Oliva was gingerly getting up as Curly spat out blood. The last of the Militia soldiers were taken out as Spinelli finally got a chance to meet up with the others.
"Olivia, I'll take over! Your mother needs you!" Spinelli got in front of Olivia and she pointed a missile. Olivia only nodded as she immediately hurried to her mother.
Spinelli growled as Curly was too fatigued to keep fighting. "I think I'll be taking my leave now."
"Oh, no you don't!" Spinelli threw four throwing stars at him. Curly avoided them but it gave Spinelli a chance to get in close for hand-to-hand combat.
"Mom? Mom, can you hear me?" Olivia tried waking Rhonda. But so far, no response. "Mom! Please, get up!"
Rhonda slowly opened her eyes as she saw her daughter with her. "Wha- Where am I? What happened?" She slowly sat up as Olivia breathed a sigh of relief. "Oh, thank God you're alright, Mom!"
"AUEGH!" Spinelli came crashing at a pile of debris as her leg injury was reaggravated. "We have to retreat. Now!" Olivia suggested.
"Retreat?! I'on retreat from nobod- OW!" Spinelli felt her leg in lots of pain.
"Looks like we're making an exit." Olivia then fired a repulsor shot at a weakened piece of debris, making part of the structure collapse and trapping Curly on the other side.
"Pheebs, Spinelli's leg is injured. Any chance you can do anything for it?" Rhonda asked over her earpiece.
Phoebe didn't even know what to say as she already had her hands full. A voice then came over the radio. Two, in fact.
"Need an extra pair of hands?" Ariel smirked over her earpiece. "Make it two pairs of extra hands." Star Sapphire smirked.
As the QR Helicopter was approaching along with Star Sapphire, Phoebe felt more relieved. "Glad you girls finally got here. Took y'all's time."
"Not my fault there was a forest fire down in California." Ariel rolled her eyes.
"Great timing, you two." Stella said. "What's going on here? Get us up to speed." Sapphire replied.
"Ariel, I want you to check over at the tower since I obviously can't be at two places at once. We got a thirty-story building on fire, and I have a team inside trying to capture Curly. He lured them into a trap and I want him apprehended. Sapphire, any chance you could help out Gerald and Nadine? They're down in the lair looking for Arnold."
"I'm headed over now!" Ariel replied as the QR Helicopter flew off to the tower. "Anything for Arnold." Star Sapphire replied with a smile.
"Ariel, one more thing. They'll soon be exiting that building. Spinelli has a partially broken leg, any chance you could check on her?" Phoebe added. "Great thing you guys called me in. But why didn't you call in sooner?"
"You were busy with that forest fire."
"I'm on my way there now." Ariel replied as she soon got on her earpiece. "Team two. Come in."
"Ariel? Is that you?" Rhonda soon asked. Ariel merely chuckled. "Of course it's me! Who else?"
Shortly After
The QR Helicopter arrived at the tower, Ariel was rather surprised by the sight.
"And here I thought the California forest fire was bad." Ariel merely rolled her eyes.
She soon landed the helicopter near the place but out of the way of the firetrucks.
Shortly after, three figures emerged from the smokey entrance as Spinelli was in agony.
"Leave her with me. You two must get Curly and apprehend him!" Ariel said as she took Spinelli inside the chopper. Rhonda and Olivia nodded as they soon looked up at the tower before heading back in.
At the mansion, Nadine and Gerald had to move carefully as the floor was feeling rather unstable. Soon, a pink light was shining through. It was Star Sapphire.
"Hey, you two." She greeted.
"Thank goodness you're now." Nadine soon said. "What do we have?" Sapphire then asked.
"We only have one chance at getting him out of the lair. We don't know what could be going on with him on his side, but we have to get him out of here! We've been running into too many obstacles, and since this is a very big place, it's harder to find the only way in and out." Nadine started. "We only have one way in and out. Every other exit is blocked off and caved in. The exits of the jets, destroyed. Not to mention that the QR Jet is also destroyed." Gerald finished.
"So we only have one chance at getting him out? In other words." Star Sapphire soon replied. The two nodded since there was no other choice. "Let's get to work."
Meanwhile
Ariel was cleaning up a cut on Spinelli's forehead as her leg was stabilized.
"Alright, that should help your leg for now, but we'll have to see what we can do later." Ariel said as she finished cleaning up her forehead. "Thanks." Spinelli said as she soon got out of the helicopter.
She flew back into the building as firefighters raced around getting the fire under control.
"Ms. Flyer!" The Battalion Chief walked over to her. "Captain Morrison! Great to see you once more." She shook his hand.
"Always a pleasure to see you, Ariel. Especially since we know how well you're doing with your new job."
"I wouldn't exactly say a job but eh." Ariel smiled as she looked at the helicopter. "Anyways, need anything, Captain?"
"Actually, I was wanting to ask whether you needed any help with anything." Captain Morrison offered. "I appreciate the helping hand, but please, Captain. Keep your men out of the building! Keep aiming for the hot spots up high, and focus on that car fire. Don't put anyone at risk!"
The Captain only nodded as he walked away to talk on his radio. "Alright, listen up! I want a direct attack! Keep at it at the hot spots…"
Ariel soon looked up at the tower, in concern. "Command, I'll be here for a while. Things are still smooth so far. Over."
"Roger that, Ariel. Thanks." Stella replied as she felt frantic.
Arnold came crashing towards a wall as he was pinned against it by Helga. Their blades grinded as Arnold tried to fight back with the little strength he had.
Arnold soon kicked her away as he breathed heavily.
"Admit it… I was always more dominant! I always dominated you!" Helga shouted as she slowly got on her feet.
"Coward…" Arnold weakly said as he was on one knee, 'trying' to get up.
"With you out of my way… I'll soon burn this city to the ground!" Helga held her glove blades high, ready to strike Arnold down.