It was a very sunny day in Atmos; we were just flying around, when all of a sudden Stork stopped the Condor.

"Don't be alarmed but we've completely lost the time pulse." Stork bleekly said, making us all stop what we were doing and turned to face him.

"Without the time pulse all navigation instruments are worthless." Piper pointed out.

'Thanks you captain obvious' I thought to myself as I heard two ships horns, and through the clouds we saw a ship coming straight for us!

"That could be a problem." Finn pointed out.

Stork tried to get out of its way, but it still managed to get its tail stuck in the Condor resulting in both ships to fall out of the sky.

"Ok, what's our best case scenario?" I asked Stork.

"I'm hoping to pass out before we go splat." He answered.

"Let's review the meaning of the phrase best case scenario, shall we?" Finn suggested as he held onto the window.

"Keep your shorts on Finn, I got this!" Junko yelled over the alarm as he activated his knuckle busters and knocked the tail out of the Condor. That caused the other ship to fall out of the sky, but we were stabilized.

"Punch out the giant metal air ship, why didn't I think of that." Finn said sarcastically.

'I swear if he was closer I would hit him.' I thought as I tried to hold on beside Aerrow.

Stork managed to level us, but from the window Piper told us, "That air ship is headed for a mountain!"

"Grab Junko and help them out, I'll make sure everything is ok up here." I told Aerrow.

"Good idea, come on Junko, I got an idea." Aerrow said as they ran off the bridge.

Aerrow POV

Junko and I ran off the bridge towards the skimmer bay, "Hop on!" I told Junko as I started my Skimmer.

Junko looked confused for a moment and then smiled. We quickly took off and headed towards the mountain; I got close enough for Junko to jump off, and then flew to a safe distance so the ship wouldn't hit me. I watched as he lifted the ship up with his bare hands. I looked at him astonished, and then smiled in approval.

'Jackie would never believe this' I thought.

Junko helped the ship get back in the sky and advised them to try and not to fly anywhere until the time pulse was back. Let's just say they all agreed.

Back on the Condor

Jackie, Piper and I were trying to figure out how the time pulse stopped.

"The only way it can stop is if the Keepers of Glockenchime stop it." Jackie sighed.

"But why would they stop it?" Piper asked.

"Maybe there is a problem with the clock?" I suggested, "And they had to stop it in order to fix the problem."

"Well whatever the problem is, I think we should go and see if they need any help." Jackie suggested.

"I agree with Jackie," Piper nodded.

"It's decided then, we go to Glockenchime." I stated; we started to form a plan.

Finn POV

I looked at the hole the air ship we collided with had made. "This plating's mangled, fixing it will take forever." I complained.

"Let's see about that!" Junko said. He activated his knuckle busters, walked to the hole, and with little effort he fixed it.

'Wow! Those are so cool!' I thought to myself. "You've been working out." I commented.

"Nay, it isn't the muscles; I'm nothing without these knuckle busters." He told me.

"Oh come on buddy, give yourself some create." I encouraged him.

"It's true, I'm a Wallop right? And Wallops are strong and mean, but ever since I can remember I was different." 'Story time,' I thought getting ready to hear Junko's childhood story.

"More intellectual, my only friend was a timid little gleep named Binky. The other kids just picked on me, they called me a gleep. My aunt Unis was the toughest old brawler I ever saw, one day she let me in on our family secret."

"Knuckle busters." I said.

"I was a whole nother Wallop, but I never forgot they treated me." Junko finished his story.

"Can I try them?" I asked Junko excitedly after a few moments of silence.

"These busters aren't toys Finn." He sternly warned me.

"PLEASE?" I bagged him, going on my knees, "I won't break anything."

He thought for a moment then reluctantly agreed.

"Oh, alright, just be careful." He told me has he handed me the busters.

"Careful is my middle name." I told him as I reached out to grab the busters.

But once they were in my hands I realized how heavy they really were. I managed to lift them up to my chest. "Now lets see what these puppies can do."

I activated them. Bad idea. They were too powerful for me and it was like they had a mind of their own, I ran right into a pipe. As a result they flew out of my grip and out the window. I watched as Junko ran after them, but arrived too late and watched as they fell through the sky.

"Junko I'm sorry, we'll go down and get them." I told him trying to comfort him.

"Everybody to your ride." We heard Aerrow say over the intercom.

So Junko, Piper, Jackie, Aerrow and I were all flying to Glockenchime.

"What's wrong with Junko?" Aerrow asked,

"He's fine, just lost three games of Splunk in a row." I lied, "So uh, what would anyone want with a boring old clock tower anyway?"

