Dark Waters

Chapter Eighteen

Chapter Eighteen

"Wanna go for a flight, Gilly?" Matthew asked slipping an arm around his waist as he sat down next to him. Him and Piper were still sitting and going over the language.

"Ja!" Prussia said excitedly.

"Probably a good time for a break too." Piper groaned standing up and stretching. She laughed when her back cracked. She started back towards the bridge to work on her maps. "Have fun guys!"

"Remember how to fly?" Aerrow asked with a smirk.

Canada rolled his eyes and nodded. Radarr ran up and hopped onto the Sky Knights shoulder. Kumajirou was still curled up on one of the supply crates. The trio went over to the skimmers and got on. Gilbert wrapped his arms around the Canadian's waist and kissed him behind the ear. Matthew hummed happily starting the skimmer. Aerrow started down the runway and he quickly followed after him. Prussia laughed as they dropped off the end of the runway and opened the wings.

"This thing is so awesome!" The albino said excitedly as they flew. Canada just smiled. He missed being in the air so much, he was always a pilot at heart.

"We can get you your own." Aerrow said with a smirk. He was flying upside down over them.

"I'm good." Prussia laughed looking up at him. "I'll stick vith Birdie."

"Suit yourself." The Sky Knight shrugged flipping back over to be level. Radarr chirped pointing at a terra. Matthew smiled immediately recognizing the land. It was the terra they had flown through the first time he was there. "Want to have some fun Mattie?"

"Yeah!" Canada said excitedly.

Gilbert was a bit confused as they turned towards the terra, but was along for the ride. As they got closer he could see holes in the base of the land. Matthew took them down closing his wings and landing in the tunnel. The albino yelped holding onto him tightly.

"Good back there?" The blond asked as they rode through the tunnel. Gilbert could barely hear him over the sound of the engine. They weaved around the stalagmites poking up from the floor.

"Ja." Prussia said leaning with him through the turns. He trusted the blond completely. He knew he knew what he was doing.

They came into an opening and he looked down seeing there was no floor. Matthew opened the wings for a second before closing them again as they landed. Gilbert laughed looking behind them. They finally made it out the other side of the terra and were back into the sky. Aerrow popped out from a tunnel and flew over towards them.

"Still got it eh?" The Sky Knight said with a smile. Canada smiled brightly back at him. "Want to wing fight?"

"Nope, I'm good." Matthew shook his head.

Aerrow laughed and Radarr chirped. "I guess I'll just have to bug you."

"Aerrow, we've got a distress call from

Suzy Lu." Piper's voice came through the coms. "We're close."

"Right, were on our way back." The Sky Knight said. The pair turned back towards the Condor. They landed back on the ship and the other Storm Hawks were waiting. "What do we know, Piper?" He asked as they hopped off their skimmers.

"About three squads and Snipe." Piper said and they all nodded. "Starling is already there helping the Zero's"

"Good." Aerrow sighed. The Storm Hawks quickly prepared what they needed.

"Are you riding with me or staying?" Canada asked the Prussian as they got closer to the fight.

"I'm riding vith jou!" Gilbert said excitedly. "I vouldn't miss it."

Matthew smiled and nodded. The Prussia was pretty much bouncing with excitement. The Canadian was excited too. He couldn't wait to get back into the fight. They made it to the terra quickly and they hopped onto their skimmers. He could already see a bunch of cyclonians in the sky. Aerrow started his skimmer and sped down the runway. The others quickly caught up to him and were in the sky.

"Is that vhat he meant by ving fighting?" Prussia asked seeing the Sky Knight jump onto the wings of his skimmer. Matthew looked over and nodded as he jumped onto the closest talon. "Jou did that? Jou're crazy!"

"Few times, yeah." Canada shrugged spotting a cyclonian coming their way.

"I vant to try it!" Gilbert said excitedly.

The blond laughed and rolled his eyes. He flew by the talon and pulled a tight loop to be behind him. The Prussian held onto him tightly as they maneuvered into place. Matthew quickly shot at him hitting the cyclonians wings. One broke off and the mans skimmer spiralled out of control. He sighed and smiled turning and taking them upwards. It may have been over four hundred years, but it didn't feel like it.

"One on jour left, Vogel." Gilbert said kissing his cheek. Canada smiled and nodded spotting the talon. He dipped his wing tips flying towards the cyclonian. He spotted another skimmer going for him too. "Is that a friendly?"

"Oui, that's one of the Absolute Zeros." Matthew said turning to help them. "Blue thruster colour means they're friendly most of the time. Red are the bad ones."

"Good to know." Prussia said and the blond smiled. He shot a few blasts in the cyclonians direction to get her attention. She immediately turned and flew towards him completely missing the Zero behind her. She was easily shot down by the Blizzarian behind her.

"Hey, Matthew! Long time, no see eh?" Billy Rex greeted flying over to them. He smiled showing his chipped teeth. Gilbert was surprised to hear his exaggerated Canadian accent. "Should play some hockey if we get a chance after this, eh?"

"Yeah! That would be great, eh?" Canada replied slipping into his own exaggerated accent. Prussia laughed lightly hearing it. A stray blast was sent their way and they split up. The blond refocused on the cyclonians.

Matthew noticed a pair of talons starting to sneak up on Piper and quickly flew after them. The talons noticed him coming and broke away. He looked around and spotted Snipe calling a retreat. He kept flying closer to the other Storm Hawks. They were grouping up and readying to land on the terra. They landed in the snow with the Zeros.

"Oh, Matt. You're back." Starling said with a smile noticing him. "And you've got a friend."

"Yeah." Matthew said with a small smile. "Starling, this is Gilbert. Gil, this is Starling."

"Hallo." Prussia said with a wave.

Aerrow was speaking with Suzy Lu and they decided to stay for their victory celebration. The teens mostly decided to stay for the food. Matthew loved messing around with the Zeros in the snow. They were crazy dare devils just like him.

"Birdie?" Gilbert asked once they were back in their room on the Condor. They were curled up together in bed. Canada looked up at him and raised an eyebrow. "How does Starling have a British accent and the Absolute Zeros have a Canadian one?"

"No idea, some have others too. I've met people that had a French Canadian accent, Australian or Scottish one." Matthew shrugged. "Just don't question it."

"Oh I'm questioning it." Prussia laughed. The blond smiled as he pressed a kiss into his hair. He hummed returning the kiss to his collarbone. "Ich liebe dich."

"Je t'aime aussi." Canada said stretching up to kiss him properly. He took the albino's left hand in his kissing the back of it. "I can't wait to be yours."

"And I can't vait to be jours." Prussia hummed free arm tighting around the blond's waist.