Chapter 3

Meanwhile, as the Storm Hawks and Silver Cats searched for Finn, he was helplessly lost in the apple orchard. He had just been wandering around, looking for something to do when he thought he saw a building on a nearby terra with the Cyclonian symbol on it. At first, he thought he had been imagining things, but then he saw Master Cyclonis walking around, which freaked out Finn. He ran into the apple orchard on Terra SAM to hide from her, but now he was totally lost!

Finn frantically ran further and further until he felt the ground move underneath him. "What's…happening?" he asked aloud as he began to slide down the path. He tried to stop himself from slipping, but was unsuccessful. "AAH!" Finn screamed. "I'm slipping! I'm slipping!"

Suddenly the path ended, and Finn slipped off.

Junko heard Finn's scream echo around the terra. "That's Finn!" he cried, fearful for his best friend.

"I guess he slipped off the side of the terra," said Piper sarcastically, but she walked a little faster.

Aloe trailed behind. "If he really went over, Vera's ready," she called to Melodie and Skye as she ran to Vera's stable. "Vera?"

Vera sniffed Aloe. She sensed her girl was upset. "Finn's fallen off the edge of the terra," she said, surprised at how anxious she felt. "We have to save that idiot now," she said, attempting to sound braver than she actually felt. She mounted her 'noble steed' and Vera flew away.

~ * ~

The Storm Hawks, Melodie and Skye rushed to the edge of the cliff to see Finn falling off.

"Finn!" yelled the Storm Hawks as one voice. Skye extended her hand over the cliff and pointed it at Finn. Something swirly and silver swirled out of her hand, and then disappeared. Skye quickly hid her hands behind her back as Melodie looked pointedly at her. "To your skimmers, everyone!" yelled Aerrow. Just then, Vera dove in from the sky with Aloe on her back. The pair looped underneath Finn as he fell and landed in front of Aloe, on his back. "Going somewhere?" Aloe said in a cheeky voice. Finn looked up at Aloe and blushed. "Chicki-cha," he said warily and Vera began to fly up again.

As the rest of the Storm Hawks and Skye and Melodie were on their way to meet Finn, Aloe and Vera, Piper noticed something in the corner of her eye. "Hey," she said, turning her heli-scooter around. "Doesn't that look a lot like…Master Cyclonis' building?"

Curious to know what Piper had seen, Aerrow turned around to look. "You're right," he said... "That building looks exactly like Master Cyclonis'."

"So, does this mean that Master Cyclonis is around here?" Junko asked.

"Causing doom to the other side of the Atmos?" Stork added.

"Hey, what's all the fuss about this Master Cyclonis building?" Skye demanded, but she turned around to look.

At first, Melodie did not understand what the big deal about some building was, but then she turned around to look anyway. Hey, wait a second, she thought. I recognize that building…

In her mind, images were playing back of the building: her sisters, the earthquake… she quickly shook off those thoughts.

The Storm Hawks and Skye did not seem to notice Melodie. They were busy talking and waiting for Finn to arrive.

Melodie gazed up at the building a second time. This time, a dark figure was making its way into the light. She focused all her attention on the figure until it emerged from the shadows. The figure seemed to be a person covered in a dark cape, but it was hard to tell who the person was. She was just about to ask one of the Storm Hawks when the person took her head out of the cape and looked straight into the eyes of Melodie.

Melodie's eyes widened. "Keira?" she gasped.

~ * ~

Master Cyclonis was becoming very ticked off. Nobody was working fast enough for her. As she wandered outside of her new home to check up on things, her eyes fell upon those of a girl on the nearby terra, staring at her. A jolt of recognition flashed through the ruler of Cyclonia. "Melodie?" she asked with shock, although no one heard her.


Hmm... you think Cyclonis' real name is... Master Cyclonis?

I don't know!!!!!! We just made up a name for her. How strange.