Jessica was the one who was probably shocked the most.Hearing her own people,frown down upon her.It just made her feel responsible for the suffering they were going through!

But then again it wasn't just her fault,now was it..

All the Lords of Nature simultaneously abandoned their respected tribes.And what's worse is that they had no reason to straight up stop protecting gorm.But alas if one thinks about it,it wasn't the kids' fault that they stopped going to gorm

Before the last fight with Magor and his minions,the kids would go to gorm on their own when they saw trouble on earth.Thus the infamous quote "Trouble in gorm means trouble in earth right?"

Well yeah,it did.But this was the case with attacks on the capital...Attacks that would alter the fabric of gorm.However with assaults,even murders,of a small number of gormiti doesn't threaded the existence of the island.Sure it is a tragic event that takes place but... Unfortunately it just doesn't matter.

And without razzle to inform them of these instances,the 4 young lords had no reason to go back to gorm.Even though they wanted to,the Old Sage told them not to come to gorm again,unless they knew there was havoc going on.To protect it.

So in a way..It was nobody's fault.Or was it?

Jessica couldn't think of the philosophy behind whose fault it was and what they had or hadn't done.Now all that mattered was to get to the air nation's aid,and quick.Jess was the first one to go in front of the gate and wait for the que to jump in.The others soon followed.

Nick put his hand on her shoulder and reassured her:

-"Jessica it's all gonna be okay.The air gormiti are strong,stronger than those puny lava gormiti.They'll be fine when we get there"

-"Gosh Nick..I hope so.",Jessica replied to her friend's gesture and then let out a big chunk of air that she had left in her lungs.The past few years,whenever she was stressed she would forget to control her breathing,and this could be an issue in the future.

Then they all jumped in the gate.While they were still falling down,they spotted the beauty and majesty of the island of gorm.a truly colourful place filled with various lifeforms and intriguing history.But now that it was in trouble.And someone had to save it

-"Powers of the sea!"

-"Powers of the earth!"

-"Powers of the forest!"

-"Diminion of the wind!"

They all said in unison.Then suddenly their bodies began to glow a shimering light.They were transforming,just like the way they used to.They all felt the same feeling.A shimmering hope that filled them with determination.With will to fight for the land they were protecting.

Eventually they landed on one of the higher levels of the citadel.Upon further inspection they noticed that their gormiti form was...different from last time's.They had turned into their gormiti selves from back when they first started helping gorm! They did have some features from their more "updated" forms,notably the light bracelets that graced their second form,the one they had whilst fighting for, and with, Luminous,and some of their more recent attacks.But other than that...it was the same.

-"Woaaaaah.Razzle what gives??",Toby noted in awe as he gazed at his old form and the ones of his friends! He feared that maybe he lost his powers too!

-"Well..Well,errr...Emm..unfortunately since I am not the Old Sage,err..that means I can't exactly keep your guy's new forms up and running. Hehe", Razzle replied with an obvious uncertainty in his voice.He was lying.Of course he knew what that meant too.

If their last forms downgrade back into their original ones,that means that the Old Sage can't keep his magic running for long.He is in real danger.

However hope wasn't lost.If the kids fight hard enough they can regain their lost powers.But that will be through hard work and training.

Before the kids could ask him anything else,Razzle said:

-"ENOUGH ABOUT YOUR FORMS,WHY DON'T YOU USE THEM TO HELP THE POOR GORMITI OUT??",Razzle screamed upon noticing a gormiti quickly fall down from the sky after being hit by what appeared to be a fire ball.But all the kids could see was a silhouette practically being fired to the ground.

-"I got this!",Jessica said and swiftly flapped her giant magenta butterfly wings and flew to the direction of the injured gormiti.This gormiti turned out to be Birds! She caught him by his sides,causing him to flinch in pain.She didn't have time to notice where and how the damage was caused.She,then, slowed down his fall until she could safely carry him to the ground,just below where her and the rest of the Lords had just arrived.She laid him on the floor away from any rocks or other stuff that could hurt him.

-*pant*..*pant*..*pant* "Nghh-"

Birds was seriously injured.Apparently the fireball hit him on the sides,and particularly the side Jessica had grabbed holf of him from.The side that was hit by the fireballs,was currently burned so badly that a bit of the ribs could be seen.Particularly the last 3 ribs,could clearly be seen in the midst of the burned mess that surrounded it.The armour and flesh had pretty much been melted away,so did the meat and muscles..and a bit if blood could be seen.At least the blood that wasn't entirely avaporated by the attack on the spot.What bothered them was that when they tried to touch the wound,the outskirts of the area were pretty..cold? How could a fire attack leave a cold wound?Either way,Birds must have been hit from pretty close and with much power,judging by the attack.That was for sure.In a hasty effort to help him out,Jessica lifted his head and Toby put the air gormiti's arm around his own neck,trying to help him balance.Nick was looking out for the attacker and Lucas keeled down in front of him.

