I dont own silverwing.

Hi, this is my first story i wrote in english, recentley moved to america and read silverwing, loved the firendship between shade and chinook, wanted to expand a bit on that.

The disk fell down from the heavens, accompanied by that eerie metallic whistle.

"Fly!" Shade yelled at Chinook, but he stayed where he was, at Shade's side.

"I'm not leaving you!" Chinook yelled with determination.

Shade was hurt, at least a broken rib, and patches of ripped flesh all over his body. His wings felt and moved like rock. He'd seen what the large disks could do, and he knew that he wouldn't survive the explosion.

"Please Chinook," he was begging "Go on, fly away, you can make it without me!"

"No!"

The disk would hit any second now, any second he and maybe Chinook too would be fired. The bigger bat did something that, if possible, scared Shade more than the disk. Chinook flew below Shade, and extended his wings as if to protect Shade from the blast.

"Chinook!" Shade yelled, just as he saw the blaze of light from under him. All felt like fire…

The first thing shade felt was pain. He felt that he was still on fire. Wait… at least he was alive. But what about Chinook?

"Chinook!" Shade yelled as he woke up. He was in a tree top, and the sun was blazing above him. He remembered his friend diving beneath him, then the blast.

"Oh no … Where are you?"

Shade frantically searched around him, afraid that his friend was gone, that he would never see him again. Where could he be? He turned his head from one tree to another, but his friend was not anywhere. Then, he heard a rustle below him, and he turned to see Chinook on his back over a thick branch. Shade heard his friend moan.

"Oh… Shade? You there?" Shade hopped from his branch and extended his wings to fly to him, but he was so tired he ended up crashing next to him instead.

"Chinook!" Shade said worriedly "Are you all right?" He crawled beside him.

"Shade," Chinook said again, his head turning toward him. Shade threw himself over the bigger bat, glad that Chinook was alive, hugging him tightly.

"Glad to see you too Shade," said Chinook, happily returning the hug.

Shade turned to look at Chinook, and saw that he was in as good a condition as he was. patches of fur missing, wing melted in some places. Shade took this all in, and he felt angry at himself. He felt guilty that his best friend was in this situation. Shade's eyes began to water, and he pushed his face into Chinook's shoulder, and started to cry uncontrollably. He couldn't stop.

"Shade!" Chinook said with worry in his voice "What's wrong?"

Shade sniffed and said

"I'm sorry Chinook, I'm really sorry for all that happened" Shade said "Its my fault we got dumped here, my fault you got captured, my fault you're hurt" Shade cried.

Chinook was surprised, and felt worried for his friend. He wrapped a wing around Shade and said.

"Come on Shade, you saved us all! You saved the sun! You saved me." Chinook told Shade

"Why didn't you fly away? Shade asked.

"I just couldn't leave you."

"Why did you protect me from the blast?"

"Yow were already hurt, you could have died you know."

Chinook was rocking Shade gently, trying to calm him down. Shade felt good in Chinook's wings, it almost took the pain away. Chinook pulled back suddenly and looked away. Shade looked up and saw tears in Chinook's eyes.

"S-sorry" said Chinook said, looking embarrassed.

"Chinook…" Shade said. He moved his face forward, and his lips met Chinook's. The larger bat moaned in surprise, and returned the kiss enthusiastically. Shade felt like a large weight was released from his heart. He wanted this moment for a long time.

"Shade…" Chinook whispered. He wrapped his wings around Shade and pulled him closer into a protective embrace. Shade smiled and felt truly happy and safe for the first time in a long time. It was nice and warm in Chinook's wings, and he could have slept there for days.

"You know," Chinook said softly "This last week was tough, but I'm happy I gotta spend time with you, Shade."

Shade looked at Chinook and saw a smile on the other bat's face.

"Are you ok? How do you feel?" Shade asked him again.

Chinook shrugged "Nothing I can't handle, you?"

Shade smiled. He pressed his nose into Chinook's face, and they kissed again.

"I feel great," he said when he pulled back.

There was a cry from away

"Shade! Chinook!" They heard Marina's voice.

"Shade!" This time it was Ariel calling "Chonook!"
"Looks like they found us," Shade said with a grin

"Yeah," Chinook said with a bit of disappointment in his voice.

Shade rolled off Chinook; he didn't want Marina to know about him and Chinook just yet.

"We're here!" Shade yelled, and a few moments later Marina and Ariel flew into view.

"There you are," Marina said with a bit of annoyance in her voice "We've been looking all over for you, are you ok?"

"Yeah, we're fine." said Chinook "We're great" he added with a grin.

"What's so funny?" she asked

Shade couldn't help but smile "Nothing," he said

"What? Something's up, I know it,"

"We better get going, Caliban wants to leave tonight for the north." Ariel said

Together, they flew back toward Statue Haven.