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Disclaimer: I do not own Storm Hawks. Life can be so unfair.
"What do you mean, everything didn't go as planned?!"
Aerrow winced before going, "Piper, your plan had too many…things…to follow."
She immediately crossed her arms, narrowed her eyes, and began tapping her foot. This meant one thing: she was going to listen to them complain about her plan (again!), they would say that they would have followed her plan had there not been this one complication (again!), and then they'd say what a great job she did (AGAIN!).
She tried to keep her temper on ice as her leader continued, "See, your plan had a lot of details, and, don't take it the wrong way; I like details. But when there are too many details, well…"
"What he's trying to say", Finn muttered, "is that your plan was lame." Silence followed. Lame…lame…lame…the word echoed in Piper's mind. Her arms fell at her sides and she stood stiffly, her eyes darkening.
Not once had anyone told her that any of her plans were lame. She had worked hard on this crystal retrieval plan, spending a few sleepless nights to perfect it.
And now some lazy, inconsiderate ass was going to complain about it.
"He's right. No offense, Piper, but this plan was terrible." No offense?! TERRIBLE?! Her temper flared into a raging inferno as the last delicate thread holding it back was severed. Whirling around, her hand flew full force across her leader's face. The slap could be heard throughout the Condor, and when her hand fell at her side again, Aerrow's cheek was as red as his hair.
"Why are you complaining about my plan?!", Piper screamed, pushing him and getting in his face. "You're NOT the one who spent four freakin' nights awake until 2:30 in the freakin' morning trying to freakin' perfect it!!!! You try to make a plan flawless then, genius!!! Why don't you think of the routes and the directions and the roles and the solutions to possible errors, huh?!!! You boys are so…so….ARGHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!".
Yanking her hair in total frustration, she shoved down Finn as hard as she could, then stomped back to her room. The shocked blonde and Junko looked at her walking away in anger. Aerrow began to follow her when...
"You boys should be ashamed."
They turned to the owner of the voice. It was their friend Nightjar, Starling's younger Interceptor sister, who was also Piper's best friend ever since Lark. The Storm Hawks knew that she was a stealth fighter, and had entrusted her and her sister with a key to the carrier; she had quite the habit of appearing in the weirdest places and scaring the living daylights out of them. She was usually in a good mood, but after seeing how Piper and the boys clashed, she was anything but happy.
She was slim but curvy, and her petite body leaned rigidly against a wall. Her long, dark gray hair, usually in a ponytail, was up in a bun that was held up by one of her arrows. Her full lips, slicked black as usual, were pressed into a thin line, while her long arms were folded tightly.
These are things the boys would've noticed had she not stared at them with eyes full of cold, hazel fire.
"Hi, NJ", Aerrow greeted in a slightly shaky voice. Only Piper and Starling were completely immune to Nightjar's fatal stare. "Anything happening?"
"I would've asked you the same thing. What was that with Piper? Is this how you always complain to her about her plans?!"
"No…", Finn protested weakly.
"Said the boy who called his strategist's plan lame!!!", she spat. He nearly fainted at the amount of venom in her voice. Switching her head back to Aerrow, she continued, "AND YOU!!! How could you agree with your idiotic wingman?! She's your friend, for heaven's sake!!! Can't you put yourself in her shoes for a minute?! While you boys sleep like babies, she's up with circles under her eyes, making sure you all have a plan to be successful in your missions!!! You are all very selfish, treating her like that!!!!". She now stood upright and was slowly striding to the Storm Hawks, who were seemingly shrinking inwards with each step she took. "You heartless bastards!!! You should have been more considerate with her!!!!"
"Stop! Don't you think we feel bad enough already?!", Aerrow half-whimpered.
"No, I don't!!!", Nightjar growled. She grabbed him by the front of his shirt and hauled him upwards. "But if you want to rid yourself of guilt, you had BETTER make it up to her."
"I will", he choked. "But please let me go first."
"At least you have manners", the special agent muttered before dropping him. As he struggled to get up, she asked, "So, do you have an idea?"
