HellFire

Kadena Air Base, Nakagami District, Okinawa, Japan
July 29th
1:00 PM

When I arrived back at the base it was only a few minutes after noon, but the atmosphere at the base was completely different from just this morning, from the warehouses they are taking out the anti-aircraft batteries and SAM launchers, they are trying to take them to different parts to restore the defense network that had been damaged by the earthquake, as well as several Patriot missile posts which aim to destroy enemy missiles that are heading to the base. The worst part is that right now the civilians are being "urged" to leave as soon as possible and return to the destroyed city, which they are understandably complaining about, but there is no other way at this point. An armed group of soldiers are arriving in a truck to put an end to the riot. Not very pretty pictures.

I arrived back in the officers' lounge, almost everyone was already present, it seems that I was one of the last to arrive. My mother saw me and decided to start at once.

"Very well gentlemen, it seems that our situation has changed a lot in the last 30 minutes"
"So our priorities have changed, as of this moment we are no longer doing search and rescue work"
"Instead we will set up a conflict alert until further notice"
"IDOL please explain the rest"

"Okay"
"15 minutes ago the South Korean naval fleet sent a distress signal to our base"
"It said they were requesting reinforcements at their coordinates but the transmission was cut off right after that"
"The current whereabouts of the fleet is unknown, they have not communicated since then"
"A satellite scan has been performed at the established coordinates but the results are inconclusive"
"After further investigation, it has been found that the satellite images have been manipulated in some way"
"The reflections of the sun on the water are not natural"
"In addition, communications from the north and east of the island have been completely cut off"
"The situation is unknown beyond the vicinity of Okinawa Island"

"Any suggestions?"

"Situation Unknown, impossible to determine"
"High probability of hostile action in progress"
"Recommended to deploy a large number of reconnaissance units for a higher probability of success"
"Permission to send a swarm of MQ-9 Reaper UAVs to the designated area"

"Permission granted"
"Take control of any drone in the air right now and send it to the area"

"Redirecting UAVs for the reconnaissance mission"

"Also while you're at it tell Carrier Strike Group 5 to call off the third base installation"
"Tell them to start combat maneuvers and return to the high seas until the situation is better established"

"Incoming message from Admiral Mark Halsey"

"It's not possible that I'm being given contradictory orders all the time"
"Do you know how hard it is to command a whole damn fleet of almost 10 ships?"
"We've just finished the landing duties!"

"I am sorry Admiral but I have strong suspicions that something is very wrong in the area"
"It's probably something like ....."

"New York?"
"We also received the broadcast from the South Korean fleet"
"One of the radio officers found a rather peculiar frequency pattern"
"It matches perfectly with the ones we received in New York on the day of the attack"

"So you also agree with me"

"Well, you were there too so you should know even better than I do what might be going on"
"But the wind off the sea is restless today"
"A possible "storm" is approaching"
"....."
"Here Carrier Strike Group 5, we'll get underway offshore immediately and begin combat maneuvers"

"Thank you Admiral for listening to me"

"Swarm of UAVs approaching missing fleet coordinates"
"Presence of electromagnetic waves interfering with communications"
"Patterns recognized, electronic jamming confirmed"
"Confirmed presence of Electronic Warfare units in the area"
"UAV-049 and UAV-024 units entering autonomous mode"
"UAV-013 has been shot down"

"Oh no!"
"Is it real?"
"Can you get some pictures!"
"Whatever!"

"UAV-034 Offline"
"Initiating evasive maneuvers"
"Unable to verify source of electronic measurements or anti-aircraft missiles"
"UAV-032, UAV-025 and UAV-026 Offline"
"Remaining operational units: 4"

"I don't need them to survive!"
"I need to know what is destroying them!"

