Ch 12
Max narrowed his eyes as he glared at her. "Where do you think you get off? Telling me what to do! I'll make you.."
"You'll do nothing. You know it, and so do I, as well as the others. You're nothing but a nuisance. So, just be a good little half-demon and crawl back from the rock you oozed out of." Stormy seethed as the fire in her eyes intensified.
Max backed off and turned his back on her. "You know what? You're not worth my time. Do what you want. I don't really care one way or another. I'm out of here."
Stormy glanced at him as he shimmered out of there. She closed her eyes and then mumbled to herself. Once she was finally calmed, Stormy opened her eyes and walked back onto the sidewalk and hailed a taxi.
A taxi driver pulled over to the side, and she opened the door as she climbed in. "So, where to?"
Stormy gave the driver the address, he nodded and then took off to the destination. Within twenty to thirty minutes later, the driver pulled up to the apartment complex where the other girls are staying. She then opened the door and stepped out, paid the driver and then walked over to the door.
Not long after they finished with breakfast, the sound of the door bell echoed throughout the room.
"Was Naomi expecting anyone?" Brandi asked as she approached the door.
"No, not that I know of." Kitty replied as she shook her head.
"Maybe it's the man of your dreams Brandi, and he came to take you away." Kristina teased with a smirk.
The blonde felt a blush as it crept upon her cheeks just when she got to the door. Brandi opened it, "Stormy!"
Stormy smiled as she greeted her friend. "Brandi, hey girl, it's been a while."
"I thought you weren't going to be here until tonight?" Brandi asked as she ushered her inside and closed the door.
Stormy racked her brain for a quick explanation. "I lucked out and got on an earlier flight"
"You could have called me, and I would have came to pick you up." Brandi told her as the two walked further inside.
"I wanted to surprise you." Stormy explained as she put her luggage down next to the couch.
"Your timing couldn't have been better, chica. Because we were about to go down town and pick up the rest of the supplies before the semester starts. Did you want to come?" Kitty asked as she slung her purse over her shoulder.
"Thanks, but I'm too tired from the flight to go anywhere or do anything." Stormy explained as she faked a yawn.
Brandi frowned slightly, "Maybe I should stay back and help Stormy get settled in. You guys go ahead."
"You don't need to do that, all I'm going to do is find something to eat and then go to sleep on the couch." Stormy told her.
"Actually Stormy, your room is the first one down the hall. It's already made, you can go ahead and take it." Jamie pointed out.
"Thanks Jamie," Stormy replied and then looked at Brandi, "See, everything is taken care of, so why don't you go ahead with them. I'll be fine here. Besides, we can catch up once you get back."
"Well, alright.." Brandi agreed reluctantly as she started to catch up with them.
"Come on chica, let's go already!" Kitty said as she pulled her friend along.
Stormy watched them leave through the window, and then sighed in relief.
"I was wondering when they leave." a voice said out of nowhere.
"You know what, you're getting to really annoy me with you popping in and out without an invitation." Stormy replied dryly as she glanced back at her.
"Like I really care what you think. This time the master will be here shortly. Since you won't go and see him, he decided that he'll come and see you." dark priestess shot back.
"Oh goodie, maybe I'll boil some water and we'll have tea and cookies." Stormy replied in dry sarcasm as she crossed her arms.
"I'd be careful on how you speak, Dragonite, otherwise you'll join your ancestors on my wall." another voice hissed angrily.
Cye frowned as he walked out back and saw that Kento sat on a boulder and stared out over the grounds. The blue ronin approached, "Kento? Hey, how come you're out here?"
Kento just glanced back at him. "Nothing much, just thinking."
"Mind if I ask what about, or would you rather not talk about it?" Cye inquired.
"It's nothing major Cye, you don't have to worry about it." Kento answered, as he tried to be reassuring.
"Come on Kento, we've known each other for years. And there's no way that we can hide anything from each other. I'd bet you're trying to figure out the nightmare you had. Am I right?" Cye asked, and then frowned a little when he saw his friend nod. "Why haven't you told the others about it earlier?"
"Because I'm not sure if it's actually anything to worry about. I'm not entirely sure about the dream myself. So then why tell them if it turns out to be nothing?" Kento asked back as he turned around and faced him.
"I'll tell you what, if you have that dream again, then no matter what you'll tell the others." Cye stated as he crossed his arms.
Kento smirked and then jumped down right in front of him. "Alright, deal."
"Hey, you two coming or what? Get a move on already!" Rowen called out to them from the door.
"Yea, we're coming Rowen!" Cye shouted as he looked back towards him and then turned his attention to Kento and nodded.
Blended into the darkness of the shadows, someone watched the two as they raced to where their friends waited for them. "It seems that your friend is subconsciously aware of us and our master's objective."
"He's not my friend, he's my rival, get that straight Jai." Max shot back with venom in his voice. "And I don't care if he knows or not, it isn't like he can do anything about it anyway."
"You should count yourself lucky Max that the master felt generous enough to give you another chance. Even though I don't see the reason why." Jai replied in annoyance.
"Whatever, I'm not going to waste my time and energy defending myself to you or anyone else for that matter. Let's just do what the master said and tail them." Max shot back with a growl.
"I see that the half demon is developing a backbone. I'm impressed." Jai replied with a sarcastic tone.
"Big words coming from a morpher like you." Max told him as they faced each other.
"Look, we can either be at each other's throats all day, or we can just do what the master told us, and then take this up another time." Jai suggested as he began to have enough.
"Fine, then let's take care of some business." Max trailed off as the two shimmered out of sight.
