Chapter Seven

"Yaw!" Finn cried as he aimed and fired the blaster. The harpoon made the tentacle go limp. "Sweet! It works!" I heard Finn shout.

"Paralyzer Stones for that extra kick." Piper said in a saucy way.

Two other tentacles were going straight for Piper, setting off a gasp from her. Finn covered her and the tentacles fell limp as he fired more harpoons at it. The Leviathan let out an aggravated roar.

Alice

ROOOOOAAARRRRRRR

The loud roar caused me to cover my ears quickly. The mouth was shaking and the sound bounced off the walls almost like having an M80 Firecracker going off right next to me.

The survivors covered their ears, wailing.

Radarr squawked at me. I looked over and he pointed upward. I looked up to see the Condor.

"Good plan, Radarr." I said, nodding.

We ran toward the ship quickly.

Finn

Damn! I hissed mentally. We really pissed it off this time.

"Yaw!" I shouted, firing another harpoon. I shout again as I fire two more shots. I shot two that were coming above the ship quickly as I spun the blaster around.

Oh yeah! I. Am. Goo-d.

I heard the cheers of Aerrow, Piper, and Junko as they threw their fists in the air. Suddenly, the Leviathan howled and lifted it's limbs again.

It's only temporary?

I smirked. "No problem!" I assured my team mates when they saw that the Leviathan was a to attack.

I pulled the trigger.

Click!

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Click! Click!

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Click! Click! Click!

…

"Uh, hey, guys," I shouted, checking the revolver. "I'm all outta ammo!"

"Piper! Junko!" Aerrow ordered. "Operation Sheepshank!"

They charged the monster. Tentacles charged each Storm Hawk in the air. It was weird.

Wait…were they…?

"Okay!" He said to Piper. "Let's pull the loose ends."

Junko, Piper, and Aerrow were suddenly going straight above the monster, tentacles following.

Three tentacles were pulled into a tight knot against each other.

"Yeah!" Junko cheered.

"Nice work," Aerrow praised. "That's three down."

Five more to go though…

The Leviathan bellowed angrily.

Alice

We were approaching the Condor.

"Going somewhere, weasel?" A voice said.

Radarr and I cringed, turning around. I growled when I saw that Zora. His hands were behind his back. What the…?

When he revealed them, I nearly emptied my already empty stomach. He had a fork and knife but I could tell…they were carved bones of someone who was eaten by the monster.

"Please, stop!" I said, standing between the guy and Radarr. "He's my friend and he's the only one I've got in here! Please!"

The hermit only laughed and with a battle cry, launched himself at Radarr. The poor cabbit let out a terrified squawk and ducked. Radarr ran straight for me, clinging to my torso like a scared child. I patted his head, trying to comfort him.

The man got up and spat out some dead-what I believe is-cloud krill that the monster hadn't swallowed. He did not like the taste.

"Cloud krill! Hate cloud krill!" He wailed angrily.

Radarr and I both swallowed nervously. The cabbit whimpered.

If we don't get rescued soon, Radarr is going to be dead meat…literally!

Stork

I watched as me fellow shipman tied the Leviathan's tentacles together. Aerrow laughed and cheered as the three stared down the beast.

"Stork," Aerrow called. "You're clear to move in!"

"Aye!" I said.

I spun the helm and turned starboard. "Bringing us to broadsides!"

The Leviathan's mouth opened as the Skyquod approached.

"Finn," Aerrow ordered. "Commence Operation Clip-On!"

Finn loaded the grapple with the only grapple this ship had to offer. He shot, launching the grapple into the mouth of the beast and right into the side of one of Condor's pontoons.

"Yes!" Finn exclaimed in victory. "I am so good! Activating winch!"

The winch began to turn and the rope tightened. The Skyquod heaved as I turned the wheel, reversing the ship. Slowly, the Skyquod began to pull the Condor forward on the Leviathan's tongue!

Aerrow

A huge smile then plastered on my face as I saw the Condor moving forward. It's working!

"That's right!" Junko cheered. "Give it up for the Storm Ha…ha…ah-CHOO!" He sneezed.

A little light bulb clicked in my head and my smile vanished. "Wait a second," I said. "You're only allergic to two things: Murk Raiders and-"

"SKY SHARKS!" Piper shouted.

I turned around and saw six sky sharks! They probably were attracted by the Leviathan's desperate cries and thought an easy meal was in this direction.

The lead sky shark roared but it sounded more like a scream.

"Scramble! Now!" I ordered before speeding away with Junko and Piper behind me.

The Leviathan began to jerk back and forth. I saw Stork, pipe in mouth, laughing like an insane guy (Example: Dark Ace) and Finn looked nauseous.

The Leviathan's tongue began to fight against the Skyquod, pushing the Condor back towards the throat. The winch groaned as it reverse and the Skyquod was jerked forward and being pulled into the mouth.

Alice

I watched as some random ship flew ahead towards the mouth of the beast myself and Radaar were in. We stood by the Condor which was being pushed back towards the throat.

"Radaar!" I shouted as he almost fell off the tongue again. I grabbed his little paw and yanked him up into my arms.

"Oh." A relieved sigh sounded faintly.

I saw some wacko actually running towards us. In retort and as a protection thing, Radaar jumped onto his leg and bit onto him. The guy smashed onto the ground in a puddle of purple saliva and pound his fist down to keep him from crying out.

The guy smacked Radaar's ass (Ew.) and the poor guy ran to me as he held his hurt butt.

