Disclaimer: (See Chapter 1)

"Rocky, I know you can control your powers and all, but you need to use them for good, not evil."

"Aww, come on," I said. "I am using them for good."

"Using them to get back at the preps isn't good," Courtney said.

"No one will know it was me," I said. "Shannon Pierce will be my last victim. I promise."

Yes, I am back.

You people can't keep me away that easily.

It's been about, what, 3 months since I escaped Slade's clutches? And as you all know, my mom flipped out and broke down crying, while my father was very relieved. Venus…? Well… She wished I hadn't come back.

So I'm back in school and I didn't have to retake the year I missed over again. This school cares about its students, I tell ya.

"Hey Spencer. Let me get a drink of water from the fountain," Shannon said.

She walked towards the drinking fountain.

This is too easy.

"Guess what Spence? Your little girlfriend won't wanna drink from a water fountain again," I whispered.

"At least it'll only be water," Courtney said. She looked at me. "Right?"

I smirked.

"Oh yeah," I said, sarcasm evident in my voice. "Don't worry."

"Rocky!"

Shannon bent down and pushed the button.

"Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!"

Water and mud came out from the drain and faucet, glomping Shannon in the process. Even after she backed from the fountain, she was being smothered. Once my fun was over and I stopped the water flow, everyone, including her boyfriend, was laughing at her.

"That wasn't very funny dude."

I stopped laughing and turned.

In front of my friends and me was a green skinned, pointy eared, bared tooth teenager.

I laughed.

"Ha! Beast Boy! You know it was funny!"

He smiled.

"Yeah dude. You're right. It was hilarious."

Sheilee came up beside Beast Boy, making him jump back.

"Hey Beast Boy," she greeted kindly.

"Oh… H-Hi Sh-Sheilee," he stammered. "Waz-up?"

"Not much. You?"

"Uh… I was just about to uh… bye!"

He was about to turn into a bird and fly away, but Sheilee tackled him to the floor.

"But you just got here!" she wailed. "Please stay!"

"No!" Beast Boy shouted. "I mean…! Robin needs me back at the Tower because, uh, um, 'cause, 'cause…!" Beast Boy's eyes flashed in my direction. I blinked. "Slade's been spotted in Jump City! Gotta go!"

He turned into a tarantula and Sheilee jumped up out of the way.

"Beast Boy! Don't do that!"

He turned into a bird and flew out the door. Then the bell rang.

"See ya guys," I said, walking towards the science building.

I walked past two teenagers.

"Hey! Mexican punk! Give me your lunch money!"

"No way!"

"Now loser! Or I'll break your face!"

The sophomore was about to punch the freshman. I grabbed his fist.

"I doubt you'd want to do that," I said. "Or I just might…"

I pulled the kid's wrist back, almost to breaking point.

"Let go! I give! Uncle! Uncle!"

I released his fist. He ran.

"And don't let me catch you picking on other people again dickhead!" I shouted after him. I faced the Mexican. "You okay dude?"

"Yeah. Thanks," he said. "I'm Steven by the way."

"Oh yeah," I said, shaking his outstretched hand. "You came from Mexico 2 weeks back. You're in my science class."

"That would be me."

"Nice to finally meet you properly," I said. "We better get going." We continued walking. "So what's Mexico like?"

"Its really hot there," Steven said. "But it's still awesome. There's shops, museums, parks, cool places, fruit, and flower stands. And it's very beautiful."

"Sounds like my kind of place," I said. Then I got a good idea. "Hey, wanna come over to my house after school?"

"Let me call my mom," Steven said. "Got a phone?"

I took out my cell and gave it to him. He dialed.

"Hey mom? Can I go to my friend's house after school?" he asked. Some silence. "Thanks mom. Don't forget to tell dad. Love ya. Bye."

He returned it to me and we made it to class just in time. We took notes the whole period. Next was Spanish. We had a test. I finished early and took out my homework for my other classes. Class ended and I went to math class. Steven was in my class and he needed help. He finally finished 5 minutes before the end of class.

The bell rang at 3:08 and students headed for the busses. I forged a note and gave it to Ruth, our bus driver. She smiled. I smiled back. Steven and I headed for the back. Courtney also rode my bus. She saved the back seat for us.

"Hey," she said as we sat down.

"Waz-up," I said. "This is Steven."

"Hi."

"Hi," Steven said. "You're in my third period class. Courtney, right?"

"Yeah. Nice to meet you."

They shook hands.

Courtney pulled hers out of his grip as though she were shocked. Steven looked at me with confusion. I shrugged.

"Sorry," Steven said. "Did I shock you?"

Courtney took a quick glance at me. I cocked my head to the side slightly.

"Um… yeah. You did," Courtney said. "Can I steal Rocky for a second?"

"Sure," Steven said. "Go ahead."

"Ack!" Courtney pulled me over to her side. I fell on top of her. "Do you have any idea how wrong this looks?"

"Shut up," she snapped. "Are you sure he's safe to have around?"

"Of course. Why?"

"When we shook hands, I had a vision," Courtney said. "Some how he had your powers and he used them against you."

"Oh come on," I hissed. "I helped him against a guy who tried stealing his lunch money. And I helped him with his math homework. I doubt he'd turn against me. I was even planning on telling him about our powers and working for that Psychopath."

