Piper sank to her knees and wept. She hated Dark Ace even more than she ever had done, for what he had made Aerrow do. She was so angry! She knew she had to go after them, even though she knew she could get killed in the process.

Then, just at that moment, Stork, Finn, Junko and Radarr ran into the room.

"Piper we heard what happened…hey, where have Aerrow and Dark Ace gone?" Finn said

"And Piper, why are you crying?" Junko said, wrapping Piper in a big, snugly hug.

"Because…Because…" Piper sniffed. "Because Dark Ace has made Aerrow evil, and he doesn't know who I am anymore…and they've gone to Cyclonia to overthrow Master Cyclonis!"

Everyone gasped.

"What are we going to do?" Junko asked.

"Go after them!" Piper yelled, determined she would save Aerrow no matter what.

"Let's do this!" Finn said, punching the air.

"Stork, full speed to Cyclonia! Junko, Finn, get your weapons ready; we could be in for hell down there." Piper ordered, and ran to get her staff and crystals ready.

Stork did as Piper asked and flew the Condor as fast as he dared to Cyclonia, and they were just in time to see Aerrow and Dark Ace land their skimmers on the intimidating terra looming before them.

Stork landed the Condor and everyone but Stork disembarked, and ran off after Dark Ace and Aerrow. But the two were faster than they were, and Dark Ace had the advantage of knowing where he was actually going, and the Storm Hawks didn't, so were soon very lost in the twisting and winding passages of the dark and gloomy Cyclonia.

"Piper where are we?" Finn moaned.

"I don't know!" Piper yelled back, incredibly frustrated.

"So…what do we do now?" Junko asked, rubbing his head.

"I guess we'll have to split up. Finn and Junko, you go that way," And Piper pointed down one corridor "Radarr, you and me will go this way." And Piper pointed down the opposite one. "If you find Aerrow, try and get him to remember who he is, and then get him out. I'll do the same if I find him."

Finn and Junko nodded and darted down the corridor Piper had pointed to, and Piper and Radarr sprinted down the other.

Just after they were out of Piper's view, Finn slowed to a walk.

"Finn, what are you doing?" Junko asked

"I'm walking. I'm gonna leave it to Piper to fix Aerrow. She can handle it."

"But Finn!-" Junko protested

"Junko, you know she does everything. Which means we, can do whatever we want. Aerrow and Piper are always being too sensible."

"But we need to rescue Aerrow!"

"Junko, we've already talked about this."

"But Finn!-"

"Junko! We've already talked about this! Piper is going to rescue Aerrow, and we relax."

"But what if something happens to Piper?"

"She can handle it."

"But what if she can't?!"

"She can!"

"How do you know?!"

"I just do!"

"Finn?!"

"What?!"

"Why are we yelling?!"

"I don't know!"

"Shouldn't we stop?!"

"Probably!"

"We're gonna end up attracting someone's atten-" And Junko trailed off.

"Junko, I think the word you're looking for is 'attention'" Finn said, but Junko just pointed behind him, his mouth open and eyes wide in fear.

"What is it buddy?" Finn asked, confused.

"D-D-Dar-Dark Ace…" Junko stammered, and Finn turned around and screamed

"DARK ACE!!!" Finn yelled and ran, screaming, back the way he came, Junko following and Dark Ace in hot pursuit.

"Junko, where's Aerrow?" Finn shouted to Junko, who was only about a metre behind him.

"I don't know, they must have split up!" Junko yelled in reply, but kept running.

Then, Dark Ace unsheathed his blade and laughed manically, firing red bolts of lightning-like energy at the two of them. Finn screamed again and dodged them as best he could, until one hit him and he yelped and fell over.

"FINN!!!" Junko yelled frantically and quickly scooped him up and carried him as he ran, successfully dodging all of the blasts.

Soon, Junko and Finn came to the fork in the corridors where they had split up with Piper and Radarr before, and something dawned on Junko just as he was about to run down the passageway that Piper and Radarr had started to search.

"Finn, we're leading Dark Ace to Piper and Radarr!" Junko said, just as he thought of that.

"Then go the other way!" Finn replied and Junko did that, diving out of the way of another blast and leading Dark Ace away from Piper and Radarr.

"Now we just have to keep going with this until we lose him, or Piper saves Aerrow…"