In order to write more in my first FMP/G.I. Joe crossover, I feel the need to write a prequel. This story is- wait, I'll let the story tell you that. ;)
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Backblast
Name: Richard Miller
Birthplace: Baltimore, MD
Rank: 1st Lieutenant
First Military Specialty: Fixed wing pilot
Secondary Military Specialty: Hand-to-hand combat
Richard Miller, a graduate of MIT at the young age of 13, was allowed into the service at the tender age of 16. He quickly proved himself in Operation: Red Flag as the most skilled pilot in the USAF. He was quickly brought onto the Joe team and currently serves as an undercover agent for the DEF(Drug Enforcement Force). Snake Eyes has adopted him as his newest student, and has dubbed him: The Intelligent Master. Back Blast adopted this name from another member due to a unique training accident. While performing a series of turns in a mock dogfight, both of his engines blew up. He managed to dead stick the plane back to base, despite warnings from his trainer. He is also currently upgrading the F-14 fleet so they can be re-immersed into the fleet.
"Back blast can Match any pilot on our team. The only thing he ain't good at is a game of Poker!"- General Hawk
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March 13, 2007
Off the coast of Japan
The F-14 Tomcat was Richard's favorite plane as a child. Even after it's retirement in '06, he knew with a few mods it could rise up again. It was his first act as a business man in the Aviation community. He had replaced the engines with his own Magnetron engines, engines that use magnets to turn the fan blades instead of mechanical parts, reducing the man hours needed to maintain the GE F110-400 engines of previous models. He had also made the nozzles thrust vectoring, and he also added canards, making it as maneuverable as the Su-33, which Americans were having trouble with during the battles of the Aleutians.
"Richard. Are we almost there?" Complained his friend in the back seat.
"Almost Sam, just hang in there. You'll be with the hot Asian chicks in no time." He joked. He had chosen his best friend Sam as his RIO. He was very skilled with Computers, and best of all, he was his same age. They shared a common trait as they both had Asperger Syndrome.
"Taffy 1, this is Tokyo ASDF base, what is your current vector?"
"Tokyo ASDF base, this is Taffy 1, we are currently going to pass through the city, over." said Richard as he adjusted his path.
"Are you sure you want to take that path?" Asked the operator.
"In order to know what we're here to do, we need to see the scope of the damage." he replied. "Sam, we're over the city now."
"Good lord... what animals did this?" He asked, as he looked over the various craters and scorch marks from the battle a few months prior.
'Handfull, what the hell happened?' thought Richard as he flew a few circles. Hand full was their code name for their inside man at Mithril, otherwise known as Sousuke Sagara. They had heard that he had gone to search for Kaname, and they had let him go dark.
"There it is! I see the wreckage of the Arbalest!" said Sam As he designated it with the LANTRIN pod. Richard looked at his display, and sure enough, there lay the derelict AS. Part of their Mission was to extract the A.I., and possibly try to salvage the thing.
"Don't forget the primary mission man!" he said as they made their approach. Their primary mission was to evaluate whether or not bringing back Kaname would be a good thing. They couldn't trust Sousuke's judgement on this one. He had emotional interference. The team wanted to make sure they were bringing back a good person, not a bully. You could say the team suffered from a high moral value.
"Taffy 1, you are cleared to land." Said the base operator. He retracted the landing gear and tail hook and nailed the wire, bringing the plane to a quick stop.
A C-5 was waiting at the International Airport, with all of their stuff. They had their car, a 98 Expedition, which had a Hydrogen fuel cell engine, and was armored to the core, with glass that could withstand up to 20mm bullets, and body and door panels that could take a DU round and survive. Good thing Richard had gotten his drivers license before he left!
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March 15, 2007
Jindai High school
Today would drag on like any other day in Shinji's life. The only highlight of the past week was that an F-14 had circled the city. He had noticed that this was one of the new versions, dubbed the F/A-14E.
As Ms. Kagurazawa walked in, she had an unusual smile on her face. "Class, we have two new students today. They are exchange students who come all the way from... Baltimoray-"
"That's Baltimore." Said a voice from the hall. Two boys walked in, each one very tall. The one boy had bright orange hair, and was 6' 2" tall. He had a soft face, with pure blue eyes.
The other boy, who was only a few centimeters shorter, had messy brown hair and pale green eyes and was a bit chubbier than the first boy.
"Ask us anything about our home, and we'll gladly spout it." said the boy with orange hair. "My name is Richard Miller, and I'm sixteen."
"I'm Sam Clark, and I'm seventeen." said the boy with brown hair.
As they took their seats, their gait had a striking familiarity to it. It was pure military.
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As Richard and Sam were walking away from the locker room, they noticed a feud going on in a small alley way. A female student was being roughed up. Richard wouldn't stand for that. He brushed off Sam's hand and rolled up his sleeves, a sign of American defiance. He mis-advertently showed his Arashikage Tattoo to Kaname's friends, arousing a wave of suspicion.
"Hey you punks!" he yelled as he walked in on them. He noticed that they were in the middle of trying to rape her.
"Hey cowboy, get out of here, we gots business to- urrk!!" he never finished as a round house kick landed in his face. As another rushed him, Richard dislocated the guy's shoulder, sending him sprawling with pain. Another pulled a small revolver on him.
"Not so tough now, huh cowboy?" said the boy. He shot twice, hitting him in the chest both times. Richard staggered backwards as he un buttoned his uniform jacket.
