I do not own Storm Hawks! I have no idea what to do for hiccups! This is primarily being written for enjoyment and TO TELL YOU THAT MINN-MAIGI HAS POSTED THE DOODLES!

Go see 'em. I love the 'Disobey and Die' one.

On with the Story!

Lights, Camera, Hiccup! Chapter 8

Stork surveyed the group. After swimming yesterday, they had finally called it a night and hit the showers.

In Finn's case, he literally hit the shower after slipping on a piece of soap. He still had a slight bump on his head, but he reassured everyone that his brain was not leaking out of his skull.

Junko absolutely refused to be out of Finn's sight, and made sure that Finn was lying down as much as possible.

To Finn's credit, he hadn't abused the power.

The rest of them were coming with Stork on the expedition to the hallway. Cyclonis constructed staffs for herself and Piper. Aerrow gripped one dagger in his hand at all time. He had decided that his armor couldn't disappear if he was somehow conscious of it at all time.

Dark Ace just rolled his eyes and checked his sword for any rust.

Stork managed to dress himself in his usual gear, except that the floatation device was blue this time.

Radarr came out of nowhere with a few chicken feathers attached to him. He chirruped and hopped onto Aerrow's shoulders.

Stork marched up and down the line.

"Okay, before we go to what is most likely our imminent doom, we might as well be prepared. I presume you all know how to do Merbian Crazy Faces?" The Storm Hawks nodded.

Dark Ace glanced at Master Cyclonis. They shook their heads.

"Make a crazy face." Stork deadpanned.

Master Cyclonis and Dark Ace looked at him blankly.

"A crazy face, not a blank stare."

They glared at him. Stork recoiled. "Or sneer. That works."

Aerrow rolled his eyes.

"Okay, go!" Stork yelled.

Aerrow, Piper, and Radarr pulled their usual faces and cleared the test.

Cyclonis fell over laughing.

"That'll do." Stork commented, before turning to Dark Ace.

"Meep!" Stork ran and hid behind Aerrow. "That was good."

Dark Ace grinned, and turned to face the only known way out.

"Aren't you going to lead?"

Stork nodded and headed off. Piper helped Cyclonis up, and they followed. Radarr padded after them.

Aerrow dropped back.

"What did you do?"

"I widened my eyes and used my neck to put my head forward. Like this." Aerrow stoically held through the initial shock.

That was creepy.

Once through the door, the group linked themselves together with some rope. Then they set off.

The ground was even and level. They went about the length of the Condor's runway before the light from the door faded.

Then they were walking through misty grey fog. Then they were back at the door.

"Okay, that made no sense." Piper voiced. "We just left from here."

Cyclonis nodded. "Besides, we didn't even cross an area the size of the room, so we couldn't have gone in a circle."

"Is it just me, or has all logic abandoned this place?" Aerrow muttered to Stork. Dark Ace snorted from where he brought up the rear.

"It's obvious that perhaps the fog is affecting us? Let's just keep going until we find the hallway. Junko was gone for nearly an hour."

Stork cleared his throat. "Based on Dark Ace's suggestion, let's keep moving."

They headed into the fog again.

They ended up at the door again.

They repeated the movements until Piper asked if perhaps they should get some supplies from Junko and Finn before they continued on.

Of course, she only asked because after ending up where you started twenty-odd times gets a little old, and everyone else was too stubborn to quit.

Listening to her rational explanation, Stork opened the door to ask Junko for some food. And promptly slammed the door shut.

"What? Is Finn doing Air Guitar again?" Piper jokingly teased.

Stork was white.

"Stork? Everything okay?" Aerrow asked.

"I saw…me."

Cyclonis made an exaggerated noise. "It's obvious that Finn's been alone for so long, that he put a mirror in front of the door just to mess with us."

"Well, that is really mean." Dark Ace commented.

"It's Finn." Piper shrugged. "He does mean, but he doesn't do malicious. He actually put a Dark Ace silhouette against the Condor one time, and Aerrow attacked it with a yell."

Aerrow flushed.

"Good instincts." Dark Ace commended him.

Stork continued to take deep breaths, before he opened the door again.

Everyone felt the good-feeling of 'Finn's just pulling another prank' evaporate when Starling opened the door.

"Oh, thank God you made it back!"

"Starling?"

"Oh. Drat." Starling bit her lip.

