The crazy feerygurl woke up with her head spinning and she somehow sensed that things had changed since the world had last revealed itself before her eyes. She slowly cracked one eyelid open and peered out. Good grief! she was in an ellecopter! she'd always wanted to ride in one of these things!
the feerygurl didn't wait to see who was around she simply threw open her mouth, unlocked her jaw, relaxed her vocal chords, and then...
"ARE YOU KIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDING ME???????? This Is AAAAAAAWWWWWWWEEEEEEEEEESSSSSSSSOOOOOOOMMMMEEEEE I HAVE FOREVER WANTED TO BE IN ONE OF THESE!!!! I'm EVEN GOING TO MAKE A NEW DRESS FOR THE OCCASION!!!!!!!!!!!" She whipped out her super scissors and a new roll of fabric and started up her 'compared to none other' ultra fast sewing skills.
"I'M GONNA DIE OF HAPPINESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

Spring was barely holding back a full-out scream. What could she do now? Then it hit her: her ropevine! She had gone to Jungle Cowboys Camp a few years back, and her family now commented on how she was a pro!

I can't beat them with only a vine, she thought, I need to try something else with it. She glanced around speedily, until she identified a hellicopter flying over her head. Bingo! Just as the two monsters (not MUPPETZ, she believed) were about to leap onto her, she tied her vine into a lasso, swung in a circle, and threw it so it got attached to the bottom of the hellicopter. "So long, and next time, get better outfits!" She announced, and lifted off the ground as the hellicopter flew higher into the sky.

It didn't take long for Spring to climb up to where the hellicopter door was. Thankfully, it was open, but just as she was about to jump into it, a stranger leaped out of it and started falling. Fear crept into her soul, and she took to the inside of the hellicopter like a desperate squirrel. Unfamiliar people stared at her in confusion as she gasped for air. She was barely able to blurt out "Someone fell from your hellicpoter! He needs help, or the odd monsters will get him! Personally, I think they'd do better to take off the suits, but-"

She cut off when she spotted something. Ignoring the other strangers, she pushed throught them to the back of the room. She looked down at what was below her. It was a body, a deap person, lying on the floor. She picked up the note that lied beside the young woman, and although she finished reading it, she dropped it soon after.

"Summer," she softly murmered. She cried it again, this time with tears in her eyes and her voice full of pain "Summer, no!" She leaned down next to Summer's lifeless form and begged, "PLEASE don't be dead. I had so much to tell! I was going to tell you I'm doing fine with one eye. I was going to tell you that I am much stronger. And I was going to tell you that I'm sorry! Please, I'm so... so... sorry!" She hugged the body with all her might, and let go of it her misery.

Although very grieved, she turned around warily to the unknown people and solemnly asked "What happened to her, what is going on here, and most of all, what can I do for her for you?"

CyKo's eyes opened slowly. Before him was a big gray and black blur. He felt like uttering a cliche like "who turned off the sun", but decided not to. Instead, he stayed still. He was lying on a cobblestone floor, cold and damp.

Looking around, he saw that in front of him, the gray was bars, contrasted by grayish cement that lie behind it. The black was the emptiness all around him. His cell, as he realized he was in, had no windows, and saw no sign of a door.

Just then, a small slat in cement opened up and a plate slid towards him. The plate had a muffin on it, with x's for eyes and it's arms and legs scrunched into a ball. "Ellemo's minions as my first meal here... fascinating."

CyKo slid himself over to the muffin, and munched on it ravenously. I wonder how long I've been here? I'm more hungry than usual, thought CyKo, but before another thought could be conceived, his eyes once more blurred, and he realized he'd been drugged into sleep. He could hear movement beyond the cement, and even what appeared to be the cement opening, but could think of nothing more than sleep. And sleep he did.

Even as Echo suggested the use of a defibulator, she knew deep down that it was no use. Summer, whom she had only known a short while but already felt a deep connection to, had gone to where no instrument on Earth could call her back.

An aching pain like Echo had never felt before settled in her heart like some infectious disease, threatening to overwhelm her. The guilt was so intense that it was if she had been the one to deal the fatal blow. Well, I did, didn't I? I asked her to help me, when I knew she had no experience fighting as a MUPPETZ. This never should have happened. It's all my fault. All...my...

The tears came, tracing blurry streaks across her vision. Echo blinked, trying to clear her eyes as her trembling hands guided the Ellecopter over what looked like a vast marshland. Ribbons of murky water spread out below like a vast spider's web. She could see mountains in the distance.

On the control panel, a GPS system informed her that Muppetzylvania lay northeast of their current position. As Echo corrected course, the words began to flow from her lips, tossed into the air for anyone who would listen.

