A/N: I got the Sky High DVD the other day (yay) but realised that Warren's father should be called Barron and not Baron so that's why the spelling's changed!

Crystal's father woke up from his treatment with the ray to see Barron standing over him.

'Get up Benjamin. We need to strike while the iron's hot.' Barron's voice was gruff and brisk.

'What?' he said confusedly. 'Don't be so damn cryptic Barron, what's going on?'

'Never mind that, just follow me.'

Dazed from the after-effects of the ray, Benjamin stumbled after Barron who led him to the desk they'd been sitting at the previous day. On one of the monitors you could see Crystal and Warren at breakfast.

'She's going back to school today. She'll be vulnerable and now that Warren isn't by her side like a limpet maybe we'll have a chance to implement our plan.'

'Plan? What plan? Since when do we have a plan Barron?'

'While you were sleeping,' Barron paused to shoot Benjamin a contemptuous look, 'I thought up how we are going to create the greatest number of supervillains the world has ever known.'

'And would you care to elaborate perhaps? You know, sometimes I wonder why I even bothered breaking you out of jail. You said then we'd be partners, in everything.'

'But you were a hero then and I don't have a problem lying to heroes. Or don't you remember that?'

'I was not a hero!' retorted Benjamin, his cheeks colouring at the insult.

'Oh you were my dear friend. You tried to trick me into letting you use the power-enhancer so you could supposedly defeat heroes but your true intention was to destroy me for hurting your wife. Did you really think I wouldn't have a mind reader watching you 24-7? But now you really are a villain. You see, apart from this power-enhancer, my men also invented a conversion ray that can change the strongest of heroes into villains – my villains.'

'Well Barron, that was pretty clever of you and if I still had an ounce of goodness and justice in me I'd probably try to kill you but, as it is, I've got to thank you. I have never known power such as this.'

'I knew you'd come around. So…about our plan.'

The two buried their heads deep in conversation, peering at the monitors and their unwitting children.

Meanwhile, at the Peace household, Warren, his mother and Crystal were finishing up their breakfast.

'You two better get going you know,' said Mrs. Peace. 'Especially you Crystal, you don't want to miss the bus on your first day back.'

'Yep, I just have to grab my bag and then I'm ready. What about you Warren?'

He looked at her, 'Do you remember what I said after our fight? This is the part of me that doesn't do mornings and will be sullen for some time, ok?'

She backed off, not wishing to re-start this feud and went to get her bag.

'Warren, you could try and be a bit nicer,' reprimanded his mother, 'I saw what a nice man you can be.'

'And as great as that was, look how opposite I became during the fight. I practically broke her arm. It's better like this and you know it. I'll see you after school, I'm not working tonight.'

'Ok sweetie, have a good day back, be good and get the work you missed out on. You're a bright boy you know.'

'As you tell me every time I'm behind on my work. See you.'

'Bye Mrs. Pe- Tullia!' called Crystal as she followed Warren out of the door.

The two walked side by side to the bus stop just at the end of the road. Crystal was concentrating on how hard her heart was beating. She was, strangely, nervous at how she'd be received back at school. She'd been one of the most popular girls in the sophomore class but now who knew what would happen? She hadn't talked to her friends since the first day of the semester and she worried they wouldn't want anything to do with her. Warren was just thinking about the amount of work he'd missed while looking after Crystal; it was practically a whole week! This was the last time he did people favours.

They were both so engrossed in their own thoughts that neither of them noticed a black thorny vine snake out of the bushes of a garden they passed and scratch Crystal's leg leaving four bleeding scratch marks on her ankle.

She cried out and looked for the cause of the pain but the vine had retracted back into the bushes and was no where to be seen.

'What?' asked Warren. If she was going to make plays for sympathy today he really wasn't in the mood.

'Um,' Crystal started and then stopped when she saw the annoyance in Warren's eyes. 'It's nothing, just a scratch.'

'Good. Well hurry up, we'll miss the bus at this rate.'

She nodded and sped up. She didn't know how to get to the stop and didn't want to get left behind. So she left the marks alone and didn't see the small pieces of silver in the skin that were left behind by the vine.

Luckily or unluckily, depending on your viewpoint, they didn't miss the bus and were subjected to fierce whispers as they boarded the bus together. Crystal looked around for her friends and was enormously relived when Dara waved her over to an empty seat. And after a glare from Warren, Ethan moved to sit next to Zach so Warren had a double seat to himself. He had a funny feeling he wasn't going to enjoy this day.

Under the mountain range, the two villains were met by Thorn, the creator of the vine that had scratched Crystal.

'Did it work?' asked Barron.

'Yes, the chips are implanted. It shouldn't take long for them to interface with the neurotransmitters in her blood and act as a homing beacon. She'll be giving out a clear signal as soon as she sets foot on the campus.'

'Excellent, it's all falling into place,' said Barron watching the screen which would soon give off Sky High's location.

A/N: Sorry it's so short but I figured you guys definitely deserved an update and this is as much as I can manage right now! Hopefully there'll be an update soon but please review!