Author's note: short and sweet this time. I don't own storm hawks, which we already know.

ANNIVERSARY part 2

Master Cyclonis was stood once again with her back to the door. She heard the old hinges moan when the heavy doors they supported were pushed open.

" Aerrow?"

" Yes master?"

She turned to face him. " You are aware of the fact that you have been a Cyclonian for nearly a year now, yes?"

Aerrow nodded, " I was aware of that fact, master."

" Which means that the Storm Hawks," Aerrow drew breath in through his teeth at the mention of his ex-best friends, " will increase the effort in their rescue mission. We need to stay on full alert at all times for the next fortnight."

" I understand master. I have no intentions of going back with them without a fight."

A small smile found it's way onto Cyclonis's lips, " Very well, perhaps in the mean time we could make sure our talons at least stand a chance of defending us."

Piper had been locked up in her lab for hours now. Tanner knocked on the door, "Piper?"

" Give me a minute!" She called back. She looked down at the paper in front of her. She was sure her plan was foolproof. Whether it actually got put into action was another matter. Finn had a tendency to suddenly become very independent on missions. She made a few tweaks to her plan, grabbed the paper and rushed out the lab, past a rather startled Tanner.

" Guys! I know how we can get Aerrow back!"

There was a collective yell of joy from the other squadron members. " So… how do we get him back?" Finn asked cautiously.

" Well, first," Piper started, " We need to become nocturnal."

" Mindworms… we're all doomed." Stork muttered.

Junko frowned at Stork, " Piper does not have mindworms Stork," He turned to Piper, " How do we become nocturnal?"

" We change our sleeping patterns, which means Finn is going to very happy."

" Uh, why am I going to be happy?"

" You are going to change our sleeping pattern by playing your 'rock' music all night."

" Awesome."

Tanner sat down with his squadron, " Piper, are you planning a night time attack? We've already tried that an-"

" Have a little faith in me Tanner. We have tried a nighttime attack, sure, but we haven't tried going in at the small hours. Think about it, if we go in at say 2 AM, everyone in Cyclonia is either going to be asleep or really tired, whereas we will wide awake. It'll be easy."

" It sounds too easy. What else is there to your plan?"

" Storm the fort and get Aerrow back. Like everyone wants us to."

" How long do we have to become nocturnal, as you put it?"

Piper sighed, " Three days."

" That's not long enough Piper."

" It's all we've got to spare."