True Sidekick - *Sequel to Hero by Day

Chapter 20 - Everyone knows who I am

"You're a fool, Harry Potter, and you will lose everything."

~ Tom Marvolo Riddle (Lord Voldemort)

:Oliver:

Okay, so we might've been three against two, but our side consisted of my partially injured girlfriend, my inexperienced sidekick, and I, the one who wasn't paying attention and got knocked over within the first few seconds.

I sat up and rubbed my head. Andromeda sure hit hard.

Elise and Andromeda were currently in a duel. They jabbed and punched and kicked and dodged. They were moving so fast that it was hard to see exactly what moves they were doing, it also didn't help that Elise kept teleporting them around the room occasionally trying to disorientate Andromeda.

(I once asked Elise where she learned her Delinquent fighting moves, because, let's face it, Elise the daughter of two upper class doctors who kept her sheltered her whole life should find it hard to practice karate. She claimed all she did was watch karate movies and YouTube videos.)

(I was in awe at how much she learned by just doing that.)

(Then again, she could've been lying.)

Over to my other side, Aden and Dylan were throwing things at each other. Aden throwing cafeteria tables and chairs, Dylan throwing fireballs and flaming debris.

I was about to help Aden when I saw him climb under a table for cover. Dylan jumped on top and started to blast the sides as Aden scooted further back. I was just setting off that way when Aden suddenly lift the table above his head and shot both it and Dylan into the wall.

Aden seemed to be doing well enough.

I shot an electrical blast at Andromeda while her back was to me. She moved at the last second and the blast went over her head. I cursed under my breath as she slowly turned to meet my gaze with a sickening smile.

"Oliver, nice try."

It was the first real confirmation that I'd had of Andromeda knowing my real name, and it had the desired effect. While I was in shock, she used her telekinesis to throw me against the wall.

(How many times could one super be knocked against a wall before they develop brain damage?)

Elise teleported to Andromeda mid punch, catching her unawares. Andromeda was the one who went flying now. Angered, she tried to lift Elise in the air, but she just teleported from her grip to the other side of the room.

That was when I realized that Elsie was the only one of us who stood a real chance against Andromeda. She couldn't be thrown around by an invisible force if she could teleport out of its grip.

I got up again to help Elise, but she shook her head and gestured towards a new gaping hole in the wall. Dylan and Aden had disappeared, and I was betting they went through that hole into the hallway. I nodded back at Elise and headed after them.

It was easy to see which direction they had gone, the charred paper on the walls proved to that, but I was concerned about the other side of the hall, where the main doors to the school were chained shut. I walked closer and saw that they weren't just chained, but melded shut. Dylan must've melted the doors together, denying the student body of an escape from the school.

It had only been around five minutes since Dylan first disrupted the school, so I guess we had about thirty before the cavalry got here. Eldredge Academy contained the kids of just about every important political figure and rich person in DC. Heck, we had the President's daughter at our school.