I'm sorry for the delay, but the summer holiday has just begun! xD


Anger lit up those beautiful emerald eyes when they fixed upon the Cyclonian Commander. The hatred for the dark haired man had been fueled up even more, threatening to burst out of the Sky Knight's chest. Aerrow never felt so much hate before, he was literally burning, hands gripping the handles of his twin daggers so tight that his knuckles turned dead white. He was trembling, but he was determined: he was going to take down Dark Ace today.

Finn could feel his friend's anger and backed down slightly, when he heard Aerrow call his name. "Finn, you and Radarr should keep looking for Piper. I'll take care of him." He was trying to keep his voice calm, but at the last sentence it cracked slightly. Finn nodded. He knew better than stay there and be caught in the battle. Radarr flipped forward and jumped on one of the Talons' leg, biting down hard. The Cyclonian stumbled, knocking two other mates while trying to get rid of Radarr. Finn head butted another Talon and made his way through them, running away. The rest of the Talons followed him and the sky monkey.

Aerrow stood in place, facing the Cyclonian Commander. A smirk twisted the older man's broad lips. "Piper, huh?" Aerrow's scowl deepened even more when the man mentioned the girl's name. "So you came here for her. How nice of you!" With a loud growl, the redhead threw himself at the man, flipping to kick him, but he blocked him and delivered a punch to his stomach. The hit did nothing to Aerrow, only fueled his anger. He felt no pain now. He would have endured any pain for Piper. Everything for her.

He heard the sound of the double barred sword rub against its metal case and quickly jumped back to avoid being cut. Dark Ace slashed at him and the clash between the sword and the daggers sending shivers through their spines. The Cyclonian pressed the sword harder into the daggers, but Aerrow's strong arms didn't give in the pressure. Dark Ace pulled back, giving Aerrow another unpleasant smirk.


"Dammit! Are they going to chase us through the whole Cyclonia?" Finn almost screamed, holding his left side as he ran ceaselessly through the narrow corridor with a herd of Talons hot on his heels. Radarr screeched sharply. 'Think of something, think of something!' Finn said to himself. He wasn't the best at coming up with plans. Suddenly, he spotted a narrower corridor on the left side of the one he was running on now. He had just to do something to catch the Talons' attention.

His hand motioned by instinct to grip the handle of the crossbow. He kissed the tip of the crystal powered arrow, praying it would work. He turned at fired at the floor, right in front of the Talons. He heard the small explosion as soon as he turned back and started running towards the other hall. When the blue mist caused by the crystal powered arrow vanished, he and Radarr already disappeared, leaving the Talon to shrug and scratch their heads.

Tiptoeing through the narrow hall, Finn found himself into a larger chamber with doors on every side of it. It was different than the other chambers he had seen. The architecture was more complicated and more beautiful as well.

"Where are we?" Finn asked himself aloud. Radarr looked around puzzled as Finn crossed his arms.

"Great! We're never going to find Piper in this labyrinth." He said loudly, raising his hands in the air. It was then when he noticed something was happening with Radarr. He was growling quietly and sniffing the floor and the wall.

"What's going on?" Radarr screeched louder, almost like he was calling for somebody. And suddenly, Finn heard a noise and almost screamed: somebody was banging into a door.

"What's going on?" he repeated, voice sounding scared. A familiar, very familiar voice answered.

"Finn, is that you?" Finn's ocean eyes went wide with surprise. "Piper," he whispered. "Piper," he shouted. "Where are you?" But the one who answered the question was Radarr, who pricked up his ears and led to a door right in the middle of a wall. Finn ran to it and placed his palm on the wooden surface.

"Piper, you here?" he tapped his fingers onto it and an idiotic smile appeared when she answered with another tap into the door. "Yes." Finn tried the handle, but the door was locked. He smirked. Nothing stops "The Finnster", not even a locked door. He pulled out his crossbow and an arrow.

"Step back, please." He heard her move and aimed for the safety latch. He shot. The arrow pierced through the metal lock and the door flew open, revealing the person inside. Finn looked compassionately at the lean figure of the girl, her uniform ripped and dirty and face streaked with tears, but lit up by hope at the sight of her friend. Finn stepped forward and wrapped his arms around her waist, letting her bury her head into the crook of his neck.

"C'mon, let's get out of here."


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