Skye: Yo…we is back! And we has some awesome writing for you!!!

Phoenix: Sono in grado di parlare italiano ora! Sì! Ho appena terminato il mio corso che ho fatto per circa quattro anni! Lol…I'm joking. I'm only about halfway through it!

Skye: Something in Italian by the way. Well guess what? I can do another language! ENGLISH! Bwahahahaha!

"Piper! Please!" I screamed at her lifeless form.

I heard the Dark Ace tut and I looked up.

"Get away from me!" I shrieked at him.

Piper's bedroom door burst open again and Aerrow, Junko and Finn burst in.

"Get away from them!" Aerrow spat, pulling out his Blades.

The Dark Ace smiled his creepy, perverted smile and advanced on Aerrow. The seemed focused on only their fierce battle. Blue and red clashed and sparked.

I watched the fight with awe and eventually, Aerrow floored the Dark Ace.

"Get out of here! You should be thankful that I don't kill you!" Aerrow hissed.

The Dark Ace smiled again, pulled out a crystal and was gone.

I remembered that Piper wasn't breathing beside me and turned to her. Aerrow dropped to his knees and stared at her.

"Aerrow, please do something!" I cried as her lips went from blue to purple.

He could only stare in shock. I pulled myself to Piper's head, trying to ignore the searing pain in my back. I tilted her head up and pinched her nose.

"I hope this works!" I prayed.

I opened her mouth and pressed my lips to hers then breathed life into her. Her chest rose. I waited. It fell again. I continued with my mouth-to-mouth and when I stopped for the fourth time, her chest rose and fell by itself.

"Oh…thank…God," I gasped, before falling into a world of darkness.

I awoke but didn't open my eyes. I felt so heavy and tired.

"I hope she wakes up soon. I'm starving," I heard Finn say.

"Finn!" Aerrow and Piper hissed together.

I heard two thumps and Finn groaned.

I forced my heavy eyelids to lift. My vision was slightly blurry. I could smell…oh God…I could smell hospitals!

I sat up. I felt the tug of tubes up my nose and in my hand. I could feel an IV in the other hand.

"Ally?" Piper asked fearfully.

"Get me out of here!" I shouted.

"What are you talking about? You need to stay here! You're hurt and-" Aerrow said.

"No, get me out!" I screamed.

As much as I don't want to admit it…I am terrified of hospitals. I hate them!

"Alyssa Nyako McIntyre, if you don't lie back down this second, you are grounded!"

"Mom?" I asked, lying back down.

"I can't believe that you managed to get into trouble with Cyclonians! And not only Cyclonians…but the Dark Ace! You have such a nack for trouble!"

I felt her arms wrap around me and I hugged her back, forcing tears not to escape my eyes.

"It wasn't really my fault, it was-" I caught Piper's eye. "Well…it was my fault. I attract too much attention."

"Yes…you do. When we get home, you're grounded," she said in my ear.

"What?" I asked.

She released me.

"You are grounded! I forbid you to hang around with these adolescent children any more!" my mother said.

"What are you talking about?" I demanded. "Why?"

"You are unsafe around these people and they are a bad influence!"

"Mom, these are my friends! They're all part of a squadron and you think that I'll be unsafe around them? I trust them with my life!"

"Oh, you do?" she hissed. "Well…when you trusted Piper with your life, she didn't live up to the job, did she? That's right! Piper told me all about that! And I forbid you to go near this riff-raff!"

"Sorry to disappoint you, Mom…but I'm not coming home if that's the case," I said, trying not to cry again.

She stood up, knocking the plastic chair she had been sitting on to the ground.

"Fine then! Don't bother coming home! You can move in with these people for all I care!" she screamed at me.

She stomped from the ward and slammed the door on her way out.

The nurse, who had been watching us with fear on her face, rushed forwards.

"I'm just going to do a check-up on you," she muttered.

She fiddled around with things while I stared at Aerrow. I could see that he so badly wanted to reach out and comfort me.
"You can stay with us if you want to," Aerrow said.

"No!" Piper said. We both looked at her. "That came out wrong. What I mean is…well, you're in here because of me. The first time, I let jealousy get the better of me…but then the Dark Ace managed to control me and I don't want to hurt anyone again."

There was silence as the nurse left. I opened my mouth to speak but Aerrow cut across me.

"Piper, those were both accidents. All we need to do is make sure that you have a blocking crystal with you at all times," he said. "I know that you didn't mean any of that and I think it'll be great having Ally on board. You always said that you wanted another girl."

Finn, who I had totally forgotten about until this point, chose to speak.

