A/N: So, I got my first review.. I can say I felt good. Though I do realize now I made a mistake in not describing Kiara better. Sorry! Thanks to RangaJess :3 I Do not own Warren Peace (sadly) Nor any other characters besides Kiara and Alex
At the Stronghold House
Will and Layla were sitting on the couch, completely wrapped up in a movie with Zach, Magenta, and Ethan around them. Layla jumped when her phone in her pocket began to ring. She quickly took it out and excused herself from the others. She opened the front door and walked out.
"Hello?" She answered to the suspicious number that was popped up on her screen. "Hello Layla, it's Kiara." Layla felt dumbfounded at not knowing her best friends number. "Hey Kia!" "What are you doing?" Layla looked back at Wills house. "Um.. I'm at Wills house." Kiara fell silent. Right after those words left Laylas mouth, she instantly felt bad. "But you are welcome to come over." Kiara didn't say anything for a few seconds. "Please Kia." Kiara sighed on the other end of the phone. "Fine, I'll be there."
Kiara hung up and Layla let out a upset sigh.
"Something wrong Mother Nature?" Layla spun around and came face to face with a certain hothead. 'Oh Shit.'
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Kiara slumped in her chair slightly after hearing that her best friend wanted her to go to Wills house. She got up and pulled her brown locks out of her bun and took off her shirt to put on an off shoulder black-tight fitting- shirt. She looked in the mirror as she ran a brush through her hair. "I look terrible." She groaned out loud. She grabbed her phone and put it in her pocket before grabbing her car keys. She exited her room and made her ways down the stairs, out the door, and to the garage.
She hit a button on her keychain and the garage door opened, revealing a black camero. She smiled as she walked towards the drivers door. Unlocking it, she opened and slid into her seat. "Lets get going then." She put her key in the ignition and drove out of the garage, the door closing automatically. She ignored others looking at her car in want. She kept her tinted windows up and drove down the side roads to pull infront of Wills house. She cut the engine and stayed in her car for a second before climbing out.
"Kia!" Layla ran from the front door down to her car to capture Kiara in a bone crushing hug. Kiara chuckled to herself and pushed Layla away from her gently. "Chill girl, I'll be crushed!" Layla smiled and lead her to the house. "Nice car." Layla eyed her shiny black car. Kiara shook her head and walked up to the house. Layla opened the door and lead her in. Kiara followed her to the front room before pausing and narrowing her eyes. There, in the corner of the room, was Warren Peace.
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Warrens POV
I looked up as Layla walked into the room. She had a follower. She already had stopped and narrowed her icy blue eyes at me. I returned her glare, feeling some sort of anger fill me. Hell, I don't even know why. She never took her eyes off of me. Before I could speak, she chimed in. "Why is he here." She seemed really pissed. Mother Nature seemed to crumble under the tension in the room. "Nice to see you Layla." With that she turned and walked back out the front door. I shot up from my chair and growled to myself.
Layla looked over at me. "Warren, don't do anything drastic." I smirked and walked after that Kiara girl. I remember, she cut Jessi with her own ice. I felt power surging through my body as a flame came up in my hand. I flung open the door and walked out into the daylight as Kiara was about to get into her car. I threw it at her and it hit the hood of her car. Of course, I wasn't just going to let it HIT her. She looked up with surprise in her eyes. "Are you sure you WANT to play that game with me Warren Peace."
I growled and walked towards her car, my arms flaming up. She smiled and shook her head as I advanced closer. She stared at me with those ice blue eyes as the sky began to get darker... and darker.
What the hell? Can she control darkness? Lightning bolts began to spread across the sky and rain began to pour down. Loud clashes of thunder hurt my ears. Layla and the others ran out. "Guys Stop!" But Kiara didn't listen. And Neither did I.
Kiara began to float into the air. If she wants to go that far, then I will as well. My flame disk came beneath my feet. (The water DID NOT affect his flame. SOOO. You just chill at the power affecting power.) I pushed myself up into the air to become level with Kiara. But she kept rising. The wind started to pick up. My flame became hotter. I threw a Fireball at Kiara but it just disintegrated. I stared at her. She could do some damage if I didn't stop this. But.. I did some what start it though.
Kiara smiled as the flame disk beneath my feet began to disappear. Damn. Will flew up behind Kiara and wrapped his arms around her small body as if to restrain her. She blinked and the sky began to go back to normal, my flames returned back. Her eyes.. they looked at me with sadness. Why? I thought she hated me.
