Chapter Three: The Worst Thing's First.

The final bell rang and I slumped over in my seat. Hero class was so boring. All those eager sidekicks who thought that they were missing something had another thing coming if they ever found out.

Who cared if we looked better in leotards or spandex? They were the freakin same thing! Worst thing yet, it was a Friday, and I had detention.

Luckily my parents hadn't found out yet, but mum had called me last night and told me that they weren't going to be home until tomorrow afternoon. She had sounded exhausted, and I knew that she was in a bad mood, as she didn't even ask how my day went.

I glanced up in mild surprise as Tethys stopped at my desk.

"Rai?" She asked tentatively, however no emotion passed. I think I grunted to show her that I was listening.

"Don't you have detention?" I rolled over and glared at her. She was unfazed.

Great, another person whom didn't get affected by my icy glares.

"Thanks for reminding me," I sighed, and got up.

Tethys followed me. I felt one of my eyebrows twitch, but brushed it off. However I could still feel her behind me, and it annoyed the hell out of me.

"Why are you following me?" I finally asked, turning around to glare at her. She looked unimpressed.

"My locker is the same was as the detention room." I rolled my eyes and stalked ahead of her. That girl got on my nerves—maybe even more so then Kate. At least Kate was full to the brim with emotions, however this girl was impassive. I guess that was to be expected from an empath. However it rather unnerved me as well. It was silly to think that she could feel my secrets, but best keep any devious thoughts out of my mind.

Wordlessly we parted; I knew that she was probably annoyed with me.

"See you later." I opened my mouth to reply, but was cut off.

"Ms. Stronghold, no dawdling, now come on." Mrs. Powers seemed rather agitated for some reason as she ushered me into the tiny detention room.

"This room neutralizes all powers, now behave." The door slid shut with an ominous click!

I turned around slowly. Colby grinned at me, Blondie glared.

There were three desks. One was in the middle of where Colby and Blondie were sitting. I cursed myself silently as I slid into the desk, wondering why I had to get so hot headed.

I pulled out my book, but not before glancing back and forth suspiciously as I did so. Deciding that it was safe—I opened my poor, mangled book and began to read.

"psssttt." I ignored it at first.

"psssttt." My eyebrow twitched as I turned to glare at Colby.

"What are you reading?" He asked, leaning over.

"Well, I'm trying to read anyway," I snapped, shoving him back. With a look of surprise, Colby slipped off his chair and onto the floor.

Surprising myself, I laughed. Colby, who looked bewildered, soon joined in.

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Wearily, I unlocked the house door and slowly trumped into the boot room. Humbart poked his head in the kitchen curiously, watching me as I set my bag down on the table and slumped into a chair.

Ugh, I was so tired. I didn't bother to make anything to eat, instead I got a glass and coaxed some water from the tap and into the glass.

I sat there, simply enjoying the silence, and the fact that it was the weekend as I sipped my water.

I heard something in the other room. Frowning, I wondered what Humbart had gotten into again. I sighed and got up, deciding the search the living room first.

A hand slid over my mouth and I was yanked backwards. I was so surprised I couldn't react at first. There were three of them, each dressed in black. I piece of cloth slid over my mouth.

I squirmed, I kicked and flailed around, trying to kick them as the two females grabbed my legs. I couldn't see who was holding me, but I could tell that he was male.

"We've got her," one of the females talked in a low voice into a cell phone.

Terrible thoughts raced through my head.

Were these villains that my mum and dad had made enemies of? I knew that they had always been careful of that, and had never let me out of their sight when I was younger. I was almost kidnapped once, but my parents had saved me at the last moment.

Oh god, oh god… It suddenly occurred to me that I had super strength.

"Stay still." The male whispered into my ear as suddenly my hands and legs were frozen in ice blocks.

Well, so much for that super strength.

They shut the door behind us as we took the back way out, carefully they loaded me into a car as one of the females got behind the driver's seat.

Meanwhile the other female and the male stayed in the back with me, making sure that I did not try to escape.

I decided to settle for glaring at them instead. Who ever these amateurs were, I would make them regret ever trying to kidnap me.

The male seemed slightly amused that I was glaring up at him.

"Phase two is complete. We're on our way. Do you have everything ready?" The driver talked in a low voice with the person on the other end of the line. I wondered why their voices sounded oddly familiar. But then again, that could just be the panic setting in.

The car turned sharply, nearly sending me careening into the side door if not for my captors, who held me steady as best as they could.

