Here is chapter 3 at last, sorry it took so long. No beta this time, wanted to see how I could do on my own, so there might be a few mistakes in grammer and spelling.
I would like to thank Anime Girl, AyameKitsune, Angel Maria Cloud, GuyverZero, Wilhelmina Vandom, Ice Queen of Candracar and Philip Gipson for reviewing and hope you all continue to enjoy the fic. (Lets see if this fic can keep up with my fics other, Shunned One and War for Merdian's Throne)
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Chapter 13: An Unlikely Team is Formed
After lunch was done with, Will and her new friends Irma Liars and Hay Lin headed out for power practice. Irma and Hay Lin knew of an old abandoned junk yard that would give them all both the space and materials to practice their newly gained abilities.
It also gave them the privacy they would need as well because few of the other 'Bang Babies' were not shy about using their powers in dangerous ways. The last thing the trio wanted was having anyone finding out about their powers and get hunted down by a paranoid, angry mob!
"Will, I have been meaning to ask this but was worried I would offend you, but…why the worn down jogging suite? It looks like it has seen better days and it is summer after all. Aren't you hot?" Irma asked and the redhead who looked away with an ashamed expression on her face.
"I'd rather not talk about." Will replied quietly, while Hay Lin smacked Irma upside the head. The Asian girl just glared at her best friend while said girl cringed under it. Hay Lin rarely ever got mad or scary, but when she did, even Irma cowered in fear.
"I-I-I didn't mean anything by Will. Just curious, that's all." Irma apologized, hoping she did not hurt Will's feeling with her comment. Will gave the girl a sad smile, showing she understood and had forgiven the other girl; she just did not wish to talk about the subject, that's all.
They then arrived at the junkyard; Irma pushed aside some loose wooden boards that made up the fence aside and gestured Will to go in. "Head for the middle of the yard. There is a shed me and Hay Lin use as a hang out and it's pretty well hidden by all the junk, great place for practice." Irma told Will, who looked at the other girl with a confused expression on her face.
"You guys come here often?" Will asked, getting a giggle smirk from Irma and a giggle from Hay Lin. "How many parents would look here if you wanted privacy?" Irma replied and Will had to admit, it was true. Not many parents first thoughts were, 'Is she at the old junk yard?' when they went looking for their child.
As the three got close to the middle of the junkyard though, they heard voices. "I don't know if this is a good idea. Lots of old cars are here, if I make to much heat, I might accidentally cause an explosion or something." A worried voice said, making the three hide and hear who else was there.
"It's not like we are here to wipe the place out, Taranee. Just keep your distance and experiments small and nothing will happen." Another voice assured the first one, which was now known as Taranee.
"Elyon's right, just keep it simple and we will be fine." A third voice said and Will notice Irma stiffen. Hay Lin placed a hand Irma's should and looked like she was about to say something, but Irma started scaling one of the junk piles too quickly for Hay Lin to say anything.
As Will watched the other tomboy climb up the trash heap, she heard the ice and water user grumble out, "Sneak into our hang out will you, you blond ditz? Well I'll show you!"
Will looked at Hay Lin, hoping for answers, but saw the energetic girl just place her face in the palm of her hand a groan quietly. Will had a feeling something bad was going to happen, for who she was so sure of though. 'Well…it should be entertaining at least. Hope Irma does not use her powers though, the last thing we need her letting our secret out.' Will hoped in her mind as she watched the other girl get into position.
Will then peeked around the corner of the pile to see one dark skinned girl with glasses and two blond girls, all about their age, standing near the large shed Irma had mentioned. The first blond girl was shorter and had her hair in two pony tails, while the other was much taller and made you picture her as a super model several years down the line.
Will waited to see what see what Irma was going to do while the three new girls talked. After a few more minutes, the two blonds stepped away from the dark skinned girl and were urging her to get started. 'What are they doing?' Will wondered as she watched on.
Will then saw a small ball of fire form in the dark skinned girl's hands; making Will realize what was going on. 'Looks like we are not the only girls our age that got caught in the Big Bang.' Will thought in wonder as she watched the nervous girl try to handle the tiny flame.
