Me: Crap!
Piper: What?
Me: I spilled the beans.
Piper: What beans?
Me: I reveled who Carla's mystery lover was before I posted this chapter. That's annoys me. I thought I'd posted this. Oh well. You guys know who I own and who I don't. Enjoy the story.
Chapter : 14 December 25th 8 A.M.
"They should be back by now." Starling exclaimed, staring out the window, a frown on her face. She turned as the door bell rang. Carla ran through the house, her dark red dress flying out behind her as she ran. She yanked the door open and squealed.
"MIA!" Carla squealed.
"Carla! How's my angel?" came a females voice high and clear, soft and flowing. Topaz, emerald and starling smirked as Carla lead a black haired girl with bright green eyes, soft full lips in a light shade of pink, hidden by bright red lipstick.
"I'm great. You?"
"Perfect. I bought lots of presents for everyone while I had my little spree. I had sprees on Tropica, Ray, and Atmosia. I swear, traveling with my father has a lot of perks." The girl exclaimed, waving her black painted nails around, matching her long black skirt and dark resd long sleeve shirt.
"Lipstick or lip gloss?" Carla asked, pointing to Mia's lips.
"Lipstick. Cherry flavored and vanilla scented." Mia answered, picking up her two large roll in suit cases as Carla grabbed the other and closed the door after stepping into the house.
"Mia, come here. Let me have a look at you." Starling called. Mia smiled and ran into the room and hugged Starling.
"Starling, congratulations on your engagement." Mia exclaimed, Hugging Starling who hugged her back before stepping away.
"Everyone, This is my girlfriend, Mia." Carla introduced, stunning everyone into silence with the expectation of Topaz, Emerald, and Starling. Piper recovered first.
"Hello Mia. I'm Piper." Piper exclaimed, walking over to the girl and shaking hands. Mia hugged her.
"I've heard many great things about you, and I am sorry for loss. " Mia exclaimed. Piper nodded and looked to the window as Mia turned to meet someone else.
"Hi Mia!" Chris greeted. Aria waved from the kitchen, holding a cookie in one hand. Chase stood from the sofa and walked to Mia.
"Hey Mia. I'm Chase. I don't believe we've meet." Chase greeted.
"Well, if it ain't dark and mysterious? How about that? I finally meet ya. You are always missing when I meet the band." Mia exclaimed. Chase smiled.
"Don't forget ,Mia, Your always evasive too." Saphire called, a smirk on her face.
"Alright Saphire, Hello to you too." Mia teased.
"Well, It's good to see you." Saphire replied.
"So where is everyone else?" Mia asked. Then her face recognized the frowns on some of them and Tia and Tina ran in, waving to Mia as they past, running out the back door and back in with some snow in their hands and then on through the rest of the house to heaven know where.
"Oh, Still on the mission aren't they?" Mia exclaimed, a look of understanding on her face. Tina and Tia's squeals of excitement echoed through the house as they ran into the room, carrying a board between them which had a very small fake pine tree on it covered in lights and ornament and of course… snow, that was on the board surrounding the tree and across the branches.
"Look what we did!!!!" The two girls chorused, sounding like two excited little girls as the excitement danced across their faces as Piper started to laugh at the dismay on Starling's face as snow plopped onto the carpet. Saphire smiled, giggling at the scene.
"Take it outside so the snow doesn't melt. That way the boys will see it upon their return." Saphire exclaimed. Tia and Tina cheered before running outside with the little tree.
"Alrighty then. That was strange." Chris exclaimed.
"It's tia and Tina we're talking about here. That's normal for them." Topaz exclaimed. Aria walked out of the kitchen with a tray of cookies.
"It's true." Aria exclaimed as Tia and Tina ran back in, each taking a cookie from Aria. Piper and Starling returned to staring out the window, each with a look of sorrow and hope. Saphire walked over to her friend and put a hand on her shoulder.
"Don't worry, He'll come back. He always does." Saphire exclaimed, a gentle smile on her face.
"But this time, It's different. Different mission. Different crew, Different time tables, different location, different everything. Who says he will come back? Nobody." Piper replied, eyes dull and worried.
"Hey, Piper, look on the bright side. Your kid's life doesn't depend on it." Starling exclaimed. Evryone whipped around to face her.
"What?" Everyone chorused in shock.
"You're pregaunt?" Saphire asked. Starling nodded. " I'm gonna be an AUNT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
"Ow… I think she blew my ear drum." Chris whined, making several girls laugh.
"Good. That way you can't hear your tone deaf voice." Chase exclaimed, teasing him.
"You mean I won't hear your tone deaf voice." Chris retorted.
"No, yours." Tia frowned.
"Why are you guys ganging up on me?" Chris asked.
"Cause it's fun." Tina answered, making him frowned even more He flipped her off playfully, making her pretend she'd been stabbed. "oh. . my heart.. .It hurts"
"Yeah yeah yeah…" Chris rolled his eyes, completely missing Saphire's look of excitement. She ran to the door and wrenched it open, running outside and into Junkos Arms as the condor landed.
"They're back!" Aria called. Emerald smiled and walked out the door, watching Finn jump off the runway, a solumn look on his face. Emerald's face fell as she and Piper noticed, the ramping lowering as stork walked down it, a sorrowful look on his face as well. Harrier and his squadron landed behind the condor, him walking down the ramp with his arm in a sling.
"HARRIER!" Starling cried, in panic and horror as she ran down the walkway toward harrier. He caught her with his arm and cradled her with both, ignoring the pain it caused him.
