Aerrow had only just managed to get away, unfortunately, his friends weren't.
Piper, Finn, Junko, Stork and Radarr had been taken by the Murk Raiders and now to be part of Captain Scabulous' crew.
For once in Aerrow's life he actually agreed with Stork, that a little bit of recon on Terra Deep was a bad idea, and now they were paying for it, big time.
Our red haired hero had just managed to escape Terra Deep by the skin of his teeth, and that is pretty dangerous if you ask me.
He had one thing left to do, and that was paying a little visit to Terra Mesa.
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"You know little Missy, those clothes do nothing for you," Scabulous hissed bending to come face to face with Piper, who immediately turned away, the stench of the Captain's breath was almost unbearable.
"Yep, and neither does your breath." Piper countered holding her nose, when Finn dragged her backwards slightly,
"May I suggest a breath mint?" Finn asked jokily before returning to the back of the Blood Crow with Piper to join Junko, Stork and Radarr.
"I want to go home," Junko sobbed leaning against the wall,
"Yeah. Me too." Finn added on joining Junko on the wall. Piper was pacing the floor, back and forth over and over, before she stopped and looked up,
"What about Aerrow? He wouldn't just leave us here!" She shouted blissfully, before stopping and facing Stork, "Would he?"
Stork's eye twitched before he answered with a lot of pessimism,
"Maybe he's moved on, maybe he's found something better. Possibly. He has no use for us now."
The once other positive Storm Hawks all gave each other worried looks, but they all knew if Radarr could talk, he would have had something to say about that.
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On landing on Terra Mesa, the first thing Aerrow was greeted by was the Interceptor flag, with the shield that Starling had fought so hard to get back.
When he got off his skimmer, he decided to be polite and salute the flag as a sign of respect to the lost Interceptor squadron.
Aerrow soon found himself jumping out of the way of a pair of nunchucks come flying his way,
"What the…?" He shouted as he just managed to dodge the hanzo crystal enhanced weapon. He turned to face the front where he found Starling standing in a battle stance, grabbing hold of her nunchucks as they flew back, she used them very much like a boomerang, how convenient.
Starling looked different today, her purple hair was down, and looked like it had been straightened, and instead of her armour, she had a black sleeveless top on with a pair of skinny jeans and boots, she soon came out of her battle stance when she realized she nearly clobbered Aerrow with her nunchucks.
"Aerrow…? Sorry, I didn't realize it was you." She announced apologetically,
"Its fine." Aerrow told her taking her nunchucks away before she did any more damage, "Listen, Starling, I need a favour."
The purple haired teen blinked, she knew Aerrow coming to her for something without his squadron that there must be something wrong.
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Junko and Finn were laughing hysterically, at Piper, as always.
Captain Scabulous had made her remove her normal clothing and stuck her in a long black dress, it had no shoulders, and fit her slender figure perfectly, but it was too long so it dragged across the floor picking up dust,
"Shut up." She huffed falling against the wall, Finn went to sit next to her, and to him it was absolutely hilarious that Piper was wearing a dress. To him, those to words did not fit in the same sentence.
"Come on Piper, its not that bad!" Finn shouted, only now realizing that Piper was very upset,
"Not the dress you idiot!" Piper screamed pushing him away, Stork was twisting downwards to try and see Piper's face; he was shocked when he noticed a silvery tear drop falling down her cheek,
"Piper? Are you…Crying?" Stork muttered, grimacing,
"No." Piper sobbed trying to hide her face; Finn and Junko started laughing again,
"Oh come on! Piper? Crying? I doubt it!" Finn screeched when he felt a hard thump on his back making him choke, it was Piper, giving him the signal that if he didn't shut up in a minute, he would wake up under water.
"Okay, okay, I get it!" Finn yelped breathlessly,
Piper let out another sorrowful sob before muttering to the boys,
"I want to go home."
Radarr agreed with a very loud chirp.
Fear soon struck their young hearts when they heard heavy footsteps pounding down the hallway, heading straight for them,
"We're doomed," Stork declared.
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"I don't know Aerrow, that is a very big favour," Starling stated facing Aerrow, grimacing.
They were now in the place that Starling liked to call home; the place had a modern edge to it, with a hint of class. But what got Aerrow feeling like he didn't belong was the picture, sitting on the glass coffee table. It was of Starling and her old squadron, the Interceptors.
Flash BackThe phone on the Condor was ringing, even though it was small, I did make such a racket, especially at four in the morning.
Finn being the lightest sleeper of the group dragged himself out of bed and picked up the phone, he picked it up and held it to his ear,
"Ugh," He groaned down the phone, maybe the person on the receiving end to this would think again before waking him up.
