Opposites Attract (A Warren Peace Love Story)

The Fight

I thank the lunch lady, Kim, as she places a sandwich onto my tray. She gives me a quick wink before two of her six hands go to peel potatoes, while the rest continue to serve students. I walk away from the lunch line after paying for the food, looking around the cafeteria for a free space at a table. All the tables were filled up, except the 'cool kids' hero table, which very few people were allowed to sit at, the table Layla, Ethan, Zach and Magenta were sitting at, but they only had one free space left that they were probably saving for Will, and Warren Peace's table, which was completely empty except for the pyrokinetic himself. Brushing some of my hair from my face, I walk over to the hot headed kids table. "Is it alright if I sit here?" I ask Warren, who was staring down at an open book. Wow, he even looked pissed off when reading. He slowly looks up at me, his usual dirty glare glued to his face. I raise an eyebrow slightly, waiting for an actual response, not a glare. He glances to the empty seat across from him before looking back down at his book. I sigh, figuring that was about the only answer I was going to get. I gently set my tray across from his and take a seat across from the pyrokinetic. I glance up at him, noticing his lunch tray was already empty, with the exception of an untouched cup of hot chocolate. I glance down at my own tray, staring at the vanilla milkshake that was sitting in the corner. I pick it up and smile at Warren. "Trade ya." I say. He glances up at me, still glaring. I nod towards his hot chocolate and hold out my shake. He raises an eyebrow before straightening his posture. "What makes you think I wasn't going to drink this?" He asks, grabbing the cup of hot chocolate from his tray. "I never said you weren't." I counter. "I was just seeing if you wanted to trade." I giggle softly. I noticed a faint smile tugging at his lips. He shakes his head and takes the shake from my hands, giving me the hot chocolate. I giggle softly and take a small sip from the hot drink. I noticed the cafeteria had fallen quiet, which made me look up. Most of the students were staring at me and Warren with a shocked expression. A few of them were whispering to each other, not tearing their gaze from our table. Warren clearly noticed because he looked around the room with an angry glare. "Can we help you?" He states angrily, causing all the students to jump and go back to having regular conversations. A few of them even tripped over themselves in surprise. Warren shakes his head and looks back down at his book, taking a sip from the shake. I noticed a faint amount of steam emite from where his hand was touching the cup. I shake my head and open my fruit cup, taking a few bites of the fruit from the container. "Over here!" I hear a familiar female voice shout. I glance over to see Layla gesturing for Will to sit at their table. Will slowly makes his way over to the table, a slight smile on his face. "Saved you a seat!" Zach states. "Hey, and I saved you a pudding!" Ethan adds, standing up while holding a chocolate pudding cup. Suddenly, the cup disappeared from his hands, causing a confused look to wash over his face. I quickly noticed a gray blur run around the cafeteria before coming to a settle next to none other than Lash himself. Speed, who was now holding a chocolate pudding cup, nods his head towards Will, who was staring at the two bullies. "Hey, what's up?" Speed asks Lash, gently nudging his shoulder with his arm. "Hey, buddy. Check this out." Lash chuckles. His arm suddenly extends forward along the ground, towards Will. I was only a second too late to realize what he was doing. Before I could shout at Will to watch out, he suddenly falls over with a loud, "Whoa!" I cover my mouth in shock as the salad that was on Will's tray spills all over Warren and his book. Warren slowly looks up with a hated glare before quickly standing up and facing Will, who looked scared for his life. "Uh, sorry." Will says quietly. Students began to gather around the two boys, an anticipated look on their faces. "You will be." Warren states darkly, taking a step towards Will. Will stumbles back a bit, a fearful look in his eyes. "Warren, wait." I state, walking up to the hot headed boy. "It was an accident." But it was clear he wasn't listening to me. "Let's not do this." Will says nervously. "You think you can do whatever you want 'cause your name's Stronghold?" Warren asks spitefully. I give him a slightly hurt look, because he basically just insulted me too. I notice him glance towards me for a brief moment, as if to apologize. "Look, I'm sorry our dad put your dad in jail, but..." I knew immediately that Will said the wrong thing. Warren suddenly grabs Will by the front of his shirt roughly, pulling him closer. Will's sneakers dragged along the floor as Warren basically lifts him off the ground in rage. "Nobody talks about my father." Warren states darkly, his hands suddenly catching fire. "Ah!" Will shouts as Warren lets him go. "Oh, it is so on!" Lash shouts from the far side of the cafeteria. "Warren, please don't do this." I state, grabbing Warren's arm. I cry out in pain and retract my hand as his fire burns me slightly, causing steam to rise up from my now red hand. "Fight, fight, fight!" The students began to chant as Layla looks over at their Hero Support teacher, Mr. Boy. "Mr. Boy, do something!" She shouts at her teacher. "I'm on it!" Mr. Boy shouts. He almost looked heroic... for a brief moment before running down the hall shouting, "Principal Powers!" Wow, what a hero. "Fight, fight, fight!" The students continued to shout as I watched with fearful eyes as Warren approached Will. Will quickly reaches over and grabs a lunch tray off a nearby table, causing the food to fall off it as he holds it up in front of his face. Not a second too soon either. As soon as the tray was covering Will's face, Warren shoots a fireball directly at Will's head, hitting the tray. The tray immediately got a large burn