Storm Hawks- Yin vs. Yang

Chapter 4

Memories Recovered

I woke up to sunlight in my eyes. I grumbled and lifted the covers off of my bed and slowly pulled myself onto my stomach, but I didn't realise I was so close to the edge, and I felt myself slipping. I let out a tiny scream as I fell of the side of my bed and landed on the hard floor. I sat up and rubbed the back of my head. I got a good chance to check out what I was wearing, I was wearing a knee high nightie that was a pale lavender purple and my hair looked like I had stuck my finger in an electric socket.

Suddenly the door opened and a panicked Aerrow rushed in yelling, "Cyclonisius! Are you okay?! What happened?!" I put a hand forward to stop him from asking too many questions at once.

"I'm fine Aerrow, just fell out of bed. And don't call me Cyclonisius, you guys can call me Cyclone if you guys want, but please don't call me by my full name." I said to him. Aerrow relaxed, then cracked up laughing. I smiled and started laughing with him.

"What's going on? What's all the laughing about?" asked a sleepy Finn.

"Cyclone fell out of bed, that's all." said Aerrow through his laughter. Finn rubbed his eyes.

"Cyclone? Aerrow, when did you start calling her Cyclone?" he asked.

Aerrow opened his mouth to answer but I answered for him, "Just then, from now on, call me Cyclone, please, don't call me by my full name. ok?" Finn nodded then turned to head for the kitchen. I slowly stood up and dusted my nightie, then walked out of my room to head for the kitchen as well.

When I entered the kitchen, I saw Stork, Piper, Junko and Finn there, eating their breakfast. I smiled at them and waved good morning to them.

Piper giggled and said, "Good morning sleepy head. Have good dreams Cyclone?" I stopped dead in my tracks.

"How did you know to call me Cyclone?" I asked her, she pointed at Finn, who was giving one of his goofy grins. I giggled and opened the cupboard and picked up a carton of cereal. I poured it into a bowl, then poured milk, then sat down and started eating. Aerrow then walked in with a goofy grin on his face, which wasn't normal for him.

"Ok mister sky knight, what did you do? That goofy grin on your face means you're up to something. Tell us!" I said to him. He pretended to look shocked.

"Who? me? Why would I be up to something? What do you honestly think I'm capable of?" he asked in a mocking tone. I frowned and looked at Piper. She wore the same expression.

"I don't buy it. What do you think Piper?" I asked her. She frowned.

"Same, I don't buy it either. Guys?" she asked the guys, but when we turned to look at them, everyone of them, except Stork, were smiling goofily. I looked at Piper and she looked at me, we were both confused.

I finished my cereal and washed and dried my bowl and spoon, then walked to my room and got changed into a shot sleeved red top and dark blue mini shorts, then put on black sneakers. I brushed my hair then walked out of my room and made my way to the hanger bay. Surprisingly, the hanger was open and a cool breeze was sweeping through the Condor.

I walked nearby the edge and sat down, enjoying the breeze. I leaned on my back and closed my eyes. This was heaven.

Suddenly a bright light flashed into my vision, even though my eyes were closed. I quickly opened them, and light burst out of my eyes. I closed them again then fell unconscious on the hanger bay edge.

(with Cyclone)

I was walked in light. Suddenly I was at some sort of terra. I walked through the grass meadow of roses, that cut my bare legs and made large scratches on my poor, sore legs. I finally made my way to a village. I was walking through the town's mall and suddenly someone walked right through me. I shivered and gasped in disbelief. Suddenly another person walked through me. I gasped and quickly ran from the town. Suddenly I stopped at two, really large gates. I placed my hands on a bar of the gate but my hand just went through it. I decided everyone else couldn't see me anyway, so I walked through the gate and gasped. There, behind those gates, was a giant palace.

I walked into the palace and through the doors to a giant dining room table. I gasped at the length of it. Then I suddenly heard footsteps and I prayed to the unknown lords that I was invisible to them. Just as I prayed, they didn't see me or even know I was there, they went right through me. I noticed two girls in particular. One had extremely long dark purple hair, and the other had shoulder length dark purple hair. They both had lavender eyes and they were wearing extremely beautiful gowns. But one thin on them stood out the most, they were both wearing beautiful crowns.

One of them, the long haired one, said, "Thank you James." I suddenly realised that the girl with the long hair was me, meaning the short haired one, was Cyclonis. We were both princesses of this terra. I ran to another room and saw the names Terra Tankus. I gasped, we were both princesses of terra Tankus? Suddenly everything froze and starting fading to white. I gasped as white engulfed me, pulling me down, then I was falling towards darkness, a never ending pit of darkness. Just when I thought I would never hit the bottom of this hole I felt a tug at my heart and I grunted in pain, then my eyes flashed the same way they did before. I suddenly opened my eyes.

(Condor)

I was sitting on the edge of the hanger bay, once again. But I wasn't alone, Aerrow was there. He looked really worried.

I sat up and held my head and asked, "What happened?"

"I was hoping you could tell me. I walked out here to check on the skimmers and I saw you lying there. I went to check up on you, and when I tried to wake you, you wouldn't wake up. I was starting to get worried and thinking of calling Piper, but you just suddenly woke up on your own accord." he answered to me.

