2:00 PM
Storm is in the car of Colonel Jason Teddford. Half an hour after that underground event he was ordered by the colonel to join the official circle serving the Kingdom to fight all kinds of evil.
"So do you have any questions?" The colonel offered Storm an explanation to everything with a gentle smirk.
"A lot." Storm replied to him as he finally broke the silence which was there for the past thirty minutes.
"Ask me away…" Colonel Jason kept his smirk intact as he tried comforting the teenager sitting beside him in the car.
"Firstly, what happened to my friends? Are you going to accuse them of the energy core stealing & the murder case?" Storm asked.
"Relax, they're under our custody, and we're kind of glad the guy was murdered, that guy was a psychopath, nobody will even bother to check out for him. But a murder is a murder & nobody has the authority to kill any human life without reason & authorized permission. On basic procedure you should have been to jail already, but it's a direct order from above to make you one of us, even though the law says you can't kill anyone without permission, I personally am glad that a lot of villains got killed in your hands."
"Seven to be exact. But how did you guys know me in the first place, And why does the government want me to be part of an official Gearer circle? I'm neither famous or a good person!" Storm questioned the colonel with wonders all over his tone.
"You were infiltrated and you were under our watch for a good amount of time. But I don't have an answer to why the government7 wants you to be part of Phoenix Zero. They might have planned something big for you that you have not just escaped all kinds of punishment but also going to be a part of Phoenix Zero, the Kingdom's most prestigious circle."
"Is that so…." Storm mumbled.
"Oh & about the energy core, we took care of that case, the facility is not going to make any fuss about it." The Colonel answered one remaining question as he stopped the car because they reached the center of the town. They stopped by in front of a two storied white curved designed building. "We have arrived, no need to introduce the place to you, everyone knows it, but welcome to Phoenix Zero!"
Both of them stepped out of the car, Storm looked at the sealed sign on top of the giant palace-like entrance gate which says Phoenix Zero.
"Go inside, I promised you before, nobody's gonna know about your underworld persona. I'll be introducing you there, the Circle leader was already informed about you & has a place ready for you in the Circle." The colonel gave him a big toothy grin to comfort him.
"Thanks for all the comforting gestures, Colonel," Storm turned his head to face Jason, "But have I ever told you that I'm feeling uncomfortable. For a colonel you speak a lot, you know that!" Storm finally opened his mouth to clarify his thoughts on the colonel.
Colonel's smile faded straight away at the clear cut statement of the teenager. He coughed, acted as if he was cleaning his throat to bring a serious look, "Let's go inside."
Both of them walked through the passageway of the entrance way to the main hall of the headquarter. They saw a couple of faces looking at them with wonder. Most likely because without any big reason, nobody from the Antiblack (the military force of Sapphire kingdom) ever pays a visit to the Circle Headquarter.
They entered the main hall & a guy with long brown hair was waiting for them. He seemed to be in his mid thirties. He had a long jet black jacket on top of a gray colored shirt. And brown pants.
"Welcome Storm, we're glad to have you here! There's a lot of people to introduce you to, but first I'll let you know I'm the founder & the circle leader Van Dawson."
"Um, nice to meet you." Storm replied to his greetings.
"By the way you don't need to be formal with me, okay?" He said to Storm.
Storm nodded. He started looking everywhere, trying to suit himself to the new surroundings.
"Sorry to cut you off in the middle, but I'll be on my way to work, we, the Antiblack guys don't have the time to spend on chit chat." Colonel Jason let Can Dawson know that he was leaving.
Before leaving he whispered something into Van Dawson's ear.
Sounds of Colonel's car's ignition were heard, shortly after that he left the place.
Van Dawson took Storm to the east corner of the hall where two girls and a boy of his same age were sitting on a stool and gossiping. Well, actually two of them were gossiping, one with the blonde pigtail hair and the other blonde spiky haired boy. The other girl with a ponytail brown hair was sitting & drinking a smoothie. Completely not interested in gossiping.
"There you go, our RISING THREE!" Van Dawson stopped in front of those three and introduced himself to Flynn one by one, "This blonde haired girl is Emily Lance, then this blonde haired boy is Robin Bricker & finally this brunette is the leader of Rising Three, Jade Manville. But it's not gonna be Rising Three any longer, I'm extending it and making it Rising Four! And you will be the leader, I know you'll be able to lead one of our most important teams well enough & I'll be going out on an important meeting with the military. Until then, good bye Storm Lecvolt…" Saying so he waved his hand in a 'Goodbye' manner.
"Hey wait, what are you even talking about? Let alone being a leader, I feel a bit underdressed here with this sleeveless shirt!" Storm almost shouted at Van Dawson.