-"Birds! What happened?! Who attacked you?!",Lucas asked in anticipation.

Birds opened his beak to answer the young Lord's question,but in the end it was unessecary.The answer already found him.

-"Well well well..Looks like fire IS better than air afterall-huh?"

All lords turned their heads at a very familiar voice.It was no other than their old pal lavion.But alas they didn't expect to see him in these parts.He was usually send for missions on the ground.This was the first time they saw him riding drakon no less.

-"Oh my claw..What the bloody hell do we have here?",he said almost muttering to himself.His face completely vacant of emotion.

They were caught off guard.Lavion was the least possible gormiti they would think of fighting on the air tribe's citadels.Let alone riding Drakon! They thought it was Magmion "pet".Well guess they were wrong.But Lavion was caught off guard too.He was surprised to say the least when he saw the Lords of Nature,no,these 4 kids that beat him up so many times before.As he remembered all those losses,all those times that they made a fool out of Lavion the great...His face would finally conveint an emotion.Anger..He wasn't happy at all to see them.And with rage filling his worthless excuse of a heart and his mind was blinded by the need for revenge,he grinded his teeth and with a powerful roar,started throwing fireballs at our heroes and their harmed feathered friend.

Everyone gasped and tried to dodge the incoming attacks.Jessica and Lucas carried Birds until the edge of the rock and then with great care, Jess flew him to another nearby floating fortress that was above the battlefield.Sure Drakon could fly up and find them but at least this way they weren't in close contact with the fireballs.It was a risky move but right now they needed safety was their first priority

Ironically enough Drakon did try to follow them but Lavion ordered it not to.He had unfinished business with the other 3 meddlers.

-"So..we meet again lords."

Lucas,Toby and Nick at the same time showed how "glad" they were to see their old friend.

-"Oh believe me,I don't like this sudden visit of yours either."Lavion noted with his usual arrogant voice.Nut suddenly his voice took a rather serious tone really quickly.In fact it send chills down the spines of our heroes.

-"In fact I thought I could sleep at ease at night hoping you were dead.But don't worry.I am about to make that dream come true.."

In the meanwhile Jessica and Birds entered a cave-like building that was built there and she laid the injured air gormiti down carefully. The poor creature was still cringing and writhing in pain.

-"Hold on Birds,once the sky is clear we'll get you to the medics and-"

-"D-,

Birds was trying really hard to muster his leftover energy and speak

-"Don't-nghh",he said as he put an arm around his burned side.Jessica held his other hand and held his shoulder.

-"Don't...What?",Jessica asked her fellow comrade

-"Don't..come..contact..fire.melt-ngahhh!", Birds tried to stand up only to be met with a great amount of pain coming from one of his melted ribs.

Now that must have hurt.

-"It's..cold and then..it melts and-"

-"Say no more,you are safe here",The lord of air reassured her friend,trying to make her voice sound as comforting as possible.From the look on his face,Jessica could tell that Birds had something imoortant to say.To warn her.But he had to save his strength or else,who knows what would happen.She looked outside of the cave still hearing Lavion fighting with her friends.She felt sad that she couldn't help but now her loyal friend needed her help even more.

The two siblings,Toby and Nick,accompanied by Lucas were ready to launch their attacks back at Lavion.They would jump and run from any fireballs that would come close to them.But these weren't just ordinary fireballs.They were white and the closer they would get,the more cold the atmosphere would be.Not what you would expect from fire.The lords hit behind a huge rock that was layig there.Eventually a fireball hit the big rock they were hiding behind and thus all lords jumped back in self defence.That was when Nick noticed something changing on the rock and decided to look a little more into the situation,because he knew these weren't just your typical fireballs.

-"NICK?! DUDE WHAT ARE YOU DOING?! WE ARE IN THE MIDDLE OF A BATTLE HERE!!",Toby scolded his younger brother.

-"Guys hold lavion for a second I need to see something!",Nick ordered his friends.It seemed like he had found something important.

-"THIS IS NOT THE TIME TO BE STUDYING ROCKS NICK!!" ,Lucas yelled back at him as he was dodging a fireball.But at this point,they had no choice other than to hold him back.

Toby used his water canon,that was shooting from his stomach, to repel some of the attacks.But to no vain.The water balls just froze at the moment of contact!

-"What the!"

Nick on the other hand was already studying the rock that first got hit.And to his surprise,the rock too,within seconds was frozen solid and it had become extremely fragile.When a small pebble flew unto the rock,thanks to a nearby attack hitting the ground,the big rock cracked in many many places.Though not enough to break it.Nick approached it closely and with care touched it with his palm.The rock almost instantly heat up so much that it turned red and was about to melt.No it WAS melting! Nick jumped back in surprise at this new power the overly pridefull fire gormiti had possessed.

