Chapter 3: Palawan Island, Philippines

"Alright come on, we have work to do today". Elena was trying to pull Belle out of her bed.

"Please, just one more minute!". Belle kept holding onto her blanket.

"Elizabeth, I would never work with you again if you keep procrastinating"

Someone just called Belle's agent name straightforwardly.

"Oh shut up, Miss Luminous". Belle was busy arguing with that person forgetting that she was holding onto the bed tightly the whole time. So when she got loose, Elena just pulled her out of the bed smoothly. "Ouch, that's hurt!"

"Sorry". Elena shrugged.

"Alright, let's go". The girl with brown hair walked out of Elena and Belle's dorm.

Agent Luminous, or Anastasia Smirnov, a Russian agent. She is known as the "Key Keeper" due to her extraordinary special supernatural power. She could open all locks, even the one that's sealed with magic. She could even temporarily release deadly monsters from the ancient time to the present. Yet, the special thing is that they will obey her order. So, the W.I.T.C.H. classified her as A-tier. She would be S-tier if her combat experience is enough as expected.

Today, Elizabeth, Storm, and Luminous are chosen to be the first team that will start the new season of hunting (Autumn).

The flying jet shot its speed across the sky like a rocket. It flew overseas, heading toward an island.

"Where are we going?". Belle looked out of the window.

"Today's mission is eliminating the outbreak of monsters in Palawan Island, Philippines". Luminous explained shortly. "By the way, when we work, can yall stop calling each other by our real names?"

"Sure". Elena agreed. "Due to the terms of privacy, right?".

"Yes". Luminous said.

"Well, let's prepare everything, because we're near it". Belle pointed her finger to the cyber map.

As Elena saw the destination, she quickly picked up the throwing knives and hid them in her pockets. "I am ready"

"Elizabeth, I think you should wear more armor to protect your pretty face". Luminous never left a chance to mock Belle. She absolutely had heard about the midnight battle between Belle and Commander Frost.

"Mind your business". Belle gave her a deadly stare.

"Alright girls, let's rock!". The plane sub-pilot threw the parachutes to everyone in the aircraft. Then he opened the giant door, everyone got pulled out by the pressure of the wind.

"AAAAAHHHHH". Belle almost dropped the parachute.

"Loser". Luminous rapidly equipped it.

About Elena, she exactly didn't need it anyway because she can fly.

"Woo-hoo! I LOVE THIS MOMENT!!". Elena crashed through the air, bursting straight to the island. When she was close to the shore, she slowed down her speed and calmly landed on the white sand.

"How can y'all be close friends for years?". Luminous thought in her mind. The difference between their personalities was so clear to see.

"Help me!!!". Belle's parachute didn't open no matter how many times she tried. "I don't want to die this way!"

"Oh my gosh". Luminous pushed herself toward Belle and grabbed her by the arm. "Hold me tight". Then she unlocked her own parachute.

"Thank you, Luminous!". Belle's eyes shone like bright stars. "I didn't know that you also have this good side in your heart!"

"Shut up or all feed you to the sharks!". Luminous kind of want to throw Belle into the ocean after hearing that.

When they almost landed on the shore, a group of demon-looking creatures crawled out from the forest and rushed toward them.

Elena heard the barking sound, and she immediately turned around. "Mission starts!". After alerting everyone, Elena drew out her hidden blades and hurled them at the monsters.

"Headshots!"

It was a quadrakill, she hit all four creatures in the head!

"Blooming Crystal!". Belle formed a giant crystal bloom in the sky and shattered them to create a bullet rain.

"Growl!!"

The monsters got hit by the sharp fragments, they cried and died in pain.

"Wow, I didn't expect this outbreak to be this serious". Luminous was surprised. The place that they landed on was a safe zone.

"It seemed like this island must be captured by the rift". Elena pointed to the peak of the highest mountain. A broken circle of technology barely surrounded a spatial rift in the sky. Elena could clearly see the electric sparks from the destroyed defense system.

"Now I understand why Frost told me to go with you guys". Luminous could quite imagine the difficulty of this mission.

"Well, let's go to the base before the sun goes down". Belle suggested an idea.

"Storm, you should lead the way". Luminous lended Elena a cyber map. "I believe in your survival skills"

"No worries". Elena smiled confidently.

Elena is known as one of the best survivalists in all of the W.I.T.C.H. Organization's branches. Her supernatural power is just a typical thing, however, her wisdom and skills are an exception. That's why they place her in the B-tier.