Leviathan (episode)

"Leviathan" is the eighteenth episode of Storm Hawks.
==Description==
The Condor has been swallowed whole by a giant sky creature, with Radarr inside! The terrified locals are no help at all, so the Storm Hawks will have to set out with nothing but their skimmers and their brains to hunt down the monster, and save their ship and their friend.
==Plot==
The Condor ends up in a unknown "terra" after performing some maneuvers. Stork warns the Storm Hawks about the dangers of uncharted territory, while asking for a replacement of the Condor's crystal heat dissipators. The team heads off to the supply store, leaving Stork and Radarr behind to watch the Condor. Soon after the "terra" begins to tremble.
As the Storm Hawks return from their trip, they could not find the Condor at the exact coordinates where they left off. Eventually they find Stork clinging onto an emergency rescue balloon, who claimed that the "terra" ate the Condor, describing the events feeling terrified. Piper thinks it could be a result of a tectonic shift, while Aerrow suggests travelling to the Skyside Shanty and retrieve a deep sonar scanner.
In the Skyside Shanty, Stork goes into a "post-traumatic Sky Shock", while Junko holds back the team eating a large platter plate with Skyside Shanty's special sauce. The barmaid overhears their conversation on their ship loss and reveals that the "terra" was actually the "Leviathan", bringing the entire bar into a standstill. Tritonn, a dispirited Sky Knight of the Neck Deeps, shares his story of his squadron's hunt for the Leviathan, which ended in heavy crew loss and airship damages. Aerrow announces that the Storm Hawks are going to find the creature, and requests for Tritonn's help. However, the latter declines, using a mission to repel a vicious mud eel migration in Terra Aquanos as an excuse, though wishing the Storm Hawks the best of luck.
The Storm Hawks search for hours before stumbling upon the same "terra" they landed the Condor on. As they fly around the Leviathan, it wakes up from its slumber and began attacking. The Storm Hawks find the Condor right under its mouth. They fire all their weapons they had, however it did no damage to the creature. It retaliates by hitting the skimmers with its tentacles before flying away.
The Storm Hawks return to Skyside Shanty, demanding the truth from Tritonn. He finally opens up about his brother, Horrace, whom he lost on their fateful hunt, and could not bring himself to hunt the creature again ever since. Aerrow convinces Tritonn that as a sky knight he should never give up, offering to trade away all their assets they have on their back. Tritonn then agrees to let them pilot the Skyquod, albeit partially broken. However, Stork, still reeling from Sky Shock, assess a few special features on board the Skyquod and calls it the perfect ship. Meanwhile, Radarr, trapped in the Leviathan's mouth, encounters deranged survivors of the Neck Deeps who attempt to eat him.
Stork now pilots the Skyquod, dressed in pirate uniform and expressing pirate behaviour, bringing the team on another hunt. Finn fires Paralyzer Crystals onto the Leviathan's tentacles to keep them at bay. However, as Finn runs out of ammo and the tentacles recover, Aerrow, Piper and Junko goes into multiple maneuvers to try entangle them, with Finn firing a grappling hook on the Condor and attempting to pull it out. However the mission sees disruptions when the creature had other tendrils on its tongue tugging the Condor back, coupled with the Storm Hawks' encounter with Sky sharks. The Leviathan successfully pulls the Condor, breaking the grappling hook.
Stork then goes on with a backup plan; to put the Skyquod into full throttle ahead, into the Leviathan's mouth. He then climbs onto the Condor which was about to be swallowed whole, and throws a bottle of Skyside Shanty's special sauce onto the creature's uvula, burning it and allowing it to spit out the Condor, the Skyquod, and all the surviving members of the Neck Deeps. Meanwhile, Tritonn joins in and wards off the sky sharks, before setting up a net to catch the falling crew members. He finds Horrace on the net and reunites with his brother once again.
As the Storm Hawks and the Neck Deeps return to the Skyside Shanty, word is spread on the use of the special sauce to repel the Leviathan. Tritonn expresses gratitude to the Storm Hawks for working alongside each other for the mission's success, and regaining his confidence. Stork, now on his final stage of Sky Shock, goes into memory loss, not remembering any of the events that occurred in the episode.
==Appearances==
===Characters===
*Aerrow
*Piper
*Finn
*Junko
*Stork
*Radarr
*Tritonn
*Horrace
===Crystals===
*Paralyzer Crystal
===Squadrons===
*Storm Hawks
*Neck Deeps
*Murk Raiders (mentioned only)
==Quotes==
*Finn: Yeah, and our buddy. Got eaten by a Terra!
*Waitress: That wasn't no Terra, that was... the leviathan. (The crowd gasps as she said it was the leviathan)
==Trivia==
*It is determined in this episode that Junko is allergic to Sky sharks.
*The four stages of Sky Shock are: Disorientation, joint stiffness, delusion of grandeur, memory loss.
*The behaviour of Stork suffering from Sky Shock closely resembles Captain Ahab of the Moby Dick novel.
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==References==
Category:Episodes
Category:Season 1