"Nah, I think you look pretty cool!" The girl with the blonde hair spoke to him with partially bright teeth exposing smirk. She had a joyful, evergreen face and her blue, large upturned eyes looked like a living ocean. She was wearing a sleeveless half black & blue top, black arm guard on both arms, black short skirt & brown cowboy boots & skinny long socks almost covering both of her legs entirely.
"I guess so, but in front of others who I don't even know makes me feel uncomfortable." speaking of being uncomfortable, he thought at that moment, 'Colonel's comforting gestures might have been useful now.[Sigh!]'
"Yeah man, chill out, you're not naked or something like that!" Blonde spiky haired boy named Robin supported Emily. He was wearing a pickle green hoodie, as the hoodie wasn't completely chained up; a chocolate colored t-shirt could be seen quite clearly. He was wearing a black gabardine pants & casual black and white keds.
"Don't worry, you'll get your clothes just as you want. Just chill." Robin assured him.
Storm took a seat but the brunette named Jade stood up and readied herself to leave the place. She was wearing a long sleeveless purple leather jacket with high collar on top of a red long sleeved v-necked shirt. She looked like a wizard from the fantasy shows with that attire.
"Hey, where are you going?" Emily asked Jade.
"What do you think, someone unknown comes here & becomes not just a member of our team and takes the lead away from me. I will never give my lead away to anyone unknown, unworthy like him." Jade balled both of her black archery gloved hand into clenched fists.
"Oh boy!" Robin half closed his eyes in annoyance and frustration at his brunette teammate.
Storm sat on a stool, wasn't even fazed by Jade in slightest. "Dawson gave me the role of being leader, I didn't even say a single thing here. Besides I have no intention of becoming a leader."
"That is the big problem here, his decision is absolute in our Circle, I challenge you to a duel, I'll win and prove Dawson wrong!" She put a sadistic grin on her pretty face.
Robin came between these two. And used his arms as a separation line between Storm and Jade. "How about we end this conversation here, for now there's not gonna be any official leader, we'll settle this sometimes in the future, hehe!" Robin laughed weakly.
"Robin, you stay out of this." Jade moved his hands away. She powered up with crimson colored energy circling aura on her hands.
Storm stood up slowly & did the same, just in his case his power aura was golden color of lightning with blinking electrical sparkles. "You want a good fight? You'll get it, but don't blame me if I destroy the entirety of HQ in process." Storm put a confident smirk on his face.
Just as they were about to go for the brawl, someone spoke up, Emily & Robin breathed a sigh of relief, "You shouldn't be fighting in front of your superior." The guy had a spinach green messy medium long hair. He reached in between Storm and Jade in the blink of a bee's eye. Both Storm and Jade stopped. "Sorry, I lost control of my temper."
[Zane Hexon: Age-18
Gear: Speed]
"Who's this?" Storm asked.
Emily slowly whispered in his ear, "Zane Hexon, he is part of the Elite Three! The most powerful team of our circle, they are all s-rank Gearers."
"No need to whisper Emily, I'm one of the Elite Three, the youngest Gearer in this Circle to achieve this feat. Now, you guys need to stop and give the new guy some clothes as he wishes, he looks like an underdressed underworld punk with this sleeveless outfit." Ironically he was right on point!
An hour later
Storm took a shower and got ready with his new outfit. A double red & black v-necked plain white t-shirt with small red separator line in the middle part from top to bottom. On top of his shirt he wore a navy blue high collar jacket with a couple of parallel tilted linear lightning icons printed on the down part of the jacket, the icon was separated by the zipper of the jacket into the right and left part. The icon should look like a blank demon face with demon horns. He folded both of his sleeves of the jacket that he wore. He kept his dark brown colored baggy trouser & black boots. Finally he put the fingerless protective black colored gloves on both of his hands.
He was happy that he had a chance for a do-over in his life. He smiled at his new appearance. He felt good after a long time!
He walked through the door of his room in the circle dorm (the dorm is just beside main building of HQ hall), entered the main circle hall with his chest buffed up with pride & happiness, he looked at Emily and Robin, they were waving their hands at him, he gave them a smile. It was afternoon and soon enough, he was going to be officially a member and given a badge that represents him as a Gearer of Phoenix Force!
On the Dark gearer band Deadeyes…
"How dare he kill our man when he was supposed to be only delivering the thing we asked!" A big figure spoke up angrily, he was sitting on his throne in an ominous room, "Nobody has ever dared to do anything like that; until today, he made me angry, listen you losers, prepare THE SPIDER! He's going to see the wrath of Don Ventus!"
To be continued!