A/N; This is my first Storm Hawks fanfic. First off; I do not own Storm Hawks. Second; Aerrow, Piper, and Master Cyclonis are all seventeen. This is a re-post of this chapter. I went through and got rid of all the mistakes and grammer errors. Well, at least i hope I did. If anyone spots any, please tell me in your reviews. Thank you.

Chapter One

Another Defeat. A New Possibility

Dark Ace walked down the long dark corridor that lead to Master Cyclonis' throne room. He had again lost to the Storm Hawks. He clentched his fists and grinded his teeth. It had been three years since he had first encountered the Storm Hawks, and after all this time he had only beat them a hand full of times. He now regretted not killed Aerrow when he had the chance the first day they had met, and he had beaten the Storm Hawks leader.

Dark Ace was about to scream when he reached Master Cyclonis' throne room doors. Dark Ace gulped as he tried to think of a way to tell his master he had failed, once again. He took a deep breath as the memories of his recent failure came rushing back to him.

Flashback

Dark Ace stood triumphantly in front of the large stone door leading to the Xion crystal. The Xion crystal was a crystal that was told to hold an almost infinant amount of power enough power to rival that of the Aurora stone, in fact. Master Cyclonis wanted to for a new plan. What it was he didnt know, which struck him as odd. Master Cyclonis wouldnt tell him what the crystal was for. Normally she told him everthing about her plans but this time all she said was;

'It is none of your concern. Just bring back the crystal. And if you encounter those Storm Hawks I want you to go all out. Fight as if your life depended on it, after all, it just might.' That was what she had said, and it had scared the shit out of him.

She had sent Ravess and Snipe with him, along with a carrier and fourty talon warriors. He had thought it might have been a bit much, but as luck would have it the Xion crystal was well protected. It didnt take long to bash through the enemies defences with the carrier and once they landed it was easy enough to take the small terra. Now Dark Ace stood before the door that led to his victory. Ravess was at the controls, trying to figure out how to open the door.

The place they were in was an ancient temple that was made before the formation of the Cyclonian empire. The Xion crystal was sealed here and once the council of the, "so called" Free Atmos found out about it, they decided to protect the crystal and never use it.

"What fools," Dark Ace muttered to himself. He heard a click from behind him

"Got it," Ravess said as she pulled a large lever and the large stone door slid open, revealing a large room that was completely empty except for an alter in the center of the room with the Xion crystal on it. The Xion crystal was a dark purple crystal with blood red runes on it. Dark Ace smirked as he took his first step towards the doorway, and ,as if on cue, he heard the voice of the leader of the Storm Hawks behind him.

"Stop right there Dark Ace!" Aerrow yelled. Dark Ace groaned and turned around and standing there was Aerrow, Finn, and Junko.

"Damn it," Dark Ace whispered to himself, "Well Aerrow. I didnt think you'd be here," Dark Ace said out loud.

"We wouldnt be if we didnt get a tip that you were going to do this," Aerrow said as he drew his twin daggers.

"You were tipped off? By who?" Dark Ace asked as he too got out his sword.

'We dont know, we couldnt trace the signal, but we got the message. Now, step away from the door!" Aerrow activated his daggers and pointed one of them at Dark Ace. Dark Ace activated his own sword and got into his fightning stance.

"Make me Sky Knight," Dark Ace growled.

"I will! Attack!" Aerrow exclaimed. Finn drew out his crossbow and aimed it at Ravess, and fired one of his arrows. Ravess quickly leapt to the ground, narrowly dodging the arrow. Junko activated his knuckle busters and charged Snape. Snipe was caught off gaurd and Junko delivered a strong punch right to Snipe's jaw. Snipe flew backward and slammed into the wall. Aerrow ran at Dark Ace and Dark Ace charged Aerrow. Dark Ace swung his sword and Aerrow quickly blocked with his twin daggers. Dark Ace could hear the sounds of the other battles from all around them, but he paid them no mind. Right know he had one thought on his mind, take down Aerrow. Dark Ace mustered up all his strength and pushed Aerrow back with all his might.

