"Stupid Bloody Mountains" Stork Grumbled as he looked at the torn hull of the Condor.
"Can you fix it?" Aerrow asked while huddling under his raincoat. It was cold, wet and they had crash landed on Terra Populus, the only other place than Cyclonia to house Master Cyclonis' followers.
"No, we need a whole new batch of fuel crystals and a crystal converter, it's been ripped out and even if we could find it, it would be no use" Stork sighed.
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Aerrow and Stork made their way onto the Condor discussing how to get the necessary things without going into the city. Because of Terra Populus' location, travelling to another Terra was out of the question.
It occurred to Aerrow how things had gone bad to worse since Lypix had left.
"Hey sweetie, hot chocolate?" Piper smiled.
"Yeah" Aerrow smiled back, at least he still had Piper.
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After a long discussion which lasted most the night, it was decided that Aerrow and Finn would scout ahead the next day and see what they could find out.
The sun rose and in two black cloaks they set off on foot as skimmers would give them unwanted attention.
It took about half an hour trekking through forest for them to finally break the silence.
"You miss her man, it's obvious"
"I've got Piper, I don't need to miss her" Aerrow shot back.
"Aerrow, you need to choose. Lypix left because of all this"
"Shut up Finn! You have no idea what you're on about!"
"Trouble Gentlemen?"
A girl stood in front of them. Her hair was short and white with black highlights, her copper eyes glistened with a slight blood thirst. Smiling slightly she showed off pointy canines.
"Um, no we're fine" Finn gulped back.
"That's alright then" she smiled viciously and walked off into the trees.
Aerrow looked at Finn and laughed, his face was still really pale.
"It's not funny, I thought she was going to attack us then" Finn shouted back but Aerrow was still laughing as they walked on.
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Once in town it became clear they couldn't show themselves. Banners carrying Master Cyclonis, the Dark Ace, Ravess, Snipe, Ka, Midnight and Crispin lined the streets.
A billboard contained wanted posters for almost every Sky Night Squadron, the Storm Hawks being top of the list. Dissolved squadrons had a separate board and it became quite apparent how many had crumbled under Master Cyclonis.
"Storm Hawks?" a quiet voice behind them asked.
Finn and Aerrow turned slowly.