I've been gone, for a week or two. Sorry about that, I've been camping a lot lately and I guess I just didn't have the time for writing. It's summer and the fam loves camping so I won't udpate sometimes, random times, but the story will get done :)

Dangerously Paranoid Chapter 12: I needed to know

Warren's P.O.V

"You okay?" I asked her noticing her biting her nails. Her long brown hair was pulled back into a high ponytail and her bangs were pinned back. She was wearing a Bob Dylan hoodie and a pair of jeans. She's been wierd lately, wierder than usual. She's been biting her nails, cracking her knuckles and playing with her hair more than she usually does, her grandfathers dissappearence has really hit her hard and her paranoia has been ten times worse.

"Hmm? Oh yeah. I'm okay." She said looking straight ahead as the bus flew off the cliff and flew up through the clouds. She didn't seem very sure.

"Alls." I said raising an eyebrow. She looked at me in a kind of guilty and sad way.

"I'm just thinking," she said in a sigh.

"About what?" I asked curiously.

"Just about Lindsay and Gramps and Duke." She stated. "I'm just worried, you know that. I never thought I would loose Gramps this quick, I've always pictured Lindsay and I having kids and Gramps being there. I mean I know he won't be there forever but I just didn't think it'd be this early." She said not looking me in the eyes. I didn't know what to say, I've never had a grandfather. My dad's father was also a villian and is in jail and my mother's father died when I was a baby. So I've never really got to be around my grandfathers. I gave her a reasurring look and took her hand in mine, she gave me a thankful smile and looked ahead.

I know what your thinking, Warren Peace does not 'hold hands'. I practically burned hippies hands when she tried last year, but Ally just seems like she needs someone there for her and I've decided that person should be me.

The bus stopped on the floating school and everyone started rushing off the bus. We let go of eachothers hands and walked into the school nonchalantly, I walked her to her locker and waited as she got her books. I had Gym and I think she had Hero History, so I walked her to class.

"Later," I said. She gave a small smile and walked into Mrs. Myer's class.

I noticed Will walking towards me so we walked to gym together since we both had it, the class was Juniors and Sophomores.

"Hey," he said smiling. I nodded and proceeded to walk. "Hows Ally?" He asked concerningly.

"Fine." I shrugged.

"She doesn't seem fine, she seems distant." He said opening the gym doors.

"What's it to you?" I growled.

"I just want to know, she seems distant. She likes you so be there for her." He said shrugging.

"She told you that?" I asked curiously.

"Dude your so stupid, she's totally into you." He said then started laughing maniacally, I just looked at him as if he was retarted. He finally started calming down and let out a laugh in a breath. "Wooo, ahah. Oh how the tables have turned." He smiled before walking into the locker room.

I shook my head and entered after him. I feel so stupid, I feel like Will. He's in my shoes last year, well not really. He's not going to homecoming with Ally to make me jealous. The meer thought makes me want to light his locker on fire, wait what? No, no it doesn't.

"Warren?" Will said snapping me out of my daze.

"What!" I snapped, he took a step back and shook his head with a smirk.

"You like her too, it's obvious." He said walking out with me.

"No it's not." I said defensively.

"Yeah it is, if she hasn't noticed it she's probably too busy thinking 'Ouuuu look at his hair, omgee look at his muscles. He's so tall and scary." He used a high voice and girly tone, so I smacked him on the back of the head. He stopped and started rubbing it.

"She's not like that." I growled as Boomer made his way out.

*Ally's P.O.V*

"Huh?" I asked in a low voice turning in my seat to see Kate sitting behind me.

"I said hey. What's wrong with you today?" She asked.

"Nothing, what are you taking about. I'm perfectly fine." I said trying to be convincing. It was a lie, I'm not alright. I can deal with Gramps missing, I'm not like this because of that. It's this constant eerie feeling, it's so bad. I'm starting to get scared of everything, I can't open my locker without fear of something popping out and pulling me in. I can't stand it. I sighed as the bell rang and I slipped my books into my bag, Kate gave me a reassuring smile as she left, I got up and walked to the cafeteria.

"Hey Ally." Ethan said meeting up with me as I walked towards the cafeteria.

