When Storm joined the others that morning, he had bags under his eyes and they looked at him with concern.They had all come out for the training and seeing Storm’s face, Tana was about to suggest that he goes back to his room to get some more sleep as he didn’t look good at all. The dark circles were too visible and it looked as though he hadn’t slept in weeks.“What happened to you?” Lucy asked with concern and Kave burst out laughing.“Dude! You look like you just jumped out of a lost battle! What happened?” He asked, earning a glare from Storm.“I couldn’t sleep,” he muttered loud enough to hear. He knew that they were going to question him and had thought of what to say to them.The only thing that he could think of saying to them was that he couldn’t sleep. It wasn’t as though he had lied, but it also wasn’t the entire truth.“You couldn’t sleep?” Keith questioned, his voice laced with disbelief upon hearing the statement from Storm.Both he and Keith burst out laughing. They we
Lillian glanced at Storm. The others had noticed her when she joined them, but he seemed to be thinking about something and she figured that it was related to the strange creature that was in the academy which she was still unable to detect.“Care to tell us what it is that is taking your mind from wanting to train with us?”He smiled and shook his head. He was tired and would rather not train, but he had no choice as he would have to give a tangible excuse as to why he was absent from training. He was even more pained with the fact that despite his late night, he couldn’t find the Orb.“And why do you look like you didn’t sleep last night. What were you up doing?” Lillian questioned, glaring at him suspiciously. She could see that he was hiding something.There was just something about him that she couldn’t read and she knew immediately that it was because he was with the starve creature, that was why she couldn’t even see anything.She grabbed his arms quickly and stared into his ey
The others were talking about the orb and how difficult it had been to find the orb, but Storm wasn’t listening, his mind was somewhere else.He kept thinking about the orb and where it could possibly be. He kept glancing around the library, wondering where it could’ve been hidden at in the room.No matter how hard he thought about it, he just couldn’t figure it out. He knew that it was because of the dangers of the orb that it was this hidden and a pant of guilt hit him as he thought of the fact that he was going to have to bring such evil out.The others didn’t notice that Storm wasn’t listening, it was when Kave told a joke and the others laughed that Lucy’s eyes went towards him and she saw that he seemed to be thinking about something. She wanted to forget about it in the meantime and ask him later, but then, Kave’s eyes followed her and he saw as well that Storm wasn’t even with them anymore.“Hey bro. Are you okay?” He asked, making Storm break his reverie and glance at him.He
Lillian figured out that there was no use in spying on them anymore for the meantime and it was time to check on what the headmaster had been doing.She trusted Storm and his friends to find the orb and all she was going to do was to wait for the right time before taking it from them.Storm smiled upon seeing them happy, excited that they didn’t realize that he had just been trying to hide that fact.“That’s why I trust you, man!” Keith said, patting him on his back.The others grinned, happy that at least there was now a way forward for them.“Now, how do we search this library,” Lucy said, glancing around to see if anyone was looking at them.The librarian seemed to be in a heated discussion with someone and the other workers who were in charge of reconstruction were also discussing while they worked. No one was taking note of them.They all kept quiet, suddenly realizing that it was a big problem. They had been able to search the library slowly and discreetly because of the fact th
With the way Storm’s eyes gleamed, Lucy realized that he must’ve figured out something.“Storm, do you have an idea?” She asked and the others glanced at him quickly, their eyes brimming with hope.“Yea, bro. Do you have any suggestion,” Keith’s big brown eyes were searching Storm’s face. He wanted an answer quickly and realized that Storm always had a solution to every problem.Storm sighed and rubbed his forehead with his palm. He indeed had an idea that he knew was going to work, but he also didn’t want his friends to continue searching for the orb. “Say it!” Lucy was beginning to lose her patience. She had already been shaievting that Storm didn’t want them to go after the orb, but she wasn’t sure about that yet.He then realized that he had no choice as all his friends were already looking at him, expecting him to come up with a solution which because of how he couldn’t control his emotion, they knew he had.“So guys, the plan is that I’m going to use my identity as the head st
Storm was surprised that she had thought of that. An idea had suddenly popped into his head that the orb might have been sealed in space and that was why they were not able to find it.“Good idea!” Keith exclaimed before adding. “I’ll go get him,” with that, he dashed out of the library and darted towards the dorm. He didn’t care about anything, just finding the orb and he happened to know the best way to convince Xavier to help them.Lucy glanced at Storm but didn’t say anything. She was even more convinced now that he didn’t want them to find the orb.When Keith got to where Xavier was, he grinned as Xavier frowned, wondering what he was doing there.“Why are you here?” He asked, glancing at Keith suspiciously.“Guess.”Xavier chuckled. He knew that the crew didn’t really like him and only came to meet him whoever they needed his help as he was the only warlock in the school.“You need my help,” it wasn’t a question, it was a statement.Keith nodded, the smile on his face not falte
Storm woke up with a start as his eyes fluttered open almost immediately. He groaned as the sunlight streamed in through the curtain, realizing that his body had given in to the tiredness and he had slept.“Are you okay man?” His roommate asked, his face laced with concern upon seeing the startled look on his friend’s face.“Yea. I’m fine. Just had a nightmare,” he lied effectively before he stood up, hoping that the others had not betrayed him and gone out that night to find the orb.He knew that they were capable of such due to how they seemed to be obsessed with finding it.Unknown to him, that night, Lucy had actually gone back to the library to find the orb, but had been kidnapped by a creature from another realm who had also come to search for the orb.She had no idea that the creature that had kidnapped her was Rugal, an elf and one of the numerous guards from the king of hell. He had sent Rugal to get Lucy as a way to bait Storm into carrying out his plans to find and destroy
Storm could be seen with a worried look etched on his face. He had ignored a lot of people and questions to avoid raising suspicions. "I swear when I find her she'll regret it" Storm cursed as he marched around looking for Lucy. As he rounded another corner nearly colliding with other students.Mr Bradley,the headmaster called to him,“Storm, everything alright?”Storm barely slowed down,only offering a quick nod and a vague,“Just looking for someone sir”.He couldn't risk raising suspicions until it was confirmed that she was missing.Storm already checked her usual spots,even the library while the others checked her room.Nothing.It was as if Lucy had vanished into thin air.The logical part of his brain tried to reason that she was probably fine and just got caught up in something and lost track of time but he couldn't shake off the feeling that something was wrong with her. As he moved ahead to the school’s easy wing he saw a silhouette of someone running towards him.It was Lucy