Yes so I was listening to Buckcherry's song Broken Glass when I wrote this and all the chapter names will have something to do with the song or lyrics.

This is also a spin on things because they are always getting stranded in the wastelands, so I decided to try something a little different.

Let me know if its good or not.

Enjoy

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Chapter 1. Sleep My Angel

Black. That's all there was, endless black. So dark you couldn't see your hand in front of your face. Somewhere in the abyss a voice, deep and gravely, rang out.

"Dang it's too dark, I can't see anything. "Something shifted and the sound of ragged breathing could be herd before commenting dryly,

"That's why they call it the Black Gorge, Snipe."

"Oh great, I thought we saw the last of this place." another voice said, this one being female, having a slight break at the end. There was more shifting and something heavy fell on the ground, causing the girl to gasp.

"Finn, was that your skimmer?"

"Yeah Junko, well what's left of it anyways."

"Well this sucks." Finn said, trying to sit up without knocking anything else over causing him to become aware of a sharp pain in his left arm.

"Understatement of the year, kid." another female voice said, this one more mature and strict.

"Ravess, you ok?" Snipe asked his sister, despite the fact the Storm Hawks were present. Ravess blinked in surprise for a moment before answering,

"My shoulder's bleeding, but I think I'll live." Snipe nodded, forgetting that she couldn't see him.

"Is everyone else ok?" Piper asked, going through her backpack for a flashlight.

"Ow, my head hurts, a lot." They herd Aerrow say as she found the flashlight, thanking the Lord that Stork had made one that didn't use crystals. Actually she didn't know what it used but it worked and that's what mattered. Flicking the switch, the light shone bright, giving everyone a good look at each other. All of the skimmers were totaled, and of no use now, pieces of them littering the ground.

Piper looked at everyone from her standing position. Finn and Junko were to her left, Finn supporting a gash in his forearm but looking otherwise unharmed; Junko looked perfectly fine barr being covered in dirt.

Looking to the right, Aerrow was laying down

but his eyes were open and looking around, more precisely at Dark Ace who was leaning back, eyes closed on what was left of a skimmer.

Ravess was next to Aerrow, and Piper could see a large spot of blood on her shoulder, but she seemed to care little. Snipe was near Dark Ace and looked no worse than Junko, only dirt and smudges on his clothing.

Piper was startled out of her observations by the female talon commander speaking in a tone of boredom. "The Sky Knight is hurt."

Piper walked over to her friend and got a feeling of dread as she saw the blood in his hair that she couldn't see when she wasn't close to him. "Oh no." Aerrow looked at her with a painful expression on his face.

"Ok, um . . . oh I don't know to do." The girl said sadly, trying to keep herself from crying.

She herd a quiet scoff and then someone took the flashlight from her shaking hands. Glancing up she saw it was Dark Ace and he was shining the light into Aerrow's eyes, causing her sad look to change to a glare.

"What are you doing?!" She barked at the talon, whose only response was to throw the flashlight at her.

"Hey, I'm talking to you!"

She wasn't sure where this courage came from, but it was there so she may as well use it. He merely rolled his eyes and spoke to Aerrow. "Ok brat, just answer the questions so I can tell if your brain damaged or not." Aerrow slowly nodded.

"Name?"

"Aerrow."

"Age?"

"15."

"Where were you born?"

"Terra Atmosia."

He then inspected the spot where she presumed Aerrow was bleeding from while replied in what sounded like a tightly controlled voice "He'll be fine, no concussion, just a bad scratch."

Though she was happy that Aerrow was ok, it was strange hearing it from Dark Ace of all people.

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Ravess watched as the Sky Knight sat up slowly and gave the girl a reassuring smile and sent the blond a thumbs up.

Children. She thought with distain, rolling her eyes with the thought.

"So, what now?" Finn said holding his arm loosely and giving a hopeful glance at Piper.

Already getting bored with their conversation she turned her attention to Snipe and Dark Ace, accessing them both. Snipe had a dark bruise forming on his arm and cheek, but otherwise seemed bored.

Dark Ace she was more concerned about. He looked pale and had his hand on his side, and winced each time he moved. His breathing had also become progressively more shallow; she walked over to him and placed a hand on his shoulder, causing him to glance up at her with a questioning look in his eyes.

"Are you ok?" she asked.

"Yes, I'm fine." he replied, brushing her hand away and turning around to face her. She eyed him, not really believing it, but dropping the subject for now.

They stared at each other for a moment before turning away.

She jumped when she herd the blond yell rather loudly, "I'M NOT WORKING WITH THEM!!

IT'S THEIR FAULT WE'RE STRANDED IN THE BLACK GORGE!!"

"Yeah, that's not going to attract the attention of something that could kill us." she herd Dark Ace remark. Finn turned his murderous gaze on the dark haired man, and again continued to yell.

"Oh, shut up it's your fault were stuck here." Dark Ace raised an eyebrow, not quite fallowing the boys skewed logic, if any. "Really? Ok then enlighten me on how this is my fault." He asked sarcastically, knowing Finn didn't have any proof what so ever.

As expected he just stood there for a minute before coming up with "Well you're the bad guy so it's automatically your fault." This only caused Dark Ace to laugh despite the pain it caused his ribs, and said

"If that's how you think the world works, you won't live much longer." To which the teen gave him a seething glare, but said nothing else, opting to turn back and give Piper a I-told-you-so look.

The girl only sighed in exasperation and put a determined look on her face, and placed her hands on her hips stating firmly "Finn, I don't really care what you or don't want to do, because your not the most important thing right now, right now we need to get out of here as soon as possible. Now you will get over yourself and stop complaining."

Silence. Everyone stared at her in shock, especially Finn who just stood there dumbfounded not fully comprehending exactly what she said.

"Finally, someone put that brat in his place." Ravess said laughing slightly. Piper opened her mouth to say something but was cut off.

"How are you so sure we will work with you?"

Piper looked thoughtful for a moment be for replying "Simple, power in numbers for one and second, we've been down here before, you need us weather you like it or not." Ravess raised an eyebrow at her statement, noting that the others were oddly quiet the hole time.

"Will you help?"

The question

"Yes."

The answer.

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Last note here are the parings:

Dark Ace x Piper

Finn x Ravess

Aerrow x Cyclonis

Implied Stork x Starling

(Ya weird I know, but oh well ^__^)

Implied Dark Ace x Starling

( Just a fling when they were younger)