Valken looked below his feet as he pulled the helmet off, he was barely able to get away without getting scorched as flames poured outward. When valken dropped the helm he was unable to locate Ishmael as eliphas had obviously teleported him to god knows where. There was no way valken could help him now, because he had no idea where he could be. 
Valken huffed , he was rendered useless and so he turned to the commotion on the ground even if he knew there was a great fight in the air he figured they were fighting because of what was happening on the ground. He found nova and Kyoto through scent and landed near them. "What can I do? " he asked, "Ishmael is gone, I can't help him where ever he is. But I can move people across large distances. So long as they follow my instructions"