A cyclonian general walked down the dark and foreboding halls of the dungeon followed closely by the small group of nobles, talons and other important figures of Cyclonia.

"Are you sure that this is a good idea? I mean he was imprisoned down here for good reason." One noblemen says as they turn into a hidden section of a wall leading down a flight of stairs.

"What choice do we have? Cyclonis has been missing for six months, the dark ace is dead and all we have left of the leaders are Ravess and Snipe. We don't even have night crawlers anymore! Those damn creatures only follow Cyclonis and without her they just disappeared into the night."

The small group comes to a complete stop in front of a solid metal door surrounded by locks and chains.

"But are we really so desperate that we would bring this prisoner back into the world?"

"Ah general I know I'm just a talon, but what exactly did this guy do to get himself locked down here?" The entire group turns to the young talon in back before the two oldest members let out a sigh.

"This prisoner was once the greatest second in command to the previous master Cyclonis. No other could match his speed, strength or his ferocity in battle, but when the previous master brought in the night crawlers he felt betrayed so one night he ambushed one of them and killed it but that's not the worst part."

"He killed a night crawler? What could be worse than that?"

"He wanted to obtain complete control of the terra so he drank its blood to get its powers and gathered up a bunch of soldiers loyal only to him and attempted a coup.

All the color drained from the younger members face while other members did their best not to vomit at this.

"It must have been ten years ago when he struck, his men were untrained but had numbers on their side. I still remember that battle he stood against the master her night crawlers and her best generals myself included. The entire terra shook with the amount of power being released and after two hours of fighting and nearly half of our ranks vanquished we were victories. The master used all of her crystal magic to seal his power away before locking him down here to rot."

"And you're going to let him out! I mean were desperate but this sounds like pure madness."

At this the older general smiles before walking over to the young talon.

"I'm glad you think so"

"Really?"

"Yes for you see I was worried about who I would have to choose."

He led the young talon over to the door before slipping in the key and watching the old locks slid off and the door opening with a rusty hiss. The cell was bare except for a lone figure with black and graying hair shackled to the far wall wearing a crystal chest piece.

"Do you know why he was locked down here instead of being executed?"

The young man shakes his head

"Simple with all that power coursing inside him he couldn't be killed so the master placed that chest piece that traps his powers and only one thing can open it and get him up and moving again."

"What's that?" the sound of a weapon igniting filled the small room as the young man look down to see a dagger sticking out of his chest.

"Blood from a fresh sacrifice."

The general throws the talon into the room feet from the body and watches as the blood flows from the wound and into the chest piece which after a moment of absorbing the victims blood it snapped in half and fell to the ground.

"General Striker can you hear me?"

At first they get no response or even a indication he was alive but as they start to move the faint sounds of chains gets their attention. When they turn back around they come face to face with the general inches from them.

"It's been a long time since I've had a visitor."

With ease he rips the chains from the wall before ripping them off his wrists.

"Cyclonia must me desperate if you come all the way down here just to release me from my sentence."

He proceeds to dust off his clothes which were nothing more than rags as he stretches his arms and legs.

"Cyclonia is on the brink of losing the war and the master has vanished. We need a leader and you were the greatest second in command this terra has ever had."

the general takes a moment to take in a deep breath and crack his knuckles

"Well now that I'm back Atmos will know the true might of the Cyclonian war machine."

"Yes General Striker"

With one swing of his hand the man who said that was sent into the wall.

"You will address me as Master Striker."

The rest of them bow as they follow their new leader to the surface.

Two months later aboard the Condor.

"Aerrow we need to stop by the wayside and pick up some new supplies." Stork says from the helm of the ship.

"Alright go ahead and take us there we completed our mission here."

As he says this Lark and Piper come around the corner talking about new crystal ideas and how to have better control over them. Since joining the storm hawks and becoming the official scout she and Lark have become great friends over their love of crystals. Since admitting their relationship Lark and Aerrow have grown closer and occasionally went on dates thought Atmos. Aerrow couldn't help but walk over and give her a small kiss before handing the latest newspaper and waiting as her eyes read the headline.

"New life to the Cyclonian war machine? What's with this? Cyclonia should be nearly defeated by now."

"It seems someone new is leading them he's calling himself Master Striker and as of a month ago has started to turn the tide of the war with his brutal tactics."

Aerrow knew that Lark still had some feelings for the terra she had ruled so he knew how hard this was for her.

"As if master cyclonis wasn't bad enough to deal with. Now we have someone even crazier running that insane terra." Finn says cleaning his crossbow.

"I'll be in my room if you need me" Lark says the hurt showing in her voice before she runs out of the room tears running down her face.

"Nice going Finn." Piper says glaring at him before going to check on Lark.

"What did I say?" Finn says looking to everyone in the room

"Did you forget that Lark was a cyclonian until two months ago? You basically just called her and everyone she knew insane."

Realization hits him like a wallop.

"Oh man I'm sorry, I didn't think about what I was saying."

"It's not me you have to apologize to Finn, when Piper can calm her down apologize to her until then we head to the wayside to resupply then the council wants us to report to them for a mission briefing."

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