Chapter 25
The place was in worse state than she'd once thought.
She pulled her hood further over her head and adjusted the scarf she'd bought on another Terra, courtesy of Piper, so it covered her features as best as possible, because if there were Talons running around, well, she didn't want to think of it.
She passed by a burning building as it collapsed in on itself, silently hoping that no-one had perished within its walls, and she pushed through the opposing throng of people running in the opposite direction, making her way to the centre of everything.
She was right about the Talons.
And, of course, at the head of the pack was Dark Ace, who was engaged in battle with Aerrow (of course), Junko was going all "Mad Wallop" on a bunch of Talons, sending them flying everywhere (she ducked as one flew in her direction, chuckling to herself as he screamed like a girl)
Finn, Piper and Radarr were doing well too.
Radarr was, at the moment, using her saucepan as a weapon
'Note: Remember to get saucepan back from Radarr'
Stork was nowhere to be seen, which was nothing unusual really, and the guys in red that had turned up at the Condor earlier were also there, handing some Talons their butts.
'Well I'm not needed here, let's see how else I can be useful elsewhere'
She pulled on a set of goggles she'd brought with her 'Now there's no chance someone will know me!'
She turned and came face to face with four Talons, one of them wearing a moustache.
They were grinning wildly and trying to look menacing, but they only succeeded in making her laugh.
She beckoned them closer, making them thoroughly confused, but they leaned in all the same, and screamed loudly as, with a lazy flick of a finger, she sent them off their feet, flying backwards into stalls and through shop windows.
She ran down the street as fast as her feet could carry her and skidded to a stop as she heard a yell from inside another building which had just caught aflame.
She used all her strength to burst through the door and called for the person to come to her, with no reply at first she moved further in and called again.
"Hello?! Where are you?!" she had to move quick, the place was going up quicker than she'd thought.
She heard coughing from somewhere ahead of her and ducked low as the smoke started to rise above her head.
Moving forward she found herself in a kitchen, a bakery actually.
She could see a body cowering underneath a table and quickly, but carefully, made her way towards it.
A man, no older than herself gave her a terrified look as a window shattered somewhere close by "Come on! This way, stay close!"
He nodded and she took him by the arm as they crawled through the debris piling up around them.
Twice a beam had almost crushed them, once it missed, the second time was a close call, thanks to Blinx' new found magic.
When they reached the door they practically threw themselves through it breathing hard and hacking up smoke from their lungs.
Cheering erupted around them and Blinx looked up to the happy faces of the small crowd that had gathered 'Obviously the Talons are gone' one of the guys in red was tending to the victim from the fire, verifying her previous thought.
Through the tint of her goggles, she could see the Storm Hawks looking on and as Aerrow made his way toward the red group, she caught sight of Piper staring at her.
Blinx sat on the ground, cross legged, trying to catch her breath and didn't acknowledge Piper as she crouched in front of her.
"That was pretty brave..." Piper pulled down the scarf "...Blinx" she finished knowingly
"Nothing gets by you, does it?" Blinx stated "Nope!" the orange eyed girl giggled, as her team stared on in shock and admiration.