Chapter 12: Crash Course

"Are you sure you're fine Niki?" Zira asked her as she patted her back. "O- oh yeah. Of course! We're just thousands of feet above the ground, and could die any moment! I'm doing just fine how about you?". Carter looked over and said "Lower the ship a bit. We should turn left to keep away from any storms.". June pulls a few things and the ship turns.

"How long until we get there?! We've been flying for hours and at this point I want to get down to earth!" June says accidentally turning the ship right. "For the last time June-" Niki grabs her hand and says "Actually I agree with June.... I'm not a sky person and don't like to be so high.".

"Well just calm down guys! Besides, at least we're not gonna get struck by lightning!". At the exact moment after those words lightning strikes the ship and the wind picks up drastically. Niki glares at Zira and says "Did you have to jinx it?".

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A few hours later everyone wakes up to the sound of birds. "AAAAHHHHH!". Zira jolts up to see Niki getting pecked at by some vultures trying to eat her. She then runs over like a little kid and says "Ziraaaaa. They won't stop!". She sighs and says "You are the owner of an all powerful weapon.... And vultures are a problem?". It then clicks for her and she kicks at them and they leave.

"Sorry! Still not used to the 'having-an-all-powerful-weapon' thing.". Zira then looks around with Niki to try to find June. "Zira!". They both look up to see June.... flying. With Carter sitting on a tree branch next to him. "I can fly! We're gonna see if we can find a village and see where we are. Can you two check the condition of the ship until we get back?".

Zira and Niki nodded as the two flew off. Niki then blushed and said "You know, do we really have to check all of the ship?". Zira then smirked looking at her and said "You know what?". She then grabbed her chin and said "We don't have to~".

(Carter POV)

"Do you really think that those two are gonna work on the ship?" I asked June as we flew. "No. I just want those two to work on their relationship before it's public.". Of course he would. I then look over to a small town in the distance. "I see something in the distance! It looks like a town!" I tell him as we turn. I look down at the scenery and something isn't right.

We land in the town and while June turns pale I bring out my claws and my ear starts twitching. "J u n e. . . ." I say glaring at him. "This- this was just a bump in the road!" He tries to tell me. "These people have reptilian features.... But that could only be the case if we had flown right into the eye of the storm.... Which means that you turned right.".

He backs up and says "Wait, wait, wait! Me and Zira were originally-" He stops as I grab his neck like a turkey. "THIS is the land of SCALES.... We are supposed to be in neutral....". He then starts running as I catch up and tackle him saying "WHAT. WERE. YOU. THINKING?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!". I tackle him and say "We are so far off course we'd have to cross the ocean all over again to get to where we need to go!".

June then says "OKAY! Let me buy a-" He stops cold as he feels his pockets. "I'll just-" I also go cold as I check my pockets to here laughing behind me. I get off June and we both turn around to see a girl who was 5'7, purple tank top, green jean shorts, white skin and green and purple locks on her head in a ponytail.

She also had Purple eyes with 3 hexagon shaped green scales under each of her eyes. "Hello boys! I see you've already noticed.". She then holds up our wallets and smirks. "Come and get it!" She says running off. We start chasing her until she climbs up a wall in a alleyway. "GO! I'll follow her from here! You go let the girls know the situation!" I tell him. He flies off and I bring out my claws.

I hear her making witty remarks and comments on my 'performance'. "Man that guys an idiot. No one can catch me!". I then tap her on the shoulder and she turns around so we're face to face. She jumps in surprise but no just that. The middle scale under her eyes turns a cyan color. She turns to run again but I just growl and she stops. "What was that about not being caught?" I ask her smiling. I then see the middle scale turn purple and a long purple scaly tail appear behind her.

"H- hey! I'm sure we can come to a reasonable-" I put up my hand and say "I won't hurt you if I don't have to. Just give me our wallets and I'll go. We're on the top of a building and too high up for you to get jump, so you'll be forced to climb down. Of course you know that I'll catch you before you can reach that ledge which is why you're not running.".

She smiles and then says "Who said I was running? Since you're so smart surely you must have noticed that I wouldn't just let you catch me right?". I was baffled at the question until I look at her skin and body becoming translucent. "I'll admit.... You were a good chase! Hopefully we'll meet again sometime, No?". She then turned completely invisible and I'd realized our problem.

We were in the middle of the land of scales, shipwrecked, almost no money, and the thief who took it got away. Though for some reason.... I'm looking forward to the next encounter.