Moonshadow passed the Dark Ace's holding cell/infirmary. He appeared was snoring, odd, because Ace didn't usually ever snore (something you were taught very thoroughly on Cyclonia). She shook her head; it was going to be a long night.
When Moonshadow rode her skimmer into the hangar that morning. She had managed to delay the troops but only for a day (if they were lucky), when they had some time to plan. He dreaded having to wake them and tell the team what had happened (with them there was always bound to be questions).
As she was walking passed the infirmary, she heard a loud bang from he air bent above. Looking up there was a big dent. 'Odd' she thought. When Moonshadow walked in, the ex-Cyclonian heard whispering from a female voice, "Quite Snipe! We don't want to alert anyone to our presences!" a voice said. It sounded a lot like Ravess. 'Well your not doing a very good job of it.' Moonshadow thought to herself. If she looked she would most likely see dent in the air vents all over
"Why didn't we just blast 'em, down and forget the whole thing?" Snipe thought out loud. "Because the whole point of this mission was to get the Dark Ace you dunce! Besides I think we're right over we're there supposed to be held." Ravess whispered furiously. 'Well when they say right over his holding cell, I think it's way to literal.'
And just to prove her point, the vent groaned and creaked. Then, without so much as a warning to the people that were currently kneeling on top of it, the floor of the vent in question suddenly broke open. "Ahhhhhhhh!!!!!" Raves and Snipe yelled, quickly plummeting towards the floor and holding table.
The Dark Ace, who was awakened by the screaming, opened his eyes just in time to see Snipe plummeting straight towards him. Snipe (who was utterly clueless to where he was landing) put his knees down first as if kneeling, right into the Dar Ace's unprotected stomach. "Erg," Ace groaned, "get off of me you great lummox!"
"We're so sorry! Snipe get off of him this instant!" Ravess apologized quickly. 'Were they always this clueless, and if so, why am I just now noticing?' The captured Cyclonian commander thought. 'And it doesn't look like they brought back up." Moonshadow who none of them noticed was shaking her head in disgust. How on the all of Atmos could people this stupid be commanders. Ravess was fairly smart she had to admit, but failed to look at her surroundings. And her brother Snipe, well, she wondered if he had a brain at all.
Moonshadow cleared her throat loudly. Ravess and Snipe both jumped and turned. "But how...when did you...oh, never mind what do you want?" Ravess asked. "Well, first off all I want to know just what you think your doing, second of all shouldn't you be with your troops?" Moonshadow asked. "No. We're getting the Dark Ace, and two, 'Because the whole point of this mission was to get the Dark Ace you dunce!' so there." Snipe answered stupidly, copying his sister exactly (another point to serve Moonshadow's theory of him not having a brain).
"Hmmm, Dunce eh?" Moonshadow asked. Ravess cringed. 'The calm before the storm' she thought. "Big vocabulary for you, isn't it? Oh well. Cyclonis isn't very smart, or else she would have thought 'Hey, the whole goal of the Cyclonians is to wipe out the Storm Hawks, and bring Atmos into our power, so why don't I use the army to wipe out to Storm Hawks while they're all asleep? I know the Dark Ace would rather die having his dream fulfilled than be captured and humiliated like this.' I mean, yeesh, that would be what any smart ruler would do."
Ravess knocked an arrow, saying, "We'll teach you." Then suddenly turned and blasted a hole in the wall. She and Snipe then jumped out of the whole and landed on a waiting skimmer (They had put it there just incase they needed to make a fast get away). "So, do you know they're now going to follow your plan and blast the Condor to pieces?" The Dark Ace questioned. "Yep, but that's exactly what I wanted. I just didn't want to have to deal with them, and have them alert the Storm Hawks. I want to delay telling them for as long as possible." Moonshadow sid. 'She's more strategic, and ruthless than Master Cyclonis. Very dangerous; I wonder why she left.' Ace thought, he would have to be careful about what he said around her.
"Oh, man, we'll never be able to beat them. We've never faced so many Talons before." Finn complained. Moonshadow had relayed the bad news shortly after breakfast had come to a finale. "Not true, I've really haven't ever fought with me before, besides there's due to be a storm tonight." Moonshadow said, grinning secretly. There was a slight glint in her eye.