Chapter2- good guys and bad guys
"Hey do you think we should head back and surprise Stork?" Fin asked deviously
"Could be a laugh." Junko added grinning Aerrow shook his head smirking
"Hmmm… ok fine, but don't scare him too much, you know how he can get." He warned and they both shot off
"That was kinda mean." Piper pointed out
"Not really, they can't scare him in broad daylight…. I don't think they can anyway." He mumbled the last bit as Radarr shot off after the two boys with Piper and Aerrow in tow.
"So let me get this straight…. I'm a Merb?" she asked and he nodded "and I'm in a place called Tropica in the Atmos?" she counted off her fingers… which she was shocked to find only four fingers. He nodded again and she smiled "well then… how do I get home?" she mumbled to herself
"What do you mean? Our terra was destroyed by the Cyclonians…" he stated suspiciously
"The Cy-whatians?" she asked confused and again the look of complete bafflement and shock plastered itself on his face
"How do you not know any of this?" he asked
"….erm…. I hit my head?" she stated/asked and was pulled out of her train of thought when Bryn started yapping
"They're back." Stork sighed readying for the scare.
"Who?" she asked
"The rest of the team." He answered and she saw a blond head just poking through the door and hushed laughter. She stood up, wobbled a bit cause of her weird feet then walked over to Stork
"They're at the door by the way," she smiled and Fin and Junko jumped out screaming when Bryn jumped on them from behind making Jen (or Heron) laugh her head off
"Oh good one Bryn." She laughed as he licked Finn
"Weren't you supposed to scare Stork… not him scaring you?" Aerrow asked smirking then noticed the dog
"What's that?" he asked then saw Heron and his eyes widened "and who's THAT!" he asked emphasising the word 'that'
"She fell from somewhere… we don't know where yet but she doesn't know who the Cyclonians are." Stork answered
"Heron's the name, weapons and inventing is my game." She winked then turned to face Stork "yo Stork? Did you by any chance see a brown bag near where I landed?" she asked
"You mean this?" he asked and held up the bag
"Yep, now gimmie!" she grinned and went to grab it but he pulled it out of her reach since he was quite a bit higher than she was. She smirked and stood on his foot, he yelped and dropped the bag "don't mess with me Merb." she grinned and opened the bag then emptied the contents on the floor, her pencil case was there, her plain paper pad was there… she had no idea how her little robot got in there, and then her phone fell out with earphones and then a load of crystals fell out.
"What the?" Piper wondered looking at the stash of Crystals
"I found em." Heron grinned "the rest is mine." She stated "now is anyone here smart enough to tell me what these little babies are?" she asked holding up a Solaris Crystal and a firebolt crystal
"You couldn't have just found those." Piper stated
"actually… yes I could, I find them all the time, last time it was a weird purpley one… but I broke it… it sent me here weird enough." she explained then clamped her hands over her mouth realising she'd said to much
"You said you didn't know how you got here." Stork stated accusingly
"Well I don't really know HOW I got here…. I just know by what means I got here." She replied smartly
"So you broke it and it sent you to us?" Aerrow asked
"That's my theory." She grinned then looked at everyone… the guys seemed to be staring at her "ok what is it?" she asked getting annoyed
"What do you mean?" Aerrow asked
"What's with the staring?" she asked "I need a mirror… a full body mirror." She stated and Junko ran off then brought back a shiny piece of reflective metal and held it in front of her "….." even she was silent for a few seconds "is that… me?" she asked
"Who else would it be?" Piper asked confused
"Well… I've never looked this nice before." Heron said sorrowfully and everyone shared mix looks of confusion and… concern?
"Are you ok?" Piper asked and Heron sniffed
"Yeah… just people picked on me cause of how I looked…. If this is a dream please don't wake me up." She begged
"Erm guys….?" Stork asked as Piper tried to calm Heron down
"What is it Stork?" Aerrow asked and the proximity alarm went off
"- Cyclonians." He replied allowing Aerrow to look through the scope; a team of Talons led by none other than the Dark Ace were flying directly at them
"Piper, get Heron hidden and safe, the rest of you come with me, Stork keep the Condor at a safe distance until someone calls for help." Aerrow instructed
"What is it?" Heron asked
"The Dark Ace." Aerrow replied
"The who?" she asked
"I'll explain when we get you hidden." Piper responded and they ran off to the teams' quarters and hid in one of the spare rooms
"Oooh this is cosy." Heron smiled liking the small room
"Now how could you not know of the Dark Ace?" Piper asked
"I know this may sound weird, but I have no idea who this Dark Ace is, I've never heard of any of you… I've never heard of a Merb I've never heard of Atmos and I've never heard of the Storm Hawks." She stressed and Pipers' eyes widened
"Where did you grow up then?" she asked
"I don't remember, I hit my head when I fell from that dumb vortex thingy." She mumbled. It was a good lie… Piper seemed to believe it
"How are you at piloting a skimmer?" Piper asked
"Never heard of it… except for a stone skimming on water." She answered
"Using Crystals?"