Meanwhile Lavion had been firing fireballs at the two remaining lords,Lucas and Toby but he was missing every shot he had.After a long while of firing,he exhausted himself and stopped.He was now panting heavily still on top of Drakon,but his posture didn't slouch in the slightest.He remained proud as he always was.Why you ask?

Because his plan worked.And those meddling "Lords" didn't even realise it.

Nick finally snapped back into reality after the shock he had after discovering Lavion's great power.He turned his head around slowly and looked at the floating fortress they were currently in.Now it was all comic together.Lavion didn't want to hit them..

He wanted to strain them!

Every bit of free space the Lords could run off too,was currently covered in ice thanks to the cold of the attacks.Lucas and Toby were trapped side by side,on a small spot surrounded by these slippery paths.Nick was further away from them almost at the edge of the floating rock,and he was just now visible.Now that the rock had completely melted that is.

-"Well looks like we have no choice other than to fight!",Toby yelled back at his friends.

Lavion heard them.And all he did was laugh. Maniacally.This send shivers down Nick's spine,he knew that their enemy was up to something. Then lavion whispered under his breath

-"If you can't beat them.."

Suddenly the fortress started cruckiling and fumes began coming out from the various cracks on the ground that had just appeared.

-"YOU MAKE THEM FALL!",Lavion screamed out proudfully.Finally his plan worked.

Now the area surrounding our heroes,started heating up so swiftly none of them fully realjsed what was happening.All except for Nick.He knew.He realised Lavion's plan and yet he wasn't able to stop him.And now ,that the floor started melting and magma was now circling the 3 boys from every direction.

-"WATCH OUT-",Nick screamed but it was too late.Large parts of the floating fortress were already falling apart and the Lords started to lose their balance.They simultaniously fell as soon as the entire thing collapsed in the span of milliseconds.Their screams were heard from all around the air tribe.

Jessica,heard the boys' screams and she immediately flew down to the rescue,forgetting about Bird's condition.The latter tried to stop her but it was futile.She was already gone to help her teammates.However she was just one air gormiti.She couldn't carry them all! She just rushed out and tried to think of something on the way down.

-"Okay Jessica,think THINK! Alright so Lucas is the one who is closer to me but Nick is the one who is closer to the ground.. Come on Jess think thi-huh?!?"

Suddenly something quickly brushed the side of her elbow and her shoulder.Something that was coming down in a very fast speed.Yet it passed her so swiftly she couldn't make out what it was.But after it flew down a little further she could finally see what it was.Or rather who it was.And she was shocked.Mainly because they weren't flying down.They were falling.

-"What the?! -*gasp*"

It was Birds! He was falling down and had just gone past Lucas.

-"What?! Birds?! What are you doing?!" Toby screamed at the air gormiti only to be ignored in return.

Birds then aimed his hands at Lucas and hit him with a very strong gust of wind.So strong that it lifted him up almost to the height of another floating fortress!

-"Jungle attack!",Lucas screamed and his left fist suddenly turned into a huge pile of vines that reached out to the floating rock.He grabbed hold of it and that stopped his fall.He eventually climbed his way up the rock and after he was in safe ground he witnessed what was currently happening in the entire citadel.

It wasn't just Lavion that was attacking them.There was also Orrore and Arachnos alongside at least a hundred of Lava goons both old and reformed.Lucas looked at the scenery in shock.Orrore was blasting fireballs too at another nearby dome building.This must have been where the air gormiti were hiding.Arachnos spat acid everywhere and tried to melt some holes in the building.and he was almost about to succeed.Almost.

-"Blast of thorns!!" Lucas yelled and a flying fist made of tree bark made it's way to where the villains were.It first hit Orrore who then fell and took Arachnos down with him.Both of them got up immediately and looked around to see who hit them.Orrore noticed the bark first and he remembered all too quickly who this fist belongs too..

-"Oh it is great to see you here..Lords of Nature."

-"What did he say?!"

-"What is happening?!"

-"The Lords of Nature?!"

All sorts of voices and questions could be heard inside the citadel,regarding this situation.

-"It...can't be!",solitary eagle awed in disbelief,while still trying his best alongside a few other air gormiti to keep the dome building secured.

Lucas grinned after having successfully hurt the villainous duo,only to be met by an all too familiar growl.It was Drakon! And it was right behind him.

