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I don not own Storm Hawks. I wonder what would happen if I said I did…((Evilly plots)) XD
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Piper silently led Sunstrider over to the Penn crew stables. I sure hope I can find him…she thought to herself doubtfully. She pulled Sunstrider to a stop, magged off, then took a deep breath.
She walked around the corner towards the stables, but stopped abruptly as a purple bolt whipped past her head. Screams could be heard from the stables as a mass of people rushed out into the cold night air. An evil laugh could be heard. I know that laugh! The Shadow Booster! she thought to herself, then started over to Sunstrider, but stopped herself. She wanted to find Aerrow, and running away was not the answer. She did a quick U-turn and hid behind a nearby shed, watching as the boy she met earlier, Artha, and Aerrow came running out also.
They too hid. But that's not what surprised her. They each took out a medallion and fitted them into their bracers. A small flash of light erupted from both. She stared at the figures in their place: the so-called Dragon Booster and Sky Booster. She gasped. Unfortunately, it was audible to one of them: Aerrow. He looked over way, tapped the Dragon Booster's shoulder, and her pointed at her.
Piper sighed in relief as the Boosters quickly mounted there dragons. Maybe they just shrugged me off… Piper thought hopefully. But she was wrong. The two and their dragons trotted up to her. The Dragon Booster simply said, "You didn't see a thing, alright?" The girl nodded. She watched as the two boosters went in towards the stables as she fought the urge to grab Aerrow right then and there.
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"Hey! Shadow Booster!" Aerrow called out to the booster before them. "You looking for us? Or are you just looking for trouble?"
The Shadow Booster simply laughed. "Both!" was all he said before the two of them were un-expectantly hit from the side and thrust across the room into the wall.
Aerrow let out a gasp of pain as he got up, but simply shook it off. Raiden also shook the blast off; literally. Artha dusted himself off then looked toward the source. "Well, well. Guess you brought some Wraith buddies with you, huh?" The Shadow Booster simply laughed once again in reply.
"Guess it'll take a bit more than just simple Sky boo-boo powers from your little buddy this time, huh Dragon Booster?"
He huffed in response. "Beau, mag me!" And with that, the fight began.
The Shadow Booster just smiled. "Hey dragons?" The wraith dragons turned their heads toward him. "Sick 'em!" They quickly charged at the Dragon Booster, their teeth bared.
"Oh crud," was all he managed to say before he and Beau were almost squished by the five purple dragons coming after him. The black and gold dragon let out a roar as they fought them away. Raiden quickly magged Aerrow off, then galloped over to the pair to help out.
The Shadow Booster looked towards the red-head. "And now it's just you and me, Sky Booster," he sneered at him.
Aerrow simply smiled, then disappeared before the booster's eyes.
The Shadow Booster's evil grin faded into a snarl as he heightened his senses, trying to locate the other booster. "Marco…" he called out, his head looking this way and that for any sign of his enemy.
"Polo," Aerrow simply said as he appeared right behind the other booster, his two mag stikks out and poised in his hands. He slammed them down, but the dark booster was just as quick. He put his mag stikk up just in time to block the blow.
His menacing smile returned once more as he kicked Aerrow right in the chest, sending him flying once more into the wall. His duel mag stikks clattered onto the floor, far away from him. Raiden looked over at the teen, for once actually fearingfor his rider. But unfortunately, the grey-boned dragon couldn't help him; he had other concerns at the moment with defending himself from the wraith dragons.
The Shadow Booster laughed once more. "You're mine, Sky Booster!" He charged his mag stikk up with a black, sinister, mag energy then lifted it up, about to send it barreling down through the teen's chest.
"No!"
The booster momentarily stopped his attack and looked over at the source of the shout: Piper. His grin grew wider. "Well, well. It's my lucky day. Two boosters cornered, plus I can rid my friend of a pest."
He shot out a purple bolt from his free hand at the girl. Luckily, it missed her…but it did hit something: her recollection stone. She brought it along to 'jog Aerrow's memory,' in a sense, when she got to him.
She quickly moved out of the way before he could send another blast towards her. Meanwhile, Aerrow had managed to get back up onto his feet and had grabbed his duel mag stikks.
He crept up behind the other booster, and then knocked him down with his mag stikks. "Miss me?"
The other booster staggered back up, then jumped back from another attack from Aerrow. The red-head smiled as he finally gained the upper-hand.
Artha, Beau, and Raiden had successfully driven off the last of the wraith dragons by then, and all three had gone up behind the evil booster. Aerrow smiled. "Looks like we win again, Shadow Boo-boo."
