Chapter number two of the marathon!

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

AERROW

Yelling above the noise of the blaring alarms Piper told me, "We should head to the bridge!"

"Sounds good!" I yelled back.

As I took a step towards the door that led to the hallway, there was a secondary explosion that rocked the ship and caused me to trip and fall on top of Piper who was in front of me.

The explosion had also managed to almost cover up a thud of something hitting the roof – almost.

Hearing a moan come from underneath me, I realized that I was still on top of Piper due to the sporadic movements and swaying of the ship.

"Sorry Piper!" I exclaimed as I scrambled to get off of her.

I was now sitting beside Piper and she let out another moan as she managed to sit up.

"It's okay." Piper mumbled as she rubbed her head.

Standing up, I offered her my outstretched hand, and thankfully, when she grabbed it she didn't try and yank me down to the floor like she had earlier this morning.

Once Piper was on her own two feet again, I gave her a small smile and said, "Want to head to the bridge now?"

Nodding, we turned to head to the bridge again when I heard an unpleasantly familiar voice behind us say, "I don't think so."

Whipping around, I saw the owner of the voice.

"Dark Ace!" I hissed as my hands flew behind my head, groping for my blades, but… they weren't there!

"You might want to close the hatch after you next time; you never know what kind of strangers will pop up."

I glared at the Dark Ace as he ignited his sword that was now surrounded with crackling red energy.

Laughing the Dark Ace said, "I see you're missing your weapons Aerrow; all the more fun to destroy you when you're defenseless!"

"Aerrow…" I heard Piper whisper from behind me, the concern evident in her voice.

Stepping between her and the Dark Ace, I continued to stare at my enemy while I told Piper, "Head to the bridge and help Stork and our 'leader' out. They've probably both lost their heads by now."

"But what about you?" Piper asked me.

"I'll be fine, now go!"

"But -"

"No buts!" I said as I nodded my head towards the door. "Now go!" Even though she was behind me, I could sense Piper's hesitation.

"Go Piper!" I said a bit more loudly so that she would finally listen.

I heard her sigh before she mumbled, "Be careful."

The sound of her receding footsteps was all that I needed to hear to know that she'd be safe.

I guess no one is really safe with the Dark Ace on their ship, but still, it was better than nothing.

"How noble of you Aerrow," The Dark Ace began as we started to circle each other. "Letting your girlfriend leave instead of staying to see your demise."

"She's not my girlfriend." I stated as I prepared for the battle that was soon to come.

"Could've fooled me with that scene I saw up on the roof a few minutes ago." The Dark Ace replied with that evil grin of his plastered onto his smug face.

Having enough talk, I charged at the Dark Ace.

Weapons or no weapons, he was going down whether he thought so or not.

I know what you're all thinking, How can this be the second last chapter? And well, you're right! XD When I was typing this, I realized that I would need another extra chapter or two... sorry about that! I take back what I said last chapter about there only being two chapters left XD

Anyways, sorry about the mini cliff hanger!

Crimson Fox4