Heroes Of Havalore

Ch.25 Strategizing

Caleb and Lord Hyun sit across from each other on opposite ends of the table with their hands folded. "So, Lord Hyun mind explaining why you attacked us without cause?" Caleb says with is blue eyes threatening to explode with lightning at any time.

"Is he always this dramatic when it comes to conferences that have major implications for the future," Gabriel whispers sarcastically to Thalia who was sitting next to him.

Lord Hyun's eyebrow twitches as he sighs, "Kid there is a lot of politics behind these things you wouldn't understand. Just know it was an accident and it won't happen again."

Blue electricity begins to pop and sizzle in the air as Caleb's eyes begin to glow slightly as his anger begins to surface causing Hyun's face to whiten. "I don't care, tell me everything that you know," Caleb demands.

"Alright, Alright I get it" Hyun tries to diffuse the situation. "For the last two months, we have been on high alert because I refused to surrender full control to the High Empress Ayane. I heard that Havalore was in a bad place with Yuton so thought you guys were here to take this city back and gift it to the High Empress for the sake of peace. There was to warning or heads up that you guys were coming so I reacted accordingly by attacking your ship hoping to send a message to the Empress."

Caleb's demeanor changes to a lighter one as he says, "See, was it that hard? Now that we got that out of the way you can show us to our rooms." But still in the back of his mind lingered the thought, "Did the king just try to send us to our deaths!"

After a few moments to recover, James gathers his things and flies out of the ship and heads towards Hyun's estate. He flies by the windows to look for his friends. After the fiftieth he sees his friends leaving Hyun's conference room. He knocks on the window to get their attention, so they could let him in. Thalia is the first person to notice him and open the window. "How did the talk go. Did you kill him?" James asks in a joking tone.

Aria looks at James then rolls her eyes as she says, "Are you done with your little temper tantrum?"

"Guys, this way too much drama for such a small group of people to handle, either you settle whatever pent-up emotion you have or take it outside I am tired of seeing childish passive aggressions." Miria growls.

Caleb interrupts the trio's spat by saying, "The three of you need to control yourselves. We are not here to discover ourselves we are here to investigate the floating palace, so stop it."

The group walks in silence for a little while until they to reach their room. It was a large lounge with seven beds lined up against the circular wall and a bathing room for each gender. "Guys let's take a one hour break and meet back on the couch," James says as takes off his shoes then his socks and heads towards the bath.

Everyone meets back up in on the couch wearing white t-shirts and sweatpants that go with their corresponding colors. "So does anybody have suggestions for the mysterious floating palace in the sky?" Gabriel jokes.

"Well, actually I do." Aria says "James do you know the political situation the city of Xing is in?"

"Yeah," James responds.

"Okay then, first of all, it would be wrong to abandon the people of this city and leave them at the mercy of the High Empress. So, in my opinion, the best course of action is to split the team up. James, Veyra, and Miria go and enter the Floating Palace because they are the strongest warriors in case they do end up making contact with an angel since we don't know how strong they are it's better to be safe. That leaves me, Gabriel, Jessica, Thalia, and Caleb to stay here just in case the Yutonese army decides to cease the city." Aria says with confidence.

Caleb sits their slightly embarrassed due to the fact that was a better idea than any of the one he thought of. "All in favor of this plan say I" Caleb announces.

Everyone raises their hands and says, "I."