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Kiaras POV
I can't believe I did that. I could of seriously just killed someone. My eyes began to water as I stared at Warren. I didn't want to kill him. He's what I'm suppose to be protecting. I felt so miserable. I felt like I let down the others. I felt Wills arms around me still. Laylas screaming. Warrens eyes on me. I felt everything. I slid out of Wills grasp and lowered myself to my car. I looked up at Warren as I opened my door. "..I'm sorry." I whispered. He seemed to hear me, because his eyebrows scruntched together slightly. I got into my car and sped off.
I didn't stop. I passed my house. I passed the state boundary. I sped down the interstate. Zipping in between cars, speeding past them. My adrenalin rushed. I needed to get to the Professor... Before I lost it. I picked up my Iphone and tapped the screen. I hit contacts and scrolled all the way down.
I called the only person who could calm me down right now. Logan. I hit call on his number. Holding the phone to my ear, I let it ring three times. "Something wrong Kiara." I seemed to lose it. Tears over flooded my eyes. "Logan, I tried to kill him!" My grip on the steering wheel tightened as I floored the gas pedal.
Logan told me to come straight to the school. I did. I arrived there in less than 4 hours. I pulled into the driveway infront of the garage and got out. Logan was already waiting for me. He wrapped his arms around me. "Kid, I know it's hard. He won't be mad. Your anger got the best of you." I nodded and let him lead me inside of the school. I walked in and noone was in the hallways. Just a man in a wheelchair. Facing me. His eyes intense.
'Kiara, are you ok?' I nodded. 'Follow me.' He turned the wheelchair around and began to go down the corridor. I looked at Logan. He nodded and let me go, letting me follow the Professor. We arrived in the room that only he's allowed to use. He rolled up to the desk and put his helmet on.
"Professor..?" 'Shh, Kiara. I'm looking at what's going on with him.' I looked down at the floor. He closed his eyes and looked into Warrens mind.
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Warren couldn't believe what happened. Something in her eyes.. it made him feel guilt for being a dick. She looked like she was about to cry. Why? Many questions were running through his mind at the moment, he didn't know what to do. He was on his way to work, after apologizing to the others of course. He shook his head and dropped behind the Paper Lantern. He walked in and took off his jacket and put his hair up into a ponytail. He walked to clock in and began to work.
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The professor took his helmet off and looked at Kiara. "He is wondering why you stopped." Kiara sighed and let a single tear run down his cheek. The professor came up and wiped it away. "I won't let anything bad happen to you, you are after all, my niece." She smiled and knelt down, hugging her uncle tightly. "Come, we must go and eat, I'll tell you what your body is going through to where you couldn't gain control earlier."
Kiara sat down at the table next to the Professor. Jean across from her and Logan next to her. The kids had already began to eat. Kiara looked over at the professor. "Kiara, your body is going under a state of developement, your powers are increasing." Kiaras eyes widened.
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Layla's POV
Kiara hasn't been at school for the past week. I hope she is ok. I'll call her later, maybe she's still taking time to cool down. Yeah, I'll call her later. I looked up to see Warren staring down at his book with Jessi on his side, talking away about how boring it is. I mentally rolled my eyes and turned to look at Will. He was poking at his food with his fork. "Will?" He looked up at me. "Are you ok?" He nodded before dropping his fork. "I just feel like I could have helped better. She left, and we haven't heard from her in a while." I nodded and sighed slightly and got up to dump my tray.
A guy ran up to me, I recognized him to be a guy named Alex. "Hey, have you seen Kiara lately? I'm worried about her, I just wanted to make sure she was ok." I looked down sadly. "No, I haven't seen her. She had an.. incident.. at Wills house." Alex tilt his head. "Incident?" I nodded and sighed. "She got into a fight and then she left." His eyes widened. "Do you think she's okay!" Layla smiled a little. "This is Kiara, she's always okay." He seemed to ease up a bit. "Yeah, I suppose your right." I smiled and turned back to walk to Will and the others. I sat down and rested my chin on the palm of my hand. "Layla, want to go and check to see if she's at her house?" I nodded at Will and sighed. Today, I'm going to find out if She's okay or not.
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Kiara's POV
I just arrived back to my house. I'm exhausted. The professor has been trying to help me understand my body and power better. I pulled into the garage and shut the engine off before closing the garage door. I walked up to my steps and stuck my key into my lock. Layla and Will's voice seemed to fill my ears as I whipped around and saw them standing a few feet away. Laylas face brightened a bit. "Nice to see that your ok." I nodded and sighed. "Listen guys, I have something to tell you. Come inside." I walked inside and held my door open for them to come in.
