Chapter 277: I’m pretty sure the eyes of storms don’t lead to another dimension
"Okay, everyone, we have our votes. 4 to 2. We’re going inside that storm!" Kai clapped his hands, rubbing them together, and looked into the eye of the storm to see if it was producing dangerous levels of energy.
Even though the storm wiped out an entire City, this didn’t mean it was dangerous to him. Kai could wipe out an entire continent, so a City was nothing to him. He just needed to make sure the energy wasn’t stronger than it seemed.
"What about us? Do we get a say?" Barry asked, raising his hand.
"Right. My bad. Cornelia, what do you want to do?" Kai spun her around as if they were dancing and gave her a loving kiss on the lips.
"Mmm~I think we should see what’s up there."
"There you go, Barry, I got all of the relevant opinions."
"So you wont ask us?"
"Didn’t I just say that I got all of the relevant opinions?"
Barry just sighed.
Iris smiled and patted him on the back. "Don’t worry, Barry, just think of this as a part of training."
"Right. I also hope that after this, Kai trains us even harder." Patty couldn’t stop thinking about their night together and how Kai made a mess of her. She could still feel her legs tingling.
Barry smiled at the girls, giving them a nod. He then walked over to Kai, inspecting the storm as well. Thanks to his hero senses, he was able to feel how powerful the storm was and knew that, at his current strength, it would be difficult to enter the storm.
"So, how do we plan on getting up there?" He asked Kai, who was still analyzing the storm.
"Two options. We can take my carriage, which has a bunch of protection spells and shit built into it, or, hear me out, we can fly up there like badasses. I’m leaning more toward the second option."
"W-What? Are you crazy?"
"Yes."
"Why would we fly up there? I can’t even fly!"
Kai frowned. "You’re telling me that you can’t manipulate the mana around you to propel yourself."
"No."
"Damn. You suck. And as for why we would fly up there, I said we would look pretty cool doing so. I can just levitate you since you cant fly."
"But what about the storm? It will rip us apart."
"Why do you think I’m bending my neck at this fucking angle? I’m analyzing that shit to see if it’s as powerful as it seems, and judging by my observation, I should be strong enough to protect all of uS."
Amaya’s ears picked up on the word ’Should’. Kai was strong, one of the strongest people she knew, and the fact that he said his power ’Should’ protect them made her slightly uncomfortable.
"Kai!" She leaped onto his back and started pulling his hair. "What do you mean your power ’should’ protect us?! Aren’t you strong?!"
"Yes, but I don’t know if the storm is going all out."
"Going all out? What do you mean?"
"I mean that I don’t know if the storm is at its full power."
Barry was confused. "Why would a storm hold back its power?"
"I don’t know, Barry. When it comes to supernatural events, you cant use the same logic as normal shit. Tell me, when was the last time you heard about a demonic storm, huh? Because this is the first time I’ve heard about one."
"I-I’ve never heard of one before."
"Exactly! So, going off of the information I have, I can conclude that I am able to protect all of you IF the storm isn’t going all out."
"I guess that makes sense."
"Alright, team, who’s ready to travel?" Kai was prepared for all of them to say "Mee!" but what he got was silence instead.
"What the fuck? Why aren’t y’all saying anything?"
"Kai, what if there’s nothing up there?" Gwen thought about what could be in the storm besides demonic energy and came to the conclusion that it could be a trap.
"There’s clearly something up there. It could be a demon, an artifact, or a fucking portal for all we know. Besides, why would there be a riddle if there isn’t anything up there?"
"He has a point," Barry added. "Remember that the people who came here before us went missing as well. So they probably solved the riddle as well."
"See! Trust the heroes. We got this under control."
Barry reluctantly raised his hand. "Actually, I don’t think going up there is a good idea."
"Shut up, Barry."
"Yeah, I’ll just be quiet now."
"Okay, no more talking, LET’S FLY!" Kai took off into the sky, dragging everyone along with his telekinesis.
"Ahhhhh!!!"
"Wooohoooo!"
"Kaiii!"
"Let’s gooo!"
"I’m gonna fucking kill you!"
"Don’t you dare drop me!"
"Be careful!"
"I-I don’t think I like heights!"
"I hope nothing happens."
Energy wrapped around everyone’s bodies, protecting them from the chaotic storm of demonic energy. Once the skin barrier was fully placed on them, Kai contained all of them inside a spherical barrier, protecting them even more as he flew in front of it.
They passed through the clouds, purple lightning flashing before their eyes and thunder booming so loud that it could rupture eardrums.
Kai maneuvered away from the flashes of lightning, not even wanting to know what getting struck by this type of lightning would feel like.
Eventually, they reached the eye of the storm. Normally, the eye would be the calmest part, but in this case, it was the most chaotic part. The winds were strong enough to tear through buildings with the strongest of foundations, lightning crackled at every second, and the eye was literally spitting out demonic energy.
"Does any of you have the disk?" Kai asked, needing to shout since it was pretty loud up there.
"No! We left it behind!" Kyana responded.
"Why the fuck would you leave it behind? Didn’t you say that-"
"I’m just fucking with you. I have it right here." She pulled the disk out, and it started glowing.
’I’m being rage-bated.’ Kai simply sighed and continued flying into the storm.
The deeper they went, the more dangerous it became. A bolt of lightning struck Kai in the back, shocking his entire body, but he pulled through. It wasn’t painful at all, but it did feel a bit weird.
"Kai, the disk keeps glowing brighter and brighter!"
"Quick, give it to me!"
Kyana tossed Kai the disk, and he threw it into the storm. He had no idea what would happen, but he decided to wing it.
Once the disk reached the center-most point of the storm, a purple portal opened and sucked all of them in like a vacuum.
"You’ve got to be kidding me! I knew it was a different dimensionnnnnnnnnnn!"