Well... I suppose with the impopulatity of the first chapter, most likely due to mostly OC's (or because everyone's at Boxing Day sales), I've decided to update the second chapter, which involves the Canon Characters a lot more... heh...heh... Well... I hope you like it!
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Disclaimer: Storm Hawks (c) Nerd Corps and Ace Fipke
Claimer: Kara, Adrian, Wyvren Knights, etc. belong to me.
Chapter Two: Emergency Call
It had been four weeks since Piper's resurrection on Christmas Day. It's the middle of January, and now everyone on the Condor knew of Aerrow and Piper's relationship. Finn especially loved to bug the couple.
"Okay… Storm Hawks, what's our plan for the weekend?" Aerrow asked, running a hand through spiky red hair.
"Terra Neon?" Junko suggested, "There's still the 24-hour gravy buffet that's open… well… twenty-four hours."
"Based on our previous experiences with that place, most likely not," Stork said, his eyes twitching.
"I've got one word for you…" Finn began, grinning.
Everyone looked at the blue-eyed blonde, except for Stork, who was currently driving.
"Tropica!" he exclaimed excitedly, "Umbrella drinks! Surfing! It's the whole package deal!"
Piper shook her head disapprovingly. "I don't think so, Finn. We're too close to Terra Tranqua, and we'd probably be called off to help right after we get there."
"Aw man…" he sighed, "Then where else could we go?"
"Um… guys… we've got an incoming transmission. I'm putting it on loudspeaker," Stork announced, pressing a button.
"Hello? Storm Hawks?" Kara's voice called.
Finn raised an eyebrow. "Who the heck are you?"
"Kara? Is that you?" Piper inquired, recognising the voice.
"Piper," she sighed in relief, "Thank the Atmos you're there."
Aerrow slanted his eyes, detecting something was wrong. "Kara, what's wrong?" he asked, leadership instincts taking over.
"There's been an attack on Terra Atmosia. A Cyclonian missile was launched and enveloped the whole terra in a mysterious green gas. I just narrowly avoided it and Adrian was inside when the missile detonated. We managed to escape the terra, and we need your help," she explained quickly, "We're on our way right now…"
The redhead turned to his carrier pilot.
"I've got a lock on the transmission," Stork told him.
"We're on our way to pick you up," Aerrow announced.
"Thanks," Kara replied, "We'll meet up with you soon. Kara, out."
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Ten minutes later, Kara and Adrian's skimmer could be seen in view.
"They're here!" Junko announced.
"Come on, let's go meet them in the Hangar Bay," Aerrow suggested, and Radarr, Finn, Junko, and Piper followed.
They walked over to the Hangar Bay, where the hatch began to open, and the two skimmers landed smoothly, skidding to a stop.
"Hey Storm Hawks," Adrian greeted, "I'm Adrian. Kara's Sky Knight boyfriend."
Finn thought hard. "Hmmm…" he said, "So you're him."
Piper elbowed him in the ribs. "It's good to see you guys again," she replied, "It feels like ages."
Radarr ran up and jumped onto Kara's shoulder.
"Hey, Radarr. Good to see you again too," she giggled, tickling the furry blue creature under his chin.
They both dismounted their skimmers and Aerrow whistled.
"Wow… nice skimmers," he commented.
"Thanks," Adrian replied, "We modified them ourselves."
Radarr hopped off Kara's shoulder and returned to Aerrow's. Adrian pulled the tightly sealed canister from his bag on his skimmer and handed it to Junko.
"Don't open that," he ordered, "It contains a sample of the gas that covered Terra Atmosia. We were hoping that we could analyze it here."
Suddenly, Kara swooned and collapsed forward. Reacting by instinct, Adrian swooped in to catch her in his arms.
"Kara!" Piper exclaimed worriedly.
"Ugh…" she moaned, looking up into Adrian's chestnut eyes, "I think maybe that gas has more effect on me that I thought." She gasped in pain as she tried to intake a breath. "I-It hurts, Adrian."
