Storm Hawks- Yin vs. Yang
Chapter 2
Rescue
I had just woken up that morning and was getting ready to get my new map.
I heard the door open to my room and I turned to face my visitor. I wasn't surprised by who it was; it was my twin sister Cyclonis.
"Enjoying our work?" she asked me.
"Wish i could answer that truthfully. No, not one bit." i answered. Cyclonis' face went to confused.
She asked, "Why? Your work is helping everyone in Atmos! You choose the next place, and then i organize the crews to send the medical supplies to. How can you not enjoy your work? I thought you wanted to help others?"
I answered, "Yes, i do want to help others, but i don't see why i have to be stuck in this room all day, for the rest of my life! I want to get out, explore the world, and see what my work is doing for the people of Atmos. I can't do that in this room!!"
Cyclonis said, "Patience Cyclonisius, my dear sister. If you behave yourself, I'll let you out, with the Dark Ace's supervision of course!" Then she turned and left without even waiting for a reply.
Cyclonis was outside of the cell and the Dark Ace approached her.
"Tomorrow, take Cyclonisius out for a fly around Atmos. But, first stop must be the wastelands. Make sure you get into a lot of close calls. That should scare her so much she wouldn't dare come out of her room at all." said Cyclonis.
Dark Ace laughed a bit to himself and said, "That would be my pleasure!"
Little did they know, i heard everything from behind the door and my sister's words made my blood turn cold as ice, frozen in my veins. I suddenly realised that the 'Dark Ace' I knew was the fake 'Dark Ace'. The 'Dark Ace' Cyclonis knew was the real 'Dark Ace'.
I felt tears coming to my eyes as I realised that they were trying to keep me here, so I couldn't see Atmos. I had to get out!!
I backed against the wall as I waited for the door to open again. As if on cue, the door opened and a female talon walked in with a red tool box. I smiled to myself and brought out my staff. It was a beautiful silver staff with a pink crystal at the top. I whistled and she turned around, shocked and I fired. She fell down, unconscious. I got into the Talon uniform and put my cloak in the tool box. I put on the goggles and face mask and made my staff disappear and I grabbed her staff, then ran out of the room.
Only problem was, I had no clue where I was going. I slowed my pace to a walk and took a good look at my surroundings.
Suddenly a loud deep male voice yelled, "Why are you here!? Get back to your post!!" I twirled to look at the voice to see a really large male Talon that could easily crush my skull in his bare hand. I turned and made a run for it.
He yelled, "Hey! Wait!!" but I didn't wait for a reply and I didn't stop. I probably was running around in circles but at least I was putting as much distant between him and me as I could.
Suddenly I ran into a boy, about my age, with red spiky hair. But the thing that really stood out were his deep emerald eyes. They were kind and caring, and just by his eyes, if he ever had a gang, he would easily be the leader. He seemed a little surprised at my reaction of running into someone not dressed like a Talon or my sister. I noticed his armour logo and recognised it instantly. He was a member of the Storm Hawks.
He suddenly pulled out two shinning blue blades and I backed away, frightened and in shock. I collided with the wall and I dropped the staff in fright. I felt my pulse beating and it hammered against my rib cage. This was how I was going to die? By the hands of a Storm Hawk? By someone who could become a true friend to me?
Suddenly a door opened and in there was a whole army of Talons. I held my breathe. The boy seemed to become edgy. Like he didn't know what to do now. Then suddenly a little sphere fell between the Talons and they suddenly got electrocuted. I gasped and backed away a little. They all fell to the ground, all but one. She stood there and the boy raised his blades at her. She took of her mask in a haste.
"Take it easy! I'm Starling! I've been working here undercover!" she said. The boy lowered his blades and walked to her.
He said, "I've heard about you, you're really famous, you know?" she nodded.
"Well, we can't talk now. Cyclonis has a storm device that's going to destroy Atmos. We need to get the Aurora Stone away from her. Also has a Wallop and a squirrel boy in there. They belong to you?" she said to the boy.
I gasped at this info and they suddenly turned their attention back to me. I started shaking, not knowing what to do. The boy raised his blades but Starling put a hand on his shoulder to stop him. She slowly walked towards me.
"well, what do you know? If it isn't Cyclonisius. I guess you got the same idea as me. Wait till Cyclonis figures out your gone, oh boy, there'll be a search party!" she said chuckling at the thought. Suddenly she realised something.
"A search party? That's the lucky break we need!! Can you run around Cyclonia leading them away from where we're going, letting us get the Aurora Stone without much hassle?" she asked me. I gasped a little, not knowing her, yet she knew who I was. I guess my sister must talk about me to her Talons.
I asked, "Depends, what's in it for me?" Starling chuckled.
She answered, "Aerrow and I will help get you out of here. Deal?" I looked at her and pretended to think about it.
I answered, "Deal!" and we shook hands. Suddenly I heard that male Talons' voice from before. I gasped and quickly put the tool box down and grabbed my cloak. I put it on in a haste and cloaked my head so he couldn't see my hair. I coughed a little to myself trying to get my voice box to change my voice.
"M-master Cyclonis! W-what a pleasant surprise! Do you want me to take care of these sky knights?" he asked me, obviously scared out of his mind.
"Do I look like I can't handle these two?!" I screeched at him in my sister's voice. He jumped and sort of screamed as well.
"N-no! of course not!!" he answered back, terrified. I felt bad, scaring him so much but it was for our benefit.
"Well then!!?? Get back to work!!!" I yelled at him. He screeched and ran off, leaving a cloud of dust behind him. I smirked and pulled my cloak off, putting it back in the tool box. Starling and Aerrow were laughing their heads off. I giggled a bit to myself.