My feet and hands were going numb from the ice, my teeth chattered as the car eventually pulled to a stop.

Cautiously, the female that wasn't driving, reached over and blindfolded me. There had been no reason to blindfold me earlier, because at the level I was at, I couldn't even see out the window.

They picked me up again, and hefted me out the car as I remained still, my eyesight and now officially all feeling in my feet and hands were gone. I heard a door open.

"Hmmph!" I complained through the gag as they accidentally hit my head on something hard.

"Phase three is complete miss." Came one of the female's voices.

"Great, where is she then?" I couldn't mistake that voice anywhere.

I tried to talk through my gag, which of course, never worked.

"And why the heck are you dressed in black, with a mask on?" Kate asked suspiciously as I heard her light footsteps approaching.

I heard her gasp as the blindfold was taken off my face carefully. Her face was both surprised, and it looked like she also wanted to laugh.

I glared at her fiercely.

"Guys! When I said kidnap her—I didn't mean it literally." The two who had been holding me lowered me gently onto the ground, I would have flopped over if the male one hadn't kept me upright.

My eyes must have been bugging out of my head as Tethys suddenly pulled off her mask and gave me what I thought to be an amused look. (Her being an empath, it was kind of hard to tell, they were careful to not show much emotion…)

The other female was, oops, never mind, that was actually just Lee.

And the male who had been restraining me, well a moment later I found myself glaring up at a grinning Colby.

"Umm… Rai?" I felt anger boil up in my chest, but I still couldn't move, instead I thrashed around, swearing profusely through my gag.

"Ooo mgpher phooker! Ahm oing ooo ick yoph assph!" This continued on for a good solid five minutes as Colby looked doubtful that they should actually let me go, seeing as I might kill them if they gave me the chance.

Kate, not surprisingly, was the only one who really managed to calm me down enough to take off my gag and remove the ice blocks.

Colby jumped back just in time as I took a swipe at his jaw. I went to get up, but promptly toppled back over as my legs were numb, as well as hands, along with the lower part of my arms.

"Whoa, calm down!" Lee joked. However as he was met with my death glare, he promptly backed off, mumbling something about having to go to the bathroom.

Kate gasped when she saw my feet and hands. They were nearly tinged blue!

What she did afterwards may have made me respect her more then I ever did at that moment.

She stormed off into the other room. Tethys and I waited with apprehension.

THUNK!! CLONK!

"OWW!!!"

"EIIIIKKKK!!!"

A moment later Kate appeared, dragging both Colby and Lee back into the room, by their ears none the less.

I blinked in surprise as Kate yelled at them, a mix of you idiots! And I told you to ask her, not kidnap her! After that, I rather stopped paying attention.

"What do you say to her?" Kate demanded as she yanked on their ears harder. I grinned slightly, now that was a woman.

"I'm sorry!" Lee practically sobbed. I wondered if it had been him who had screamed so girlishly earlier. I rolled my eyes as he flinched when I looked at him. Most likely.

"Sorry." Colby said, although I could tell that he really didn't mean it anyway.

Kate, who was a little less then satisfied, but knew it was the best that she would get from Colby, instructed them to carry my upstairs.

I could hear Kate run up the stairs ahead of us as we slowly progressed upstairs. I was starting to feel a little more warmth in my hands and toes, but for the most part, they still felt as if they were frozen in blocks of ice.

Kate stood outside the bathroom door as I undressed and slipped into the bath tub. The warm water seemed to sting my feet and slowly seep into my body. Had to admit, regaining feeling in my hands and feet felt good. Oh yes once I regained all motion, I was going to throttle those two.

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Kate rummaged around in her cupboards, digging out some junk food and other unhealthy things as she delivered them all to us on the couch. Don't ask me why I was sitting on the couch.

Kate on one side.

Tethys on the other.

Wrapped in a fuzzy blanket.

And about to watch a horror movie.

And don't ask me why… Why it felt good. To be sitting here, surrounded by these crazy people who had claimed me at an alarming pace as their friend.

Friend.

That word was foreign to me as I mulled it over in realization of what I had just thought. Was I really… Their friend? Suddenly realizing what I had just been doing I shook my head to rattle those thoughts from my mind.

"Would you like a chip Rai?" Kate asked, waving around a salt and vinegar chip around in front of my mouth. Seeing as how I couldn't actually move my own arms. You see, the fuzzy pink blanket wrapped around me was not only for my warmth—but also for Colby's and Lee's own safety. Basically it worked like a straight jacket. Kate told me that it was both for my own—and their own safety.