hole in the center of it, and the rest of the edges melted, causing it to tear in half. Will pulls the two halves apart before tossing them aside. "Warren, stop!" I shout, but Warren continues to ignore me as he throws another fireball at Will. Will manages to duck just in time, causing the fireball to hit the far wall. Students screamed and dove out of the way to avoid the fireball's fury. Warren continues to shoot non stop fireballs at Will, who was desperately trying to dodge the hot flames. Warren eventually shoots a fireball that was locked onto Will, who didn't have enough time to react. "NO!" I shout, forming an ice wall in front of Will, blocking the fire. Warren turns and glares at me, causing me to flinch slightly before returning his gaze back to Will. Will's gaze quickly lands on a fire alarm, and he attempts to run over to it, but Lash and Speed had other plans. Right before Will could reach the alarm, Lash reaches forward and trips Will for the second time, this time causing Will to dive forward and hit the ground. Will looks behind him, just in time to see Warren light his arms on fire completely. "No!" I shout, trying to run forward, but Layla grabs my arm, stopping me. In a scramble of panic, Will climbs underneath one of the cafeteria tables. Warren puts his hands together above his head, creating a large fireball, and shoots it towards Will. The fireball hit the end of the table, completely destroying it. Warren runs forward as Will crawls underneath the table. Warren jumps on top of the table and continues to shoot fireballs along the sides of the table, trying to hit Will. They both stop at the end of the table, and Will was desperately looking for a way to escape. "Where's your sidekicks, sidekick?" Warren shouts down at Will. "Right here." Layla states, walking forward. "Yeah." Ethan agrees, following her. Zach and Magenta quickly follow, folding their arms. Warren looks at all of them before his arms surround themselves in a large, hot flame. They all stare at Warren for a brief moment before Ethan melts into a puddle on the floor. Warren puts his hands together above his head slowly, the flames combining to create a large fireball. "No!" I shout again, running in front of the four sidekicks. Warren's anger seemed to falter slightly as his eyes land on me, and he gave me a look that said, 'stay out of this,'. "Leave. Them. Alone!" Will shouts, pressing up against the table. Warren stumbles a bit as Will slowly lifts up the table with him on it. Layla, the others and I all watch in amazement as Will lifts the table, along with Warren, far above his head. "He's strong?" Layla and I ask together. "I'm strong?" Will asks with a smile. "He's super strong." Gwen states in an impressed tone, watching Will with admiration. 'Where did she come from?' I ask, looking at Gwen, who seemed to appear from nowhere. Will smiles at Layla and me before tossing the table aside effortlessly, causing Warren to slam face first into the low ceiling, He then falls onto the table directly beneath him, causing it to splinter and break. "Warren!" I state worriedly as I stare in the direction of the pyrokinetic. "Yeah, Will!" Layla shouts. Will slowly turns to Lash and Speed. "Now..." He states seriously. "Who tripped me?" Speed quickly runs off down the hallway and Lash reaches up, grabbing onto the ceiling and pulling himself up out of Will's reach. "Stronghold!" An angry voice shouts. We all look over to see Warren slowly standing back up, looking more pissed than before. He shouts loudly, his arms covering themselves in fire again. Will slowly, and awkwardly, holds up his fists, as if to say he's ready to fight. Warren quickly charges at Will, causing the students behind us to squeal and run for cover. Will then throws a punch, hitting Warren in his gut and throwing him through a wall. Will runs up to us with a proud expression, high fiving everybody with a large smile. Warren lets out a soft groan, but gets up like nothing happened, walking through the newly formed hole in the wall. "Think I can't take a hit?!" Warren shouts as Coach Boomer and Mr. Medulla poke their heads through the hole. Once more, Warren shouts loudly as his arms cover themselves in a fire so hot, I could feel it from the other side of the room. I watched in fear as Warren charges towards Will again with pure rage and fury. I quickly look around the lunchroom for something to help Will, my gaze landing on a fire extinguisher on the far side of the room, near Layla. "Layla!" I shout, pointing to the extinguisher. Layla looks at the extinguisher and nods, ripping it off the wall. "Will!" She shouts before tossing it to Will. Will catches the extinguisher and aims it at Warren. We all watch with worry and anticipation as Will struggles to pull the safety pin out of the extinguisher. "Will, pull the pin!" Layla shouts. "He's coming man!" Ethan exclaims in fear. "Hurry Will!" I shout, watching Warren quickly advance on my brother. Will eventually said 'screw it' and just ripped the top off the fire extinguisher, causing a white foam to burst out the top. Right before Warren could attack Will, the foam washes over him, quickly knocking him to the ground while extinguishing his flames. The whole cafeteria bursts into a loud cheer, but stops when they see Principal Powers enter the cafeteria. Warren slowly stands up, staring at the principal with a glare. He slowly takes a few steps back before taking off in a run... directly towards me. "Wha... Warren!" I shout as his hand encloses around my arm, and he drags me out of the cafeteria. "Are you crazy?! You're going to get us both in trouble!" I shout at him as we run through the halls. I look at him, surprised to see a genuine smile on his face. "Come on, don't be a wimp." He states, smiling down at me. We both turn the corner, skidding to a stop when we see Principal Powers standing in the hall, tapping her foot with a raised eyebrow and her arms folded tightly across her chest. Standing next to her, was Will, who was looking down at the ground in guilt.