12 - Escape

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"You must leave.  Quickly!" Queen Hurricane ushered them out of the palace.  "When Stratus gets here, he will find only me.  Mist, you can stay here with me.  You're his favorite sister anyway. If he really wants to kill you all, I'm pretty sure he will spare Mist.

"Will you kill him or not?" Crystal burst out. Mist and the others scowled at her.

Storm could not bear to listen to her murderous thoughts any longer.  "Will you SHUT UP about the whole execution thing?  Mother gets to decide whether she kills him or not!"

Crystal's glare made Storm feel as though she were being bombarded with hailstones. But at least Crystal shut up.

"Come on!  Stratus will come and kill us all just because you two are still standing over here arguing instead of running!" Glade's voice sounded from somewhere very far away.

Storm leaped up with a start to realize that the rest of her sisters were already vanishing into the clouds.  

Half dragging Crystal out the door, Storm spiraled from the clouds down to the mysterious island below.


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