In the meanwhile

Jessica was still dumbfounded at Bird's devosion.Even after being so dangerously injured he kept going on.But not for long.While Lucas was still trying to stop the other villains, (and particularly Drakon,who kept trying to either bite his head off or scortch him to death),Birds had used another strong gust of wind toward Toby,enough to lift him up a bit..Toby stopped screaming for a while thinking he was safe only to realise that the wind wasn't enough to carry him on to a rock or something solid.Then Toby used some of his tentacle hair as a last resort,panicking for his life now.

He had to grab on to something,anything.

That "anything" turned out to be Lucas,who had managed to throw a blow on Drakon and a bark blast on Lavion,sending them both many feet back.Orrore and Arachnos weren't much if a problem since they always missed their attacks.Then after making himself some space, Lucas used his vines one more time to grab Toby .

Normally this would be the part where Birds would throw a last gust of wind on Nick to carry him.But he couldn't help them anymore.He didn't have the energy.And he knew that at this rate he would only speed the unavoidable.But still he tried.He tried to use one last attack but a sharp pain stopped him at his tracks and blood started leaking from his beak.

-"T-take.. Care...Of the..other..Lords.",was all he managed to say.He knew from the start this wouldn't end well,ever since he forced himself to stand up,while still inside the cave.He didn't have the energy to fly so instead he decided he would help the lords in any other way.

So he thought: "It's best to fall down a hero,afterall."

He couldn't take it anymore.And so after warning Jessica,his world turned to black due to the amount of pain he endured up to this point.

-"Birds?! BIRDS?!" Jessica yelled as her other friend Nick was still falling to his demise.She had to make a choice.Who would she save?!

Thankfully Toby made that choice easier,by using his remaining tentacle hair in order to grab ,the now unconciou, Birds by his waist.He was currently holding unto Luca's Vines and unto their injured fellow fighter.The pressure was really on.But he managed to hold on long enough so Lucas could lift them both up to the same floating rockhe was in.Since Lucas pulled them both, that way Jessica was left with one choice.To save Nick.

-"Great job guys!! Now off to help Ni-Wait..NICK?!"

It was impossible! Nick was no where to be seen! It's like he vanished! However Jessica turned her head upwards and saw Nick,being held by his arms by-Wait a minute.It was solitary eagle! Jessica was so relieved to see him! And Nick was even more.

-"Phew!..That was a close call! Thanks-"

But solitary eagle didn't accept her thanks.He simply gave her a cold,distant almost villainous look.He was clearly pissed at something,and recalling his harsh words from before Jessica could understand why he was upset.And with who.

Well at least he wasn't homicidal and flew Nick to the same floating fortress the rest where on.

And after practically throwing Nick on the rock,Solitary Eagle flew towards the battlefield in order to protect the dome.Lucas and Toby were helping with various long distance attacks.Nick then rushed to the aid of Birds,hoping for the best.Thankfully he was still breathing.But they didn't know for how long.

Jessica was witnessing the guys work together from below,still panting from her constant flying.Yeesh she really had gone out of shape.Well then again she did fly way below the citadel so it's understandable.

But surprises wouldn't end there.She was too hit by a fireball but only on her leg.She screamed in agony and her friends looked down to see what was happening.Orrore had hit her with one of his ice fireballs.

Jessica could feel her leg turning numb due to the cold.It started hurting a lot too.It was like every nerve in her leg was currently being pulled inside out.And then

The heat came

She yelped in pain at the sudden heat making it's sudden appearance.She almost lost her balance midair.Almost

She managed to pull herself together and fired an attack at Orrore

-"Fighting Feathers,Launch!" She yelled with power.

The attack hit spot on.Right on his chest.Orrore was eventually the one that lost balance but Drakon was there to aid him.It caught him as the lava soldier was falling to his doom,and Lavion instead of being furious or angry at his incompetence he was...Strangely reassured!

-"Alright troops! Retreat!" He yelled and suddenly all lava soldiers opened up random lava pool portal at any floating fortress they could find and jumped in.These were direct portals to Volcano Mountain.

-"We got..what we wanted" Orrore said weakly,still affected by the attack.

"Yes Orrore..Yes we did.Magor will be proud of me-I mean us!" ,Lavion said trying to hide his megalomania.

-"Ughh..",Orrore rolled his eyes backwards in an effort to show his annoyance towards his leader's obvious selfishness,but due to his exhaustion it only made him lose consciousness.

But Lavion was right!

All they needed was one an Air gormiti feather.The destruction they had the opportunity to cause was just a small bonus.And the fact they got the Lords of Air's feathers?! That would definitely come in handy..

-"Yes indeed..This will help up with our plans.Now all the master needs is a fin from a water gormiti and-err..um.W-Well guess even my greatness can talk a biy too much at times.But regardless of that! To volcano mountain Drakon!",Lavion ordered his lava stead and it immediately flew them at high speed to their destination.Volcano mountain.