Storm Hawks the Talon turned SkyKnight.
Ch.2 A Storm Hawk And Talking of the Past.
Well it's fine with me but I have to ask the others and if they agree your one of us but personally I have seen your fighting skills and would like to ask you some questions later all right" Aerrow says to my question from before about joining them and leaves to ask his squadron and I sit in the bridge and remembered what my mother said to me when she gave me my amulet "Blade my Son this amulet was handed down for generations in my family but this one was made by hand by me for you. I want you to hold it close when it seems im not with you in times of hardship and when things seem dark and you need me". I held the amulet in my hands and felt as if my mother was watching me and had her arms around me. I was deep in my own thoughts until I was shaken out of them by their navigator who then introduced herself as piper who then asked "you said your name was Blade Right?" "Yes I did why?"
"Because Aerrow had a brother with the exact same name" "I am His brother piper even though I don't look like it at the moment because I changed my hair color using a crystal and my eyes have changed due to the prolonged exposure to firebolt crystals" "then can you change back" "yes I suppose do you have the proper crystals?" "Yes here" she gives me the proper crystals and I step back and use both crystals to change my appearance back to what it originally was, For the first time in 4 years I looked like my real father and my brother. Red hair in the same hairstyle as Aerrow without the long sides and bangs and shaved sort on the sides, my eyes Green once again and shined like my mother's ,but my scar still remained. Piper looked at me and then knew I had told the truth about being Aerrow`s brother as she took in my appearance and I said "well this is the real me what do you think?" "Oh my You really do look just like Aerrow with a few key Differences" and then Aerrow returns with his answer and was about to talk with piper about her opinion when she whispered in his ear and looked and me and Aerrow did the same and he then said "Blade Is it Really You?" "Yes Aerrow it is me who else in this Atmos can I be who has that name" I say with a smile. Aerrow walks over and hugs me tight and he says "all these years I thought you were dead like our parents but you were on Cyclonia all these years and you became a talon" "yes I did Aerrow But I Am here now and ready to fight against Cyclonia instead of Fighting for it and stay beside you and your squadron should you accept me" Aerrow then stops His tears and straightens himself out and the says while looking at the other storm hawks and says "Blade Welcome To the Storm Hawks Now let's get him Outfitted guys" they cheer as the have gained a new member. Piper grabs me and drags me off so she could make adjustments to my Uniform and to make it look like one of theirs. She asked me what I wanted it to look like and pulled out a picture of the Original storm Hawks and pointed to My Uncle Ace And said " I would like it to look like my Uncles before he…Betrayed them." she knows who I talking about and says "Your Uncle Is The Dark Ace?" "Yes He is he was My Mothers Twin Brother. They were Closer than you think when they were Growing up They did everything together and then when they were Sixteen joined the SkyKnight Academy and graduated top of their classes and they hoped to be Assigned to the same Squadron The Storm Hawks my uncle was Assigned to the Storm hawks and became Our Fathers C0-pilot and My mother became an Interceptor and the Rest is history" she looks at me and then notices the affection in my voice when I talked about my mother and Uncle and says " your Armor will be ready in two days so for now where these" she tossed me one of Aerrow's spare uniforms and it fit me well but you could see my muscles under the armor because of my heavy training regime. And I walked out her room and was met by the others who showed me my room on the condor and coincidentally it was the room I shared with my Uncle and remained the same as I left it years ago and Aerrow then said "welcome back home on the Condor Brother" and he put a hand on my shoulder and he left and I put my things in the foot locker under my bunk and my clothes in the dresser. I walked over to the old empty bed on the other side of the room and reached under and felt the familiar shape of my uncle's guitar case and pulled it out. I ran my hand over the black hard-shell case and remembered when he taught me to play guitar and the time we played together and laughing afterwards and how he always called me "Son" and I also remembered the other old storm hawks. First was my mother's best friend Aerial. She was the blond 21 year old Female Crystal Mage and loved my Uncle and she too loved me as her own and taught me some of my knowledge of Crystals and was dating my uncle she too became a talon. Then there was Avery The sharpshooter who was always flirting with the women and being a hotshot and full of himself at times but sometimes his antics were funny he was 20 . Then there was Hawk the strongman who was smarter than most people I know despite being strong and was also the squadron tactician and called me and Aerrow "squirt" Lovingly when he ruffled our hair. Then there was Crane the Pilot of the condor he too was a Merb but wasn't afraid of doom and germs he was quite brave and loved adventure. Then There Was the last Of the old Storm hawks Me and Aerrow`s Father Lightning strike he always was with Aerrow and I was Always pushed away by him for some reason and the others sometimes called him out for it being really harsh and I was always with My Uncle ace when not with my mother and one day he Told me that he was now my father with permission from my mother as she was furious with my real father.
