Before you all yell at me. I know that they say that Lightning Strike is Aerrow's father. But how weird would that be to call your father that? That or calling your friend's dad Mr. Lightning Strike. You don't! So I'm making it more of a name that he uses when he's with the Storm Hawks to protect his family. If you disagree, give me a better suggestion.


"Where are you going?" Lilith asked as she followed Dark Ace. She may be twenty, turning twenty-one in a week, but she still had the curiosity of a kid.

"Great Atmos Race on Terra Saharr," was all that Dark Ace said as he continued to walk.

"Can I come?" Lilith asked like a child pleading for a piece of candy as she followed him to the hanger bay.

"No," Dark Ace said as he mounted his sky rider.

"Oh come on! You know that I'm way better in a fight than them," she said as she pointed to the Talons waiting for Dark Ace's signal.

"No, you know that Master Cyclonis doesn't want anyone to find out about you," Dark Ace said.

"Fine," she said in defeat.

Lilith slowly wondered the halls alone. She was bored out of her mind. No one was there to practice with. It had been two and a half weeks since she and Snipe had fought. Her ankle was fully healed. As long as Lilith didn't overdo it, she was able to use her right shoulder to fight. So she adapted to just using her left hand. Since she was cleared for combat, Lilith and Dark Ace had become a deadly pair when they fought together.

"Master Cyclonis wishes for your presence in her office," said a Talon as he ran up to Lilith as she was wondering the halls. Almost all of the smart Talons were scared of her. Most avoided her like the plague. She was known for taking her frustration out on them if the dummies were all destroyed.

"Whatever," she sighed as she turned around and made her way back towards Master Cyclonis's office. It wasn't like she was busy. "Master?" Lilith asked as she bowed before her leader.

"I here that you wish to go a mission?" Master Cyclonis mussed.

"Yes Master," Lilith said as she stood up.

"Good," Master Cyclonis said. "A lot of the Sky Knights are at Great Atmos Race on Terra Saharr. This leaves their Terra's and other ones open. I want you to go to Terra Ray. On Terra Ray, you will find a crystal that I need to make the infinity crystal."

"Yes Master Cyclonis," Lilith said as she bowed and walked out of the room.

"Lilith, do not fail me," Master Cyclonis called after her.

"Never Master," Lilith said as she turned around and bowed again.

Once clear of Master Cyclonis's office, Lilith ran for the hanger. It was her first mission by herself, and it was important. Dark Ace had told her that Master Cyclonis was working on the most powerful crystal ever known.


"Permission to speak freely Master Cyclonis?" Ravess asked as she and her brother, Snipe, stood before their master. She had watched the red headed general practically run from Master Cyclonis's office.

"Granted," Master Cyclonis said as she continued to study the infinity crystal scroll in front of her.

"Are you sure that you can trust her?" Ravess demanded. They had heard that Lilith had been promoted to second in command, surpassing them. Neither one knew about the mind control crystal that had been used.

"Yes," Master Cyclonis said. She knew that there was nothing that could turn Lilith from her side.

"But-" Snipe tried to argue.

"Right now I trust her more than you two," Master Cyclonis said cutting Snipe off as she glared at the set of siblings in front of her. She didn't know why she kept those two insufferable fools around.

Ravess glared at her brother before carefully speaking again. "Of course Master Cyclonis. What my brother was trying to ask was, why we haven't heard of her until two weeks ago? Surely being your generals we would have heard of a strong Talon rising through the ranks."

"That is none of your concern on how she became my second in command," Master Cyclonis said putting an end to the discussion.

"Of course," both Snipe and Ravess said at the same time.

"Leave me," Master Cyclonis ordered.

Both bowed as scurried as fast as they could out of Master Cyclonis's office.

"Where are you going?" Snipe asked as he was heading back towards his room when he noticed his sister head in the opposite direction.

"I want to know who she is," Ravess said as she walked towards Lilith's room.

"If she finds out that you were in there, she skin you alive," Snipe said. He was kind of terrified of her after she took all of her anger out on him for hurting her. That had been a bad day for him.

"She won't," Ravess said as she continued to walk to Lilith's room.


'Where do I even begin?' Lilith asked herself. Luckily for her, she was able to take her sky rider to Terra Ray. Lilith flew over the Terra. She was looking for anywhere that she could begin her search. She wasn't really in the mood to walk the whole Terra. The Terra was beautiful, lush green trees, open fields, and a river that snaked its way through the Terra.

Sighing to herself, Lilith landed. She wasn't finding anything when she flew over the Terra. Lilith started on the right side of the river. Lilith enjoyed herself as she walked through the field. As she was walking a memory started to surface.

Flashback

"Adrianna don't go too far!" her mother called.

Adrianna didn't listen as she continued to run and explore Terra Fauna. She had just turned six and begged her parents to take her to a different Terra to celebrate her birthday.

"Don't worry so much dear," her father said as he hugged his wife.

"I'm a mother, it's my job to worry," she said as she held onto two year old Aerrow to keep him from escaping after his sister.

"Daddy!" Adrianna screeched happily as she ran back towards her parents.

"Hey," her father said as he picked her up. "So what's first? Cake, presents, then lunch?"

"Russell," Elaine scolded.

"What?" he asked innocently.

"No! Presents first," Adrianna said happily.

"Okay birthday girl," her father said as he kissed the top of her head.

End Flashback

She didn't know where the memory came from. But as quickly as it surfaced, it started to fade as memories of her serving in Master Cyclonis's army rose and took its place. Lilith shook her head to clear all the thoughts away.

