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Chapter 26 – Communication failure

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Within the ruins of Cyclonia

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"Master Cyclonis!" yelled Dark Ace along with the rest of the Cyclonian talons. They had been searching for over an hour now, things started to look grim.

"I swear when I get my hands on Aerrow and that kitchen hand..." suddenly there was movement about a meter away from Dark Ace's position, he rushed towards it.

Cyclonis was found curled up in a bare area, she started to cough when Dark Ace reached her "Master Cyclonis are you alright?" asked Dark Ace kneeling down even in the situation they were in.

"Do I look like I will be alright?" she was furious.

"I'm sorry Master Cyclonis; we have been looking for hours..."

"No you haven't, it's been a mere hour and all you managed to do was walk over my position!" Cyclonis got slowly and gently up; she brushed her hair out of the way of her eyes so Dark Ace could see her full fury.

"This is the last time you fail me Dark Ace, if it wasn't for my useless crew! I would have gotten rid of you earlier, but because of your failure to keep Aerrow within Cyclonia..." Cyclonis was interrupted by a distressed Dark Ace.

"Master Cyclonis forgive me! Give me one more chance...I know exactly where they are going!" Cyclonis smirked.

"So does the rest of Cyclonia" she replied as she stared down at Dark Ace who still refused to stand up.

"...how about I go there alone and bring back Aerrow?"

Cyclonis thought for a second "fine, but if you fail don't bother coming back" she turned to attend to the wreckage which was now her room.

"I promise you Master Cyclonis, I won't fail" Dark Ace mumbled before turning towards his skimmer.

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Somewhere between Cyclonia and the Condor

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Both Doilan and Aerrow flew silently; it had been like this for the past 2 hours.

"So..." spoke Doilan, breaking the silence "excited to get your memories back?" he asked as he leant back against the seat.

Aerrow didn't look up; he just continued staring out in front of him "I... don't know Doilan, what if Master Cyclonis is right? What if Snipe was just pulling your leg?" concern weaved through his words.

Doilan chuckled "I would be surprised if Snipe could pull that off, as for Cyclonis well you will have to trust my word..."

"Cause that's worth a lot..." replied Aerrow sarcastically

Doilan huffed "I'm going to let that one slip...for now, you've had a hard couple of weeks..."

"Weeks? What happened before I 'woke up'?" Aerrow turned to Doilan his blood red eyes were wide open which made Doilan jump.

"Let's just say 4 weeks of isolation consisting of torture to not only you but a friend of yours as well"

"Torture? But I don't have any scars or anything of the kind"

"Psychological my friend and they used Piper as the provocative"

"Piper? Was she the other one tortured?"

"Nope, a girl named simply "Gadget" she betrayed Cyclonis, so she got the same treatment as you, but unlike you she was shot ruthlessly afterwards" Aerrow had a look of shock; it was obvious even behind his eyes.

Aerrow looked down to think of all that Doilan had said, it was getting too much.

Doilan looked down as well for he knew that he had hit a sensitive spot, he sighed "...look man, once we get back to the Condor everything will be better...I promise man" suddenly the clouds cleared to reveal the one thing both of them were hoping for, the Condor.

"See we made it!" cried Doilan with joy almost falling off the skimmer.

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On the Condor

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Piper stood out on the landing bay, staring out into the clouds.

"Piper!" cried out Finn who was underneath his skimmer 'fixing it'.

Piper sighed and turned around "what is it Finn? Have you got your shirt stuck in the engine again?" she started walking towards the sharpshooter.

"Ha-ha no..." laughed Finn sarcastically "Okay maybe I have..." Finn finally admitted.

Piper rolled her eyes as she went to help untangle him "this is the 4th time in two weeks Finn, I suggest you wear a tighter top"

"I would if someone hadn't given them all away saying that they were "too small" or "I look like a little child in them"" Piper smirked.

"That's because you did, who wears a t-shirt with a piece of cheese sown on the front of it anyway?"

"Hey! Dove gave me that for Christmas..."

"Yeah 3 years ago"

"Well if we had more money..."

"Are you blaming our finance on me? Ha-ha that's a good one Finn especially when you spend half of your wages on hair gel!"

"You can talk..." Finn held his hand over his mouth.

Piper went red with rage "I thought I told you never to talk about..." suddenly Stork could be heard over the P.A.

"Ah Piper there seems to be two Cyclonian skimmers coming towards us"

Both Piper and Finn looked up at the P.A confused "only two?" they both asked almost simultaneously.

"Yep could be a trap" replied Stork

"Alright Finn go up and help Stork figure this out"

Finn looked at Piper, confused "Me? Aren't you the one that's good with the figuring out?" he asked standing up from under the skimmer.

Piper glared at the sharpshooter "Just do it Finn"

Finn rolled his eyes as he made his way to the door "fine then, though I'm not going to be any help..."

Piper was all alone now, which she enjoyed.

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Just outside the Condor

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"So Aerrow you going to call the Condor to see if they will let us land?" asked Doilan who was relieved to be at their target.

Aerrow froze "How would I do that again?" Doilan face palmed himself "this amnesia whatcha call it is starting to get annoying, look flick the latch on the control and push the button underneath"

Aerrow followed the instructions "...what do I say?"

"You know what I'll do it" Doilan replied finally losing his patience.

Suddenly Stork could be heard over the comm. "Attention Cyclonian's state your business here"

Doilan flicked the latch open and pressed down on the button "This is Doilan of...this is just Doilan requesting to land"

"Request denied" Finn was now speaking "give us a good reason not to blow you two out of the skies...permanently"

Doilan smirked "I guess they don't know you're with me" Aerrow was too busy looking down at the condor to notice what Doilan said.

"A reason you say? Oh how about the fact that I have Aerrow here with me..." there was silence over the comm.

The silence lasted over 5 minutes and Doilan started to wonder if he had broken the button.

"What's taking them...?" Aerrow asked before being interrupted by the comm. starting up again

"Please proceed to the hangar bay..." was all they heard before radio silence was achieved once more.

"Finally" moaned Aerrow as they started the skimmer engines up again and flew towards the Condor.

Little did they know of who was waiting for them in the Hangar Bay.

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Author Notes:

Hey all!

Yes I am aware this is a boring chapter :S

alwell lol

hope you enjoyed it!

From the one they call Doilan.