Karim Sissoko is the author of the book series Lightning. He lives in Florida, is of Haitian descent and is attending college for “a piece of paper that proves I’m smart”. He enjoys his passion of writing, particularly the fantasy genre but he also enjoys science fiction. He plays a lot of video games, watches a variety of anime and enjoys making art. You can find him on social media, but he is most active on his Twitter. 

Before there were humans, there were Astrals. When Storm Hinato is branded an assassin by the queen, his own guardian, his world falls apart. A masked man chases after him, a war god longs to test his strength and he finds himself caught in a war that spans across the worlds. Will he find the strength to press on? Or will he fall to the chaos like those before him?

Lightning

"Seriously though, what's taking so long?" Storm asked. 


"The council members have to take a physical form, Storm. Their memories, their actual bodies are being replicated. It might take some time befo--" Scion was cut short by a rumble in the temple. 


Not just his, nor just Storm's, but both. All the temples, far away from each other began to react, violently shaking even worse than before. The debris still stayed afloat in the air, the space between Storm and Scion's temple disappearing, a bright white wall of light blocking the view of each other. 


"Guys!" Storm yelled, running towards the center of the room, looking up. 


He didn't get a reply from them, but instead, felt himself become lighter. Storm looked around, seeing that he was being lifted from the ground. Angel was as well, and the two floated towards the white light. 


"Damn it, no! ANGEL!" Storm yelled, reaching out to her. This proved to be useless, as he was too far away, and he couldn't move himself anywhere.


Chapter 45: The Council, Part 2