One fails, one runs away, one rejects his future, and one maintains hope even when it is hopeless. Alone, they are too weak to fight the demons they face, but together, there is a small chance of survival- if they can trust each other long enough. Everyone expected Pond, the easy going charmer, to be in the middle of chaos since he thrived on it, but Marcus, the young leader of a dying Tong family, was stunned when his world turned upside down by the arrival of two transfer students. Tony Yardley, a foster kid the system couldn't place, wasn't looking for friends since he didn't stay in one place long enough to make them and he just needed to keep this new placement long enough to save some money. Nika March had a job to do, and he wasn't about to let "feelings" interfere with it. In an uneasy alliance, the season of storms arrives as the four winds collide.