The dark skinned dropped the flame and it exploded on impact. Will barely covered her mouth in time to block her laughter as she watched the dark skinned girl dance around in a panic. Will then noticed Hay Lin was now looking over her should was also trying to keep her laughter hidden. It looked like Hay Lin was going watch what ever Irma had planned, despite not agreeing with it.
The tall blond stood up and marched over to the dark skinned girl and made her calm down. "Taranee, stop jumping around like a chicken with her head cut of and sit down! I'll give it try and then maybe you can get some confidence before you try again." The blond suggested and the dark skinned girl eagerly agreed to.
The blond then held out her hand towards an old car door that had broken off from the rest of said car and closed her eyes. The door started to float off the ground and came towards the tall blond. But as it got half way to her, Irma voice called out, "Death to the Cheerleader Queen!"
The door then dropped to the ground and the tall blond spun around just in time to get a blast of water to the face. Irma was at the very top of the trash heap and was firing water blasts sniper style at her helpless target below.
"Lair! What did you see?!" The tall blond started to demand in horror, but got shot in the face by another water attack as a responce. After this second attack, Irma lets loose the rain of death, drenching her target below. This quickly infuriated the blond, who fought back in way no one expected.
The ground started to shake and Irma quickly lost her footing, making her fall on her back. The tall blond then with a motion of her hands, used the power from earlier to make a trash slide. This caused Irma to start rolling down the garbage pile and land on the roof of a car that was at the halfway point.
Irma hit said roof hard and looked pretty dazed, but the blond was not done yet. "Get down here you annoying pest! I want a word with you!" The tall blond stated and started to pull the car loose from where it was in the pile. If the blond succeeded, she might burry Irma in the pile by accident!
"Stop!" Will cried out, her hand reached out to where Irma was. A burst of lighting shot fourth and hit the car. But instead damaging the car or shocking Irma, it seemed to be holding it still…just like Will wanted it to!
'I can move objects with my powers as long my electricity is touching it? Cool!' Will thought as the tall blond and the two other girls looked over to where Will and Hay Lin where.
"Who the heck are you?!" The tall blond yelled at Will, but the redhead was more focused on how Irma was then answering questions. "Irma, are you okay?" Will called over to the water/ice user, who was now getting back to her feet and giving Will a thumbs up.
"Thanks to you I am! Do me a favor though, zap the blond ditz! It hurts landing on this thing!" Irma called back and that was the beginning of an ugly show down.
"Irma, when I get my hands on you, you're dead! And you can stay out of this redhead! Same goes for you Hay Lin! I have had it with that girl and her pranks!" The blond screamed out, clearly too angry to think straight. She was out for blood and nothing was going to stop her.
Feeling a second force start pulling harder on the car, Will fired a second bolt of lighting from her other hand and hit car door the tall blond had been levitating earlier. With a pulling motion, Will sent the door flying the tall blond and knocking her over. This made the blond stop trying to move the car and gave Irma a chance to jump off.
"Hey Corny! Aren't you a little young to be have your time of the month yet or did the Big Bang speed things up for you?" Irma called over to the blond, who was now getting up to her feet again.
"It's Cornelia not Corny, Irma!" The blond yelled out before turning her attention back to Will. "As for you, I warned you but now you're going to get it as well!" The blond, now know Cornelia, used her telekinesis to throw the car door as Will, but Hay Lin stepped on to protect her new friend.
Hay Lin thrust her hands forward and sent a small blast wind at the incoming object, blasting the door back into the pile of trash that it came from. Irma jumped down to stand beside her two friends and smirked at Cornelia, who was glaring at the joker with great deal of anger.
"Well Corny, looks like you're at a disadvantage. It might three on three, but we are winning right now and Taranee over there is still a bit scared of her powers. I don't know what your sidekick over there can do, but I don't think it will make a difference." Irma stated in triumphant tone of voice, making Will think these two were enemies long before the Big Bang happened.
"I'm warning you Lair! Don't mess with me, now get out of here before I make you leave! We were here first!" Cornelia growled out and looked like she was getting ready for round two.
"If you were to look in the shed over there, you would find we had this place claimed for a while now. This has been the territory of Queen Irma and her loyal followers for many a year." Irma said in a mock regal tone and made Will and Hay Lin giggle at the tomboy comedian's actions.
