Alright, sorry that I didn't get my promised second update up yesterday, real life decided to get in the way as it will tonight, so more than likely this will be today's only update.... we'll have to see about tomorrow though....

Anyways! For anyone who was wondering, this chapter starts out in Finn's Point of View for a change of pace, enjoy!

I do not own the Storm Hawks, they are the property of Nerd Corps.


Chapter 7

"I think we should add pepper!" Junko exclaimed as we continued to throw out ideas of what we should put in our pancake batter this time around.
In reply to my friend's suggestion, I screwed up my face a little and pointed out, "But all of the pancakes I've ever had have always been sweet, wouldn't pepper ruin that?"

Junko merely shrugged his shoulders as he said, "We always put pepper on topof our pancakes back on terra Wallop, so why not put the pepper inside the pancake to start with?"

I was about to reply, but stopped as I noticed that the chairs around kitchen table were now empty, the stack of pancakes we had generously given to Aerrow earlier seemingly untouched. "Hey," I began, turning to face Junko. "Where did Aerrow go? He didn't even eat his breakfast we made for him!"

Turning to look at the table, Junko stepped forward towards it as he said, "Yeah! He didn't! I wonder why?"

As Junko became thoughtful, I went to the fridge and pulled out the bottle of maple syrup as I said, "His loss, right Junko? Now we can have his pancakes!" Turning around, I stopped in my tracks as I saw that Radarr had popped up out of nowhere and was reaching towards the plate of food in front of him.

Seeing that I had caught him in the act, Radarr gave out a squawk of surprise before he grabbed the entire plate and bolted out of the kitchen and down the hallway as I began to follow him, maple syrup and all as I cried, "Come on Junko! We've got a breakfast-napper making a break for it!"

"Right behind you Finn!" My wallop friend cried as I heard his heavy footfalls following me down the hallway.

We chased Radarr down several corridors before he skidded to a stop, looked back at us, and with a terrified screech, he dove through the open door to his right. Making a sharp turn, I ran through the doorway only to stop dead in my tracks as Radarr had before me. Unfortunately for me, Junko wasn't able to stop in time and I ended up becoming sandwiched between him and the floor.

Laughing nervously as he got off of me, Junko mumbled, "Sorry" as he helped me up. Before he could apologize anymore however, we both turned towards where Radarr was standing, oddly still, as the plate of pancakes he had been carrying fell to the ground as it had slipped from his paws.

Peering beyond Radarr to see what he was looking at, all of my murderous thoughts towards him from only moments before vanished. I stuttered as I tried to find something to say, but I simply couldn't find the words. I did however find a way to make my legs move forward as I slowly, then quickly as I rushed towards my friends who were both lying down on the mat, nothing besides the rise and fall of their chests indicating they were alive.

Kneeling down next to Aerrow, I rolled him over, and after a quick inspection, I saw that nothing seemed wrong with him, he was simply knocked out. Not even calling his name or slapping him worked. Looking to my left, I saw that Junko was having about as much luck waking Piper up as I did waking Aerrow.

Running a hand through my spiky hair as I stood up, I told Junko, "I can't get Aerrow to wake up, how about you?"

"I don't know, I can try though." Junko replied, but as he stood up to move over to try and wake up our friend, the Condor suddenly rocked back and forth violently as I heard the faded sounds of weapons fire coming form outside the ship.

As we fought to stay on our feet, Stork's urgent voice screamed through the speakers, "Guys, I need your help up here!" When we didn't reply right away, he screeched, "NOW!"

Uncovering my ears from the unpleasant sound, I yelled, "Alright Stork, we're coming! What's going on out there anyways?"

"A bunch of Cyclonians came out of nowhere! The Dark Ace and Ravess are leading them too!" Stork replied before adding, "Hurry please! I can only dodge for so long you know!" As if to prove his point, the Condorbanked hard to the right, causing Junko, Radarr and I to go flying.

As we untangled ourselves from each other, I looked to the center of the room, and surprisingly enough, Aerrow and Piper had hardly moved at all whereas the rest of us had just been flung against the wall, how did that work?

As another crystal blast hit the ship's haul, I said quickly, "Junko, take Piper and Aerrow to the infirmary, and then I think you ought to use one of the energy canons to start shooting some Talons out of the sky!"

As Junko nodded and began to lift Aerrow and Piper up as if they weighed nothing, I turned to Radarr and told him, "Follow Junko and stay with Aerrow and Piper until they wake up. Once they wake up, tell someone, alright?!"

As Radarr nodded, I ran out of the door and towards the hangar bay, wondering where in the Atmos that burst of leadership instincts and planning skills came from... it was really weird. Weirder yet was the fact that I was now headed towards the hangar and planned on flying out, by myself, into a sky filled with Cyclonian Talons.

Yep, I'd have to say I 'm going crazy.


Sorry to post and run, but I really have to get going!

Chapter eight will be up as soon as possible... just not today... hehe... sorry! *runs off*

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