Truth in the Light by Invisible Insomniac
Chapter Two: Let the Game Begin
Warren walked into his class, science, and sat down next to Will. Ever since Gwen, (or whomever she really was) had been stuck in permanent detention along with her partners in crime, the two of them had been partners in this class. Neither of them had any idea what the class was about, but they still managed to scrape through with decent grades. Warren placed his black bag on the floor beside the chair he was occupying and started to copy the notes off the board, barely understanding what he was copying.
Warren knew that people were still looking at him and Will. Who would think that Warren would sit next to the son of the two heroes' who had put his father in jail? But that's what made Warren more like his mother, at least on the inside. Yes, he shared his father's powers and looked a lot like him and usually acted like him, but he did have his mother's biggest trait. The trait to change opinion of people. Many times had Warren known his mother to think ill of someone until she gave him or her a second chance. He had always thought it foolish until he decided he would be different from his father, he wouldn't be a villain. It was then, after stopping Royal Pain, that Warren had decided to befriend Will Stronghold.
Throughout the class, neither Will nor Warren talked to the other, except for when Will's pen ran out of ink and he asked if he could borrow one of Warren's. They rarely talked, but today both of them didn't talk just because their attentions were elsewhere than Mr. Medulla, the science teacher. Their attentions were turned to the new students. The British girl and the Asian boy.
The two seemed to be playing with their powers, unknown to Mr. Medulla. The boy, who Warren remembered as Adam, was making the lights flicker in the room by sending small volts of electricity at the sockets every few moments. The girl, Cattie, was currently scratching up the desk with her nails. From what Warren could see, she was writing some pretty crude things; many curses and many rude sayings about several nations. Obviously, Cattie had a lot to think about politics. At least, that was the impression that Warren got.
The class went by pretty quickly, at least for Warren who hadn't done anything besides take the notes from the board, look around the room a few times, and read his book, which happened to be The Three Musketeers, by Alexandre Dumas. As the bell rang, Warren nodded a goodbye to Will, as they both had different classes at the moment. He put his notebook and book back in his bag and walked out of the classroom.
He walked towards the gym, knowing full well that this class was going to be dreadful. Today was the first time that this group of hero's was going to work with sidekicks. From what Warren had heard, they would be working in Save the Citizen. Pretty much, the Hero was going to do all the work while the sidekick got into the way, that's how it always was, from what Warren heard.
And a few weeks ago, Warren would have believed that. But then him, Will, and a group of sidekicks saved the school, the world. If he were put with any of the sidekicks who had helped them that night, he would be willing to let them do whatever they want. He had seen one match like this before, and the hero then had yelled at the sidekick every two seconds. He planned on not treating his sidekick like that.
His sidekick? Where had that come from? It wasn't as if he would be paired with this sidekick forever, which would come at graduation. Supposedly, every time you would be paired with another sidekick and then the administration would decide which one you were most suited to work with, permanently. This all seemed very stupid to Warren of course, he preferred working alone.
He walked into the gym and walked over to the benches where the rest of the Hero's were sitting. He saw that Layla was there and he felt proud for her. Between him and Will, the two of them had managed to convince Layla she could use her powers to train to become a hero, so she was replaced into the hero class.
Figuring that he wouldn't be up for awhile, Warren pulled his book out of his bag and started to read once again. Although he would hate to admit it to anyone, although his power was cool, he would prefer to be a writer than a super hero. But whoever said being a writer couldn't be his cover? Preferably a best-selling author, but hey, beggars can't be choosers. And just as he started to read, he heard Coach Boomer call his name. He looked up and looked at Boomer with his usual sullen look. But that look grew even more sullen when he saw who he was partnered with. The amazing blinding girl, Tru Conners. He groaned to himself. He had a sidekick who could blind people temporarily. He could do it permanently. She better not get in my way, he thought as he went to go put on the safety equipment.
As he returned, wearing the safety equipment, he frowned even more when he saw their opponents. For some reason, the school decided it should be sidekick and hero versus two heroes, who would be playing the villains. Warren didn't think it fair and looked toward 'his' sidekick to see if her expression would give away how she felt. He was a bit annoyed to see that it did not. Which was a bit of a shocker as he didn't really think anyone would want to be up against the new student who Warren had dubbed Catgirl and the old student, Bryan Gray. Warren remembered that Warren could control and create darkness. Figures, they want two of the new students paired with two of us old students.
Warren walked over to the black haired girl, Tru. He couldn't see any emotion on her face except one of determination. Which was a bit surprising as he didn't think a sidekick needed to worry about anything except staying alive, that is. "Just don't do anything stupid," Warren said to her. "I don't need your help." He waited for her rude retort; saying that they were to be a team as Coach Boomer had made them. But no retort came and Warren looked at her suspiciously.
"Don't expect any help," was all the girl said before Coach Boomer yelled, "Let the Game Begin!"
A/N: This was just a filler chapter and I really wanted to post this tonight, I decided not to put the match in, because it would take to long to write. Because I have the flu and I'm not going anywhere, I'll try to get another chapter up tomorrow. Thank you everyone for your reviews, they were all very nice. And Mae, yes, I did get the idea for Adam's, Cattie's, and Tru's powers from Mutant X.
