Roseate
"Doomed... we're all doomed." Stork moaned at the controls, trying to fix the state they were in. Piper, Aerrow, Finn, and Junko were rolling across the floor, the Condor twisting and turning in the air.
"What's the problem?!" Aerrow grabbed for a pipe to steady himself, but a sudden jerk sent him to the floor.
"I don't know. But I do know that-"
"Yeah, we're doomed." Finn finished, leaning against the window, finishing Stork's sentence. Piper pulled herself up to the hatch where they kept the crystals that powered the ship, Aerrow at one point pushing her forward. All the crystals were dead.
"What's with these crystals?! They should be working fine." Piper called to the Storm Hawks. Another twist from the ship jerked her forward, head over heels. Aerrow grabbed her, hauling her away from the metal box that would've connected with her head. "Thanks Aerrow." He smiled in response.
"Uh, this is no time for a romantic moment!" Finn yelled, tripping over some boxes that had slid in front of him. The two ungracefully pushed away from each other, but another lurch made them fall back together.
Radarr screeched as Pipers head nearly knocked him off of Aerrow's shoulder. He jumped onto Junko's back, stiff from fright.
"We're going to crash!" Junko announced as Stork tried to pull up, and steadied the Condor for a split second, and the four behind him loosened their grips on pipes and pillars. Suddenly, it plummeted down again, and everyone tumbled and fell.
"Where are we going to crash?!! The nearest Terra is miles away!" Piper hollered over the alarm that was blaring. The Condor leaned to the left in the sky, and Junko, Aerrow, Finn, and Piper slid to the side closest to the endless abyss of clouds and blue below. Aerrow banged his head on the glass and groaned in pain. Radarr bounded over to his friend, hopping over the other three. Radarr settled on Aerrow's shoulder.
"Aerrow! Are you okkkkkkk?!!" Piper voice trailed as they fell to the other side, the ship rocking to the right. She landed on the other side, but a lot softer than she expected.
"This is ridiculous!" complained Finn.
Piper looked up and her breath caught in her throat. She had landed in the arms of her leader! He seemed to have noticed before her, and the ship was suddenly silent except for the alarm when their eyes met. Finn smirked, Junko sat confused, and Stork held the controls steady and stared for a moment, despite all the doom he described. Radarr's sudden shriek and another lurch broke the two apart, Aerrow gripping a pole for dear life. The Condor began to twirl upside-down as it dived down, down, down into the sky.
"Hey- guys- I- see- a- Terra!" Finn said to Piper and Aerrow, who were clinging to each other. His words grew and faded as he rolled around and around them.
Piper pulled out of Aerrow's grip a bit. "WHERE!?" She yelled, hopeful.
"There!" called Junko, and he could only point in its direction for a second before tumbling again, Finn watching as he pulled himself awkwardly onto a pipe.
Stork didn't seem to mind all this. "Doomed... I knew it would end this way." His eye lid twitched as he was thrown backwards, away from the controls, and their last hope.
"What Terra is it, Piper?" Aerrow said to her, Piper looking out over his shoulder to the window where she could make out a small island among the clouds.
"I don't know. I don't remember this one on any of my maps." She gazed at the land mass for a moment, and then to Aerrow, who wasn't very far. The orange eyed girl ignored butterflies in her stomach after recounting that she was tangled with her leader. "Aerrow, I have to get to the controls. If there's any hope, it's to land there." She pointed to the Terra.
"Alright Piper." Aerrow still held onto her until another jerk leaned the ship, so Piper could just slide downwards to the controls. His arms opened, letting her fall to the bars. Her arm banged against the metal, sending a sickening clang through her ears. But it latched around the bar, and she grabbed the rods that could steer the Condor. She threw the right crank forward and the ship was set on a direct course for the unknown Terra. A sudden jerk on its way down made her loose her footing, and the dark haired navigator slammed into the wall, her bad arm colliding first. A cry rang from her throat, and Aerrow turned his head in her direction. Radarr shrieked at Piper, pointing to her.
"Piper, you ok?" The red head shouted. Piper only nodded, and slung her feet over a bar, secured for the rocky landing. Finn noticed the whole thing.
"Look out below!!!!!!!!" He screamed; blue eyes closing as he braced for impact.
On the Terra below, three figures watched as the smoking Condor fell to their land. The smallest person pointed out the plummeting ship. The tallest just narrowed its flashing blue eyes and took off, a big animal running after the person, its master.