"No way!" he said. "I mean, no offence to you Ally, but the last time we had a girl on board even for a day…well…"

I laughed loudly.

"Ha ha! I'm not exactly Master Cyclonis, am I? And I'm no where near as girly as she pretended to be!" I choked.

"Uh-huh…whatever…" Finn said, peeving me off. "I'm gonna go eat now."

He went through another door and I was left with Aerrow and Piper.

"How can you guys stand him?" I asked.

They looked at each other and replied in unison, "We don't."

We all laughed.

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Aerrow dropped my suitcase in my new bedroom for me and I limped along to the bed on my new crutches. 'These are the most comfortable,' the nurse had said. How wrong could she have been?

"This bedroom was gonna be Starling's but she declined our offer," Aerrow told me.

"Wait…you mean THE Starling? As in…the Interceptor Starling?" I asked.

Aerrow laughed at me and nodded.

"Cool," I said.

Aerrow laughed again and I really didn't see what was so funny.

"I-I'll let you get settled in," he smirked, leaving me.

I huffed and let myself fall to the bed, catapulting the crutches onto the floor. Why was my life so crap? I mean, I had some Cyclonian rapist after me, my mother hated me and my best friends and Piper was literally teetering on the edge of absolute insanity. And what was even worse…I had a tummy ache. Yes…I know…how could a tummy ache make it worse? Well, let me enlighten you.

When bad things are happening, you can cry and freak…but you somehow know that there is worse to come. Then…when you get a little cramp…you realise that you're probably better off dead. Then it get's worse and you feel as if death cannot cure it. It makes your world tumble down and makes your head scream "PAINKILLERS!!!" But no matter how many you take, it doesn't seem to go away.

Okay…

My eyes were beginning to feel heavy. I could see the corners of my vision becoming black.

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I opened my eyes. I was lying in a tall field of heather in a place I didn't recognise. I sat up. The wind was blowing lightly across my face and the trees around the field were rustling. I stood up. The tall heather reached my waist. It was daytime and the sun was beating down on my neck.

I took a step forwards and everything froze apart from me. The sky turned black with red tinted clouds and red lightning struck the sky. Rain began to fall in what felt like buckets and the wind picked up to gale force. It was so unbelievably loud, that I was amazed that I managed to here the sound I heard next.

A low hissing noise seemed to be coming from behind me. I spun around and saw several hooded figures, all with red glowing eyes. Night Crawlers. I was terrified of them. The Dark Ace was at the front of the group, smiling weirdly at me. He pointed his red Blade at me, adding to the frightening atmosphere.

"Attack," he yelled over the thunder.

The twenty or so Night Crawlers advanced on me. I turned and ran. I tripped once or twice in the long, wet heather and eventually came to the beginning of a forest. I could hear wolves howling and I looked back.

There was no time to think. I bolted into the forest and narrowly dodged trees. I could hear fierce hissing only feet from me.

I could see a hill and an opening at the bottom. Aerrow was there! I ran towards him…and tripped over a tree stump. I tumbled downhill and landed in a puddle at the bottom. Aerrow seemed to have moved about forty metres backwards.

I heard the hissing again and turned to look up at the Night Crawlers and the Dark Ace. Four or five of the beasts pounced on me and held me down.

"No!" I screamed. "Leave me alone! Get off me!"

"They only answer to me," the Dark Ace hissed in my ear. "Not even Master Cyclonis can control these Night Crawlers. Release her."

They did.

I looked around to where Aerrow was and opened my mouth to scream. Only no sound same out. The Dark Ace bent down and kissed me hard.

"It's in your own head, Alyssa, that I can get you, where no one can hear you scream, where you cannot escape from me…"

His face twisted around as if he was a painting and water was being swirled on it. I became dizzy and I saw him distinctly raise his Blade. I screamed and this time, I was heard.

"Ally?" Aerrow called, echoing.

"What's wrong with her?" Piper asked. Wait…Piper?

The Dark Ace brought down the Blade and I tried to jerk away. It came down right through my leg and I screamed again. Two Night Crawlers pinned me down as I writhed and jerked as if I was having a fit.

I could hear the Night Crawlers hissing, the Dark Ace grunting as he continuously stabbed me, Aerrow and Piper's mingled, echoing voices. The Dark Ace brought down the Blade one last time and I screamed and pulled myself away harder than ever before.

Then I opened my eyes.

Phoenix: Hehe…we're not that mean as to make that whole thing real. Of course it was a dream! Hehe.

Skye: Yeah…poor Ally…she just can't get a break. Please review.