On the Condor

Starling, Aerrow and Jackie in there privet "Sky Knight" talk.

"Thanks again for helping me Storm Hawks, if you hadn't of shown up, Master Cyclonis would have probably destroyed all of Atmos." Starling once again had thanked us.

"And again, you're welcome Starling." I once again said, "Aerrow and I might not have made it in time if you hadn't have been in the loading bay."

"That's right," Aerrow chimed in, "when we got to the bay there was only three talons, but once that door opened we didn't know if we could fight them all."

"I was willing to try though" I said as I started laughing, Starling and Aerrow joined in.

"But in all seriousness thank you." Starling told us once again, "and have you two talked?"

"Talked about what?" Aerrow and I asked her.

"About dating." She answered.

"Why do you want us to date so badly?" I asked kind of annoyed.

"Jackie, I know that you've recently learned that your father was part of the original Storm Hawks," I looked at her 'how does she know that?' I asked myself. "I heard your fathers talking about how one day you two would get married." She told us, Aerrow and I looked at each other in shock. "Aerrow and you are like two peas in a pod, and you probably had feelings for each other since the first day you met." Aerrow and I looked at each other in shock. "Aerrow you did live on Terra Swan with Jackie, you two where inseparable, that is until you were eight."

"What happened when we were eight?" he asked.

"That's about the time when the power of Cyclonia changed hands. It went from Master Cyclonis' grandmother to her father. He learned that you two were still alive and he was going to search all of Atmos for you. The Sky Knight council agreed that if you needed to be separated, you didn't make it easy for them, you two would not let each other out of your sight."

"Wait a second," I stopped Starling, "you're saying that Aerrow and I knew each other before the Storm Hawks arrived on Terra Swan?"

"Yes, and even then the council could see that you guys would not leave each other."

"So if we wouldn't leave each other, then how did they separate us?" Aerrow asked.

"I heard it wasn't easy, but they used a hypnosis crystal, they made you two believe that you were strangers. To make sure that you where safe they moved Aerrow to an empty Terra, where the Cyclonians would never look, they made sure that you two were different sides of Atmos."

"Is there any way we could get those memories back?" I asked.

"The only way to get them back is threw a hypnosis crystal." She told us.

"I think Piper has one," Aerrow commented.

"Well thanks for the talk Starling," I said as I got up, "but it's getting late, I think I'm going to go to bed."

"If you want you can stay the night and leave in the morning?" I heard Aerrow offer before I left the room. As I walked to my room I looked into Aerrow's room, and saw Radarr on the bed on his back dreaming, I couldn't help but smile at him before I went to bed.

Aerrow POV

"Well thanks for the talk Starling," Jackie said, "but it's getting late, I think I'm going to go to bed." With that Jackie got up and left the room.

"If you want you can stay the night and leave in the morning?" I offered Starling.

"That would be great." She replied. "I can tell how you feel about her," she said as we got up and left the room. "I can also see the way she looks at you, just ask her out."

"Maybe," I paused, "but how?"

"How about you start with a fly around a terra?" she suggested, "just make an excuse to get you two alone."

"Well here we are," I said as I showed her, her room.

"Thank you Aerrow," Starling said before she went into her room, "see you in the morning."

And with that I was left alone in the hall, or so I thought. I looked down towards my room and saw Jackie looking into my room she smiled and then turned and entered her room.

'She is beautiful' I thought to myself, 'maybe Starling is right, I need to talk to Piper in the morning about getting mine and Jackie's memories back.' With that last thought I was at my door, and saw what Jackie was smiling at Radarr. I just shook my head and smiled as I got in bed and quickly fell asleep.

Regular POV

I woke up around six the next morning. "Urg" was all I could say as I looked at the clock, 'Why did I have to get up so early?' I thought as I got lazily out of bed and got dressed. As I walked onto the bridge I noticed that Stork was already up. "Morning Stork I said as I sat down.

"Morning." Was all he said as he continued steering the ship. As I put my head in my hands my stomach started to growl. "Want any breakfast?" I asked him as I got up.

"Sure, about some eggs?" he called over his shoulder.

"Eggs it is then," and with that I left to go start breakfast. About ten mutes later Aerrow, Starling and Piper were also up. "I guys!" I shouted from the kitchen.

"Smells good!" Aerrow commented as he entered the kitchen.

"Are Finn and Junko up yet?" I asked as Aerrow leaned on the counter.

