Disclaimer: I don't own the Storm Hawks. It is Nerd Corps' possession.

Chapter: 1

"Yeah, baby, another shot for the Finn man!" Finn commented proudly as he shot a Talon coming to him. The Talon was coming from behind & was in full stance to attack. But Finn, being the best sharpshooter, took him surprisingly when he was just few feet away & shot him straight into his chest with one of his crossbow's crystal-tipped arrows.

Currently, the storm hawks were present in a large Cyclonian airship. It was reckoned that the airship was full of Cyclonia's crystal resources. The Storm Hawks were aware of the shipment's arrival & they were fully planned & ready for the ambush for a couple of days. As soon as the airship arrived near the radius of the Condor on the expected date, the squadron attacked. It didn't take them long before the whole ship & its riders were under their captivity.

"That's thirty-nine & that's forty." Finn shot two more Talons coming his way & said triumphantly.

"You've been counting?" From somewhere came Piper's rhetorical & tad bit incredulous remark. He looked towards her. She was not far from him fighting her share of Talons.

Finn just responded with his fingers pointed like pistols & his infamous catchphrase "chika-cha".

Rest of the Storm Hawks (of course except Stork, who was abroad the Condor, waiting for them) was still in the fight. They were almost finished here. Their main purpose was to steal the crystal crates & take them back to their own airship Condor. Fighting the Talons wasn't one of their today's priorities. They were only here to retrieve crystals.

"Alright guys, we are done here." Aerrow said referring to his team, "Quickly gather all the crates. I'll signal Stork for the Condor. We will transfer them on our cruiser & then disembark this one. We have to do this speedily. There will not be much time for us before Cyclonians' back-up fleet is here."

Everyone nodded. They started gathering all the crates quickly at one place. Aerrow radioed Stork. The Condor wasn't far from them. Stork had got the signal because in just few minutes she was in their sight. Clouds were all around her body. But after a while, it got cleared as she was near the Cyclonian airship. They hurriedly transferred all the crates into the Condor & left the ship afterwards. As soon as everyone landed on the ship, Stork steered the Condor away from the enemy's airship & sprinted fast into the sky.

"Excellent job, everyone. Now we've got enough supply of crystals that'll last for a month." Aerrow exclaimed proudly at his team. The team beamed & cheered. They always became happy whenever their commanding officer proudly complimented them.

Indeed, the supply could last long for a month, or maybe more. The amount of crates was this much that if they were to be distributed in fours & mounded upon each other, still they would make five to six stacks.

They opened the lids of the crates to check the type of crystals they were possessing. On analysis, first thing that was concluded that there were no leechers; resulting in the cause for putting the team in danger. Secondly, they were all regular use crystals, like Fuel crystals, Cooking crystals, Geyser crystals etc. Crystals for weaponry were also present there.

"Wow! They really are in great amount. & all of them are the ones that are useful in a way or another," Piper said excitingly, "Maybe I can run some experiments on them. I have few recently discovered theories that need to be experimented. & these crystals would play a fine role for them."

"Perfect! Piper, you perform your experiments & inform us soon of good results." Aerrow replied to Piper's statement smilingly with his hand gently on her shoulder. She just gave him a nod & a grateful smile. Her eyes were shining the same feeling.

But something entirely different could be seen in Aerrow's eyes. Love. Yes, the beautiful emotion was to be seen in Aerrow's eyes for his most beloved & precious crystal mage solely.

Of course, nobody noticed that.

Except…the sharpshooter.

Finn just sustained to smirking & rolling his eyes at that. He was fully aware of his commanding officer's crush on his first officer. & he was also aware of the fact that his commanding officer was being a sissy by not confessing his feelings to the squad's crystal mage/navigator.

Piper took some crates of crystals with the assistance of Junko to her laboratory. She thanked him afterwards to which he replied sweetly & then left Piper to her work. After gathering necessary equipments for her experiments she immediately started.

As Piper left for her lab, the rest of the crew pondered on how to spend their time since there were no missions for them next. Finn chirped the idea of going to Terra Tropica. But whines came from everywhere instead of approval, much to his disappointment. The Storm Hawks had been going to Terra Tropica often in previous weeks because of Finn's constant pleading (for which in return he was assigned to perform aboard chores for a month) & now they were tired of it. Factually, no one (except Finn) was in the mood of going to somewhere else either. They just wanted to relax back on the Condor. So after judging everyone's mood, Aerrow announced to stop at a nearby Terra for now, until someplace better for vacation is brought up or something important or urgent comes their way. Everyone agreed except Finn, whose shoulders drooped dejectedly with his grin off the face. Aerrow felt a little sorry for him. Now with nothing to do, everyone adjourned to their rooms completely entitled to do whatever they want in their leisure time.

Finn entered his room with the metal door closing after him & slumped on his bed. He lied their as the seconds ticked by. Unlike others, he had nothing to do. He thought of tidying & arranging his room. He took a look around of it. Clothing articles were thrown in different directions, some hanging off too. Working desk was scattered with pencils, magazines, papers & whatnot. His wardrobe door was open, in which piled up things could be seen & some of them coming out of it too. His rest of the magazine collection was stacked up on his bed-side table instead of their proper place; the drawers. All in all, it was very much messy! & Finn didn't want to clean it. It was a heck of a job! So, he just lied down there on his bed.

The next idea that came in his mind was taking a nap. Probably, it was a beneficial time for him to have his "beauty sleep". The recent mission from which they came back was kind of adrenaline rushing (all of them are but still) & by the looks, his other team mates were weary & tired too. They were definitely taking rest now in their rooms. But he wasn't tired. He wanted to do something exciting. Something in which his time is passed beneficially. He pondered over the point. What can he do?

Training? No. He wasn't in the mood for shooting.

Then, Skimmer riding? [Sigh] His skimmer wasn't in a good condition. The skimmer's engine was suffering slight technical faults. (Thank goodness, it wasn't slicing into halves this time)

Maybe, he can go & restore it to working order? Again, it was a sweat-shedding & heck of a job.

He sighed on running out of all options. He placed both his hands under his head & closed his eyes. He felt wee bit relaxed. Maybe, he was tired & did need a sleep after all. Finn adjusted himself in right sleeping position & waited for the sleep to indulge him. During that, memories of the day's events flashed in his mind. His mind replayed the whole mission & then their returning back on the Condor & so on. But from that entire, one stood out the most~the loving emotion in the eyes of Aerrow for Piper~. Finn's eyes opened in an instant.

He had just found the proper cure for his boredom.

& he was so on it!

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