Aerrow sighed.
Really, why did things always have to find a way of being more complex than what they actually were? Its like life just has to toss everything on its head to operate.
Or rather, just simply toss Finn on his head to make sure he can't understand a damn thing.
He forced himself to act calm and he turned around to face Finn.
"Finn, seriously, just how many times do we have to go over this? Piper has explained it twice, and I have done it again for you. This is the fourth and final run-through, because we really can't waste any more time on this, okay?" Aerrow knew that everything sounded way too harsh as soon as he has said it. Finn looked hurt….. But then again he always pulled the same face if you said something that he didn't want to hear.
"I know dude, I totally get the whole running-out of time thing, but really man, Piper's plans are always way too complicated for me to get… and it's not just me! Look at Junko!" Finn pointed to the wallop next to him. Junko was currently staring out of the window with a cheesy grin spread over his face. It was obvious that he had not heard a single word, but rather was living in a daydream. A very pleasant one, judging by that smile. Probably about food. Burgers in particular.
Piper scowled.
"Really! May I remind you, Finn, that my plans always work and I have them in detail so that everyone will know what they are doing and when they should do it! If it wasn't for me, you and the others, bar Aerrow, would not have a clue what to do and would be all the worse for it!" she shouted. Clearly, she had had these things brewing on her mind for some time, and now it was too much for her to cope with. Especially at a time like this….
Finn sneered.
"Oh, "you and the others bar Aerrow!" So what is this now, you think that we can't look after ourselves without you and your plans apart from Aerrow? You think that he's better than us or something?" He looked more mad now than hurt. This was turning nasty…. Why did they always have to fight over stupid things?
"Oh pur-lease Finn. You and I both know that you would be hopeless on your own, and besides Aerrow is obviously better than you because he is, after all, the Sky Knight of this squadron!" Piper said, rolling her eyes.
Finn looked ready to retort but before he opened his mouth Aerrow spoke quickly.
"Guys, please. Not now. We don't afford to fight now when we should be preparing to face whatever the hell it is that Stork has picked up on the sonar. The fact that he doesn't know what it is means that it is bad…. Very bad. But if we stick together and follow Piper's plan we will be okay. Look how many times we have been able to fight the Talons when they thought they had the upper hand! So lets quite arguing and get ready!"
Junko broke out of his trance and looked at the others.
"Umm…. Guys? What's the matter? I thought we were getting ready to go…?" He said slowly, looking confused.
Finn sighed now. "Yeah buddy, we're going now."
Aerrow relaxed. "Right, lets go and find out what this thing is and take it down if we can. But we work as a team, and we stick together. Understood?"
They nodded as one once, before walking away from him to go and get their skimmers and heli-blades checked out and loaded up.
Aerrow walked over to the window and looked out at the sky which surrounded the Condor. Try as he might, he couldn't help but feel that something was wrong. It was almost a sense of foreboding. Like there was a permanent black cloud over him.
He could swear that he could feel the rain on his head.
After a final glance outside he strolled towards the door and went through it; for once feeling nervous as he went.