"Resetting plan with new mission criteria entry"
"New strategy created"
"Executing"
"UAV-022, UAV-040, UAV-089 acting as active decoys"
"Connected UAV-072 with units in autonomous mode for data retransmission"
"!!!!"
"Intrusion detected in the communications link"
"Enemy units trying to block any attempt to identify them"
"UAV-022, UAV-040 shot down"
"Initiating countermeasures"
"Remaining units: 2"
"Countermeasures successful"
"Communication re-established"
"UAV swarm has been totally destroyed."

"Were you able to get anything Kasumi?"

An image appeared on the monitor, on it we could see several ships sailing in attack formation, we could see how they were preparing to attack. The whole room was in a deep silence when we all saw the image at the same time, none of us wanted to believe it, none of us were prepared for something like this to happen, not with everything that had happened here.

"Positive identification of unknown naval fleet"
"Analyzing acquired image"
"Presence of Taisc-class Destroyers confirmed"
"Pegasus-class Cruisers confirmed"
"Aristaeus-class Supercarriers confirmed"
"Thalassa-class Aircraft Carrier confirmed"
"Hestia-class Light Aircraft Carrier confirmed"
"Composition of the entire fleet by Imperial Ships"
"Positive Naval Fleet Identification"
"The lost Imperial Fleet: Wunderland, has reappeared"

"Quickly! The alarm!"
"Battle stations!"
"All personnel to battle stations!"
"All pilots must return to their air bases and prepare to go into combat!"
"We must strike first!"
"We must prepare an air offensive against the Imperial fleet!"

A siren immediately began to blast throughout the base, upon hearing it everyone stopped what they were doing and ran to their designated areas as fast as they could. The junior officers left the room to meet their platoons and go to their designated area, the cooks left their place and ran to change their uniforms. At the one where the refugee manifestation was, the refugees started to run away when they saw all the hustle and bustle that was filling up and the sound of the alarm, almost all of them also started to run towards the mountains, trying to get away from the military base.

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In the next few minutes all the helicopters that were operating returned at the same time, real chaos trying to accommodate the landing of so many vehicles in such a short time, but somehow the tower operators managed it together with Kasumi's help. And speaking of the twins, Charlotte showed up with her flight equipment in the room to replace her sister so that she could also have hers installed in case of emergency, after all probably at this point combat is already inevitable.

These minutes are critical to see who is the winner of this battle, all the pilots were running to change their helicopters in exchange for a fighter jet, whatever was available, and lined up on the runway to clear as soon as possible. If we can hit the fleet first when they are not expecting it we can force them to retreat or at least slow down their attack and make it much weaker. But on the other hand, they may already know that they have been detected, so they could also try to make their attack as soon as possible, trying to catch us off guard, everything would become a chariot trying to be the first to launch their units to attack their opponent first. But if somehow the Wunderland fleet had already launched its attack and we were only minutes away from receiving it, then it would be a real meat grinder, because right now was our most vulnerable moment. We had a dozen aircraft waiting to depart on the runways, full of fuel and bombs, along with those being prepared just off the hangars, plus some of our anti-aircraft defenses were still coming out of storage.

My mother was an important person so she could not complain on the island and expect to be bombed in one of the bunkers, so we would leave here in a helicopter to the USS Essex, which was also preparing its defenses and was a much safer place, Xi'an would also accompany us while Cedric would play the hero again and stay to protect the island from whatever happened. The runway was full of noise, dozens of planes preparing for takeoff were right next to us as we tried to reach the helicopter, it was almost impossible to hear clearly what was going on. One by one they came out, flying in formation to fight, to try to destroy their target.

Suddenly Charlotte stopped walking for a moment and looked up at the sky, she said that her sensors were picking up a strange signal. We stopped for a moment to see what she meant, she indicated that a strong electronic interference was happening just a couple of kilometers from the beach, and she pointed in the general direction. I reflexively looked up, the sky looked clear, or so I thought, although my eyes played a trick on me when I saw a strange reflection in a cloud as if I had seen it twice for a second. But when I paid more attention I saw that there was something that did not really fit, I was sure that I could discern a strange figure in the air, a rather large but at the same time transparent silhouette in the sky. It was as if I had seen the refraction of light through Momo's crystal body.