He nodded and looked up at the rest of the Storm Hawks gravely. "Guys… stand back. I'm not sure whether this is contagious or not," he warned, placing Kara gently on the ground on her back.
The Storm Hawks immediately took a few steps back as Adrian placed one hand over the other on her chest, focusing his healing powers.
"What about you?" Junko asked, concern in his huge grey eyes.
"I'll be fine, trust me," the medic replied, looking back down at his girlfriend, "Heal."
Almost instantaneously, his hands began to pulse a light blue hue, as did Kara's body under him.
Finn, Junko, Radarr and Aerrow gasped at the display. Piper blinked unchangingly. She had seen the awesome effects of his healing before.
A few moments later, the blue hue faded away, and Kara sighed deeply in relief and her body loosened from her former tense position. Adrian removed his hands and prompted her upright against him.
"Hey, how are you feeling?" he asked her quietly.
She looked at him. "Better, thanks to you," she muttered.
He kissed her gently before helping her up.
"It's okay, guys," Kara told the others, "I'm fine now."
They walked back over to them.
"T-That was amazing!" Finn exclaimed at Adrian, his blue eyes wide.
He dipped his head. "Thanks, Finn. I'm not sure whether Piper told you guys, but I'm a healer."
Piper looked away sheepishly. "Yeah… I didn't tell them…" she admitted.
"Okay… so we know that whatever this gas can do… Adrian can heal it," Aerrow said, looking thoughtful.
"No…" Kara disagreed, "That's still yet to be seen."
Finn raised an eyebrow in confusion. "But why? We totally saw Adrian save your life just now," he attempted to reason.
"But my magic had already weaken the effects on the gas in my body. That was just the side effect of having that gas in my lungs," Kara retorted.
"So that means…" Junko began.
"The effects could be worse than we thought," Piper finished.
Junko motioned to the canister he still held. "Let's get Stork to check it out," he said.
They all walked to the Bridge, where Stork carefully took the container from Junko and ran out of the room. Piper motioned for Kara and Adrian to sit down on the couch, and they did. Kara leaned onto Adrian tiredly.
"Stork'll be back in a few minutes," Finn announced.
"Something wrong? Are you feeling ill again?" Junko implored Kara worriedly.
She shook her head and smiled. "No, it's just that I've been awake since 3 o'clock in the morning. I usually do a quick nightly patrol around Terra Atmosia in case the Cyclonians decide to attack. Then I go right back to bed. But… this morning was different…" she explained.
"If you want… you can get some rest," Aerrow offered, motioning to the spare bedroom, "I'm sure Adrian can explain instead."
Adrian wrapped an arm around her affectionately. "He's right. Go get some sleep," he agreed, "I'll explain everything."
She shook her head. "I'll get some sleep later. I think I need to be here right now," she retorted.
Stork ran back into the room. "Okay, apparently the gas has some green crystal dust fused in it. I need help identifying the crystal though," he announced.
"It's a Controlling Stone. They just happen to be green," Kara stated matter-of-factly, "I understand what Master Cyclonis is plotting now…"
Instantly, it clicked together in Adrian, Piper, and Aerrow's heads.
"She's planning to control all of Atmosia's inhabitants!" they exclaimed in union.
"What?!" Finn exclaimed, "That's crazy!"
They shook their heads.
"No… Cyclonis is using Terra Atmosia as a test. She wants to see whether her new 'invention' works. If it does, she can use that fog on any terra and force them to submit into her rule," Piper explained.
"And I'm suspecting that the cure is on Cyclonia," Aerrow added.
"We've got to find it and cure everyone on Terra Atmosia," Adrian said, "And we need someone else to keep them from leaving the terra to cause any trouble on any of the other terra's. It would be difficult to explain to them what's going on."
"So either we call in other squadrons to help," Kara suggested, "Or else we split this team into two. Team one will go on the dangerous stealth mission to Cyclonia. And team two will stay around Terra Atmosia to make sure that none of the infected get into or cause any trouble."