"No, and they probably won't be for a few more hours." He answered.

"Well then, breakfast is ready." I said as I gave Piper and him a plate with two eggs and two slices of toast.

"Thanks!" they both said as they sat down.

"You aren't hungry?" he asked, Stork and I already had breakfast." I told him and also sat down at the table. We sat in silence as Piper and Aerrow finished their eggs. Once they were done we all walked to the bridge.

"Anything yet?" Aerrow asked Stork.

"That's a negative; so far it's nothing but clear skies." I saw a smile creep onto Aerrow's face.

'What is he thinking?' I asked myself.

"Aerrow, can I talk to you for a second?" Starling asked.

"Uh sure." He answered and they left the room.

"What's that about?" Finn asked as he and Junko entered bridge.

"I'm not sure?" Piper answered, as she looked over at me, all I could do was shrug. Piper and I where looking over some maps, trying to figure out where to go next when Aerrow and Starling walked back in.

"It was a pleasure meeting you all," Starling stated, "but I think I'm going to leave now." "Well it was a pleasure meeting you," I told her.

"And if there is anything you need, we are here to help." Aerrow told her, she just smiled and left. "So where are we?" Aerrow asked as he looked over my shoulder. For some reason I couldn't help but blush.

"About here," Piper said as she pointed to a spot on the map, "and we are about twelve hours away from Terra Gale." I added.

"I see," was all he said. "Jackie and I will fly head a bit to see what else is around." Aerrow told her as he grabbed my hand and practically dragged me off the bridge. I saw Piper giving us a weird look as we left.

"Aerrow?"

"Ya Jackie?"

"Where are we going?"

"For a ride." Was all he answered.

'OK?' I thought. We finally got to the skimmer bay. Aerrow got on his and waited as I got on mine; then we left. After flying for about five minutes he finally spoke again.

"Jackie," he started, "I need to tell you something."

"And you couldn't do that on the Condor because?" I questioned.

"Well, because I didn't want the others to hear." He stated.

'What could he want to ask that he doesn't want the others to hear?' I asked myself. We landed on a small terra, and got off our skimmers. I noticed that there was a small lake in the center of it. "This place is really beautiful." I commented as we walked towards the lake. We sat down on the grass, and Aerrow grabbed my hand, but once again I couldn't help but blush.

"I was thinking about what Starling had told us," he started, "and she is right. Since the first moment I saw you I felt this connection to you. I saw you battling Snipe as I was on my skimmer headed to Terra Swan, and it looked like you had the upper hand, that is until he grabbed your leg."

"You saw all that?" I said in shock.

"Yup! And I still have what Snipe said in my head."

"You mean when he asked if he asked if I you were my boyfriend?" I said with a smile.

"Ya, I was tempted to say yes, but I didn't even know your name yet."

"Really?" I asked him, I was kind of shocked.

"Ya, and when I heard the name Terra Swan I thought to my self that name sounds familiar but I couldn't figure out why, that is until Starling told us what happened to us."

"When I first saw you on Terra Swan I thought I recognized you, but I couldn't put a name to the face. Plus I also felt a connection, like we were I love before but couldn't remember."

"I think that we should talk to Piper about using her hypnosis crystal to help us retrieve the memories that the council had us forget."

"I agree!" I stated.

"You do!" he replied sounding shocked.

"Yes, I want to remember my childhood and you." I simply said looking at the grass. "We should go," I said as I stood up and walked towards my skimmer.

"Jackie wait," Aerrow called as he grabbed my arm. "Starling said that we were best friends as kids, and even though we didn't remember each other, we still felt a connection."

I turned away and he let go of my arm, I hopped on my skimmer and headed back to the Condor, Aerrow on my tail. We flew back to the Condor in silence, but I could tell that Aerrow was trying to figure out what was on my mind. I noticed Piper by the door as I landed in the bay.

"Hey Piper!" I called happily.

"Hey Piper," I heard Aerrow also call.

"Hey guys, find anything interesting?" she asked us.

"No, but we need to ask a favour of you," I replied.

"What is it?" she asked sounding confused.

"You have a hypnosis crystal right?" Aerrow asked.

"Ya, why?"

"We need you to put us into a trance so we can remember some things from our childhood." I told her simply.

"Ok, I'll meet you in my lab in five then."

"Perfect thanks Piper." I said as I hugged her and walked out.

