Dawn of a New Age

Chapter Fourteen

Chapter Fourteen

AN: Just don't question where Canada keeps his knives.

Matthew ducked under Aerrow's blade and elbowed him in the chest. They had decided to go back to sparring after their little talk. The other storm Hawks had come down one by one and now everyone was there, even Stork.

Aerrow slashed at him again, but Canada hopped back. He was still just defending and waiting for the Sky Knight to tire out. He could see it on Aerrow's face that he was determined to get the Canadian to attack him. He was doing silly things, trying to hit below the belt and anger Matthew. It wasn't really working too well though, he was too level headed.

The red head was about to attack again, but a message came over the PA system. "Hello Storm Hawks! This is Starling, I am on Terra Vapos. We need help; there are squadrons of Cyclonians attacking!"

The storm Hawks ran up to the bridge and Stork took the wheel and Aerrow picked up the com. "Starling, this is Aerrow. We are on our way."

"Good, please hurry. We're pinned down here." Starling's voice cracked and cut out.

"Full speed Stork." The Sky Knight said worry laced through his voice.

"Their Domo will save them!" Finn declared.

"Domo?" Matthew asked confused.

"Long story, I'll tell you later." Junko said patting Finn roughly on his back.

"I can tell it Junko!" The teen complained. "I can tell it better than anyone else!"

"No, you'll exaggerate it better than anyone else." Piper said with a smirk. Finn sputtered as Junko laughed.

"Five minutes away." Stork said over his shoulder. Aerrow walked up and stood beside the merk. He crossed his arms and watched out the window for the terra.

A few more minutes passed and the Terra came out of the clouds. Matthew could see a cluster of skimmers chasing one skimmer. He knew that the lone skimmer must have been Starling. He could also see people throwing spears at the skimmers from the ground that were dressed in Ancient Greek styled clothing.

"There's no opposing ship around. It's just the squadrons." Stork said looking at the radar. "What's your plan?" He asked Aerrow.

"I don't see Dark Ace there right now. Looks like Snipe and Ravess are there though." The sky knight said taking in the situation. "Everyone in the air unless a cruiser shows up, then Finn and Piper man the guns."

"Good thinking dude." Finn said. "Now let's get down there and save my people!" He said running off towards the hanger. Aerrow smiled and ran after the blond, Radarr holding onto his shoulder for dear life. Canada, Piper and Junko followed after them down to the hanger.

Finn and Aerrow jumped onto their skimmers and sped off down the runway before the other three had made it to the hanger. The Canadian climbed onto his skimmer and started it waiting for the others before also speeding off.

As soon as they were in the air the Cyclonians heard them coming and broke away from Starling. There were more talons than the last battle. They swarmed around them. Matthew picked a Cyclonian and started to fire at him.

The talon dipped and dived avoiding all of the blond's blasts. Canada followed close behind and quickly downed the skimmer. He looked over his shoulder hearing engine noise and spotted two Cyclonians on his tail. They started to shoot at him and he rolled away from the blasts.

Matthew angled his wing tips down and pulled tightly to the right. He blew by the two that had been chasing him and pulled in behind them. He was still amazed at the turn radius of the skimmer. The nation started to fire at the pair.

One broke away and the blond followed. It dived down towards the terra and went low to the ground. The people dressed in togas started to throw spears at them as soon as they got within their range. Matthew pulled up and away as one banged off his wing. He looked over to see if there was any damage, but there wasn't. He looked back down to where the Cyclonian was still flying low, but his engine was smoking and he was losing altitude.

The Canadian watched as the talon crash landed and the toga people ran over. He pulled away and flew back towards the battle again. He saw a pink haired lady with a bow shooting at Finn who was shooting back with his crossbow. Junko was fighting against a purple haired man who kept swinging at him with a club.

Matthew spotted a group of three skimmers heading his way. He turned to fly straight for them pulling a throwing knife from his pocket. As soon as they got close enough Canada threw the knife at the middle man's shoulder joint. He saw the man's face contort in pain as he flipped upside down, reached down and grabbed the knife from the talons shoulder as he passed over them. He turned right side up and looked back. The man was slumped over holding his wound and dipping down into the clouds.

The other two Cyclonians turned back to him and started firing. Canada had the sun to his back making it hard for his enemy to see. He fired back at them hitting ones engine before shifting his focus to the other.

The female talon didn't back down seeing both of her colleagues being defeated. She flew straight at him and fired. Matthew rolled to the left and dived down. He looked over his shoulders as he moved and she followed him down. The woman had hit his skimmers belly twice and caused a little bit of damage, but not enough to affect his controls. He stayed in the clouds and could hear the Cyclonian behind him.

Matthew pulled back and slowed his skimmer down and heard the enemy skimmer pass underneath him. He smiled pulling back up above the cloud line and waited for the Cyclonian to surface. She popped up a second later looking around for the blond. The nation started to fire at her and she started to roll and turn to avoid the blasts.

To the Cyclonian's credit, she did a very good job of avoiding the shots, but Matthew was determined to get her. The blond anticipated that she would move to the left and the woman did. He hit the side of her skimmer where the wing brackets met the body and the left pair flew off. Canada rolled out if the way as they flew past him. The Cyclonians skimmer started to fall and she bailed off.

Matthew looked around again, the last few talons were retreating and the people on the ground were cheering. He flew back over to where Aerrow and Finn were. Starling and Piper were not too far off and Junko just pulled up before them.

"Let's land and say hello to my people!" Finn yelled jetting off in that direction. Aerrow and the others followed him to land. The blond teen landed and hopped off his skimmer before running over to the crowd of people. Matthew landed and got off his skimmer, but leaned against it.

Starling walked over to the Canadian and stuck out her hand. Matthew shook it with a smile. "I'm Starling; it's nice to meet you."

"Matthew." He said.

"You're new, we haven't met before. I've heard a little bit about you." The purple haired woman said. "It's good to see an 'older' face with these kids." Starling smiled. He could tell that she was fairly protective of the Storm Hawks, but didn't know why.

"They are pretty young." The nation said. "But don't let them hear you say that." He laughed. Starling cracked a smile.