Hey its me Triggerr . First of all sorry for the long update to this story, it's been almost 2 years now. Frankly I was busy with RL stuffs and got sidetracked for some time. Also thanks for the positive comments for the first chapter, really appreciate it.

As for this story, aside from this chapter I already have another one almost ready to be published (need to do a recheck first though ) and another already in the works. Although afterwards it might take some time before I am ready to publish the next one , due to again things that i need to work on IRL. Especially since i'm facing my final project / thesis for my university degree this year. Once that is done I'l start continuing on the story at a much faster pace, hopefully.

Anyways, some Q & A and readers comments before we get started!

Schwarz: Are they (Blaze & Edge) going to use the tomcat or any other planes?

Gamerman: What kind jet plane were Blaze and Edge fly? F-14D Tomcat or F-35C Lighting II?

Trigerr: Im sticking with the tomcat (F-14D) for this one, gonna follow the canon planes that the Razgriz used in AC5.

Although honestly speaking I am tempted to use the F-15C for this lol, but save that for another time.

Lightspecter : I think that a great way for the two pilots to change things is for them to give missiles and avionics to the Witches for reverse-engineering.

Triggerr : Ohh yes I have those in mind as well , starting in chapter 4 actually which is already in the works . Spoiler: it's not just going to be missiles and avionics lol.

[ 504th JFW base ]

Fresh air , the first thing that comes to my mind as I stepped outside of my jet. The ground crew had to bring a full sized ladder for us to get off , they were looking in confusion at our jets. Well safe to say, looks like they have never seen anything like it before. The two witches we saw earlier came to greet us , the ground crews make way and returned to their other duties.

" Nice to meet you , My name is squadron leader Federica N. Doglio , commanding officer of the 504th Joint Fighter wing. Right besides me is Flight Lieutenant Takei Junko ,commanding officer in battle for the 504th Joint Fighter wing. First of all I would like to extend my gratitude for helping our fellow witches earlier in their engagement earlier."

" Well no shit, It was a rough ride for us two . Suddenly appearing here out of nowhere"

" Names blaze . Right besides me is Captain Kei Nagase, callsign Edge. Were from the Razgriz squadron , affiliated with Osea"

For one I did not see that coming, damn Edge

( whispers) " I thought our squadron was supposed to be a secret?"

(whispers) " well isnt it fine in here, I mean were stuck in a world we dont know off"

(whispers) " keep your guard up Edge, we dont know what were expecting"

"Anyways , welcome to the base of the 504th JFW. Right now youre in Romanga teritory " , " lets head inside the base and we will have a good long chat there shall we" Said the Squadron Leader as she started walking towards the base building

" Romanga? Never heard of that country before" said Edge

" Err, Romanga is here " Said the flight Lieutenant as she pointed at a map of their world

" So , whats up with those " Neuroi" things we encountered earlier" . Honestly I have to ask this first. Im not letting my guard down and I need answers.

" Oh the Neuroi, their an unknown force which has become humanity's enemy over the past few years. They occupy and destroy various parts of the world but right now since 1939, its mostly focused in Europe, here. Which they have gained a significant portion of territory"

"Humanity working together towards one big enemy, that sounds interesting" Said Edge with a straight face

" Is that something strange for you two to hear?" Asked the Squadron Leader in confusion

" Well where we came from, its countries fighting against each other. " "speaking of which , so what are the witches, the ones we encountered earlier and possibly you two as well? Its like something out of a fantasy novel or something"

" Witches are humans gifted with magical abilities , using the right tools. We can channel that magical ability to grant us the ability to fight the Neuroi. Our technology right now has little chance of withstanding a direct neuroi attack, hence where we witches came in."

"So that things you wear on those legs gives witches the ability to fly?" Asked Edge

" Yes, it's called a striker unit. Simply put it , it's like a plane but instead of fuel magic energy is used to power the units . Enabling us to fly. Well that's only one part of why witches are needed. We have special abilities such as summoning shields and individual witch specific abilities such as healing and what not" Said the Flight Lieutenant

" wow , interesting. And presumably when you are using your magical power those animal ears and tails appear ?"

