Opposites Attract

Guess Who's Back

I felt Warren's arm lock around my waist, holding me to him as I struggled to break free.

"Warren let go!" I bashed at his arm.

"Shh! Don't draw attention to yourself," he hissed at me, and then pointed over to where Dad had fallen.

I followed his finger and saw Mum crouch down to rifle through the pile of cape only to find... a baby? A baby Commander is his tiny supersuit. My eyes widened- this was weird, like Back to the Future weird.

I saw Mum's eyes darken, and she turned to Royal Pain with a scowl on her face. She jumped off the spot and began to fly at the stage before we all saw the wiggly yellow light of the ray gun shoot forward again, hitting her square in the chest. She flew backwards, now in baby form, and I tried to lunge through the crowd again only to be held back.

Luckily, Mr Boy had ditched his cocktail sausages and raced forward to catch her. No sooner had he done it, though, was he shot as well, screaming something I really hoped wasn't a declaration of love as he went down... but I'm also pretty sure it was.

Mr Medula stepped forward and was shot dead centre in the middle of his huge head. The crowd went berserk; everyone started sprinting in all directions, trying desperately to escape the school hall. 

As Warren guided me by the arm through the crowds, I could hear all the metal gates over the exits hitting the ground. Squinting through the masses, I could see a jeering Lash behind one of them. Obviously he was involved, and I'm sure Speed was too. What did I say? Alarm bells should have been ringing for the teachers when they kept wanting to be villains in Save the Citizen...

Warren and I ran into Coach Boomer. He was doing an excellent job of looking pretty calm, despite the panicked fleeting of his eyes.

"Find another way out!" he ordered us, "Take as many people with you as possible!"

Before he could add anything, the yellow ray wiggled its way past us and hit him, sending him crying to the floor. Warren hurriedly dragged me away, as we weaved through the hoard of high school students.

"Zach!" I yelled when I saw him... thank God he'd stuck to his guns and worn bright colours.

"Rose!" he reached out a long arm over the tops of people's heads.

I grabbed it and let him pull Warren and I towards him, only to find he was already with Layla, Magenta and Ethan.

"We need to find a way out of here," Layla breathed.

We all scanned the room in panic before I had an idea.

"Vent!" I exclaimed, pointing to a nearby wall.

"Yeaaa Rose!" Zach yelled, as I hitched up my dress and ran towards it.

Warren pulled it off the wall before we all filed in, me first, followed by Warren, Ethan, Magenta, Layla and Zach. As I crawled through the small vent, I couldn't help but wonder if any social event ever would go well for us...

The further we crawled, the darker it got, and I had no idea where we were.

"Guys, I'm stopping- don't want to cause a domino effect," I warned as I slowed to a stop.

"I can't see anything- I don't know where we're going?" I said.

"Yeah, Warren, any chance of a torch?" Ethan asked.

"Not unless you want to get barbecued," Warren muttered, and a smirk made its way onto my face.

"Ladies, if I may," I heard Zach.

Turning around, I could see a pale luminous green glow making its way towards the front of the pack.

"Yeaaa Zach!" I praised, as everyone else said their little bits.