"Well, come on in. I'll try to explain it a bit better."

"What is going on?" Piper asked as they wandered into the room. It was less of a stage and more of a house floor.

"Well, the fastest way to say this is that we're shades."

"We're what?"

"In roughly four minutes, there's going to be a live broadcast of us to a world that links all the 'minds' together. We'll be out of here- and then we'll be back."

"Wait, so we're stuck?" Piper exclaimed, aghast.

"Technically no." Starling announced. "We can leave, just not through that door. And we always return."

"You keep saying 'we'." Dark Ace noted. Starling clapped a hand over her mouth.

"It's okay, Starling. They already saw Stork." Aerrow stepped out of one of the side rooms.

Aerrow standing next to Cyclonis and Piper starred.

"Looks like your group is missing Finn and Junko too." Aerrow number two noticed.

"No! We left them back at the stage." Piper explained.

"Leave. Now." Aerrow hurried over to them. "What? Why?" Piper asked.

"There's no time. If you don't make it back before the airing, Finn will disappear." Starling shoved them out of the door. "Head straight for the only open door. Run!"

The Storm Hawks ran. Cyclonis followed. Dark Ace reached over and scratched the floor in front of the door.

"This isn't over."

Then he hurtled after the others.

They fell through the open door, which slammed itself close right on Dark Ace's butt. He yelped, but to his credit, didn't drop Master Cyclonis, who had sprained an ankle.

Finn sat up from the couch. "You guys okay? You've been gone for like, hours."

Junko piped up from where he was cleaning the pool filter. "At the last count, Finn you said they had been gone for four hours, twenty nine minutes and four seconds. That was three minutes ago."

"Ahaha, yeah." Finn rubbed the back of his head.

"So did you guys find anything?" He turned wide, questing blue eyes to them.

Starling sighed and shook her head, slamming the door shut with the door's own motion. She was going to miss them. Last time they were able to stay for tea and cookies.

And then they would leave and forget. The Shade drifted over to where the others were.

"Well, they made it."

Aerrow nodded, and hugged Piper closer to himself. Stork attempted to look cheerful, before he wandered off to cry in what used to be Finn's room.

Junko had wandered into the fog to find him, and neither had returned.

The Storm Hawks looked at each other. They remembered being in a hurry to get back, but…

"No. We never found the hallway." Dark Ace set Master Cyclonis on the opposite couch and went to get her some ice for the swelling.

Piper sat on the floor and Aerrow dragged a chair over for her to elevate her foot on.

"I only remember wandering through the fog." She confessed.

"You wandered. I got carried like a sack of potatoes." Cyclonis declared.

"Forgive me, Master. I was running for speed, not grace. If it makes you feel any better, I carried you like a sack of rare crystals, not a vegetable."

"I thought potatoes were a starch." Finn whispered very loudly to Aerrow.

Dark Ace flushed. He brought a towel and ice in a bag over to Cyclonis, and set to getting her comfortable off her feet.

Piper sighed and laid back, her shoulders digging into the seat of the couch. Aerrow puzzled over their sudden retreat. Stork pulled Junko to the side, to compare why he found a hallway and they never saw one.

Finn groaned and lay back down. His head was killing him. He thought it was just a small bump.

Noticing his discomfort, Dark Ace came over and pecked him on the forehead.

Everyone froze.

"What? I used to kiss Cyclonis' booboos away when she got hurt."

Dead silence. Then "Thank you for the sentiment, but please don't do that ever again." Finn requested.

The other Storm Hawks were howling with laughter.

"I'm sorry." Piper heaved through rolling on the floor. "I know I shouldn't find it funny, but Dark Ace kissing a scrapped knee…heeheeheee." She rolled again and started slamming her fist on the ground.

The escape into the fog was soon forgotten as the group settled in to talk about what to do with two of their members off their feet.

Cyclonis suggested pedicures.

This time, Stork wasn't able to escape. Only Radarr vanished before the girls got into full planning mode, and when Finn is bored…

He'll do anything for some amusement.

A/N: Okay, I never got around to any hiccups that are floating in my head….except maybe the hiccup on how the story was written. (and is based in my mind)

But I did have it from a valid source that in America, they are airing the SH season again, but I don't get the Disney channel, so I can't watch! (curses) Instead, I'm typing this chapter up.

I'll take Random Weirdo's suggestion and get a chapter nine up with some hiccups.