"I-I-is A-Aerrow the-there?" A girl sobbed down the phone,
Finn automatically perked up, a girl on the end of the phone for Aerrow? He would get a lot of leverage out of this one.
"AERROW!" He bellowed, as the red head dragged himself onto the bridge,
"What is it Finn? It's four in the morning!" Aerrow shouted rubbing his eyes,
"There's a very upset sounding little lady on the phone," Finn jeered handing Aerrow the phone, Aerrow looked very confused, "Seriously man, what did you do!"
Aerrow shot Finn a colourful hand gesture, then whispering to him that it was Starling and that he wasn't going to clean the Condor to stop Finn from telling everyone that Aerrow had a girl friend.
"Okay Starling, calm down, what's happened?" Aerrow asked kindly falling over a chair that was left out,
"Don't tell me to calm down!" She sobbed, "Repton just wiped out my entire squadron! And you are telling me to calm down!"
Aerrow fell silent; he couldn't believe what he had just heard, the interceptors, gone?
End of flashback
Aerrow shook his head, trying to get that mental picture out of his mind,
"You alright? You looked like you were in some kind of trance," Starling stated pulling her violet locks into a ponytail,
"Yeah, I'm fine," Aerrow, replied still staring at the photograph, even though she was the youngest, Starling seemed so happy.
Starling sighed and sat down,
"I'll help you get your friends back. On one condition."
Aerrow blinked, his eyes glistening as they picked up the sunlight.
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"What if its that dude with the gun hand?" Finn whispered, panicking. Piper hid behind Junko for safety, she knew almost nothing could get past him.
But it was none of the bad things they expected, just Eyeball.
"The captain says you can go up on the deck, if you want," He stated showing how childish he really was.
Because they had nothing better to do, the group went up onto the deck.
Piper stood by the window, watching as the thick dense green clouds went passed, when she heard the purr of a skimmers engine,
"Hey!" A voice shouted as something darted downwards in front of the Blood Crow,
The sound-tracking device jittered, snatching Scabulous' attention; he walked over to the window,
"What was that?" He snapped, glaring at Piper,
"I-I don't know," She stammered, the captain huffed, when Piper was sure he wasn't looking at her anymore she quickly bolted down stairs,
"Hey, where'd Piper go?" Junko asked, scanning the deck.
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Piper ran down several floors and corridors to find what had just shot past the window, she heard what sounded like a horn go off from behind her, she turned around sharply to find Aerrow hovering by the window,
"Aerrow!" She whistled, running over to the window and pressing her hands up against the glass,
"Hi," He replied, smiling. Oh the cocky smile that fit his face perfectly, the cocky smile that Piper loved so much, and the cocky smile she could bare to live without.
"Aerrow, what are you doing here?" Piper asked, a tear dripping down her face, even though she wanted her fiery haired leader to be safe, she was so thankful that he had come to save her, and the rest of the team,
"I'm thinking I'm here to get you and the guys out," Aerrow answered, smiling again,
"On your own! Aerrow! It's too dangerous!" Piper snapped, Aerrow held his hands up as if to say I surrender,
"I'm not on my own, God, I'm not that stupid!" He barked back,
"Then who's with you?" Piper asked, slightly confused,
"Starling." Aerrow replied blankly, when the sound tracker found him, "Well that's my queue!" He shouted darting down wards underneath the blood crow.
Piper stared out the window in a complete daze, trying to come to terms with what just happened, was Aerrow really on Terra Deep? Or was it just a figment of her imagination?
A pale hand came up behind her. And it found its way onto Piper's shoulder with a loud slap,
Piper screamed, hoping that one of her teammates had heard her,
"PIPER!" Finn shouted. Luckily for Piper it wasn't a member of the dear Captains crew, it was just him that had slapped his hand down on Piper's shoulder,
Piper's breathing was short, and the hairs on her arms were starting to stand on end,
"Jesus wept Finn! Don't do that!" She barked turning around,
"Okay, sorry," He replied quickly, "What's going on with you? You're running all over the ship, having panic attacks when ever Scabulous comes within five feet of you,"
Piper took a deep breath,
"Finn you will probably think I'm mad-"
"I do anyway."
"But Aerrow and Starling are here, trying to save us," Piper finished up her sentence which was interrupted by Finn, who then burst out into manic laughter,
"Wow you really are mad!" He shouted between cackles,
But he didn't know how right Piper really was.
"Ugh!!!" Piper screamed before walking away in a very angry manner, she then tripped on the bottom of the dress, causing Finn to laugh more and reduce the relevance of that exit.
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Just and idea popping into my head, so I blaits had to write it down
This is like the 10th story I have on here at the moment, but oh well,
Seeing as you love me so much, you will review right? Not for me though, for the little purple button that is feeling very lonely at the moment.