Dawn of a New Age

Chapter Sixteen

Chapter Sixteen

AN: My spell check is confused by Aerrow and arrow...

They finally arrived at Gundstaff's Terra and Matthew was surprised at the size of the house and mainly the front door. It was a house fit for a giant, literally.

"Do you think he'll hear us knock?" Finn asked looking up at the huge door.

"Well, we can't exactly ring the doorbell." Aerrow said gesturing up the huge button.

"What about this guys?" Junko asked pointed to a smaller button that was on their level. It was still much bigger than an average door bell, but it could be ring able. Junko hit his knuckles together to activate his knuckle busters. He punched the button leaving a bit of a dent and a loud bell chimed. He stepped back and patiently waited.

The door opened a crack and Matthew looked in. He didn't see anything, but a huge dark column that looked like it was made out of fabric. The nation followed it upwards until he saw a face.

"Hello Gundstaff!" Piper yelled up waving to him.

The giant man knelt down closer to their level. "Storm Hawks? What are you doing here?" He asked. He had grey hair and green eyes.

"We're looking for a crystal." Aerrow said.

"Well come on in then. I'll see what I can do for you." Gundstaff said straightening up and opening the door further. Canada followed the others in and the giant man shut the door behind him. He led them into his workshop and helped them up onto his work table. "What are you looking for?" He asked sitting down on his stool.

"We're looking for the dimensional discord crystal." Piper said.

Gundstaff shook his head. "You are the third person to ask for it."

"Who were the others? Cyclonians!" Finn demanded.

The giant shook his head again. "A man with a funny multicolour poncho asked for it. He payed really well. The Cyclonians came for it a while ago and now you're here."

"So, you don't have it?" Piper asked.

"No. I didn't get the man's name or where he was from. He had dark hair and eyes; he also wore a multicoloured poncho that looked like it was made out of feathers." Gundstaff said apologetically. "Is there anything else you're looking for?"

"Yes." Piper said. "We're also looking for some healing crystals. Would you happen to have some?"

"I do. They're starting to become hard to come by." Gundstaff said opening a drawer in his desk. "Keep them in here instead of the vault. Just in case." He grabbed them and handed them to Piper.

"Thank you Gundstaff." She said with a smile. It wasn't much, but it would do for a while.

"Anytime." The giant said. "Good luck finding that man."

-❄"Hey, turn around, bend over, I'll show you where my shoe fits!"❄-

The next few days were uneventful. They had started to ask around for this man, but no one had heard of them before. Matthew was a little bit restless and missing home. It was the longest he'd been away from his land outside the wars. For him it had been a close to a month in the Atmos, but for Alfred, it would have been a little over a day total.

"Hey Mattie! Wanna try to spilt that arrow again?" Finn asked crossbow in hand.

"Sure." Matthew said standing up from where he was in the deck. He followed Finn back into the hanger and helped him drag the target out. Finn shot a bolt into the centre of the target as Canada readied his knives.

"Have at it." The blond teen said leaning against his skimmer. Matthew pressed one of the knives lightly against his bottom lip as he took a breath. He threw the knife and it stuck in the board right beside the arrow. "So close."

The nation readied again and threw a knife. This one landed on the opposite side of the arrow. Matthew bit his lip and threw another one. It stuck into the board right above the arrow.

"You're very accurate with those knives. Why don't you use them more often in battle?" Finn asked.

The Canadian shrugged. "I prefer flying and shooting at people. Throwing knives don't really fit into a dog fight."

"Oh and jumping off a skimmer to fight on top of another does?" The sharpshooter laughed. "Anything goes!"

Matthew just laughed and threw the next knife. That one was a little further away than the others. He walked up the board and pulled them out before walking back to his spot. The nation kept throwing for almost a half an hour and the other Storm Hawks started to gather again. Finn had to replace the arrow once because of how many times it had been nicked. The Canadian kept throwing though; he was determined to get it this time.

Canada bit his lip and threw another knife. This time, it didn't land in the board, but split the arrow down the centre and bounced off the metal arrow tip before hitting the ground.

Matthew gasped and smiled. "Yes, finally!" He said excitedly.

Finn jumped up and ran over to the board and inspected the arrow. "It's almost a perfect split." He said pulling the arrow out carefully and handing it over to Canada. Aerrow hopped off the crate he had been resting on and walked over. Matthew handed the arrow to the Sky Knight.

"That's amazing." Aerrow said handing the arrow back to Canada.

"What are we going to do with it?" Junko asked.

"Could frame it and hang it on the wall." Piper suggested.

"Or we could wrap it up like a present and send it to Master Cyclonis along with some plain cooked pasta." Finn suggested.

"Why though?" Piper asked confused.

"Why not?" The teen said with a smirk. Piper just faced palmed and slowly shook her head while everyone else laughed.

AN: Sorry for the later post, was visiting family then ended up in Fornite... whoops