"The time pulse beacon is relayed to every air ship in the Atmos." Piper started.

"Without it travel between terras is impossible, any craft bigger than a skimmer is grounded." Jackie added.

"So we're taking ours to Glockenchime to start it back up." Aerrow finished.

I looked over at Junko and I could see that he wished he were back on the Condor.

"Or Junko and I could head back to the Condor, you know keep Stork company." I suggested, "Maybe do a little recon down at the surface."

Without even seeing her face I knew that Jackie was rolling her eyes at me.

"What are you talking about? I need your aim and Junko's strength, come on." Aerrow informed the two of us.

I watched him fly off, followed by Jackie and Piper.

"You know, in a lot of ways those busters were just a cruch." I tried to cheer him up.

"Your right, because without them I'm lame." He whined.

"No I mean you're Junko, the meanest toughest Wallop in the Atmos!"

"If you say so." He answered sounding depressed, as we rejoined the team.

"So just like we planned. Aerrow and Piper will look for the crystal shaft; well the three of us find the time keepers." Jackie reminded us, "we rendezvous at the main square, you got that?"

"Sure no problem." I weakly said as Piper and Aerrow flew off.

Regular POV

I watched Piper and Aerrow fly off to find the crystal shaft, which means I was left with Finn and Junko. I could tell that something was going on between those two, but I'm sure I would figure it out once we started our part of the mission.

"Cyclonians." I whispered.

"Should have figured." Finn added.

"Come on."

We silently made our way inside.

Once inside, in order to find the keepers we needed to go up some stairs. I was in front, my energy blades at the ready, the boys behind me.

"I'm not sure this is such a good idea Finn." Junko said well he walked cowardly behind Finn.

'What's wrong with Junko?' I asked myself, 'usually he's ready to fight any Cyclonian that walks up to him.'

"I'm telling you you'll be fine." I heard Finn whisper back.

"We should be looking out for talons." I turned to remind them.

Then I watched as Finn's crossbow was shot out of his hand.

"Found some." Junko said, his voice made him sound like he was scared . We looked behind us to see three of them.

"Want to take them?" I asked the boys. As I got ready to fight as they fired again.

"Let's just get out of here." Finn suggested.

"Fine." I said and quickly fired at them; followed Finn and Junko down the stairs.

Finn picked up his crossbow and we took off down the hall, turned a corner, but found ourselves in the clock. Then the Cyclonians thought it would be a smart idea to fire at us, I jumped in time, but the boys ducked. The result was them going around with the wheel and flying into a door.

"Ouch." I said as I quietly landed a few feet from them and walked over to see if they were ok. I could see the talons approaching and knew the only way out was through the door they had just crashed into.

"Quick Junko tear down the door." I ordered as I got ready to distract the talons.

"Busters or not you're still a Wallop." Finn reminded him.

'So that's why Junko's acting weird today.' I told myself, 'he doesn't have his busters or isn't feeling like a wallop?'

"I, I, I can't." was Junko's conclusion.

The talons were getting closer.

"You can do it Junko, we believe in you." I told him over my shoulder.

"I just can't Jackie, I'm sorry."

"Here catch!" Finn shouted. I looked at Junko just in time to see him catch a pair of gloves. "Cyclonian knuckle Busters, way more powerful than yours." Finn told him.

'This is a good idea, but it's going to end badly.' I thought as I shook my head.

"Get the Wallop first." The head talon told the others.

"These are just dirty old gloves." Junko pointed out, and then one of the talons shot at him. "I can feel it!" Junko shouted, "Like millions of energy crystals inside me."

With that he tore the door off its hinges and threw it at the attacking talons.

"Nice," I commented.

"Let's go!" He said as he strolled through the door.

"Well what do you know he bought it." Finn said to me.

"Ya for now, but what happens if he takes it too far?" I asked Finn as we followed Junko.

"Your right Finn, these are way stronger than mine." Junko said as he started throwing his fists around. "Oh no they're too powerful I can't control them."

"Told you so" I taunted Finn as we watched Junko.

"Quiet the guards are going to hear you." Finn pleaded with him.

"Those knuckle busters aren't really real." I tried to tell him, but he couldn't hear me, we watched as Junko went towards bookshelves and broke them in half like they were a piece of paper, like the books that now lay on the floor. "Finn, Jackie stop these things." Junko pleaded to us, all we could do was watch and run after him as he knocked down wall after wall.

"Well maybe we will find the time keepers easier this way." Finn tried to lighten the mood, I just gave him a look, "or not."