" Yes , it's a dead giveaway if a person is a witch , and if there manifesting their magical powers at that given moment"

" Very interesting Indeed"

" So what about you two, what brings you here" Asked the Squadron leader

" Well its, a long story. Were on a mission when suddenly some strange thick cloud cover engulfed us and suddenly, viola we emerged in the middle of the ocean where those Neuroi showed up"

"Well back there, we were fighting a war. Our country , Osea was attacked and invaded by another major power called Yuktobania. We were originally part of a Osean Air Defence Force squadron and took part in many operations during the course of the war , we even managed to push them way back near their capital . But…."

" The war wasn't as black and white as we thought it will be"

" By that you mean?"

" Lets just say, turns out there were a bunch of people who wanted revenge against Osea because their country lost during another war several years back. And what better way to have revenge than to orchestrate a war with another major power, in this case Yuktobania. And influence warmongers in both sides to keep on fighting, forever."

" We managed to slowly learn of this, and got chased to keep our mouths shut. Hence why the Razgriz squadron is technically a covert squadron tasked with , ending the war basically."

" wow, you two have been through a lot. I can't believe people in your world will do such things in great lengths just to accomplish revenge" said the Flight Lieutenant

" you all have it good , even if you're fighting against the Neuroi" I chuckled a bit while saying that

Suddenly, the phone in the room ranged

" Ahh, it must be HQ calling. Anyways, it's a pleasure to meet both of you. And you can just call me Federica , now if you would excuse me. Takei, can you accompany them in the time being"

" aye , and for you two you can just call me Takei from now on "

[ The next day , 504th JFW base hangar ]

A day has passed and we were treated as guests in the 504th base, it's been well so far. We got some nice sleep in the living room couch , great sleep after some time with the war raging back home. And some good breakfast, Takei cooked some Fuso style breakfast, it was delicious to say the least although I still couldn't get used to Nato,that is very sticky stuff.

According to Federica their HQ has no idea on what to do with us right now. And since yesterday the weather was clear as a bottle of mineral water. So less chance of encountering that weird ass storm that took us here in the first place.

Meanwhile Takei was curious about our jets, of course she probably haven't seen things like these in the first place.

Wow , so those planes can go over 1,000 km/h? That's way faster than our striker units" Said takei

" well if you go full speed all the time in those, its bingo in no time"

"Bingo?" said Takei

" ahh, low fuel with only enough to skimp the way back to base" Said Edge

Takei climbed up and sat down on the front seat, she gazed in awe just by looking at the cockpit

" This is way more advanced than what we got, as much as fighter planes go" Said Takei as she gazed on the cockpit of my Tomcat

" Oh really?"

" Yeah"

" speaking of which, where is the others in the fighter wing?"

" Ahh, I forgot to told you two. Our JFW was, wiped out during a raid against a Neuroi cell nearby in Venezia , well i was not severely injured and Federica didn't join in the front lines yet we do suffered many casualties because of that. " Said Takei " most of our witches are in hospital for treatment"

"Condolences , hopefully the others can recover. "

" Thanks, and because of that. Those witches you met earlier, the 501st are taking over from us in defending Romanga and Venezia from the Neuroi. Eventually though, they will have to destroy the Neuroi cell in order to free Romanga and Venezia once and for all"

" I see, so the hive are basically like their primary base of operations" said Edge

" Well, you could say that"

Suddenly Federica burst through the doors,looks like she has news for us. The base alarm went off as well.

"Neuroi Approaching! , bearing 240! 30 miles!"

"Shit!"

"Where's the 501st?!"

" The 501st won't make it in time! , by the time they get here the neuroi will be over our heads for some time!. could you handle this Takei?!"

"Myself alone?! , we don't know what type of Neuroi are approaching!"

"You got a point there, ughhhh."

Federica then looked towards the two of us

"Hey you two, can you lend me a hand here? Could you go and help Takei over here in dealing with the Neuroi? Please, we got no other choice"

"Hmmmmm" I took a quick breath, should we help out? Granted we did engage neuroi, a large one. As soon as we popped in here. If this was a large one and there's many of them, they wouldn't stand a chance. Seeing how yesterdays engagement turned out , one lone Witch does need some backup.

I took a quick breath once more, thoughts rang on my head. But if Takei could not stop the Neuroi, we will get wiped out as well. So there's only one option left.

I turned towards Edge

"Edge, lets go!"

"Wilco!"

We quickly rushed into our jets, and within 5 minutes we were airborne. Takei followed suit in her striker unit . Federica and the ground crew were watching from the tarmac

"Radar report shows that there are around 10 neuroi heading your way. There's the possibility of those having a core. Angles 10"

"Im picking up 10 blips on my scope as well"

"Same for me Blaze, 10 blips."