"No!" she snapped, pulling on my ear making me cringe. "You will not tell him! I forbid you!"

"Ow! Let go of my ear! Your acting like my Grandma!"

She pulled harder.

"Will you be serious please?"

"Um… sorry to interrupt, but-"

I looked up and people were staring at Courtney and me. I sat up.

"Its not what it looks like people," I said. "Look away. Nothing to see here."

The other students looked away and started talking again.

For the next twenty minutes, we were silent.

"Its your stop. See you tomorrow."

I nodded.

"Come on Steven."

We both stood up and walked down the aisle. I said good bye to Ruth and walked off the bus. She drove off. My stop was five minutes away from my house. I told Steven this.

"That far huh?"

"Yep. But it makes for great exercise."

As we walked, Steven asked something surprising.

"You were that teenager who was kidnapped last year by the man in a copper and black mask, right?"

I stopped, but Steven kept walking ahead of me.

"Uh… yeah."

I started walking again.

"The guy's name was Slade. At least from what I heard from our newspapers back in Mexico anyways. Were you worried or scared?"

Well duh. He turned me against my-

"Well yeah," I said. "I was pretty worried. Who wouldn't be?"

We reached my house.

"I guess you're right," Steven said.

We walked in.

"Yo Ma! I'm h-!"

My mom came out of nowhere, tears in her eyes.

"I thought I'd never see you again!" she wailed, hugging me to death. "You were three minutes late! I was so scared that you'd been taken again!"

"Ma! I'm fine! Ruth just hit a few snags!"

I tried pushing her away, but she wouldn't lessen her grip.

"I was about to call the police, I was so scared!"

"Mom! You're embarrassing me!"

She kept crying and sobbing as she hugged me in a Starfire hug. But I finally pushed her off and headed for the stairs. Steven followed.

"Nice to meet you Mrs. Wolf!"

We made it to my room and put our stuff on the floor.

"Sorry about my mom," I said. "She was hysterical when I showed up on our doorstep."

Steven sat on my bed.

"Please tell me you have food."

I smiled.

"We always have food here," I said. "I'll go get us something to eat. BRB."

I opened the door and went downstairs. I went into the kitchen and went to the fridge. I took out two Dr. Peppers and got snacks out of the cupboard. Dakota ran inside from being outside and jumped at me. She barked at me.

"Get down Dakota!" I shouted. She barked some more and pushed me back. "Now D!"

I started backing out of the kitchen when I rammed into someone strong behind me. I froze in fear.

Shit! Not now! He's dead. How did he get into the house?

I jumped hearing the person's voice.

"Sorry son. Did I scare you?"

It was my dad. I turned around.

"Oh. No dad," I said. "I just thought you were someone else."

"Who?"

"No one important," I answered. "I'm okay. Really. Don't worry about it."

I walked around and headed back upstairs.

Holy crap. I seriously thought dad was Slade for a minute there.

I opened my door. Steven was looking at my art wall.

"You're really good. I see you're a dragon, wolf, and skateboard fan. Is this a design for your skateboard?"

He pointed to the layout of my board.

It was completely black with a blue and red dragon on the bottom and my signature underneath the dragon's stomach. It also had piercing yellow-gold eyes.

"Yeah it is," I said. "I hope you like Dr. Pepper."

"To be honest, I've never had soda before. My Parents forbid sugar. Thanks though."

"No problem."

He continued to look at my art.

Okay. Gotta tell him now.

"Steven?"

"Huh?"

"Can you sit down for a minute?" I asked. He looked at me with confusion. "Please?"

He sat down on the bed and I stood up.

"Okay, what I'm about to tell you might sound creepy or even a bit weird. And if you get a strange feeling and you want me to stop, go ahead and tell me to shut the fuck up. Okay?"

"O-kay."

I sighed.

"My friends and I, we have special abilities. Do you believe in ESP, mind readers, supernatural stuff like that?"

"Yeah," he said. "I guess so. Why?"

Well… because my friends and I, we have… This is really difficult to say."

"What is it?" Steven asked. "I won't freak out."

"We have powers."

Steven looked like he stopped breathing. I walked cautiously up to him and waved my hand in his face. He blinked.

"Tell me that wasn't real?"

"It was real all right," I said.

"How can you h-have powers?"

"Well one time we were…" I trailed off. "Actually, we don't know how. Never thought about it. I think we were born with them." Steven finally closed his mouth shut. "Please tell me you believe me."

He stood up and shook his head, heading for the door.

"I-I'll believe it when I see it. I have to go."

He started out the door, but I asked, "Promise me you won't tell?"

He stopped and nodded, without looking at me.

"I won't tell anyone."

He left. I sank down on my bed and faced forward.

"Told him huh?"

I looked over at Raven.

"Yeah."

"Let's hope he doesn't turn into a Terra problem. Courtney has her suspicions."

"Yeah. I know." Her eyes glowed white. "Rae?"

They turned into her amethyst ones again.

"Be careful of him," Raven said. "He believes in you, but there's jealousy in his soul."

She turned into her soul self before I could react and flew through my ceiling.

Jealousy? Yeah, like he'd be jealous of that. Its not like he can go looking for Slade and make a deal with him.

I stood up and headed down stairs, closing my door behind me.

(Fade to black)

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