"Look, I didn't mean to lie. I was just scared, see? I was desperate to get off of that awful ship, to get away from them. I'd been trying for years. Nothing has ever worked before. Then, when Thorn came...well, I thought I'd finally found my way out. I told her my story, but I don't think she believed that I was a friend. Not that I expected to. I didn't have a chance to really persuade her because then the battle broke out, and everything got so messed up! I saw a chance to get away by impersonating Thorn, and I took it. At the time, I thought I was going to run off as soon as I was free. But then as things went on, I came to see that we have more in common than I thought. We both want the same thing: to see the MUPPETZ sinister regime put to an end. But being who I am - the humETZ daughter of Admiral Hank Oz - I thought you'd see me as an enemy. I thought that you'd surely lock me up if I revealed myself. And frankly, I deserve to be locked up after all that has happened."

Echo bowed her head. "Do with me what you will."

Looking around, Lia still seemed rather dazed. She was ran over the day's happenings in her mind. Cyko was gone. She was flying the Ellecopter. Whit was back. Summer was dead.

This was not a good day. Not good at all.

She vaguely heard Whit asking if she needed help and then a quick glance to her right and she saw Echo flying the Ellecopter from the copilot's chair.

That made Lia feel terrible. She was letting her feelings get in the way of the mission. That made her snap back. She heard everything that Echo had said. "Look," said Lia. "You're one of us. Even Cyko agreed on that. And now Cyko's gone. We have to find him and Thorn for this mission to succeed. Cyko's the leader." She put one hand on Echo's shoulder, but then took it off quickly when the Ellecopter began to drop at a rapid speed. "Come on, Echo. We have to be strong for the others. We have to lead them on."

Echo jumped and pulled on the controls. When the Ellecopter leveled out, she turned and gave Lia a weak but grateful smile. "Thank you," she said quietly.

She felt a tug on her pants. Looking down, Echo spotted Cherry staring up at her, something clenched in his paws - a piece of paper. "Um,Echo?" he said. "Springfoundthis.Itwas..." He stopped, and Echo stared at him. It was the first time since their meeting that the squirrel had stopped talking.

Wordlessly, she took the note from him. Her eyes immediately jumped to the signature at the end. Summer. Then, beside a number three, she spotted her own name. Her mouth went dry as she read the words left to her. In disbelief, she read them again. Wait, what? Winter's your...your brother?

Passing the note back to Cherry, she slouched back into her chair. She knew all about Winter, of course, but they had never been on the best of terms with each other. While being stuck on her father's ship, she envied his ability to come and go as he pleased. The last thing she wanted now was to purposefully seek him out. But if that was Summer's wish...who was she to say no?

Brushing her troubled thoughts to the back of her mind, she concentrated once again on guiding the Ellecopter towards their destination. "Just where are we going, anyway?"

"Cyko said something about Muppetzylvania, Echo," said Lia. She had to find Thorn. She had to. She fought the wind to keep control of the Ellecopter. Lia could smell the wind that came off the ocean. She took a deep breath.

That's when it all went wrong.

The lights began to flicker eerily and soon all power in the Ellecopter was gone. Lia's hands flew over the controls, trying to keep it in the air. But it was no use. The Ellecopter had been remotely disabled. "Huh," said Lia in confusion. "Must be a security function."

The Ellecopter began to plummet towards the ocean below. Lia sighed and turned to the other agents. "As your pilot I would like to inform you that we have lost all power and-" she looked out the window "-we're falling." Lia let this sink in, then began to raise her voice. "The squirrels have parachutes. Use them." She looked at the still snoring Boe. "Don't forget about your sleeping teammates."

Well, thought Lia. I hope this isn't the end.

She helped the other agents to the door and showed them the ripcord on the parachutes. One by one they jumped out. Lia took one last look at the Ellecopter.

Then she jumped.

"No...no!" Echo shook the controls, but it was no use. The Ellecopter had simply ceased to function. She clenched her teeth. Ellemo. I should have known he'd never allow anyone to hijack his helicopter.

Abandoning the controls, she dove for the parachutes and strapped one on. After making sure it was securely fastened, she grabbed Cherry and secured him to her own chute the best she could. Flying squirrel in training or no, the poor critter looked terrified. She wasn't about to trust him to remember to pull the ripcord when the time came.

Then she remembered Summer's body. Although the thought of leaving it here distressed her, she couldn't carry both it and Cherry safely.

As Echo prepared to abandon 'copter, she took one last look around the vessel's interior. That was when she spotted it - a small box on the floor. It looked as if it had been kicked out of the way during her skirmish with the MUPPETZ. With a panel of buttons and a touch screen, it bore unmistakable resemblance to her father's ship's log. Logs were used by captains to store records of their actions and of information. Somehow, Echo knew at once that this one belonged to Ellemo.

At the last second, she grabbed the device and stuffed it in her pocket. Then, taking a deep breath, trying to suppress her fear, she dove headlong through the door and plummeted into the sky.

Deep within the Absorb Orb, Fall woke up. The first thing that he felt was the pain in his face, something more unbearable than he had ever dreamed of. "I need... Water..." he gasped in agony. When creating the Absorb Orb, he had made sure to put water that didn't have healing abilities but had pain reducing skills in it. He opened one eye, the only one that didn't seem to have been burned, and spotted the pool a few yards away from him. "Water..." he called with a strained voice, and tried to pull his weak and tired body towards the source.

