Chapter 45 (P.O.V Change)

Cyclonis stood in her room, staring down at the holographic image of her Grandmother and herself. Beside it was a small painted portrait of her mother, father and sister, Cyclonis being held protectively by her sister.

It had been completed only days before her sister had disappeared and her mother had been killed.
It devastated her father, he'd never been the same again and so it had been left to her grandmother to take care of things…and her. She briefly wondered if she'd ever been too much for her grandmother to handle. She often remembered her father and her grandmother fighting about her and her mother.

'Grandmother used to say that mother was too light. I wonder if Angel is the same way. They look very much the same'

There was a knock on the door.
"Master. It's time to leave" Dark Ace said from the other side.

Cyclonis turned to her door with a dark look but made her way over, readjusting her cape as she did so.
The door slid open and Ace stepped aside and bowed respectfully, allowing her to step out.

Before following his Master, he glanced to the desk and saw the images as just as the door closed.
He scowled. He hoped, for Angel's sake, that his suspicions were wrong…no matter how much he wanted to be right.

Blinx sat in her room staring at the offensive book that had caused her so much trouble. She didn't notice her door slide open or closed and didn't notice Stork staring down at her until he spoke.

"So" she jumped and looked to him in alarm.
"You're just full of surprises" he commented.

"Who's driving?" she asked.

"Radarr. Though I shouldn't let him stay on that too long" the Merb continued. There was quiet for a while.

"Are you really older than me?" Stork asked suddenly.

"You know I'm not" she replied "What're you doing here Stork?"

"I can read the Book" he said.

"Oh, right. Thanks for the save by the way" she stated.

"You welcome" he returned politely before they fell back into uncomfortable silence.

Eventually the quiet was cut by her "How far in did you read?"

"Oh, pretty far in" he said knowingly.

"How much do you know?"

"Enough to know that, if it's talking about you, you have powers similar to Cyclonis and Piper"

Blinx blinked "Wait, Piper has powers?"

"It's kinda complicated. Piper's a Crystal Mage but she doesn't really like using her powers" Stork said quickly.
He stopped in thought for a moment "Oh. I suppose it's not really that complicated...and don't change the subject"

Blinx held her hands up in defence "I wasn't doing anything"

There were another few minutes of silence. It was always awkward between these two.

"So, do you have powers?" Stork eventually asked quietly.

Blinx shrugged "If I did, don't you think they would've shown themselves by now?"

Stork considered her through half lidded eyes
"I suppose" he finally provided.

Blinx shook her head slightly with a smile. His dark, twisted, paranoid and highly suspicious personality always entertained her.
"I know you're not a hugger, so I won't put you through that. But, just so you know, I'm sending you mental hugs"

"They're just as bad" he replied seriously.

She chuckled "What? They strangle your imagination, do they?" He smirked lightly at her comeback.

Radarr snuck in quietly between the door and Storks legs, tapping the Merbs ankle lightly and grinning sheepishly when he looked down. Stork squealed and made a dash for the controls. If Radarr wasn't flying the ship then that meant there was a one in four chance Finn was.