Chapter 9 Rescued!
Ice hung up the phone. He looked at Warren and smirked. He went back to the drawer and pulled out some rather scary objects. Then he tied Warren to a chair.
"Now, Warren, me and you are going to have a little fun," an evil smilespread across his face. "Your mother and father are probably going to be in a rush to save you. So that gives us a short time. Any requests?"
"Yeah, let me go. My dad'll kill you when he finds you. My mother will most likely do the same. In fact, considering how pissed off she was, I'd say that she'll break."
"You know Warren, I'll tell you a story that'll make you think about your mother. You see when she and I was in school we went out. She was one good little rulebreaker. She and I were soulmates, we had it planed. We were going to be villains; I remember it like yesterday:
-Flashback-
"You and me, Jack. We'll rule the world," Joy said evilly.
"Yeah, baby. We'll kill off all of those pathetic heroes. Especially the ones who act like they'll be the best in the world."
"You mean like, Steve Stronghold or Baron Battle? Yeah, hey look who it is."
Baron Battle started to walk by them.
"Hey, Baron, what are you doing? Running to lunch to sit at the nerd table. You know you could sit with us."
Baron looked up, "Do you really mean it?"
Joy nodded.
"Wait, what's the catch?"
"Well," she looked at him innocently. "You just have to join us. Your power would be great for a villain. Come on, where woud a hero job get you?"
"No way. A villain? Think about if I had a kid. He'd be disappointed in me and most likely hate me. That's why I'd never become a villain. Heroes always win. Joy, why do you want to be one."
Joy stared at him for a long time.
-End of Flashback-
"She never answered him. But the next year she was hanging out with Josie and some other girls. She broke up with me, and started going out with Baron Battle. She changed, and after High School she got married to him. They had you, and Baron changed when you were three. Baron and I were friends despite my being a villain. I hated you and I even tried to kill you once. Baron became a villain and all that was left was your mother. She ruined my life, as did your father. He was so powerful and had no weaknesses. So, I got close to find them out. Who would of guessed that he loved you more than anything in the world."
"Even, I knew that. Right before he left to get caught he told me something."
"Well, all of this changes." Ice smiled and left the room. Warren sat there and thought of that night:
-Flashback-
Baron Battle walked into Warren's room and started tostroked his hair. Warren woke up with a fright. Baron shushed him.
"What's the matter, Hotrod?"
"The monsters were after me. They said they were going to eat me."
"Now, wait just a minute. The monsters want to eat you?"
Warren nodded.
"Well, just listen to this little trick. Do you remember thetrick me and your mom taught you."
Warren nodded.
"Well, let me see it."
Warren held up a tiny fireball.
"That's my boy! Show them that and they'll run screaming. If they don't, tell them that your father is Baron Battle. Then they'll run."
Warren smilled, "Thanks dad. Are you going to be here in the morning?"
"Yeah, I hope. I have a little job to do tonight,"
Warren's smile faded.
"Listen, Hotrod, I'll be back. You know me, I never get caught."
"Do you promise?" Warren held his hand out.
Baron took it and said, "I promise, Hotrod. I wouldn't miss your growing up for the world."
Warren smiled and went back to sleep. Baron kissed Warren on the head and looked at his room. All pictures of hotrodes with flames. Baron sighed and left the room.
-End of Flashback-
Warren now had some tears in his eyes. He hadn't remembered that in a while. That was the night before his dad went to prison. He looked around Ice had not returned. Then his eyes fell on the items on the table. Now he wondered what Ice had planed. He only hoped that his father got there in time.
"Joy, how can you be so damn calm?" Baron screamed at his ex-wife. "Our son is in mortal danger. Ice could be torturing him as we speak."
"SHUT THE HELL UP, BARON. Your not the only one who's worried. I'm beyond furious." Baron stared at her for a few minutes. "Worst of all he might be telling Warren about when I was a teenager. You know I wanted to be a villain."
"Yeah," Baron was now smiling. "And I wanted to be a superhero. Funny how all that works out, huh? It went opposite on us. Listen, I know that Warren doesn't wantto be like me. But do you remember the time he did?" Joy nodded.
-Flashback-
Warren had just burst threw the door screamming, "I got an A, I got an A!" He ran up to his mom and dad. "Mom, Dad, guess what? I got an A on that writting assignment!"
"Really, what did you write about?" Joy asked.
"I wrote about how I wanted to be just like dad." Joy and Baron looked at each other. "Dad, you may be a villain, but darn it you are one heck of a dad. I don't want to be a villian, I want to be a dad like you." Baron smiled.
"Well, this calls for a celebration, Hotrod. Get in the car, we're going out for ice cream!" Warren ran out the door really fast. Joy put her hand on Baron's shoulder.
"Baron, we need to talk. Remember that I said you have to stop villainy or I'll devorce you. I mean it, and think about how Warren would hate that." Baron nodded and went out to the car.
-End of Flashback-
"Yeah, I thought he wanted to be a villain," Joy said.
"That was the night I went into Warren's room to talk. I never really talked about what I wanted to.He was having a nightmare, and I taught him a trick to getting rid of the monsters." He smiled at that thought when suddenly the phone rang. He sprang to get it.
"Hello?"
"Baron, how are you?" Ice's voice came.
"You know how I am. Now, how's Warren?"
"He's fine. I'm in a different room than him, if it makes you feel better." Baron snorted. "Just wanted to hear you.I have to go." He hung up before Baron could say another word.
"What did he want?"
"Don't know. But, I do have good news. He was on there long enough for me to get a trace. He's at his old lair." With that they left hoping to find their son.
Ice re-entered the roomsaying, "Now let the fun begin!"
"My parents'll be here soon."
"I'm counting on it." Warren looked at him confusedly. "I called your dad and let him trace me. It's a trap. I'm pissed off. It's time for a little payback for both of them." He picked up a knife and brought it close to Warren. Suddenly, Baron Battle and Joy Peace came through the door.
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Author's Note: Sorry, it took so long. Hey, try this trick. Say Warren Peace slowly. It should sound like this War in Peace. You know War-en-Peace. My friend the 9tail-naruto taught me that. A big thanks to cheekybumbum who helped me with the spelling and gramar.
May take a little while on the next chapter.