Well... here's chapter two. lol. I've actually have it written down and now I just need to get it up. I hope you likey! and please please PLEASE review.
Once again, Storm Hawks does NOT belong to me, but to Nerd Corps and Ace Fipke.
About half an hour later, the Condor had a new stock of fuel crystals, and were sailing swiftly through the Atmos. The Storm Hawks were waiting patiently for the return of one of their three Sky Knights. As they waited, they began to do some chores.
Suddenly, Stork's voice was on the intercom. "Um... guys? Come to the Bridge. We've got a transmission from Kara." He announced.
Immediately, all the Storm Hawks met on the Bridge.
"Kara? Come in." Aerrow called.
"Hey guys," Kara's voice echoed through the communication box, "I managed to successfully draw away the Cyclonians, but..."
"But what?" Adrian asked worriedly.
"Well... let's just say I got more than a few scratches." She replied.
"Dude, but couldn't you just heal them yourself with your creepy healing magic or something?" Finn questioned.
"Hard to do when you have a sprained wing and you're completely exhausted. It's taking the rest of my strength just to stay airborne." She explained.
"Kara," Aerrow ordered sternly, "land immediately. We'll come to get you. Where are you?"
Suddenly, a pained cry echoed through the communicator, and there was a large thump as Kara's body crashed onto hard ground.
"Kara? Kara?!" Junko yelled.
"Stork! Follow these coordinates! Turn to starboard!" Piper shouted, showing Stork a map of where Kara should be.
"Kara, come in!" Aerrow shouted worriedly.
A groan was his response. "Sorry. I'm okay. I just kinda accidentally moved my wing wrong and crashed into some dusty terra. I haven't transformed back yet just in case any Cyclonian spies come around. Please hurry!" She said, then she disconnected.
"Step on it, Stork!" Aerrow yelled.
"We're doomed." Stork muttered under his breath.
5 minutes later, the Condor was right above an uninhabited terra and stopped.
"Adrian, Piper, come with me. We're getting our Skimmers and getting down there. Finn, Junko, stay on the ship with Stork unless I say so otherwise." Aerrow ordered, then he, Radarr, Adrian and Piper ran to the Hangar Bay, where they kept their individual sky rides which looked like motorbikes (or in Piper's case, a scooter).
Radarr hopped onto Aerrow's Air Skimmer III Ultra as Aerrow himself climbed on, Adrian took his Air Skimmer III, and Piper took her Heliscooter. They took off into skies and transformed their bikes into skimmers.
Once they were near the ground, they transformed their skimmers back and ran towards a fallen red phoenix with a blue necklace on.
"Kara!" Aerrow, Piper, and Adrian shouted simultaneously.
The phoenix raised it's head and looked at them with bright brown eyes. "Hey guys." The phoenix said in Kara's voice, "You found me." Her eyes closed as she transformed back to her human form.
She looked terrible. There were bruises and cuts all over her body, and crystal burns on her arms and legs. There was a long cut that went down her left arm, and both dried and fresh blood stained her blue and red uniform.
Adrian dropped to her side and pulled her onto his lap, then he began to heal some of her serious injuries.
Like Kara, he also had healing powers and had recently become the Storm Hawks' medic when he had joined with Kara. But he was a better healer than her.
Piper and Aerrow also dropped to their knees beside them. Piper's spiky midnight blue hair and Aerrow's tousled mop of red hair tumbled in the light breeze that blew past.
"What happened?" Aerrow demanded.
"Did the Cyclonians hurt you?" Piper added.
Kara nodded weakly, then she gently pat Radarr on the head as he scampered up to her. "The Dark Ace was there, and it seems that all of the Cyclonian weapons have improved, and the Talons that I fought weren't your regular ameteur Talons. So... obviously I lost because I was greatly outnumbered, but all those other factors count too."
"Wait... did you say 'the Dark Ace'? Why would he be in a convey ship?" Aerrow implored.
"I don't know." Kara whispered as her eyelids began to droop closed, "Not quite, anyways," she mumbled.
"Kara!" Piper shouted.
"It's okay," Adrian reassured, "she's resting. Let's take her back to the Condor and get her all bandaged up in the infirmary."
Aerrow and Piper nodded as Adrian lifted Kara into his arms, carrying her bridal-style. He set her behind him on his skimmer and they all rode/flew back onto the Condor.
Adrian carried Kara's sleeping body to the bridge, shocking Finn, Junko, and Stork.
"GERMS! DISEASES!" Stork screamed, looking at the blood, dirt, and grime on Kara's sleeping body, "We're all going to be infected!"
"S-She's not... dead... is she?" Junko asked, tears forming in the corner of his wide grey eyes.
Adrian shook his head in reply. "Just sleeping," he said, "she's been through a lot."
"What happened?" Finn asked, seeing the dry blood on Kara's uniform, as well as the multiple cute, bruises, and burns on her body.
"Appearantly this time they sent some real elite Talons with better training and weapons. She was greatly outnumbered." Piper replied.
"And it didn't help her either that the Dark Ace was there." Aerrow added sourly.
"Wait... did you just say 'the Dark Ace'? I mean the Dark Ace?!" Finn exclaimed, "Dude! She's just lucky he didn't kill her!"
Everyone on board glared at him (with the exception of Kara, but if she was awake she would too).
"What?" He asked.
Aerrow shook his head. "Never mind," he said, "Piper, go with Adrian to the infirmary and help him patch Kara up. Adrian, after you guys are done, take Kara to her room and let her rest. Or even let her rest right in the infirmary if necessary."
Adrian and Piper nodded, leaving the Bridge to the infirmary.
About 15 minutes later, after Adrian and Piper finished bandaging Kara up, they returned to the Bridge.
"How is she doing?" Aerrow asked.
"She's stabilized and right now in a healing trance/sleep." Adrian replied.
"We've cleaned up and bandaged her arm, and there seems to be no sign of any infections, so you can CALM DOWN STORK!" Piper added, looking at the Merb for the last bit.
"Good work, you two. Now we've got to figure out why the Dark Ace was on that convey ship, along with those advanced Talon fighters. Just what could be valuable enough to Cyclonis that it needs some heavy guarding?" Aerrow said.
Suddenly, one of the doors slid, and Kara stood, leaning on the doorway, covered in bandages. "What indeed?" She asked.
"Kara! Shouldn't you be resting?!" Junko exclaimed.
Radarr ran up to her and climbed onto her shoulder, and she tickled him under his chin.
Kara shook her head. "Honestly, I'm fine." She reassured, pulling a piece of parchment out of her pocket, "I managed to take this from the Dark Ace. It was sitting aboard his Skimmer."
She slowly and carefully walked over to the rest of the group at the table after Radarr jumped off her shoulder. She placed the parchment on the table.
"It's the prophecy of the Storm Hawks." She declared.
Well... that's it for now, until I post up the next chapter, that is. But I hope I managed to portray the Storm Hawks' personality correctly. And FINALLY! I finally have a cliffhanger (cause I know the first chapter didn't have one)! well... I hope you've been following along and liking my story!
Please please PLEASE review!