Valerie's POV
The next day at school was… interesting, to say the least.
Poor Warren. The girls wouldn't stop talking to him.
However, most guys left me alone. I guess after the events of last night, Lash and I became a couple. Much to Warren's dismay.
As did Zach and Magenta.
And, let's not forget Will and Layla. They're pretty much the golden couple of the school. Most girls, however, want Layla's place beside Will, so she's going to be in for some rough treatment by others.
Plus, the fact Warren and I are related…
Will let it slip, so now it's public.
He's going to be watching his back for a while.
Everyone who was a sidekick who helped last night, well, they were no longer sidekicks. They got an upgrade.
Finally, after a couple days, most was back to normal. Key word, being 'most'.
Stupid rain.
I flopped on the couch, as Warren stood off to the side.
Just as the doorbell rang.
"I'll get it!" Lilith called. I wasn't going to fight her on that. I was tired.
"Oh my… Come in, please. Oh, don't worry about your coats, here, I'll take them."
After a few moments, Lilith walked back into the living room, two men walking behind her, in fancy suits.
I raised an eyebrow at this. "New friends, I take it?" Sarcasm. It comes out at the weirdest times.
"Valerie Battle, I presume? And Warren Peace." One man said, the taller of the two. "Jaden Prescott, Council of Power."
The shorter one, a folder in hand, nodded his head once as he spoke. "Carter Taylor, also of the Council of Power."
What the hell are they doing here? Those two are BOTH high-ranking people in the Council. Carter's a ridiculously over-powered Telepathic. Jaden's a shape-shifter. With practically unlimited forms. If he changes to look like you, he copies not only the looks, but finger prints, retinas, etc. They're pretty much Top-dogs in the Council.
"Can we help you?" Warren asked, evidently also wondering what they were doing here.
"Actually, it would be the other way around, Mr. Peace. You see, given your, um, family relations, we, being the entire Council, were rather surprised both Valerie, and yourself, did not join with Royal Pain." Carter looked down at his folder, open in one hand. "Also, Miss Battle, you managed to get information out of one Adriaan Rekken?"
I was confused. "Who the hell is that?"
Carter looked back down at the folder, flipping a couple pages. "I believe you would know him as Lash?"
"That's his real name? Man, no wonder he goes by Lash." Warren commented, smirking.
"He is of Dutch descent, according to what we have on file." Jaden explained.
"That explains his height." I commented. He's taller than Warren, who's six feet, two inches. Lash is close to six and a half.
"Anyways, back on topic." Cater snapped his folder shut. Evidently the more talkative one. "You see, recently a few things have come to light. One, we need more healers, as at the time your school was being attacked, a total of fifteen heroes were called out on duty. Each one ended up in the hospital wing." He looked over at Lilith.
"Miss Peace? We would appreciate it very much if you could come back to working in the Council's hospital. You were one of our most talented healers; you can burn out cancer, even in the furthest stages."
He quickly looked over at the scowl on Warren's face. "No pun intended, no offense meant, Mr. Peace."
Lilith wasn't the most powerful healer; the reason she's considered talented is that she has the most understanding about the human body, particularly on a superhuman, because of all the side effects powers can produce. She knows how to work not around the quirks, but with them.
After a few moments of silence, she voiced her response. "I will."
"Good! Now, you would receive one of the higher positions; with a higher pay than what you had before, um, the incident..."
Warren and I exchanged a glance, knowing of the 'incident' which was spoken of.
We high-tailed it out of the house, deciding to go to the mall.
Got my dog tags updated, by someone who does engraving. Thankfully he doesn't question anything, so our secret is safe.
A/N: Anyone have any ideas for random oneshots? I feel like writing some for this.
