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[Will POV]
"Hm..." (Will)
They are taking their time over there...
I pulled out my phone from my pocket while waiting for the Kid and her team to come back...
Looking at the clock on my phone it was around Five in the afternoon now...
They left around nine in the morning...
So it's been eight hours since they left...
Maybe I've been thinking too much...
They do have to fight the whole battalion of that guy's airships and fighter planes...
I put my phone back into my pocket and then grabbed a cigarette with the lighter from another pocket...
Flick!flick!...
Wushhh...
"Fu......." (Will)
Smoking feels nice but the sun is annoying...
Maybe I should just wait inside the base...
Step...step...step...step...
I heard footsteps behind me...
I turned my head to see Seven walking towards me...
"Any news Seven?" (Will)
"Yes, commander they received the crystals and are now flying here" (Seven)
"Good, and?..." (Will)
"And... They are having some problems" (Seven)
"Oh? Do tell..." (Will)
The haft W visor I have lit up as Seven said that...
"They are getting chased by an armada of Fidget class airships with many fast planes already engaging with them... And also..." (Seven)
I turned towards Seven as he said that...
"V is there as well" (Seven)
I slowly hold the lit cigarettes in my hand as Seven said that...
I then looked up to the sun that was starting to set...
"V... Still the lapdog of the Empire I see... You never change..." (Will)
I then looked at Seven...
"Alright! Start turning on the defense around the base! When they get here be prepared for a very long battle!" (Will)
"Roger!" (Seven)
Seven salutes and then started running to the base...
I put the cigarette in my mouth again and let out a puff of smoke...
"Fu...... It's going to be a long night, I hope we can start moving in the morning" (Will)
I then turned back towards the base...
The cape I was wearing started flying around because of the wind...
The wind is picking up...
Dust of sand started flying...
"Another sandstorm?" (Will)
The frequent sandstorm is quite weird in the desert...
More so that this is in the middle of summer...
I shake my head as I think about it...
"never mind that for the moment... We need to prepare to welcome them right?" (Will)
The haft W visor of mine started glowing again as I think about it...
I then turned back and started walking to the base...
"..." (Will)
I then thought of something...
If the mission is successful the whole enemy fleet will come here will they?...
I might as well start preparing the anti-ship and air missiles in the base...
We have a lot of them anyway...
I better thank her later when we meet for giving us a lot of their latest missiles that have high accuracy in the air...
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[Liana POV]
Wusssshhhhh...
Ratatatatatata!
Ratatatatatata!
"..." (Liana)
I turned the left control stick down and right up and the plane started moving to the left as a barrage of bullets flew from the right side and two enemy planes flew to the front of the plane and started doing a U-turn...
"They are persistent" (Liana)
I am now driving the plane left and right through the ravine on the map...
Many bullets kept flying through my plane...
Some flew and some hit the plane but...
Even with the amount of damage my plane won't go down that easy!...
I quickly pulled the trigger and the Vulcan on the front of my plane started firing...
BRRRRRRR!!!
BOOM!BOOM!
I destroyed the two front planes but...
Ratatatatatata!!!
Paching!Pang!Bang!
More planes started firing from the back!!!...
BOOM!!!
I heard an explosion somewhere and suddenly the plane started tilting to the left...
"Back left engine in critical condition!" (Elisabeth)
"Well, that's just great!!!" (Liana)
Now the front right and back left thrusters are burning I see!...
"Eli, how far is the base???" (Liana)
I can't keep this up much longer...
We are pretty much-sitting ducks in here...
But as I said that an unexpected enemy plane already was about to fire its missile right in front of us...
"Bul-" (Liana)
Ratatatatata!!!
BOOM!!!
I see tracer bullets fly from above my cockpit toward the enemy...
Exploring the enemy plane and it fell down like a ball of fire...
"Fu... That was close!" (Elisabeth)
Huh...
Seems like Eli was manning the top turret right now...
Ratatatatatata!
BOOM!BOOM!
I shake my head left and right and started looking at the map since Eli was busy shooting...
