Dawn of a New Age

Chapter Nineteen

Chapter Nineteen

AN: Holy shit, nineteen chapters in and I haven't gotten to the 'main conflict' yet, there's been like two real dog fights. What have I been doing? Uggghh. Do you guys even like this? And posting early cuz we're supposed to be getting a nasty ice storm this weekend. Knowing my luck, we won't have power...

Over half a month had passed again and the Storm Hawks were running out of leads to follow for the man and hadn't heard from Alfred yet. Matthew had started to adjust to the idea that he could be stuck in the Atmos for a while. He had almost gotten over his homesickness and the Condor was slowly becoming his home, but he still missed his land.

Canada still wasn't able to sleep very well in his cot. He had found a bunch of different spots to sleep that were unconventional. Tonight he was in his favourite one of them, in the hanger on top of a heating duct. He was curled up and happy to be in the warm small space.

The nation was dead asleep when an annoying buzzing woke him up. It took him a second to realize what it was in his drowsy state. He pulled his phone out of his pocket and blinded himself with the light. As his eyes adjusted he saw the contact and answered it.

"Hello?" He asked slurring a little bit.

"Mattie? Are you drunk?" Alfred asked. "You're on speaker by the way. England's here."

"No, you just woke me up." Canada said with a yawn.

"Whoops, sorry." The American apologized. "Have you found any leads on that crystal?"

"Yeah, we found out from some Greek looking people that a giant named Gundstaff could have it. He did have it at one point, but have it to a man with a multicoloured poncho." Matthew said. "We've been following some leads, but haven't been able to locate him."

"Who's this we?" Arthur demanded.

"Some friends." The Canadian said defensively.

"He's still skeptical about this whole thing. I've showed him the photos and told him what you said." America grumbled. "Do you have any more photos of weird things?"

"No, I haven't taken anymore." Matthew said looking through his gallery. "Oh wait, I have a few." He said sending a bunch from when Radarr had 'borrowed' his phone and took countless photos of every little thing on the Condor last week.

"What is that thing?" England asked. Canada assumed that he was either seeing Radarr, Junko or Stork. "Why is it blue and smiling?"

"That's Radarr. He's a... I'm not really sure the name of his species. He's Aerrow's co-pilot." Canada explained.

"A blue lemur thing as a co-pilot? And I thought you had low standards having your brother as yours occasionally." Arthur said. Matthew heard Alfred start to say something, but was cut off by England. "That world has flying motorcycles? It seems like a perfect fit for you. Anyways, I'll start looking into this. Maybe I can find something in my spell books. Hopefully we'll be able to get you back soon Canadia. This could take us a few weeks to find the right information."

"Thanks Arthur." Matthew said. He sighed hearing his name being pronounced wrong again.

"We'll let you go back to sleep. Keep us updated." Alfred said. "Bye Canada! Talk to you soon!"

Matthew looked at the battery level on his phone after he hung up and realized it was close to dying. He wondered if it would take as long to charge as it did to ware down. He shrugged and set it on the pipe beside him before falling back asleep.

In the morning he told the Storm Hawks that his brother had called again and updated them on what he had said.

-❄ "Canada is like a loft apartment over a really great party. Like: "Keep it down, eh?"❄-

"There they are!" Aerrow called seeing the convoy just ahead of them. This was one of the rare occasions when they attacked the Cyclonians first. Matthew revved his skimmer waiting for Piper to identify the correct cargo ship.

"Third one from the back should have the crystals!" Piper said over the coms. She was running the mission from the bridge of the Condor with Stork. The plan was for Finn and Matthew to distract the Cyclonians while Aerrow and Junko snuck aboard the ship. "Go and get em boys!"

Aerrow revved his skimmer and sped down the run way. He slowed down enough to let Finn and Canada pass. Matthew and Finn charged straight for the convoy shooting everything in sight while Aerrow and Junko stayed in the clouds.

Gunners started to fire at the blonds from the cargo ship and Matthew started to take them out. He took the left while Finn took the right. Canada flew straight at one of the gunners and fired at him. His blast hit its mark and the man jumped off the side of the ship. The second one looked angry that the nation took out is coworker and managed to catch Matthew off guard.

The Canadian spotted the bolt at the last second, but didn't have enough time to roll out of the way. It hit his skimmers left engine and he started leaning to the left. Matthew was glad it only took away some of his speed and not his controls. He turned to face the man and pulled a throwing knife from his belt. He decided to take Finn's advice and use them in battle more often.

The glowing purple blade cut right through the man's hand and stuck into the wall behind him. The talon hissed in pain and pulled back before retreating back into the ship and leaving his gun. Canada shot at it before anyone could take his position and blew it up. He flew close to the ship and reached out to retrieve his knife from the wall.

The Canadian flew back out into the open sky in time to see a squad of Cyclonian skimmers leaving the ships runway. He spotted Finn charging in their direction and flew that way ready to protect him. He quickly counted the eight skimmers as he approached. Matthew pulled up to gain some altitude before diving down and shooting at the talons. He managed to down two right away and damage another.

Finn was flying after one of the Cyclonians, but was being tailed by two others. Canada knew that he also must have had at least two on his own back, but flew in the teen's direction anyway. He fell into line behind the pair and started to fire being extra careful not to hit Finn's skimmer. The nation hit one of the Cyclonians engines and then their wing.

The man broke off as his skimmer started to die and fell from the sky. Canada focused all of his attention to the other on Finn. His focus was broken by a shot flying by his wing. He rolled to the right and broke away from the talon that was chasing Finn. The nation looked over his shoulder to see the two skimmers following him.

Matthew made a quick decision and pulled up making a tight loop. At the very top of his loop he pulled another knife from his belt and threw it at the woman on the right. It hit right in the crook of her neck and she fell limp on her controls. Canada could smell burning flesh as he finished the loop. The woman's skimmer had fell out of pace with her comrades and the blond sped up to grab his knife back. He refocused on the other talon and started to fire at him. This man rolled and banked trying to avoid the nation's blasts, but was ultimately unable to.

"We're in." Aerrow said over the coms. The blond knew that they wouldn't have to hold on much longer not that it would be a problem if they had to, there were only two remaining enemy skimmers left in the air. One that Finn had tailing him and the one Canada had been tailing. The teen looked over his shoulder and spotted Matthew and flew his way.

Finn flew straight at him and they passed each other as Canada played chicken with the Cyclonian. The man pulled away first leaving his skimmers belly open. The nation easily hit him and the talons skimmer fell from the sky.

"You guys almost done yet?" Finn asked over the coms as the pair of blonds started to circle around the Cyclonian convoy.

"There's nothing here, but a few engine crystals!" Junko complained.

"Grab them and go. The other ships have noticed. We need to get out of here!" Piper demanded.

"Right, let's go." Aerrow said. The red head and the wallop got out of there as quickly as they could and the Storm Hawks retreated.

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