He nodded, and was about to walk away, when he turned to her and mumbled, "And did you have to drop me so hard?"
The only answer came from her pointing to Piper's room.
Nightjar made every step as light as possible. The boys had tidied up the place until everything gleamed (if everything sparkled, Stork would have gone half-blind), and in a box was the flight crystal they risked their asses to get ("For Piper, you imbeciles", Nightjar muttered). Now she was headed to Piper's room with a message crystal in her hand. Aerrow had gone into his room and stuffed the cracks in the door with towels when he put the message in the crystal.
She didn't want to be a bad friend and listen, so bending down, she slid the purple gem under the door.
"Finn!!! Is that you?! Leave me alone!!!", she heard her best friend scream. There was pounding on the door, and a crashing of something breaking. The breaking noise scared her the most, so she exclaimed, "Piper, girl, it's me, NJ!!!! Special delivery from Aerrow!!!". Nightjar crossed her fingers and hoped the upset strategist would take the crystal and listen. A few minutes later, the door opened, and Piper appeared. The Interceptor felt her legs shake with relief.
"This had better be good", the female Storm Hawk said. NJ nodded and beckoned to the hallway, letting her best friend go first. She had just walked in when she heard Piper gasp, "You guys cleaned the place!!!"
"Yeah", she heard Aerrow reply with a smile. "And look at what we got." Finn and Junko made a show of presenting the blue-gray crystal.
"The flight crystal!!! How did you guys get it?!"
"We followed your plan", the commanding officer admitted. "Turns out it was the better way."
A triumphant smile came to her face.
"Does this mean you forgive us?", Junko asked, half-forcing a smile.
Her smile dropped a bit, and Nightjar thought that she still hated them for their comments, but relaxed when she gave her teammates a big hug and happily replied, "Yup". When they broke apart, she asked, "So you all thought of doing this?"
"Nope", the Interceptor replied. "All Aerrow's idea."
"Aerrow?" She looked at her leader, who gave an embarrassed smile before carefully picking up the crystal and holding it out to her. She held out her hands to take it, but when he placed the gem in her hands, their fingers brushed, and Aerrow's hands did not want to leave that of Piper's.
"The crystal!!!", Finn yelped, and both of them jerked uneasily.
"R-r-right", the orange-eyed Storm Hawk stammered, taking the crystal and putting it in the box. She picked it up and walked back to her room, Aerrow following close behind. Nightjar found herself quietly following them, and stopped to hide when they came to her door.
"Piper?"
"Mm?"
"You got my message?"
"Courtesy of NJ."
"I'm still really sorry for what I said about your plan." He rubbed the back of his neck as she put the box down, and continued, "If you forgive me, I also hope you can forget my comment."
"Aerr-" Whatever she was going to say was quickly forgotten as his lips pressed softly to hers. Piper hadn't taken notice that she was up against the door, so Aerrow took the oppourtunity to pin her wrists to the sides of her head. The Special Agent heard a soft moan.
Nightjar would have squealed with joy, but kept a hand over her mouth as she heard footsteps approaching the couple.
"WOOOO!!!", Finn howled loudly, throwing his hands in the air. "Make-out scene!!!!"
"Finn…", Aerrow growled, breaking the kiss to glare at him. The redhead might have beaten his wingman to a pulp had his strategist not kissed his cheek and whispered, "You can beat him up later. Aren't you supposed to be helping me forget what you said about my plan?"
"Oh, yeah", he replied slyly, and continued to kiss her.
"Yeah, baby!!!!!!"
Nightjar chuckled softly as she decided to stay a little longer. Starling would love to hear about this.
OMG!!! OK, that sucked!!!!
that was terrible!!!
I doubt anyone would like this kiss
3rd Kiss: Fire Signs
Aerrow's an Aries. Piper's a Sagittarius. Let's see what our resident Gemini has to say about our two beloved fire signs!!! Lots of astrological fun!!!
See you all soon!!!!!
Lady Azar
