Secret Wings

At The Palace

"Woah, woah!" Crusher helped as he tried to balance himself while he flew. "This is so HIGH!"

"Flap your wings at the same time," Blaze suggested, fluttering to his rival's side to help.

"Easy for you to say," Crusher grumbled, glaring at the other. "You don't have a pair gigantic wings,"

"Huh, his wings ARE huge," Darington realized, his tires stretched out slightly as he attempted to balance himself. "What's up with that?"

"And it's partly feathery," Pickle observed, lightly tugging on the wing, which caused the dark blue truck to grimace.

"Hey! Watch it— woah!" Crusher swerved, causing him to slightly unbalance himself, but he managed to keep himself steady and up on the air. "Man, I hate flying,"

"You'll get the hang of it," Blaze encouraged.

"Well, he has to," Stripes snorted. "We'll be flying off to take down Nina and rescue Blaze's parents, after all,"

"Terrific," Crusher groaned.

"Aww, it's alright, big guy," Pickle grinned and helped him to balance a bit. "I'll be here to help ya out,"

"Thanks," Crusher glanced at the other with a smile before turning away. "Still. How much further 'till we get there?"

"Not much further," AJ assured.

"It getting dark," Zeg pointed out, turning his head to see the setting sun.

"Huh, you're right," Blaze frowned. "Guess we'll have to stay a night at the palace before heading out to save my parents,"

"If it means resting and not flying for a few hours, I'm game," Crusher hissed. "My wings are getting tired,"

"Don't want to agree with Crusher on this, but my wings are gettin' tired too," Starla nodded, staring up at her slow-flapping wings.

"Don't worry, guys," AJ told them. "We're almost there, don't worry,"

Truth be told, in just a few minutes, even with their surrounding partly dark, they had approached a gigantic tree, where a golden and bronze palace stood with glowing flower lights and silver columns by the entrance. The group all gasped at the sight as they approached the palace.

"Everyone, welcome to Queen Zilina's palace," Blaze announced, gliding down to the entrance with AJ. "Now, landing's gonna be a little tricky, so it's better to start gliding and—"

"Daring-TOOON!"

The duo turned to see the group diving head first, with Darington leading them as he got to the entrance. He yelped as he landed with a crash.

"Oof!" The stunt truck groaned but chuckled as he tried to pick himself up.

"Oh, Darry," Blaze sighed and went over to help the other up. "You okay?"

"Yep!" Darington shook the dizziness off and grinned. "Just peachy!"

"Woah!" Zeg crash-landed right beside them, followed by Starla, Watts and Pickle.

Gabby landed with a little difficulty and helped the others up. Stripes yelped and tried to avoid crashing by moving sideways. This, however, caused the claws of his wings to get caught in the leaves of the huge tree.

"Oof," the tiger truck tried to tug his wings free. "Um, a little help please?"

"I'll help you out," AJ snickered and fluttered up to help his friend out.

"Hey, where's Crusher?" Pickle asked, looking around.

"AAAAH!"

The group turned to see the dark blue truck panicking and trying to balance himself still as he dove and crashed in between them, his large wings falling on top of him. He groaned.