Hello everyone.

This is the last chapter of this fic. I hope you all enjoyed it! As of right now, I have no plans of a sequel or continuation, but you never know, inspiration may hit me some day....

I'd like to give one last, big thank you to all my reviewers! I really appreciate you're input and support!

NOTE: This chapter is a bit different then the rest. There is only one storyline, so this works more like a sonfic. Also, we've jumped ahead to the present day.

WARNING: This chapter takes place in a scene from the final episode, so if you haven't seen it, this could be a bit of a spoiler!

Disclaimer: I do not own the Storm Hawks, nor the song "Hide and Seek" by Imogen Heap

Chapter 6: Ransom Notes

Ransom notes keep falling out your mouth

Thunder rocked the sky above as the clouds turned a dark, ghostly purple. The people stopped dead, cowering in fear as they looked up to see the large, holographic figure of Master Cyclonis floating overhead.

"People of Atmosia!" the menacing dictator announced, her face creased in anger, "Thanks to the actions of a few petulant criminals, you'll be paying. With your terra!"

Master Cyclonis' voice echoed through the sky as terra Cyclonia loomed overhead, its sharp spikes and peaks gleaming in the haunting red glow of the crystals that held the mass afloat. The flying fortress blocked out the sun, sending a shadow over the frightened faces of the people watching helpless below.


Mid-sweet talk, newspaper word cut outs

The Storm Hawks stood together on the bridge of the Condor, horror sinking in as Master Cyclonis drove her terra into Atmosia. The force of impact rocked the smaller terra. People ran in all directions, screaming and shouting. Buildings and statutes began to crumble and fall under the stress.

In the middle of the street, in the direct path of the destruction, stood a young boy and an older girl. They held each other tight, eyes wide in terror, as the flying terra got closer and closer.


Speak no feeling no I don't believe you

"No!" the Storm Hawks turned at Finn's sudden outburst, "We can't let this happen!"

Stork and Junko looked at the sharpshooter, rather shocked that he was first to comment. Aerrow, however, were not surprised. A quick glance at Piper and Radarr told him they felt the same. They could see the horrified recognition in Finn's bright blue eyes. This was like some sick deja-vous to him.

Aerrow had heard Finn's tales, on the dark, sleepless nights they had shared in their makeshift home. He understood Finn's loss. He had suffered the same loss himself. But, Aerrow knew he would never be able to understand the deep scar Finn's experience had created, the one he covered with his airheaded personality. Aerrow hadn't seen what Finn had seen. Aerrow could hardly remember a thing about the attack on his terra. He had no idea what it was like to watch others being cut down before his eyes, or holding a loved one dead in your arms. Deep down, Aerrow was guiltily happy that he would never be able to totally relate to Finn.


You don't care a bit,

"They're just innocent people!" Finn continued, "They've done nothing wrong!"

"Finn, calm down." Aerrow took a step towards his friend, knowing they wouldn't be able to accomplish anything with the sharpshooter in this state.

"No!" Finn looked at the Sky Knight angrily, "This is OUR fault! These innocent people are going to suffer, and it's ALL OUT FAULT!"

"FINN!" Piper shocked the others and silenced the young man with a sharp slap to the face, "How could you think, for even a second, that we weren't going to do anything!"

Finn looked at the crystal specialist in shock, a hand rising to touch the spot where her hand had firmly connected with his check.

"You're not the only one who knows how it feels." Piper informed him, breathing hard, angry tears welling up in her eyes.

Both Finn and Piper turned their emotion filled eyes to Aerrow as the red head placed a comforting hand on each of their shoulders, "Guys, you both have to calm down–"

Aerrow stopped as Finn shrugged him off, mumbling, "You're one to talk."

"Look, Finn." Aerrow kept his voice steady, doing his best to hold back his own anger, "I'm sorry for what happened to you. And I'm sorry that there was no one to save you then. But we can save these people. We may not be able to change our pasts, but we can change their futures. We can make sure they don't have to go through what we all did."

"And how are we going to do that?" Finn asked irritably.

"Do you trust me?" Aerrow asked, meeting the sharpshooter's eyes with a determined gaze.


You don't care a bit

After a quick moment, Finn gave a brunt nod. Aerrow turned to look at each of his squadron mates, who gave him their own nod, eyes filled with their own determination.

"Take us down to Cyclonia." Aerrow instructed Stork, as he walked over to the communicator.

"Cyclonis, stop!" Aerrow called through the speaker.

"Give me one good reason." Master Cyclonis' sickly sweet voice rang through the Condor.

"I'll give you six." Aerrow said as Condor flew down to Cyclonia, "Spear Atmosia, and we'll turn ourselves in."

Aerrow turned to gaze at his friends, wondering what they're reactions would be. Each wore the same, straight face. They would accept their fate. They would not let the cries for help go unanswered.

I hope the ending wasn't too bad. I must admit, I'm not absolutely sure of it myself. But, when I first saw this scene, I thought it must be horrible for the Storm Hawks, since most of them had experienced a Cyclonian invasion when they were younger, and had their homes and families distroyed. This got me thinking about how these attacks had taken place and how the young Storm Hawks had survived. This pretty much lead to this fic. So, I kinda feel like this was a tribute to my inspiration, if anything else, and it does tie my fic to the Storm Hawks timeline quite nicely.

I'm a little worried about how Finn turned out in this one. I always felt that Finn had more depth underneath all his... Finness. So, why couldn't he be hiding some kind of emotional scar with his personality? I think that this would really bring out the real Finn (it was so much like what happened to him) and that he would feel some anger towards the others because he feels they don't understand him. Well, that's just what I think... And I can definately see Piper slapping Finn (hehe).

Again, thanks for reading and feel free to leave a review! I read and take everything you say into consideration.