He was bent down on one knee. His master's back was to him, but he knew his presence was acknowledged.
"My sources tell me that the Storm Hawks have a new memeber." came the slick voice of his young master. "What do you know of this?" she asked.
"All I know is what I've heard." the man said. "However, Repton claims to have seen a newcomer assisting the Storm Hawks' sharpshooter when Bogaton was hit."
"Hmmm." the young master hummed. "I want to know more about this newcomer." she announced. The man stood up.
"I will go and pay the Storm Hawks a little visit then."
"No." the girl said to the older man. The commanding tone in her voice made him stop. "We will send someone else to test this person's strength." The man's brow furrowed a bit at his master's decision. Nevertheless, he had no choice but to obey his master.
"Yes," he said. "Master Cyclonis."
"Okay, now lean right with the handlebars and hold it till you are right-side-up again." Aerrrow yelled over to me. We were out flying our skimmers. It was so much harder than I thought! I mean, it took me almost fifteen minutes to start up my skimmer. I'm still not entirely sure I know how to do it right. Well, either way, I was flying now.
"Kira! Lean right!" Aerrow yelled to me, and I leaned sharply over to the right. My skimmer started tumbling towards the right. I tried to get myself right-side-up again, but it felt like everything was locked in place. I could barely hear what Aerrow was yelling at me. Besides, a different voice was echoing in my mind. The voice reminded me of that man. The one who was standing in the white room with that woman and girl. His voice was so commanding, and there was ahint of panic in it.
"Brake! Kira, BRAKE!!"
My hands gripped the handlebars and jerked it to the left. As the skimmer moved back to an upright position, my body was being thrown around, and I felt like I was about to fall off. Finally, my skimmer was hovering in the air. Aerrow flew over; his face was slightly pale.
"Are you okay?" he asked. I nodded. I wasn't hurt or anything, but I was still a bit shaken up. "Let's head in. I think that's enough air time for you." Again, I nodded. We flew back to the Condor, and Aerrow flew close to me to make sure I was okay. He even helped me off my skimmer.
"Aerrow, I'm fine! Really!" I tried to assure him. "You don't have to help me off my skimmer."
"I know, but I want to make sure you're okay." he said. "You scared me." He looked really sad. I threw my arms around him in a warm hug. He was shocked to say the least.
"I'm safe." I said. "Thanks to you, Aerrow, I'm safe." His arms enveloped me, and he whispered a small thank you to me.
I walked onto the bridge to see Stork doing something weird to the controls.
"Stork? What are you doing?" Kira asked. Stirk jerked his head upwards and accidentally smacked his head. Kira quickly dashed over and knelt beside the hurt merb as his hands went to his aching head. The brunette smacked Stork's hands away and started to part his dark hair. His scalp had a small cut, and when Kira saw it, she stood up. "C'mon Stork." she said as she offered the merb help. "You're hurt. Let's go get it taken care of, okay?" Stork hesitantly took Kira's hand and allowed her to lead him to the hangar.
Her hand felt so warm agains his.
A couple bottles of anti-biotics were lined up by a crate that a certain green merb was sitting on. Kira stood behind Stork gently applying anit-biotics to his small wound. After she was done, Kita gently blew against Stork's would to ease the stinging. Chills ran up the merb's spine.
"There." Kira said sweetly. "I'm all done." Stork stood up and start to finger the area of his cut. Kira giggled. "Don't worry. I didn't inject you with anything bad. It's just anti-biotics." Kira showed Stork the bottle and the merb calmed down a bit.
"Oh...okay." he said. "Well, thanks for that...but now I have to get back to work."
"If you don't mind me asking," Kira started as she began walking back to the bridge with Stork. "What were you doing?"
"I was putting an auto-piolot button in the Condor." Stork said. "Of course I was adding a few extra features."
"I should have known." Kira laughed. The two kept on talking. Kira said by Stork as he installed the auto-piolot device. The button was green with a big 'A' on it. When Stork had finished, Kira pressed the button. The Condor's steering wheel started moving on its own in order to keep everything steady.
I was marvelling at the work that Stork had just done. He was a really skilled mechanic, I had to admit it. He was paranoid, skiddish and weird; however, he was kind and he had a strange sense of humor I couldn't help but like. A blush rose in my cheeks. I didn't actually like this guy...did I? I mean, it was Stork! Strange, paranoid, creepy, Stork! I couldn't possibly have a crush on Stork! Could I?
Before I was allowed to answer my personal question, the Condor was shaken by a violent tremor. The alarm went off, and everyone was running around amidst the chaos. Stork had turned off the auto-piolot and was steering the Condor. Everyone else was heading for the hangar, and I followed.
Aerrow and the others were preparing their skimmers for battle. That had to mean that someone was attaking. I went to go get my skimmer, but Piper stopped me.
"Let us handle it." she said before hopping onto her heliscooter. The Storm Hawks flew off into the sky after the Cyclonians.