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Hooked on a Feeling

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Lance Banner

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He took one look at the message for Guin when the bell rang, and let out a sigh. It was obvious that Guin was planning on doing something to those who had hurt him, and he partially wanted to see what would happen, but he knew better than to think about it.

To: Guin Stark
OK, well... Just don't get into too much trouble, and at least this time it is after first period, instead of during the first five minutes of the school day.

He looked up when the nurse hung up the phone, and looked at him. "You are excused for the rest of the day Lance, your father is coming to take you home." she said, letting out a sigh. Lance had to stop himself from hitting himself in the forehead. He had known that this could happen, and he hadn't even done anything to get sent home, he literally had just walked through the doors of the school when it happened, at least he was smart and constantly got some of his assignments early.

"Of course he is..." he muttered, before shooting off another text to Guin.

To: Guin Stark
Looks like you're on your own for the day, they called my dad, and apparently he is coming to get me... Sometimes I freaking hate it, kind of feel sorry for the nurse though... She's the one who had to call him.

"Hey, would it be alright if I waited for him outside? Don't want to risk any sort of, um... Accidents..." he asked the nurse.

She thought for a moment, "Alright, you may, there are plenty of people nearby who could help you if need be, and your nose bleed has stopped, take the ice pack with you though," she said, and he nodded. He grabbed his bag and headed outside, in front of the school. It was true, he knew that there was a risk of his dad hulking out if he wasn't careful, and he did not want to get anyone else hurt because of him or something.

Hooked on a Feeling

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Lance Banner

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"Do not worry, he is resting here before he goes back to class. The answer to your question is yes, they did catch those responsible for hurting him, and they have been disciplined." she replied calmly, hearing him punch the wall in the background. Lance just rolled his eyes, knowing that this was not going to end well, and he was not too thrilled about the conversation that would be awaiting him back at Stark Tower when he got back.

"Careful, otherwise he might hulk out on you and smash the phone... I told you that you shouldn't call him, but no one listens to me," he muttered, but the nurse shot him a stern look as she held the phone in her hand. He heard his phone buzz, and shook his head. Guin was going to land in major trouble, but he knew that she wasn't going to leave him alone about it.

To: Guin Stark
Alright Guin... But this is mainly to make sure you stop bugging me about it, just... Please do not get in trouble or something alright?

He sent her, before giving her a description of those who had attacked him.

Rise of the Evos

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Jason and Janelle Gauger

Location: Seattle, Washington
Interacting With: Gideon, Scott, Isley

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"We are trying to figure the answer to that question, since I'm guessing you recognize us from that dream too. That's how we all ended up meeting up anyway... I'm guessing you probably have abilities too if you recognize us from the dream," Janelle said, turning her head in the direction of Isley's voice. She wondered what the woman was like, and almost had to stop herself from laughing when she told Scott not to call her princess.

Her brother just shook his, just letting his sister do the talking, at least the discussions in English right then. He did not like the whole fact that she was just going off about everything, not caring about what she was saying. They were in a shop, sitting down, so odds were that no one would hear them talking about craziness or something, but he didn't know about that risk or something, it was not something you openly admit.

Janelle contemplated showing her abilities. She had a glass of water in her hands, all she'd need to do was focus and she could turn it to ice and back again or something. The others had basically shown their abilities already, while she hadn't, and neither had her brother, but that was also partially because of the complex nature of his powers. At least unlike Jace, her powers were relatively simple, and not at all too confusing.

Jace looked at the newbie who had joined them, not really sure what to think of the woman. He was curious as to what her powers were, as that seemed to be the one thing connecting all of them. The fact that they had powers of some kind, and they all had the same dream about that murder or something. There wasn't much else, they were all strangers, and had only just met today, so he still wasn't too sure whether or not to trust them. One thing was for certain, he was definitely never going to fully trust Scott.

Hooked on a Feeling

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Lance Banner

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To: Guin Stark
Don't worry about it Guin, I'll be back in class in a few minutes once my head stops pounding... Don't worry about it, alright? I'm fine... I don't even really know the names of the kids anyway...

The fact that Guin sounded like she wanted to beat the kids up made him feel a little better. Though he did not want Guin to get into trouble just because of him. He wasn't lying though, he didn't actually know the names of the ones who had beat him up or anything, he never knew their names. This wasn't the first time something like that had happened to him, but this time it was more obvious, as the injuries were on his face, and visible to others.

"Hello Dr. Banner, I am the nurse at your son's school, and there was an incident that resulted in Lance getting several injuries," she said into the phone, and Lance rolled his eyes at her.

"The injuries weren't that bad, just a black eye and bloody nose... Look, I feel better can I head back to class now? Honest, I feel better," Lance said, loud enough for Banner to be able to hear him on the other end of the phone as he started to stand up.

"No, you are to sit still, and your nose started bleeding again, not to mention the bruises, now, sit down and put that ice pack back to your head," she replied, handing him a paper towel for his nose. Her voice was muffled to Banner, as she tried to cover the receiver with one hand as she spoke to Lance.