"Why do you get to be the Queen? Why not Hay Lin or me?" Will asked with a big smile on her face, while Irma swatted Will over the head. "Silence peon! You shall not talk back to your Queen!" Irma commanded once again, making her two friends laugh, while Cornelia's face goes red.
"Well your highness, you kingdom is about to be conquered!" Cornelia yelled at the trio and stomped her foot down on the ground. This made the ground shake a little and throw the other girls off balance.
"I think we made her mad Irma. What did you do to her in the past to make her hate you so much?" Will asked while she tried to keep herself upright through the small earthquake.
"Cornelia and Irma have been fighting since kindergarten. They just don't get along!" Hay Lin managed explain before she fell on her butt. Irma said nothing, preferring to keep up the battle between her and her 'mortal enemy'.
Irma fired a beam of some kind Cornelia's feet. When the beam hit, it froze the blond's feet to the ground so she could not stomp anymore and make it possible for her three opponents to stand again.
"It is so totally on now Corny!" Irma yelled over to the blond and Will watched Irma encase her body in a thin layer of ice. Irma then ran up to Cornelia with her fist held up to strike, but a fireball shot across her path. Irma looked over to see an engulfed in flames Taranee, like she was mini female version of the human torch and was shakily holding another fireball.
"S-S-Stop f-fighting r-r-right now. Y-you may have b-been around here longer, but y-you started this, not us!" The timid fire manipulator stated in hopes restoring order, but Cornelia had other plans.
While Irma was focused on Taranee, Cornelia used her telekinetic powers send Irma flying into one of the other mounds of garbage. The funny girl hit the pile hard and if not for her 'ice armor' she might have been a lot more pain then she was in right now.
"Irma!" Hay Lin called out horror, worried about her friend and rushed over to check on her. Will on the other hand, was furious. The redhead knew cheap shots were apart of fighting, no matter what people preached about fighting 'honorably'. When you fight, you fight to win, a lesson Will had learned well back in Fadden Hills.
But seeing the blond hurl Irma across the junkyard while she was distracted had angered Will for some reason. Maybe it was because Irma was one of the first friends Will had ever had or maybe it was because she just did not like the blond, it did not really matter to Will right now. What mattered to Will at the moment was making the girl before her pay…with interest!
With a feral scream, Will unleashed a blast of electricity at Cornelia, just as the blond broke her feet free of Irma's ice. This meant Cornelia had nothing to keep her from being blasted across the junkyard in return for what she did to Irma.
While everyone could react to this, Will quickly turned to face Taranee and blasted her as well. To Will's infuriated mind, Taranee intently distracted Irma so the tall blond would have an opening and was going make sure they both got what was coming to them.
Taranee slammed into the side of a car and her body went back to normal and looked like she was out cold. Cornelia on the other hand, seemed to be still fully awake and was even madder then before. "Oh you are so going to get it now little Ms. Spark-plug! Taranee and I may not be close but you won't get away with that!" The blond roared and attacked in a new way, ripping a junk of earth out of the ground and hurled it at Will.
Will dove out of the way in time, but was unable to counter attack because mother earth incarnate was not through with her dirt clods of death just yet. Cornelia kept ripping more chunk of earth out of the ground and throwing them at Will, making the redhead use all those years of run and evade the police tactics to help her dodge and escape the barrage.
Hay Lin and the semi recovered Irma would have helped, but were still to stunned by display of furry and power had shown earlier and the current one of agility and speed. They had no idea how Will was that good at dodging and Will if had her way, they would never know. She would prefer know one to ever know about her past, just encase.
Unfortunately despite being in pretty good physical condition, Will had limits to her stamina and was going to be worn down if she did not think of something fast. Will dove behind one of the many old and trashed cars to catch her breath, when she got an idea.
Cornelia was breathing heavily now, since this was the first time she truly used her new powers to such an extent. Not surprising since she only got them yesterday and did not know her limits just yet. But the blond refused to lose and used her telekinetic powers to fling the redhead's cover aside, but found no one there.
"Where did she go?" Cornelia gasped, trying to figure how the redhead had slipped away until she heard Will's voice call out, "Right here!" Cornelia looked up to see Will floating up from behind one of the garbage mound. Will standing on an old sheet of metal and it was radiating with an electrical aura, like when she held the car still for Irma earlier.
