The sound of explosions were ringing throughout the canyon as the young blonde in a black cat suit nimbly dodged the bunny bombs her opponent was shooting at her.
"Looks like this cat is having her day, dog!" she hissed down at the other blonde.
"Rasmfrasmcatnippesniffing..." Entropy growled under her breath, jumping onto one of the cliff ledges and pointing her wrist cannon at Katnappe.
She squeaked when something grabbed her leg and whipped her off her feet; having activated the Lotus Twister, Katnappe was using her elongated arm to throw Entropy into the air, slam her down, pick her up again, then toss her off the cliff. Entropy just barely managed to grab a dead branch and pull herself back up.
"Keep your wits about you, Enny!" Stryker called to her. He and the others were on a floating boulder.
"I know what to do!" Entropy assured him, dragging herself onto the wall and looking around for a way up.
"Take a moment to think, Enny!" Cinder advised. "You can do it!"
"...Are you assuring her that she can win the Showdown or that she can think?" Jack asked her.
"I don't think she can do either," Stryker grumbled.
"I think if she doesn't get a move on we're gonna lose," Zephyr said, looking ahead at Katnappe.
Entropy looked down at something and grinned, then released the wall and plummeted to the ground.
"Enny!" they screamed.
Katnappe paused when she heard them, a catlike grin on her face. It disappeared when Entropy suddenly flew above her. She'd hijacked one of the giant birds supplied by the Showdown, and was now pointing both her cannons at a shocked Katnappe.
"Guess the dog stole her day back, kitty-cat!" she taunted, firing.
A frightened rawr fell out of Katnappe's mouth as she was blown off the cliff. Entropy flipped off the bird and grabbed the Wu, a small bracelet named the Bangle of Twain, meant to create disastrously funny situations for an enemy.
The terrain returned to it's normal Japanese garden, complete with sand and large rocks. Katnappe, covered in sediment, sat up and shook out her hair, gasping as the Lotus Twister disappeared from her wrist. She and Entropy exchanged glares as Entropy stuck her tongue out at her and skipped off to her team.
"Enny, that was dangerous!" Cinder scolded when she arrived. "You nearly gave us a heart attack!"
"I was fine," Stryker said to himself. Cinder heard him and shot a scalding glare; he shrunk at it as the other boys snickered.
"I won though," Entropy said with a shrug. "That's all that matters."
"Not if you get hurt! You need to be more careful!"
"C'mon, Cindy, you're being so motherly! I won, I'm safe, so let's go home and play Goo Zombies to celebrate!"
"But Enny..."
She turned and gave Stryker another sharp look as Entropy pranced to the jet.
"Stryker she's your cousin," she growled. "Tell her to think before she acts!"
"Look, Enny's always done her own thing, Cin," Stryker said. "If she comes out okay then..."
He dropped off his words when Cinder's glare deepened.
"...Hey, Enny!" he shouted, racing after her obediently. "We need to talk about your safety skills!"
Cinder shook her head as Zephyr snickered and started after them.
"You know, Entropy can handle herself pretty well, Cinder," Jack said gently. "I know it's really out there and deadly sometimes, but she always comes out okay."
"Yeah, but what if one of these times she doesn't?" Cinder asked him, her brow knit. "She could get really hurt."
Jack nodded at this, rubbing the back of his neck.
"Well, hopefully we're all there if that happens," he said, giving her a smile. "That-a-way she doesn't get really hurt."
The smile he gave her made her stomach flip; she hoped that her face wasn't turning red again, but the memory of a couple nights ago had surfaced in her head. Jack turned and started towards the jet, and Cinder quickly followed after, staring at him but not entirely seeing; so when he stopped and she barreled into him neither were prepared to fall onto the sand.
"OhmygoshCinderjustjumpedJackie!" Entropy screeched, zipping over Stryker to see out the window.
"You blonde, they fell," Stryker told them, even as Zephyr lunged to the driver's window to look as well. "Guys, you're making a big deal out of nothing."
"I totally ship them two though," Zephyr said.
The cousins' turned and looked at him, to which he turned and met their gaze.
"...What?" he asked.
"I-I-I'm so, so sorry," Cinder stammered as she struggled to get up. Her feet kept slipping on the sand, so every time she stood she just fell back onto Jack.
"D-Don't worry about it," Jack said, his face scorch red. "Are you okay? You didn't get hurt did you?"
"N-No, I think I'm okay."
"Good," Jack said with an awkward laugh, finally managing to help her up and start to get up himself. "I'm glad."
Cinder took in his red face as she wrapped her arms around his arm and helped him the rest way. She wasn't exactly very pale either, but he looked like he had a sunburn. It appeared as if Entropy was right; shouldn't she just admit to it then?
The thought shriveled when she saw that Stryker, Entropy, and Zephyr were peeping at them from the jet. She instantly dropped Jack's arm and took a couple big steps back.
"Well, as long as you're okay, too," she said quickly as Jack stared at her in confusion. "W-We should get in the jet and stop giving our jerk friends a show."
Jack whipped around and saw the others too; he glared at them as they all grinned and waved, moving back to their seats as Cinder opened the door and got in. Zephyr had taken the seat next to Stryker and Entropy was on the floor, so she had no choice but to sit in the passenger seat. Jack took a deep breath and got into the driver's chair as Stryker wrapped his arms around the head rest and grinned at them.
"...What?" Jack and Cinder asked together.
"No-thing," the other three cooed.
They both rolled their eyes, drawing more snickers from their friends. Jack started the jet and took off as Entropy sat her head on the console between the seats and smirked at Cinder, her grin widening when Cinder's face reluctantly blushed and she turned away to smile.