"Not a clue."
"Flying an aircraft?"
"I'm fourteen, I don't even have my drivers permit yet." Heron stressed
"Using energy blades?"
"What like swords?" she asked
"Kinda… they use Crystal energy, like a-"
"Light-sabre." Heron grinned
"Sure… whatever that is." Piper mumbled the last bit and stood up then felt around the shelves in the room until her hands touched the cool smooth surface of an energy blade then grabbed it and brought it down for her to see, the blade was an unusual shape and size for an energy blade, one large sharp pointed stick shot out the middle and two others came out the sides, it was like a trident, piper then brought a second one down and took one of Herons' Crystals and slotted it into the bottom, the crystal she took was a firebolt crystal. The blade charged up with a purple glow
"Wow." Was all she could say
"Here… I know it's risky giving these to you because we don't know who you really are… you could be a Cyclonian for all we know and are out to get us, but so far you've shown no threat to us so here." Piper explained and gave Heron the blades
"Wow…. I've never had anything like this before…. Thank you." She smiled and put them on her belt
"I can't stay in here and just hope they'll be ok, I wanna help… do you think you could help stork?" Piper asked and Heron nodded smiling
"Of course." She stated and Piper smiled and they separated in different directions. Heron had already memorized the different hallways when they ran to the secluded spot on the Condor, so she easily made it to the bridge to find Stork dodging the fire from the enemy ship whilst the others outside kicked the crap out of the talons.
"So why are you fighting harder today Aerrow?" Dark Ace sneered as they clashed blades
"That's… none of you're… business!" he exclaimed pushing him away
"I'm going to make it my business." He smirked as they clashed blades again but this time the swung them instead. Each move the Dark Ace made was blocked by Aerrow with his speed Dark Ace just couldn't get him. Junko and Finn took out five of the talons quickly enough and Piper blasted three, Radarr managed to pick out a small crystal and chuck it into Dark Aces' Switchblade Elite causing him to loose control as the engine gave out. Ace jumped off and nabbed another talons ride as Radarr jumped on his
"Radarr, fly it to the condor." Aerrow instructed he nodded and then flew it back. Stork… not knowing it was Radarr went to shoot but Heron grabbed his hand before he could
"That's the little guy!" she exclaimed and his face turned slightly red but it went unnoticed thankfully. Radarr unfortunately crashed into the wall but jumped ship before it went sliding into the aforementioned wall. Bryn was there and stared at the switchblade before following Radarr to the bridge.
"Stork left wing!" she stated and he dodged the blast that was aimed for the left side of the ship "this is getting us nowhere." She mumbled and ran off to the guns, she quickly figured out how to use them begin somewhat of a weapons expert, she didn't know how to handle them… but she was a fast learner. Return fire came quickly on the Talon vessel as she fired multiple rounds and Stork fired the main guns on the ship. Dark Ace noticed the gun fire from one of the side guns but guessed it was Radarr firing as did Aerrow
"UGH, TALONS RETREAT!" Dark Ace called and they disappeared as quickly as they came. The team made their way back to find Heron checking the bike out with a note book open on the floor and a pencil in her mouth
"Erm Heron?" Aerrow asked
"Hmm?" she asked
"What're you doing?"
"Makin detailed sketches ov the parts on the werchle." She stated with a mouth full of pencil so she spat it out to make more sense "I'm making detailed sketches on the parts in the vehicle, may help." She smiled and finished the crystal converters and the twin magma 66 jet engines. He noticed her hair looked different, she'd let it down then put it back up higher and messier he had to admit, she was one good looking girl… for a Merb that was.
"Why?" Finn asked
"Well I wanted to map out the internal structure of the vehicle and see if I can find a weakness." She stated taking a screwdriver and disassembling the left panel to reveal a bunch of wires "ahhahaaha!" she laughed weirdly and took out a firebolt crystal "Paydirt." She grinned throwing it up then catching it repeatedly.