Piper POV

I noticed that Jackie and Aerrow where on their way back, so I made my way to the skimmer bay, Jackie was the first to land.

"Hey Piper!" she happily greeted me.

'What got into her?' I asked myself, 'I wonder if Aerrow asked her to be his girlfriend or something.' I did like Aerrow a lot, more then I'd like to admit, but I could see how happy she made him even if we had only known her a few weeks.

"Hey Piper," Aerrow called.

"You guys find anything interesting?" I asked as they got off their skimmers.

"No, but we need to ask a favour of you." Jackie said.

'What could they want me to do? Are they not telling me something, are they going on a secret Sky Knight mission or something?' "What is it?" I asked instead.

"You have a hypnosis crystal right?" Aerrow asked.

"Ya, why?" I asked confused, 'what could they want with a hypnosis crystal?'

"We need you to put us into a trance so we can remember some things from our childhood." Jackie simply said.

"Ok, I'll meet you in my lab in five minutes then." I suggested.

"Perfect, thanks Piper" Jackie said as she hugged me and then left.

"What was that about?" I asked after she had left.

"Just some things Starling told us," Aerrow told me.

"You like her, don't you?" I questioned him. Let's just say that Aerrow face went red and he didn't answer.

"You do! Why don't you just ask her out?" I asked as I folded my arms over my chest.

"It's… complicated." He replied as he started heading to the door.

"Does this also have to do with what Starling told you?" I couldn't help but ask.

"Yes, we need to figure some stuff out from our past before we can even think of dating." Aerrow told me as we started walking towards my crystal lab.

"Well I think that Jackie is like the girl version of you!" I told him. "And she is very pretty. If you don't ask her out soon, someone else will, and they will be all protective of her. I might not have known her that long, but I can see that she can take care of her self, and will hate any guy who says otherwise."

We arrived in my lab and Jackie was already there.

"So let's get started." I told them as I picked up the hypnosis crystal.

"Who wants to go first?"

"I will," Jackie volunteered, which kind of surprised me.

"Ok just sit on the stool there." I directed her, she did. "Ok, know I want you to go back to Terra Swan, back to when you were still a little kid." Aerrow gave me a look, "are you there?" Jackie just nodded. "Now I want you tell me who you are with."

"I'm with Aerrow and some other kids, we are playing Sky Knight." She told me.

"Are you the only girl playing Sky Knight?" I asked her.

"Yes, all the other girls are playing with dolls or house."

"Are they letting you win?"

"No, it's all fair game, but I'm kicking the boy's butts. Well besides Aerrow's."

"Are you and Aerrow battling each other?"

"No, we are working as a team." She told us.

"Now what are you and Aerrow doing?"

"The other boys have us surrounded, there's no way we can bet them." She seemed scared, "They've caught me. But Aerrow's come to save me. He's telling me that we will always be a team and no matter where we are in Atmos, he will always have my back and protect me."

"What do you think about what he just told you?" I asked her.

"I think that Aerrow has a good heart, I really like him," Jackie confessed.

I looked over at Aerrow, he seemed shocked and happy. "What do you think of what she just told us?" I asked him.

"Well this confirms what Starling told us." Was all he said.

"Now Jackie," I turned my attention back to her, "do you like Aerrow enough to date him if you were older?" I asked, I saw Aerrow give me a look.

"Yes," was all she said.

"There does that sort out some your childhood problems?" I asked in a sarcastic tone.

"Well, kind of," he answered as he scratched the back of his head, "Will she remember any of this?"

"It's up to you Aerrow I can make her remember the whole thing or just parts of it."

"I want her to remember her childhood."

"I can do that, Jackie I want you to remember every thing from your childhood, and when I count back from three you will wake up." I told her, "3, 2, 1." Jackie came out of her trance.

Aerrow POV

"3, 2, 1," Piper counted down; then Jackie came out of her trance.

"Hey Jackie, how are you feeling?" I asked her.

"Fine," she answered, "you guys didn't make me do anything silly did you?"

"Not this time," I laughed, "but do you remember anything from your childhood?"

"Yes!" she seemed to scream, "I remember everything." Then she blushed and looked down. "I remember us playing on Terra Swan, and us spending every second together. I also remember the promise you made me."

"Your not mad that I didn't keep my promise to you are you?" I asked.

"Of course not," she said surprised, "we were made to forget that part of our life, I can't get made at you for not keeping a promise you don't remember making."

"Do you guys want me to leave so you can talk?" Piper asked.