I then shed a few tears as I missed them so much at times it literally hurt me so bad. I opened the case and picked up the old guitar and strummed it to see if it was in tune and sure enough it wasn't so I tuned it and began to play Wish you were here by Pink Floyd. While playing I sang the song as well.
When I was finished I didn't expect piper and Aerrow and Finn to be standing there with their mouths open speechless and tears on their faces. I smiled at them and put the guitar back into its case and put it back where it belonged. Piper then said "Blade that was beautiful where did you learn to play and sing like that?" "From My Uncle Ace and it's a song he and I used to sing and play when I was little as he taught me to play. We used to play all the time for the old storm hawks when they needed a pick me up and on special occasions" "Blade that's so sweet of him to teach you how to play like that and well now that we heard you play would you do that for us too" "Alright piper as I haven't felt this way in a long time" "what do you mean?" the three of them ask and I sigh and say "I feel wanted and loved once again and happy instead of being hollow and fearing for my life from Cyclonis" "Oh blade that's so sad" she says as she hugs me and Aerrow does the same and Finn smiles. After an hour I cooked diner for them and picked up the guitar once again and played stairway to heaven with the actual song in the back ground and I remembered my mother and played it her honor and the other storm hawks stopped eating and looked at me with an expression I knew all too well. After finishing I said "I hope you heard that song Mother for I played it for you and I returned the guitar back and returned. I sat down and ate with them and Finn asked me to teach him rock and I said "maybe sometime Finn but I just want to enjoy dinner with my new family" they smiled when I called them family and piper and Aerrow said " we enjoy having another Brother Around" I smiled as I said "well im glad and im not going anywhere else as I have a family here" after cleaning the dishes I walked into piper who I knew at this point had a crush on my brother so I went and spoke some sense into him and lo and behold they began to date and laugh and I smiled and let them be. It was now eight pm and I was getting ready for bed and had put on my white tank top and I had my amulet on. I walked out of my bathroom after brushing my teeth and headed for bed and fell asleep untroubled for the first time in 10 Years. I woke the next morning at dawn and took a warm shower and put on the uniform I was given over my clothes I wore underneath. A white t-shirt and briefs. I walked out of my room fully dressed and had my sword on my back and went to the hangar as I had a feeling we would have visitors today in a few minutes and I was right when the ship shook and I mounted my skimmer and had the others rush out into the hangar and mounted their rides and notice me rearing to fly and Aerrow smiles as he too shares the feeling. As soon as the hangar door opens im the first out of the hangar and first on the throttle and hit the sky with my wings out in seconds flat and fly a maneuver only a skimmer Flying ace can do without a co-pilot. I flew back down into formation with them and see our opponents as Ravess along with snipe as well as Dark Ace and I see their faces go wide when they notice me and my skimmer. I smile and draw my sword and ignite it to give it the Red Color from the Firebolt I had in the crystal slot on the pommel. They began firing and I shot bolts of energy from my sword thinning out the regular talons ranks and giving us less resistance.
After shooting down 15 talons I flew into their formation and cut the wings off a few switchblades and made my way to engage Ravess after having seen Finn's skimmer be cut in half. When she saw me she hesitated for a moment and fired several arrows which I knocked away like flies with my sword and performed my special move the Crimson Slash and leaped into the air as red aura of red crackling energy surrounded me and I concentrate its power into my sword and swing my sword launching an energy slash that knocked her off her skimmer and cutting all of her squadron's skimmer`s in half. I smiled and flew off to help the others and Aerrow beat our Uncle yet again and Junko beat snipe. After the battle we landed for repairs but I was the only one who had no damage to my skimmer and piper had trouble fixing her heli-scooter so I helped out and sure enough it was fixed. I went and cooked s diner as I was around noon and it was an Italian dish. And everyone seemed to enjoy it. I was not too hungry so I set some aside for later. It was after that I went to my room and had a nap in my bunk but I began to have a nightmare but they dream turned out to be a mental discussion between me and Cyclonis as she through mental projection entered my mind "So Blade you're a storm hawk I can say I never thought you would become one" 'after you ordered guards to throw me off the terra and into the wastelands I joined them and I will have my vengeance" "we will see my Knight wont we as I said before Your mine and mine alone and your soul is mine to do with as I please and I will possess your heart and hold it close as we both know you still hold love within your heart for me" "that maybe but you will just use as a puppet again and throw me away when im no longer useful" "Hmm that had to be done or I would lose the throne" "do you really care for anyone or just about you and your throne" "you will have your answer in due time to that question as I have found you Blade Because YOU ARE MINE" she left my mind and when she said those last few words with Fierceness it was she was Like staking her claim on me.
I awoke with a scream as I found myself covered in sweat from the rough sleep and mental argument with Cyclonis. The others arrived and I told them what happened and they were all surprised Cyclonis could do that and I took a shower and told them to prepare for a coming attack or worse Cyclonis herself.
