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Cuffs of Fury

Liz and Amazon were late to school the next morning. Liz pushed her pink and purple streaked hair out of her blue eyes and nervously scanned the empty hallways. "Are you sure?"

"No problem. I've taken the fall many times before. All I'll get is a few more weeks of detention and possibly some community service hours."

"Will you be free for Folsom's annual School Spirit Day assembly?"

Amazon grinned. "Please. That's tomorrow during school. Folsom has no right to keep me in detention during school hours. And she'll need every officer out for watch duty. So my punishment will be served after school."

"You think everything out." Liz awed.

"I try." Amazon winked and glanced up. "Here comes the cavalry."

A very irate Fillmore and Ingrid stormed down the hall towards her. Amazon waved goodbye to Liz and the girl hurried off to her next class. Fillmore narrowed his eyes and glowered after her. But there was nothing he could do. He only had evidence against Amazon. "You are in big trouble this time, Kowalski."

"For shoving you two in a locker? I thought you'd have enjoyed it." Amazon widened her forest green eyes with innocence, but could not quell the smirk that emerged.

Fillmore and Ingrid grabbed her arms and ushered her down the hall. Amazon sighed and allowed herself to be led into the HQ and into the interrogation room. She slouched back in her chair and lazily fiddled with the chains around her waist. Folsom stormed through the door with Vallejo right behind.

"Long time no see."

"You break into the school at night, attempt to sabotage Geoffrey, lock my best officers into a locker and pull a fake fire drill?" Folsom hissed angrily. "What do you have to say for yourself?"

"I should have realized it was a setup when that Geoffrey kid mocked me. There was no way he could have gotten my locker combination. Anger can blind people sometimes..." Amazon sighed.

Folsom glowered at the girl before her. "You still have a few more days of detention left, so I'll add another week onto that sentence. During school."

A smile played across her lips. "I'm afraid you can't do that. Not tomorrow, anyway. Every teacher and student will be at your silly Spirit Day thing. Who's going to sit out and watch me when they could be getting a day off class and having fun?"

"I will."

Amazon stared at the Junior Commissioner in shock. "Say what?"

Folsom smiled. "Vallejo has kindly offered to watch you while the Spirit Day commences. And just so you don't try anything tonight, I'm going to amp up the security. And Vallejo has a surprise for you."

Amazon frowned when Folsom left the room. She did not like the feeling stirring in her gut. She was too busy thinking that she didn't notice Vallejo removed a pair of handcuffs from behind his back and swiftly locked on around her wrist.

She stared at the metal restraint for a moment before slowly following the short chain and realizing that Vallejo had handcuffed her to him.

She was handcuffed to Vallejo.

She. Was. Handcuffed. To. Vallejo.

"AAAAGGGHHHH!" Amazon shrieked and yanked at the chain in disbelief. It held firm. "AAAGGGHHH!"

"Glad to see you're having a positive reaction about this."

"AAAGGGHHHHH!"

...

Fillmore glanced through the mirror with amusement and watched Amazon gape at the handcuffs and shriek in panic. Ingrid handed him a cup of cocoa and smiled. "How long do you think she'll keep screaming like that?"

"AAAGGGHHHH!"

Fillmore laughed. "A while, I think. This didn't come up in her calculations."

...

Amazon had her head on the desk for the past ten minutes, and she had no desire to lift in. She could hear the laughter coming from the HQ and she had a sudden urge to throttle them all. Now what was she supposed to do? She couldn't teach the last lesson to Liz handcuffed to Vallejo. And she really needed that Spirit Day to be sabotaged. Sure, they're other delinquents at this school. But none had the skills to get past the dense security.

She was going to have get a message to Liz somehow. There was no way she was going to let Folsom get away with this. And Liz had more potential than anyone gave her credit for.

Liz was ready for her first big job.

Getting rid of evidence was a simple procedure that could be learned off of any website or book. All Amazon had to do was get that book to her.

"Are you done?"

Amazon wearily lifted her head and glowered at him. "This is a cheap shot." She lifted her wrist to emphasize her point.

Vallejo raised an eyebrow in amusement. "Look who's talking."

Amazon rested her chin and continued to brood. "I am not going to class like this."

"I'm afraid you don't have a choice."

"I have rights!"

"Your rights were temporarily taken away when you shoved two Safety Patrollers in a locker."

Amazon scowled. "I cannot believe my dad agreed to this. Handcuffed to a Safety Patroller for an entire day."

"Day and a half, if you want to get specific." Vallejo pointed out.

"Where are we staying anyway?"

"Here."

"Bloody heck," Amazon muttered and frowned. The bathroom situation was certainly going to be an awkward one. And the changing. Good thing she didn't have gym this semester. This would be very interesting.

...

Liz walked through the halls and frowned. She hadn't seen Amazon all day. She hoped she wasn't expelled.

"Er...Liz?"

Liz grinned and glanced up. She was about to greet her best friend when the words got stuck in her throat. Amazon just shrugged her shoulders and gestured at the slightly amused officer she was handcuffed to. "Uh...Amazon?"

