Ringo grinned, then winced, clutching a rib. “Retirement’s boring. So is flying straight.” He tossed Baloo a dented brass compass. “Take a look. Tell me what’s wrong.”
Baloo landed the Sea Duck on a mossy stone pad. The air smelled like ozone and orchids. Everything was silent—except for a faint hum coming from beneath the mesa. talespin complete series
“That’s impossible ,” Baloo corrected. “Unless…” Ringo grinned, then winced, clutching a rib
Then the sirens wailed.
“Everybody to the Sea Duck !” Baloo roared. “Take a look
When a mysterious old friend of Baloo’s crash-lands in Cape Suzette with a damaged compass that doesn’t point north, the Higher for Hire crew discovers a forgotten floating island—and the ruthless sky pirate who’s been waiting for them to return. The evening began like any other in Cape Suzette. Baloo was napping in the Sea Duck’s cargo bay, a half-eaten cheesesteak cooling on his chest. Kit Cloudkicker was practicing airfoil loops around the hangar, while Wildcat attempted to teach a pelican how to use a torque wrench.
But when he lumbered outside, he didn’t see Don Karnage’s Iron Vulture or Mad Dog’s raiders. Instead, a battered, smoke-belching cargo plane—a vintage Condor-19 —limped through the city’s cliff-side defense cannons, its landing gear groaning. The plane belly-flopped onto the Higher for Hire dock, skidded through a stack of empty fuel barrels, and came to rest against Wildcat’s tool shed.