Hello all! I'll bet your surprised to see an update so soon! Well Total SH and myself worked on gettign this chappet up ASAP so I hope you guys like it as much as the first chapter! Have fun! Jade xx

Chapter Two

A Talon Called Jade

Reo stood atop the towers stretching over Cyclonia, he scanned the blood red sky above him to burn his vision into the Talons way below him; it was his third day on Cyclonian dirt now. His powers…they were beyond outstanding to normal eyes, no one would ever see anything else like it. He was inquisitive in this new world he had been told to step into reluctantly, but he spent most of his time dwelling on his mission –his life- on the towers. Only one boy answered all his burning questions. Aerrow. One day he would have to dispatch that Sky Knight…

Reo twitched his narrow pale face slightly and twitched his ear. A long deep growl rumbled from below him, and without hesitation he concluded the noise to come from General Snipe. One of the three General's under Cyclonis' command, and yet Reo noticed, not imprisoned, as he believed he was. Or were they?

The dark boy slipped into a shadow, if he could feel, he would feel his very body disparate into dust, to form again solid downstairs, and to step out the shadow. He saw the gorilla like hand that belonged to, indeed right to his guess, Snipe reaching out to push him away. Reo stepped aside smartly and silently and Snipe charged past him looking extremely pissed, flour dusting his dark purple hair and muscular complexion.

Reo twitched his ear again at a strange sound and turned his head to see a young woman laughing madly into her hands as her slim shoulders shook, her light purple hair drifting around her shoulders, green eyes alight with joy; Reo had crossed this woman many times in the hallways, though he's never spoke to her, then again it had never crossed his mind to talk to anyone, really.

He sighed slightly and turned away to leave. Only then did the girl, perhaps in her late teens, look up and spot him.

"Reo! I didn't see you there." She smiled cheerfully.

"I get that a lot…" Reo spoke almost in a hiss; not using his voice much took its toll in him and made him sound harsher then he has wanted but the purple haired girl didn't seem to care.

The girl ran over to him, they were roughly the same height and met eye to eye. First thing the Talon sensed was the biting cold rolling off this boy, but she ignored it, she'd heard rumours that Reo wasn't exactly human.

"My names Jade, I haven't had time to talk to you before." She smiled kindly.

"Yes…" Reo had a sudden urge to get out of this current situation; her cheerful attitude was none he had seen before; most Talons either talked quietly around him or avoided him outright. Jade glanced down at the pendant around Reo's neck and stared at it curiously.

"Fancy necklace."

"It is not a necklace…" Reo sighed slightly. This girl was older then he, that he knew, yet she acted so much younger and inexperienced.

Jade giggled again. "Did you see Snipe's face? Epic!"

"Um…yes, epic. What led you to do such a thing?" Reo asked. Jade shrugged a slender shoulder at the question a grin still on her face.

"I was bored, it gets too quiet around here sometimes and Snipe is the perfect prey." There was a glint of slight wickedness imbedded amongst her green eyes as she rubbed her hands a smirk on her face.

"I…see?" Reo looked slightly confused. Suddenly the face was replaced, and instead the serious stony look wreathed his face once more.

"General Dark Ace." Reo said, addressing the older man as the dark haired commandeered walked towards them a slight frown on his face.

"Orders from Cyclonis; Jade, you are to meet with her immediately." He said not looking to happy.

"Huh? Why?" she asked before she groaned; Snipe must had told Cyclonis about what she did; Snipe was dumb but he defiantly knew who to run to when he was being 'picked on' "Right I'm coming" she said with a sigh and followed behind Ace.

"Reo, come." Dark Ace barked his command at the boy, who obliged.

"Nonsense is not necessary here, Jade." Cyclonis hissed.

"But it was just a little fun!" Jade replied with a frown though that changed as she spotted Snipe was standing in the sidelines flour still in his hair and making him look like he'd aged 30 years and had to suppress a snicker quickly.

"You do not disrespect my Generals." Cyclonis said simply with a cold tone in her voice; she obviously did not find it so amusing. "Consequences must be taken and seen as this is not the first time you have pulled a prank on my commanders, the appropriate punishment should be dealt out" Jade forgot her words once Cyclonis had finished. "Reo…"

Almost as soon as the word left her lips, Reo War appeared by Cyclonis's side like an obedient lapdog.

"Yes, Master…" Reo bowed low, Jade rolled her eyes slightly in annoyance at that.

"Kiss up…" Jade muttered under her breath, while Reo suppressed a growl.

"It has come to my decision that you do not know life and Atmos in general, Reo and yet you are curious yes?" Cyclonis inclined her head slightly in the shadows direction.