It wasn't my fault that I had lunged at Colby the moment I saw him—and he happened to be in front of the staircase—and it was hardly my fault that we had both tumbled down the stairs and knocked into Lee and Tethys in doing so.

Okay, so maybe it was my fault for that part, but he was the one who started it!

I glared at Kate, who somehow took that as a yes—and shoved the chip into my mouth.

Luckily I was distracted by Lee flicking off the lights just as the title of the movie slowly faded onto the screen.

Wicked Scary 6 oozed blood before it faded away once more. Lee screamed like a little girl as a poor, unsuspecting girl screamed and was dragged off in a trail of blood into another room—off screen.

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The six of us sat there—staring wide eyed at the screen as the boy friend ad girlfriend made out as slowly, ever so slowly a tentacle wrapped around their legs and—

DING! DING! DONG?!

All six of us screamed as the doorbell rung, Kate fell of the couch as Tethys found herself hugging onto me as if for dear life. Gasping heavily, Colby paused the movie as Kate regained her balance and hesitantly went to answer the door.

I was surprised that Lee hadn't screamed like a little girl. I glanced down. Lee had fainted. I resisted sniggering—if not the fact that I too was still shaking.

Kate returned a few moments later, balancing precariously several pizza boxes and other fast food.

"Just the pizza guy." She breathed, as if in relief. After we all grabbed a slice of pizza—well, Kate grabbed mine for me—we apprehensively resumed the movie just as the unsuspecting couple were brutally attacked and shredded to pieces.

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Needless to say, by the end of the movie—we were all in close quarters.

Lee ended up hiding behind the couch, peeking over every so often. Tethys and Kate were latched on to each side of me, their faces buried into the fuzzy pink blanket. Colby was leaning against my legs, if I had not been so mortified—perhaps I would have remember to kick him, but for now, he was saved from my wrath.

Somehow I didn't seem to mind the close contact—which was odd for me. I was normally so careful with being touched, I told myself that it was simply the fact that I was scared out of my mind—and not thinking clearly. But I knew that somewhere in my heart—it was something else.

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"Hi sweet heart," I glanced up in surprised as my mom greeted me from the kitchen table as I came in the door.

"Hi mom." I replied, studying her curiously as she slowly cut the vegetables. She looked incredibly tired, I realized as I skirted around her and poured myself a glass of milk. There was no other words exchanged, the only sound was the repetitive knife hitting the cutting board as she continued chopping.

Humbart mewed and clawed my leg as I petted him gingerly.

"Where's dad?" I asked dryly.

"In the living room." She answered shortly. Had they had a fight? It had been a long time since that had happened. I could hardly remember them fighting when I was younger!

"Oh… Okay." I answered lamely as I escaped to the living room.

There he was as mom had said. In the living room, watching TV as he most often did when he was in here. I debated on whether asking what was wrong—or running up to my room.

"Raichu." I nearly winced when I heard him use my full name. It had been so long since he had actually done that. Normally it was Rai-Rai, or Chu-Chu! But never Raichu.

"We need to talk for a moment." I set down my bag, a little nervous. Humbart had enough sense to have stayed in the kitchen at this point.

He was using his superior super hero voice on me. It unnerved me greatly as I sat down on the opposite end of the couch.

"We got a call from the school Raichu." My father said without looking at me, I could hear my mother come to the doorway.

"They said that you got a detention… Because of your new powers." I stared straight ahead. Wondering why I had to be such an idiot to forget those kinds of things. I could hear mum tapping her foot impatiently.

"You're grounded Raichu." My mother said firmly, her arms crossed over her perky little chest. I nodded silently, getting up slowly.

"Hold on a moment sweetie." My mum stopped me as I went to climb the stairs. She seemed to take a deep breath as she sat beside my father, and he put his arm around her securely, giving her a little squeeze.

"Your father and I," she gave him a small smile, and he returned it, "Have something important to tell you." I stepped back off the stairs, and awkwardly hovered near the TV.

"Firstly, Raichu—we're very proud of you for finally getting your powers." My father gave me a large, toothy grin as I shuffled my feet.

"Rai honey?" My mom waited until I looked up at the both of them before she continued. Why I had an increasingly bad feeling about this was anyone's guess. I wondered why mum kept touching her stomach almost tenderly. It was starting to annoy the hell out of me.

"We're going to have another baby."

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