"Two choices little Ms. Mud Pie. Leave now or there is going be an electrical storm targeting your butt!" Will said with a confidant smirk on her face. Her physical stamina was a bit brained, but her electrical stamina was still pretty good and Cornelia looked tired. There was no way she could loose unless the blond got help.
Before Cornelia could respond, a voice called out, "Both of you have to stop! If you keep fighting, people might wander what is going on and come looking!" The two combatants looked over to see the short blond was the one trying to be the voice of reason.
"Elyon, you can't be serious! You saw what Irma and the new girl did to me and Taranee!" Cornelia practically screeched at the shorter blond, who was kneeling next to the still out cold Taranee.
Elyon's hand glowed with a gentle white light that flowed into unconscious fire user. Slowly Taranee opened her eyes and looked around groggily until the memories came flooding back. "Elyon, what happened?" Taranee asked with a startled tone as she looked around.
Will was surprised to find out the girl called Elyon had the power to heal. So far, everyone of the Bang Babys Will had heard about had offensive base abilities. Guess not everyone had powers that would terrify people.
'Then again, people hate others for being a different skin color so I would not be surprised if people hunted her down for something harmless like that.' Will thought as hovered in mid air on her sheet of metal.
"It's okay Taranee; I'm working on a truce right this minute." Elyon assured the dark skinned girl, and then turned to face Cornelia again. "Irma was only kidding around like she usual does Cornelia. I know you and her don't get along but can't share the space? If what Irma said is true then they hung out here long before the Big Bang happened, but you and Taranee need a secluded spot to practice as well. So if we share the junkyard, we get what we all want." Elyon said in hopes of reasoning with her friend.
Irma thought about protesting, but knew if she did, round two would commence and that would not be good. True Will was still going strong and both Hay Lin and herself still had plenty of fight left, so winning should be easy. But the battle could very well draw a crowd, something no one here wanted.
"It's fine with me, what about you two?" Irma asked Will and Hay Lin who agreed. Cornelia seeing this, finally relented and said, "Fine, we'll share. But no more pranks Lair!" With that an uneasy alliance (for Irma and Cornelia anyway) was formed.
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For the next few hours, the group practiced with their powers. Will had figured out solution to her water problem thanks to from both what she learned in the fight and a theory from Taranee, who Will found out was practically a genies by their age standards.
Will could just let the energy in her body just flow out of her and in a way, power down. This way she could do critical things like take showers or baths with out having to 'short' herself out first.
It was thanks to Will that Cornelia figured out a way she could fly, because the blond remembered how Will used her power to float on an object. In Cornelia's case though, she just took a large chunk of earth or a large rock and stood on it. She had tried using her telekinesis to do the same, but it seemed her powers over earth were less draining to do the task and needed a lot less concentration.
Irma also needed something to help her 'fly' but in she did not float on something like Will or Cornelia. Instead, she copied a trick from an X-Men comic book character and made ice paths to get around.
Taranee, after a lot encourage meant from the others, tried to copy the hero her powers mimicked and tried flying. It seemed whenever Taranee went into 'fire mode' she could fly just like the Human Torch from the Fantastic Four.
Hay Lin could also fly using her air manipulation abilities, but was a bit unsteady. Hay Lin sat down and tried to think of way to make flying easier when an idea struck her. "I got it! I'll make a cape like Storm's from X-Men! It helped her fly, so maybe it will help me!" The hyperactive girl exclaimed, making the others just stare at her.
"Hay Lin, you are not a superhero. You don't need a cape." Irma said in a way that someone would speak to a little kid. This would insult most people, but Hay Lin just shrugged it off because it normal for Irma to tease her like that.
"Why can't I be? In fact, why don't we make a whole team!" Hay Lin Said as whipped out a marker and started writing something on her hand. The others on the other hand were trying to absorb what the Asian girl was saying. She wanted them to be a team of Superheroes!
"Hold it Hay Lin, there might be a small flaw in you're…" Irma started to say, but the Hay Lin held up her hand and showed it had W.I.T.C.H. written on it. "Our team name! And if Elyon wants to join, we just add and E and we are W.I.T.C.H.E.! Hey Will, could you Cornelia carry her around if she does? Since she can't fly in anyway." Hay Lin said in a hyper active manner.