"No, but I think its Aerrow's turn." Jackie stated as jumped off the stool.

"I guess it's only fair," I laughed. Jackie and Piper couldn't help but laugh along and shook their heads.

"Now this should be fun!" Jackie said before I was lost in my memories.

Regular POV

Aerrow was now under a trance, "What do you want to know?" Piper asked me.

"What do you mean?" I asked her.

"Well all he can do at the moment is tell the truth." She informed me.

"Let's just start with him remembering his childhood on Terra Swan." I simply said.

"Fine." was all she replied.

It sounded like she wanted me to do something else, if Aerrow didn't make me do anything silly or humiliating then I wasn't going to make him do anything.

"Aerrow I want you to think back to your time on Terra Swan," Piper instructed, "are you there?"

"Yes," he answered.

"Now tell us something you remember," Piper continued.

"I remember Jackie and I living with a woman named Elena," Piper looked at me to conform this, I nodded my head.

"And what do you think of Jackie?" she asked.

"I think I'm falling in love with her, when we're older I think I'm going to ask her to be my girlfriend."

I couldn't help but blush.

"Now when I count down from three you will wake up and remember all of your childhood."

"Have you guys seen Aerrow?" Finn asked as he entered the room.

"Finn, get out!" Piper and I yelled at him.

"Why? Is he under some kind of trance or something?" he asked as he got closer to Aerrow.

"Finn if you don't get out of here right now, so help me I will make you think you are a little girl!" Piper threatened.

"Ok, Ok, I'll just talk to him after." Finn said as he slowly backed out of the room.

"3, 2, 1." Piper counted down.

"Hey Aerrow," I said with a smile.

"What did she make me do Piper?" Aerrow asked as still looking at me.

"Surprisingly nothing, since you didn't make her do anything." Piper informed him.

"But I did notice that you both did say one thing the same."

"What's that?" we both asked.

"You both told me that you loved each other."

"WHAT?!" we both yelled.

"Yup, and now I'm not going to let you leave until you both admit your feelings for one another." She said as she quickly moved in front of the door so we couldn't escape. "Now sit!" she practically yelled at us.

Aerrow and I quickly looked at her and then sat on the two stools she had in the lab. "Do we really have to do this Piper?" I asked.

"Yes, and I think Aerrow should go first." She insisted.

"Fine, Jackie, ever since we were kids I've always liked you. That is why on Terra Swan, when we were playing Sky Knight, I would be on your team. Now that we are together again I don't think I can stand to be away from you again."

"Really?" I asked him, almost on the verge of tears.

"Ya Jackie, so will you be my girlfriend?" I was taken back a little.

'Is that what he was trying to ask when we went flying earlier?'

"Well say something Jackie!" Piper practically yelled at me.

"I'd love to be your girlfriend Aerrow." I yelled as I hugged him.

"Should we tell the others?" I asked him?

"We probably should," Aerrow signed, and got up.

"You sure Aerrow?" Piper asked as she grabbed his shoulder.

"No, but they're going to find out eventually."

"He as a point Piper," I agreed as I also got up.

Piper knew we were right, so she stepped aside Aerrow went out first, I followed and Piper was the last to leave. We walked onto the bridge, lucky for us everyone was there.

"Guys I have an announcement to make." Aerrow announced.

"Let me guess, you and Jackie are going to leave us and live a happy life on the far side of Atmos." Stork guessed.

"NO Stork!" I almost yelled at him.

"But it does have to do with Jackie and I." Aerrow answered.

"Your not getting married are you?" Finn asked.

"FINN!" Piper yelled.

"Again, no considering we only found each other again a few weeks ago." Aerrow reminded them.

"Wait? What do you mean found each other again?" Junko asked.

"Well Aerrow and I knew each other when we were kids." I informed them.

"Anyway," Aerrow continued, "I just thought that we should tell you all that Jackie and I are dating.

" "Since when?" Finn asked.

"Since a few hours ago."

"Please don't fight you two." I bagged.

"We're not fighting." Finn whined,

"But you're about to start." I pointed out, before I left the room, Piper following with some maps. We went back to her lab and looked at the maps.

"We're about to enter Terra Gale air space." Piper informed me.

"How far till we are near the Terra?" I asked her.

"About half an hour." She told me.

"I'll be on the bridge if you need me," I told her as I made my way back to the bridge, hoping that the Aerrow and Finn were done yelling at each other.