The Storm Hawks were on their way to Terra Tropica to enjoy some well deserved vacation time. The Storm Hawks was a Sky Knight squadron consisting of:
Aerrow-tall, redhead, gorgeous green eyes, Team Leader
Finn-blonde, egotistic, Sharp-shooter
Junko-a strong Wallop, engineer
Stork-paranoid, a Merb, Pilot
Piper-dark-skinned Navigator with dark blue hair, Tactics
Radar-rabbit/kangaroo, Arrow's pet
Junko and Finn were best friends, and were always together. They could be seen as brothers to Piper, the only girl on the team. Junko acted like the older brother who always looked out for her. It was not unusual for him to come out of nowhere and ask her "Are these guys bothering you?", while Finn was completely the opposite. He acted like an irresponsible little brother, and was known to "grate on her nerves".
Radar was constantly attached to Aerrow. He liked to perch on Aerrow's shoulder, and also helped guide Aerrow's skimmer. Aerrow and Piper always seemed to end up in each other's company, and Aerrow liked to take Piper's advice.
"Piper! How long until we get there?" Finn was already in his blue swimming trunks, and had a bottle of sunscreen in his hand.
"It'll be about another 20 minutes. Can't you do something productive until then?"
Piper and Finn were in the Condor's kitchen. Piper was making her famous sandwiches, while Finn kept trying to eat them. Piper was still in her uniform.
"Piper's right Finn. Why don't you go see if Junko needs any help with the grill." Aerrow had just walked in wearing a pair of green swimming trunks that brought out his eyes. Unlike Finn, he wore a shirt.
Finn walked out into hallway muttering something about Aerrow always taking his girlfriend's side. Luckily, neither of them heard him, or else he would have been asking for a beat down.
"All the sandwiches are done Aerrow. All that's needed are the drinks, and-"
Suddenly, a loud explosion filled the air. The ship lurched, sending Arrow and Piper sprawling across the kitchen floor. The sandwiches landed on the two Storm Hawks.
"What was that?!" Aerrow yelled.
"I don't know, but let's head to the bridge!" Piper yelled back.
The two ran out of the room, covered in sandwich meat. Finn and Junko were right behind them, and they met Radar half way there.
"Stork! What happened?" Aerrow said as they burst into the big room.
"I don't know. We weren't attacked, but there was a big orange explosion a couple feet ahead of us. I almost hit whatever it was. Probably mind worms, or flying jelly rats. I knew coming here was a bad idea!" Stork was starting to hyperventilate.
While Arrow calmed Stork down, Piper looked out of one of the Condor's windows. Squinting, she could just barely make out what looked like an orange cloud in the shape of a P. It reminded her of someone. But the only person she knew with an insignia like that was…
"Phoenix!" Piper cried.
Aerrow jumped to attention. "Storm Hawks! To your posts!"
"No wait!" Piper ran out of the room in the direction of the storage room where the skimmers were held. Aerrow grabbed her wrist as she was about to exit the room.
"Wait! We should have some sort of plan first!"
"Let go Arrow!" Piper cried with such force that he let go, surprised.
Piper ran to the storage room and pressed the button that opened the doors to outside. The rest of the team was right on her heels, and stood, flabbergasted, as a big, sleek skimmer rode through the opening. It was a sunset orange, and it matched its rider, who wore a motorcycle helmet. The skimmer looked new, and made almost no noise at all as it screeched to a halt in front of them all, clouds of orange puffing out of the exhaust.
As soon as it had safely stopped, Piper was up and running. She through her arms around the rider before he or she had a chance to take off the helmet that hid the identity of the mystery person. Meanwhile, the rest of the Storm Hawks had their weapons ready, but hesitated at Piper's actions.
"Hey! Hey! Easy!" The mysterious person's muffled voice laughed. "Can't I even get my helmet off?"
Piper, who looked like her face would split in two, she was smiling so much, stepped back about two centimeters. The person took off their helmet to reveal a young man about nineteen or so-a couple of years older than the Storm Hawks. He was dark-skinned and had short, curly hair the same color as Piper's.
Aerrow was the first one to recover from his shock. "Um, Piper? Who is this guy? And what is he doing here?"
Piper laughed. "This guy would just so happen to be my big brother, Phoenix. Phoenix, meet the new Storm Hawks. By the way, what are you doing here?"
Phoenix stepped off his skimmer, and embraced Piper in a hug. "I couldn't miss my little sister's birthday, now could I?"
So what do you think? I had alot of fun creating Phoenix. He's the type who seems reallly nice, but can have a devious side as well. Please, please, please review!