War for the Skies (completed) (Book 1 of the Heroes of the Realms series)

Chapter 42

It didn't get crazier at first.

We casually went up into the hotel rooms (which were king suites, and I was happy for that) and we split up among two of them: the three girls went upstairs, and Theo and I went to the room downstairs.

I wasn't happy with what I saw.

I mean, I was happy to see Stormo, but he was fighting with Theo's unicorn, and literally setting everything on fire.

"Whoa, whoa, whoa!" I screamed and stuck my hands out in order for them to stop.

Stormo slashed at the unicorn with his talons. The unicorn's mane started to flame up and exploded in a big show of fire and sparks. Stormo shrieked and stumbled back.

I got between Stormo and the unicorn.

"Stop," I calmly ordered it.

The unicorn huffed behind me.

"You, too," Theo muttered towards his pet.

The unicorn neighed in a way which didn't sound very royal, considering that he was a pet that was usually owned by royals.

"How do we clean up this mess now?" I asked.

The room was absolute carnage. There was one living room with an L couch which curved alongside the walls, and a separate room, which comfortably fit the two giant creatures.

Their room was fine. The living room was dead. The couches I mentioned? Yeah, those were on fire. Also, the table was on fire, and so was the TV and also the chairs.

Then a cloud of white filled the room as the fires started to die out. I looked behind me to see Theo holding a fire extinguisher, trying to balance himself while still spraying the fire.

I grabbed the red metal can and helped him keep it still. We moved it around on all of the fiery areas, and finally, the fires went out.

Yeah, nothing "crazier" there.

"Bad," I motioned at both the unicorn and Stormo, locking eyes with both of them.

Stormo laid down like a dog, closed his eyes and started to sleep, and so did Theo's pet.

Once everything was settled, Theo and I sat down on the couch. The girls said that they would take showers upstairs and clean up, and suggested that we do the same, but we didn't.

The main reason I didn't want to take a shower was because I wanted to ask Theo something. Something that had been in the back of my head since my talk with Ariel.

"I feel like I saw something before. Something related to this whole 'reforming Tormenius' thing," I told him.

"Well, with that brief description, I don't think I can tell what you're talking about," he said sarcastically.

"Dying of laughter right now," I replied. "Something we saw before..." I looked at the floor. "I feel like I've seen this place where Tormenius will reform."

"We haven't been in the Cursed Lands long enough to see it, and I was with you everytime we visited the Cursed Lands through a gateway."

Some puzzle pieces started to click together in my head. "But that's it! We haven't been in the Cursed Lands, I have!" I exclaimed, sudden realization hitting me.

But what had I seen? Where had I seen it? Those were still unanswered questions. And also the fact that Tormenius had a master.

He was strong enough by himself, but now we have to deal with another all powerful super-villain who, no surprise, probably wanted to destroy every single Realm there is.