Aerrow flinched, but the expected collision didnt occur. He opened his eyes, to see that he was coated in a blue light. He spun to look through the windows, a relieved grin on his face, and, sure enough, Piper was stood there holding a crystal in her hand, a burst of blue energy connecting them. He spotted Radarr, hovering just over the balcony and floated over to him, settling onto the seat. He felt the floating feeling leave him, and he held out a hand towards Piper, waving slightly. He saw her grin at him, and turned to look at the birds. They were still attacking the Condor, and barely paying attention to him. He needed to get them to follow him. He suddenly had an idea and turned to Radarr. "Radarr, Switch." In less than two seconds, Radarr was in his seat and he was balanced on the wings. He pulled out his twin lightning blades and held them out in front of him, aiming at one of the birds. He shot a burst of energy at one of the birds, and smiled as it broke away from the flock. He shot out seven more shots, but eventually, he had the entire flocks attention. He motioned for them to switch again and jumped into his seat. He checked that he still had the birds attention and flew around the condor, in a large circle. He came up underneath the Condor, between the twin bulkheads, where he had been trapped earlier, and edged towards the Condor, hoping that they were close enough for Piper. Apparently they were, because a burst of red shot past him, and covered one of the birds. Several more followed and he saw their eyes turn from red to an amber gold. His relief was short lived, however, as he realised that they were now wild, and subject to their instincts. The point was exaggerated as they all turned to look at him.
"Aerrow..." he heard a voice from the Condor, over the megaphone. "Aerrow, get out of the way..." He immediately turned and flew into the skimmer bay, because when Piper says move, you move. He saw a flash behind him and turned to see the birds crashing into each other, trying to turn and fly away. He grinned.
"Cooking crystals Piper?" he asked, over the intercom, and was met with a small laugh. He let Radarr jump onto his shoulder and jogged back to the bridge.

Ten minutes later, and they were preparing to land on the terra. Aerrow sighed at the red 'X' on the date on his alarm. He couldnt wait for his birthday to be over. He hadnt celebrated since his father had died. He refused to celebrate a day so close to when it happened. He checked he had everything and left his room, heading for the bridge. He didnt notice Piper walk along the corridor, or walk into his room to try and find him, or her backing out when she realised he wasnt there. He also didnt notice her catching sight of the notice on the alarm, or the shocked expression that crossed her face, before she left and head to the dark room, to stock up on crystals.

They were all stood around Pipers map, which was laid out on the centre table.
"So you see," she concluded, "these seven Terras are actually part of one Large Terra. They are all connected by extensive tunnels and caverns. That's how the worm gets from one to another." She looked up to see Aerrow looking thoughtful, Junko looking interested, Finn looking clueless and Radarr asleep on the floor. She sighed.
"Hopefully," she continued, "we can get a more detailed map of the tunnels." She saw Aerrow point to a spot on the map.
"Piper," he asked, "that point there seems to be where all of the tunnels are connected... kind of like a central point." She nodded and Junko leaned over.
"So, wouldn't that be the most likely place to find the worm?" he asked, "I mean, it could get from there to any terra." Aerrow nodded.
"Well, it looks like a good starting point for the search anyway. What do you think Finn?.. Finn?"

Finn was sat messing around with a golden coloured cube that looked suspisciously like... Stork crept up behind him and plucked it from his hands.
"But I melted this... How can it be..." He turnd and glared at Finn. "You bought a new one?" Finn glared back,
"You melted my old one?" He tried to snatch it back and him and Stork began a game of 'lets chase Stork around the bridge.' Aerrow sighed. Turnng to Piper and Junko, he said,
"Someone tell me that there is a way of getting that puzzle cube away from him?" They both glanced at each other then looked back at him. "Nope." He sighed.
"Great..." Then a thought struck him, "Wait, who's flying the Condor?" They all turned to look at the steering column, and were confused to see that no-one was there, yet the Condor still seemed to be flying... Aerrow turned to Stork, who Finn had backed into a corner in an attempt to leap and reach the puzzle.
"Hey Stork, whats with the Auto-pilot?" Stork moved the cube out of Finns reach and shouted over.
"Yet another part of the Condor's upgrade. Isnt it awesome? Now I can spend more time reading my new book. '1001 terrible beasts and the pointless efforts put into fighting them'." Aerrow raised an eyebrow,
"Uhuh... Well, we're coming up on Terra Districtus, so if you wouldnt mind...?" Stork threw the cube towards Junko, who took over the challenge of keeping it away from Finn.
"Okay, lets go battle a deadly worm. Oh doom, how I have missed you..."

The Condor landed just outside the large town on the main Terra. Terra Districtus was the name of the overall Terra, but the smaller District Terras had their own names. Right now, they were on Terra Centras. Stork had decided to accompany them to the town, and was very eager to try some of the new gadgets on his Storkmobile. He drove down the ramp from the Condor, and slowed to a standstill. Everyone grinned. It didnt look any different, but, with Stork, that didnt mean anything.
"Introducing the Storkmobile Upgraded. Along with the usual weapons, indestructability and detectors, I have added..." he didnt get a chance to continue.
"Thats great Stork," Piper interrupted, "but we really need to get going. Why dont you just show us... later?" Stork sighed.
"Fine. Lets Ride." He set off, and the rest of them shared bemused looks and followed. It only took them a few minutes to arrive at the main hall. Only they didn't get right to it, having to freeze and hide at the sight of Cyclonis, surrounded by men in outfits that were identical to those of the Talons in Atmos. She was creating another army.

"You know your orders," they heard her say. "If they won't sign up, lock them up. I will... convince them at a later date." She turned to a masked and cloaked figure at her side. "Come along. I trust that these new recruits will be able to keep things under control..." The threat was evident in her voice, and she turned and walked over to a skimmer, that was obviously newly built, maybe even by Cyclonis herself. Her companion copied her and they both took off, flying up to a large cruiser. Not long afterwards, the ship flew off, and was soon out of sight. Aerrow turned to the rest of them.
"We've got a problem." he said simply, turning to look at the armed men gathering the Terras inhabitants into the centre of the town. He turned at a touch on his shoulder. It was Piper.
"We need a plan Aerrow..." she whispered and he nodded in reply. They took it in turns to crawl backwards, out of sight of the Talons, and were soon all at the outskirts of the town. Aerrow turned to Stork.
"Did you use the camouflage technology to hide the Condor?" he asked, and when he recieved a nod, he tuned to all of them. "Right then. Lets get to work..."