"Ever hear of dragon skin armor? It's the latest in the states." he said as he un-holstered a larger gun. The gun he was carrying was his grandpa's from World War Two, a model 1911 Colt .45. "Now my rubber bullets are fairly larger than Sagara's so I suggest you beat it." he said as he leveled the gun at the boy's head.
The boy scampered away in fear as Richard turned to the young woman on the ground. "Are you hurt ma'am?" he asked as he held out his hand.
"The girl looked up at him and stared. "Who are you?" she asked as she took his hand.
"He's an Arashikage, Mizuki!" yelled Onu-D, as he Shinji and Ren descended upon the Alleyway. "That last one we heard of was from a terrorist group! Now who's side are you on?!"
Each of them got knocked out by Sam."You had to go expose yourself there, little man." he said as he gathered them up. They buckled them into Richard's SUV, and drove to their apartment.
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March 15, 2007
Richard's Apartment
As they various members of the group came to, there was a bright light in their eyes. They stared around, but could not find the defining features of the room.
"Let's see, Shinji Kazama, Mizuki Inaba, Ren Mikihara, and Onu-D huh? So, do mind telling me where you've heard of the Arashikage ninja clan?" asked a familiar voice.
"We were told never to talk to terrorists!" exclaimed Onu-D as he struggled with his binds. Two I.D. cards were placed on the table. They were both from the USAF.
"The U.S. has child soldiers?" Asked Shinji as he studied the badges.
"Now who else is in this 'clique' of yours so we could tell them?"
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March 15, 2007
Tokyo Hospital
Kyoko was thankful for a lot of things in life. She had great friends, a wonderful family, and most of all, Wraith. She was the one who had removed the bomb and shrapnel from her during the Tokyo raid. She looked out her window and watched as the sun set over the damaged skyline. A knock was heard at the door and a nurse walked in.
"Ms. Tokiwa, you have some visitors to see you." she said as familiar faces peeked around the corner.
"Thanks, could you send them in?" she asked. The nurse bowed her head and walked out, as a group of her friends entered the room. Also, there were two new boys she didn't know. One of them stayed out in the hallway, while one with orange hair came in. He closed the door behind him and locked it.
"Kyoko, this guy flies fighter planes! He's the one that circled the city the other day!" exclaimed Shinji, who was obviously very excited.
"I am 1st Lieutenant Richard Miller of the United States Air Force, special mission team G.I. Joe. My friend in the hallway is 2nd Lieutenant Sam Clark. We are here to evaluate a few things about your friend and to make sure nothing else happens to this city while Sousuke is absent."
"Evaluate? What do you mean?" Asked Ren as she looked over at Richard.
"The Joe team is currently on the hunt for Amalgam bases in the pacific. We want to make sure that when we do return your friend, it's for the right reasons. We don't want to return a bully."
"So you'd rather leave her there!?" shouted Onu-D as shinji held him back.
"Not true. If that were the case, we'd return her to her family in the states. You do remember that she lived in America, right?" he said as he stood at attention. "And don't worry, I'm no stiff like Sagara, I can hang loose any time." he said as his face softened.
As the others left, Richard finally took the time to see how beautiful this girl was. She caught him staring at her and blushed.
A flash went off, as Richard noticed a small pink camera in her hands. "Please return her safely, she's a good friend to all of us."
Richard was about to speak, but was cut off by Sam's hand. "Sir, we have trouble. Five bogeys inbound, and hot." he said as a serious look crept across his face.
"Keep your eyes on the sky! And watch us soar!" he said as they both bounded down the hall.
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As Richard powered down the runway, he looked over his current armament. He had Two AIM-9Xs, and six AIM-900 Viperss.
The AIM-900 was a new type of missile that contained about six separate warheads, each on a different rocket motor, in one launch vessel. When launched, the main booster would carry the warheads a few hundred yards from the launching fighter, then would send the warheads on their way.
"Do you think we have enough Rich?"
"Never know what hit 'em" he said as he screamed past them. They were coming in from the East, but something was odd. The planes looked Russian, but they had an ominous glow to them.
'Shit.' "Sam, activate the Lambda pod! We'll have to use guns for this sortie!" he said as he made the conversion. As the planes turned to engage the F-15s that were scrambling from the air base, a blue glow erupted from the F-14. The fighters themselves were Su-37 Terminators, the best out of the Russian fleet. Only problem was: Russia couldn't afford them. After the Soviet Union broke up in Early '07, they had been in deep economic trouble, selling most of their arms to other nations. These had to be Amalgam planes.
"Tokyo base, this is Backblast, I am in position to engage, over."
"We can't touch them! Please help- fzzzt!" came the reply as the tower was hit.
"All units, stand down! Let the American take them!" Said one of the pilots.
"I'm gonna do a little experiment Sam. Record this." he said as he armed his AIM-900s. He concentrated hard, expanding the Lambda field even further. "Fox two!" he exclaimed as he let a Viper fly off it's rack. The missile screamed forward at hypersonic speed. The warheads split of, and each got clear hits on a Terminator. The planes spiraled into the farm lands near by. Richard saw only one parachute.
"Hot damn, Rich! We've brought our kill tally to eight! You are now an ace!" Exclaimed Sam from the back seat.
Richard could have sworn that when he made his final approach, he saw his new trustees waving at the boundary fence.
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So now you know a bit more about Richard. And don't think this is the only chapter, there's plenty more. And sorry if I get a few things wrong about how Kaname got kidnaped, I read it on wikipedia.
Cya later!