"Tis but me, ya wag!" Stork said, pointing his thumb to himself and shaking his fist.

"Stork!" I shouted in joy of finally seeing a familiar face (Other than Radaar of course).

Stork looked up to me. "Thar ye be, gi'l." He said in a pirate accent.

I raised an eyebrow. I think he said "There you are, girl." or something like that.

I practically tackled him in a hug. "It's great to see you too, buddy!" I shouted.

"Let us go!" Stork shouted as he dashed towards the ship's stern.

Radaar and I followed, though we had no idea what was going on.

Stork reached the Condor's stern and glared at the beast's uvula. "From a Merb's heart," He cried, pointing at the uvula with a…was that a bottle of vinegar? "I strike at thee!"

"Huh?" I asked.

He then threw the bottle at the uvula. It shattered and the liquid spread on the uvula. By the smell, yup. Definitely vinegar. Strong kind too.

The monster roared and began to jerk around and he began to shake. Something grabbed my arm and I was yanked behind as I grabbed Radaar's paw. Stork jumped through the roof hatch on the Condor.

We landed in front of the helm and Stork pushed two of the Condor's levers forward as I fell on my butt.

There was another roar and a green cloud of gas pushed the Condor, the random ship, and the hermits out of the monster's mouth.

Stork steered the ship expertly. I looked on the random ship to see Finn maneuvering it. The six hermits were falling to the Wastelands.

"Survivors!" I heard Piper gasp over the intercom as I watched Aerrow and Piper sit outside. "We'll never make it!"

Then, two horn blasts sounded and backup came along. Three ships appeared below the survivors with a giant net to catch them.

The monster then flew away, defeated in the sea of clouds.

The Condor landed at a place called the Skyside Shanty. Everyone was cheering as they held up bottles of vinegar. I saw everyone standing outside.

Stork looked like he'd calmed down. He wouldn't look at me, seeing that he was steering the airship.

Radaar churred in delight as he ran Aerrow. Aerrow turned around to find Stork, Radaar, and myself walking up, not looking our best. C'mon! we were in what Stork called the Leviathan's mouth, for Christ's sake!

Radaar ran ahead with his arms stretched out towards Aerrow!

It looked like Aerrow didn't care about the saliva cause he hugged Radaar so close that they were touching cheeks as soon as Radaar was scooped into his arms.

It was a sweet scene. Even when Aerrow finally caught a good smell of Radaar and held him out at arm's length to hold his breath, it was still sweet.

"Hey," Junko said behind Piper and Finn. "Anyone up for a Sky Food Combo?"

"Huh?"

"Bleh!" Finn and Piper said in unison, sticking out their tongues. Junko was still confused.

Piper rushed to me though and tackled me in a hug. "Alice!" She said. "Are you okay? Any shock? Any injuries? Sickness?" She said the way a mother would.

I smiled gently. "I'm fine, mom." I said as a joke. She smiled. "Little weirded out though. That was weird."

"Stork!" Finn shouted at the smiling green dude. "That was totally amazing! You just dove right into a Leviathan's mouth!"

Stork held up a finger. "I…" His expression changed. "Did what?"

"Stage four," Piper said. "Memory loss."

Stork was back to himself and he looked around. "Huh? Wha…?" He said nervously before looking at us, normal eye twitch. "Where are we?"

"Alice," Aerrow said, patting my shoulder. "You okay?"

"Sure am." I said with a huge smile. "I just can't believe that Stork did what he did. I think my respect for him just sky rocketed."

Everyone laughed, except Stork.

"It's good to have you back, Alice." Finn said.

"Thanks, Finn." I said with a big smile. I then planted a dark expression on my face. "Now then for something…interesting."

Everyone looked confused and I smiled evilly.

Stork

Alice's face suddenly changed. "Now then for something…interesting."

What?

She smiled evilly before throwing her arms up. "HUGS FOR EVERYONE!" She said cheerfully as usual.

Needless to say, we spent the next few moments trying to get away from the saliva covered girl and cabbit that was also covered in saliva. I don't know what was going on but something told me that everyone was going to explain it to me later. By the time I'd take it all in, I'd probably say what I said right when she got me with a huge hug.

"It's good to have you back."

BWAAAAAAAHHHH!

I'm back! I'm sorry it took so long guys! I've been busy with wrapping up my school year. I had also helped build Jr. Prom *WOOT* It took longer than I planned to write this chapter but it is finally out. *Reads chapter* Huh. Kinda seems like a StorkXAlice moment. Aww 3

Alice: *Shakes away saliva* The only plus side was the fact that i was chasing everyone covered in this...

Stork: *Disgust face* You should really shower that off.

Alice: Eh. Whatevs. I'm just glad to finally be out of that thing's mouth. Bleh! Smelled funny in there.

Me: I think it's Cyclonis's turn for disclaimer. *Storm Hawks tense* WHAT? She's the ultimate cartoon villian! She's insane, adorable as a child, and has really awesome taste in rooms *Reference to all black and purple*

Cyclonis: *Kind smile* Thank you. *Turns to you* Alanis does not own the brats-

Me: Cyclonis...

Cyclonis: *Sigh* Fine. Alanis does not own the Storm Hawksor the Cyclonians. She owns only Alice and the future plot development.

Me: *Nodding* Thank you, Cyclonis. Please try to be kind about them in the disclaimer bits. *Turns to you* Please review!