Chapter 2-24

    As they walk down the halls of the ship they stopped once they see a door with a small window on it. Dr. Spine points to it indicating that he wants Ace to look inside. Ace looks in and sees Aerrow sitting on the side of a bed looking down at the ground and repeatedly tapping the heel of his right foot up and down as if he was anxiously waiting for something. Dark Ace backs away from the window in shock. "Aerrow? How in Atmos did you manage to capture Aerrow?"Ace says to Spine, growing more skeptical to all of this.

    "That is something that I'll explain to you at another time. But what's important right now is that this boy is no longer the Aerrow we know, in fact thanks to this crystal Aerrow is good as dead and this boy that we see sitting there is waiting for you to tell him who he is.

    "Me? Wait, why me?" Ace did not like where Spine was going with this.

    "I was going to let our Master reinvent him, but now seeing you here I feel that the honor should go to you. I'm giving you this opportunity to rename him, he is like clay that you can mold into whatever you like and he has no choice but to trust you because he no longer knows if he can trust himself." As Spine says all of this, Derk Ace couldn't help himself from being a little intrigued with this. As frustrating as it is knowing that Aerrow is the only opponent  that has ever beaten him in a duel. The idea of molding him into becoming a Talon was a very interesting idea.

    Fine, I'll do it. And I'm only accepting this offer to be sure that the crystal actually works, and if it does I will allow you to have an audience with Master Cyclonic." Dark Ace says to Spine before entering the room that Aerrow was in while Spine had the biggest grin on his face.

    Dark Ace enters the room rather quickly, startling Aerrow. Ace stares down at Aerrow leaving Aerrow wondering if he did something wrong.

    Ace realized he probably should have thought about this more carefully before entering the room. The only conversation Ace has ever had with him was them insulting each others abilities while clashing swords. Seeing Aerrow just sitting there, was a very strange sight to see. Aerrow would look up at Ace then immediately look away trying to avoid eye contact. Aerrow was looking at the man in front of him and can tell that he was frustrated. He can only assume he was frustrated with him. The boy started to wonder if he should apologize, but its hard to apologize for something you don't remember doing, he couldn't remember anything. His mind was just swirling with questions but the more he thought these questions the more his head started to hurt. And the longer this silence continued the more worried he became. He felt like if he did nothing to stop this silence his head could explode. "Hi, nice to meet you." Aerrow says to Ace waving his hand a little and then extending it to show he wants to shake his hand. "Or not." Aerrow retracted his hand seeing that Ace wasn't interested. "Auum, this might be a weird question but, do you know who I am? The snake looking guy didn't seem to know anything, well actually I don't think he does. Either that or he does know and he won't tell me anything."

    "What did he tell you?" Ace says, which surprises Aerrow a little seeing that he had finally said something to him. Now Aerrow feels like he's now being interrogated.

    "He said he saved me from something, from what I don't know. Then he took me here and told me to wait."

    "You really don't remember." Seeing Aerrow look so vulnerable it made Ace feel almost sorry for the kid. Almost. Seeing this smart mouth kid turn into a confused and scared child that made this whole situation feel a little disturbing. When Aerrow heard those words from Ace's voice it sounded somber to him. Aerrow thought maybe this man does know him and he is disappointed he couldn't remember him.

    "I'm sorry I can't remember anything. I can't even remember my own name, I keep trying but I get nothing. Do you know it?" Aerrow asks Dark Ace this hoping that he knew. Ace was remembering what Spine told him earlier about renaming him. Ever since Arerrow started running around being a sky tonight particularly a storm hawk Dark Ace started to remember a lot of things, a past he thought he had left behind and forgotten. He starts to remember something he thought he had forgotten a long time ago, but at this very moment he couldn't help but think about it. Aerrow starts to think the man really doesn't know him and starts thinking he might have gotten the wrong idea. "It's alright if you don't I just thought that."

    "Sparrow." Ace says this looking like he was lost in thought. He mumbled it so quietly that Aerrow barely heard him.

    "What?"

    "Sparrow. That, that's your name." Ace tells him this like he was embarrassed to say it. Aerrow's expression changed to a warm smile as he sighs in relief.

    "That's a relief I was starting to think no one here knew who I was. So are you a friend of mind or a family member?"

    "I am none of those. I am your mentor."

    "Oh, so we're friends."

    "Do you ever listen. I said mentor. Being mentored and friendship are not the same thing."

    "Haha, I guess not. I'm glad you know that apparently I'm not a very good listener."

    "You don't need my help for you to figure that out."

    "You're probably right, ha. So as my mentor you're willing to help me remember, right."

    "I would be a pretty lousy mentor if I didn't. All these years of training would go to waste." Ace was becoming more comfortable with their conversation even though he was lying through most of it. "Look, you're going to have to wait here a little longer. I'm going to send some medics to look and see how bad your head injury is. I'm going to tell the others that you're here."

    "The others?"

    "Yes, and they'll be glad to know that you're safe." Ace says as he starts leaving the room. Right before he closes the door he says "Welcome back, Sparrow." Aerrow felt at ease hearing that. There are people here that know him and are willing to help him.

    "Sparrow huh." He says this to himself smiling even if he has to remember everything all over again at least he's with people he knows. Even though he just realized he forgot to ask for the man's name he felt like he was willing to trust him.