Chapter 215 You Have Three Seconds

"What?" Solis questioned in confusion at her sudden outburst.

"How could you go on a mission without informing me? What if you were injured?" She pushed at his chest again.

Then she paused to think and her eyes widened at the thought, "or even dead? How do I explain this to mother?" She cried.

Solis sweatdropped at her statement, he had forgotten about the deal they had made and instantly felt guilty.

"Luna, you don't understand," he tried to begin, hoping his words could make an impact somehow. "I didn't want to bother your healing process and worry about your useless brother."

Luna sniffled, wiping away the tears. "You aren't useless, dimwit!" She hissed and laughed right after.

Click!

Lumina brought out her head so she could see the commotion caused.

"Solis?" She mumbled, feeling elevated by his presence, then falling into depression when he was the only one who had returned from the mission.

Click!

Gia peeped through the small opening of her door, curious as to why Luna had cried and who was the victim of her squabbles.

"Oh, it's you, Solis." She said in a monotonous voice.

Click!

Solis closed his eyes to the last click of the door, he could only safely assume that it was Alex who opened the last door in their hallway.

Opening them, he nodded to how right he was when Alex stepped out. "What's going on here? I was trying to have some quiet time."

Cross popping veins made their way to Solis' forehead. He had not gotten to know him to get acquainted, but he would have been appreciative if he didn't interfere in his business.

"Then please go back and rest." Solis snapped and rolled his eyes.

Alex felt hurt by the response, he had not gotten to know these people well but they were by far the only people he could converse with.

"That isn't like you, Solis," Gia pointed out, remembering the ray of sunshine he usually was. "Where was that funny fella we all knew and loved?"

Luna looked down, unable to dispute that fact. Ever since her brother had returned from the adventure they did to bring back Alex, he had changed and his attitude was a concern for her.

"I..." He began, reluctant to speak up. "I'm sorry." He finally said after several battles in his head.

"Nevermind that, where are the others?" Gia questioned, curious about that piece of information.

It wasn't a good sign if it were only Solis that had survived, nor was it remotely possible for him to be the lone survivor.

Solis' lips quivered, he had simply wanted to forget what had happened for the day but conversing with them only reminded him of the fact that his magic was limited and restrictive.

Alex leaned on the door jamb, preferring to speak less and instead observe from a distance.

All that was said didn't appeal to him, the only thing he was curious about was the whereabouts of the three males in his life.

"Well, you see um..." Solis rubbed the back of his head and looked away.

"Spill it!" Luna warned with the raise of her finger at him.

"They are battling out two crazy dudes, one which has a similar ability with Lank or Obsidian and another that shares an ability with you." He pointed at Lumina.

He had never heard of two people sharing rare gifts at the same time and was initially confused. His first guess was that it was something that looked similar.

All of that changed when he had called lightning on them when Zephyr had wanted to teleport them out of the arena. That single act had reminded him of how Lumina had used such similar tricks on Arion, almost ruining the line of his future generations.

"What?" Lumina did a double-take, shaking her head in disbelief. "That's... That's not possible!"

Refuting his claims, she repeatedly shook her head to his words–there was no way of another having such ability.

"Lumina, how did you learn how to call down lightning that brought about a heck of damage?" Solis pressed on, hoping to piece the information into his thoughts.

Lumina felt disturbed by such a question, but thought maybe he had a lead and answered truthfully, "my brother, he would always say if you want the best result rain down lightning on their sorry ass."

She let out a sad laugh at the memory, tears brimming in her eyes.

Solis' eyes doubled in horror, "h–how many have had this ability?"

She had thought the first weird, currently, she felt disturbed by his words and felt reluctant to reply.

"The same user had called down lightning on our sorry ass when Nix had ordered Zephyr to teleport us out of there."

"He did what now?!" Lumina exclaimed in disbelief.

"Who's Zephyr?" Gia picked on that tiny detail better than the rest who gasped in shock at the similarities in the ability.

"Isn't lightning meant to be a rare ability? You don't get to see two users in the same generation having the same ability." Luna questioned all she had known about this confusing hierarchy.

'What did I just put myself in?' Solis internally facepalmed.

Whoosh!

Hidden in the shadows, Zephyr made his presence untraceable while he watched them bicker.

He watched as a beautiful female with red hair frowned at Solis.

'She would have matched Nix's description of his sort of female.' He thought about that line, remembering how Nix used to pester him about this tiny detail of what he wanted in a female.

His eyes latched onto her cleavage, 'the perfect size too.' He raised a brow at how well endowed this female was.

He wished Nix could see his nearly perfect description in reality not too far away from where he stood overlooking them.

He wondered what sort of connection this female had with Solis and why did he look like he was being scolded?

"Shh!" Lumina hushed Solis before he could reply.

"What is it?" Solis questioned, feeling self-conscious as Lumina stared down at him.

"Come out or I will get you out myself!" Lumina warned, her head whipped in the direction in which Zephyr hid.

'What the hell? How?' Zephyr's heartbeat quickened at how easily this female had spotted him.

"You have three seconds." Her voice was firm and her gaze locked on his side. "1... 2... 3..."