But what happened next in front of my eyes was even more incredible. From the center of the huge impossible structure appeared a black line, so big that it seemed to split the sky in two halves. And from there it began to spread out, slowly consuming the sky with its darkness, revealing its true form, a real metal titan was flying near the base, suspended in mid-air, flying slowly. From its upper surface, something was launched, its trail was easy to recognize, it was a huge missile heading to where we were.

"Airborne Fortress, missile launched!"
"Performing Emergence Analysis"
"Probable classification of SWBM prototype weapon!"
"A Shock Wave weapon!" Said both twins in a rush.

"Quickly! Give the order to all to descend as soon as possible!" I told my daughters

"Estimated time of impact ...."
"20 seconds!"

"Tell them to go down! NOW!"

Almost all of our planes were flying toward the huge air monster. Some went down quickly, but the vast majority continued onward, charging at what was undoubtedly an enemy, although most did not even understand what they were up against.

"5,4,3,2,1"
"Impact!"

A huge white circle erupted in the sky, blinding everything like a mighty thunderclap for just a second. The explosion started a brutal shock wave that expanded violently, a dozen more explosions followed, as our planes were destroyed. A huge ball of wind formed and expanded more and more. But only a few seconds later the sky returned to normal, except for the souls lost in such a violent and instantaneous death. But the tragedy had only just begun. Others huge blobs appeared next to the Titan, and from the huge beast, several aircraft came out of its belly. The few of our planes tried to defend the base but it was useless, they were too many, and they had been decimated by the huge air fleet that had appeared out of nowhere. Despite the difficulty, a brave pilot managed to launch a couple of missiles against the huge monster before being shot down, but for some strange reason, they exploded before hitting their target.

Among all the planes I could see a group that stood out much more than the rest, they flew without fear, straight to the heart of the battle, when they fired their weapons they launched a brutal saturation attack impossible to dodge. Their colors were different and striking, black and red were their distinctive, they were a group of aces of the Empire, one that I recognized very well.

They were the ones who destroyed my jet during the Continental War and those who disfigure my face, they were the group that shot me down in Italy.

The HellFire Squadron.

But we couldn't stay there, we had to find a place to hide. Xi'an appeared together with an old humvee, he came at full speed towards us to help us escape. Tamamo pulled Levia hard in the back and the rest of us got in. Xi'an pushed the accelerator hard, we headed for the mountains, where there was nothing of value worth blowing up. The attack continued severely without stopping, and we had to find a way to escape from the island and get to the aircraft carrier, USS Essex. Xi'an had the idea to look for a boat that could sail to the allied fleet, and without even thinking about her plan really, she went to look for one. But her plan would take time and the probability of attacking us was still high, so we had to do something different, something more radical but efficient.

"Fuck it, we'll do something different"
"It's time to stretch our wings a little and fly to the aircraft carrier"
"Lisa will fly with Adelis"
"Kasumi, Charlotte, between you two take Levia"
"Momo with Tamamo in her little fox form"

"Wait a minute!"
"What about us?"
"Are we going to be left behind?" Said my sister with Tifa in her handbag in her hands.

"You two fly with me"

"????"
"What are you talking about?"

Without paying attention to him I moved away and changed my form to that of a large white dragon, one I was not proud to have. Everyone stared at me speechless.

"Come on, as if you girls have never seen anything stranger"
"...."
"if anyone asks, you've never seen me, okay?"

"Could you do that from the beginning?"
"Why didn't you ever say so before?"
"Are you also a dragon too?"

"Just shut up and get on now"
"Hold on tight between the horns"
"Try not to fall down or you'll die"

Momo came quickly and from her bag, she took out some metal tape to tie Maria in a way that she would not fall in any way even if I flew upside down. And at my suggestion, we also covered her mouth since it was in the way. After that, we waited a bit and we all flew low to where they were waiting for us, the aircraft carrier USS Essex.

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