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Chapter 1: Sora's Beginning

It was just a normal day on the Condor. Everyone was slightly lazing around, except Stork, who was steering the Condor as usual. Piper was researching something, Junko was off somewhere, but Radarr, Aerrow and Finn were the ones really lazing about.

Then, there was a loud popping noise, a wave of heat, a blinding flash. When the light subsided, and everyone could see, there was a girl. She had red streaks through dark brown hair, and blue-gray eyes. She blinked, and looked around wildly, like she could hardly believe she was there. As soon she realized she was really there, the girl screamed, and dove under a table. Everyone stared at her. Finn and Aerrow decided to try to coach her out. As Finn bent down to look under the table, the girl punched him in the face. She huddled farther under the table.

" Junko, do you think you could lift the table please?" Aerrow asked. Junko nodded, and moved the table. The girl stayed huddled where she was. She blinked and looked up at Aerrow, resisting the urge to jump up and run away, screaming.

" Even I'm not that much of a coward.." Stork muttered. The girl jumped up immediately.
" I-I just don't know where I am, ok? Well, I mean, I think I have an idea, but.." the girl trailed off.
"Well, what's your name?" Aerrow asked.
" M-My n-name is um..Sora" the girl answered. Then she ran off abruptly.

Weeks went on, and Sora stayed with the Storm Hawks. She was turning out to be more fearful than Stork, and couldn't do very much. She didn't want to learn how to fight, because she was too afraid. Didn't want to learn how to fly a skimmer, too afraid. At the very least, she had a good sense of humor, and didn't get in anyone's way very often.

It was unfortunate that as Sora's fear was beginning to wane, that Cyclonians attacked. As the others, minus Stork, headed out to fight, Sora ran about wildly, not exactly knowing where to go. It was probably this indecision that, with horrible luck, Sora ran head-first into a Talon that had somehow managed to get onboard the Condor. Sora, only being about 5'1" tall, and weighing in at only 85 lbs, was easily pulled, by the Talon, onto the Talon Switchblade. The Talon hopped on, and took off again. The Talon sped around Junko, Finn, and Piper, and Aerrow was interlocked in a fight with the Dark Ace, when he noticed out of the corner of his eye that Sora was being kidnapped. The Talon was far gone by the time the Cyclonians were defeated. Aerrow, Junko, Piper and Finn made their way back to the Condor. They all went to the bridge.

" I can't believe they kidnapped Sora.." Aerrow said.
" They'll be so annoyed with her and eventually leave her on some terra.." Finn said.
" This isn't funny, Finn. She trusted us" Aerrow said.

Meanwhile, in Cyclonia, Sora was petrified, and angry. She knew she was pretty low on the significance list for the Storm Hawks, but she thought she would have been saved, at the very least. She would've made a real effort to be helpful, had she been saved. But she hadn't. Now, she was being taken to Master Cyclonis, and she knew the Storm Hawks wouldn't help her now, just because she knew what they thought of her: She was annoying, a coward. Weak. Well, she'd change that, if she was given a chance to. She'd do anything to get back at them. As she was lead to the throne room, she thought back on all the times over the past few weeks that Finn had been making fun of her, and all the mean things Piper said, and how Stork always answered her with sarcasm. She scowled at the thought.
"What are you scowling about, twerp?" the Dark Ace asked.

" Just thinking about how much I hate the Storm Hawks. I'd do anything just to get even with them for thinking I'm such a coward!" Sora spat. Ace's eyebrows raised.

'She could be very promising, if she'd do anything..' the Dark Ace thought. He lead Sora into the throne room, and as soon as she was in the middle of the room, she willingly knelt down. The Dark Ace was surprised that she would do so of her own free will. Master Cyclonis turned to the Dark Ace.

" What's this?" she asked coldly.

" This is a prisoner, kidnapped from the Storm Hawks in the last attack--" the Dark Ace said, getting interupted.

" Which no doubt ended in failure! But, for once, we apparently get SOMETHING. How good would this prisoner be, though, to us? Use your brain sometime, you idiot! Prisoners are useless to me!" Cyclonis snapped. Sora lifted her head slightly.

" Master Cyclonis, I believe I could be of use" Sora said, so softly Cyclonis just barely heard.

" How do you figure, you stupid girl?" Master Cyclonis asked.

" Because I hate the Storm Hawks. I would do anything" Sora replied.

" Anything is very vague. What would you be able to do?" Cyclonis said.

" I would do anything you would ask of me, simple as that" Sora answered. Master Cyclonis thought for a second.

" So, if I were to let you join me, and I asked you to destroy the Storm Hawks.." Cyclonis trailed off.

" It'd be done, no matter what it takes" Sora said.

" Big words, even the Dark Ace can't destroy the Storm Hawks. What makes you think you could?" Cyclonis asked.

" I've spent weeks with them; I know a little of what makes them tick" Sora answered." And I promise you I would either destroy them, or die trying" she added. Cyclonis smirked.

" I think you may be useful after all" Cyclonis said.

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