Aerrow stared in complete disbelief at the room he had been given, he was positive that he could fit five of his normal rooms inside it and still have leg room.
"This is ridicules!" Aerrow said, dropping down on to the bed. "Absolutely ridiculous."
"Aerrow?" Piper called through the door. "Can I come in?"
"Sure Piper." Aerrow walked to the door and opened it. "So how's your room?"
"A lot smaller then yours. Jeez, what is with this town! The people are starving and living in conditions not good enough for animals, and the mayor is sitting in this house with all this food and money!"
Aerrow watched as Piper paced the room, infuriated by the mayors actions.
"Piper, that's the way this town works. We just need to find this girl and get out of here."
"Aerrow we can't just leave them! It goes against everything that we believe in, against everything you swore to protect!"
"I know Piper! I know. But we have to find Cyclonis."
"If you are so focused on finding Cyclonis, they why are we wasting time looking for some girl?" Aerrow did not answer, he knew the answer it was because she had threatened Piper and Aerrow didn't want to let that stand, but telling Piper this wouldn't do them any good. "Aerrow I know you want to help them just as much as I do."
"Piper, I want to help them, but we can't save everyone all the time. We're only human."
"Dudes! These rooms are amazing!"
Finn and Junko burst into Aerrow's room, Stork followed after them hesitantly. He looked like he expected something to jump out of the walls or floor and attack them, and knowing Stork he probably did.
"Finn! How can you like this when you know what it is built off of."
"What's it built off of?"
"Slave labor!"
"Oh...That doesn't make it any less amazing!"
Aerrow and Piper looked at each other and shook their heads.
"Aerrow, just a warning, you should keep a close watch on Radarr. I saw some Pitarian fire ants on the way over here, and they will eat any...small animals."
Radarr jumped off the bed and on to Aerrow's shoulders with an indigent chirp as he woke up to see Stork looming over him.
"Uh, thanks Stork. I'll uh keep a look out."
Aerrow said placing a hand on Radarr's head.
"I have a question. What are you going to do if the girl they are talking about really is the girl that was on the Condor?"
"I don't know." The Storm Hawks sighed. "Yet! I don't know yet! I have two hours. I'll think of something."
"Oh you will?"
"Yeah Piper you know me?"
Aerrow said smiling.
Two hours came and went and still Aerrow hadn't thought of anything. He was pacing the room talking to Radarr when there was a knock on the door.
"Sir, I am to inform you that Bambino Di Canzoni has been found and is on her way to the jail. If you could please open the door and come with me." Aerrow opened the door to find himself staring at the other Storm Hawks and another man in a suit. "Thank you."
The man turned and walked down the hall.
"Aerrow did you think of something?"
"I have an idea."
"You don't have a clue what you are going to do, do you?"
"Nope."
The Mayor met them down in the front hall.
"Ah yes, we are all here. Now let us go see who has broken the rules? Shall we?"
Bam walked off the elevator to be greeted by two guards.
"Bambino Di Canzoni?"
"Yes?"
"You are to come with us?"
"Why?"
One of the guards struck out and a gloved hand crossed Bam's face.
"You will not ask questions, you will only come."
"And if I refuse?"
The guards looked at each other and grabbed Bam's arms.
"You don't have the ability of refusing in this."
Bam looked back at people who worked the shift with her, back at the worried faces behind her. She knew full well what they all were thinking, the only time that two guards came for some one after a shift is when they have done something bad enough that it deserves full punishment. They all also knew that Bam had three strikes against her.
Bam walked between the two guards in to the jail cell.
"So what did I do this time?"
"Nothing."
"So why am I here?"
"The Mayor wants to see you."
"The Mayor? Our Lord and Master? Well you'll excuse me when I don't applaud!"
The guard reached through the bars and his hard connected with Bam's face again, she fell back against the wall.
"You will show respect to the Mayor!"
"I will do my best, but I can't promise that it will be enough."
The guards glared at Bam and walked away. Bam waited until they were gone to spit to the side, blood was mixed with her saliva.
"Great, just great." Bam didn't mean the blood nor did she mean the fact that she was in jail...again. What Bam was really worried about was the fact that she was supposed to go see the strangers today. "This is going to be hard to explain." Bam stared pacing, trying to think of what she would say. "Hey guys, sorry I didn't show yesterday. I was in jail, and I didn't even do anything this time. Yes I know its the third time in the past year, and I am sorry about that...and they will never believe that." Bam sat down on the small cot in the cell. "What about, Hey, I have a very good explanation for why I didn't show yesterday. You see I was thrown in jail for something I didn't even do. The guards just picked me up after my shift and threw me in jail, I didn't even do anything this time." Bam sighed, fell back on the cot, and closed her eyes, with her eyes closed her entire face was black with soot. "I hate lying to them."
"Lying to who?" Bam shot up and found her self looking into the greedy eyes of the mayor, a quick glance behind him showed the Storm Hawks. Bam cursed to herself. She knew that anyone who left the village was given the death sentence and here were a bunch of kids who could tell the Mayor that she did. "Girl who exactly are you going to be lying to?"
"Now why in the world would I tell you that?"
The mayor glared at Bam.
"Well young Sir's and Madam, is this the girl who attacked you?"
"I can't really tell." Aerrow came right up to the cell doors and stared at Bam. "She could be~~~"
Aerrow was unable to finish the sentence as an explosion filled the small jail. Bam felt a hand grab the back of her jacket and pull her back.
"Come on girly! Get moving!"