" Master Arm on, Special weapons. Il take the ones to the right"

"Wilco, locking on the ones on the left."

"Hmmm interesting…."

" Il take down the one with the core. You two focus on the smaller neuroi's!"

" Copy that"

"Fox 3! Fox 3!"

"Edge , Fox 3!"

" Here they come!"

There were around 10 Neuroi's in front of us, just like what is shown on my radar screen. Around 8 small-medium sized Neuroi's. However there are 2 larger ones as well.

"Splash one, no two, three , four!"

" 4 Bandits down as well!"

" No regen, those must be coreless neuroi's" Said Takei

"Impressive, the two of you! I am liking the show" said Federica over the radio

"Blaze, Edge Break!"

The two larger neuroi started firing their laser beams , Takei went up front and deployed her shield while we break off and climb. She then went on to engage one of the Neuroi's up close with her handheld machine gun

" Neuroi down!"

" That was fast!"

"Wait, where's the other one"

"Shit, 6 o'clock! Roughly 5 miles!"

" The last Neuroi is heading straight here, 6 o'clock angles 9!"

"It descended?!"

" No time for talks let's get the last one!"

"Wilco!"

The last neuroi started firing its beams, looks like this one's slightly stronger than the one Takei knocked out

"Ughhhhh!"

"You alright Takei?"

"Im fine, you two try to weaken the Neuroi il go in for the core!"

"Wilco, Edge standard Missiles!"

"Roger"

We pitched up and climbed to angles 10, moved right around the top of the Neuroi while Takei was distracting it from the back. Then dove straight down towards the neuroi while Edge went from its sides.

" Fox 2!"

"Edge Fox 2!"

" Takei, I see the core! It's all yours"

"Got it!"

As we break away to dodge the beams, Takei went in and shoot at the opening created by our missiles. The last neuroi went off like fireworks. Glittering particles fall out of the sky, it was beautiful I have to say.

" Neuroi down, that should be the last of them" Said Takei

" Good job,mission complete, RTB!" Federica replied over the radio

[ 504th JFW base ]

" That was quite an impressive show there!" Said Federica as she greeted us back on the tarmac after we landed.

" Those two were impressive, taking down 8 Neuroi's at a glance. I only managed to take down the larger ones " said Takei

" Well just instincts , seeing their formation. Its best to use those multi lock missiles to good use"

" Yep , I agree with Blaze there"

"Well I just got word from HQ earlier. Although their still indecisive on what to do with you. They want you to join our far as I'm told they were clearly very impressed by what you two and your planes can do."

The heck did Federica told about us to HQ?! Now i'm curious

"Wait hold on! What about the 501st! Were badly out of personel as well!" Said Takei in shock

" Well I tried asking why not the 501st, they say their already full of witches right now"

"Well that's true. And they passed it on to us as a result?" Asked Takei

"Yes"

Federica soon turn her eyes on the two of us

" Seeing both of you perform spectacularly earlier , i'm really impressed by that. Not to mention you could work with Takei in a battle formation. Makes it more interesting to see. So, how's it gonna be for you two?"

"Ermmmm, we have our duties back home so normally we would say sorry and say no , However . Since we're stuck in this world . We …."

"Hey Edge!"

"Isn't it okay Blaze? , then again it is true were stuck here with no clue how to get back"

"Well that's true…"

" And I'll be honest , the cause that they are fighting for seems to be a worthy one"

" So youre saying, we take their offer?"

"Yes, again what can we do now. Are we going to stay still until a miracle shows up and we could go back , or make ourselves useful in this world. We're guests in this world anyways"

"Hmmm, with you saying stuffs like that I guess it does make "

I turned my attention towards Federica

"Ehmmm, As Edge said earlier . Yes we would gladly accept your offer. However, should we find a way back. We would take it without any second thoughts, remember we got a war to end back home as well"

"Fair enough , I accept your conditions."

" Are you still sure about this?" Said Takei

"Lets just see how it goes okay? Anyways, from now I officially welcomed the two of you into the 504th JFW!"

That's it for this chapter! As I said earlier the next one should be out sooner or later , and as usual feel free to give any comments or feedback. Thanks for reading!

Triggerr singing out!