The Shadow Booster snarled at him, then magged onto his dragon. "Looks like you have. But not for long…not for long." With that, he and his dragon burned claw out of there.
The two high fived as they mounted back onto their dragons. Then something hit Aerrow: Piper! He looked around for the girl that he had met on the track, then trotted over to her while changing out of his gear. He stopped in front of her and held out a hand. She gladly took it and hopped on behind Aerrow. She smiled, happy to finally be with her friend.
He grinned back at her. "So where can I drop you off, miss?"
"Actually," she began, "if you don't mind, I need to talk to you."
Aerrow gave her a questioning look, but didn't ask anything. He looked over at Artha, who had also changed out of his booster form. "Artha? I'll be right back." The other teen shrugged, then led Beau out of the now trashed stables.
After he was sure the Artha was out of ear shot, he magged off of Raiden, and Piper followed the action. "So what do you need to talk to me about?"
She there was a small silence before she answered the question. "Aerrow, you don't remember me, do you?"
He looked at her quizzically. "Yeah, of course I do. You were at the race and-"
"No, before the race," she said, cutting him off.
The red head thought for a moment. "Should I?"
"Yeah." She sighed. "Oh, how can I explain this?..." she mumbled to herself. She looked back at Aerrow, and she saw a hint of curiosity in his emerald eyes. "Well, we grew up together for starters. We-" She was cut off as Parm came up behind Aerrow.
"Aerrow, be careful about what she says. She is a Flare, after all. They're notorious for lying you know," he said matter-of-factly, paranoia in his gaze as he looked at the blue-haired girl.
"Aerrow, you've got to believe me," she pleaded. Aerrow thought for a moment.
"Parm, she could be telling the truth. I mean, I can't remember anything before the time that you guys found me. Maybe we really did grow up together."
"Well, it wasn't just me and you. There was Stork, Junko, Finn…and Radarr! You must remember him!"
"Who would name there kid 'Radarr'?" he asked, humor in his smirk.
"Well, for one, you would. And he isn't a kid; he's a sky monkey. I think."
"You think he's a what?"
"Never mind. But come on! The guys? The Storm Hawks? Don't you remember them?"
The red head shook his head.
Piper sighed once more. She pulled out the damaged crystal and showed it to him.
"What is that?" Parm asked, interested, but a bit timid at the thing.
"It's a recovery stone. It should help Aerrow remember things from before."
"Wait, wait. How do we know that's not dangerous? It could harm him and-"
"Parm, I think I can fend for myself, thanks." Aerrow said, almost coldly. "It doesn't hurt to try."
Piper smiled. Finally, he was coming around.
"Alright then. But if anything happens, don't say I didn't tell you." Parm simply said.
Piper took a deep breath. "The crystal was damaged, but I think it should still work." She held it up to Aerrow's gaze.
Suddenly, the teen gasped. His eyes closed tightly as the crystal's power erupted through his head.
The party…his childhood…Piper…Radarr…The two figures came back clearly into the teen's head. Then, the crystal cracked, and the power faded away, out of the red-head's mind.
He slowly opened his eyes, rubbing his forehead a small bit. "Woa…" he muttered.
"Well? Did it work?" Piper asked, hoping with all her might that it did.
"I'm not sure…I remember you…along with Radarr, too! But I don't remember any of those people you were talking about before…"
"Ha! I knew it wouldn't work," Parm said in a told-you-so manner.
The two teens looked at him. "But it did," Aerrow replied.
"Oh, I wish I just brought another one of these along…hey, I wonder if I could put together another one from that draconium stuff I read about!"
Parm and Aerrow looked at each other. "Read about? You mean you've never seen draconium before?"
Piper shook her head.
Parm looked her over quizzically. "You're not from here, are you?"
"Not even close."
Aerrow quickly intervened before they could get off track. "You said that you might be able to make a crystal thing from draconium, right? I know someone who might be able to help you. His name is Aetos and-"
"Aetos?! Aerrow, are you mad!? That's a dragon priest we're talking about! We can't take her," he pointed towards Piper, "there, not for some simple—"
"Parm! Listen! I can take her there; I am the priest's trainee, aren't I? If I take her down there, and she does fix that crystal, I can get my memory back! You may have not lost your memory before, Parm, but I have to say: having déjà vu twenty-four seven is not fun." Parm was about to interrupt once more, but Aerrow quickly added, "Please, Parm. Just let me take her down there."
The other teen sighed. "Fine. But be careful!"
"Don't worry, already."
With that, Aerrow and Piper mounted Raiden, and they set off for the Grey Temple once more.
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There we have it! Please R and R!
Oh, and so sorry for the wait!!