Starling and Aerrow rode their skimmers on the ground. They darted around trees and bushes.
"So, Starling!" Aerrow called to his teammate. "Why exactly are we on Terra Bogaton?"
"We're here to rescue a couple of raptors." Starling said calmly without tearing her eyes from what was in front of her.
"Why are we helping the raptors?" Aerrow asked. A smirk curled Starling's lips upwards.
"These raptors are tired of being under Repton's rule."
"So what do we do?"
"I am going to need you to go underground to the secret raptor lab. I am going to distract Repton."
Aerrow gave Starling a quick nod, and their skimmers parted and went their seperate ways.
"WHOO HOO!" Finn cheered. "Alright, I'm in charge, and I say it's time to party!"
"Finn, we are supposed to be on tactical alert." Piper said. Finn let out a sigh.
"Piper," Finn started. "As team leader..."
"Acting team leader." Stork interupted.
"Whatever." Finn grumbled. "As acting team leader, I say we should have fun while on tactical alert. Junko, go get the grill." Junko ran off to go get the grill. All the while, I just watched what was going on. I could tell this was going to go bad. Junko came back to teh hangar with a grill. Piper stpped the grill with her foot.
"Hey Junko, whatcha doing?" Piper asked with a slight glare on her face.
"Junko, put the grill there." Finn said while ignoring Piper.
"Junko, put the grill away." Piper hissed.The two went back and forth, and Junko started to get confused.
"Uh...guys?" I said. No one was listening.
"As acting leam leader," Finn started. "I say we are having a high alert party! Now Piper, you are in charge of decorations. Junko, Fire up the grill, and Stork," The blonde turned to face our green piolot. "you are in charge of cooking. Don't be cheap on the sauce." Stork let out a sigh.
"This isn't going to end well." he grumbled.
"Hey, Finn." I said. "What should I do?" Finn scratched his head before figuring out what he wanted me to do. He had a weird smile on his face, and I had no idea what to expect.
Aerrow crept quietly in an underground tunnel. Starling had been caught by Repton, and Aerrow was left to free teh raptor scientists. The red-head reached a metal door. An electrical current blocked aerrow from getting in. Luckily, a slot opened to reveal a pair of eyes.
"Password?" A raspy voice said, who's owner was shielded by the door.
"Password?" Aerrow questioned. "I'm the sky-knight you called for. Starling sent me."
"Starling?" the raptor asked. The electrical current was shut off, and the door opened allowing Aerrow to walk in.
I had a huge scowl on my face. Finn had me wearing a cheerleading outfit and 'cheering' compliments. To say the least, Finn had gone power mad. Case in point...Stork had already been 'banished', and Piper was close to it.
"I declare Piper, banished!" I heard Finn say, and I snapped.
"Finn, would you stop it?! If you keep banishing people, then who is going to help maintain the ship?!"
"Kira, is that dessent?" Finn asked teasingly.
"I DON'T CARE!" I yelled, and I left with Piper. "Wow." Piper mused. "I never thought you would blow up like that at Finn."
"Someone had too." I said while smirking. "Besides, I hate this outfit." Piper abd I giggled. Just as we reached our room, we heard a muffled sound that sounded like 'banished' and the loud stomping of feet. "I guess Junko's been banished too."
"Quick," Piper said. "open up the vent. I have an idea."
Starling's purple glowing nun-chucks slashed and clanged against Repton's gold boomerang. The whole time she kept her eye on her prize. The purple and chrome shield of the Intercepters shone in the gleam of their weapons.
Piper, Kira and Stork were crawling toward Junko's room through the vent system. Piper lead the way while Kira and Stork crawled behind. Having no time to change out of the cheerleading outfit, Kira was quick to notice her bare arm brushed against Stork's every now and again. The green merb tried ignoring it...that is until both his and Kira's hand brushed into each other. An unfamiliar heat rose in Stork's cheeks.
Aerrow sat around in the underground lab of hte raptor scientists. The raptors were diligantly repairing any piece that fell of their rocket propelled hot air balloon. An uneasy feeling was settling in Aerrow's stomach. What was taking Piper and the others so long?
We had managed to get into the engine room. My cheeks were still flushed from blushing so much. Even Stork's cheeks looked a little pink.
"Alright, " Piper said, breaking me away from my thoughts. "we are going to mess with Finn a bit. Stork, you and Junko mess with the Condor a bit. Kira, you're gonna help me."
Finn sat with his feet propped up against the controls.
"Nothing to it." He mused. Suddenly, so many things started going wrong. The Condor was going haywire. Finn grabbed the intercom microphone. "Piper! Kira! Help me!"
"Sorry Finn." Kira's calm voice played from the intercom. "We're banished."
"You're not! I'm done being in charge! Just help me!"
"We'll thing about it." Piper said. While Finn continued to panic, the other Storm Hawks put the Condor back together and headed towards the bridge.
"So," Repton chuckled. "You're one of the Intercepters."
"You didn't get all of us that day." Starling growled before lunging towards Repton.
Piper was at the table with a map of Bogaton. Finn was at the blaster with Kira by his side. Stork and Junko worked to fly the Condor. As they came over Terra Bogaton, canons came up, and Finn started blasting away.
As Finn started shooting canons, I saw a balloon rise up.
"What's that?" I asked while pointing to it.
"Don't worry about that." Finn said. "Jut help me out!" He kept shooting the canons that popped up on Bogaton. The balloon continued to rise away from the terra. After all the canons were shot down and the balloon was far enough away from the terra, Stork got Aerrow and started to fly away. Finn was scrubbing away at the floors when Aerrow walked in. He and Piper exchanged a look that explained Finn's power trip. he doors opened, and Starling stepped in. We all noticed the shield she was carrying.
"Now you know why I couldn't ask the rest of the Storm Hakws." She said to Aerrow, but it was loud enough for all of us to hear.
"The Storm Hawks would have backed you up." Starling gave a sad smile. "You are welcome to stay."
"I know." Starling said and then left.
On a tiny speack of land, there was a flag. The insignia was the same as on her shield. A fire burned in her violet eyes. It would never be doused.