Disclaimer: I, L.uca Kerberos, do not own Storm Hawks nor any of the characters associated with it. I do, however, own any original characters or items and the plot.

Letter from the Author:

Hello! Before you move on to the story, I would just like to say a few things. First off, I have seen every episode of Storm Hawks aired thus far (except for a bit of the episode 'Tranquility Now') so there may be spoilers for those who have not seen all of the episodes. But this story, while in the Storm Hawks universe, will be mainly my own creation and will not seriously follow any of the plots of the episodes apart from the main point, which is the 'war' with Cyclonia. I have also taken character descriptions and personalities based on my interpretation of them on the show and the descriptions of them on Wikipedia. At points they will be out of character, but most of the time that is on purpose. The major warning about this story is that it is Slash/Yaoi or Boy/Boy relationships. If you are not comfortable with that, please leave now. There will be nothing too graphic (at least on here but there may still be scenes that some people would find uncomfortable). Do not flame simply because you don't like yaoi/slash. I do appreciate constructive criticism, though. The rating for this story may be bumped up or down at any time.

Thanks for reading and enjoy the story!

L.uca Kerberos

Key:

"Talking"

Thinking

Warnings:

Language

Slash/Yaoi (Boy/Boy Relationship)

Minor Violence

Adult Situations

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EXchange

Chapter One

The Crystal

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"Finn! Why are we the ones that have to find that crystal!?" Stork growled as he glared at the back of the young blonde boy walking in front of him.

"Because Aerrow decided that we had to split up to find the crystal faster because those stupid Cyclonians are right on our tail." Finn said as he pushed a tree branch out of his way.

Stork just mumbled to himself that if they continued this "journey" they would surely meet their doom.

"Hey! I think I found it!" Finn yelled excitedly as he gestured for the Merb to follow him into a small clearing.

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It's eyes glittered in mirth as it watched the two young males enter into the clearing. A small, slightly insane grin formed on it's black face as it watched them approach the large orange crystal that sat on a rock in the center of the clearing.

It won't be long now...

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Stork frowned as he stared around at the thick bushes and trees that surrounded them.

Something doesn't feel right. I feel like we're being watched...

"Dude! I've never seen a crystal this color before! And it's huge!" Finn said happily as he stared at the crystal in front of him. He smirked and looked at the oblivious Stork out of the corner of his eye.

Stork turned around, the frown still on his face. "Finn, do you feel like we're being...WHAT ARE YOU DOING!?" Stork screeched and jumped away from where Finn was staring at him through the crystal. It looked like the crystal had millions of eyes that were all staring at Stork like they could see right through him.

He felt violated.

Finn laughed and stood up from behind the large crystal.

"You're so weird." He said with a smirk.

Stork scowled and approached him.

"Would you stop messing around and take the crystal already? The sooner we leave, the sooner we can get back to the Condor." Stork snapped.

"Fine, fine." Finn grumbled as he rolled his eyes and bent down to pick the crystal up.

Only to drop it, just barely missing Stork's foot.

"Holy shit! This thing weighs a ton!" Finn exclaimed as he rubbed his sore wrists.

This time it was Stork's turn to roll his eyes.

"It can't be that heavy." He said as he reached to pick up the fallen crystal.

Five seconds later a yelp was heard as he dropped the crystal onto his foot.

Finn laughed as he watched the Merb hop around on one foot. Stork glared at him as he tenderly put his injured foot on the ground.

"Shut up and get the crystal." He snapped. Finn scowled and shook his head.

"No way! I can't carry that thing!" He said as he glared back at Stork.

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It emitted a low growl as it watched the two companions argue about who was going to take the crystal back to the ship. It was getting impatient and these two boys were on it's last nerve.

Why can't they figure out that they need to carry the crystal together!? Idiot human! Idiot Merb! JUST PICK UP THE CRYSTAL ALREADY!!!

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Stork sighed and rubbed his forehead as Finn once again listed off reasons why Stork should be the one to carry the crystal back to the Condor.

"Alright, look. Why don't we both carry the crystal back?" He suggested, tired of being outside in the hot, humid air and tired of arguing with Finn.

"Fine. But you're carrying the bigger side." Finn said as he bent down and grabbed one end of the crystal. Stork rolled his eyes for what seemed the hundredth time that day.

"Fine. Let's just go already." He said as he grabbed the other end

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FINALLY!

It smiled as a bright flash came from the crystal, engulfing the two boys.

It slowly faded into the darkness, an evil laugh escaping through it's nonexistent lips.

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Stork groaned as he slowly opened one eye.

"What the hell was that..." He muttered as he sat up, a hand going to his forehead.

I feel a major headache coming on.

"Dude...what happened?" Came a voice from his left.

Stork turned his head in the direction of the voice.

And froze.

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Finn hissed in pain as he sat up. He swore he could see little yellow birds flying in front of his face.

"Dude...what happened?" He said with a groan as he turned his head to see where Stork had gone to.

His eyes widened and his mouth dropped.

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L.uca Kerberos