Chapter 28 New games

Storm watched, purely enthralled as the two women played their game. From what she could tell there wasn't much challenge in it, but it still had her amazed. One girl whom she reconized from work, held a very long stick, lining up a shot she smacked a white ball into several coloured balls, sometimes she wouldn't get any balls in the holes located on the sides of the table. This seemed to annoy her because every time she missed, she let out a groan and her friend was able to have a turn. Gaining more courage than she realised, Storm went over to them in hopes that they would let her play, or at least try to play.

"Hey Storm"

Storm had no idea what their names were and she was struggling to remember them, she wanted to say Lana and Naomi but that didn't seem right, when they introduced themselves as such she let out a breath of relief.

"Sorry there are so many names to remember" Storm gestured to the game "What is this fascinating game you're playing?"

Naomi raised an eyebrow at her, "You've never played pool?"

Storm shook her head, "Would you mind if I watched?"

Naomi racked up the balls in the black triangle, much to Lana's relief since she was losing the game, "We can teach you to play if you like"

Lana handed her a cue and showed her how to hold it, Naomi placed the white ball on it's mark.

"You hit the white ball into the coloured balls and try to get them in the holes"

"What's the black ball for?"

"You have to sink that last, if you sink it before you sink the other balls you lose the game"

"And how do I win the game?" Storm asked more than ready to smack the balls around,

"Be the first to sink your balls then the black ball"

Storm looked between the two girls clearly confused at the sudden onslaught of rules, "So I have to sink all the coloured balls?"

Naomi shot Lana a look, one that Storm noticed but didn't comment on, she decided she wanted to learn pool and not sneaky Hu-man looks, pool right now seemed the easier decision. Between the two of them they managed to explain the rules to Storm. She had lost interest in the rules, now she just wanted to hit the balls. Lana tried not to laugh as Storm bent her frame to try and line up her shot, the thin cue slipped in her hands as she tried to keep it steady. Before she smacked the white ball, she thought it might be best if she mastered the cue first. With a bit of slipping and odd curse words, she managed to hold it without it slipping every which way, so far holding the damn cue was the hardest part.

"Now I hit the white ball into the other balls?" Storm confirmed as she eyed that white ball like an enemy. Without waiting for an answer she pulled the cue back and struck as hard as she could. The triangle of balls smashed apart landing three coloured balls into one of the pockets.

"So now what happens?" Storm was expecting something to happen but nothing did, just the empty plunk of balls vanishing down the hole.

"Since you got some in, you get another turn" Naomi held up lone ball, it's markings different to the others, "You now aim for these balls, once you get them all in you can try and sink the black, if you do you win"

Storm had no idea how to play this game even if it was simple, but she had very good aim so one after another she sunk her allocated balls before putting the black one away. Her face lit up with easy joy that she had managed to blend in with the Hu-man women. Naomi however glard at her,

"Are you hustlin us?"

"Am I what?" Storm asked still waiting for something to happen other than Lana filling up the triangle with the balls.

"Hustling us" Naomi said again, hands on her hips, those dark staring a hole through Storm.

"I don't know what that means"

"It means you know how to play pool but you were pretending not to know so you could win money from us" Lana tried to explain, only suceeding at confusing Storm even further. She understood the words, she just didn't understand the point.

"No I wasn't doing that, I had no idea how to play this game, it's just where I'm from we're taught how to aim really well, like really really really well"

Naomi glared at her for a moment, trying to decide whether or not Storm was lying. "Are you sure?"

"Am I sure that I'm not lying? Of course I'm sure! I just wanted to know how to play this game, it looked like a lot of fun" Storm was kicking herself, it wasn't just the game she wanted to learn, she wanted to try and make friends with the Hu-man girls, she had all ready suceeded in making friends with Aj Styles and the Miz, according to Hunter men and women were different on this planet, so Storm thought she would try and figure out why. Clearly these two women weren't interested in being her friend. No matter, she could always try Becky Lynch, or as Raven was now calling her Bouncy-Becky.

"Don't worry about her Storm" Lana smiled "She gets pissy when she loses"

"I so do not"

Storm looked between them as they argued, she didn't quite understand it, they seemed mad at eachother but they were laughing, perhaps that was how it was done on this planet, playfully being mean to eachother. Lana playfully slapped Naomi's ample backside making her laugh and slap her back. She couldn't imagine hitting Raven like that, the desire to spank Raven's butt had never come up. The three girls stayed togther in the bar playing some pool and teaching Storm how to play darts and pinball, she especially enjoyed pinball, watching the ball flying every which way, and all the lights and bells that went off when she won, it made her feel very special.

Naomi tried to tell Storm that she wasn't actually allowed to take the cue home, but Storm didn't quite believe that, surely she was allowed some prize for being so good at the game. Lana had suggested that they get a taxi back to the hotel, but Storm insisted that she could walk after all thats how it was done on Dezolis unless one to had to get through a wall of ice of course. Naomi and Lana didn't feel comfortable with walking in the dark, but since Storm wouldn't be deterred they decided to walk with her, it would be at least a little bit safer. Halfway back to the hotel three men got in Storm's path preventing her from going forward. She tried asking them nicely to move but they refused. They leered down at the women, grinning with evil intentions. Storm had no idea what they were talking about but it didn't sound very pleasant. Taking Naomi's wrist in one hand and grabbing Lana with the other, Storm pushed past them, her prized cue nestling into her breasts very painfully as she tried to keep the Hu-man women safe. They weren't about to take no for an answer, the biggest grabbing Lana and hauling her into their clutches. Lana let out a loud screech her eyes closing as she waited for the intrusive pain. Naomi let out a loud whoop of joy making Lana open her eyes, there she was standing without a scratch, the three men laying on the ground out cold as Storm held the cue like a sword. It wasn't her usual hunting knives but it worked just as well.

"Where did you learn that?" Naomi asked as they continued on their way, Storm was waiting for their magic to be transferred to her, sadly they had none and it looked as though she just knocked out three Hu-man men, no doubt Hunter would find a way to pin it on her. In her defence she was keeping Lana and Naomi safe.

"Learn what?" Storm asked, she actually had no idea why Naomi was so amazed, all she did was swing her cue as hard as she could, the challenging part was not whacking Lana in the face. Which was made easier since Lana had tensed up and stayed as still as possible.

"All the kung fu"

Storm had no idea what kung fu was and she wasn't about to ask, not that Naomi and Lana would've heard her, their men had shown up and they decided to tell them all about how Storm managed to take down three men with nothing but a cue. Storm still didn't see the big deal, as she climbed the stairs to the room she was sharing with Rae, she supposed to them her skills as a Hunter would be amazing, just how she found pool amazing. It looked as though she had a while to figure it out, unless Leishiec decided to just blow the planet up.