Aeria's POV

"Someone land the ship!" Lloyd yelled as he grabbed my arm right before I could fall flat on my face as the shaking got worse.

"I'm trying, but the wind's throwing us off!" Cole shouted from the steering wheel.

"Aeria!" Kai shouted to me accusingly.

"It's not me!"

"I got this." Ronin ran out to the deck whistling for Rex and when it showed up, he hopped in and made several grappling hooks come out from all sides and hooked them onto the Bounty to slow its descent to land.

Right as we landed, the shaking stopped and we all were gaining our balance back as Ronin detached Rex from the Bounty before parking it right beside them. Right after we landed, we all breathed a little sigh of relief and I looked down to see Lloyd still holding my arm and he quickly withdrew it with a light blush on his cheeks.

"Uh oh, I think the engine's sputtering again." Nya groaned as she picked up a toolbox that she had stashed by the table.

"We will help." Zane and Xia followed Nya to the engine room before she stopped at the doorway and asked me,

"Hey, can you help us fix the engine? We could use someone with your mechanical skills."

"Um, sure?" I responded with uncertainty.

"The rest of us will clean up and figure out where we are." Lloyd told us and Nya nodded in response before picking up a red tool case and waiting for me so we could head down to the engine room.

When we made it to the engine room below deck, I saw that there were a couple of screws scattered on the floor from where they had popped out from the glowing red hot engine. Nya dropped her tool case in shock before grabbing a rag to fan the engine.

"Double uh oh! The engine's overheating, Zane can you cool it down?"

"Will do." I watched as Zane held out his hand and a stream of icy mist came out and surrounded the engine and when Xia touched his arm with her hand glowing a light blue, the mist amplified and the engine cooled down even faster. I watched as they were able to use their powers without hesitation and felt a wave of embarrassment wash over me.

"It should be safe to examine now." Xia told me and I hesitated before saying,

"Ok, but I'm more used to working with automobiles not...flying pirate ships." I lay on a small, wooden dolly on my back and rolled it to where I could peer up into the engine.

"I think I found the problem." I rolled out with a broken pipe in hand, "It looks like the internal cooling system's been compromised, that's why the engine overheated and almost made the ship shake apart from the inside."

"I thought we had just replaced that part." Nya groaned.

"As did I." Zane agreed.

"Yeah, but the thing is, that this didn't break on its own, it looks like it was smashed in." I pointed a small, circular dent on the side of the pipe right where the cracking began and asked nervously, "You don't think Pythor managed to escape and did this, do you?"

"I'll go call the Warden and see." Nya ran back up the steps from the engine room.

"In the meanwhile..." I started as I tossed the broken pipe aside and got on my back on the floor to check for any more damage.

"Could one of you hand me a wrench and a new pipe?" and Xia handed me a new pipe and Zane gave me a monkey wrench. I rolled back under before securing the pipe into place using the wrench.

"Is there anything else you need to fix the engine?" Zane asked and I turned my attention away from my work and, in the process, jerked the wrench right into the oil regulator valve and the force made the valve open and black lubricating oil splattered out onto my face and the top of my gi.

I rolled out with the mess on my face and I heard Zane and Xia gasp a bit as I continued blindly,

"Just a towel and Nya since we need to refill the water intake." I heard them run off and I was left alone to my thoughts until I heard more footsteps, a lot sooner than I had expected, and then something was pressed in my hand that felt soft yet course. I used it to wipe the oil out of my eyes and saw Nya kneeling over me with Kai behind her, obviously because he still didn't trust me.

"You OK?" Nya asked as she took the cloth back and stood over the engine to use her powers to make water flow from her hand into the intake.

"I'm fine, believe it or not, that's not the first time I've had lubricating motor oil explode in my face." I told them as I wiped a bit of oil off my cheek and rubbed it between my fingers.

"Is that it?" I got up and saw that Nya had filled up the intake over the limit by an inch.

"You overfilled it." I stated and Nya just smiled and responded with,

"I know, it's so you can practice your wind abilities. Use them to create a vortex of wind to lift out the extra water."

"I know how to use my wind abilities already, I just have trouble using my powers of darkness." I told Nya before Kai "coughed",

"*cough* Liar *cough*"

I looked to the intake and lifted a hand to create a swirling vortex that lifted out a small portion of the overflowed water and let it fall to the floor, making it splash and spread out in a dark stain.

"Guess you really do have part of your powers under control." Kai groaned before he got another kick from Nya.

"You do realize you don't have to keep doing that every time right? I've dealt with people with worse attitudes before back in the shop."

"Well, you shouldn't have to deal with that from friends." Nya shot her brother a disappointed look to which he responded by putting his hands up defensively,

"What? I was just saying that I'm surprised she could control either of her powers at all."

"I've been using my wind powers since I was a kid, I've just never been that open and obvious with them." I admitted and Kai genuinely looked concerned.

"What? Did I touch a nerve?" I questioned.

"No, I just never knew that you've had your powers since you were a kid. We didn't even know about our powers until a few years ago."

"And that's why you're really protective of your sister and your team."

"Well-"

"No I get it..." Aeria responded a bit softer than before, "You love them and are willing to do whatever it takes to keep them safe... I respect that..."

"I didn't think you were capable of that..."

"Well, I guess I'm not the devious double-crosser you thought I'd be when I'm not sure I even want these powers at all." I walked out of the engine room to fully wash off the oil when I bumped into Lloyd at the door.

"Oh sorry." Lloyd apologized as he almost ran into me, "I was just on my way down to check on how're you doing and to tell you that Nya called the Warden and he reported that Pythor is still in his cell and there's no way he can escape from the new maximum-security cell that's been reinstalled with 24/7 cameras, a motion-sensitive sensor, and-"

"Woah, you could've just said that he's not escaping any time soon, you really didn't have to explain the specifics. Although, I am interested in the mechanics of those systems you talked about." I put my hand on my chin.

"Well, now that you're done with the engine, how about we go train?"

I was about to answer 'sure' when Ronin came in and interjected,

"Actually, I could use both of your help on something."

"With what?" I questioned suspiciously.

"Rex blew a fuse when we saved your ship and I could use your mechanical know-how and you to keep her from blowing her top."

"Alright Ronin, come on." Lloyd went out on deck, but I was still hesitant.

"Just when I thought I wouldn't have to see that miserable excuse of a machine ever again." I muttered under my breath as I followed.

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