"Hey, whats up?" I asked kindly.

"Oh nothing, I've currently been working on..." He started explaining some science machine, I just got my food and scanned the tables for the group. Finding them Ethan and I walked towards them, I sat at the end next to Warren and Ethan sat next to Zack. The two started talking about some sort of video game, I shook my head with a small smile and greeted Warren.

"Hey," I said biting into my apple.

"Your smiling." He stated, I blushed.

"I feel a bit better, I was talking to Ethan then I sat down here. Some how from then to now I started to feel safe, kind of safe. I guess." I said shrugging.

"It's good you feel better." He said with a smile.

"Ms. Griffin?" Mr. Garcia said tapping on my shoulder lightly. "Pr. Powers wants to see you in her office." He said in a low tone, i could see the pity or sadness in his eyes. Something wasn't right, I got up quickly and started speed walking down the hallways.

"Alls, wait up." Warren said behind me.

I arrived at the door to her office. Warren caught up and stood behind me. the door opened and oddly Josie in her Jetstream costume exited. She looked at me sadly and walked down the hall, her cape raising slightly from the smallest gusts of wind.

I knew something was wrong.

"Ms. Griffin." I could hear Pr. Powers, she opened the door and invited me in, Warren stayed outside of it.

*Warren's P.O.V*

I waited for about five minutes, I felt really worried. I wasn't sure what to do.

"Warren." Will said as him and the gang walked up to me.

"What is it? Is she okay?" Layla asked in a bit of a panic, Will calmed her down but she still started heavy breathing. They talked amongst themselves for a few minutes, I just stood there leaning against the wall with my arms folded.

Their chatter was really irritating me, talking about what could've happened to Ally or if she was hurt. She obviously wasn't hurt, she was with us before.

"Maybe she tripped?" Zack said, that was it. So stupid!

"Will you shut up!" I said standing up straight and facing them. "If she was hurt she'd be in the Nurse's office, not with Pr. Powers!" I growled.

The door opened and I turned, before I could prepare Ally flew into me. Wrapping her arms around my torso and burying her face in my chest. She was crying hard. I wrapped my arms around her and rubbed her back. She looked up at me, her cheeks stained with tears and her eyes red.

"Gramps is in the hospital."

*Ally's P.O.V*

I was more than worried, I was broken. I've never cried this much since Grams died. Gramps was in his hospital bed, he was covered in cuts and bruises. Four broken ribs, a broken leg, he needed 16 stitches on his left shoulder and 7 across the side of his kneck. He lost so much blood he could've died.

Warren was sitting straight in the left side of the couch and I was laying on the other, my head on his chest and my arms around his torso, my tears staining his shirt.

"This is all my fault," I said in a muffled cry.

"Don't even say that." Warren said.

"It is, I couldn't find him and now look what happened." I said burying my face in his chest, he rubbed my back and tucked a peice of my hair behind my ear.

"This isn't your fault, you tried to find him but you had to stay for Lindsay." He reassured me.

"I didn't try hard enough." I said wiping the tears off my cheeks.

"Miss Griffin?" I looked up at the Doctor. "Please note that we are doing everything in our power to get the people who did this, we have our best heroes out there searching." He explained, I nodded but didn't say anything, not even looking at him. He left and I just stared at Gramps, he had so many machines hooked up to him and his skin was so pale. I miss him calling me Alleycat and talking about the good ol' days fishing in Ireland as a boy.

"You've had a rough day, get some sleep. Gramps will be here when you wake up." Warren said in a whisper. I nodded and took in his scent, cinnamon, Tag and a scent I just call Warren. I sighed and closed my eyes.

"So when she was about 7, she had an obsession with the Transformers cartoon. So for Halloween one year, being the creative lil' rascal she is, she wanted to make her own Megatron costume. So she cut holes in a box and coloured on it with crayon. She looked like a cubed turtle." I could hear a familiar voice.

I cuddled into my pillow and let out a relaxing sigh. I felt a bit better, hell I felt a lot better. Actually I fely vibrations? And I could hear laughter? My pillow was laughing? Oh, right. I forgot. I opened my eyes and looked up at Warren, he was smiling and laughing. Then I looked over at the bed. Gramps was up and talking, he was gaining the colour back in his skin. He was also laughing and joking.