After 10 minutes, he finally reached his destination. He collasped besides the pool and splashed water onto his face. Ahhh.... Fall thought as the hurting pain on his face ebbed away. That's when he noticed his reflection, and he nearing felt like fainting again. Scorched and deformed, the whole right side of his face was no longer smooth and rugged. On his left side, only his cheek, eye, and forehead weren't burned. In fear, he opened his right eye, and gapped at the pure red eye with no obvious pupil or iris that was very frightening. "How could Cyko have done this?" he moaned as he caressed his once flawless face.

Cyko... The name had a new meaning for Fall. He had always disliked the ANTI leader, but now pure hatred swelled inside his chest. Silently, he ripped off a piece of his uniform and delicately tied it over his eye in hopes that no one would ever see it. He peered up at the glassy walls above him, and thought through what he would do. Not caring if anyone on the outside of the orb would hear him, he hissed under his breath in utter disgust "Beware, Cyko, you'll pay for everything you've done to me, you will..."

"Will someone please explain to me what's going on?" Spring muttered grouchily and fearfully. She wasn't sure at all what was happening, but she could tell it was time to jump the plane. Without looking back, she grabbed a leafy parachute she had created and leaped out of the hellicopter. All of a sudden, she remembered something. Summer! she thought in dread. I forgot to grab Summer's body! It's going to be destroyed!

She barely held back a sob. If she hadn't been such a platypus, maybe she could've done something to save Summer, or a least Summer's body. I'm sorry I couldn't save you, but maybe I could save your new friends when needed for you? Her only hope now was to do something she had never imagined doing: "Excuse me, someone?" she yelled while she floated down. "I am... was Summer's friend, and although I can't see with one eye, could I possibly take her for her? In other words, may I join your team, even if I still don't get why you're trying to stop these hairy monster costume weirdos?"

Lia jumped right after Spring. She had no idea who the new girl was, but she bore a faint resemblance to Summer. She must be the sister. Spring... thought Lia as she hit the water.

It was cold. And wet. And rather salty, but that was to be expected from an ocean. The coldness made her gasp, resulting in a lungful of salt water. She came to the surface spluttering and coughing. The first thing Lia did was unhook her parachute. It was being caught in the waves and dragging her around. Not a good thing.

She looked around for her Squirrels. Poor dears. They had had a normal (if being a talking squirrel had any normalcy) life until the ANTI agents had brought the MUPPETZ to their calm little treetop villages. Chatter was blowing up an inflatable raft, Cherry was perched on Echo's head, wringing out her tail, and several other squirrels were inspecting Spring.

Lia called out to the Agents. "Get on the raft quickly... You never know what might be lurking below the surface of the water..."

Whit's eyes bagan to droop and she was a few minutes from a peaceful sleep just to have them widely opened again after hearing the chaos going on around her. Her adrenaline kicks in and shes up on her feet in a second following the rest of her ANTI agents to grab parachutes and exit the helicopter. She pulled her parachute a bit to late and lands in the water with a slightly uncomfortable "plop". She follows the agents over to the life raft with swimming speed she didn't remember she had. She overhears Lia wondering what could be in the water and What just hopes whatever little luck she may have hasn't run out.

When Echo hit the water, it felt as if she had been thrown against a brick wall. Coldness engulfed her, and she came up sputtering and gasping for breath. She unhooked her parachute and watched as it drifted down beneath her feet and vanished into the murky water below.

She was floating in the middle of a lake, which was surrounded by the marshlands she had seen from the air. All around her, the ANTI agents' familiar faces were appearing, bobbing in the water. Spotting the raft, Echo swarm for it, Cherry clinging to her head. As she hauled herself onboard, her eyes followed the Ellecopter's dramatically descending flight path. Its rotating blades disappeared behind a clump of skeletal-looking trees. A moment later, a fireball erupted, accompanied by the distant sound of an exploding fuel tank.

Unable to watch any longer, she turned away and held out a hand to help the other agents into the raft. I'm sorry, Summer.

"This lake sure is cold! Where's the icebergs?" Spring gasped as she landed into the freezing water. Hearing the plane crash behind made her nearly jump. She turned around long enough to watch the flames shoot up from the plane and slowly lose height. "You did say you didn't care where your body was buried, Summer..." She softly admitted, but it didn't heal the guilt she felt for not grabbing it.

"WowIdidn'tknowahumancouldn'tsmellso...flowery!" Spring realized she was being talked to, and turned to stare in total shock at the squirrels. These rodents can talk? she thought with wonder. This is just strange!

"Yes, in fact, I love creating perfume that smells like flowers!" She simply admitted. Before she could say anymore, she saw something dark moving in the water. Scrambling into the raft, she wimpered, "Uh, guys? What's in the water?

"I don't know," said Lia in reply to Spring's question. A dark object swam under the raft. Lia grabbed one of the paddles and handed the other to Echo. "It might be.." she shook her head. "Couldn't be her, could it?" she murmured to herself. Then she spoke to the Agents. "It might be... Jaws."

A dark fin cuts through the water by the raft before submerging into the murky water again and continuing to circle the raft.