Sun and Shadow

Dr. Genome Attacks!

"...ude I'm serious" Connor said as they stepped off the platform in Jude's garage. "I still can't believe I was so stupid and believed that guy!" Connor had been apologizing for some time and no matter how many times Jude tried to convince him that it wasn't his fault, the other boy was still quite worked up. "I should have dropped him off the side of Sky High" Connor muttered. "See if he could turn into someone who could fly."

Jude snorted. "Connor, I'm serious, it's okay. They were really good at their plan and what they were doing. If it hadn't been for my powers I wouldn't have figured it out. I was totally duped up till then" Jude confessed not particularly proud of himself for that. "It wouldn't surprise me to find out that they had been planning this for a while. And you cannot throw people off the school...Layla would be upset...not to mention whoever was underneath them when they hit the ground wouldn't be very happy either" Jude snorted.

"Jude!" Connor looked shocked at his dark humor. Despite how angry he was he knew he couldn't have thrown anyone off.

"I get it Connor, I was seriously thinking about leaving them both in the shadows or maybe dropping them in the ocean a couple miles off shore" Jude admitted, "but if we are going to be heroes we have to follow the rules no matter what and I don't plan to let people like that change us" Jude's voice sounded like he was trying to convince himself as well as Connor.

They walked into the house but didn't see anyone yet, apparently they had beat everyone else home. "We're home alone?" Connor asked with a smirk.

Jude gave him a look that made it clear he wasn't getting anywhere. "Connor, we need to talk about this. We need to tell each other everything that happened and how it made us feel. Only by figuring all this out can we keep this from happening again. It's like fighting Melissa. These kinds of attacks can't be defended by our powers, no matter how strong or tough we are, and that makes us vulnerable. We need to prepare so it can't happen again.

Connor nods in agreement and they go to Jude's room where they talk. Connor shares everything that had happened as does Jude and they are able to figure out when it was really them and when it was the imposters. They even come up with some secret signals to test each other's identity when one is acting strange and even some additional plans. They are finishing up when they hear noise from downstairs and they head down to see the family.

"Hey Jude, how was school?" Lena says as she sees her youngest come into the kitchen. "Connor?" she adds surprised by the blonde boy who entered after Jude. "I didn't know you were coming over. Can you stay for dinner?" she asks. Callie and Mariana are helping put away the groceries they picked up.

"Sure" Connor says with a smile as he sits at the table while Jude walks over to grab them some water from the fridge.

"We had a rough day at school" Jude tells her and then they proceed to tell her all about Jack and Ashleigh and what had happened with them at school.

Lena was looking pretty shocked by the time they finished. Mariana was furious and Callie looked slightly sick. "What's going to happen to them?" Mariana demanded.

"Not sure" Jude replied. "Probably some serious detention and monitoring" he told her.

"Detention? But they are villains!" she exclaims.

Connor clears his throat "Sky High attempts to teach you how to responsibly use your powers, what you do with them after that is up to you" he quotes the school's code. "They don't expect that everyone will be heroes, in fact a lot of students are just there to master their powers so they don't expose themselves or to help them find a way to be useful" he looks at the other three watching them. "Like...well one of our friends...she has low level healing powers so she wants to work with medical response teams. Not everyone, even with strong powers, wants to be on the front line" Connor adds.