She was feeling better, even if her ribs were still sore.

So far all Piper knew was that she was going to another Terra, a large airship was transporting her, mainly because the room vibrated too much for it to be any smaller. The room itself was pretty blank, the walls and floor were all made out of concrete and the light in the room came from a small unshaded bulb stuck in the ceiling. It had no personality whatsoever.

"The Cyclonions never learn" Piper thought standing up to stretch her legs, airships were the easiest to board because they were so big and there was so much space to cover. Aerrow would probably already be on board, that was if the moody Lypix hadn't slowed him down at all.

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"How much longer are you going to be?" Junko asked politely on the door.

"Um… not long." Lypix answered.

"You're not supposed to be polite to her!" Finn shouted, "She knocked out Starling!"

Lypix studied how she could escape from the small room. The window was far too small for her to get out, but the floor was thinner here than anywhere else around the Condor. And the bathroom was also right above the hanger, perfect.

As quietly as possible, but not really being that quiet, she started to take up piping that coated the floor, managing to get herself wet, although thankfully it was with clean water.

"What are you doing in there?!" Came Piper's and Aerrow's voices, Lypix wanted to turn around and tell them about Ka being Piper, but she couldn't risk them not believing her.

"Just trying to open the window!" She shouted back, mainly because the window was so high up in the bathroom.

"I don't believe her Aerrow." Ka said worried, obviously with the voice of Piper it gained some sort of effect.

"I'm coming in now Lypix, so you better be ready!" he called through the wall. Lypix decided she'd have to work faster, standing up she started to bounce on the already weakened floor, not a feat for the weak hearted with a black rucksack that weighed about the same as Aerrow on her back.

"Lypix, what the hell is going on in h…" he had to stop when he opened the door and she fell through the floor, landing on the hanger floor badly, she managed to damage her ankle but ran over to her skimmer as fast as was possible.

"Lypix you get back here right now!" He yelled through the hole in the floor.

"Sorry Aerrow, but I have no time to explain!" She shrieked back, sending off an alarm as she sped off the platform. "Piper better be bloody grateful for this." Lypix grumpily thought as the wind started to chill her where she was wet, "This is seriously the last time I rescue anybody."

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"Number 6982, come forward and collect your pick and helmet."

"Number 6983, come forward and collect your pick and helmet."

"Number 6984, come forward and collect your pick and helmet."

Piper looked around at the sheer size of the mines, a giant mouth rose out of the ground to swallow any who went in whole. Normally she'd have felt in awe, but the clothes they'd forced her in were cold and it was starting to rain. Maybe Aerrow hadn't been able to infiltrate the airship. Maybe he was waiting to infiltrate the mines instead.

"That's you." A bushy brown haired girl said, putting one hand on Piper's arm and pointing towards the talon directing workers to the picks and helmets.

"Number 7029? Has he been transported in yet?" He muttered to the person next to him.

"I'm here." Piper shivered.

The Talon put on a scowl, "Well there will be no special treatment, move along!"

Piper picked up a pick and a helmet and started to shuffle towards the cave's gaping entrance.

"Don't worry about them." The girl answered, smiling. "They just get criticised if we don't work fast enough."

"My name's Piper." She shivered, extending a hand. "Who are you?"

The girl stopped and glanced about, "Are you from the Storm Hawks?" she whispered.

"Yes." Piper said, starting to think this girl looked familiar, "Do I know you?"

The brown haired girl sighed, "I'm going to give you my name. But under no circumstances say her name. Okay?"

Piper looked a little puzzled, "Okay."

"My name is Kit. That should be enough for you."

Piper opened her eyes in surprise, "Of course! I saw you on Terra Krysita, or well your opposite. How on earth did Ly-""Don't say her name!" Kit warned, you can't say it!"

"Sorry" Piper blushed, "I'd ask why, but you'd give me a really long answer."

"Damn right I would" Kit grinned, "Don't worry about, just go on."

"How on earth did, 'the mysterious person who cannot be named' let you get here?"

"I insisted I could look after myself, she was like an older sister you see, always watching and protecting, it got too much for me one day, and I told her I was leaving. She agreed, although I knew she didn't like it, but I was captured by Midnight very shortly after. He used a… crystal, I can't say that word either, to stop me from escaping."

"You must feel like Lypix was too angry to forgive you." Piper sadly said.

Kit smiled, "She's tried Gods know how many times to try and save me, but every time she does, something happens, and she has to leave me behind. No…" Kit quietened as she went past a guard, "She cares too much. And that's the problem."

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"Starling's coming to!" Junko yelled down the corridor.

She rubbed her head as several noisy Storm Hawks pounded into the room.

"Are you alright Starling?" Aerrow asked.

"We sure are sorry for Lypix going all crazy on ya." Finn said.

Starling looked up, "Lypix? It's Piper you need to be watching out for."

"And I would agree with that." Piper snarled menacingly, clutching Stork around the chest with the small knife from earlier, "Lypix seems to get these things straight away, and you guys are so slow to pick up on her phrases and body language. You should have seen it when I first threatened you guys," Piper shook her head, "I've never seen her that terrified."

Aerrow looked angrily at Piper, "Who are you?"

Smiling mechanically she pulled a necklace off her head and morphed back into Ka.

"Wha…?!?" Starling said, looking at the Lypix clone.

"She's an alter ego of Lypix's." Finn explained hurriedly, pulling out his crossbow.

"Right…" Starling answered confused, slowly she stood up.

"Where's the real Piper?" Aerrow growled.

"Where your precious Lypix is heading to right now hopefully. If so she'll fall into our plan quite easily."

"The Izumi mines." Starling realised scowling, "She's been there before."

Ka gave the biggest smile she could, "And every single time we managed to stop her, but never catch her. She's started to stop coming. With our new plan however, all we needed was an excuse to get her there."

"You're going to pay for this Ka." Aerrow snarled.

"What's the matter Aerrow? Fearing for the lives of the two girls you love?" And with that Ka disappeared.

"Find her!" Aerrow screamed at the Storm Hawks and Starling. "Stork! Get us to the Izumi mines, right now!"