She played nervously with her hair as a blush creeped across her face. He casually leaned close to her. The two had drinks in front of them, and most of Kira's was being flicked into her face to keep cool. Very seldom did she take her fingers out of the cup to take a small sip.

"So, which squadron is yours?" The Knight asked.

"Oh, I'm with the Storm Hawks." Kira said sweetly as she flicked water into her face again. It trickled down her cheeks and dripped from her chin. The Knight seemed to perk up at the mention of Aerrow's squadron.

"Really now?" he said with a pleased tone of voice. "That's quite impressive." He took a sip of his own water; all the while his crimson eyes stayed on Kira. "Aren't you worried that they might not like you being near me?"

"Why would I be worried about that?" Kira said sweetly. "They're my friends. I don't think thay'll mind if I make some more in my travels, right?" A grin shrouded in shadow crept over his visage.

"Very true." He leaned closer. Kira blushed a bit, but she still couldn't help but have the feeling that this was the wrong thing to do.

Wind whipped through Aerrow's hair as he approached his friends. The speed the power amp gave his skimmer was exhilerating. He came to a sliding halt in front of Piper and the others. Adrenaline was pumping through his blood, and he couldn't contain his excitement.

"Did you see how fast I was going?!" He exclaimed. To his dismay, his teammates didn't seem as happy as he was.

"Yeah," Finn said. "and so did everyone else." Aerrow looked around to see that now everyone on Terra Saharr was installing a power amp to their ride. Aerrow's shoulders drooped as he let out a heavy sigh.

"Looks like we're going to have to do a lot of work if we want to win." Finn rushed to Aerrow's side.

"Don't worry buddy." he said. "Me and Junko've got ya covered." The blonde and the wallop then ran off and started to trade random odd parts to different people. A pile inside the Storm Hawks' tent started to form, and Stork was busy with the new modifications that needed to be made. As the merb worked, he wondered what was missing. Finn's scheming self was there along with Junko's happy-go-lucky self. Piper was impossible to miss. Stork could hear her cluck her tongue a mile away. And Aerrow and Radarr were in the corner of the tent talking about the skimmer. Well, rather Aerrow was talking and Radarr was making enthusiastic sounds. Everyone was here, weren't they? The feeling was nagging at Stork the whole time he worked. It wasn't until Piper mentioned Kira that it hit Stork. Did he actually miss her? She must be growing on him. She did have a fun and bubbly personality that anyone would miss. Stork could feel his cheeks warm up as he thought more about her.

I sat there wondering why I felt so nervous yet so at ease with the Knight of Exerxxis. He had this inviting and charismatic personality that had me giggling like a crazed fan girl and still, his eyes made me worried. They were bright crimson, and I remember them from somewhere. They were so familiar, and everything in my mind was telling me that he was bad news, but I still couldn't help but want to talk to him more. He was interesting. He seemed to go on so many adventures, and he was telling me about so many cool things he had done. I guess what was going on was that I had a school girl crush.

"Say," he said. "would you like to meet my squadron? They're quite an interesting band of men." Everything about this situation was screaming NO, but I couldn't help but meekly nod my head. As I walked with him to his tent, I started to regret my decision. Flashes of these girls walking off with strange men and getting raped started to flash in front of my mind. I started to shake.

"Uh, what are we going to do when we get to your tent?" I asked. I tried so hard to sound in control, but my voice still quiverred.

"Just meet my squadron." he chuckled. "What did you think we were going to do?" I blushed a little, but my tension didn't go away. We made it to his tent after a few minutes, but when he was about to let me in, someone popped out and whispered something urgent sounding to him. The Knight grasped my shoulders gently.

"I'll just be a minute." he said. "Wait right here for me." I nodded at him, and he quickly ducked into the tent. My rational side was telling me to run. It was saying that The Knight was bad news and that he'd soon prove it, but the part of me that was in control was to afraid to move.

Stork wiped the sweat from his brow as he screwed in the last bit of the Condor's engine. He set his tools down and slumped to the ground. His hands were so sore, and all he wanted was a break. Even a glass of water sounded nice even if that meant trecking all the way to the mess tent in the hot sun. Stork slowly got up and started on his way towards where the refreshments were being served. He patted at his pants pocket to make sure he had at least a little money to pay for a glass of water, but when he looked up, he caught site of a girl standing outside someone's tent. Stork didn't bother to look at which squadron it was or even look at her. He walked on as he felt a little hurt from seeing Kira somewhere other than in the tent curiously watching what he was doing.