Back in the forest, the battle was winding down, but the air suddenly felt ten degrees colder. A swirl of ice and electricity tore open the space right in front of the Kid Squad. Sunshine stepped out of the rift, looking less like a mother and more like a goddess of war. Immediately she ordered the hammer to smash every threat in the area that was still remaining. Then she turned to face the kids, no tears fell. Instead, shards of frost crystallized in her eyes, making her gaze look like frozen glass
Pico dropped his gun. "Uh oh. We're in so much trouble. That's the look my mom gives me before she throws a shoe at my head.
"It was not my idea." Earl blurted, legs trembling.
"Mom, I… I…" Ariel's voice trailed off. He looked at his boots, the words dying in his throat as the cold air from her frost-filled gaze hit him.
Sunshine looked back at the injured adults, then at her dusty, bruised children. "Ariel, Earl" she said, her voice dangerously calm.
