(14)

Principle Powers gave us a brief scolding before she left us in the white cell. It looked like an insane asylum cell with white walls and a circular frame to it.

We each sat at our own desks, I sat in between the two men. It was probably the worst place for me to be since I could get bruised and burned at the same time. Well, more bruised since Warren's powers were completely nullified at the moment.

"Do you have any idea what he could have done to me?" Will asked ignoring the fact that Warren could hear him. "It's almost like he stepped in because you asked him to."

I caught Warren's glare to Will.

"Do you want me to tell ask to throw the desk over your head?" I asked coyly.

Will shifted.

"No? Then shut up!" I whispered harshly.

I was over Will's drama. I hated him for putting more drama in my life. Boys like Will are so irritable.

"Even if our powers are nullified here," Will continued. "I'm still the strongest."

I glanced over at Will hearing Warren lean forward in his seat to glare over at Will.

"Still think you have a shot when it's two on one?" Warren asked with a deeper voice.

Will stood up from his seat excepting the challenge. I sighed as Warren copied Will.

The door opened then and Boomer stepped in, "Bubbles! Hot head! Get moving back to the gym."

I stood and exited the room with Warren right behind me.

"What? Why do they get to get out so soon?" Will asked when Boomer blocked his path.

"That's the main attraction for Homecoming, kid," Boomer said pointing to Warren and I. "If they don't put up a good fight the school loses money, so it's my job to get them in shape."

Boomer closed the door then turned to us. I waited for him to make the first move.

"Well, double check to make sure your powers are back," Boomer ordered.

I flinched as Warren ignited himself beside me. I knew he said he would never burn me but his flames were still frightening.

"All good here," Warren said as the fire slowly died.

The men turned to me next. I lifted my open hand to just below my mouth blowing out a few bubbles. I let them linger in the air before I popped them.

"Nothing out of the ordinary," I replied.

"Good, now follow me," Boomer said leading the way back to the gym. "Since you are going to be in a Save the Citizen match at Homecoming, I have a team ready and waiting for you back at the gym.

Oh joy, I thought. My first Save the Citizen match. And more then likely, it will be against two heroes instead of a hero sidekick team.

Coach Boomer stopped and turned before he entered the gym, "Get changed and meet out on the floor."

He turned and left us then.

"Well, at least I get my armor for my first Save the Citizen match," I said after him.

Warren laughed, "Only because Boomer won't want a rematch."

"All this preparation feels like we're training for war or something," I said shaking my head.

"You never know," Warren said. "It could be like this for either of us in the future."

Fighting a team of evil with our special uniforms on? Maybe…

Warren and I separated for a few minutes to change. We had to battle strategy for Save the Citizen which worried me a little But Warren and I were known for making stuff up on the move. This really shouldn't be any different but their were a few more variables involved.

I entered the gym arena seeing the class Boomer taught in the stands. A few of them looked nervous. After what happened last time we were in a real match, I'm sure I'd be a little worried too in the audience.

I saw our opponents. Freeze girl and the laser vision guy. Both heroes.

Thanks again, Boomer, for over powering us, I thought a little disgusted.

Well, Ice and Laser should be easier than Speed and Lash….

I glanced over at Warren. He gave me a weak smile. I couldn't tell if he was unsure about the match or if he was just tried of all the drama like I was. I sighed looking up at Boomer ready for the next bullet he shot at me.

"Heroes," he shouted at Warren and I. "You have three minutes to immobilize your opponents and save the citizen."

"Save me," the doll begged.

That's gunna get annoying real fast, I thought pushing my glasses higher on my face.

"Battle!" Coach Boomer sounded knocking everyone over on the field.

After I peeled my face off the gym floor I looked up at the doll seeing how much space there was in-between it and the gears.

A snowball hit my face almost knocking my glasses off. I heard a rather girly giggle but ignored it for the time being. I looked up again and this time barely dodged the second snow ball that was heading my way.

