"So, what's the plan Darkglow?" Airblaze asked, landing next to her. "We need to strike the main engine room, but first get this thing far away from the city as possible," Darkglow answered as the others arrived. "If we go in teams of two, we should be able to stop this thing. Sparkjump, you and I will steer this thing away from the city. Roughhouse, Airblaze, you two take out any extra robots and agents on board. Aqua, Blockrock, we need you to find out who Scorpia's main contacts are. Omega, Shannon, you two take out the engine room once we give you the signal. We'll meet up back at the apartment block. Everyone, roll out," Darkglow said, the group splitting up into their teams. "Think we can stop this thing?" Sparkjump asked as he and Darkglow ran through the fortress. "I don't know, but if we don't, then this thing could level the city in hours," she said, glancing at him. Though she was normally one of the toughest people he'd met, Sparkjump couldn't help but notice the worry in her eyes, knowing what was at stake. "Let's do this thing then," he said, his tone darker but still having enough of his trademark confidence that spurred him on.
"So, how are we going to find the computer room?" Aqua asked as she and Blockrock sneaked around the fortress, barely avoiding detection. "I don't know, but we know our mission is pretty minor right now, compared to what Darkglow, Sparkjump, Omega and Shannon have to do," he answered, his voice dark. They ran along an empty corridor, finding what they were looking for. "So, this is where our mission leads us then?" Aqua asked, freezing the door. "Pretty much," Blockrock answered, kicking the door open. "Let's get what we need and get out of here," Aqua said, the two of them running to the console. Meanwhile, Roughhouse and Airblaze ran through the fortress, taking out any Scorpia agent or robot that stood in their way. "Think we'll win this fight then?" Airblaze asked, knocking two agents into the wall with an air blast. "I hope so. Otherwise all we're fighting for will be for nothing," Roughhouse replied, punching a hole in a robot. "Are you worried about.....failing?" she asked once the corridor was clear. "A little, but I'm not one to dwell on the negatives," Roughhouse said, sounding confident but showing little of his confidence in his face.
"Any idea on how we blow up the engine room?" Shannon asked as she and Omega ran through endless hallways. "I think a lot of damage should do the trick, especially with these charges," Omega said, pulling a medium sized detonation pack from his arms. "Remotely activated, ready to blow at the push of a button," he said, placing it back in his arm. They turned a corner, arriving at their destination. They walked in, mouths agape at the size of the engine. "It must take up the entire centre of this craft," Omega said, looking around the huge structure. "Let's get to work," he said, pulling out the charges and handing them to Shannon. "Set them up at anywhere this thing has a weak point for maximum effect," Omega shouted, flying up to a higher level. "I hope this works," Shannon muttered, placing a charge on a support beam. She was about to place a second, when Scorpia agents burst in, guns drawn and loaded. "Surrender or die," one of the agents shouted, firing a warning shot. From above, Omega watched the whole thing as Shannon dropped the charges, putting her hands up in surrender. Omega watched as they took her away, ignoring the charges she'd dropped. He picked them up, starting to place them anywhere he could as quickly as possible. Once the last charge was set, he walked over to the door, finding it locked. "Nothing can keep me out," he said darkly, firing a rocket that blew the door apart. He ran through, hurrying to find Shannon before it was too late.
"Alright, how do we get into the control room?" Sparkjump asked as he and Darkglow hid in an air duct above the control room. "Think you can trigger an alarm somewhere," Darkglow asked just as an alarm sounded. "Intruders in the lower levels. Get moving!" a voice below shouted as men started leaving the room. "Well that was easy," Sparkjump said, jumping down from the vent after Darkglow. She ran over to the controls, finding they were on autopilot. She pressed some buttons, setting the course away from the city, over the ocean. "Hope you can hurry that up!" Sparkjump shouted, hearing footsteps coming towards them. "Get out of here now!" Darkglow shouted, surrounding Sparkjump in dark purple energy and sending him back into the duct, sealing it behind him as men burst into the room. She pushed the final buttons just as someone struck her in the back, making her fall limp. "She's altered the course. They're trying to take this thing down from the inside," she heard one man say. "I doubt they'd blow it up with one of their own on this thing. Check everything in case she's sabotaged something else," she heard someone else say before she was dragged away helplessly. From the vent, Sparkjump could only watch, unable to do anything. "You can give me any order Darkglow, but I'm not leaving this thing without you," he said to himself, sitting and watching patiently.