Irma tried as hard as she could to talk some sense into her friend while the others watched, with the exception of Will. 'Me…a superhero? Didn't I always hope one would save me from dad? I may have had no one, but what if I could be there for someone who really needs one? I got the power now, so why not use it!' Will concluded in her mind.
"I don't know about you guys, but I want to do it." Will said aloud and made everyone but Hay Lin stare at her like she grew second head. Hay Lin just ran up to Will and hugged her while saying, "Ya! I got one! Anyone else?"
Cornelia and Taranee looked like they were about try and reason with the two when Irma spoke up. "Well…if you two are going to do this, I might as well join in as well. My dad's a cop and he is going to be up against a lot Bang Babies, might as well to help keep him safe as…Glacier." Irma said as she covered her body in ice armor again.
Hay Lin ran up and hugged her best friend and yelped it was cold when she made contact with 'Glacier's' ice covered body. Irma and Will laughed at this, while an exasperated Cornelia said, "Why am I not surprised the crazy ones want to go along with idea! You guys want to get killed just so you guys can play out a childish fantasy!"
This made Irma and Hay Lin cringe, while Will just stared her down, much the group's surprise. "I'm not doing it because I have fantasies of being a hero. I'm doing it because I have reasons that are none of you business! If you want to go home and pretend you don't have the power to make difference in the world, that's fine. Just stay out of the way of those who want to!" Will stated forcefully and made the earth manipulator's jaw drop.
This little speech seemed to affect Elyon and Taranee as well, who looked both shocked and inspired by the redhead's words. It was what gave the timid Taranee the courage to say, "I…I'll join up to. I can't say I'll stick around long, but I'll at least give it a shot." Cornelia was getting even more stunned by the minute and it seemed Elyon was about to finish her off.
"I can't be out in the 'field' but…we have a base right here though. With Taranee's genis and some imagination I can help by sending information with walkie-talkies or something. Plus if you guys get hurt, my healing powers could really help." Elyon said and that was what nearly made Cornelia faint.
"You can't be…Fine, I'm in as well. I'm not letting my best friend do this alone, even if she is the only one who will be safe while we do this." The blond said in defeat. This made the others smile as blond officially joined the team.
"So looks like Team W.I.T.C.H. is almost ready for action. How are we going to get what we need though? Won't getting the equipment for Elyon and won't costumes cost a lot?" Will asked. She knew she had lot of money, being the daughter of Susan Vandom, but Will did not want them to find out about that for as long as possible.
Will knew there was a chance that Irma and Hay Lin might know, but Will was hoping they didn't. She knew by asking her question she was going to find out though. After all, Irma or Hay Lin would point out Will had access to a rather big allowance if they knew.
"That's…a good question. Hay Lin probably the costumes down, no prob. The equipment on the other hand…Corny, you think you or Elyon can get something? You guys have the huge fortunes of the group after all." Irma asked in hopes that would help provide a solution.
While Will breathed a mental sigh of relief that Irma did not know Will's family status, Cornelia got a little annoyed at the use of the word 'Corny'. "Don't call me that Irma! Besides, to get something with the kind of range we need would cost more then either Elyon or I could get with out being asked questions. If my pass card had better clearance I might be able to sneak something out of Vandom Industries but unfortunately…" Cornelia answered while Will looked up in confusion.
"You have a pass card to get into the biggest company in the city? Why?" Will asked, reminding the group that Will was new in town.
"My mom works in the research labs of Vandom Industries as one of it's top scientists. Encase of emergencies, my mom gave me a pass to get past some of the lower level security areas, but not into the actual work areas. I would not be surprised if we need to get something like one or two levels below an all clearance pass to get far enough inside to get what we need." Cornelia explained to Will.
This made Will worried about one thing upon hearing this from Cornelia. Should she tell the others about who her mother was and importantly, had an all clearance pass card they needed? If she did, then anything the group needed was at their finger tips, but how would they react to finding out the truth?
Will knew that people who had money, had lots of 'friends' because of it. Will wanted real friends, not ones that wanted to be near Will because she had a huge piggy bank.
'I guess I'm going to find out which type they are.' Will thought as she reached for her wallet and took the pass out. Will then handed to Cornelia while saying, "This should get us in to the places we want."
