It was a month later and I still did not return to school. I opened the front door to take a breath of fresh air. Something was glimmering in the sun. I turned to the right to see a new skimmer leaning against the house's brick wall. A note was attached to the handles. I flipped it open and inside read:
Dear Starling,
I hope this skimmer can replace your heliscooter, now you can come visit us anytime you like.
Griffin
I looked up from then note to examine my skimmer. It was so new and pretty. It looked like a Red Streak one of the newest models out. Since I didn't have anything else to do I thought that a test drive wouldn't hurt. I drove into the forest and then tried to retrace back to where the Rex Guardians lived. The skimmer had an impression speed; it wasn't slow like my heliscooter. I drove for a long time and only saw trees; never ending rows of trees. A white house came into view and then realized that this may be my destination. I stopped and got off my skimmer. I hesitantly knocked on the door. A female face emerged from the door.
"Oh, hello Starling," She gave a surprised smile. "Can I help you?"
"Hey. I just came to thank Griffin for the skimmer and for a visit."
"Come in." she opened the door wider and showed me in.
"I didn't catch your name."
"Ava."
"Oh okay. So should I just wait here?"
"They're training in the back. You can come watch me cream them." She laughed.
"Sure!"
I followed her through the house and into the backyard. It was enormous; there were mini bleachers and an empty area that was for training. I took my place with Ava on the bleachers. I looked around for the squadron but didn't see them anywhere.
"Where are they exactly?"
"Look up."
I looked up towards the sky to see them flying on their skimmers. They were amazing; they were so professional doing tricks that seemed life threatening. I was fascinated. I continued to watch them and was disappointed when they landed.
"They're really good. Hey why aren't you there?"
"I went to get you remember?"
"Sorry about that…"
"It's alright, I can fly anytime."
"What are they doing now?"
"They're going to do combat training. And that's when you'll get to see me in action."
I laughed. I've never seen a girl so confident on taking on guys. They got off of their skimmers and walked over to Ava and me.
"Starling you're back!" a guy yelled.
"Yep."
"What's his name again?" I whispered to Ava.
"Madison."
"Thanks."
"Starling, I see you received the skimmer."
"I did thank you."
"How's your hand?"
"It's much better now, and it's almost healed completely."
"That's good to hear."
"So combat training anyone?" Ava asked.
"Oh, I'm so ready." Madison said with overconfidence.
"Bring it on Madison…"
"Let's make this more interesting."
"Speak."
"Loser has to clean all of the skimmers for a week."
"Why would we want to do that? We have the mechanics to do that for us." Ava said.
"Like I said let's make this an interesting fight, unless you're scared that you can't beat me."
"They're always at each other's necks." Griffin said to me.
"Who usually wins?"
"Of course Ava."
"Find, you're on." Ava shook Madison's hand.
Madison and Ava went into the vacant area and got into battle stances. One of the guys was a referee and began the fight. Ava was an excellent fighter; she dodged every blow from Madison. The fight lasted for a while but then Madison let his guard down and got overcame by Ava.
"Ha! I win." Ava said with triumph. "Looks like you'll be washing all of the skimmers for a month."
"It was only for a week!"
"Okay, you got me there. I just thought you'd be stupid enough to buy it."
Ava held out her hand for Madison to grab as she heaved him up. Ava ran over to the bleachers.
"What'd I say?" Ava put up her hand for a sky five.
"You're a fierce fighter."
"Thank you," She looked up at the rest of her team. "Anyone else want to go?"
"No." they said in unison.
She looked back at me and gave me a smile.
We had lunch and then hung out in the back yard. I took in everything that they did. The way they fought and the way they flew their skimmers. I was absorbing it all. They were really nice and they weren't like the people back where I lived. I visited them a lot and they never seemed to get bored of me. Every time I came over they invited me in with open arms. Ava would teach me to fight and I would learn. I learn more here then at school. For the next few years I spent most of my time with the Rex Guardians. That soon changed.