"I think we are near the main part of the tower." I told him.

Aerrow POV

"What makes you think the crystal shoots unguarded?" I asked her as we made our way to the shoot.

"I bet the talons don't even know it's here." She answered. We reached the shoot and saw three talons guarding it.

'So much for the talons not knowing it was here' I thought to myself. "I'll draw them off," I told Piper. "Hey!" I yelled to get their attention, "Cyclonia stinks!" Then just to annoy them more Radarr stuck his tongue out.

The plan worked perfectly, they followed us like a mouse to cheese. I had no idea where we were going, but up ahead I saw the ground stop. "Radarr wings" I told him. I positioned us so that if one of them tried to attack they would be in for a surprise. So when one of them tried Radarr and I acted surprised, then Radarr pointed ahead. The talon looked to see that he was about to hit a pendulum, he didn't have time to turn away, and so he flew right into it.

'I'll have to tell Jackie about that' I laughed to myself as I thought of a way to lose the other two that were on my tail. Ahead of me I saw a pipe that was curved, 'perfect' I smiled as I flew faster. I closed my wings as I went in and then opened them as I came back out. I jumped off my skimmer and kicked the first talon off his skimmer, then I used my energy blades to take apart the other ones skimmer, I jumped off and landed on mine

"Thanks Radarr." I told my co-pilot, we looked over and saw the two talons stuck in springs. We didn't have much time to celebrate as five more talons came towards us.

Piper POV

I climbed up the latter and opened the trap door that was at the top. I looked around before fully opening it.

"Shh" I told the Time Keeper as I went to untie him.

"Freeze!" I heard someone say.

Two talons were approaching me; I saw a can of oil and came up with an idea. I kicked it over so that it spilled onto the floor.

"Race you to the lobby." I challenged them as they slipped on the oil as I gave them a big push causing them to fall down the door. "You win!"

I untied the Time Keeper, who I learned was named Stewart, and got ready to restart the time pulse.

"We have to hurry" I told the Time Keeper, "if we can give the time wheel a good push."

He laughed at me, and said "Oh that's crazy, ten Time Keepers it takes to move the time wheel."

I knew we had to do this before anyone came to check on him. "Come on push." I told him, just as we began to push, the wall behind us had a huge hole in it.

I turned around and saw Junko heading straight for the Time Keeper, with Finn and Jackie trying to stop him well trying not to get hurt.

"Junko what are you doing?" I asked him. "

I can't stop my Cyclonian knuckle busters" he told me.

"What?" I asked them dumbfounded.

"We've been trying to tell him, those aren't really Cyclonian knuckle busters." Jackie yelled.

"They're just some gloves I found." Finn told him.

"Don't be silly," Junko told us.

"Look Junko they're just gloves, Stewart has a pair just like them." I told him.

"You mean all this time I've really been?" he asked and stopped swinging just before he hit Stewart. "Finn, how could you trick me like that?"

"I was only trying to help." Finn sadly answered.

"Looks like you could all use a little help." We turned around to see Ravess, Snipe and four talons.

Regular POV

I got my energy blades out ready to defend my friends. Snipe slowly approached us.

"It's only fair to warn you that this is the meanest, strongest, toughest wallop of them all." Finn told Snipe.

To show us he didn't care he smashed the chair that I'm guessing Stewart was tied to.

"Show this clown what you can do Junko." Finn told him, trying to sound menacing.

Junko thought for a moment then said, "I give up." And raised his hands in surrender, we just looked at him, not believing what just happened.

"At least you could have bluffed a little, a roar or something." Finn told Junko, who was cowering behind Finn.

"Thought we might take a little trip to Cyclonia" Ravess informed us, "a one way trip"

"Or we could just smash them." Snipe suggested.

He was about to start his attack, but stopped when we heard a skimmer breaking the glass of the face of the tower. I watched as Aerrow and Radarr jumped off and the bike crashed right into the siblings.

"Perfect timing." I told Aerrow.

"Like clock work" he answered.

"Don't just stand there attack!" Ravess ordered.

Three of the talons charged right for Aerrow and I, we easily took them out with a single swipe of our energy blades. We looked around and noticed that Finn was duelling with Ravess well Snipe was taking Junko. A few more talons tried to attack, but just like the ones before them, they lost. Piper knocked out a few guards and then stared down Ravess, who had just defeated Finn. I nodded to Aerrow who grabbed Radarr and headed to the stairs followed by a group of talons. I watched as Snipe threw a piece of the clock towards Junko, but missed, it landed in between Ravess and Piper. The result: the ground braking from under them.