"Gramps!" I said sitting upright. "You're awake!" I said with a huge smile.

"Mornin' Alleycat." He said smiling back. I then remembered everything that went down and my smile turned to a frown.

"Don't Alleycat me! Where have you been?" I said worriedly moving from my spot with Warren to the chair next to his bed.

"Maybe you should get something to eat first, you look a little thin." Gramps said concerningy.

"I'm not hungry, please just tell me what's going on? Where were you and who did this?" I asked.

"To understand I will have to explain from the beginning." He sighed.

"I'm all ears," I said with a shrug.

"Jimmy and I went to war together and came back alive. Only because of our powers, I could see what was going to happen and he had super intellegence." He explained.

"Like Pffr. Medualla?" I asked.

"Smarter, he was a scientist and very dedicated to his work. He worked for years on a serum for immortality."

"How does Duke fit into all of this though?" I asked.

"Your uncle had an assistant, a young boy who would help him around his lab. His name was Duke Bouchard, he was only about 11. He never had a father growing up and looked up to my brother very much. Duke was the only other person who ever knew the secrets to his serum. One day while Jimmy was working in the lab he ordered for Duke to clean up a broken vial."

He's always told stories, but I've never ever heard this one. I feel offended he hasn't told me before, but I guess it wasn't necessary. "He knocked over some chemicals including one of the immortality prototypes and it spilled onto himself as he stood up." I immediately remembered Duke's scar.

"In a instant he was transformed into an animal."

"A dog," I breathed, taking in his words.

"An immortal dog, one that would live forever and never age. Jimmy was devistated, Duke was like a son to him. Though he wasn't dead he was still a mutt, he tried for years to change him back, he searched through countries and talked to many different supers about it, but it was impossible." He added.

"But who did this to you and why were you acting so strange?" I asked, I needed answers. I wanted to understand so bad.

"Alright let me get to it, Elizabeth Carrington was Jimmy's fiancé. I knew she was no good in the first place but Jimmy was book smart and well he wasn't too good with the ladies in the first place. She wanted the serum, with her power she could live in the shadows forever with immortality."

"Shadows!" I cut him off then looked at Warren.

"Duke, Warren and I witnessed a shadow man." I stated.

"Yes, she has minions, but let me get back to the story. She asked Jimmy for the serum, she begged then threatened. When he said no she killed him, but the ingredients weren't written on any paper. They were in the mind of two, Jimmy and Duke. Jimmy was dead and the only other one who knew was Duke."

"Where is Duke?" I asked.

"She has him." He replied.

"What!" I spat.

"I did the best I could do to fight her off Ally, I had to do it because I knew she would come after you or Lindsay and I'd rather die than let that happen." He explained.

"We, we need to find her! We need to get Duke back!" I said with teary eyes.

"No! She's too strong. You can't fight her! I couldn't live with myself if something ever happened to you because of her." He said in a panic.

"Gramps I can't just sit here and let her get away with hurting my Gramps and fucking around with my dog!" I said standing up.

"Allison Marie Griffin, I'm begging you don't do this. For the sake of your family." He said.

"Gramps I can't just sit here and do nothing." I said sitting back down.

"I know and I'm proud of you for having the Hero dedication, but this is beyond you." He said in a low voice. "Just please, promise me you will go straight home and have some dinner. Make sure Lindsay did her homework and stay home." He explained.

"But Gramps.."

"It wasn't a suggestion Allison."

"Alright," I said kissing him on the cheek.

"Be good." He said as I put my jacket on, Warren stood up and did the same.

"Stay home." Gramps said again.

"Oh I will." I said with a mischevious smile as I exited the hospital room with Warren in tow.

"We're not going to your house are we?" He asked.

"Nope,"

A/N: I hope that explains everything with Duke, this was the idea from the beginning and it kinda took a while but I'm glad it came out the way it did. If you have anymore questions about it feel free to ask away. Review ~ :)...

P.S: Sorry for the change ups in P.O.V's, I just changed them when I felt they needed to be changed