Lypix skidded along the floor again. By now she was battered and bruised, and shivering, that icer was crueller than Lypix had realised.

"Had enough yet?" Kit's menacing face laughed.

"Nope." Lypix spat out some blood and slowly stood back up, "Never knew when to give up, me."

Piper stood there in turmoil, she couldn't tell Lypix to give up, but then she couldn't really get involved, the aim was to not hurt Kit. Something Lypix was doing very well.

Kit shoved Lypix back again and froze her left arm in place, Lypix screamed out in muted pain, even she didn't know where to go from here.

"Kit. You need to snap out of it."

"She wont." Cyclonis assured, "The brainwashing crystal has been combined with a vicious cocktail of other shards. You'd die from old age before that happened."

Lypix observed the smug face of Cyclonis and the angry one of Kit's. "Well then we're going to be here a while, aren't we?"

"If you join me, I could stop this now." Cyclonis soothed.

Kit hit Lypix again and she bashed against the wall behind her.

Lypix spat out another mouthful of fresh blood. "Never Cyclonis. Never."

Kit froze Lypix's feet to the floor with the icer, "I'm going to enjoy this." She grinned.

"Piper get out of here. Right now!" Lypix growled, wiping the side of her mouth with her sleeve, "We've been in pub brawls that were worse than this. Come on Kit, do your worst."

Piper turned but didn't move, she couldn't leave Lypix not now.

"Piper I said go!" A bone crushing crunch came, but Piper still didn't move, tears had sprung at the edge of her eyes.

"Go Piper! Now!" Another blow.

"PIPER!" Lypix yelled. Another blow.

"Piper run, run Piper run." Cyclonis mocked.

"Piper." Lypix said, considerably weaker, "Go now."

Kit went to hit Lypix again, but a bright blue light stopped her, Piper looked back, it was coming from Lypix's back pocket, the blue crystal.

"What's that?" Cyclonis asked, dangerously curious, and edging closer.

"Stay away from that!" Piper cried.

Cyclonis smiled mechanically, "Well how has the rest of the ordering around, you two have done, gone tonight?"

"STEP AWAY FROM BOTH OF THEM!"

Cyclonis rolled her eyes, "And just when this was getting interesting, the redhead has to break in and destroy the peace."

"CYCLONIS!" Aerrow warned, he'd come from the same direction that Lypix had.

"S-So… good to s-see you Aerrow." Lypix smiled and fainted.

"YOU!" He shouted at Kit, "STEP AWAY FROM THEM!"

"It's alright Aerrow, she's under the influence of a crystal!" Piper yelled, grabbing her energy staff as Finn chucked it to her, "But Cyclonis on the other hand…"

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"What are we going to do about Kit?" Junko asked.

"Lypix will be able to retrieve the brainwashing crystal and the "Cocktail" of shards mixed in with it. We have to wait until she wakes up." Piper tugged at her top lip with her teeth, she blamed herself for what had happened.

A doctor came out of the hospital room and the Storm Hawks all stood right up, Starling remained seated for a few more minutes.

"How's she doing?" Finn asked, seriously worried.

"She'll be okay. She has two broken ribs and a broken cheekbone, but nothing we can't fix." Everyone breathed a sigh of relief apart from Stork. "But…?" he asked.

The doctor seemed surprised he'd guessed him, "But she is suffering from Hyperthermia, and will need to go somewhere warm for a while. I suggest a holiday?"

Starling stood up and placed a hand on Aerrow's shoulder, "looks like you got your wish." She grinned and started to walk down the hallway.

"Where are you going?!" Aerrow shouted after her.

She smiled, "I've got work to do." She glanced at the door to Lypix's room where the others were piling into. "You've got a good team there, don't let it fall apart Aerrow."

As she walked off he ruffled his hair, what a day.

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"There's my girl!" Finn grinned.

Junko stooped in for a hug, but this time it was Lypix to warn him off, "Remember last time?" She answered smiling.

"I'm sorry." Piper mumbled.

"Don't be." Lypix reassured, "You wanted to help but didn't know how, that's no crime."

"But destroying the bathroom is." Aerrow frowned.

Lypix rolled her eyes, "Aerrow, you'd have arrested me and Ka would have gotten away with it. Give me a little creative licence here."

Stork muttered something inaudible but Lypix ignored it, by dismantling the Condor, she'd risked the wrath of Stork, something that made her smile a little.

"The doctor says you need a holiday. Ready for Terra Tropica?" Finn grinned.

Lypix laughed, but clutched her sides. "Finn… I really don't know what to do with you!"