Dawn of a New Age

Chapter Thirty Four

Chapter Thirty Four

AN: It's Wednesday my dudes.

Matthew rolled to the left avoiding another bolt from a Cyclonian. There were so many people in the sky. More than he had seen before, even during the world wars.

The sky was a mess of skimmers and ships. The Sky Knight squadrons stayed separate from each other defending the Terra while the people were evacuated. The Cyclonians swarmed around the carriers aiming for their engines. The squadrons had managed to down a Cyclonian ship, but another soon replaced it. As more squads showed up the sky became messier. The talons were driving the squads apart and taking them down one by one.

Canada was paying close attention to the movement of the other Storm Hawks. They had managed to keep fairly close together this far despite the talons trying to break them apart. Junko and Finn had split off a little while ago to man the guns and help Stork on the Condor. Dark Ace and Snipe were yet to make an appearance.

The Canadian looked around for his next target. He spotted a talon pitching in Piper's direction and went after him. He fired twice at the Cyclonian and hit him dead on. The man's skimmer fell apart and his shoot opened. The talons that were on the battle field didn't seem too experienced and were easily downed.

"One behind." Aerrow said over the coms. Canada looked over his shoulder and knew he was talking to him. The female talon frowned because her surprise attack was compromised. She started to shoot at him anyways. Matthew bit his lip and rolled out of the way of the blasts. She managed to follow his every move and kept on his tail, just barely. He faked going left and sharply pulled right. She fell for his trick and the nation levelled off behind her. He fired at her wings and one flew off and her skimmer dipped. Canada could hear her scream with annoyance as she bailed off her skimmer.

"Someone spotted Snipe." Stork announced. The merk had all the ships frequencies going to his radio. "He's near the south side."

"Anything on Ace?" Piper asked as she shot down another Cyclonian.

"Not yet." Stork replied. "More information is just coming in. Most of the people on the terra have been evacuated to nearby terras."

"Good." Aerrow said with a sigh. "Keep the talons away from each other and the Condor."

"There's a squad heading our way." Finn interjected. Canada could hear his crossbow firing through the coms. The Condor wasn't too far off and Matthew could see the squad of at least eight talons flying towards it. Aerrow and Piper broke away from the Cyclonians they were chasing and flew for the Condor. Canada did the same and joined the pair.

As the trio got closer the now six Cyclonians split up into three groups of two. Finn and Junko had managed to down two before they got there and damage one other. The trio split each following a pair. Canada shot at one of the talons as he followed her into a dive around the engines. She pulled into a loop around the engine trying to shake Matthew. The nation kept on her tail, but lost sight of her partner.

Canada followed the woman until she levelled out again and started to fire at her. She pitched and rolled avoiding the bolts of energy. The talon wasn't giving up as easy as the others. The blond quickly scanned the sky looking for her partner. He spotted the other Cyclonian close to the right engine. He broke away from his pursuit of the other talon in favour of her partner.

The talon hadn't noticed that Canada had snuck up on him until it was too late. The nation started to fire and hit his skimmers engine. The Cyclonians skimmer sputtered and started to loose altitude. Matthew turned to search the sky for the man's partner. He spotted her not too far off following close behind Piper.

Matthew quickly pulled into position behind the Cyclonian and waited for Piper to not be in his line of fire. Aerrow had finished off his two and joined Canada in getting the last one. Piper dipped and dived giving the pair a chance. The pair saw the opportunity and easily downed the woman.

"Dark Ace has been spotted heading our way. He's got three squads of eight with him." Stork announced. "The other Sky Knights are calling to take a stand here and beat the armada."

"Better chances now than we'll probably have in years." Junko said firing at the few Cyclonians that dared to get close. "They're in our skies."

"We had almost no time to prep and are low on supplies." Piper pointed out. "If this battle drags out were bound to lose."

"Let's not have this drag out then." Aerrow said spotting Dark Ace in the sky and flying to meet him. Piper and Matthew followed closely behind the Sky Knight. The red head hopped up onto his wings allowing Radarr to take the pilot seat. Dark Ace did the same and was ready to square off. The pair of enemy's were evenly matched, easily countering and blocking each other. The nation kept a close eye on them, ready to throw a knife a moment's notice.

Canada and Piper lead the other talons away from the two leaders and past Junko and Finn on the guns. The pair managed to pick quite a few off in one pass.

The Storm Hawks had managed to push the talon squads away from the Condor. Junko and Finn joined the others in the sky to fight off the remaining talons. As soon as the last few were downed, more showed up. More of the Cyclonians emerged as one of their carrier ships were taken down by another sky knight squad. Canada's skimmer had taken a few hits, but was still controlling well enough for him.

Suddenly, the nation felt a thump on his wing and his skimmer dipped to the new weight. Canada groaned rolling his eyes and was about to dip his wing further until he saw who it was.