My eyes went wide when I saw a meteor soar over my head to the other side of the gym. I slowly looked over at Warren with wide eyes. That thing… was huge! I heard the large fireball hit the ground and I felt my eyes start to water up from the heat.

"Where did that come from?" I asked.

Warren looked a little out of breathe, "I just held onto it a little longer than usual?"

"A little?" I asked myself looking back to Ice and Laser.

"Snowballs are nice," I heard Laser say. "Watch this."

I braced myself for whatever decided to come out of the cloud of smoke.

"Ow!" I shouted jumping off the ground.

His laser vision was burning through the rubber of my sneakers.

"I can make her dance," Laser said as the smoke lifted.

I was soon shuffling across the gym floor dodging his vision and hoping my feet wouldn't get burned. I then turned it into a flat out run as I headed towards the doll handing from the ceiling.

"Impressive," Ice purred. "But I can stop her in her tracks."

God, were they flirting during a match?

I launched myself in the air reaching out for the rope that held the doll. Ice had a frost coming toward me and the only thing I could do was launch a few bubbles. I blew out from the circle I made with my fingers hearing the bubbles turn to ice and then fall to the gears below. I grabbed onto the rope that held me and the doll above the gears seeing afew more smaller fireballs get hurled in the air.

All Laser has to do is burn the rope and I'm done for, I thought taking my chance to jump down before it actually happened.

I ran over to Warren who was still launching a few fireballs at Ice and Laser.

"Can you hear them? They're totally flirting with each other over there," I said adjusting the glasses on my face.

"Izzy," Warren said. "It's high school."

"I know," I answered. "But still. Wrong place for that."

Warren was silent for a moment, "Give me a few carbon bubbles?"

I groaned remembering my deal, "What animal do you want?"

"A lion," Warren answered with a wicked smile.

"A lion?" I asked. "I can barely do a snake!"

Just then, I saw Ice and Laser move over to our side of the field. Ice was freezing Warren's fire into small snow globes while Laser went back to burning my sneakers.

"Thirty seconds!" Boomer shouted.

"I don't have time to give you an animal!" I shouted stepping in front of Warren.

I held out my palm face out like I was going to push someone. I pushed out creating thousands upon thousands of bubbles. Ice and Laser were in my line of fire until an ice ball hit me.

I took a few steps back putting my palm of my forehead to make sure I wasn't bleeding. glanced up at Ice and Laser seeing them come forward. Ice's make-up was a little smeared and Laser was just plain soaked from the waist up.

"Oops," I whispered seeing Ice filled with rage.

"Ouch!" I yelped feeling something extremely hot hit my ankles.

I looked down at Warren's feet seeing fire come out of his pant legs. I looked at his hands seeing them in closed fists. He was holding himself back because of what happened last time. I glanced back down at his pant legs and saw the fire suddenly rush out.

"Warren!" I shouted his name. "Pick me up!"

Warren snapped out of concentration and quickly picked my up off the floor. I squeezed my arms around his neck afraid he'd drop me on the floor that was covered in fire. Warren managed to keep a tight hold on my as well as one hand cupped the back of my knees and the other rested behind my shoulder blades.

I looked out when I thought he was done seeing Ice and Laser trying to put out the fire's that were on their ankles. Warren set me down on the ground gently and rushed forward to grab the doll from the rope.

We ended up winning the match and had ten seconds to spare when Boomer stopped the clock. Ice and Laser put out their own fires but looked a little angry they lost, were drenched from the waist up, and were burned at the ankles.

I walked over to Warren, "How did you do that?"

"I didn't want to burn the entire gym," Warren answered. "So, I guess I focused the fire to stay low to the ground."

It made some sense… when I really thought about it.

"Have you ever done that before?" I asked.

"No," Warren answered. "Looks like my powers are growing too."

"Yeah, thanks for warning me," I said playfully.

"Hey, I didn't have to pick you up," Warren said going alone with it.

"Well, you would have burned me then," I said getting on my tip-toes. "And you say you'll never burn me."

"And I still mean it," Warren replied with a cocky side smile.