Molly made her way back to the pit and up the stairs to her room. She was still a little red, but not noticeable in the gloom. She was about to change into her night clothes when she heard something outside her window. She opened it and found Kailua hovering outside.

"What are you doing here?" Molly asked.

"Come with me. I wanna show you something." Kailua was grinning. If this worked, her plan was in the bag. Then Jordan came in. He'd been about to check to see if Molly was back when he heard voices.

"What's going on, Molly? Where have you been and why are you here Kailua?" Jordan was confused but tried to hide it, and failed.

"I wanted to show Molly something, you wanna come?" Kailua said.

"Sure."

Kailua flew back and Izzy took her place. Molly and Jordan climbed on, then Kailua in front. They flew over the lake and the other pits, over hills to a larger lake. Molly and Jordan slept most of the flight, still on because Izzy's wings were up at an angle. It was near dawn, but still very dark when Kailua landed and woke them. She led them to the edge of the lake.

"Watch, it's gonna be a great show." Molly and Jordan looked at her, then each other. Then out of the corner of her eye Molly saw a falling star. She turned and more stars fell till it was a meteor shower. Stars fell, leaving multicolored streamers. Molly was entranced. "Once every thousand years or so, there's a meteor shower that lights up the heavens. This is that one time." While Kailua was talking, she took a mental picture of Molly's face, lit up by the stars. Now the hard part, Kailua thought. Distance was the problem. The farther away, the more difficult it was to send a though. That and the fact that Aikka would know it was her sending the image and not his imagination if one thought was attached. She concentrated and sent the image to Aikka who was in his hanger watching the show from afar.

With Aikka:

He saw Molly's face, lit up b starlight, smiling and her star tattoo was visible in the dark. He smiled at the thought of her so beautiful and happy. He'd been unable to sleep, he had a meeting with Toros at dawn, about him, Aikka, not fulfilling his duties, and he wasn't looking forward to it.

Dawn came, and with it Toros in his trident star racer. The colonel got out and stomped over the short prince. (Short by comparison, not short.) He back handed the Nourasian prince in the face. Aikka's head moved but he remained standing where he was.

"Explain yourself Prince. Why have you not done as order and gotten rid of the Earth pilot?" Aikka remained silent and glared at Toros. The Crog picked him up by his throat, half choking him. "Answer me slime."

"Let him go, freak face." Hissed a voice along with a steel spear pointed at Toros' throat.

With Molly and co.:

As dawn approached, the stars lost their visibility. Molly, Jordan, and Kailua climbed up on Izabella and flew back. Molly and Jordan were surprisingly awake for being up most of the night. They reached the lake and saw Toros' ship outside Aikka's hanger.

"Looks like they're plotting together" Jordan said disgustedly.

"Wrong Aikka's in trouble!" Kailua yelled, she sent Izzy into a dive. "Remember I told you they're allies by force, not choice." Kailua stood up, spread her wings and jumped off the side, using gravity to speed her. She pulled out of the dive and pulled out a collapsible spear, and snuck up behind Toros. When he picked Aikka up by the throat, she jabbed her spear close to his throat. "Let him go, freak face." She hissed dangerously.

Toros let him go alright, threw him against the wall, and turned to face the girl. Molly had jumped off Izzy when she landed and ran over to the prince, helping him to stand. Toros swung at Kailua but she ducked under his fist. She landed a well placed punch to his gut that did absolutely nothing.

'Aikka, Molly, get outta here!" Kailua yelled in their minds. 'Get on your beetle and scram, Izzy will follow. I'll keep him long enough for ya'll to find a someplace safe, and catch up later. GO!' Aikka nodded and led Molly to the beetle. Toros was conveniently distracted by the winged girl dancing out of reach of his fists. 'Izzy, follow Aikka and his beetle, I'll catch up later. Jordan stay on Izzy got it?' she did give them time to argue, she blocked a punch with her spear. Izzy took off and the beetle followed, and then took the lead. Molly looked back at Kailua fighting the Crog almost twice her size, from the back of Aikka's beetle. Jordan was on Izzy, completely riding since the hawk knew where to go.

With Molly:

They flew to the ruins on the far side of the lake and went in to a cave large enough and stable enough to support two giant animals. They dismounted and Molly helped Aikka to a wall to rest, his head was throbbing from when Toros threw him, and she sat down next to him. Jordan was absentmindedly stroking Izabella's feathers. Her head was down and she was shifting from one foot to the other, and Jordan knew she wanted to get back to her master, he himself wanted to make sure Kailua was OK.

"Does she even stand a chance?" Molly asked Aikka. He nodded and put an arm around her.

"Even in his craft, if she can get into a small or narrow space, her tight turns should get her away from him."

'I hope he's right.' Jordan thought. Izzy nodded as if she knew what he was thinking.

With Kailua:

Toros was wearing down, and so was Kailua. She had a bruise on her right shoulder and her lip was split. She was tired of hand-to-hand combat and not making any progress. She dodged another punch and leapt into the air, flying just out of his reach. Kailua spun in and kicked him in the head and flew just out of reach again. Toros wouldn't play this game. He ran into his ship and powered it up.

"Uh, oh." Kailua muttered. The trident was powered and rammed towards her. She curled into a ball and went through them to the center. She made a face at him I his view screen, (The popular amine one: tongue out and pulling one bottom eyelid down) and flew out of the trident. He was angry now. He started shooting lasers at her. She dodged all but one that hit her bruised shoulder.

She didn't feel it or the blood going down her arm, with the adrenaline going through her she couldn't feel anything, but the impact spun her. She flew over Toros' ship and behind it, hanging on just above the thrusters. He turned around and added bower to the thrusters. If she was there she'd be toast.

When he was turned around, she flew quickly and quietly to the trees and used them for cover, weaving in between them, as she made her way to the ruins where she knew Izzy and them were. She didn't get there. Her shoulder was worse then she thought and she collapsed in the trees, where no one could see her.

OK. I'm make a JordanxOC with this. Hope you likey!