Aerrow grinned widely. "I like that plan," he commented, "I vote to go on the dangerous stealth mission!"
Finn rolled his eyes, as did Stork.
"Of course, you do," Finn said.
"You like doom and destruction, don't you, Aerrow…" Stork accused, glaring at the redheaded Sky Knight.
He smiled in reply. "I just like to have fun on our death-defying missions," he retorted teasingly.
"Er… okay… that plan was only a suggestion…" Kara began, "But…"
"Well I like it," he repeated, smiling, "I think you would be a great leader, Kara. You think of all the fun plans."
"Ahem…" Piper said, glaring at her leader.
He blinked and smiled sheepishly. "Not that your plans aren't fun, Piper. Er…. your plans are…" he began before pausing to think, "very carefully planned."
She smiled at him in reply and gave him a peck on the cheek, making his cheeks turn as red as his hair.
Junko laughed. "Ha! Aerrow, you're turning red!" he noted.
Adrian stifled a laugh before saying, "I'll call in two of the other squadrons to help out."
"Which two?" Finn asked curiously.
"Hmm… the Rex Guardians and the Absolute Zeros," he replied.
Kara waved her hand and a two-way radio-communicator appeared on the table.
"Whoa!" Junko exclaimed, surprised.
The medic picked up the radio and spoke into it. "Hello? This is Adrian of the Wyvren Knights, requesting your assistance," he said.
"Wait… the Wyvren Knights?" Finn said, raising an eyebrow.
Piper slapped her forehead in realization. "I knew that emblem looked familiar!" she exclaimed. She looked at Kara. "So you're both part of the Wyvren Knights?"
The guardian grinned in reply. "Adrian and I were the ones who created the Wyvren Knights. So yes, I suppose we're part of them," she informed.
"You two created the Wyvren Knights?" Aerrow inquired, amazed, "That's amazing!"
"Well… we knew we had to create a cover so that we wouldn't have to reveal our identities of being lone Sky Knights, and so yeah…" she explained.
"Okay, thanks guys. We'll meet you above Terra Atmosia," Adrian said, "See you soon." Then he hung up and turned to the others. "Okay, they're heading there right now. They're going to use some sort of force field that will keep the Atmosians inside."
Stork walked back to the Condor's controls. "Okay… we're on a course heading straight for our doom right now…" he said.
Kara turned to Adrian, suddenly worried. "Do you think she's still in Cyclonia? We haven't heard a report from her in weeks. She might know something about this…"
He looked at her with worry in his eyes. "I think so. She might just need to keep quiet or else Cyclonis might figure out she's with us," he responded.
"Who are you guys talking about?" Junko inquired.
Adrian sighed, "About a month and a half ago, we sent in one of our agents to Cyclonia so that she could work undercover and get us some inside information. But just about a month ago, we lost contact with her. We've tried going to Terra Shoppers to see whether she's back at her shop, but the shop's been closed for a month."
"We're worried that she might have been discovered," Kara added.
Aerrow's eyes narrowed. "What's the name of her shop?" he asked suspiciously.
The guardian met his emerald eyes with her own brown ones. "It's called, 'Angela's Designer Dresses'. Our agent's name is Angela."
Well... that concludes this chapter. lol. I thought involving Angela back again would be interesting. Now there's the cliffy made! Hope you liked it!
Ha, I loved writing the part where Aerrow's saying to Piper, "Not that your plans aren't fun, Piper! They're... very carefully planned." haha that cracked me up. And totally reminded me of the Episode "Age of Heroes part 2" at the end where Piper's like to Starling, "You're like, my most favourite Sky Knight ever!" and then Aerrow gives her the look 'hey!-what-about-me?!' and then she goes, "eh... second favourite, I mean."
PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE REVIEW! (For the sake of Aerrow and Piper's relationship! heh heh heh...)
