"Seventeen years."

"What?"

"The last time I was on this ship."

"You were… on the Condor?"

"Yes."

"Why? What reason would you have had to be on this ship back then?"

"…I lived here."

"Wha-what?"

"You heard me… unless you're going deaf."

"There's no way."

"Oh?"

"The only people who would live on the ship are…"

"Crew members?"

"But that would mean…that…you…"

"Yes?"

"It's…but, it's…"

"…its funny, isn't it?"

"You're…you are..."

Dark Ace smirked at the stunned expression of revulsion on Aerrow's face before he replied, his voice laced with bitterness and resignation.

"The last original Storm Hawk."

OOO

Author's Note: Total word count: 99