"Where's Aerrow?" Piper asked, her voice cracking in fear. She watched Finn turn to the shp as Aerrow started to walk down, carrying a blue haired girl down the ramp, her body limp and lifeless. Saphire and Aria each gasped in high horror.
"Oh my god…" Carla breathed, placing her hand over her mouth as Mia closed her eyes and buried her face in Carla's shoulder. Aerrow looked at harrier who said something almost inaudible, but Aerrow understood and walked into the house and into the basement before reappearing without the body. Piper stood, tears in her eyes, staring at Aerrow. He walked to her and embraced her, attempting to comfort her, wincing slightly when he moved his arm. Piper noticed and saw a hint of blood through his shirt.
"Aerrow! You're bleeding!" Piper cried. Harrier and Starling came in at Piper's cry. Aerrow looked at his arm and noticed the blood. Harrier walked over to Aerrow as everyone else wandered in.
"Oh, it's just a scratch. I've broken my whole body once. I'll be fine." Aerrow exclaimed.
"Aerrow, For that much blood, It's more then just a scratch!" Piper's voice rose in pitch. Stork walked over and forced Aerrow to sit and let him examine his arm.
"Yep, it's more than a scratch but it'll need bandages." Stork exclaimed. Saphire walked over to him and looked over his shoulder at the wound.
"Can I get a flashlight? This actually might need stitches." Saphire exclaimed. Stork stared at her as if she'd grown another two heads.
"Are you insane? How the hell will a flashlight help you?" Stork yelled as Aria reached behind a picture on the mantle and throw the flash light to Saphire who caught it neatly and switched the light on, revealing the true depth of the wound. Stork's eye's widened.
"Ow, that's deeper than I thought. "Stork exclaimed.
"That's what I use the flashlight for. To reveal the wound better. The light is too weak to truly reveal the damage. Aria can you get my kit?" Aria nodded and ran up the stairs and down with a very large dark blue duffle bag.
"Are you a licensed doctor?" Stork asked as Aria handed Saphire her bag. Saphire nodded as she riffled through her bag. She pulled out a white gauze, a small blue bottle, an eye dropper, medical tape, and a bottle of rubbing alcohol, quickly followed by a medical needle and medical thread. Stork's eye's widened in horror as well as everyone else's in the room. Saphire laughed at the looks on their faces.
"Chill, the needle and thread is not for him. I have to relocate them. "Saphire exclaimed laughing. Everyone sighed in relief and put the needle and thread in a little white box that revealed more needles and thread. She then took a small wash cloth out of her bag and dampened it with the rubbing alcohol as Aria handed her another damp wash cloth and a bowl of water.
"Did you pull those out to scare people or just to relocate them?" Harrier asked.
"Relocate. I never put them away the last time I used them." Saphire exclaimed, cleaning Aerrow's wound. Everyone watched in silence as she continued her work. Before she wrapped up the wound she opened the small blue bottle that released a floral scent into the room.
"What is that?" Chase asked.
"Lavender oil." It has healing properties that will enable him to heal faster." Saphire exclaimed, starting to wrap up Aerrow's arm. Starling's eyes narrowed as Carla and Mia stopped in the doorway.
"Who hung missile-toe?" Starling asked as Carla and Mia shared a very romanic and passionate kiss for continuing on through the house.
"Carla is a lesbian?" Finn asked in shock, his eyes on the place where Carla and Mia had been. Piper nodded as Aerrow looked to her for an answer, smiling as Mia and Carla danced back into the room, Carla dipping Mia for a kiss.
"That's Mia. Carla's girlfriend. Mia arrived around eight. You guys hungry?" Piper asked.
"Oh, you have to make your pancakes and Saphire has to make her amazing French toast!" Topaz exclaimed.
"I'll make bacon, eggs and sausage." Aria volunteered.
"I'll make the tofu!" Tia exclaimed, following the others down the hall, Saphire not far behind after finishing Aerrow's bandaging.
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"I don't understand this. Car was my best friend. Why would she betray us?" Cyclonis asked, pacing back and forth in front of her generals.
"Master, We need to worry bout supplies. They were completely depleted when they attacked. None of the servants know how to get more. Mistress Car ran all of it. She has all her notes in a cryptic code. Even the letters to the suppliers are in a cryptic code." Dark Ace exclaimed. Cyclonis whirled around toward him.
"Bring Miss Car back!!!! We'll make her decode them before we imprison her." Cyclonis ordered. Dark Ace and Ravess winced.
"She's dead." Ravess explained.
"WHAT?!!!"
"She was shoot when she ran off with the storm hawks. One of the talons caught her and a stray blast master." Ravess lowered her head. Then continues in a lower much quieter tone. " We've sealed our fate."
"No, We haven't. We have enough food until our next shipment next week." Cyclonis exclaimed.
"We don't know when our next shipment is." Dark ace exclaimed.
"IT should be next week for our feast on new years eve." Cyclonis explained. Dark Ace winced as he heard Mistress Car's assistant , Diana's shrill laughter.
"You are all so naïve! The next shipment isn't for months! We'll all starve. Mistress Lemon was such a traitor. I'll bet she's been planning this for months!" Diana laughed, her voice high and shrill as she laugh. Cyclonis glared.
"What did you call her?"
"A lemon, a very bad car." Diana explained. Cyclonis nodded, still frowning. She hoped that their fate, wasn't sealed.
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