Chapter Two

Mike led me to his lunch table, the table of course being the longest table in the room. That and in front of the larger than life windows. I sat alone at the table as Mike went to get his lunch, drawing circles on the surface with my finger.

I was brought back to the present when a lunch tray was dropped loudly onto the table next to me, "Blaire?" A male voice asked in disbelief, "Is that really you?"

Glancing up through my black bangs my blue eyes landed on a tall, gangly boy with light brown hair, "Hey Ben," I smiled slightly at one of the few people I could actually call my friend. Benjamin Wayne, son of Batman aka Bruce Wayne and Wonder Woman aka Diana Prince, stared at me with wide eyes.

"You… you… you don't have super powers," he pointed out rather obviously.

I shrugged, "They just showed up. Ask Kent if you want to know more. It's all his fault really."

Ben frowned, "What, did he drop you in a vat of toxic waste or something?"

I smiled slightly, "Like he'd need to do that to make my powers manifest. My mom is Destiny, remember? Super is in my DNA."

"Right," Ben stated as he sat down next to me. Moments later Mike came back carrying a tray with a hero sandwich, soda and chips which he set down on my other side as he swung his long legs over the bench. Following him were two of my other so called friends: Kelsey Stewart, daughter of Green Lantern aka John Stewart and Hawkgirl aka Shayera Hall; Phillip West, son of the Flash aka Wally West; and then a few other heroes that I didn't know.

Phil grinned at me, "Hey B. Long time no see," I nodded, laughing barely as Phil rushed around the table using his supersonic speed so that he could ruffle my hair before rushing back around to place a hand on Kelsey's back as he kissed her cheek.

Kelsey ignored my very existence, flipping her strawberry blond hair over her shoulder, her green eyes flashing with annoyance at my presence. Her brink pink shirt was hurting my eyes as she sat down across from me, Phil sitting down next to her, sending a wink my way. I laughed quietly to myself at their clashing colors, Phil's bright orange jacket and yellow shirt next to her pink.

"Who's the new kid and why is the entire school thinking about her?" A boy with green hair, asked as he set his tray down on the table next to Kelsey. My table mates all turned to look at me as Green Hair got a far off look in his eyes that I assumed meant he was reading the student body's mind, "Apparently many of the girls are pissed that she's sitting at our table. And someone is wondering why she looks so bored and unhappy if she's sitting with, and I quote, 'the most popular kids at Sky High'," Green hair turned towards me, "Am I to assume you're the new kid?"

I nodded in response, "Blaire," I said, watching a girl with long blond hair, blue eyes and glasses sit down next to Ben. Green hair sat across from her, flashing her a dazzling smile at which she flushed red, a color that clashed brilliantly with her blue shirt, before Green hair turned his attention back to me.

"I'm Griff," He looked back across the table to Blondie, "This is Cassie," Two more boys joined our table then, one sitting on Kelsey's other side, the other across from him, next to Mike. Griff gestured towards them, "These two dunderheads are Derek and Shane."

Both boys nodded at me before digging into their meals. One popped out a couple extra arms that he used to hold an entire two foot long sandwich that he devoured in about five seconds. Cassie and I grimaced in distaste.

Derek, the guy with only two arms, turned towards me, leaning around Mike, "So what's your power? Mine's acid spit."

I was about to respond when a vision that was not my own suddenly over took me. I could see myself at the table and hear the room's thoughts about me. Most were just asking who I was, several were jealous of my seeming popularity on my first day of school. But the one that interested me the most was the one that saw me clearly.

This person, whoever it was, saw me seated between Ben and Mike, looking forlorn and bored as the other heroes sat down with us. They saw the way I scooted away from Mike, putting some of my weight upon Ben. And I watched through their eyes as I lay my head down on the table ignoring the conversation around me.

And then as suddenly as the vision had come on it left, "Griff, you're projecting," I said from my position lying on the table, completely forgetting Derek's question.

Griff grimaced, a slight blush tinting his ears, "Damn it. I keep doing that. Sorry. You didn't see anything too unfortunate did you?" I shook my head as Griff let out a breath of relief, "Sorry, about that. I'm still trying to get the hang of that part. It's a new thing for me."

I could only nod. I knew the feeling. Thankfully Derek's question seemed to be forgotten as Ben went about explaining to Derek and Shane what projecting was for a telepath like Griff, and another boy joined the table. It was beginning to get crowded.

Thankfully the bell for class rang soon and I was off to P.E. with the rest of the lunchroom. Ben had informed me that almost the entire school had P.E. at the same time. I followed slowly behind Cassie and Kelsey into the girls' locker room, foregoing the normal school P.E. uniform for my black tank top, black shorts and a white hoodie.