As she was walking, Lilith spotted a small cave entrance. She had missed it easily as she flew over the Terra. Shrugging her shoulders, she made her way into the cave. Lilith pulled out her Solaris crystal to light the cave as she walked deeper into its depths.

Walking, Lilith slowly started to hear a hum of energy. Slowly, she made her way forward. There it was, floating fifteen feet up in the air was the half of the infinity crystal she had been sent to find.

"Well that's one problem taken care of," she muttered to herself as she stared up at the crystal. "But now I have a whole new problem."

Lilith quickly got to work looking around the cave as to what she could use to get the crystal down or get to it. As she was looking, she found that the walls were perfect for climbing. She quickly scaled the wall until she was even with the crystal.

"Great," she cursed at herself. "I'm at the right height, but the crystal is too far away for me to grab." Lilith continued to look around the cave. There had to be something that would help her get closer to grab the crystal. "I can't jump and grab the crystal and hope that I make it to the other side. Whoever hid the crystal here was smart to make it so that people can't get to it that way. I can't throw something at it a knock it down. I might break it."

Lilith continued to look around until she spotted a nice size ledge up above her. For now that was her best option as she climbed higher to reach it. As she hulled herself up on the ledge she got a looked around to see what was there. There was nothing. Nothing that she could use to get the crystal.

"Ok, think like the hiders," she told herself as she started pacing. "I'm hiding the crystal so no one can just walk in and grab it. But at the same time, if I need it, I need to be able to get it. It must be high enough that it's out of reach, but not so far it's dangerous. I use the lay of the cave to my advantage. I'm up high enough that if I jump I can grab it and land right. That's it! I have to jump and grab it."

Lilith walked to the edge of ledge to look at the crystal. She had to time her jump perfectly or she would hurt herself again. She took a deep breath and jumped.


"Did you find anything?" Snipe asked as his sister barged into his room.

"I found nothing!" she bellowed in rage. "All she had was a few sets of clothes and that was it!"

"Oh," Snipe said, which wasn't the smartest thing to say when his sister was seething mad.

"It's like she never existed until recently!" she yelled.

"What's your plan?" Snipe asked, trying to ease his sister's anger.

"I don't know yet," she said as she stormed out of her brother's room.

"Someone upset," he muttered.

"I heard that!" Ravess yelled at her brother.


"I wonder how Lilith is doing searching for the crystal?" Master Cyclonis wondered aloud.

"Master Cyclonis," Lilith said as she shoved open the doors to her Master's chambers a few Talons came scurrying in after her.

"It's all right," Master Cyclonis said as dismissed the Talons. She would have to work of Lilith's protocol. "Did you find it?" she asked as she brushed her thought to the side.

"Of course Master," Lilith said as she pulled out the unharmed crystal.

"You've done well," she praised as she gently took the half of the infinity crystal from Lilith.

"Thank you Master Cyclonis," Lilith said as she bowed her head at the praise.

"Were there any complications?" she asked as she sat down in her chair.

"No Master," Lilith said as she stood before Master Cyclonis.

"Good, you are dismissed," Master Cyclonis said as she looked at the crystal in her hands.

Lilith said nothing as she bowed again and walked out of the office.

So there she was again, wondering the halls bored out of her mind. She had went on a mission, sure it had taken almost the whole day. Lilith sighed to herself as she walked to her favorite place in the whole palace. It was a balcony that only a few people knew about. Lilith sat down and hung her feet over the edge.

Lilith watched as the sun began to set. One could barely see it through the clouds, but it was still there. She sighed to herself wishing that she could see the colors of the sun set, rather than just red and storm clouds. She wanted to see color. Lilith shook her head at the thought.

'Why am I obsessed with color?' she asked herself. But that wasn't the only thing. She wanted her old name back. She felt like when she had become Lilith, she had lost part of herself. 'No, this is an honor! I am serving Master Cyclonis.'

'If this is such an honor, why do I have this nagging feeling in the back of my mind to protect someone who is supposed to be my enemy?' she asked herself. Ever since her first night, she had one thought that kept reoccurring. That thought was to protect Aerrow.


Time skip Lilith's Birthday 3 days later

"Happy Birthday to me," Lilith said as she sat at her desk hiding a picture that she had drew in a compartment that she had made. All of her paintings, small in size, were stashed here. Lilith was putting her lasted one there. It was of her as a little kid with a little boy that she knew she knew, but couldn't remember.

She had just finished putting the cover over the compartment when she heard a knock at her door. "Come in," she sighed as she walked back towards her bed. Lilith raised an eyebrow when Dark Ace walked into her room. "I thought you didn't know how to knock?" she asked sarcastically.

"Happy Birthday," Dark Ace said as he offered her a snug smile to her comment. He then held out a small box to her.

"Thanks," Lilith said as she took the box gently in her hands. Inside was a crystal shard from the necklace that Aerrow had shot. It was one of the bigger shards. It was beautiful in the way it caught the light and shown.

Dark Ace had went back after all the Sky Knights had left and found it there. He then had fastened it to a chain. Even though it was simple, it was still elegant. It had taken him awhile to find the shard, and that was why it had taken him a week to get back to Cyclonia.

"Do you mind?" Lilith asked as she held the necklace up, indicating she wanted him to put it on her.

Dark Ace didn't say anything as he took the necklace back into his hands as she moved her hair.

"Thank you," Lilith said as she released her hair, once the necklace was in place.

Dark nodded his head as he walked out of her room. 'What the hell is wrong with me?' he demanded of himself. 'I'm not some teenager that should be crushing on a girl right now. Master Cyclonis needs me.'