Disclaimer: I do not own Sky High.
The day felt like it would never end, the group sticking together and all unsure which supers to trust, or if they even mattered in the grand scheme of things. Somewhere in the midst of the day and classes, Hawke showed up on campus. Eddie and Julie saw him pass by their classroom in the direction of Principal Power's office, glanced at each other, and Julie gently squeezed Eddie's hand. Eddie squeezed back, and Warren's face popped into her mind. The rest of the class went by slowly, an announcement over the loud speaker telling all the students to report to the gym after their class. Everyone began assembling in the gymnasium shortly after, Principal Powers, the rest of the teaching staff and Hawke waiting impatiently.
Everyone settled in, most of the girls staring at Hawke and blushing or fainting or pulling down their shirts and hiking up their skirts. Hawke ignored them all and watched Eddie sit down with her friends. A searing pain soaring into her mind as his voice echoed in her head.
The bureau has instructed me to inform the school of the riots.
She clenched her hands, gripping the plastic of the bleachers, not realizing how much harder it was to communicate through mystical power than it had been to respond to Daisy's telepathy.
You went to the bureau? I thought supers didn't like mystics.
She watched him as his eyes darkened just a little bit more and a smooth, incriminating smile crept onto his lips.
I can be extremely persuasive. Cronus and Althaia have instructed me to be in contact with the bureau. They need to know that this is not just about us dying, but about everyone. Including them.
Eddie nodded outright, only Julie noticing.
"Everything ok?" She put her hand on Eddie's shoulder, who's eyes immediately darted to look at the blond.
"Yeah, Hawke was just filling me in on some stuff." Eddie looked at the girl who tried to smile, her hand moving from her shoulder to her knee. Eddie focused back on the principal who was settling everyone down, and Ethan remained oblivious to his girlfriends touches.
"As some of you may remember-"
"Shh guys. Powers." Ethan tapped his friends and pointed down to the group of adults.
"Hawke's here, too." Magenta nodded in his direction and they were all quiet.
"As some of you may remember," Powers started again, "About a month ago, there was a mass riot at the Maxville High Security Super Prison. We have just received word that multiple villains have escaped." Gasps and shrieks came from all over the gym. "As such, I want everyone here to be fully aware of their environments at all times. We do not know who has escaped, and we should all be twice as careful from now on until we are informed of their re-capture. Not many of us have the ability to know when they are near."
Principal Powers looked at Eddie and her friends and gestured towards the entrance to the gym as the rest of the student body erupted in worry and panic.
Eddie and the supers met Principal Powers and Hawke just outside the entrance as Boomer and the rest of the staff tried to calm the student body.
They all stood awkwardly in the hallway with their tense principal and the handsome mystic. Powers looked all the students up and down until her eyes landed on Eddie, the only one who was looking at her. "You're staying at Mr. Peace's, I've been told."
Warren's gaze shot off the floor, along with everyone else's as Eddie nodded. "Yes, ma'am. My father requested it before he left to find the escapees."
Principal Powers nodded in thought as Hawke crossed his arms indignantly. "And Mr. Hawke-"
"No mister. Just Hawke." He interrupted the woman abruptly, and she abided by his demand with a strict glare.
"Hawke has been asked to watch over you as well?" Eddie nodded. "By whom?"
Hawke and Eddie looked at each other, neither knowing what to say or how to explain the situation without saying too much or sounding crazy. While the bureau had files on the mystics and the origins of the super community, few others did. There were some supers who had been told tales of them, others had witnessed first hand experiences, but not many actually believed any of it was real.
"A friend." Hawke stopped Eddie's train of though sharply, giving the principal an eye that told her not to test him.
She nodded again. "I don't know who this friend is, but I am instructing you to look after the rest, as well."
Hawke dropped his arms to his side, his eyes beginning to take an angry black, his finger nails changing color, and his braid flowing in the absent wind. "I do not take orders from your kind."
Principal Powers frowned slightly, a deep confusion settling on her aging face. "My kind?" She raised an eyebrow slightly.
"He means women. He doesn't take orders from women. He's got that old school mentality." Zach cut in unexpectedly, shifting all the attention to himself in an effort to distract Powers from Hawke's attitude. She nodded unconvinced and turned on her heel, sweeping down the hallway without another word.
"Didn't know you were so quick to think on your feet." Eddie looked at him thankfully and he shrugged.
"Least I could do. Let's get outa here before everyone comes out." He motioned back to the gym doors behind them and they all scurried towards the front of the school.
Fleetwood Mac - Little Lies