CHAPTER 296: A Dark One After All

Felix stopped when Stormie shouted already out of the water bubble but was obviously very tired.

"NIXON YOU STUPID JERK, DIDN'T I TELL YOU YOU WERE PURE. YOU WERE PURE THEN YOU WERE PURE EVEN NOW!!!"

After that she shouted at Nixon.

"NO!! Those hands... It's those hands..."

It was obvious that Nixon's trauma have completely returned.

Stormie gritted her teeth before rushing forward.

She was still feeling weak, alright?

Why must he be like this now?

"This is just like back then..."

The others heard her mutter.

"Sto-"

"Don't, she is the only one who can snap him out this time," Saphira spoke from the door.

"Hunter create a barrier around here, we don't want the people to reconstruct the place, to have more work in their hands, just because of us," she added and without delay Hunter created one.

"What do you mean she is the only one who can snap him out of it?" Ridge asked.

"Have you forgotten? Nixon went into a rampage after waking up back then."

Saphira was leaning on the door because she haven't fully recovered from consuming that darkness a while ago.

Hunter noticed this and walked over to her, without ceremony he carried her in his arms.

"H- Hey," she was startled by this.

"I told you lean on me when you are too tired to stand on your own."

Saphira turned red, "There are other people out here."

She was helpless at this.

"Then let them watch," he scoffed.

"You know ever since Hunter became more open with his feelings, I feel like he became more twisted," Ridge spoke to Drake.

Why must he make them who are singles to suffer by watching such sweet scene?

This is more torturous than working them to the bones.

"He had always been like that, have you not noticed? Since childhood he would sometimes cause us to have more training and then watched us have difficulties after he had finished the task," Drake replied.

That was the truth, Hunter and Saphira had always been excelling in everything and Hunter somehow finds it amusing to watch his childhood friends have difficulties while he didn't.

Especially when they do something that will hurt Saphira, he'd only be pacified once they suffered enough.

And that enough means that they are left with no strength once his "punishment" is over.

"Eh, so he was a dark one after all," Ridge shuddered.

Drake shook his head, "Not really, he only do that whenever things involve Saphira. Plus they were like punishment for things we did wrong back then."

He remembered his 'punishment' when Saphira had fallen sick after they reunited.

Hunter didn't let him go until he was almost out of energy, even barely standing up.

And then he was tasked to scout the area they were in until the next day.

It was the most taxing day.

And in reality, he was also punished when he and Saphira had a fight on their first meeting after she was appointed their commander and the Order of the Seven Myths were created.

He was called by Hunter to do some paperwork only to find out that these paperworks were actually a room filled with papers to be read, analyzed and look for a solution.

He had cursed over and over again back then but it fell into deaf ears.

"Let's stop remembering things now shall we?" he said looking back at Stormie and Nixon.

They were in a fight between themselves. It is no time for them to be reminiscing about old times when a life and death battle was going on between their friends.

"So you are saying that because she snapped him out back then, she can do it again now?" Willow continued her question.

The embarrassment passed for Saphira, it was only a momentary thing.

She nodded her head, "Their bond isn't so light as such memories will break it now. Especially so since the other has realized his own emotions."

She didn't filter her words because she knew that Felux was already fully aware of the Nixon's feelings for Stormie.

This emotions could be used as strength as well.

Even though tbe Dark Lord made use of their negative emotions to pull them down along the way, they can still use the positive ones to pull them up.

It is just, it is up to the person on how high they can pull themselves up once they are pulled down.

Some would not even try to look up and feel pity for themselves.

Others will reach out but would give up in just a short time.

Saphira knew though, this team isn't like those two.

This team can rise back up stronger than before once they overcome the pull that they suffered. What's more, they have one another. They will make sure that no matter what, they will pull each other up.

With their current situation, they don't have the leisure of pitying themselves. They need to face it head on, every single thing without being weakened by all the obstacles.

That is the same both physically and emotionally.

If you want to become stronger then you canonly train no matter how painful.

If you want to have a stronger heart, then you can only believe in yourself. And allow those negative emotions to be the food of the positive ones.

It's not I can't but instead there is a way, a slow one maybe but better than restricting yourself.

It's not it is useless but instead there is a way, no matter how small the chances are, as long as there is then you can pave your own path.

"Damn it, I just came out from that wrenching a while ago, then woke up being choked by your water and now I am fighting to a you stuck in the past. YOU HAVE TO TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR ALL OF THIS!!!"

Stormie used wind barrier to protect herself from his water whip.

She had been trying to get close to him, but it was deemed difficult as he was losing control.