Storm Hawks: a Talon Turned sky Knight.
The Official Story of Blade Strike and how he came to be a SkyKnight
Ch.1 Change of Heart and true Destiny.
I Am Blade Strike the second son of lightning strike and Aeria Nightingale. My parents were both legendary sky knights. You already know about how my father united Atmos and fell when he was betrayed by mothers Brother, my Uncle Who became the Dark Ace but my mother was an interceptor and was the second in command of the squadron under my elder cousin Starling. My mother was famous for Winning the great Atoms Race and being the first female SkyKnight in history to do so as well as for defeating the Cyclonians most fierce commanders before the first battle for Atmos but she was killed by the raptors after surviving the afore mentioned battle. And you all know of my twin Aerrow`s story. Any way on with my story.
"Blade? " "Yes Master Cyclonis?" I say as I take a bow and get down on one knee. "You are going to attack terra Atmosia if our spy fails to take the aurora stone And Take It for my plan to succeed Understood?" "Yes Master Cyclonis" I say as I rise and take my leave and Made my way out of the Dark and Depressing Throne Room. Talons saluted me as I passed and whimpered when I looked at them out of the corner of my blood red colored eyes as I walked down the red bricked walls of the cyclonian palace towards the hangar bay. I stooped at my quarters along the way and picked up my amulet and my sword along with its firebolt crystal. I put on the interceptors amulet and tucked under the collar of my uniform and left my room and resumed my walk towards he hangar. I made it to the hangar to find my squadron assembled and find The Dark Ace. He walks over and says "Blade my son are you ready for your first official mission as a newly minted talon Elite?" "Yes father now let's Go" he puts a hand on my shoulder and smiles as he says "Blade I am proud of you my Son. Master Cyclonis has given me command of the mission and to watch out for you also I hope you don't mind" "I know you are father and I don't mind lets go" I say as we both mount our rides. On the flight to terra Atmosia I let my thoughts wander and thought of the things I would do and how people would hate me and decided I would help people if I could and show people not all talons are completely cold hearted. Terra Atmosia came into view along with a ship I thought long destroyed as it was a symbol of my past I rather would have buried as I was a cyclonian now. Teenagers who looked about my age came out the ships hangar on skimmers and a heli-scooter. They looked inexperienced and thought I should go easy until I saw my brother and smiled as he finally realised his dream of being a skyknight. They charged our squadron and I engaged there sharpshooter and mage and after defeating the blond sharpshooter flew over to the tanned girl and said "So you're the new storm hawks and your there specialist allow me to introduce myself I am Blade but you know me as The Crimson Ace and son of the Dark Ace" she turned white when she heard my title and I loved the look of fear in her eyes as they turned back to a look of determination and she said " I know who you are you're the destroyer of 3 SkyKnight Squadrons and the Most feared flyer under Cyclonia in the whole southern Atmos and cyclonis`s second most feared Talon l despite being in service one year" I smile a sneer in a pleased expression and say " Yes you are correct but I used to be a SkyKnight in training years ago for the interceptors and was trained to fight by some of the old storm hawks and I will say their deaths were a shame as I rather was close to most of them but I loathed there SkyKnight" and she looks at me shocked and says "you were a SkyKnight in training and knew the original storm hawks and was trained by them?" "Indeed I was and I must say them making you sky knights untrained was a bad idea and your potential is untapped and you all intrigue me but we must fight now as I have to follow orders" I draw my sword and fly off and engage the wallop and defeated him by blowing off his wings with energy bolts and engage there mage and shot her propeller and she returned to the condor with a battered skimmer. I landed on the terra and gave the crystal to the dark ace after he defeated Aerrow and I mounted my skimmer and flew back to Cyclonia before ace took off. I reached Cyclonia and bowed before Cyclonis and said "The mission was a success and Dark ace is returning with aurora stone as we speak master" she smiled and told me "Rise Crimson Ace and Be recognized with a promotion to Lieutenant Commander and become my 3rd in command" "Master I am honored to accept this promotion and will not fail you. Is there any other orders for me?" "yes there is, stay here and guard me as I feel something is about to happen" I walked over to her side and say " Your will Be done Master Cyclonis" And she smiles and says to the other guards to leave and says to me as she places a soft hand on my cheek and I don't flinch from her touch " I can read you like a book even through you well developed mask blade to know when something is on your mind my Dear Crimson Ace" she says with a look I have not seen in years in her eyes that displays compassion and perhaps love but I don't know if it is genuine love anymore and I say " There Is a few Kids Pretending to be the