Hiyaaaa everyone! Anyone guessed what's coming up next? It seems pretty obvious to me, but then, I'm the one who's writing it…. hehe…

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WHERE HAS EVERYONE ELSE GONE?

Okay peoples, if you haven't figured it out yet, this chappie is the big OMG! DID NOT SEE THAT COMING! Bit…

So, yeah… enjoyjoyjoy!

Chapter 9. :) (I like smileys today for some reason lol :) :D :P ;) XD)

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'The picture of my mum in his diary… The thief of my heart… The resemblance… It's possible I suppose; I never knew my parents after all… But no, he was from the other side of the Atmos… Then, so are the new Storm Hawks… And my mum vanished by using crystals; what's to say she couldn't go from one side of the Atmos to the other?'

Ember thought about it long and hard, but she always came to the same, awful conclusion. The Dark Ace, who everyone feared and despised, was her father.

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Ah-ha! So it is revealed! Hehe, sorry :)

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"No. He… he just can't be-"Aerrow stepped into the doorway and cut her off mid-sentence.

"Who can't be what?"

Surprised by the company, she quickly dried her eyes before any tears had chance to fall. "Oh, erm, nothing really."

A raised eyebrow told her that he wasn't buying it.

"Did this guy" she held up a photo of the original squadron from the box and pointed to an individual. "Eventually become the Dark Ace?"

"Yep, that's him. And that," he pointed to another figure "is my father."

"No kidding!" she laughed, but then her smile faded. "I don't mean to be… intrusive, but I feel like I should ask, what happened?"

Aerrow's face became a picture of sadness, hate and anger rolled into one. "The Dark Ace killed him. He killed them all."

Ember gasped - her father was a murderer too? 'Oh no… he'll think I know something now...'

But he just replied "Don't worry. It's not like you're anything to do with him, is it?"

She forced a small laugh. She had to keep up the act.

Aerrow was ½ way to the door when he turned round back to Ember. "I'm sorry if I've seemed a bit … stand-offish. I know you're nothing to do with him."

She simply returned a weak smile. 'Oh, the irony.'

Once he was gone, all she could think about was what to do next.

'Do I keep it a secret? No, I'm a rubbish liar… Maybe if I tell Jake? No, he'll tell everyone else; they can't know… Oh, it's hopeless! Unless… Unless I run away…'

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Okay, okay, I know it's another shortie… but I love leaving you on a cliff-hanger :D hehe

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Anyway you shouldn't have to wait long for the next instalment; I've got a nice short day at college tomorrow :D (Yey!)