Aerrow walked to me and said, "Meet you back here in about 20 minutes, okay?" I smiled and nodded, shaking his hand. Him and Starling ran off but didn't make it out of the door when suddenly Cyclonis' voice echoed through the speakers. She was sort of screaming. She knew I was gone! I ran off in the other direction in a hurry.
I past the first corridor and suddenly ran into a group of Talons. I yelped and ran off in the other direction, heading for the other corridor. They followed me, zapping their lasers. I puffed, not used to the exercise. I ran through another corridor ad tripped over a bit of raised metal on the floor.
I quickly pulled myself up and ran for my life. I didn't know it, but I ran right into the room my sister's storm machine was in. I gasped as I accidentally ran right into the middle of a battle. I saw Starling, fighting my sister. She gasped at my suddenly presence.
"Cyclonisius!? What are you doing here!?" she asked/yelled at me.
I said confidently, "Escaping from your brainwashing clutches. For good!" she growled and suddenly Starling disappeared. Cyclonis looked around trying to find her. Suddenly Starling jumped at her from a high distance. Cyclonis raised her staff and I turned, not baring to look. I heard a scream and when I looked I saw Starling, crippled on the floor.
"Starling!!" yelled Aerrow from the top of the storm machine. I looked up at him and he jumped down, landing nearby me. I turned to suddenly see the Talons. They gasped at the fight going on in here. I backed away slowly and let Aerrow and Cyclonis fight, while I tried to disarm the storm machine. I saw a little device that obviously showed how much power the storm machine had gained so far, and it was one away from full power. I gasped and started climbing up the storm machine.
I reached the Aurora Stone when I suddenly saw the Wallop and the squirrel kid Starling was talking about. I gasped, I had to get them out. I made my staff appear and I started smashing it into the glass.
I suddenly heard my sister say, "You can't win sky knight. You'll do your moves, and jump around. But the end result will be the same. I unleash the full fury of nature and you… well actually I don't really care what happens to you!" and suddenly saw Dark Ace swing his sword at Aerrow from behind. Aerrow turned around to see the attack yet couldn't get out of the way in time. He was hit and screamed in agony as he flew towards the door.
"No!!" I yelled.
Cyclonis turned to face Dark Ace and said, "You always get to have the last shot!" Dark Ace smiled and put his sword away. I kept smashing at the glass. I had to get these two out. I heard a little click and I looked at the device. It was at full power! I gasped and laid the final bow on the glass. It cracked!
The wallop smiled at me and started smashing the rest of the glass. I moved my way to the Aurora Stone when Cyclonis chuckled to herself. I stopped to look at her. She pushed a button and little screens appeared to the top of the roof. Wind started blowing and my hair blew everywhere.
"Then it begins! Said Cyclonis. I gasped as a familiar voice suddenly brought relief to me.
"See? That's where you're wrong!" said Aerrow and everyone turned to look at him. I brought his blades out.
"It's already OVER!!!" he yelled. Dark Ace pulled his sword out and fired, but Aerrow dodged and jumped up to where I was. He landed next to me and put his blades together as one long two sided sword. He raised it and I realised in horror what he was going to do. Cyclonis and everyone else did too. He smashed the blade in to the stone and light engulfed everyone.
The wallop and squirrel kid jumped out as the place started collapsing. Aerrow then did something that made me blush. He grabbed me by the waist and jumped off the storm machine, just as it was collapsing. We landed and he grabbed my hand pulling me behind him, while squirrel boy grabbed Starling's hand, pulling her along too.
Suddenly a lot of debris fell, cutting me and Aerrow from the rest of the gang. The wallop managed to move a boulder away to get a view of us.
"Get to the ship! The place is gonna blow! I'll get her out of my sky ride! Go!" yelled Aerrow. The wallop and everyone else turned and ran off.
Aerrow turned around looking disappointed and said, "That is if I still have one." I gasped and grabbed my hand pulling me behind him to his sky ride. We entered a room that had Talons running around trying to get somewhere safe. And in there was a motorcycle. Aerrow hopped on and motioned for me to hop on as well. I hopped on the back and he drove us out of there like there was no tomorrow. My hair was blown behind me and I was pretty sure my face was left behind me cause when Aerrow turned back to look at me, he kinda had a giggle fit.
Once we were out of there, the whole place exploded. I gulped, glad I wasn't in there, still in my room. I held onto Aerrow, smiling at him when he turned to look at me. Once we landed on a giant ship there was a whole welcome party waiting for us. Aerrow got off, then helped me get off. Waiting for us was, of course Starling, there was the wallop, there was the squirrel boy, there was a merb, there was a girl with midnight blue hair and orange eyes with brown skin and there was a little squirrel/lemur creature there. Aerrow walked me towards them and winked at them.
"Guys, I'd like to introduce Cyclonisius. She was being held against her will at Cyclonia. She was smart though, and managed to escape, then we helped her through the rest. Cyclonisius, I'd like you to meet Piper, the girl with the midnight blue hair, Stork, the merb, Finn, the squirrel boy, Junko, the wallop and Radarr my co-pilot down there." I smiled and waved to them.
Junko seemed to be thinking about something and Aerrow asked, "What is it Junko?"
Junko asked, "Why is her name so much like Master Cyclonis' name?" I gasped, hoping they weren't going to ask that. I gulped and everyone turned to look at me.
I backed away a step and said, "Okay, if I tell you, you have to promise not to get the wrong idea, okay?!" they nodded.
I sighed and answered, "Cyclonis is my older twin sister." everyone gasped and then straightened themselves back up. The only one that didn't react was Starling. She already knew. I had a feeling these guys were in for a lot of shocks, but if they could pull themselves together like they did just then, they could handle anything.