New Storm Hawks and There Leader Is My Twin Brother Aerrow and After Seeing him it reminds Me of the Life I used to have Before Being a Talon" she then embraces me and whispers in my ear with a seductive and dark love like tone " Do Not Bother With Past My Dear Crimson Ace Look To Your Future Beside Me and Dream of The Power and Fame Your Name Will Carry As Atmos Will tremble At your Footsteps. You have earned The Right to stand by my side as I knew you Would Since the day we met In the Medical wing of the castle when we were children. Continue fighting and following me and your faith will be rewarded with More Than Material Possessions but a Place By my side Forever My Crimson Knight as my Love" and I am left speechless and she then kisses my cheek and I then join her at her storm engine until My Father Arrives After Blowing Away the Sky Knights and gives the crystal to master Cyclonis. She puts the crystal in the machine and I knew what her plan was and even though I was a talon General I was against total annihilation of terra`s and their people. A vent came crashing down out of the ceiling and out of it came the blond teen sharpshooter and the wallop from before and they were put inside the storm machine and when they saw me said "You're the Crimson Ace aren't You?" and look at them and say "Yes I am but that is just a title not that it matters much to me though" and I left them confused with my answer as I began to contemplate what I truly wanted for my destiny. I was then stopped by the Dark Ace on my way to my Room when he put a hand in front of me and said "a moment blade please?" and I reply "of course Dark Ace so what is it you require of me?" " No I just wanted to tell you that Im Very Proud of you and that Me and your mother Ravess have decided to give you a gift in honor of your new promotion So please come with me " and I follow him to the hangar and I see a shiny new Talon switch Switchblade elite Painted similar to my fathers that had similar upgrades and he puts a hand on my shoulder and says "In honor of your promotion is a new skimmer and sword so customize them to your liking" as he hands me the sword and I took in its craftsmanship. It was a shining new double edged longsword that was hollow like my fathers in the middle of the blade and had a similar crystal slot and hilt wrapped in red dyed leather with gold inlays and the metal to make the sword was black High carbon steel. I then sheath it on my back and begin working on customizing my new skimmer further. When I was finished it was painted metallic black with blood red detailing and had the cyclonian Emblem on its wings painted in a gleaming metallic red and the blades on the wings were painted yellow and the cockpit windshield was tinted Red instead of orange I had upgraded the armor with a lighter but stronger metal and the engines were custom built for speed, performance and handling and still incorporated the dark aces driving mode upgrade.
I stepped back after polishing my skimmer to the point It shined in the light and I nicknamed my skimmer Shadow Strike. I left to gain my new armor and rather liked the colour as it was all black except for the well-polished steel armor plates on the chest and shoulders that bared the cyclonian emblem and along with my fingerless armored combat gloves. My new boots were shin high leather combat boots polished so well that they gleamed like a black mirror.
I walked out of my room and presented myself before the master who said "My don't you look rather Dashing and ruthless in that armor" "and I said" thank you master Cyclonis" and then there SkyKnight busted in and fought the master and as I saw her power knew the only reason I stayed was out of fear of her powers. Then starling comes in and loses a fight with Cyclonis and the Aerrow threatens to destroy the aurora stone and succeeds and makes his escape and I smile as he says "Yeah saving Atmos from you and the name is Aerrow of The Storm Hawks" and thought well said brother. I and ace were punished but I didn't care any longer. It was 2 day later and I was on my final chance with Cyclonis and If i failed she would dispose of me and I felt my blood run cold at her threat and fail I did when I returned I was grabbed by wallop talons and brought before Cyclonis who said "What good is having a general who can't kill kids playing SkyKnight I was wrong about you maybe and showing you mercy would make me lose the throne so Guard's throw this failure into the wastelands" and the wallops dragged me to my fate. I flipped out of their grasp after severely injuring one of them when I head-butted him in the nose with the back of my head and drew my sword and ignited the blade and before they could utter a word cut them down and there blood stained the walls and floor and pooled around them and under my feet making the floor slick and covering half of my face with blood. I walked to the hangar and killed any talon in my way and mounted my skimmer and flew off into the crimson sky to find my Brother or an abandoned terra. After a hour of flying my skimmer I saw the Condor and they flew out of their hangar and began Shooting at me and I doged there shots and said "Hey im not Here to fight I have been banished by cyclonis and have nowhere to go and would like to join you would you have me and Aerrow says Come with me" and we land on the condor.