Chapter 8 Kidnapped While Kidnapped?

... The whole room froze in solid ice. Warren was surprised as everyone else. Ice was standing in the doorway; he looked pissed beyond all reason.

"Why the hell do you want him to be your apprentice? I have given my whole life to help you. But, that's not enough is it? You still wish your fucking son to be here. Look at him he hates you! Since he's such a problem, I'll take care of him." Ice threw ice spikes at Warren, Warren put up a fire shield. The ice melted and Warren broke free from his bonds. "Boy, you should have died years ago."

"Actually, I should die tons of years from now." Ice threw another spike at him. Warren barely dodged it, and threw a big fireball at Ice. He dodged it and threw three spikes two hit Warren's shirt pinning him to the wall the other missed him. Ice threw more spikes that pinned Warren against the wall to where he couldn't move. Suddenly, a bolt of electricity threw Ice back.

"Keep away from my son, Ice." Battle was raging with fury. "Warren, the reason you are still alive is because I kicked Ice's ass for what he did to you. Ice, you tortured my son when he was younger, then you try to smooth it out, and finally you try and kill him again! How dare you try and kill him. He may hate me, but like it or not he's my flesh and blood. He may not like it either, but it has advantages. Now, step back or I'll kill you where you stand." Ice looked at Baron Battle for a moment then started laughing.

"You expect me to be scared. I know you, and I know your every weakness."

"I have no weakness."

"Oh, no?" an evil grin spread across Ice's face. "Then why are you defending your son? He is your one and only weakness. You would kill to make sure he lived a happy life." Ice was moving closer to Baron Battle. "Maybe you kidnapped him but you only did it because you care. Baron, I know that if I do this," he threw a spike a Warren that barely missed his head. "You'll flinch just like that. You want to hit me don't you?"

"Yes!" Battle yelled as he threw a bolt of electricity at Ice. Ice melted into the ice and reappeared beside Warren. "Get away from him!" Ice grabbed Warren and used him as a shield.

"Baron, you wouldn't want to hurt your son would you?" Battle backed off. "That's better. You know I think I can use this. You and Joy love this boy to death and I'm more than certain you'll do anything for him. Tell your ex-wife that I have Warren and that I'll contact you two very soon. But, if you try anything like call the police or any of your villain friends, then let's just say he won't be around for his senior year." Ice laughed cruelly and disappeared with Warren.

"Everyone leave me!" Battle shouted. Everyone in the room left. "I need help from Joy."

Joy was close to the warehouse. She had thought it would be easier to get there by herself, but she got caught in traffic. Suddenly something opened her door and came into the car. Joy looked over to see Baron Battle in the seat next to her.

"Baron, what the hell?" Joy shouted in surprise. Baron Battle put his hand over her mouth to keep her quiet.

"Shh. It's Ice, he kidnapped Warren. He thinks that he'll get something from us in the process. You were right years ago; I should have chucked him out the door. I should have killed him for what he did and what he was going to do." Joy removed his hands.

"Great. Now, you must go back to jail. I can handle Ice on my own." Battle started to protest, but Joy knocked him out and took him to jail.

Joy got back late and found her search party back with empty hands. She quickly filled them in on what happened. Jetstream got up and pulled Commander to change into Josie and Steve. Mellow stood shocked and Will was thinking. Suddenly the phone rang, Joy ran to catch it.

"Hello?"

"Joy, how are you?"

"Ice, you son of a bitch."

"Language. Remember that I have your one and only son. Now, I heard you turned in Battle. That's a shame. He would have truly loved to have been there to kill me himself."

"Well, he'd have to wait while I roast you alive."

"Hmm. No games then. Meet me by the river and no one with you or your baby boy gets turned into a Popsicle."

Joy ran to the river and waited what seemed like hours. Finally Ice showed up, but he didn't have Warren with him.

"Where's Warren?"

"I never said I was bringing him. I just wanted to see if you could be trusted. I guess you can be. Now here are the rules:

1.No calling the cops,
2.If you send any of your hero friends looking then he dies,
3.None of Battle's friends, and
4.I don't care if get Battle out of jail.

I know what you're thinking; you'd never get him out of jail. But remember he knows me better than anybody. I'll contact you soon again. Bye Joy." With that Ice left. Joy thought for a moment and she realized what she had to do.

The jail doors closed with a loud clang. Joy jumped as they closed. The warden led her down the men side of the jail. She saw the high security come to view. She walked into the room with a table. The table had four chairs; Baron Battle and his lawyer occupied two.

"Baron, I can't keep you out of jail for good but it may reduce your sentence to only four lives."

"No, deal," the lawyer said. "We want parole."

"No!" yelled Battle. "I'll do it for free. Warren's my son too and I will not do anything that'll make me loose him. I may of lost him years ago but Joy will screw up. So, when do we start?"

"They said you could walk out with me. Considering that it's your son they don't need to put a bracelet on you. So, let's get home and wait for the second call."

"Second? What did he say the first time?"

"He laid down four rules, well technically it was 3. He told me no cops, none of my hero friends, and none of your villain friends. He said he'd call soon."

"And you left the house! If anyone answers the phone and it's not you or me then he'll kill Warren! Not trying to upset you, but how stupid are you?" Joy started to feel that she made a mistake. "Listen Joy, I'm upset. He took Warren while I was there. I'm scared that I wont be able to save him." Joy nodded and they left. They made it home and sent everyone home.

"So, you want some coffee?"

"Sure," Battle said. "I need you to promise me something. If we find Ice I'll most likely loose it. I'll try and kill him. You have to promise me that you'll get Warren out of there."

"Yes, Baron. But I might loose it as well. You promise me that you'll get him out if you don't loose it." Battle nodded. Just then the phone rang.

Warren looked up to see Ice on the phone. He was grinning widely. He walked over to Warren.

"Listen boy, your mother wants to talk to you for a minute. Don't say a thing about where you are or else I will kill you." He held the phone up to his ear.

"Hello?"

"Warren!" Baron Battle's voice came.

"Dad?" Warren exclaimed with surprise. Ice ripped the phone from Warren.

"Baron?"

"Yeah, this is the one and only Baron Battle. Feared by all. You thought you would only deal with my ex-wife, well guess again. She's not stupid. I can tell in your voice, you're afraid of me. Now that you know that I'm here let me talk to my son." Ice returned the phone to Warren's ear.

"Dad, mom got you out of jail?"

"Yeah. But I'm doing this for free, son. Don't worry, I'll find you. He can't hide you for long."

"Dad, is it true? I mean that I'm your one and only weakness."

"Warren, it's no secret. You are number one on my list. I care about your the way I did back when you were born. Listen, I have a question of my own. Has he hurt you?"

"Not yet."

"Okay, put him back on." Warren looked at Ice and he took the phone to his ear. "Ice I know you're on there. Listen, if you lay one hand on my son, then I swear as god a my witness that you'll pay!"

"Wow, Baron. You actually care about him. Don't worry you'll need to listen to this." Ice took out a weird gadget and shocked Warren with it. Warren suppressed a scream. Ice laughed in triumph. "There's more coming. I'll call again, Baron"

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Sorry, it took so long. Hope you all liked it. R&R.