"Indeed." Reo responded softly with a nod

"Then it shall be so…Jade, you will teach Reo-"

"What?!" Jade shouted in surprise; that was one hell of a punishment to give! Reo hated everyone, talking to him was one thing but teaching him!? That was insane Reo had a short temper and anyone who pissed him off usually got put in the hospital.

"Easy Reo…" Cyclonis hushed as she held a hand up as Reo stepped forward, cold fingers wrapped around a blade handle.

"I trust you will not fail me, Jade." Cyclonis slyly raised an eyebrow. Jade sighed.

"Course not Master…" She mumbled reluctantly; she had no choice but to follow these orders.

"This is you're punishment, learn from it." Cyclonis said as she dismissed them.

"Oh great, I'm a babysitter." She muttered to herself.

"I don't like this as much as you do." Reo hissed as they sat in Cyclonia's narrow library, full of scrolls, books and knowledge. Jade sighed and slide a map of Atmos between them.

"I guess I better get use to it, I'm sure you'll warm up to me too eventually." She smiled a little hoping Reo would do something other than look blank

"I highly doubt that." He said in response, his expression didn't change.

They spent the last hour studying each Terra, their Sky Knights and Squadrons and their usage. Reo, after a few stubborn minutes relaxed and listened carefully, the fresh information may come in use to him one day.

"I'm starving, c'mon, let's eat!" Jade grinned and stood up; she took Reo's hand and took him off his chair. Reo didn't feel the hand, but it was something about being touched he couldn't stand.

"Unhand me!" He barked, ripping his hand from her grip.

"Icy and cold hearted." Jade smiled slightly though there was a slight sad tone to her look. "It's a good thing you're cute."

The shadow boy looked down at the gruesome plate of substance in front of him and raised an eyebrow; he'd reluctantly followed Jade to the canteen with strange promises of 'filling his stomach' whatever THAT meant, he didn't even HAVE a stomach but Jade either didn't know that or didn't care.

"Pasta, it's delicious, try it." Jade nodded in encouragement. Reo glanced at what activities Jade was doing and copied her; he picked up a lean four-pointed metal instrument and stabbed the 'pasta' with it.

There was a crack and suddenly little lines stretched over the plate where his tool stood, before the plate fell into five pieces, the pasta going everywhere.

"That was incorrect wasn't it…?" Reo mumbled softly, he was pretty sure destroying the plate wasn't a part of this whole 'eating' thing. Jade tried not to laugh, she honestly didn't but that was just too funny.

"It's okay, I didn't expect you to get it first time, here." Jade took the pasta on the end of her sharp metal-work and held it by his mouth. "Open up."

"What are you-" But he was forced to be silent and Jade quickly inserted the food into his mouth.

"Now chew and swallow." Jade said with a grin as Reo did what he was commanded; out of habit more so then out of agreement. "Nice?"

"Tastes like ash to me." Reo shrugged.

"Oh…well that's a bummer." Jade said lightly as she continued to eat; so this guy didn't need to eat? Did he need ANYTHING humans did?

The boy's ear twitched as he heard his name mentioned from another table. He tilted his head in the direction of the General's. Earlier that day, Reo had defeated Dark Ace in battle, and the commander didn't take it lightly. The dark haired man hissed curses at Reo to Ravess, Snipe' stuck-up sister, and Snipe himself (Now clean of the flour), behind Reo's back. The anger bubbled up inside him. Jade saw this in Reo's face; she'd lived and worked here long enough to recognize suppressed anger when she saw it.

"Easy, now…Ace is just angry that you beat him, just ignore him, it's his bruised ego talking, nothing more"

Reo wasn't listening to her however, as he heard Dark Ace mutter something.

"I didn't even try; he won't defeat me again in his lifetime." Reo stood up, enraged and faced him.

"Lets try round two then, old man!" Reo bellowed. The whole canteen went so silent it was almost deafening. Dark Ace laughed in the quiet.

"I don't think so." The man stood up and made his leave.

The shadow boy grabbed at a broken plate piece and threw it hard, straight into the back of Dark Ace's head. The commander turned and growled slightly at the pain, he was even bleeding a little, but only just had time to react as Reo sent a bolt of scarlet power soaring past his ear.

"Reo! Calm down!" Jade yelled; she didn't want to touch his skin in case he snapped at her again, so she was relived when Reo hesitated, in that time, Jade had enough time to sheath Reo's blade for him and drag him out by the hem of his uniform before any more damage was caused.

And so we meet Jade the second main OC to be introduced XP Jade is mainly of my creation and is meant to be Reos love interest...if Reo could love that is! You'll see as the stroy progresses how Reo and Jade's relashionship starts to change Anyway until next time!

Jade