Ch. 4. Save the Citizen.

Layla's POV.

Lissy was coming at me, arms aflame. It reminded me of Wills first confrontation with Warren. And had I not been scared I probably would have laughed at the irony.

"Elisabeth Grace Hale." I heard rather then saw Warren growl. I could tell that doused her fire. That was his dangerous purr, and long experience had taught me to run when he sounded like that. Peeking around the desk I had ducked under I saw her squaring off with him, but she looked sheepish. I had a feeling they were having a silent discussion. She had said she was telepathic, but never said how powerful she was.

"Hippie." I moved to stand, now feeling silly. I faced Warren first as he stood a little in front of her. Probably to keep a safe distance between me and the older girl.

"Care to explain what you are doing? Cause I know you know better then to be eavesdropping." his voice was low. I'd learned my lesson about how much Warren valued his privacy after he had a similar issue with Will.

"I was just going to tell you guys that lunch is almost over."

And as if on cue the bell rang.

"And that you might want to clue her in on STC. We have it the rest of the day today." I added.

"Shit." he cursed under his breath. I chanced a glance at Lissy.

"What's STC?" she asked softly. I didn't know who she was asking.

"Save the Citizen. I'll explain more in the gym, come on." Warren's voice was normal now. Taking her hand he led her out of the room. I followed behind slowly. STC would be interesting today, I just knew it.

Warren's POV.

The gym was packed since today was Monday. The whole school had STC in the afternoon. Lissy gripped tighter to my hand. Her dislike of crowds had apparently not improved. Once all was seated Coach Boomer picked Lash and Speed as Villains. I rolled my eyes, typical. (They'd only got probation for their minor part in Royal Pain's scheme.)

"Who do you pick for your heroes?" Boomer asked.

"Peace." said Speed.

"New Girl." supplied Lash when he saw how close she was to me. So much for explaining about STC. She was going to get a first hand lesson.

"Hale, Peace. Get down here." Boomer roared after consulting his clipboard to learn her name.

"Follow me." I said leading her to the changing area.

"Now Miss. Hale, what exactly is your power?" Boomer asked once we walked onto the floor. She'd obviously skipped Power Placement this morning.

"I'm a telepathic witch." she replied, tossing a don't you dare say it look my way. I smiled. Boomer just nodded and walked to his seat. Once perched the mulcher started and the dummy began begging to be saved. I watched Lissy take this in with wide eyes. She looked at me as Boomer yelled,

"BATTLE!" in his sonic voice. Lash reached out and grabbed her, tossing her aside. I watched in horror as she hit the wall protecting the bleachers. I aimed a fireball at him. He sidestepped it.

"Lissy!" I went for her only to find Speed in my way. I powered up, lighting my arms. Speed ran around me putting me out. He began running the vortex to keep me oxygen deprived, but as I hit the floor I watched him get flung away. He hit the ceiling as Lissy screamed,

"WARREN!" she made to move toward me, but Lash knocked her back.

"Not so fast sweetheart." he sneered and her face darkened.

"Hey Coach little help!" Speed was stuck to the ceiling. Coach just laughed. An ouch drew my attention back to Lissy. She was alight, and he was rubbing out his sleeves. So she'd burned him.

"You'll pay for that." he promised.

"You're a pathetic little bully." she replied coldly. And with that she put him on the ceiling next to Speed. Holding him there with her power. Then walked to me, summoning the dummy as she went by. I just watched, it had been awhile since I had seen her use her powers, and she's definitely powerful.

"HEROES WIN!" Boomer announced. We walked off the floor.

Lissy's POV

The game of Save the Citizen was a piece of cake. Very elementary school yet I could see the logic of it. Being able to work under pressure and all. I watched a couple more battles, but after Will and Layla defeated Speedy and Gumby I was ready to go. Of course I had to be reminded to let them down, I dropped them on their hollow heads to the delight of the rest of the assembly.

"Can we skip out early?" I whispered in Warren's ear. We still had some talking to do and I had boxes to unpack. His grip on my hand tightened as my breath tickled his earlobe. I repressed a smile, that was a subject we would needed to discuss. And soon.

"Yeah. We can since we are seniors and we played already."

"Good then let's blow this popsicle stand." I whispered again as Layla shot me a weird look. I gave her a Warren worthy glare and rose. Turning on my heel and leaving. He caught up to me at my locker.

A.N. Still don't own. I'm evil and yes she and Warren will be having another talk soon.