Chappie number 6! Sorry about the wait folks… You know that writers block that I thought I'd destroyed? Well it rebuilt itself. But I've climbed over it so here we are :)

I felt like a proper idiot yesterday. I woke up at 6:30 (on a Saturday) so I could be ready to be picked up for gothic weekend at Whitby by my friends. (I'm not a Goth really… it's a 1 off.)Then I find out it's the next day. I'm stood in the house looking like a right weirdo, for no reason. :/ Typical Kerry mistake. Lol.

Aaaaaanyways….. Moving on from the embarrassment…..

OMG! IT WAS AWSOMETASTIC! I'll change my profile pic to one from then :)

Oh and thanks for the review,RedScarfLuxio. That's a definite first for anyone to say that about me :\ so yeah… thanks a squillion :)

Chapter 6 :)

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Devi landed her stolen Cyclonian skimmer next to a dishevelled looking airship, of which, the front end was half buried by freshly disturbed earth.

'Looks like a crash landing…' she thought while checking whether the emblem on the side of the ship matched her memory of the one on Ember's uniform.

After coming to no solid conclusion, 'Close enough.'

She climbed inside through a broken window, into the kitchen area, from which, a green man ran out screaming "She's come back to finish us off… We're all doomed!"

"Okaaay… I wonder where he's off to." Devi decided to follow the paranoid Merb through the corridors to find the rest of the Storm Hawks; all with their fair share of injuries.

She stood out of sight, peering round the corner of the doorway, to see Piper limping over to Aerrow to help with bandage his arm, while Finn and Jake argued over who had the biggest black eye and Radarr held an ice pack to Junko's forehead.

A small sigh involuntarily escaped her mouth as she thought about the poor girl who was forced to do this. Unfortunately, her thoughts had revealed her hiding place, and the Storm Hawks jumped (or limped, rather) into action, expecting a second wave of attacks.

However, Devi didn't run, as the squadron had expected (which was quite a relief) but instead, stood her ground; she was here for a reason.

"Who are you and what are you doing here?" said Aerrow bitterly; Ember's supposed betrayal had left him hurt and angered.

His question was answered with another question. "Are you the Storm Hawks?"

"It depends on who's asking."

"My name's Devi Desmonda. I'm here to -" Her introduction was cut short by Finn, who dropped to his knees and begged, "Please don't hurt me! I don't think I can take anymore… I'll do anything!" Everyone just glared at him with disapproval, to which he replied with his signature 'please don't hit me' grin.

"Erm… as much as I would like to take advantage of that, I can't. I'm here to prove Ember's innocence."

"You'll find that difficult. We all saw that it was her that attacked us."

"I'm not saying she didn't. I'm saying she had no control over her own actions. Cyclonis used some kind of crystal to get into her mind. I'm not the easiest person to upset, but those screams -" she broke off, shuddering at the memory. "Let's just say she put up a good fight before being taken over by it. You should be proud of her."

"How do you know all this?"

"I've been undercover for a month or so now. Got up to a pretty high rank too… I was head assistant to the Dark Ace." she blushed at this point, thinking about her guilty crush, but continued. "If I didn't, I would have never seen Ember."

"Wait, did you just say… He's alive!" Aerrow almost whispered because of this news.

Piper knew the conversation was veering off track, even though it was an important and unexpected revelation, the topic needed to change back, so asked "Was the crystal yellow, by any chance?"

"Um, yeah why?"

"That sounds like a mind control crystal, Aerrow. Maybe we were wrong to judge her so fast. Again."

At this point, Stork spoke up. "I presumed it was some sort of genetic disease that she inherited that just hasn't been discovered yet… I think we should still be careful."

Aerrow thought about Piper's comment. "Are you sure those things even exist? Especially after our encounter with Carver."

"Yes, I'm sure Aerrow. I've only read about a million books with articles on them." She smiled, almost teasingly at him. "Trust me."

"Of course I trust you Piper." he said with a small grin. Devi found it very difficult to not to burst into the 'K.I.S.S.I.N.G' song, but managed to fight off the urge. "So are you all just going to stand there, or you going to go and save the poor girl? If it's going to be the latter, I suggest you follow me. I know where she is."

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Sorry again for taking ages… Excuses already given :)

Devi was created by ilovestormhawks, so don't give me the credit :) You can if you really want, as long as you pass it along too :)

Pleeeeeeeeeease review as always….

Ta-ta,

Gothic Kezzy ;)