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Sitting in her crystal lab, Piper sighed as she absent mildly played with a floater crystal and a blocking crystal. For some reason, she wasn't in the mood to focus on her crystal work. The reason was that she was in pain. Her teeth and gums have been sore for days and she'd rather die than go to the dentist after the last experience she had. Also, her dark orange eyes were burning and whenever she stood in sunlight, she felt like her skin was on fire. The only way she was able to stop it was to hide in the cool shade or go under artificial light. Dropping the crystal in her hand, she stood up and rubbed her sore jaw. Leaving her room, she began to walk to the bridge. Entering, she saw that the rest of the Storm Hawks were huddled around the table, arguing about something. Suspicious, she interrogated, "What are you five doing?" The five boys stopped arguing as they noticed her and she saw them quickly shove something into Aerrow's hands behind his back. "Okay. What'd you break that was mine this time?" she continued and gave all of the boys a penetrating look.

Radarr rolled his yellow eyes and pushed Aerrow on the back of his knees, causing the squadron leader to stumble forward and nearly crash into Piper. "Uh, Piper. It's really great when you help us out and you put up with a lot of the stuff we do. You save our tail a lot too. You're really smart and you always help us whenever any of us has trouble with something. And you're the first one to comfort one of us when we're upset. So here, this is for you from all of us," Aerrow stammered as took the package from behind his back and passed it to her, "happy birthday Piper. You're the oldest of us now. 15 years old. That's a big deal here."

Examining the package, Piper responded, "Oh, thanks guys! That's so sweet and kind of you!"

It was rather large and heavy and it was badly wrapped in a murky brown and slime green colored wrapping paper. "Yeah, we couldn't get it as nicely wrapped as you do for us, but we tried. Finn was the only one who was able to get it half decent. We were all shocked at it." Aerrow weakly told her as he blushed a bright red.

"Laugh it up Aerrow. I beat you at that." Bragged Finn.

"Oh, it's alright guys. I can tell you guys you tried really hard...and it's uh, it's very, it's very...unique..." reassured Piper.

"Well, whadda waiting for Piper?! Open it already!" shouted Finn.

Ripping through the murky wrapping paper, the box was even bigger than she thought. Opening it, she gasped as she saw several rare and extremely valuable crystals tucked inside. "Thanks all of you! This is the best present I ever got!" she thanked as she began to search through all of them.

"We even tried them ourselves so we knew you were getting good ones." Junko proudly stated.

Then, she noticed that Aerrow's red hair was slightly singed, Finn's face was covered with painful burns, Radarr had patches of blue fur missing, Junko's warm eyes were slightly crooked, and Stork's hands were wrapped in thick and heavy white bandages. Picking up a large cyan colored crystal, Piper smiled and repeated, "Thanks you guys! You guys are the best members of a squadron anywhere in the Atmos!"

"Hey. Piper. Is there something wrong with your teeth? They're like, really long, and really pointy. And your eyes. They're like this bright red color." Finn pointed out and Piper quickly shut her mouth.

Dropping the crystal she was holding back into the package, Piper rushed to the bathroom and slammed the door shut. Opening her mouth cautiously, she saw that her white teeth had become much longer and a lot sharper and her teeth slowly retracted into their normal size. Closing her mouth and shuddering at the sight, she looked into a mirror and examined her eyes. Finn was right; her dark orange eyes had switched to a deep and elegant shade of red. They also had a hungry look lingering in them and she suddenly craved a very exotic and unusual dish to eat. Quickly, she pieced all of these changes together and gulped. "No! Please! Please don't let it be what I think it is! Please! Anything but what I think it is!" she prayed

"Hey! Piper. Are you okay?" called Aerrow.

"Aerrow. It's clear what's wrong with Piper. Sky Madness. There's no known cure. She'll pick us off...one by one...and painfully." Stork grimly told him.

Piper answered, "Uh...it's just...it's just...allergies! Yeah! I have allergies!"

Aerrow pointed out, "What allergies? You and Radarr are the only ones that don't have allergies! Stork's allergic to everything, Junko's allergic to Murk Raiders and Sky Sharks, I'm allergic to some types of fruit, and Finn's allergic to nut products! We don't have any of that type of stuff on here!"

"I do too have allergies! I have allergies to uh...hair gel!"

"What hair gel?!"

"The one Finn's using!"

"Finn's using the same hair gel he always uses! You never had allergies to it!"

"Well, there's some type of different ingredient that makes it different so I'm allergic to it!"

"Finn's not the only one using hair gel!"

"Well, who else uses it?!"

"I do! I use a different kind than the one Finn uses!"

"Are you trying a different kind?!"

"Well, I bought a different one than I usually use!"

"Well, that's the one that I'm allergic to! I can't come out until you wash your hair and get that hair gel off the Condor!" replied Piper.

"Well, then I'll go and wash my hair and I'll use the one Finn's using." Aerrow informed and she heard him take a few steps before stopping.

The alarms went off and she heard a familiar voice say, "Where's Piper? I have to speak to her."

There was a knocking on the door and Piper took a deep breath. It was time for her to leave her temporary sanctuary and face the music. Pushing open the door and took a couple of cautious steps forward. Seeing the man, she scowled, and coldly greeted, "Father..."

Okay, all of them have allergies. Lots of people have them. Junko shouldn't have to feel alone.

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