Thorn hadn't come out of her room since that night, except for school. According to her father, Will and the others had called almost every other hour, asking for her, and she told them, in many different ways, to leave her alone.
"Honey, why don't you come out and eat something?" her father said.
"Go away!" Thorn said forcefully.
"Rosethorn Drake, Don't talk to your Father that way!" a familiar voice yelled through the door
"Mom?" Thorn asked.
"Yes, now come out here, and we can have a nice family dinner" She said, opening the door.
"Rose, honey" her mother began
"Don't call me that" Thorn said, walking out of her room and into the kitchen, "hay, Kris" she said, absently
"Rosethorn, it's good to see you again," Chrysanthemum said, she was Kris for short, her full name was Chrysanthemum Krista Kraven, Kraven was their mothers' last name, "how have you been?"
"I'm alright." Thorn answered.
"What's going on dear?" Thorn's mother asked, sitting down next to her at the table.
"Nothing." she answered sharply.
"Chryssy made dinner for us, so sit down and enjoy." her mother said trying to change the subject.
Knock Knock!
"Who could that be?" her mother said, a bit too cheerfully. Thorn looked at Kris and saw her roll her eyes.
/Maybe she isn't that bad./ Thorn thought as she watched Kris. She had gotten up to check on something that was in the oven, then began to set the table, seemingly oblivious to Thorn and their father sitting there watching her.
"Well honey look at this! Look who's here! What a surprise!" her mother said in a false tone.
Thorn looked up to see her mother ushering Layla, Will, Zach, Ethan, Magenta, and to her surprise, Warren into the kitchen.
"What. Are they doing here?" Thorn asked through clenched teeth.
"Chryssy! Make extra places for Rosy's friends!"
"Look at that mom, I already did . . . silly me." Kris said in a bored tone, as she finished setting the table.
When she finally looked up to see our 'guests' recognition passed over her face. She looked at Thorn, and asked, "You're friends with these guys?"
"Not anymore." Thorn answered quickly, not even bothering to look at her guests.
"Oh. Why not?" Kris asked, not bothering to look up at her younger schoolmates, "you don't like- OW!" Thorn looked up at Kris and saw that her sleeve was on fire.
She was glaring at Warren, but Thorn didn't understand what Warren had to do with it. All of a sudden Kris wasn't where she was. Thorn turned to look for her and saw her standing in front of Warren.
"What was that for!" she said before she smacked him in the head.
"Hey listen! Just because you're a year ahead of us doesn't mean you can beat us up!" Zach said, trying to stand up to Kris.
"Yes it does." she answered, as she walked back over to the oven and took something out.
"God, Kris, you're such a snob!" Thorn said to her.
"You have no idea." Will answered, and Layla smacked him.
"She is not! She's really nice. You guys are just mean to her. Warren did set her on fire!" Layla said in Kris's defense.
"Wait, he what? How did Warren set Kris on fire? He was way over there and she was by the stove." Thorn asked, confused.
"Wait, wait, wait, wait. You don't know? You guys haven't told her? What kind of friends are you? Dad! You didn't tell her either! You people!" Kris said as she came over and sat next to Thorn. She pulled her into a big hug and patted her back. "You poor poor poor thing! No one told you and you've been going through you're whole life without knowing! It's so sad!"
"Wait! Told me what?" Thorn said struggling out of Kris's grip. "I know that Warren's dad is a SuperVillain, if that's what you're talking about."
"Oooh! She talked about Hotheads daddy dearest!" Kris said glancing at the two. "What? You're not gunna barbeque her? I recall you trying pretty hard to fry buddy Will over there, because of something his dear old dad did! What are you gunna do to my kid sis?"
"What's going on!" Thorn said, standing up.
"Their Superhero's, I am too, and mom" Kris said. Thorns face fell /what? This can't be real/
"No, no, no no no no no" Thorn stammered, backing away from the table
"yaeh-huh" Kris said, and nodded
"No" Thorn said again, forcefully, "Hero's don't exist"
"Honey, please, calm down and sit your ruining Chryssy's wonderful dinner" her mother said, they all looked at her
"Rose, please" her dad Began
"DON"T CALL ME THAT!" Thorn hollered at her father, and turned to leave, but her mother was standing in the way.
"sit down, hun" her mother said, forcefully, "we need to talk" Thorn turned around, and saw her mother was still sitting, then turned back to her other mom.
"I'm going crazy" Thorn said, trying to rationalize,
"No your not" Kris said, patting her on the head.
"Hero's don't exist," Thorn said, ignoring Kris, "because if they did Jason would still be alive"
"Maybe we should go" Layla said, starting getting up
"Sit" Thorns mother said, and Layla sat, "Rosethorn, you have to get over your belief that Hero's don't exist just because of a mistake. Who could have guessed the Robot would fall on the factory"
"They should have known it was dangerous. The Commander and Jetstream are murderers, but no one cares!" Thorn yelled
"It's not nice to talk about Will's parents like that in front of him" Kris said
"Wills Parents" Thorn repeated, and Kris nodded, "the Commander and Jetstream are Will's Parents?"
"Yes dear" Her father said, quietly. Thorn looked at him, then at Will.
" Let me get this straight, you're all superheroes?" Thorn said
"No, actually only Will and Warren are Hero's the rest are sidekicks" Kris said. Thorns dad, got up, and was about to hug her
"Don't touch me" she said, venomously, backing up, "get away from me. You're not a hero, why?"
"Well honey, when two superheroes have children, theirs a chance that the child won't have powers, it's rare, but it happens" Thorn looked at him, then way, scanning the faces of Will, Zach, Ethan, Magenta, Layla and finally Warren. She stared at Warren, of anyone in the room, he was someone she could relate too.
"Thorn, are you alright" Layla said, looking at her./No/ Thorn wanted to say, but she couldn't get it out. The room was spinning, she had to sit down, and before everything went black, someone caught her.
