Okay, sorry about how long its been. I'll update once a month or so. Thanks for keeping up with it and putting up with how slow it's been going. Some editing for earlier chapters needs to be done, so don't get too excited if you see that it's been updated before next month.

Chapter Six

Sam and Tucker stood in front of the woman who had been talking to Phantom with their arms crossed, glaring her down. The woman, Principal Powers, stared at them in surprise.

"I beg your pardon?" she asked after a moment.

"What do you want with Phantom?" Sam repeated.

"I am afraid that is between me and Phantom," Powers replied.

"We heard your conversation," Tucker said before Sam stomped on his foot. "Ow!"

"Then why are you asking?"

Sam narrowed her eyes at the woman and began to tap her foot. "No one comes here just to offer him a chance to work on his powers without being hunted. What do you really want with him?" Her glare intensified.

Principal Powers could not believe it. Not only did the boy she want to talk to completely disappear, but now he had two people confronting her on his behalf to make sure she didn't have some dastardly plot in the works. "What will it take to convince you of my sincerity?" she asked them.

"Well, you could show us your school," Tucker suggested, before Sam elbowed him hard in the gut.

The woman looked over the teens in front of her, thinking. She could always refuse of course. They weren't the boy's parents, after all. Then a thought popped into her head.

"Are you Phantom's guardians?" she asked.

The pair stopped glaring at each other and their irritated expressions became surprised. Were they Danny's guardians? They had been there when he became half ghost and they did look out for him. Sam and Tucker nodded to each other and turned back to Principal Powers.

"You could say that," Sam replied.

"Especially if it gets us to the school," Tucker said. "And all those sweet, super-powered chicks."

Sam stomped on his foot without looking away from the woman in front of her.

Principal Powers rubbed her temples. She knew she was going to regret what she said next, but also knew she had to say it. "Then as guardians who know of his...abilities, you are allowed to visit the school to check if it is something you would like him to attend."

"And if we decide that he won't go there unless we join him there?" Sam demanded. Tucker opened his mouth, then decided against saying anything. He'd been bruised enough this morning. Besides, he wasn't about to let his best friend go off somewhere potentially dangerous without backup.

The woman sighed as her prediction came true, even sooner than she thought. "We can discuss that later, if necessary."

"Good," Sam said.

"Could we check it out after school today?" Tucker asked before Sam could say anything else.

Sam raised an eyebrow at him and he shrugged, gesturing discreetly at the school, implying that Danny had detention anyway and wouldn't be able to come or object. She nodded.

"Today after school is perfect," she agreed.

Principal Powers sighed and decided to leave the teens to their school so she could prepare Sky High for the after school tour.

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It had been a rather long and tiring day. Someone had set the cafeteria on fire and someone else had frozen it. The science hall walls had been melted and Madulla denied having anything to do with it. There were torch marks all over the outside grounds.

And to top it all off, not all of the students would be off campus when the two powerless teens came to scope out the school. Principal Powers pinched the bridge of her nose in an effort to ease the pounding in her head.

They had parted ways after the teens had introduced themselves and she had given them a card with a number to call when they were ready to come. Tucker had taken the card and pulled Sam after him into the school.

School hours were now over and as many students as possible were off campus. The teen guardians had called and the bus was on the way to pick them up. She hoped their visit went smoothly.

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Tucker had called the number on the card a few minutes before he and Sam checked the detention room to see if he'd made it or if they should cover for him. He had been there so Sam had given him back his bag before chasing Tucker down for his ill-timed comment. The techno geek was rubbing his shins as a school bus pulled up and the doors opened.

A man with a round face wearing a ball cap with a school logo on it poked his head out. "Tucker and Sam?" he asked.

"Yeah," Tucker said, jumping up and hurrying over. "Is this the-"

"Hop on," the bus driver cut him off.

Sam and Tucker shared a look before shrugging and climbing on. The doors shut behind them.

The bus driver held out his hand to them. "Ron Wilson, Bus Driver," he introduced himself.

Sam shook his hand. "Sam Manson, goth ultra-recyclo vegetarian, friend and guardian of Phantom."

Tucker followed suit. "Tucker Foley," he said. "That's T. F. for Too Fine. Techno geek extraordinaire, friend and guardian of Phantom."

Ron Wilson whistled. "So how do you help him?" he asked.

"We help him patrol and break him out whenever he gets kidnapped," Tucker answered.

"And you don't have any powers?"

Sam raised an eyebrow. "I'm a goth with peppy parents who still live in the fifties and I'm still here. Does that count?"

"And I can hack into just about anything with just my PDA," Tucker added.

"Wow," the bus driver whistled. "Well, we'd better get going. Don't want to be late for that tour."