"Piper!" Junko and I screamed. I ran over to the hole, to my relief she was ok.

Aerrow POV

I heard Jackie and Junko both yell Pipers name. I ran into the room with Radarr on my heels. I watched as Snipe threw Junko threw the wall, but he wasn't done. I watched as he grabbed his mace, point it at Jackie and fire. "Jackie look out!" I shouted, she turned around to see the attack. I watched as it hit her, I didn't even notice if she blocked some of it or none of it.

'I hope she's ok' I thought as I ran over to her.

"Is she ok?" Finn asked me.

"Ya, she'll be fine." I told him, "She blocked most of the attack so she's just unconscious."

I watched as Junko came flying back in my direction.

"Junko, it was never the fake busters that made you strong, it was you." Finn told him.

"You're just saying that to make me feel better." Junko shouted back.

"No, you don't need them, you never did. Think about it."

"You're pathetic, you waste, look at you cowering like a tiny little gleep." Snipe said down to him.

A few talons came towards us, I knew I had to protect her well she was out so I quickly blocked their attacks and shot back at them.

"Gleep, gleep!" I heard Snipe taught Junko.

I knew Junko could handle this.

"I never liked gleeps." Snipe was about to smash Junko when Junko grabbed his mace and crushed it, then punched Snipe square in the face. If Snap wasn't angry already he sure was now, he got up and tried to attack Junko again, but this time Junko was ready. He dodged every punch Snipe threw at him; then Junko punched him again.

"Ah, my clock!" the Time Keeper cried, "You have to stop them!" he yelled at Finn.

"I'm not getting in the way of that." Finn told him.

'And I wouldn't either.' I mentally agreed.

"I want to thank you." Junko told Snipe.

"For what?" he asked.

"I really learned something today, I like gleeps, you not so much." And with one final right hook Snipe was like a coo coo bird in a clock.

"See I told you, you didn't need those knuckle busters after all.

"Ya," Junko agreed, "I can bust my own knuckles."

We watched Ravess, Snipe and the rest of the talons fly back to Cyclonia.

"Owe my head." I heard Jackie complain.

"Jackie you're ok!" I cried as I held her tight.

"Ok Aerrow let me breath." She protested.

"Oh sorry." I said as I helped her up.

"What happened?" Piper asked, looking at the destruction.

"What else?" Finn asked, "They got walloped."

Junko gave a weak smile.

"Do you think you can start the Time Pulse again?" Jackie asked Junko.

"I can try." Junko said as he walked over to the Time wheel, we watched as Junko gave the Time wheel a huge push.

"He can do it." I whispered to her.

"I know, but everyone else looks worried." She whispered back just as Junko got the pulse working again.

"Good, good, good." Stewart cheered.

"See, we knew you could do it." Jackie said as she hugged the Wallop.

"Thanks guys," he shyly replied.

"You ok Jackie?" Finn asked, "I saw what Snipe did to you."

"What did Snipe do?" Piper asked.

"After she went to see if you were ok, he took a cheap shot at her." Finn informed Piper.

"Really I'm fine guys." Jackie tried to reassure them, and to prove it she stepped away from me, but that ended with her almost falling over.

"Ya, we can see you're fine." Finn sarcastically said.

"Ok, maybe some ice, and some rest and I'll be fine." She stated.

"Thank you Storm Hawks for everything." Stewart praised us, "if there is anyway I can help you, all you have to do is ask."

"Radarr, fly Jackie's skimmer back to the Condor." I told him.

"Aerrow I can fly my own skimmer thank you very much."

"Not in your condition." I told her as we walked to our skimmers and head home.

Stork POV

On the Condor

The Time pulse was running again, I watched as two air ships flew beside each other, instead of crashing into each other.

"That could have ended worse." I said to myself, "much, much worse."

I waited for the rest of the team to come back. I watched as Finn and Junko helped Jackie onto the bridge.

"What happened?" I asked.

"Snipe." Was all she said, I looked at Aerrow as he came in with an ice pack.

"He hit her when she wasn't looking." Aerrow told me as he handed Jackie the ice pack.

"Wow," was all I could say, as I returned to the helm.

Junko POV

"Wow Finn, you didn't really need to go to all that trouble." I told him.

"Aw are you kidding, it was no trouble at all." He assured me, "except for the scorpion flies and the elephant ants." I knew he wasn't lying he had bite marks and stings all over his face.

"Well it's good to know I don't need these things all the time."

"Ya," Finn agreed, "but they sure do look cool!"

"Ya, thanks Finn."