The night passed quickly for Warren and Angela, and truly they couldn't be happier to get all of the horrible things out of their minds; Holly dating Lash, the detentions; The Commander and Jetstream lecturing them, all of it. Right now all they wanted to do was relax and take time to think clearly.
" So Angela you ready for tomorrow?" Warren asked as he climbed into bed with her. Angela sighed and looked at him.
" No not really, I'm scared Warren. What if they do something dramatic?" she knew that something would happen it was just a matter of time. Warren smiled down at her and took her hand.
" Nothing bad will happen. They can't hurt you or me, no matter who they are." Angela nodded and stretched out on Warren's large bed. If Angela's parents were going to be at the school tomorrow then there was no telling how the rest of her life would go.
(The next day)
When the school bus picked up Warren and Angela, no one looked at them and no one said a thing. It was because they all knew what lied ahead for the two young teens and to make it worse, Warren and Angela didn't know half of what was to come. Ron Wilson watched them from his mirror. Warren had Angela's head on his shoulder while he was looking out the window. Ron of all people knew that Warren wasn't a bad kid, and that Angela was a good kid too, but because of people like Josie and Steve, they would never have a life together. Once the bus landed safely on Sky High grounds, Warren escorted Angela off of the bus carefully and looked around. The kids were being quiet and he wasn't too fond of that. Slowly, he and Angela entered the school hoping that no one was going to say a thing because Angela was scared and Warren knew that if someone were to say something to her to make her feel or look bad then he'd kill.
" Mr. Peace, Miss Stronghold please come with me." Principal Powers said to them, as they were about to enter homeroom. With an annoyed sigh, Warren and Angela followed her to the detention hall where Josie and Steve, along with Will were standing. It was like torture, knowing that something was going to happen to you but not being able to prepare for anything was just as worse.
" Angela, no matter what happens I'm not leaving you." Warren whispered in Angela's ear. Her shaky hand met his and she nodded. She was going to cry , Warren could see that she couldn't take much more.
" Okay you all know why we are here." Principal Powers began. " Now before we get to any arguing and objections, I would like to say that this isn't a place where we can throw fists or threaten anyone so I'm asking that all of you mind your manners and your attitude." She looked at everyone who were just standing there looking at each other, waiting for their moment to speak. " Okay first we'll go to you Angela, sense this is about you."
" What do you expect me to say?'" Angela asked as she sat down in a chair.
" All we want is for you to tell us if you left your house willingly and why you left." Powers replied calmly. Warren nodded at her and let go of her hand.
" Okay you all want the truth, I hated living where I was, and when Warren and I became friends, he allowed me to stay with him. " Josie stepped in.
" How could you hate it there Angela? We gave you everything in the world you could ask for!" Steve nodded.
" You're our daughter Angela and we love you. Please just come back home where you belong." Powers watched as Angela looked at the desk.
" Because you never treated me the way you treated Will, he's always so much better then me isn't he? You never were around when I needed you but when Will needed you , you were there weren't you? Warren treated me like no one else ever did and I grew to love him. And now that I finally find someone who makes me happy you want to destroy it?" Angela was done, she couldn't say much more. Warren sat beside her and held her tightly not caring what the great heroes thought. Powers waited a moment before going to Warren.
" Okay now Mr. Peace tell us why you kept Angela with you and did Josie and Steve ever once threaten to hurt you or her?"
" Well first off she was at the Paper Lantern to help me with some school work and it was storming so bad that we both felt that she couldn't get home safely so I let her stay with me. Because it stormed for most of the day, I figured she could stay at my apartment sense my mom isn't around anymore. When her parents came they acted like we committed a crime. So I said she had a choice if she wanted to stay with me or not so she did. But they never threatened us." Warren was done and Steve's face was red with anger.
" You poisoned our daughter we could have brought her home!" he yelled as he stood on front of Warren. Will smirked behind his father.
" What and risk her getting hurt because you can trust anyone but ourselves? No way!" Warren yelled back. Powers knew that this wasn't her fight to get into but if she needed back up, she had security in the room.
" Enough both of you!" Josie pushed her husband away from Warren whom wished he could fry the Commander along with his ego.
" He took out daughter Josie! He's just like his father!" Before he knew it Warren had picked up the desk and threw it at him. Powers gasped as The Commander mimicked his move and nearly hit Angela in the process.
" STOP! NONE OF THIS IS HELPING!" Josie screamed again. Warren and The Commander had not stopped their fight until security had pulled them apart.
" I want that kid away form my daughter! I never want to see him with her ever again!" Steve yelled as the guards let him go. Warren glared at him.
" You can't take her away from me." He said as he took her in his arms. Powers shook her head.
" Warren, Angela, I'm sorry but you both have to be separated. " Angela looked at Powers in horror.
" What? No…I don't want to go back." Tears streamed down her face as she buried herself in Warren's arms.
" You mean to tell me after all of the shit we've gone through she can't be with me?" Warren was stumped. Will stood beside his father triumphant.
" I'm sorry but Angela is not an adult, she can't make her own choices." Powers said again.
" Why does age have to determine everything?" Angela cried. " There are adults who can't even make good decisions yet and kids who can make better decisions than them." Power sighed as she nodded at the guards to hold Warren back.
" We're sorry Angela but it has to be done. We're putting restraining orders on the both of you. You'll be separated until we feel that you both have calmed down." Warren slammed his fist down on the desk.
" Bull shit! It's not fair! You can't just separate us!" Angela glared at Powers.
" How could you people do this to us?" she asked. But there was no phasing her parents.
" Angela we're going to go by Warren's place to pick your stuff up. After school you'll get on the right bus and come home." Josie said calmly. Steve stood beside her.
" It's about time you came home with your real family." He looked over at Warren. " He isn't family." Will smiled as he and his parents left the room.
" We'll give you a few moments alone until we come back to take Angela to a different detention room." Powers finally said and watched as Warren held the crying Angela against him. It was official, they wouldn't be able to see each other anymore, and the worst part was is that everyone at school has something to talk about and if someone were to pick on her or try to hurt her, Warren wouldn't be there to help. When their time was up, they kissed each other good bye and Angela headed to detention.
Okay its been forver sense ive been here so go easy on me :) glad to be back . I watched Sky High all weekend and realized that i needed to keep writing so enjoy and im in need of a beta reader so if anyone would like to hook a sista up iwould be glad. thanks, Warren's Peace
