The Seventh Member of the Storm Hawks

Terra Neon

"One, two, three, four, five and six!" Aerrow counted as everyone but him and Radarr raised their hands, the young squadron had decided where they were going to take a break. "Okay, it looks like we're spending the weekend on Terra Neon." He smiled, much to Finn's pleasure and Radarr's disgruntlement. Finn cheered and began to do a weird handshake with Junko, Nika smiled at Piper – well at least she could experience something new, her head turning sharply when Junko accidently slapped Finn to the ground. "Sorry, Radarr, we'll visit the Terra of Giant Bananas next time." Nika beckoned the co-pilot over and cuddled him, feeling a bit bad for him since he was outvoted. "I'll take you soon Radarr." She smiled, he threw a fist into the air in victory which she giggled at.

"Besides, Terra Neon is the funnest place in the Atmos!" Finn exclaimed as he dusted himself off, "It's got everything! Rides, shows, games, all you can eat Sky-Dogs and flamecorn!" The brunette raised any eyebrow at him, sometimes he fangirled too much about stuff. "You like this?" Nika exclaimed to Piper, she smiled bashfully and looked away from the brunette. Nika, with Junko's help, stood up – she was getting stronger by the minute and she felt great! "First ride with you strongman?" She grinned, holding his arm for support and very unaware of Aerrow's frown – he had secretly hoped she'd ask him but had little choice to not say anything. "Oh, don't worry Aerrow, she will end up hanging on to you and screaming later." Stork said as he passed, smirking when he realised the innuendo he made. Aerrow felt his entire face grow extremely hot and turned his back to everyone, swallowing the lump that formed in his throat. Piper heard Stork and slapped him upside the head, the Merb clutched his head and rolled on the floor over dramatically. "STORK!" She screamed, everyone turned, and it was some sight – Nika rolled her eyes. "I don't even want to know." She muttered, face palming.

Finn led the Storm Hawks through the entrance and looked around in excitement, Nika looked around too – for a "fun" place this place seemed unpopular. "This place has it all. Except one thing: People!" Piper noted, Nika shook her head – what was the hype about? "It's like everyone just vanished." Aerrow thought aloud, "Or maybe they never came at all." Nika spoke sceptically, Finn frowned at her pessimism. "Hey! Terra Neon isn't always like this!" Finn exclaimed while Aerrow called out for someone to appear. "Sure, Finn, sure." Nika replied sarcastically. "Okay this is weird! Terra Neon is always packed!" Piper said, "Where is everybody?" Nika shrugged and inspected her nails – not really aware of how concerned her friends were. Finn elbowed Junko and leant in, "You know what this means?" He asked, Junko thought for a moment and exclaimed, "No lines for us!" Nika smiled a little then it faltered when Junko ran off with Finn. "Oh well." She sighed, Piper quickly took her arm and led her off somewhere else. "Do you want to help me look for clues?" Piper asked the brunette, "Have you really never been to a fairground before?" Seeing Nika's blue eyes look around in amazement, she un-looped her arm and scratched the back of her head. "Eh, not really. Our amusement was pranks and dodging phoenixes... and Cyclonians..." She replied with a short nervous laugh. "Oh..." Piper sighed, she felt bad for Nika – remembering that the brunette didn't really have a childhood. "Well, that's all going to change once this is sorted out." She smiled, leading Nika to different stalls.

Nika watched Piper with amusement when she looked under a stand for clues. "There's nothing there." She sang with an all-knowing tone. Piper sighed but stubbornly continued looking, Nika shrugged at Aerrow who looked at the crystal expert with a weird look. "So, you looking for?" He asked as he leant on the stand, Nika rubbed her temples – this place was weird, and she didn't feel very comfortable. "Some kind of clue!" Piper sighed, "And so far she's found nothing." Nika interjected with a raised eyebrow. "I don't know! I guess I was kinda hoping something would just hit me!" She ranted until some flyer literally hit her in the face, Nika sniggered as she helped Piper up to her feet. "Not funny, Nika." She complained sending a short warning look but was ignored, instead she focused on the flyer. Nika stopped laughing and tried to see if her reading skills were getting better, still squiggly lines to her – she could make out the word 'star' but that was really it. "Who wants to be a mega star?" Piper read aloud, Nika scoffed at the flyer. "Of all things in Atmos to worry about it and it's a fame ticket?" She questioned whilst pretending to read the flyer. Unaware of Piper and Aerrow exchanging a worried look – Nika wasn't really reading it but she was good to act like she was. Her blue eyes flickered to them, feeling conscious of being stared at – Aerrow coughed and saved the pair. "A contest maybe? It looks like it's at the Constellation Theatre." He read as the four Storm Hawks looked at the building in front of them that matched the picture. "C'mon, we will check there." Piper smiled enthusiastically walking ahead, Aerrow motioned for Radarr to follow so he could talk to Nika. "Is something wrong?" He asked, hoping it was a good enough reference to the flyer. "What? No, just expected a fun place to be busy." She replied, oblivious to what he was referring to.