Aerrow realized that he couldn't move. He didn't know why… Nothing seemed to be hurting; nothing seemed to be wrong… He could hear voices… That sounded like… Piper? Listening closer, he realized what was happening... Not that he liked it.

"Finn, he has been unconscious for three days…"
"… Which is why we have to go. He'd want us to follow that energy signature. Who knows, he could wake up on the way…"
"…And he might not… Either way, we can't fight without him…"
"… Why not? We need to get Junko and Crista and all of the others out of there… It's nearly been a week since they were taken…"
"… Yes but… fine. We go, but we don't start the mission until Aerrow is awake."
"… Fine with me… We have to go Piper. We don't know how long Aerrow is going to be like this…"
"… I know Finn… I just…"

Aerrow mulled it over, realizing he must be unconscious… But why was he thinking about this… Surely if he was unconscious then he wouldn't be discussing this with himself? His head hurt just thinking about it, and he felt a wave of tiredness sweep over him… Maybe he should sleep…
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Aerrow found himself conscious again, but till unable to move…Piper would be fascinated with this, he grinned, then realized that he couldn't remember what had happened to him to get him here… He could remember the rooftop… And then… And then Stork running… and… Yes, that was it, the crystal locator had started to give off power… and Piper had just been stood there… Then he had jumped down and swung into the room, running across to knock her to the floor, shielding her from the waves… Then everything had gone dark… He remembered being shaken and waking up, not being able to breathe properly and finally getting his breath back, talking to Piper and realizing that she had no idea of what had happened to her… then they… they… kissed?... He definitely remembered that… then something had hit him in the back and everything had turned dark again… As he mulled over all of this, he realized that he was starting to feel a tingling all over his body, first pleasant, but gradually getting more irritating…
It built up, till eventually, Aerrow couldn't take it and forced hi muscles to move, sending his eyes open just in time to see the floor coming up to meet him.

Groaning, he sat up and was greeted with the sight of Finn laughing at him, before reaching out and giving him a hand up, helping him to sit back on the bed.
"Hey. How ya feeling buddy?" he asked.
"Like I just got hit by a wave of needles… Very prickly needles…" Aerrow replied, and then paused, considering, "and also like I had an unarranged meeting with the floor…" he paused, realizing he knew nothing about what had happened since Finn and Pipers conversation… however long ago that had been.
"How long have I been out? Did you set a course? You really shouldn't have waited three days to get moving. I was just unconscious… Where is Piper?"
Finn held up his hands, grinning, "Whoa, whoa, give me a chance will ya? You've been out for four days. We set course yesterday…" his expression turned to one of confusion. "How did you know we set a course after three days?"
Aerrow shrugged, "I could hear the conversation you and Piper had…"
"Damn, You could hear us? We thought you were unconscious…"
"I was… It was weird… Where are the others?"
"Storks put the Condor on autopilot and he and Piper are out doing recon."
Aerrows eyes widened. "Auto Pilot? Wait and Storks doing… Recon?"
"Yeah…" Finn grinned, "Me and Piper were shocked too…"
Aerrow sighed, and flexed his muscles before getting to his feet. He wobbled slightly, but quickly got his balance back. "Chance of something to eat?" he asked Finn, "I'm starving here…"

Aerrow sat eating a sandwich, sharing bites with Radarr who had turned up in the kitchen and had, since then, refused to let him go, whilst Finn got hold of Piper over the comlink.
"Piper? Come in Piper…" The radio crackled.
"Finn, I have told you not to bother me while I'm doing actual work…"
"Fine. Me and Aerrow will just eat till you get back…"
"Aerrow!" Piper's voice came over loud and clear on the speakers. "You're awake? How are you feeling?"
"I'm feeling fine Piper. Aerrow assured her, "Finn has told me everything that happened whilst I was out… How are you and Stork?"
"We're just heading back. We didn't find anything unusual…" Her sigh was interrupted by Storks voice.
"Erm… Piper? I hate to break this up, but we have company…"
The sound of blasters echoed over the comms, and the Condor suddenly veered to the right, moving quickly to wherever it was going. Storks voice came over the link again.
"Sorry about the jerky ride, but the Condor has yet to factor the comfort of those on board."
Aerrow grinned. "I take it that the Condor is hurtling towards wherever you and Piper are?"
"Yes. I built in a homing device, and assumed that this is where you want to be heading right now?" The sound of basters came over the link again.
"And we really would appreciate a hand out here…" Stork continued, "…Like… Now?"

Aerrow and Radarr ran towards the hangar bay, leaving Finn, who, at Aerrows instruction, had stayed at the Condors blasters. Less than a minute later, Aerrow was in the air, right in the middle of a battle against a fleet of Talons.
"Piper!" He called, "Update!"
"New Talons and Fighters. Not sure how many. They came too fast. We've taken out seven fighters, but there is still at least twenty to twenty-five left… Are you sure you're well enough to be doing this?" Aerrow blasted two fighters and clipped the wing of another one, sending it hurtling to the ground.
"Yep," he replied, "I'm feeling better than I have in a long time!"
Another few minutes of blasting, crashing, fighter jumping and flying chickens had the Talons either destroyed or retreating. Heading back to the Condor, Aerrow realized that he hadn't felt as good as he did now in a long time… This thought was met with a sight tingle in his arms, leaving him wondering exactly what that crystal blast had done to him. Skidding to a halt in the hangar bay, Aerrow jumped off of his bike and was met with Piper flinging herself into his arms. Not caring hat Stork was there, or that Finn had just entered the room, or that Radarr was still clinging to his shoulder, he leant in and kissed her.

What seemed like an eternity later, Finn cleared his throat,
"Hey, guys? I hate to interrupt but we have a problem..." Aerrow and Piper broke apart, both slightly breathless. Aerrow turned to Finn, only faintly realizing that he still had Piper's hand
"Yes Finn?" Finn hid a small smirk as he answered.
"Well, First of all, it appears that the Condor had discovered the exact location of the residual energy from Junko's Knuckle-dusters, and that it is on the Terra directly below us… The problem is that the only entrance that scans could pick up is a hangar bay that the Talons we just fought off have now landed in."

Aerrow grinned,
"Well then, Time to make a plan…"