Cornelia raised an eye brow at Will as if saying, 'You have better clearance then me? Ya right!' But as Cornelia looked at the card for a moment, she quickly looked back up and asked, "You're serious? You are...wow! Even mom thought that was just a rumor. My mom is still going to have job tomorrow right? You know, after how I treated you and all."
Will was a bit unnerved by that question, but could understand it. A lot of people would be scared of messing with a boss' kid because said kid just might get them fired. "I...I don't do things like that Cornelia. If I have problem with someone, I deal with it my self and only with the person I have problem with. Besides, until yesterday, she had not been in my liked for eleven years." Will replied, looking away sadly, while Cornelia skilfully kept the other girls from seeing Will's pass card.
"But it says on here your only eleven now, turning twelve in a few months. How can she only be back in your life since yesterday?" Cornelia asked, while she sent Irma flying back into a junk heap with her telekinesis, when the humors tomboy refused to take a hint about not trying to look at the card. Once again, Irma glad she was covered in her ice armor when she hit the pile or it would have really hurt.
"It's a long story, one I don't want to tell." Will explained as she got her card back. Cornelia seemed to under stand, but still gave Will a critical piece of advice. "You might want to tell the rest of the group because if you don't the newspapers will."
This made Will sigh in defeat knowing Cornelia was right and looked at the group, who were eagerly waiting an explanation. Even Irma was looking straight at Will, despite the fact Cornelia threw her into a junk pile for a second time.
Just as Will was about to explain everything though, her cell phone rang. Will pulled it out said "Hello?"
"Will, its mom. I'm just leaving work now, tell me where you are and I'll pick you up." Will heard her mother's voice say on the other end, making Will pulled the phone away just long enough to see what time it was.
'It's 6:30PM right now! I thought it was earlier then that!' Will screamed in her mind, before replying to her mother, "I'm heading back to that restaurant right now mom. Could I meet you there?"
"I'm glad you decided to go sweetheart. I'll be there in ten minutes, can you get back there by then?" Will heard her mother asked. Well said she could and hung up, then turned to her friends and say, "I got to go. I promise I'll explain later!" With that Will took off, with the girls in hot pursuit. They were not going to be shaken so easily.
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Will was coming into sight of the Silver Dragon as her mother's car pulled out front. Unfortunately for Will, the others were hot on her tail, demanding Will stop and answer questions right this minute. This made Will pour on the speed, hoping to jump into the car and get away.
To bad for Will, her mother was getting out of the car and watching the scene in confusion. Her daughter had five girls chasing after her, but from their yells Susan could tell they meant no harm…not yet anyway.
As Will got to the passenger side door, she dove in and gasped out, "Petal to the metal!" This just made Susan look at the redhead in even more confusion while the other girls caught up.
Irma was the first to reach the car and yanked Will's door open, much to the redhead's horror. "Okay…you…talk…now!" The other tomboy demanded between attempts to catch her breath. The others were more focused on Susan though, except for Cornelia who already knew Will's secret.
"Irma…just look at…the woman…on the…other…side of…the car!" Cornelia managed to say despite being badly winded. Irma looked at the blond for a second, then did as she was told. Upon seeing Susan's face, Irma's jaw dropped like everyone else's.
Susan was trying to figure out why the girls were looking at her like that, then realized what her daughter was trying to do when she jumped into the car. "Will, I'm hurt! You don't want to be seen with me?" Susan teased her daughter, who was groaning in response.
Susan just smiled and shook her head at this before looking at will's fiends and said, "She'll call you tomorrow. Right now, Will and I have plans for tonight." The other girls just nodded their heads dumbly as the dark haired woman got into the car and drove away.
"Wow…and here I thought Cornelia and Elyon were well off. Guess we can get everything we need at Vandom Industries." Irma commented and everyone could not help but agree. Hard to not get some simple long-range communication system when you have friend would walk right in and ask for one that could send messages all the way to China!
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In the car, Will was still trying to catch her breath. The redhead had been hoping to get away before her friends saw her mom, but now she was just hoping they would not like her for her mother's money.
Susan could guess her daughter's train of thought. It was one Susan went through a lot when she was a girl, asking herself, 'Do they like me or do they like what I can do for them.' It was hard being apart of a wealthy family some times when it came to finding real friends and not ones that only leeched off you.
