Chapter 28

So far, the night was going as well as it possibly could. So far there had been no Cyclonian attack, but Blinx couldn't say she wasn't being attacked.
Harrier had been following her all night, annoying her to no end.

The Absolute Zeros, the Blizzarian Squad, also made an appearance that night and the Storm Hawks couldn't help but laugh at the appearance of the other boys as they looked eerily similar to Radarr.

Digger had been protecting her from Harrier for a good part of the night, as had Finn, who obviously disliked Harrier more than he disliked Blinx.
But at the moment she was on her own wandering around the ballroom trying to find an exit so she could breathe easy.

The ballroom was packed with so many people it was almost impossible to move, but somehow couples were managing to Waltz in the centre of the large room.

Blinx finally found a door to the balcony and stepped out hurriedly, moving to the rail and gripping the stone tightly.

"You okay?" Aerrow made an appearance at her side and she exhaled heavily "Yeah. Just escaping from Harrier"
Aerrow leaned on the rail next to her, like he had when they first met

"Yeah, he can be a little overbearing-"
'A little?!' Blinx looked at him gobsmacked
"-He's also on his way over here" Aerrow said.
Blinx ran into the crowded room and wrapped herself in one of the long curtains.

"Aerrow! Have you seen that little friend of yours, uhh...Minx, Sphinx..."
"Blinx" Aerrow corrected Harrier "And no I haven't seen her"

Harrier left the balcony and Blinx didn't return outside.

Aerrow chuckled to himself and turned to face the moon and gardens laid out underneath.
He thought back to the events that had happened days ago on Atmosia.
He regretted his reaction towards Blinx on the Condor after the fires.
She had, after all, saved someone's life, was that really worthy of a reprimanding? He couldn't understand why he'd reacted they way he did.

A shadow passing through the gardens caught his attention.
He watched carefully at the spot and observed the rest of the space below him to try and see anything else.

There was another movement close by and his scenes peaked.
His hands traced the stone of the rail as he moved along the balcony.
There was a noise this time as something, well a number of something's, fell out from behind a hedge onto the path under the moonlight.

'Talons!'

He looked into the ballroom and saw Junko not too far away.
He quickly ran toward his friend skidding to a halt in front of the Wallop "Junko! Talons!" he exclaimed loudly.

The guests that were surrounding them fell into panic and quickly alerted others who hadn't heard. Piper and Finn appeared next to him.

"Piper, help the guests to safety. Finn, find Stork and Blinx. Junko and I'll hold them off with the others" Aerrow told them.

"Don't expect me to find Blinx any time soon. She always runs off when Talons come around" Finn said.
Aerrow rolled his eyes
"Well just try" he told Finn as he ran off with Junko.

Finn huffed and moved with the crowd exiting the room. But the crowd stopped suddenly and started to move back into the room

"People, people. Fear not. There's no need to panic...much"

The gleaming red eyes and evil smirk meant only one thing. The Dark Ace.
And with him, Ravess, Snipe and the Raptors.