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Disclaimer: I own Storm Hawks. Pbbbhhhtttt, YEAH RIGHT!!!!!!
Things were looking really bad for Piper.
The crystal specialist had fallen off of her Heliscooter from a Firebolt crystal, and had grabbed the ledge that she was currently hanging off of. She could feel loose soil crumbling under her fingers, and tried desperately to climb onto the cliff before the ledge could break off and she would find herself plummeting five thousand feet into Terra Amazonia below.
She made another attempt to defy a painful death when Dark Ace took notice of her situation, and a malicious, evil smile spread across his face. Leaving his current battle with Aerrow, he aimed at the ledge with his Firebolt crystal and fired.
Rock and soil broke in her hands, and the strategist felt air rushing in her ears as she fell. She could hear her leader's cry of anguish, and then saw his skimmer flying next to her. But any of his tries to save her were extinguished as Dark Ace rammed his skimmer into Aerrow's. Radarr gave a terrified screech and kept pointing in Piper's direction.
"What's it going to be, Sky Knight?", the Cyclonian Talon taunted. "Me…or the girl?"
Dodging all of Dark Ace's Firebolt beams, Aerrow directed his skimmer towards Piper, and jumped from his seat. Once he had her hand, he wrapped his arms around her and held her close.
Radarr gave another terrified screech as Finn yelled, "Aerrow!!! What are you doing, man?!"
"Aerrow!!", she screamed, struggling against him. "Let me go!!! You're going to fall with me if you don't!!!!!"
"No!!! I won't let you die!!!", he protested.
The strategist was taken aback, for she had never expected him to care for her that much.
She was too shocked to notice that he had flipped their position so that she was on top, and he was on the bottom.
With a sinking heart, she realized that he meant to break her fall by using his own body as a rough cushion.
He was going to sacrifice himself to keep her safe.
She shook her head in horror, looking upwards to see that Finn had safely landed on Junko's skimmer, and that both of them were flying after her, being followed by the Condor. What had happened with their parachutes?
She remembered that Dark Ace had slashed through the package on Aerrow's battlesuit; but her parachute was still intact. She reached around her back and pulled the strings that released her parachute.
But it was useless as Dark Ace fired a red beam through the rough fabric. Piper could do naught but close her eyes and scream as the impact forced the pair to fall faster.
They landed with a sickening thud, and she could have sworn she heard the faint breaking of bones. She looked upwards and saw a hole in the lush, green canopy of Amazonia. Slowly averting her eyes downwards, she grimaced at what she saw.
Leaves had cushioned their fall, but Aerrow's wiry body lay in a small puddle of blood. His limbs looked askew, and a trail of crimson gushed from his mouth. Scratches and gashes covered his face and torn his clothes which were moistened with scarlet.
Orange eyes filled with tears as Piper sobbed, "Oh, God. He's dead…" She continued to cry as the other Storm Hawks came running to her side. Radarr got there first, and began to sniff his friend's hair. He sadly buried his nose into the bright red locks.
"Is he…?", Finn whispered when he saw his leader's bloodied body.
She was about to nod when a hand came to her cheek. Her head turned so that she now stared into her captain's leaf green eyes.
"You're safe now", he murmured, leaning forward enough to touch his lips to her cheek. But he weakened as his head slid into her shoulder.
"He's alive!!!", Junko cried as he gently picked up Aerrow and ran into the direction of the parked Condor.
"Stork!!! Get us to the nearest hospital pronto!!!", Finn yelled, dragging Piper by the arm.
Radarr nosed a tissue box to Piper, and she picked up another tissue.
She remembered Aerrow's bloodied body on the living room table as Stork drove their carrier max speed to a hospital on the outskirts of Terra Sempronia, and remembered her panic as she felt his pulse growing slower and slower.
She remembered the sound of his blood splattering on the cold metal floor, and remembered the feel of a thousand more tears coming to her eyes when he took a shaky, but desperate breath of air.
She remembered the worried murmurings of kindly doctors and nurses as they placed his body on white cotton sheets and assured her and the others that he would be alright. And she remembered the rush of cold air on her face as the doors of the operating room closed, concealing any actions that would decide whether he lived or died.
Now the Storm Hawks were in a waiting room in the Flaming Hearts Hospital, and the doctors and surgeons there had been operating on their commanding officer had not shown themselves for an hour.
A man in a white coat finally passed through the green doors, pulling off his gloves. The strategist wiped away the last of her tears, and ran to the doctor.
"Well?", she asked. "Is he alive?"
"Your commanding officer? Lucky son of a gun survived", he replied. "Surprised he made it, though, 'cause a fall from five thousand feet should have killed ya. His body drank up twelve bags of blood before he woke up; I think the boy's got someone to live for."
"So…", Piper murmured, a joyful smile evident on her face. "…he's alive?"
"Yup."
"Yes…", she breathed, feeling herself fall backwards in relief. Junko caught her and asked, "Can we see him now?"
"Follow me." The doctor lead them to a ward where nurses crowded a hospital bed; some of them checking the machines and IV's, some of them bandaging the worse of Aerrow's wounds, some of them cleaning the scratches along his face and body.
She ran to him and quickly wrapped her arms around his neck.
"Excuse me, miss, but you shouldn't do that…", one of the nurses said.
He held up a hand. "Don't worry. I'll be fine."
"I thought you died", she murmured, resting her chin in his shoulder.
"But now I'm alive."
Piper moved away and stared into his leaf green eyes.
"Yes. Yes you are". She laid a gentle kiss on his lips, being careful not to hurt the scratch that ran along his lower lip. The nurses gave breathy little gasps of happiness, while Finn hollered, "WOOOOOO!!!!" When they broke apart, she whispered, "That's for saving me."
"You're welcome", he replied, grabbing both sides of her face and kissing her again.
WOOO!!!! I liked that kiss!!!
This came from a dream that I had, where a young man with red hair and green eyes saved me from falling, who was NOT Aerrow, of course (he belongs with Piper!!!). Unfortunetly, the man that saves me dies, and that's the part where I woke up.
I suddenly had an idea for a kiss.
I certainly didn't want Aerrow to die. This 'kiss' series is, after all, romance, NOT tragedy.
7th Kiss: Midnight Blue
Aerrow always thought Piper's hair was midnight blue, and a small compliment turns a windy night into a beautiful moment under the stars.
See you all soon!!!!
Lady Azar