Aerrow jumped backwards, getting out of range of Dark Ace's sword. Dark Ace charged Aerrow again, slicing wildly, trying to cut down the youth. Aerrow dodged Dark Ace's attacks, but it took effort. Dark Ace's attacks were random and fueled by rage, it was hard to determine how he was going to attack next. Aerrow knew he had to finish this quickly if he wanted to avoid serious injury.

Aerrow jumped back away from Dark Ace and quickly used his lightning claw. The blast was at such a close range Dark Ace couldnt do anything about it. The blast his him directly in the chest and sent him flying across the room. He smashed into the wall and slowly slid down. Dark Ace looked down at his chest and groaned as pain shot thourgh his body. His armor had a hole in it and his chest had a large scorch mark on it. Dark Ace forced himself to his feet and growled. He had no choice.

"Ravess! Snipe! We're leaving!" He ordered. Ravess shot one fonal arrow at Finn ann raced over to Dark Ace. Snipe smacked Junko down with his mace and joined Dark Ace and his sister. Dark Ace growled at Aerrow and pulled out a crystal. The crystal was a light violet crystal with an oval shape. Dark Ace threw it to the ground and there was a sudden burst of light. Aerrow and the others had to cover their eyes, due to the brightness. When they opened them, their enemies were gone. The team ran outside to presue their enemies but they were already in full retreat.

End Flashback

Dark Ace took in another deep breath and opened the large metal door and stepped inside. The throne room was a large room made completely made of black metal. A dark red carpet led from the entrance to the large black throne that stood across the room. The throne was obviously too large for Cyclonis, but the large spikes coming off of it told you that it was mostly for intimidation purposes.

Master Cyclonis stood beside the throne, with her back to the door. Dark Ace closed the door behind him and walked into the middle of the room.

"Master," Dark Ace began but Cyclonis raised a hand, telling him to be silent. Master Cyclonis turned around and Dark Ace raised an eyebrow at what she had in her hand. A small black metal robot bird sat in her hand, its eyes made of two red crystals.

"You failed again," Cyclonis said, her voice devoid of all emotion.

"H-How did you know?" he asked.

"I watched the entire thing," she said with a chuckle and pointed to the bird.

"What?!"

"This little bird is my newest invention. It allows me to watch whatever it sees with a messanger crystal.

"You dont sound angry," he said, noticing no malice in her voice.

"That's because I'm not. I knew you'd lose." Dark Ace was silent. He didnt like where this was going.

"How did you know?"

"I'm the one who sent the Storm Hawks the message Aerrow mentioned." Dark Ace was too shocked to say anything.

"Go to the medical wing. I'm taking Ravess and Snipe to go get the Xion crystal," she said.

"What are you planning?" Dark Ace asked her.

"That is for me to know and you to find you. Now go!" she snapped and pointed at the door.

Dark Ace had no choice. He bowed to his master and made his way to the door. He exited the room and leaned against the cold metal.

'Why wont she tell me. She always tells me the details of her plans. She trusts me, or does she? I'll have to make my move soon,' he thought. Dark Ace quickly walked to the medical wing ot the castle. 'But for now I'l just have to see how things go,' he thought.

Master Cyclonis smirked. She pet the bird on top of its metal head and it chirped happily.

"Soon he will be mine. And I will no longer have any use for you, Dark Ace," she said to herself. She grabbed her crystal staff and turned to the door. She walked out of her throne room and to the loading dock. She already had a nice transport ship waiting. Now she would go to Terra Xion and get her crystal, as well as plant a nice seed that would hopefully bear a nice powerful fruit.

A/N; well there's the first chapter. All reviews welcome, as well as flames. Flames will be used to power Master Cyclonis' factories and mines, by the way. And thank you for reading.