Her body lay limp in the bed; the fluttering of her eyes had ceased. Nurses came in and out now and again.
Her IV stayed still; the hear monitor played like a metronome. At least the poor child was still alive.
"Alright everyone." Aerrow said as he stood before us. We were on the Condor; all of us sat at the little roud table that was near the cockpit. Finn and Piper sat on either side of me. Junko was next to Finn. He had a little blue creature pacing on the table in front of him. His long ears layed limply from his head and his fuzzy taiil stayed erect. Out of nowhere, his ear twitched in my direction. Before I knew it, a ball of blue fur attacked me with a hug.
"Radaar!"
"Oh, don't worry Aerrow. He looks sweet." I said. My finger scrathced under the little blue...thing's chin and light puring sounds rumbled in his throat. "Hey there Radaar." I cooed.
"Uh, Kira? Try not to treat Radaar like a pet. He prefers to be considered our co-piolot." Aerrow said, and Radaar gave a defiant nod. "Anyways...I have called this meeting to vote...on Kira staying with us."
"Aerrow! Why should we vote on this? Kira doesn't know anyone around Atmos! Besides, it would be great to have another girl around." Piper protested. I started to feel bad about all of this. I was pretty much imposing on their life.
"Don't worry about it Piper." I said. "Aerrow is the leader, right?"
"Yeah but," Piper started, but I held up my hand to stop her. "Look, let's just put it to a vote. It'll be fair that way."
"Thanks Kira." Aerrow said. "Now...time to vote. Piper?"
"I want her to stay." she said. I gave her a greatful smile which she returned. Finn and Junko both said they wanted me to stay. Junko said that I was nice, but Finn just said I was cute.
"Okay." Aerrow said. "Kira, you already know my vote. Stork? What do you say?" All attention was directed towards the green piolot. His yellow eyes were widened; his gaze darted around the room.
"Uh...well.." he said softly. His hands were twisting and fidgetting in front of him. "I don't think she should stay."
"Why not?" Piper asked in a raised voice that caused Stork to flinch. "Yeah, why don't you want her around?" Finn chimmed in. I tried to calm the two down, but luckily Aerrow silenced them.
"It doesn't matter why right now." he said. "What matters right now is that wre've come to a decision." Everyone stared at Aerrow. Piper, Junko and Finn had a hopeful spark in their eyes. "Since the majority ruled for you to stay...you're stuck with us."
The young girl with light brown hair sat quietly in her seat; her eyes were wide and her mouth slightly open.
"Really?" she asked quietly, and the sky-knight nodded. A warm smile graced his features while an excited one spread across Kira's. "Oh thank you!" she yelled excitedly and tackled Piper with a hug. "I get to stay! I get to stay!"
"Hey, where's out hug?" Junko said while standing up.
"Yeah." Finn joined in. "We wanted you to stay too!" Kira laughed lightly at her new friends.
"Then get over here!" she said while holding her arm open. Finn joined in, and then Junko picked up the trio in a large embrace. While the four of them were laughing and hugging, Aerrow and Stork were watching.
"You know," the green merb started. "she could bring nothing but chaos and doom."
"Yeah," Aerrow said, his eyes never leaving the four. "But I think she's good."
The hospital was quiet except for the shuffling of feet as the nurses started shutting down for the night. Nobody noticed that Kira Lockhart's lips had twitched upwards into a light smile.