"BLAIRE LANCASTER!" The teacher yelled, sending out sonic booms form his speech as the class entered the gym. I covered my ears, walking over to the coach as the ringing in my head slowed to a halt. The man, wearing a blue and white jacket and white shorts that were way too short for any male, adult or otherwise, consulted a clipboard, "You'll be sitting out I see," I nodded, "I don't have anything for you today but starting tomorrow you'll be running three laps a day. Other than that I'm not sure what exactly you'll be doing. We'll test your fighting skills on Friday."

I nodded again as he sent me off to the bleachers before the rest of the class started Save the Citizen. Mike walked into the gym as I made my way to the bleachers, grabbing my arm and dragging me up to his friends with him. I sat down next to Ben as Mike went to sit on the step above us with Kelsey and Phil. Cassie sat off on her own a bit reading a book, Griff the closest to her, while Derek, Shane and the other boy, whose name I'd learned was Bryan, sat below us, messing around and nudging each other.

"Peace! Stronghold! You're up!" Coach Boomer called out. I watched as a normal looking brown haired kid made his way down to the field. Following him at a slower pace was a tall, tanned, muscular boy with long dark hair. I could feel Mike tense behind me as the boys descended the stairs. I turned around slightly to see him glaring down at the duo, "Who would you like to beat today?" Boom demanded.

The two boys looked up into the crowd, the shorter one nudging the dark haired boy as he pointed at someone. The muscled one shook his head whispering to the other guy. Finally both nodded and the shorted brown haired boy looked up at Coach Boomer, "We want Kent and…" The boy trailed off again looking at his taller counterpart.

"Hamilton."

Mike and a non-descript girl made their way back to the locker rooms to get their gear on for the game. I barely listened as Ben explained to me that Warren Peace, tall, tan and muscular, and Will Stronghold, brown hair, brown eyes, were the undefeated heroes of Save the Citizen. I was too busy watching Will and Mike's battle of 'who can give the best glare' as Mike approached the arena.

What I did register however was when Ben told me that Mike and Will were fighting over some girl. Some girl that neither of them were dating and happened to be in a maximum facility prison right about now. And to add to it Mike was pissed at that Warren guy because Warren and Cassie had dated briefly after homecoming. They'd apparently called it off because they weren't all that compatible but remained friends and that made Mike pissed off because Warren wasn't a part of their crowd. That just showed that Mike was about as arrogant and controlling as ever.

"You have three minutes to immobilize your opponents and save the citizen. Ready, set… BATTLE!" Boomer called as the giant shredder in the center of the room started up, a dummy attached to a rope dropping down towards the mulcher.

I watched as Mike and Will flew at each other, Will literally flying, before he tackled Mike to the ground, both of them rolling around as they threw punches. Each tried to get the upper hand on the other as they tumbled across the field. I winced as Will caught Mike in the jaw and then the nose, watching as Mike's nose broke and blood began to flow down his chin.

"Ew," Ben laughed a little. He clearly was used to such violent actions during gym, I was not. And I was actually quite glad that I was basically exempt from this class.

Seeing that Will and Mike weren't doing anything other than trying to beat each other silly I turned my attention to Warren and the girl. Warren was throwing fireballs at the blond as she tried to dodge them. When the girl did get hit, and she did every so often, the skin grew right back over. I realized the girl either had an enhanced healing factor or cellular regeneration. Either way all she could really do was heal over the burns she got from Warren unless she somehow found a way to get close enough to knock him out. I was kind of doubting that at the moment.

Warren suddenly looked up at the clock, "STRONGHOLD!" Will glanced up from his pummeling of Mike's face, "Save the citizen!"

Will glanced at the clock which was counting down the last twenty seconds. He and Mike had been at it for over two and a half minutes. Will stood up so that he could fly to the citizen when Mike grabbed his ankle, throwing Will to the ground. Growling in anger Mike's eyes suddenly turned red as he began to send laser beams towards Will.

And as Will had the unfortunately of being thrown into the hard gym floor just moments earlier he was still sitting up, a dazed look on his face. I winced as I heard some girl gasp when Mike's lasers impacted with Will's abdomen. The clock now read less than ten seconds and the gym was holding its breath as Will's armor began to smoke. Warren, seeming to notice his partner's peril, gave up on his fiery attack to run towards Will, throwing flame balls at Mike. Mike just ducked laughing as Will tried to fly away again.

Just as the timer counted down the last three seconds and Mike's attention was entirely on Will, Warren ran up, pulled back his arm, and then punched Mike full in the face with is flaming fist. Mike went down and Will flew up towards the citizen only to watch as the dummy was torn apart by the machine.

The gym was silent as the student body realized that someone had actually beaten the unbeatable duo.

"Peace, Stronghold," Boomer said in his normal voice sounding stunned, "You're citizen just got mulched," Warren glared around the room in general, his gaze mostly fixed on Mike's group of friends, me right in the center, while Will just looked shocked at their loss.

Standing slowly I followed Kelsey, Ben and Phil down into the arena as we picked up Mike, Ben and Phil carrying him to Nurse Spex's office as Kelsey and I trailed behind. As the door to the gym closed we could hear Boomer setting up another round.