Hooked on a Feeling

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Lance Banner

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His phone started buzzing as he sat there with an ice pack to his face. His injuries weren't too bad, but for him, this was a first. Not the first time he got beaten up by anyone, but the first time his injuries were actually visible, and he couldn't hide them from anyone this time around. Made him wonder what his dad would say when he found out, since he did tend to hide this sort of thing from him. He usually was able to convince the office not to say anything to him, since his injuries were't visible, but now they would have to. He looked at his phone, and saw Guin's messages.

To: Guin Stark
It's nothing important, just a small incident, though I'm pretty sure they are going to call my dad or something about this one...

He looked up at the nurse who had come back over to him. Lance had been in the room for a few minutes now, and he was pretty sure he knew what she was going to start talking about, it made sense.

"You do know that we need to call your father about this incident, right?" she asked him with a smile.

"Yeah, yeah, I know, wasn't like I'd be able to hide a black eye or anything from him anyway..."

She nodded before she pulled up the contact information for Dr. Banner, and picking up the phone before dialing. Lance was quiet, not really wanting to hear the conversation between them at all. The conversation was about him anyway. This was a little ridiculous in his opinion, but rules were rules, and they had to follow them, no matter how much he didn't want to sometimes.

Hooked on a Feeling

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Lance Banner

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Lance had stayed up pretty late, reading and coming up with different experiments he could run. That night, he only slept about half of the night, as his powers decided to trigger in the middle of the night. He wasn't able to fall asleep until he had gotten the light that was around him to dim down, but it was almost time for him to start getting ready for school anyway by the time the light turned off. Like always, he ignored his dad when he passed him by as he got ready for school, and said nothing as he headed out the door.

When he got to the school, that was when he would run into some problems. He had no sooner walked through the doors of the school, when he was shoved to the ground from behind, sending him sprawling to the floor.

"Look who it is? It's the little Banner, no dad to help you out right now right?" the boy said with a smile.

"I don't want any trouble," Lance said as he got up off the ground.

"Wonder what'll it will take to make you turn green," he said, before he punched Lance in the stomach.

"Leave me alone," he said, as a little blood came out of his mouth, he was focusing all of his energy on keeping his powers from going off.

The boy didn't listen, and soon there were others joining him. The bell for the start of class went off, but they would not leave him alone. Eventually a teacher saw what was going on, and broke it up, giving each of the boys detention, except for him, Lance was sent to the nurse's office. His face was a little bloodied from that experience, not to mention the black eye he had gotten.

Hooked on a Feeling

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Lance Banner

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Lance let out a sigh, looking at Guin. She was bored it seemed, and she was giving him the silent treatment, just because he wouldn't play a dumb game with her. He knew that Guin was a little more used to getting her own way, or doing whatever she wanted, but he generally never wanted to play that game anyway when they hung out together. She was pretty good at ignoring people, unless they spoke up about something, or contradicted her in some way.

Lance looked at the time, before he let out a sigh, standing up. He walked over and grabbed his bag, making sure that he wasn't missing anything. He gave Guin a smile before he headed to the elevator. At least at home, he would have the apartment to himself for a little while, well, more of several hours still before his dad showed up. He tended to work in the labs for hours, losing track of time constantly, and when he and Tony were working on something, it generally took a while before they came out again, or at least a while before his dad came out of the lab.

Hooked on a Feeling

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Lance Banner

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Lance just stared at her with a deer in the headlights look. He did not want to do any sort of dancing, at all. Most games were fine by him, and he knew that Guin loved the game, but he hated it. Dancing was pointless to him in general, and it was silly, especially when you didn't know how to dance. Not to mention he was still somewhat distracted by what had happened after school, he was still debating about whether or not he should tell Guin about that entire incident.

"Look Guin, I really don't feel like dancing right now. I know you like the game, but I really don't want to play it, at all... It isn't my type of game in general anyway," he said, looking at her. "Besides, to me that game is not the most fun to play when I make a fool of myself..."

Hooked on a Feeling

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Lance Banner

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"I did the homework because I was told to... You know that I generally do the work that people ask me to do, it literally is the only boring thing that I do with my life, since there isn't much else to do... And give that back," he said with a smile as he snatched his book away from her. He let out a sigh at her comment about getting detention in even less time tomorrow. "You shouldn't be trying to get detention at all Guin..." he said softly.

He let out another sigh when Guin suggested a game. He really wanted to just sit and read, but he doubted that Guin would let him just sit there ignoring her. "I don't care much for dancing games Guin... I'm horrible at them and they make me feel silly and dumb..." he said as he went over to his bag and put his book away.

Hooked on a Feeling

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Lance Banner

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Lance said nothing at first when Guin sat down next to him and put her head on his shoulder. He had a crush on her, and the fact that she always seemed so oblivious to it was kind of pathetic. The girl who could remember a lot of things, could not tell if someone had feelings for her. He never mentioned it, since he feared it might ruin their friendship if he did, but he was almost positive that everyone else knew about it, which was what made the situation even worse sometimes.

"I finished my homework, and got bored so I pulled this one out. Still though, getting detention on your first day, it wasn't even at the end of the class period, which was kind of impressive if you ask me. Anyway, I wasn't planning on doing anything tonight, I generally just sit around, reading until I eventually go home. I've done the exact same thing after school for what has felt like forever," he said to her, giving her a slight smile.