Disclaimer- I don't own anything (especially not the Storm Hawks, but I like to!) except from the plot, my original characters (The Glaciers and Ella-Mae, Daisy and Dillan) and my Terra's so please no stealing of them!

Notes- Sorry I have been so lackadaisical in updating stories lately but I have a grand excuse; my computer had itself a system failure and thus I have no computer and can't get to anything that is on my 'puter : (

So here is a wee chapter to reassure you fine folks that I am still alive (just a terrible person for leaving things half done) and hopefully soon the nice computer repair people will be able to bring my PC back from the dead!

Chapter Two

"Seriously though Aerrow what is the mission?" Piper asked when the hyperactive Finn had sprinted off the ship moments after it had landed, determined not to miss a single sun-soaked second, followed closely by Junko, and somewhat more reluctantly by Stork who was muttering darkly about sunstroke and man-eating seagulls.

Radarr jumped up onto his usual perch on Aerrow's shoulder and handed the sky knight a small message crystal, "Thanks buddy," Aerrow placed the crystal into the reader and stepped back beside Piper and slipped an arm around her shoulders.

"Storm Hawks, this is a mission of utmost importance and it must be kept a secret from Cyclonia." A wizened old man peered at them from hundreds of miles away in the Atmosian Council rooms, the recording stuttered then continued, "We have been hearing rumours of another Oracle stone in existence and worse still there have been unconfirmed reports of a living oracle," he paused shaken, "If these rumours prove to be true you must stop Cyclonis from obtaining the Oracle stone or this supposed priestess from the Forbidden City, you must find them quickly and if necessary destroy them if they are in Cyclonian hands."

Piper gasped; she couldn't believe that the Sky Knight council was condoning the murder of an innocent person.

"I will leave this in your hands, you've proven yourself in matters like this before, the last known sighting of the supposed Oracle was on Terra Tropica. Do not fail us in this Storm Hawks; the fate of Atmosia is..." the message crystal crackled again, but this time the image did not return.

Piper leaned further into Aerrow's side, still shocked by the revelations the message had brought, "So that's why you said Finn could have his birthday here."

Aerrow nodded, obviously not happy with the way their new mission might go.