Amazon scowled. "My punishment."

Liz bit her lip. "This wasn't quite in your calculations."

"No kidding." Amazon muttered. She stared at Liz and inclined her head towards her backpack. "The book you wanted is in my backpack."

Liz was about to question her statement when she remembered. Don't ask questions. Liz casually unzipped the bag and dug out the book Amazon was referring to. She scanned the cover. She didn't know what Catcher in the Rye had to do with anything, but she slipped the book in her own bag anyway.

"Thanks. So...I guess I'll see you..."

"After the stupid Spirit thing it done." Amazon supplied.

"Have fun." Liz shot her friend a sympathetic glance and hurried off to her next class. Vallejo glanced at Amazon suspiciously.

"What'd she want to borrow that book?"

Amazon widened her green eyes innocently. "She just did."

Vallejo narrowed his eyes and shook his head. "I highly doubt that."

...

Liz stared in shock at the note that was written in the book.

Dear Liz,

Considering my predicament, I will not be able to teach you the final lesson tonight. So I would like you to read this book and practice a bit. When it's well past ten, start thinking about ways to sabotage the Spirit Day thing. DO NOT DO IT TONIGHT. Security will be too dense. You can accomplish your task early the next morning or during school when the security will be a bit more lax.

I know you can do this. You have the skills. All you need to do is combine them and think of the greatest prank ever to pull during the assembly. Then the Delinquent Hazards will HAVE to notice you. Just don't get caught. I promise that they'll know who the pranker is even if Folsom doesn't. I'm counting on you.

This note will self destruct in five seconds.

Nah, I'm just kidding.

Much love,

Amazon.

Amazon had switched the cover of the Book of Destroying Evidence with the cover of the Catcher in the Rye so Vallejo wouldn't get to suspicious. Pretty clever. But Liz didn't know if she could do this or not. She only had maybe a week of tutelage.

But if Amazon had faith, then Liz was going to give it a shot. After all, Amazon didn't get where she is by chickening out as every opportunity passed by.

...

The moonlight shone through the windows and Amazon clucked her tongue in annoyance. The entire day every kid had snickered and pointed at her, thinking she finally had gotten her comeuppance.

Now it was night and her dad had his assistant drop off a bag for her. There was a toothbrush, a set of PJ's, a set of new clothes and some cards. The chain on her handcuffs was long enough for her to duck into the empty restroom and change into her PJ's and brush her teeth. If there was one thing she couldn't stand it was being in clothes late into the night.

She sat on the floor, back against Vallejo's desk as he clicked away on his computer. His office door was shut. Her wrist kept bouncing against the edge of the desk as Vallejo's hands flew over the keyboard.

She seriously wanted to sleep, but the workaholic Vallejo insisted on doing work. So now she was sitting on the floor with crossed legs bored out of her mind. Her father sent her a silk tank top and baggy pink boxer shorts. Not quite proper sleepwear for this occasion. But with no other alternative she changed and she could have sworn Vallejo went red for just a moment. But it may have been a trick of the light.

With a sigh Amazon pulled out her cards and started flicking them over her head. Vallejo stopped his work and glanced at her with irritation.

"Not so much fun now is it?" Amazon questioned.

"There was a fun point?"

Amazon thought for a moment. "Sure. I just can't think of one."

Suddenly Vallejo's walkie talkie crackled and his picked it up. "Vallejo."

"We got a perp running down the east side and towards your location."

"On it."

Amazon yelped as Vallejo stood up abruptly and started jogging towards the exit. "Dude! What's going on?"

"Someone's broke onto school property. Anyone you know?"

Amazon paled. Would Liz really try and pull something tonight when she specifically told her not too? No. She wouldn't. But who would?

She got up and tried keeping pace with a surprisingly fast Vallejo. They burst through the doors and tore down the field. Amazon cursed herself for taking off her boots and her father for sending clothes that hardly covered any skin. Honestly!

She could see a dark figure coming towards them. He halted suddenly when noticing them and ran the other way. Vallejo ran after him/her and tackled him to the ground. Amazon yelped and tumbled over him and landed on the cold grass.

Tehama and Anza jogged over to them. "Nice job Vallejo."

"Book him for me, will you?"

Amazon stared up at the guy who was only a little older than her. She recognized him as the mascot stealer from the previous year.

"Foiled again," Tehama teased. "You're really losing your touch."

As the two ushered him away to call his folks, Amazon was still on the ground, dazed. Vallejo gave a few directions in his walkie talkie before noticing she had yet to move.

"Out of breath already?" He teased.

Amazon glowered at him. "Funny." She accepted the hand he held out and was pulled to her feet. She stumbled on a root and crashed into his chest. He grabbed her upper arms to hold her upright. Amazon was once more thankful for the dark. Her face was probably as red as a tomato.

"Thanks." She managed to stammer. She quickly untangled herself and started to move towards the school.

You can imagine her surprise when Vallejo latched his hands over her arms and yanked her back towards him and firmly locked his lips on hers.

Was this one better? I know. Romance? What? Well...that's how it turned out. Review please :)