I stood up and grabbed Aerrow's hand, pulling him behind me as I walked to the main room.

"Piper, can you help me out with something?" I yelled through the Condor's radio.

"Sure thing. I'll be right there!" answered Piper.

"Bring your maps!" I said.

"Yep, ok!" she replied.

Soon Piper was there with the maps, and Aerrow was watching us, confused. In fact, all the boys stood there, confused.

I asked, "Piper, have you heard of a terra called Terra Tankus?" Piper frowned while she was trying to remember, then gasped as it hit her. She suddenly sighed.

She grabbed the map and pointed to a charted terra.

She said, "Terra Tankus, a beautiful terra known for it's roses and flowers. People called it the terra of love. The princesses of Terra Tankus were extremely beautiful, they were known to be the most loving and caring people known the Atmos. People used to think they were goddesses sent from heaven to guide them in their lives filled with love and harmony. They never fought and had no problems with poverty and money problems. Everything was the same price, nothing was over $10 and everyone was paid the some amount. It was really, the best place to live."

I frowned, thinking over what she had said. Everything she had just said matched everything in the dream. Everyone was happy, there were roses and flowers, nothing was too expensive, the princesses were extremely beautiful. Then it hit me, she had used past tense, meaning something had happened.

"Piper, what happened to it?" I asked her.

"It was going so well, then Cyclonia decided it was going to try and destroy Terra Tankus. Everything bad happened, Cyclonis wiped out Terra Tankus, the princesses went missing during the battle and everyone on that Terra was either captured or killed. The top of Terra Tankus was scraped clean by Cyclonia ramming into Terra Tankus. Why did you want to know about Terra Tankus anyway?" Piper told/asked me.

My hands curled into fists and I growled. Everyone turned to look at me, confused. I started pacing, swearing under my breathe. Everyone was looking at me like I'd just gone crazy.

"How could this of happened? Why didn't Cyclonis and I do something? What happened to me and Cyclonis during that battle, why didn't we help our people of Terra Tankus?" I swore to myself.

"Wait! Are you saying you were one of the princesses of Terra Tankus?" Aerrow asked me. I stopped and looked at him.

I nodded and said, "When you couldn't wake me up on the hanger bay, the reason was, I was having a flash back of a long lost memory. Cyclonis and I were peaceful rulers, but something happened to Cyclonis and me, making my Terra not stand a chance! But what exactly happened, I wouldn't have a clue!" Suddenly I felt the tug on my chest again and I grabbed my shirt with one hand, and used my other hand to balance myself on the table.

"N-no! Not now! I'm not r-ready to k-know yet!" I hissed in pain. Suddenly I closed my eyes, gritting my teeth then I saw the white and opened my eyes, flashing white through my eyes. I closed my eyes, then collapsed.

(With Cyclone)

I was standing there, in the palace, yet again. I saw myself standing there, a look of horror on my royal face. My sister was waving a hand in front of my face.

"Cyclone! Cyclone! Wake up! We gotta do something! If we don't, Terra Tankus will be lost, and we'll be blamed! Sis!" she yelled at me. I snapped out of it and determination overtook my expression. I grabbed Cyclonis' hand and I ran with her to the front of our army. We had quickly put this together in case of an emergency like this.

Then my sister raised her hand, then when she lowered it our army took off towards Cyclonia. I growled and took out my staff, while my sister did the same. We then took on the former Master Cyclonis and the Dark Ace.

Then suddenly I saw our army was losing. I gasped and saw Master Cyclonis getting ready to attack an innocent family that was just in the wrong place at the wrong time. I ran in front as she fired. I was hit with massive pain as I watched myself get hit. I felt this pain as well. I grabbed by top and screamed in pain as I doubled over, while my former self fell to the ground, an open wound making her bleed. My sister ran to me and told me to hang on. Then the former Master Cyclonis stood there and said that only if we came with her, would our Terra be saved. Being loving beings, we accepted. But right after I had been healed, she destroyed Terra Tankus, killing everyone that survived the war. My sister and I were about to turn on Master Cyclonis when she suddenly combined with my sister, and she lost that loving glow to her eyes. She grabbed a crystal and hit me with it, and I looked around, not quite sure where I was. She had just erased my memory.

It all made sense now. Cyclonis agreed to go onto Cyclonia to save our people and me. Yet she paid the price and became Master Cyclonis of Cyclonia, I had my memory erased and all our lovely people, were either taken, or killed by that heartless beast.

(On Condor)

I opened my eyes to see everyone looking at me worriedly.

I sat up and said, "That's what happened last time. I just saw what happened during the war. Cyclonis isn't evil. There's a monster fused with her, that's why she's so evil. She saved me and our people by agreeing to go onto Cyclonia, yet they turned on us and destroyed our Terra, then fused with my sister, then erased my memory. Then no one was none the wiser."

Everyone gasped at how much detail I had put into my little speech. Piper then smiled and helped me stand up.

Stork then said, "You should write a book about what really happened that day, you'd sell millions! Maybe then we could get some repairs for the Condor." I smiled taking in his little thought. But what really troubled me was how my sister had sacrificed herself for me and our kingdom.