Targets
Shadow kept bleeding and wouldn't stop. A younger Trayos panicked. What if Shadow died? The Dark Ace didn't move. Trayos unsheathed one saber.
"Stay away from her!" He shouted. Shadow coughed, sputtering blood and groaning. The bloody gash down her front was illuminated by flashing lightning. The Dark Ace stepped forward.
"I said, stay BACK, you murderer!" Trayos snarled, thunder roaring menacingly. Rain pelted down, hitting Shadow's mostly still face. Dark Ace remembered when she laughed and smiled, making her the ony thing he stayed alive for, even after her mother died.
"Fine" Dark Ace hissed, blasting a pulse of energey at the boy, knocking him backwards. Dark Ace ran to a skimmer. Just before taking off, he stopped, hovering above them.
"If she survives, tell her to keep her eyes on the enemy!" He jeered.
"BASTARD!! She's you're only child!"
The Dark Ace shivered. That memory always came back to haunt him. His daughter was in his way a lot. Now that his heart was withered and cold, nothing tied him to the other side. And that didn't scare him one bit...
"Sir? Why are we at this home?" A lackey asked. Ace smirked.
"Just watch..."
The Storm Hawks and Shadow walked out of the house, along with another man and a little girl holding a baby.
"Oh"
"...And all of Tyler's diaper stuff is..." Shadow continued her motherly checklist of where everything was.
"It's all in the bottom drawer of the nursery. We'll be fine" Trayos reassured. Shadow smiled.
"You're the perfect father" She whisperd, kissing him on the cheek. Aerrow had another overprotective brother moment.
"Are you done?" He asked impatientl. Piper elbowed him in the stomach. Shadow resisted sticking out her tongue.
"Aerrow, I'm married. I'm not a kid"
"You were when you first met Trayos-"
Shadow cut him off, peering into the trees. Her eyes narrowed. Aerrow was confused.
"What are you-"
"Trayos, the red bird is flying" Shadow said blatantly. Trayos paled. Ellie looked excited.
"Yeah!" She said, running inside. Finn had this blank look on his face as she chanted "Red Bird! Red Bird!" over and over. Junko scratched his head.
"What does red bird mean?" He asked.
"Vacation" Shadow said flatly when Griffey trotted over to her. He chirped at Stork, who hid behind Piper, afraid of being a snack for the large bird. Ellie giggled, sitting on top of his head.
"Don't worry, Mommy's working on making him vegetarian!!" She assured. Stork laughed nervously. Junko patted Griffey on the head.
"I guess he isn't a little guy anymore!" He said cheerfully. Griffey squawked happily. Ellie giggled.
"Can we please go?" Stork whined
Shadow looked around inside the Condor. Griffey, who was too big, waited in the hanger. It was in better shape, considering they got a better discount on things because they were an official squadron. Shadow started looking under the couch.
"What are you doing?" Aerrow asked. Shadow pulled a small piece of metal out from the cushions.
"Do you know what this is?" She asked. Stork shrieked in panic.
"Yes!! It's my high frequency mind worm confuser!" He defended. Shadow crushed it in between her fingers.
"No, it's a listening bug, smart one. Low quality, obviously sold to you recently" She corrected. Piper's jaw dropped.
"He got it at this little store in Saharr..." She muttered. Shadow rubbed the remains of the bug onto the floor.
"To Saharr then. Oh, and we need to stop in Pathologica for something..." She ordered.
"Now, wait just a minute! I'm the sky knight here..." Aerrow was cut off.
"And I've been a trained assasin for 7 years. Any questions?" Shadow said abrubtly. Stork timidly raised his hand.
"Yes Stork"
"Why Pathologica?"
Shadow groaned. Piper had turned pale.
"But I don't wanna go!" Stork protested, clinging to the ship's door. Shadow, dragging him by his ankles.
"That's what Ellie said when she didn't want to go to preschool!" She shouted.
"PRESCHOOL ISN'T DISEASE RIDDEN!!"
"YOU AREN'T STAYING HERE!!"
"LET GO OF ME!!"
"LET GO OF THE CONDOR!!"
"SHADOW!!" Aerrow shoued. Shadow let go of Stork's ankles.
"Wimp!" She fumed. Finn had a funny day dream about Shadow dragging Elli to school by her ankles...
"Don't tell me you're staying too" Shadow sighed. Everyone else trudged up the all too familiar hill. Matter of fact, it was really familiar...
"Oh no, we are not visiting that wacko!" Piper objected. Shadow chuckled wryly.
"You don't have to. The original wacko passed away a couple years ago" She said. Piper felt guilty.
"Oh, sorry..."
"Don't worry. He finally found that glue can cure cholera. Well, certain proerties of it can" She laughed. Finn was confused. Shadow walked up to the front door of a little house on top of the hill and rang the doorbell.
"NO! Shawn Alankmits, if you answer the door wearing that-"
The door opened and a boy wearing a fake mohawk and a cheesy smile stood in the doorway. Shadow raised an eyebrow.
"Cool, huh?" the boy, Shawn asked. Piper broke out laughing.
"Shawn, you look so retarded, go take that off rght now" Shadow said blantantly. Shawn sighed and took it off as Rondana invited them inside. She looked tired and Aerrow could swear he had seen her trying to get glue off the celing...
"How did you do that? He hasn't taken that thing off for days!" She asked. Shadow shrugged.
"You embarass them. It's simple, actually" She replied. A little blond girl hid.
"Don't use me for an example" She said simply. Shadow sighed.
"Okay. Well Rondana, I heard you got a shipment of dynamite crystals and I wanted to take a look"She said. Rondana smiled, pulling a crate from the top of a very high cabinet.
"Had to hide these from the kids. I'm pretty sure these were outlawed before we were born" She explained. Aerrow was confused.
"If they're illegal, then how did you get them?" He demanded. Rondana chuckled darkly.
"Jim left some cool stuff in his cellar" She said. Piper looked ready to give a speech.
"Actually, isn't there some sort of dissolvent slowly deteriorating the floor?" She said, grinning smugly.
"Well Piper, cholera isn't the only thig glue can cure"
Finn burst out laughing. A brunette holding an old magazine sighed (Ashlyn)
"No more garbage disposal..."
A brunette man walked in.
"Rondana, Shawn took off the... Oh, it's Shadow"He said with a slightly isappointed voice. Shadow smiled wryly.
"Don't worry, I'm not wearing uncomfortable heels"
Okay, in OCA, Ralph tripped over Shadow's shoes after she threw them (so that means she went to homecoming bare foot). I would like to address something: Griffey, Shadow's companion, is NOT A PET. He's a character in his own right with a personality and a backstory. So don't accuse my character of being a sue, Pixelstix!! Also, my character dating another OC is better than dating a canon, so I'm not brain dead, Bi-atch!!