"Did you have fun Will?" Susan asked, hoping to help get her daughter off that train of thought. It did not help to worry about it, it was better to just let time reveal what the girls' motives were.
"It was…a bit weird. We found we had stuff in common though." Will replied, hiding the worry that was bothering her very well. Knowing her daughter was so good at such a skill at only eleven did not sit well with Susan, but knew there was nothing she could do about it.
"That's good to hear. Does this mean you'll be going to see them tomorrow?" Susan asked in hopes her daughter was still going to give these girls a chance.
Will gave her mother an obviously forced smile as she replied, "You called before we could really talk about tomorrow, but I probably have plans by tomorrow afternoon." This satisfied Susan for now. As long as Will was going to have friends to be with when her mother wasn't around made the dark haired woman happy.
'Please let them be true friends.' Susan silently prayed as she drove the two of them home.
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Back in the Silver Dragon, the rest of the newly dubbed Team W.I.T.C.H. was having a meal in back room of the restaurant. Yan Lin had been surprised to see Cornelia Hale and Irma Lair not at each other's throats, but glad to see it nonetheless. The old woman thought it was rather silly how the two fought constantly over the most ridicules reasons.
"So, how do we deal with this? Will did not tell us she is literally the richest girl in town for a reason, so what is it?" Irma asked and got a groan from Cornelia, who had a very good idea why.
"Irma, think about what you just said! She has money, lots of it! People try to be friends with me and Elyon because of it, so don't you think Will probably worried about the same thing!" Cornelia exclaimed, hoping to drill the idea into the Water/Ice user's head.
Before Irma could respond to Cornelia's words, Taranee spoke up. "There is another problem as well." The dark skinned fire user said in a quite voice, just loud enough for everyone to hear.
"What do you mean?" Hay Lin asked Taranee, being the most curious of the whole group. They were all eager to find out what this other problem was.
"We have already admitted we need a lot of resources and that most could be obtained from Vandom Industries. The second we even think we might need something, Will might feel she has to get it for us or we might hate her if she doesn't. I'll admit that Team W.I.T.C.H. could very well be the best equipped team of superheroes ever, but how do we do that with making Will realize we want to be her friends, not because she is a resource." Taranee explained and made the group realize the full extent of Will's fears.
"We limit what we take from Vandom Industries for one. We only use that as our last resort option and get what we need from other places first. Irma, your dad's a policeman right? If we snuck into the police station, could we get stuff that would let up patch into police radio transmissions?" Cornelia asked, as she tried come up with ways to prove to Will the real reason they wanted her around.
Will and Cornelia may have gotten off to a rough start, but the blond respected the redhead for her guts and determination. Not many dared stand up to Cornelia when she was mad, but Will did not even blink. Will had even been brave enough to fight back with equal force when both lighting and earth manipulators went at it with their powers.
'She has had her powers for only a short time, yet she is really good with them. I had at least a small bit of practice last night, but Will said her powers did not show up until this morning. The fact Will was on par, if not better then me is pretty impressive.' Cornelia admitted in her mind, though she would never say those words aloud. Cornelia Hale never admitted anyone was better then her, never.
"I thought about that back in the junkyard, but when we got talking about a radio system I got side tracked. If we see Will tomorrow we need to test out an idea I got about Will's powers. If it works, we can get a police scanner no prob." Irma replied to Cornelia. The group then went about trying to make list of things they needed and how to get them, with relying on Will and her connections.
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The next morning, Will woke up on the couch and was curled up in her mother's arms. Both had fallen asleep watching movies and it had been the best night of Will's life. Will still had a small part of her that was reluctant to forgive her mother, but she was no longer reluctant to show some degree of affection to wards the woman.
After all, the very busy woman took time out of her busy schedule to make room for a night just for the two of them. Her mother had admitted such nights would be rare, but at least the dark haired Vandom wanted show she cared.
Will wanted to just lay like this all morning, but Will knew her mother had to go to work eventually so the redhead tried to wake mother up using method she had used on her father once. Will took a deep breath and was about to put her fingers in her mouth so she could whistle, when Susan suddenly said, "Don't you dare."
