Note: I do not own 'Sky High' but do own my character. I set it as if Warren is a year ahead than everyone else because he looks and acts older. If you've read my 'Phaedra' story, it'll seem like a repeat but I couldn't decide on her ability. Enjoy.
"What if we get hit by the Power-a-Ray?"
"You ask too many questions. Take this and stick it on your finger. Just hold it up in front of you and a force field will come up. I whipped them up a second ago. Now if you're ready to go," I said, pushing him outside.
I grabbed him and took off into the air. I flew a couple times over his house before landing in front of his house. We slowly went around to the side of the house, waiting for them to attack.
"Well, if it isn't the Commander and Jetstream. How did you know where to find us?" Gwen called.
"A telepath. She went after the mind of the weaker member of your group. You should know better, Gwen, than recruiting sidekicks," I said.
"Hey, I'm not a sidekick," the teleporter said.
"You could have fooled me."
Gwen brought up the Power-a-Ray and took aim at us. Warren held up his hand and the ring created an invisible wall in front of us. The ray beam bounced off the force field and hit Barron instead. He crumbled to the ground and I froze time so I could get the weapon and zap Gwen and the teleporter before they could do anything. When I unfroze time, both of them fell to the ground beside Barron.
"You're sneaky, Charlie."
"More than you know."
What he didn't know was that I knew where Barron was before I kissed him. His lips had been distracting me for awhile so I fed my urge to kiss them. I didn't think I would ever get another chance to.
I turned Warren back into Warren and myself into myself. I contained the unconscious villains and Warren contacted the real Commander and Jetstream. When they got there, I took the Power-a-Ray back to their house and re-powered Will and Layla. Gwen hadn't given their powers to anyone else yet.
"Do you think we should give this to the proper authorities so they can re-power the others?" Layla asked.
"Nah. Let them be normal for awhile," Will said.
I left the Power-a-Ray with Will and went home. I really needed to crash. I was beat. I changed into a short kimono robe to hop into the bathtub before going to bed. As I was heading in that direction, the doorbell rang. I went down and answered it to find Warren there. I let him in and he took a seat on the couch in the living room. I stood in front of him.
"Thank you for everything."
"You're welcome but I didn't picture you as the type of guy who thanks anyone."
"You're not anyone. You're the only one who didn't want to hurt my dad. Because of you, I still have my mom and my dad, even though he's going to be locked up for along time."
"It was no problem. Like I said, I wouldn't wish being an orphan on anyone."
He looked up at me, probably taking in that I was wearing a short robe (and I mean short, it ended just under my butt). He stood, towering over me by several inches. His hair fell into his face as he looked down at me.
"I know I don't give off the 'lets be friends' vibe but when you offered to help without really knowing any of us that long, I was grateful. Again, thank you, Charlie."
"Any time. I'm just glad that I was able to help."
Warren looked into my eyes again and did something I didn't expect of him.
