Chapter 9: Terra Tropica

LPOV (Liz)

“Did he just say Tropica”, Finn asked already getting excited. I sighed loudly. I knew how the guys acted about Tropica thanks to the show…

“Yeah”, I said, “Let’s go meet the others”.

He nodded quickly and led me through the Condor’s many halls.

When we got to the front of the ship, everyone was already there.

Okay, I had to admit that I was a little excited, to. It’s any Storm Hawks fan’s dream to meet them, and I get to be part of the team, and travel with them… man, my brother would be so jealous right now. I smiled sadly. God, I missed him. Finn’s voice pulled me out of my thoughts.

“Hey. Whose idea was it to go to Tropica”, Finn asked.

“Piper’s”, Stork said. Finn laughed.

“Yeah right” he exclaimed. Piper glared at Finn.

“I have to agree with Finn on this one. You usually hate Tropica on the show” I explained.

“Yeah, well, I thought we all needed a break”, she said placing her hands on her hips.

“I agree with Piper. Let’s get ready and meet back here in 5”, Aerrow said. We all nodded. Finn kissed me before leaving to get changed. Piper walked towards me.

“Come on. You can borrow one of my bathing suits”, she told me. I followed her back to her room. She took out a black bikini, a light blue bikini, a red one piece and a white and pinkish one piece.

“I’m using this one”, she said pointing at the last one, “Pick any one you want.” I took the blue bikini.

“This one, but you should wear the black one. It would get Aerrow attention way more. He is a teenage boy after all”, I said. She blushed big time and I smirked.

“Fine”, she gave up. “You can go change in your room or the bathroom”, she said.

“See you later”, I said walking towards my room. I was using the room that was beside the one for starling. Mine used to be a small prison, but Stork removed it when he had found the Condor in the wastelands. Piper told me that it was because, “You don’t know how many diseases are in a prison”, she quoted. I walked into my room, closing and locking the door. I got changed and walked towards bathroom to check out my hair. I decided to wear it down for once with my bangs to the side. I decided to go back to my room and put on a pair on black shorts over my bikini. After I was done I heard a knock of my door. When I opened it I saw Piper already in her black bikini and a pair of black shorts. She held two pairs of sandals in her hands.

“Hey. Do you want a pair of flip flops” she asked.

“Sure” I said. She handed me the light blue ones to match my bikini. I slipped them on and fallowed Piper back to the bridge. The guys were already there, surf boards and volley ball included. I walked towards Finn and he placed his arm around my waist.

“Looking good babe”, he said. I giggled a bit and rolled my eyes.

“Thanks, you to” I said. I grabbed the surf board out of his other hand. “But I am so out-surfing you”, I told him, grinning.

“Oh. We’ll see about that”, he said grabbing another board. “Race ya”, he yelled and we both started running across the beach, trying to reach the water first.

PPOV (Piper)

I watched Liz and Finn race down the ramp and across the beach. I giggled a bit and rolled my eyes.

“You coming”, Aerrow asked me as he went down the ramp next with Radarr not far behind.

“Yeah” I answered grabbing the towels before going. I saw Junko at the grill, Aerrow and Radarr were playing volley ball and Finn and Liz were having a surfing contest. It looked like she was winning, to.

I put the towels down and grabbed one for myself. I laid it on the sand and lay down on my stomach so I could tan my back.

I was actually relaxing for once until I felt a cold hand on my back. I jumped a bit and turned around. I saw Aerrow sitting beside me on is towel.

“Hey”, he said.

“Hey. So who won”, I asked him. He gave me a crooked grin, making my stomach have butterflies.

“Me, but it came close”, he said, “You wanna come for a swim”.

“Sure” I replied as he grabbed my hand and helped me up. He wasn’t moving or letting go of my hand. Then I looked up to see how close we actually were. We were inches away. So close, I could feel his breath tickling my lips. He was getting closer, about to close the gap between us, when we heard a scream.

LPOV (Liz): A couple minutes earlier

I was riding a few waves and Finn was following, when he suddenly passed me laughing.

“Hey!” I screamed with fake anger. He just laughed louder, but then I passed him and he fell into the water. I got off of the board and went towards him. I was laughing so hard, but he didn’t find it nearly as funny as I did because he was glaring at me.

“So not funny” he said pouting.

“Okay, I’m sorry I laughed at you” I said giving him a small peck on the lips. I shivered as a cold feeling took over me.

“Are you okay”, Finn asked.

“Yeah, just really cold all of a sudden”, I explained, rubbing my hands on my arms to keep warm. It wasn’t helping at all. I kept getting colder and colder till I started shivering.

“Here”, Finn said as he pulled me into a hug. It helped a little at first, but then I started shivering excessively.

“Maybe we should get out of the water”, Finn suggested. I nodded and started walking out of the water with Finn’s hand in mine. Another shiver ran through me.

Suddenly, I felt Finn stop moving. I tried to keep walking, but he kept stopping me. I turned around confused.

“What are you…” I started saying, but then I saw Finn. He was frozen in place, not moving at all or breathing. He was covered by a thick layer of ice. I screamed out in fear.

“Finn”, I asked with a shaky voice, “Finn? Can you hear me?” But, of course, he just stood there, not answering. I looked at my shaking hands.

“Oh my GOD”, I said when I saw a thinner layer of ice on both of my hands, “I did this to him”

I took about five steps away from him and my body started shaking hard from my crying.

That’s when Aerrow and Piper showed up, both wearing worried expressions. Aerrow went to examine Finn, while Piper walked towards me.

“Liz, calm down. We’ll figure this out. Finn will be fine”, Piper said as she started coming closer to me. She was about to put a hand on my shoulder when I panicked. What if I did the same thing to her?

“Stay away from me! Don’t touch me”, I yelled. She took a step back, her eyes wide.

“Liz, we need to know what happened”, Aerrow said.

“I d-did this t-to him”, I said with trouble as I started crying harder, “I’m a d-danger to a-all of you. I’m no better than any cyclonian”

I started running away. Anywhere but there would be fine. I ended up in a clearing, surrounded by trees.

“I can’t believe this”, I said talking out loud to myself, “I’m better off joining Cyclonia if I keep hurting the people I care for”

“That can be arranged”, I heard a voice say from behind me. It sent shivers down my spine.

O.O I bet you can't guess who that is!!! ;P