The Seventh Member of the Storm Hawks

Thunder Run

The Storm Hawks were playing keep-away, getting closer to the Colonel's home – Aerrow threw the crystal to Junko. "Haha no chance Finn!" He laughed reaching to catch it, "Don't worry I got it!" Junko raced to the terra, Piper gasped in horror as she realised where Junko was heading. "Wait Junko, no!" She yelled, too late – with a yell Junko crashed into the garden. "C'mon! We need to get to him before the Colonel does!" Piper yelled, everyone raced after the Wallop, but the Colonel's men dragged him away. "HEY STOP!" Aerrow yelled, brandishing his weapons but he was ignored, everyone followed into a large room. Junko was upside down and tied up, a gag over his mouth, his eyes brightened seeing his friends.

"You have destroyed my garden and now your vehicle is buried in it." He addressed, Nika crossed her arms – he didn't mean it! "Colonel, please. I swear he didn't mean it!" Aerrow pleaded, Junko made inaudible noises agreeing with the Sky Knight. "Nevertheless, here we are." The Colonel drawled, if this was supposed to scare anyone then it wasn't working for Nika who scoffed and rolled her eyes. "But I am prepared to be reasonable." Aerrow smiled, being overly optimistic. "See? Nothing to be worried about. He's a reasonable... guy." The Sky Knight smiled before trailing off as the Colonel crawled over his table. "I will release your friend if you bring me something very special before the sun sets. An entire case of rozen yoga!" He smiled, Nika quietly scoffed – what in the name of Atmos was that? "Rozen what?" Finn asked, voicing everyone's confusion, the brunette couldn't really understand what he was saying because of his accent, she smiled sadly at Junko who seemed to be alright before she followed the others back to the Condor. "Stork get her running, Piper plot a course." Aerrow commanded, Nika rolled her eyes and just walked beside Piper, there wasn't very much that she could do to help. "We don't even know what rozen yoga is! We could be putting something dangerous in the hands of a very bad guy." Piper noted worriedly, "Maybe. The only thing we know for sure is that Junko's in real trouble if we don't." Nika replied, trying to get Piper back on track to saving Junko. Nika half-heartedly listened to Piper's notes about how the long route would take six hours to get there and wouldn't leave much time to get back before sunset. Nika sighed when Stork announced that the Condor needed more crystals – that was going to eat up a lot of time. "Don't worry, Junko will be fine." Aerrow assured, giving Nika a short hug then placed a hand on her shoulder. "I should've stayed with him." She began, shuffling her foot. "No, I need you here and it means the Colonel can't hurt you as well." Aerrow replied, a determined look in his eyes.

The Storm Hawks landed at the refuelling station, Piper and Stork running ahead since they knew what the Condor needed, the brunette helped to push the boxes up the ramp – inwardly cursing that it Junko that was captured since this like picking up a bag of flour to him. "Okay that's all of it. Piper, plot a course. Stork, load the crystal converters. Finn- Finn?" Aerrow ordered before realising Finn had disappeared, Piper's face immediately twisted into extreme annoyance, clenching her hands as she looked up at the sky. "Oh! We don't have time for this!" She yelled, everyone stepped back from the raging navigator – if Piper lashed out then they didn't want to be at the brunt of it. Everyone split up to look for him, Nika and Stork making sure he wasn't in the Condor or hiding around it. A few minutes later, everyone but Finn and Piper gathered back. "Any luck?" Aerrow asked, trying not to lose his cool. "No, I hope he comes back on his own." Nika blurted, thankful she wasn't Finn as Piper was ready to launch the sharpshooter off the terra. "Ahh! Everyone on the Condor now!" Finn yelled as both he and Piper ran on, once the Storm Hawks saw the angry Reptons, they didn't need to be told twice and within two minutes – they were off. Well using the Velocity Crystal made the Storm Hawks scream through the skies of Atmos, Nika held onto the rail for balance. "Woah, I can see why they call it the Velocity Crystal!" Finn exclaimed, Nika shook her head at him as she held on for dear life, "No kidding Finn!"