hiro was being hit by Violet, and no longer looked conscious. Her stomach dropped, but she swallowed her fear. She floated up, coming up just short of Syndrome's stage. Climbing it was. She landed on one of the legs. Time to put those rope climbing skills to good use. She climbed the metal, struggling and slipping many times along the way. But, eventually against all odds, she made it up. She pulled herself up on the stage, and felt hope grow in her stomach. "Hey Syndrome!" She yelled, raising her hand.

"Time to end this!" She shouted, slamming her hand on the dashboard, hitting a button the said "END".

Syndrome's eyes widened. "Do you know what you've done?!" He reached out, grabbing Penny by her collar. "You hit the self destruct. Thanks to you, we're all going to die." He said through gritted teeth. Her eyes widened, and he threw her to the ground. She struggled up, and saw him running out. She heard an alarm, and saw workers racing through the hall from the window. She managed to get down, informing Wilbur of the situation, and grabbed one of Violet's arms, who was still fighting, but much less so. She looked at Wilbur, who grabbed her legs. She then glanced at Hiro. "We'll come back for you." She whispered. "I promise."

Tadashi got there as fast as he could, Honey Lemon hurrying behind him. He saw Penny and Wilbur as the two dragged a screaming Violet out. He ran up to them, and looked at them wide eyed. Around them, workers were

"What happened?" He asked, confused.

3 minutes.

"It's a long story. Hiro's still in there!" She said, her eyes wide and panicked. She stood, but tumbled to the ground, exhausted.

"I'll get him." Tadashi said, straightening himself up. "Where is he?"

"Through the barn, through the door, fifth room on the right! He's on the ground. He's unconscious. Oh, god." Penny whailed.

"I'll get him, don't worry. Have Honey meet at the entrance. You three are too hurt to do it."

He said. Penny nodded, understanding fully.

Tadashi pushed through the crowds of workers, running through the barn and quickly finding the door.

2 minutes.

He ran into the room, and found Hiro after a bit of searching. He lifted his younger brother with ease, and raced back through the hallway.

1 minute.

Honey Lemon followed Penny's orders, going to the entrance. She saw Tadashi coming towards them, and her heart lifted. But then it fell when she saw the last worker behind the brothers fall. She knew Tadashi. She knew he'd help him.

30 seconds.

Tadashi handed Hiro to Honey Lemon, and turned around, seeing the worker. He raced towards him, as Honey Lemon raced away.

15 seconds.

Tadashi reached the worker, smiling. "Let me help you."

The worker looked at him through a curtain of red hair. "Too late."

0 seconds.

The building exploded. The four and Honey Lemon shielded themselves. Penny let out a scream as the flames engulfed the building, and ash fell like a black snow.