Danny stood in the hallway outside Rachel's apartment, having just made an utter fool of himself and feeling the strong- and understandable- urge to get the hell out of there.
<Smooth, Danny. Real smooth.>
"Shut. Up."
<Yup, the women are like putty in your hands...>
"Please. Shut up."
<Beating them off with a stick, you are.>
"I sense no shutting up in your immediate future. Why are you not shutting up?"
<Because giving you a hard time is the only fun I get. But now... we should really see to that parade outside.>
"Ah, crap... Mxy..."
Danny ran for the open window of the building. He divded out, yelling "wings" as he did so.
He soared above the street, looking down at the chaos below.
"Stupid Gargamel... stupid cat..."
<Azrael.>
"I know!"
<So what's the plan, chief?>
"We find Mxy. Make him fix this. Eagle vision, please."
Danny scanned the ground below, and soon found what he was looking for. A figure in a top hat, standing in the middle of the parade, looking up with wonder. Danny swooped down and landed next to his team mate.
"Mxy!"
"He fell from the sky, the boy with wings!"
"Mxy, what the hell is going on here?!"
"Elemental fury! AIR given form! Would you like one?"
"You have to make it stop. It's like the ending to the first Batman movie... except without the Joker gas..."
"You want them filled with Joker gas? I could fill them with Joker gas."
"Please... don't..."
<When did YOU ever see the Batman movie?>
"History in media class. The sixth movie was better, though. Fourth one was shit."
"Talk to your head, Danny. I'll talk to the wind!"
Mxy floated up slowly into the air, following the errant balloons down the street.
"MXY! YOU HAVE TO STOP THIS!"
Mxy floated towards a traffic light.
"Green means go..."
"MXY! PLEASE!"
The traffic light changed.
"Red means stop!"
Mxy stopped. The balloons stopped.
People around them stopped their frenetic running, making sure they were okay and looking around with confusion.
"All done!"
"I saw. Thanks, Mxy. You did good. Can we please go home now...?"
