Gah! I hate someone reading over my shoulder!

I think you know I don't own Storm Hawks...unless toys count...

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Landing in the hanger bank of the Cyclonian Headquarters, Dark Ace turned to Piper and Carmen and instructed, "Go to your quarters and stay there for the rest of the day. And I'll give you permission to miss training tomorrow morning."

Walking to their room, Carmen exclaimed, "Is he serious?! We just get to hang out in our room?! And miss training?! Am I dead and went to heaven?! Cause this is a dream come true!"

"Yeah. For you. I get to miss hours of training!" sneered Piper. Lying on her cot, she continued, "If I miss training, I'll lose power, I'll be weak."

Suddenly, Carmen's dark blue eyes pierced into her thoughts with a look and she interrogated, "Okay Andrea. You have got A LOT of explaining to do! About A LOT of stuff!"

"Like what? Are you delusional or something?!"

"Just answer my questions! Or I'll take this to Dark Ace and you'll regret it."

"Like what?"

"Why were the Storm Hawks calling you 'Piper'? Piper's a member of the Storm Hawks. The crystal specialist. A true friend. Someone you could always count on to help you. What's going on?" Carmen questioned.

Piper looked sincerely into Carmen's dark blue eyes, seeing a true friend, someone she could trust…a friend…like her squadron was. It started to come back to her…all of the memories of her friends and their adventures, who she really was. "Carmen, thanks." Piper thanked.

Giving a confused look, Carmen responded, "For what?"

"For helping me remember who I am."

"What?"

"The truth is…I am Piper."

"What? You're really Piper…of the Storm Hawks…" Carmen asked.

"Right in front of you." Piper confessed. Pulling the Chroma Crystal and dropping it on the floor, Carmen shielded her eyes from the flashing light, only to see Piper was brought out of her disguise and the crystal lying on the floor. "See this is me. The real me."

"Okay, And-I mean Piper, we got to get you out of here. Before someone sees you. And ASAP!" Carmen told her and peeked out the tiny window. "There's no one out there guarding anything out there. You sneak out through this window. I'll be the decoy. I'll take the crystal and look like you. I'll get them distracted and chase after me while they go after me. Get back to the Condor."

"But-" Piper was cut off as Carmen dropped the Chroma crystal into her pocket.

"You've been a great friend Piper."

"No. Come with me. Get out of here with me."

"It's too late for me. It's not too late for you."

"But-" Piper started.

"You've been a great friend. Good bye. I'll see you soon." Finished Carmen before she took off out of the room.

Hearing the sirens blaring, Piper hid behind the door as she saw waves of Talons following Carmen. Breaking through the window, she somersaulted onto her feet before taking off towards a skimmer. Quickly looking around, she saw Carmen dive off of the edge, crashing down into the Wastelands, no attempts to stop herself. Staring where her friend was minutes ago, she got hit in the head with a note. Looking where the note was flung, she saw Carmen waving to her, back to her regular self. Opening the note, it read, "It was a dummy."

Letting out a deep breath, Piper jumped onto the skimmer and took off the edge, diving into the Wastelands. Pulling up on the handlebars, she shot into the sky, spinning as she began to search for the Condor.


Yay! Piper escaped!

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