CHAPTER 15: New heights III

Orion Black

I had just arrived back to headquarters after a long mission overseas. Some drug cartel had started killing innocent people in a police standoff. Luckily the cartel stopped shortly after my arrival when they realised that they couldn't stop me. I entered Adrian's office and was surprised to find it empty. I walked over to the wooden desk in the middle and placed down my report when Adrian's office phone began to ring. Looking around I decided to answer it, so I walked around the desk and answered the phone.

"Orion here"

"Ori—-thank—--g-god— sen–"

"James is that you?. What's wrong"

"Sen—d h—-lp"

"James your breaking up where are you"

"Mount—n— mi—es"

"Did you say mines where on earth are you"

"Moun— —-tin—------------".

"James JAMES"

I slammed the desk in anger.

"SHIT damn it okay think Orion he said mines and moun… mounTAIN. HAHA I did the mines in the mountain… why on or I guess in this scenario under earth is he in the mines for"

There was no time to answer that question. I needed to go fast. I went to walk away but something caught my eye in my anger. I had slammed the table which seemed to have made one of the drawers of Adrian's desk open. When I looked inside I saw a photo of Adrian's head but what seemed weird was that the head seemed to be a cut out of a bigger photo but there was no photo to be seen so I tucked the photo into my back pocket and left in a hurry. I exited the building and jumped into the air.

"Luminara"

Just then a bird made of glistening yellow light formed below me letting me ride on its back as I made my way towards the mountain. Thanks to Luminara it only took about 2 hours to reach the mountain I could just see the tip when a stray energy blast flew past me I turned my head to make sure what I saw was true but just then I sensed another one which just hit Luminara in the wing I made a shield out of light and blocked two more blasts.

"Shit what on earth is happening he-"

Suddenly a blast from the side knocked me off Luminara who squawked and flew towards me but she couldn't catch me in time but as I was moments from splating into the mountain Luminara wrapped herself around me and acted as a cushion as we crashed into the mountain. We skidded to a stop and Luminara's form dissipated and was reabsorbed into my body. Standing up I looked around and saw I was on some snowy plain on top of the mountain I wanted to call Luminara back out but whoever shot me down somehow knew I was coming most likely from sensing mine or Luminara's energy so it was probably for the best for me to hide my energy and continue on foot. I looked up at the night sky and watched as the stars shot by. I had been walking for almost 5 hours yet I still didn't know where I was but luckily I was nearing the tip of the mountain. Climbing over a particularly rocky part of the mountain I was forced to duck as an energy blast shot above me.

"Shit they found me"

I was about to reach for my sword but stopped when I heard another blast heading in the opposite direction. Slowly peeking my head up I looked down and saw.

"What the hell is he doing here".

Nate anderson.

"Get your ass up redhead"

I had just opened my eyes when I felt a foot kick me in the stomach.

"Do you need to do that every morning?".

"Oh pipe down and get your ass up"

"Aren't grandma's meant to be nice and bake cook-"

I ducked under a swing from Eleanor's cane.

"Can't get me with that trick again".

After getting dressed I headed outside and began my training again. It had only been about 3 days but I had made significant progress. Not only could I see my energy pool more clearly but I was now able to faintly see Eleanors energy signal. I was happy in the moment then came a new form of "Training" but what flet like a form of torture. Eleanor blindfolded me the same as before I told me to once again sense the fly but this time every now and then Eleanor would try to hit me with her cane the goal was to sense the fly while not getting hit, this was, as Eleanor explained, to "hone my concentration" but I believed this was just a way for her to hit me, but I digress. I ducked and weaved blows from Eleanor while trying to find the fly but what I discovered was that while I was happy that I could sense Eleanor's energy however faint it may be, I realised it proved a problem while trying to find the fly since Eleanor's energy got in the way of the flies. Seconds turned to minutes and minutes turned to hours. Eleanor had left me to train on my own about what I believed to be an hour ago. If I was correct it should have already been night time but I had no way of telling. I was about to call it quits for the night when I saw a minuscule purple aura for a single moment wizz past me. I closed my eyes even though it didn't really make a difference and focused I sat there for a few long moments then I saw the flicker of purple again and again I quickly reach my hand out and grabbed Something fuzzy ripping my blindfold up I saw that I was holding the fly I leaped up in excitement and launched 2 energy blasts into the air in celebration.

"So you finally did it"

I turned and saw Eleanor walking towards me.

"I must say you are quick to learn, you've got great potential, I just know it. Now come on whiskers"

"Whispers really? that name makes no-"

Suddenly the fly in my hand began to tremble then grow, forcing me to let go. Looking I saw the fly morph into a black cat with scarlet eyes which leaped onto Eleanor's shoulders.

"what the hell is that"

"oh it's just my enerpet you'll get your own some-"

Eleanor snapped her head to the side and stepped back.

"Eleanor are you-"

I stopped and turned to look where she was facing. I could sense a small big or energy.

"Nate be careful whoever that is is strong enough to hide their energy away be careful"

I carefully made a blade of pure energy I trick I picked up from Hunter and watched as the figure who appeared on a rocky hill drew closer and then.

"ORION!"

"NATE?"