They sat down on the couch and I sat in the chair across from them. "Guys, don't repeat anything I'm about to say to ANYONE, okay?" They nodded in agreement. I sighed and rubbed my hands together. "I work for the X-men. My uncle is Professor Xavier. The reason why I was gone for all of those years is because I was at Xaviers School. I have in secret joined the x-men team. My name is Nemesis." Wills eyes seemed to buldge out and Laylas mouth dropped. Will smiled. "I don't believe you." Kiara sighed and got up. "Then follow me." She walked up her flight of stairs and walked into her bedroom.
Layla walked in first, standing by Kiara and Will behind her. She put her hand to the painting and the wall opened up. Kiara looked at Will. "Still don't believe me." Her eyes narrowed and walked over to the case with her x-suit in it. Will couldn't believe it. The x-men were higher up than even his parents. This girl, who seems no older than 17 at the most, is with them? Kiara sighed. "It's not like I had a choice. I lived there, I was trained." Layla seemed confused. "Then, why did you lose control of your powers the other day?" Kiara nodded before looking Layla in the eye. "I'm getting stronger."
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Warrens POV
She's been gone for a while. I haven't really said anything because I don't want people to think I'm eager to know where she is. Heh, I'm not. I just simply want to know why she DIDN'T kill me that night. I sighed as i scrubbed down the table tops at the paper lantern. It was near closing time, people only come in for dinner and that was nearly 2 hours ago. Maybe they'll let me go home early. Yeah right. The door chimed as someone entered. I sighed again.
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Kiaras POV
Layla said I should go and apologize to Warren. Maybe I should. I'm scared though. Whoa, I am? I sighed and got in my car to leave towards the Paper Lantern. I parked and seen him wiping tables down and setting an elderly man down. I got out of my car and locked the doors before walking in. An elderly woman, who I assumed to be the owner, walked up to Warren and told him to put me in a table. I think anyway, I'm not good with Chinese anymore. He looked at me with those chocolatey brown eyes. A light blush lit up my cheeks as I looked down at my feet. Warren walked up looked at me with his arms folded.
Kiara sighed. "Can we talk." He nodded and walked her over to a booth. She sat down and he sat down infront of her. "Listen, about what happened the other day.." Warren sighed as well. "I am advancing in my powers and my body can't handle it. Nor Can my mind. That's the reason I've been gone lately. I've been... Somewhere trying to control it." He raised a brow. "Where." It wasn't a question. It was more like a demand to know. She looked down at her hands. "I want chicken and Rice. Order something so you don't get in trouble, I'll pay." He nodded and walked up to the counter to tell the cook what they wanted. After a few minutes the food was infront of Kiara and she took her pair of chopsticks and began to nibble on it. Warren just watched her, gradually taking his own bites of his food.
She sighed after swallowing her food. "If I tell you, You can't repeat anything." He nodded. "Tell me." She nodded and chewed on her lip. "I was at Xaviers school." Warren let out a laugh. "You're not serious." He then looked at her eyes and his jaw dropped slightly. "You are.." She nodded again. "I was raised there. After the battle with you.. I lost it. I went back and Professor Xavier was helping me control." He sighed. "So, you're advancing in your powers. If your so strong, why don't you work with them." Kiara bit her lip harder. "I do." Warrens eyes seemed to pop out. "My name on the team is Nemesis." She looked up to meet Warrens eyes. "I didn't want anyone to know. I wanted to start new." Warren nodded. He took another bite as well did Kiara. "So, this is another question I've wanted to ask you." She looked back up at him. "Why did you throw ice and cut Jessi?" Kiara tilt her head. "Wait wait, what?" "She had a cut on her arm from the ice." Kiara began to laugh. "Seriously, that's why you hate me?" Warren shrugged.
"I didn't cut her. She's the ice user. I admit I am too but I only threw water. She froze it. It fell to the table before I got up. So, If you think I cut her, I did not." Warren smirked. So Jessi wanted him to hurt Kiara. "Jessi must have done it herself. For me to attack you." Kiara smiled. "So, I wanted to say I'm sorry." Warren smiled as well. Oh god did he have a beautiful smile. Kiara seemed to blush and look down at the table. "It's time to close." Kiara looked up. "Can I offer you a ride home?" Warren nodded. "Sure, todays been tiring and I don't feel like using my powers." Kiara smiled and got up. Warren took the dishes and put them in the dish water for the dish washer to finish. Warren grabbed his jacket and walked out to Kiaras car with her.
"I didn't damage this did I?" Kiara laughed lightly. "No, this paint is fire resistant." Warren smiled and got into the passenger seat of Kiaras Camero and told her how to take him to his apartment. She stopped infront of the apartment building. It looked deserted. She raised a brow. "Oh great." Warren groaned slightly. "What's wrong?" Warren looked over at her. "Jessi is here."