"Haft way there..." (Liana)
BOOM!BOOM!BOOM!
"Hey, Lia... I think the plane is on fire right now...." (Elisabeth)
I know that Eli...
The plane is already smoking anyway!!!...
Man...
I should have attached a cooling system...
But they cost a lot and it's hard to make!!!...
Ratatatatatata!!!
"!?" (Liana)
I heard gunfire from the left side and...
I quickly duck as...
CRASH!!!
A couple of bullets pierced through the cockpit window and then flew and pierced through the other side of the window to the right and went out from there...
I quickly got up again to inspect the damage...
It's a good thing we are not high up in the air or things could go south with air compression...
The window on the left and right side is cracked...
But at least the front wasn't booked by cracks yet...
I looked out the front window to see two enemy planes were about to dash their way toward my plane...
I quickly pulled the trigger on the control stick and...
Chik!chik!chik!chik!....
"You got to be kidding me!" (Liana)
I quickly change the weapon setting and pressed the trigger again...
PIUSSSS!!!
I see that the left laser was still functioning at least while the right is not...
But still!...
BOOOM!!!
Wusss!!!...
The laser slice through one of the enemy planes and it exploded...
The other one got spooked and turned away and went past my plane...
"Tch!" (Liana)
Got to have to maneuver again when that plane comes...
Ratatatatatata!!!
BOOOM!!!
As I was saying that I heard an explosion from behind...
It seems that Eli manages to take care of the other one...
I looked at the radar...
And saw that there were no fighters left in the area...
I can finally relax...
"huh.... Now... Time to asses the damage!" (Liana)
I quickly opened the damaged meter screen on the cockpit...
"ugh*..." (Liana)
It's a miracle we are still floating...
Damage to the right-wing 60%, damage to the left-wing 50%, damage to the body 30%, damage to the front 20%, damage to the left side equipment 70%, damage to the right side 50%, damage to the engine 60%, damage to the top 20%...
The one around or above 50% is in critical condition and was indicated as yellow while the rest are green...
The left side equipment is red though but at least it's not as crucial as the others...
Both of the wings are in bad shape...
I don't know when will it snap...
I need to land the plane very quickly...
As I said that the plane manage to reach the end of the ravine and now we are in the desert and not the forest anymore...
That's good...
And bad...
Good that we can finally get out of the many obstacles so that the plane won't snap at any moment...
Bad that now we are out in the open with a very damaged plane...
Beep!Beep!Beep!Beep!
"Ah... Great!" (Liana)
They are really persistent...
Wussshhh!!!
Wussshhh!!!
They are circling us...
I might do an emergency landing if they started attacking...
I looked to the front and saw a couple of planes turning toward our plane...
I gripped both control sticks as they get closer and closer...
But then...
Piuuuusssssss...
BOOOM!
I saw something flying toward the enemy planes...
It hit it and made it explode!...
The other enemy planes started evading but...
Piuuuusssssss...
Piuuuusssssss...
BOOM!BOOM!
More of them flew and hit the enemy planes...
More and more flew and hit the enemy planes and now all of them started panicking in the air...
All of the enemy planes started scrambling as more goes down...
I got up from my seat and look closer from the window and saw that it was a small missile flying and hitting the enemy planes...
I wonder where did that missile come from...
None of them are hitting us...
As I was wondering the radio started turning on...
[Psss* Your still flying Kid?] (???)
"Huh... Thanks for the help... Will" (Liana)
[Hahaha! We will take care of those planes just hurry up and get back if you can, we are on a tight schedule here] (Will)
"... Roger" (Liana)
The radio then turned off as Will said that...
I started looking at the map while...
Piuuuusssssss...
BOOM!
Piuuuusssssss...
BOOM!
The enemies are busy staying alive I guess?...
That's a very accurate homing missile...
I wonder if Will can sell me some of them...
I quickly flew the crippled plane back to base while leaving the enemy planes behind...
If the map was right...
I am close to it now...
Just hope I can land this plane though...
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