//------------------------------// // A night off. // Story: The cage inside. // by Sylif Daring Doo //------------------------------// ______*Whitetale woods 4:28 PM*______ Storm was walking alongside Cosmo through the camp with an irritated expression on his face, it had been two weeks since the reunion with Quartz and Partial and what they had said left Storm in a bad mood. Apparently a few days after the remains of the Ritual squad returned home to Blade Gorge... Jagged was found dead in the streets with knife wounds. Two days later Warp disappeared mysteriously and left no trace except for a faint trail of blood. The box that Storm had received was part of an old protocol, one that was meant to wipe the memories of the time of said squad. "You know what.... Fuck protocol." Storm had said much to the shock of his squad mates. And so Storm walks alongside Cosmo as they discuss some subjects. "And since we have an extra two months we can go mining, it should increase the payload, especially since we don't have enough to pay the entire company." Cosmo said. Storm nodded and suddenly he had the urge to make a pun, so he looked at Cosmo and grinned. Cosmo looked at Storm in confusion and the two stopped walking. "Why are you staring at me like that?" She asked. Storm began hovering around her and he wrapped his arms around her neck and grinned before putting on a completely robotic expression and Spouting random nonsense. Cosmo was confused to say the least. "What the buck was that?" She asked with concern. Storm shrugged and flew off to meet with Scootaloo and Pinkamena. ______*two days later 6:19 PM*______ Storm walked through the camp with a wary expression... And for good reason as the company started to hate him. He walked towards his tent when he heard something...he listened closer and recognized it as fighting. Thinking quickly Storm moved to investigate while changing to his scanning eyes. Storm turned a corner and noticed four unicorns ganging up on one unicorn mare, normally Storm wouldn't care but even 'he' had lines that shouldn't be crossed. Against his better judgement Storm activated his anti-magic runes and moved at lightning speed towards one of the unicorns when they knocked the mare down. Time seemed to move in slow motion for Storm as he jammed Demise into one of the unicorns necks and charged for the next. The remaining unicorns noticed Storm and opened fire on him to little effect. Storm laughed briefly before snapping the next unicorns neck and throwing Demise with deadly accuracy into the thirds skull. The final unicorn was sweating profusely and quickly decided to retreat, but Storm snapped his head before he got far. Storm looked at the unicorn mare and got a better look at her after deactivating his runes. The mare had a light blue coat along with a light blue mane with a shade of silver along with a wand and hat mark and magenta eyes. Storm watched as the mare shakily stood up and soon the mare looked at Storm with a look of rage. "The great and powerful Trixe does NOT need help!" She shouted sloppily. Storm gave her a smirk. "Didn't look like it." He replied simply. The mare known as Trixe shakily leaned against a nearby wagon. "Trixe will not be patronized by a foal!" She said angrily but this only served to amuse Storm as he burst out laughing. After a while Storm calmed himself down to a reasonable amount. "I wasn't patronizing you, i was telling the truth." He replied calmly. Trixe growled a bit and gave Storm an evil glare. "Do not use Trixe's words against her!" She shouted. Storm sighed and returned one eye to his preferred red. "Your shouting again, also knock it off with that third person crap, it's annoying." He replied calmly. Trixe's face slowly calmed down to an annoyed expression. "Trixe will speak in third person if she likes." She replied blankly. Storm merely shrugged and looked around at the bodies which now littered the ground. "Sorry about the mess." He said sarcastically. Trixe looked around and nearly vomited at the sight of the dead unicorns but managed to hold it in much to her displeasure. Storm sighed and walked over to a nearby wall and leaned on it. "Alright I better leave before someone shows up." He said calmly as he walked away from the area. Trixe huffed and walked away. 'That foal.... Who does he think he is?' ________*one hour later Storm's tent*________ Storm was currently alone in his tent while Vinyl.....did whatever it was while she wasn't trading mock insults with him, since Storm was alone he had the freedom to do some stuff that he never had time for. Right now he was standing upside down with one hoof while reading a book. "I don't see what the big del is about a clock." He said plainly. "Maybe that's because the clock could destroy the world." Came a voice causing Storm to flinch slightly. Storm sighed and looked to see who it was and unsurprisingly it was Vinyl. "Mom." He said with a half dead voice. Vinyl sighed and sat down next to him. "You know, if your going to do that you should at least focus on one thing at a time." She said simply. Storm blinked. "True, but at least this way I can find out what happens." He joked. Vinyl chuckled at the remark and swiped the book from Storm causing him to fall over. "Hah I still got it!" She teases. Storm muttered a few words and stood up. "Yes I bet you feel very proud of yourself for causing a kid to fall over." He sarcastically countered. Vinyl grinned and gave Storm a playful smack on the shoulder. "Ah your still a kid, you should be enjoying your childhood.....ah who am I kidding?" She asked in mock confusion. Storm rolled his eyes and sat down on the ground. "To me this is a childhood, then again I'm not exactly normal." He said quietly. Vinyl nodded and ruffled Storm's hair causing him to snap his head back like a dog. "Yep your weird." She teased. Storm sighed and slapped himself. "Your one to talk miss blind every five months, and it's not like I can help it....stupid dog habits." He cursed. Vinyl nodded again and returned to sitting quietly while reading the stolen book. "So how far are you?" She asked randomly. Storm shrugged. "Chapter thirty." He replied calmly. Vinyl grinned and put the book between them. "Good we're at the same spot then." She said as she continued reading. Storm sighed and began reading with Vinyl throughout the night with no one there but themselves. "Mom." Storm said. Vinyl looked at Storm. "Yea?" She asked. Storm gave her a blank look. "Your going to kill me." He said darkly.