Chapter 13: Goodbye, Part 1

Storm had been driven with Nanao quickly towards the castle. Both were anxious, having taken note that when they arrived at the port that some of the ships had already arrived. Nanao had just finished talking with Angel who had been on the way to the castle with Nixanya and Naisyn. She hung up, silence filling the limousine.

"Maybe some of them left early?" Storm asked, Nanao shrugging trying to think it through.

"Storm, it doesn't matter. Celeste will arrive, and we'll be told what to do, alright? I need to think, so find something to do, please." She told him.

The two reached the castle and used their crystals to get inside, not wanting to encounter anybody on the outskirts of the castle as a crowd had formed. They didn't look pleased.

They were transported to the foyer of the castle; Storm closed his eyes and gave a sigh. Nanao left him to his thoughts, as she went to go think about the previous events. Storm left the foyer, wanting to ask Celeste what happened and at the same time was somewhat afraid to do so. He went to the grand hall, found a chair to sit in, and waited for her. He looked at the sky through a window, trying to process what had been going on the past couple of days.

"This is nuts-" he said to himself, closing his eyes.

He then laid back in the chair and fell asleep.

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A few hours later, feeling some sort of weight on his body, Storm awoke. He opened his eyes and saw a pair of green eyes. He jumped in surprise, and a girl laughed, jumping away from him.

"Damn it, Rena. Don't scare me like that." he told her, standing up.

"Hee-You see; I can sneak up on you too! I am a formidable opponent!" she gloated, crossing her arms with her back towards Storm.

Rena was a bit taller than Storm, with green eyes and neon green hair, and she wore a green shirt with jeans. By the time she finished, Storm had already left the hall to go to his room. Closing the door and laying face first in bed, Storm groaned in exhaustion. Rena suddenly came through the door and slammed it behind her.

"I'M NOT FINISHED YET!" she yelled.

"SHUT UP." Storm yelled back.

"NEVER!" She yelled back. Storm got up and pulled on her hair.

"OW OW OW OW OW!!" she yelled in pain, tackling him to his bed and attempting to suffocate him with his pillow.

"DIE CHILD, DIE!!!" she yelled. Storm actually found it somewhat difficult to breathe and struggled against her, however she was quite strong.

Turning her over, Storm jumped atop her and held her wrists above her head.

"CALM DOWN." he shouted at her.

Rena bit his arm, causing Storm to yell again. Naisyn happened to walk by, hearing noises from Storm's room, and knocked.

"Storm? You alright?" she asked.

Storm was still 'fighting' with his friend. Rena however heard this and grinned at Storm. As Naisyn opened his door, Rena began making sexual moans as Storm held her down.

"Stoooorm-don't be soooo rough-" she said, fully aware that another person was in the room.

Naisyn looked at Storm and he looked back at her, then Rena, then back to Naisyn. Naisyn merely winked, giving him a thumbs up, and quickly backed out of the room.

"SYN, THAT ISN'T WHAT THIS IS, PLEASE," he yelled, but she had already left the room with a giggle.

Storm slumped onto the floor with mixed emotions.

"You-idiot. She owns me now," he sighed. Rena laughed and stood against the wall.

"Sorrrry." She giggled, sticking her tongue at him.

"What do you want, Rena?" he asked.

"What? I can't spend time with my buddy?" she said, giving him a smile and a peace sign.

"No," Storm said plainly to the girl.

Giving a fake sad face, Rena "cried". "How could yoooou?" she wailed.

Storm's face remained monotone and unamused, knowing full well that she wanted something.

"Fiiine, fine. I'll ask. Ugh," she said, sitting on a chair near his bed, her arms and legs crossed.

"That stuff that happened over the island. What was the deal?" Storm was silent for a moment before answering her.

"We were supposed to go to this signing that provided land. Then there was this guy. Davont-? Whatever his name was, he was Nova's leader, and he was-doing things I didn't like. So, I punched him, and--" Cutting him off, she started to speak.

"Whoa, wait. You punched him? That's awesome! Hell, that's crazy!" she yelled, her eyes full of excitement from his story. "Wait, what'd he do to piss you off?" she asked him. He adverted his eyes from hers.

"Oh? C'mon, tell me. Tell meeee," she begged, Storm groaning and giving in.