It was lonely in the cell where she was thrown into, with now light getting in. It was also cold, making Shannon shiver. She waited for what felt like hours, her head in her hands as she wondered what the chances of escape were. She looked at the bleak metal floor, a tear in her eye. She thought back to how she was caught and thrown here, wondering if Omega was searching for her. Outside, she could hear something coming, something powerful. She glanced at the door, now hearing nothing. Another tear came to her eye, thinking she had been hearing things, when the door started to pull back, being torn from its hinges. She started to smile as she saw the familiar claws for hands and wide arms. "Are you okay?" Omega asked, helping her to her feet. "I'm fine. I thought no-one would find me," she said, collapsing on the large, muscular boy. "You know I'd never leave you behind, right?" he asked, the two of them running down the hallway. "I know that now," Shannon said as Omega picked her up in his arms and fired his jet boosters.
"So, think we should head back home now?" Roughhouse asked as he, Blockrock, Airblaze and Aqua ran to the hole in the fortress armour. "I think we've overstayed our welcome, so let's disappear," Airblaze said, leaping out into the air with Blockrock bringing a chunk of earth from the ground below, the remaining three jumping on just as Omega and Shannon flew out, hovering next to Airblaze. "Well, guess Sparkjump and Darkglow might be a while," Roughhouse said as his communicator buzzed. He pushed a button, hearing Sparkjump's voice. "Guys, we've got a major problem. Darkglow's been captured and is being held hostage in the control room. They know we can't destroy the fortress with her on it so we......." his voice was cut off as another transmission came through. "Greetings MI6 agents. If you thought your little plan would work, then you have made a grave mistake. If you destroy this fortress, then you also blow up your precious teammate. Just to prove it," and the voice on the other end changed to that of Darkglow. "Don't worry about me, just destroy this thing before it levels the city," she said, as Roughhouse replied "We can't leave you there to die on that thing, we're coming back." "No, just blow up this thing. Don't try sacrificing a thousand lives just to save one, just blow this thing out of the sky," she said, the communication being cut off.
"What are we going to do?" Sparkjump asked over the comlink. "It's your call since you're also on the thing," Roughhouse said, hearing Sparkjump breathe heavily. "Detonate the charges, I'll get Darkglow out of here," he said, cutting off before anyone could argue. "I hope I know what I' doing," Sparkjump said as he watched the control room, waiting for his moment to strike. As men worked at the controls, Darkglow was sitting in a chair, her hands tied behind her back. She heard an explosion, seeing the chaos in the control room. "I thought they wouldn't destroy this thing with her on it!" the agent in charge shouted just as Sparkjump leapt down from the air duct. "One problem, she won't be on it when it explodes," Sparkjump yelled, electricity exploding from his fingertips, overloading the consoles. As men ran to escape pods, Sparkjump grabbed a piece of broken glass, cutting the ropes that held Darkglow there. "I thought everyone got off safely," she said, collapsing as Sparkjump caught her. "You could have ordered me to leave a thousand times, but I wouldn't have left you here," he said, helping her stand. "How's about we save this moment until we're of this thing," Darkglow said, opening her wings just as someone ran into the room. "You ruined everything with your little team. Now, prepare to pay," a Scorpia agent said, firing a pistol, aiming it at Darkglow. "Oh no you don't," Sparkjump shouted, jumping in front of the bullet, stopping it with lightning. He fell backwards as the bullet hit his chest, not piercing his skin. Angered, Darkglow grabbed a computer screen, surrounding it in dark purple energy as she threw it, crushing the agent.
With the fortress exploding around them, Darkglow grabbed Sparkjump and leapt out the window, opening her wings and flying towards the others. As they came into view, she didn't slow down, tearing past them. Everyone followed, trying to keep up. As the apartment building came into view, they tore into it, Darkglow only stopping at the infirmary, laying Sparkjump on a bed. Weakly, he got up, his light brown eyes meeting her dark brown ones. "Guess we did the impossible," he said, a weak smile on his face. "Yeah, and I think you deserve a reward for your bravery and courage," Darkglow said, kissing Sparkjump on the cheek. She left him to recover, unable to see his surprised face, or how it turned into a smile as he went back to sleep.