Will let out a surprised yelp at this and would have jumped, but her mother was latched onto Will to tightly for her to move. Susan opened her eyes and smiled down at her daughter's terror stricken face as she said, "I'm glad you wanted to wake me sweetie, but your choice of method is much to be desired. Now, go get some breakfast while I go get your clothes. I want to talk to you about something before I leave for work."
Will nodded dumbly at her mother command and head for the kitchen. Will's mother had loaned Will a t-shirt to Will to act as a nightshirt, since Will had nothing to sleep in just yet. This way Susan could take Will's jogging suite and give it a good washing, since it was the only thing Will had to wear at the moment.
As Will poured some cereal into a bowl, Susan came in with Will's sweat pants and sweat shirt. As placed Susan Will's clothes on the table, she sat down and said, "Will, when you go out today, please get yourself some new clothes. You can't keep wearing the same thing everyday after all. You don't need to get a whole wardrobe, just a few changes of clothes to hold you over until I can get time to take you out a shopping trip. Of course, if that blond girl I saw is who I think it is, she'll probably drag you on one long before I can."
Will raised an eyebrow at her mother's comment, trying figure out if her mother was referring to Cornelia or Elyon and what they had to do with shopping trips. Susan sensed her daughter's confusion smiled as she explained a bit more, "Cornelia Hale is who I think that tall blond was and is the daughter of one of my best scientists. Cornelia loves to shop from what her mother Elizabeth told me once. If you want to stop her loading you down with clothes, just tell her she has help you get them home. That should slow her down!"
Will giggled at her mother's suggestion, but then got nervous expression on her. Susan was about to ask what was wrong, when Will asked, "Mom…is there any kind of walkie-talkie system that can work all over the city? The girls were talk were sort of think of getting something like that for…that stuff we have in common I told you about last night." After Will said that, Susan felt relieved. The older Vandom thought there might have been something wrong, but glad it was just about a radio system, though it was strange that her daughter and her friends wanted one.
"Well, there are few that could do that, mostly military models have that kind of range though. I get feeling this is going to be one of those group secrets, right?" Susan asked with a smirk on her face. She remembered being a girl who loved to have secrets from her parents, so she did not think it strange for Will to be so vague with her request.
'Though how long range walkie-talkie plays into that I'll probably never know.' Susan commented in her mind as she tried to think of how to help her daughter. After few minutes of going over what she knew were stored away in her company's storerooms, she recalled something.
"I think I know something that could work. I'm a bit curious as to why you want it, but that's you and your friends' business. I'll bring it home to night and you and your friends can have it." Susan told her daughter, who looked surprised that her mother was just going to give her the equipment.
"Well, I got to get going honey. Have fun with your friends today and remember to get some new clothes before you come home." Susan said as got and headed off for work. After her mother left, Will finished her cereal and went to look up the Silver Dragon's phone number.
'They were nice before they found out who my mom was, so maybe it won't be so bad.' The redhead contemplated as she looked the number in the phone book.
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Yan Lin was getting organized for day's work when she heard the phone ring. 'Who could that be? We don't start deliveries until eleven.' The old woman wondered as she picked up the phone and said, "I'm sorry, but if you calling for a take out order I'm afraid…Oh it's you Will! I'm sorry I did not know it was personal call. The mall at noon? I'll be sure to tell her that. Your welcome my dear, but get the home number when you see Hay Lin later. Good bye."
With that, Yan Lin hung up and went to go tell her granddaughter about Will's call. As Yan Lin was just reaching Hay Lin's door, when it swung open the energetic girl came out. "Hi Grandma, what's up?" Hay Lin asked when she caught sight of the old woman.
"I just got a call form Will, Hay Lin. She says she want to meet you and the other girls at the mall at noon. Don't worry; I'll keep your father off your back so you can go." The old woman explained and then watched her granddaughter dive back into her room. The old woman smiled and walked away, knowing Hay Lin was gathering the troops at this very moment.
'I hope they have fun. Now, how do I keep that son of mine in line? A stern lecture or another public humiliation like I did yesterday?' Yan Lin wondered while she headed off to get back to work.
It was a good thing Yan Lin was going to deal with Chen for Hay Lin. It was going to take the whole group to get what they needed done that day and be a shopping trip to remember.
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And there you go. I hope you all enjoyed it.