Chapter 2: The Cooperation of World Line

English Channel, 1000 hours.

Erica Hartmann's MG-42 tore through another small Neuroi. Below her, another Liberion ship exploded from Laser fire. Next to her, Mio Sakamoto threw away her 20mm cannon and slashed another Neuroi apart with her sword.

"They just keep coming!" said Mio as she slashed another one.

"This might not end well for the fleet…" said Erica's friend, Gertrud Barkhorn.

"There's… too… many…" said Sanya, an Orussian night witch, as she emptied her rocket launcher again.

"Minna," began Mio, "We might need reinforcements!"

"Hold on, Mio!" said Minna through the comms. "Reinforcements are on their way!"

More laser fire tore through the Liberion fleet. A barrage of lasers kept the witches at bay, too far to deal effective support for the fleet.

"Damn it," said Erica. "That fleet is going to be…

"ERICA! LOOK OUT!" yelled Gertrud. Erica turned around and her eyes widened in horror. A Neuroi was heading right for her, and it was at ramming speed. Erica cringed, and prayed that the impact would be painless.

Then a rocket hit the Neuroi and it shattered into millions of tiny crystal pieces.

"Wow!" said Erica. "Thanks Sanya! You saved my life!"

"That wasn't me…" replied Sanya. Everyone gasped.

"If it wasn't Sanya…" began Gertrud, "then who was it?" At that exact moment, Sanya detected something.

"Something is coming," she said. "Due west. It's not Neuroi." Mio took off her eye patch and looked into the distance with her magical eye when more rockets flew past, this time followed by nine 18in. shells.

"It looks like a fleet," said Mio. "Most of those ships look… strange. I've never seen anything like them. And… IS THAT THE YAMATO!?" Mio exclaimed in shock. Just then, a large number of what looked like airplanes zoomed passed the four of them. At about the same time the rest of the 501st arrived, not including Minna, of course.

"Wow!" said Charlotte E. Yeager, aka Shirley, as she saw the propeller-less fighter aircraft. "Those things are FAST!"

"I've never seen anything like them!" exclaimed Yoshika Miyafuji. Her friend, Lynette Bishop, agreed.

Erica just stared in awe. One particular plane caught her eye. It was red and had an unfamiliar roundel on it. It climbed vertically, shot through a Neuroi, made a graceful arc and dove straight back down into the fray. As it dove, a loud boom was heard causing the surrounding air to shake.

"Did… Did that thing just break the sound barrier!?" said Shirley, amazed.

"Wow," said Erica. "Just… wow."

Dossel team's POV

Andrew blasted music from his earpieces as he dove down on the black objects shooting lasers. There was a bang as his VF-35t broke the sound barrier. He zoomed towards the object and released a hail of missiles. They all hit the target and the object exploded into millions of tiny white crystals. As he broke through the cloud of debris, he pulled up on his joysticks and also kicked some of his vertical thrusters on.

"C'MOOOOOOOOOOON!" he yelled as his plane zoomed towards the ocean surface. He pulled out of the dive just a foot away from the water. He pulled back up and shot down another object with his 37mm Oldsmobile cannon. Meanwhile, Captain Bell was shooting down more bogeys with his SV-51G.

"YAHOOOOOOOOOOOOO!" the Captain yelled. His super-heated bullets punched through more enemy aircraft and soon the whole area was obscured by white dust. Lieutenant Yamamoto was also tearing apart bogey after bogey with her 20mm gun pod on her VF-0F. Home Guard Sea Harriers, American F/A-18s, Russian MiG-29s and Su-27s, EU Eurofighters, and Japanese F-2s also were in the fray at this point. They were soon joined by Home Guard F-86KII Saber Kai-ni and F-86S Rapier fighters along with retrofitted MiG-17s and MiG-21s. Around this time, the main fleets were within firing range.

USS Nimitz II, Bridge.

"Sir! The enemy is within range of our destroyers' guns!" said the CIC officer.

"Order our destroyers to open fire! And tell the other fleets to do the same!" yelled Admiral Abraham.

HGS Asahi, Bridge.

"Sir! The enemy is within range of all of our guns. The other ships are ready to fire as well!"

"FIRE!" yelled Admiral Liu. The legendary guns of the Asahi roared to life and began raining a deadly mix of 18in. cannon shells and Sledgehammer anti-ship missiles. The shells and missiles rained down on the black objects and they all erupted into a cloud of dust. Now, there was just one massive one left.

501st's POV

"Mio, there's one large one left now! Those planes and ships took the rest out!" said Shirley in excitement.

"The shells they're sending at the large one isn't doing any damage," said Gertrud. "Hartmann, follow me! The rest of you, cover us!"

"Right behind you Trude!" said Erica as the 501st flew towards the last Neuroi. As they zoomed down, Erica heard some of the radio chatter going on between the unidentified planes

"This is Sierra 1! Do you guys see that thing!? It's freaking huge!"

"This is Romeo 104! I see it! It's massive!"

"This is Klinge 5! How do we kill that thing!?"

Then Mio cut into the transmissions. "This is Major Sakamoto of the 501st Joint Fighter Wing! We'll handle the last one!" Erica looked up. Above her were three planes. One was brown, one was white, and the final one was red. All red. Then came a transmission.

"501st, this is Dossel 1! We'll cover you on your approach!"

"Roger that, Dossel 1! Thank you!" replied Mio. Then she looked at her fellow witches. "Well," she said, "at least we know they're human."

Dossel team's POV.

"Cover them?" asked Amy. "Knowing you, you won't do that." Alex laughed.

"You know me well, Amy. Dossel 1 to all units! Let's sink that bastard!"

"Dossel 2 roger."

Andrew smiled. "Dossel 3 roger." The three planes zoomed past the surprised witches of the 501st. As they passed by, Andrew caught a glimpse of a girl with blonde hair, holding an MG-42, and had what looked like models of Bf.109s strapped to her legs. She seemed to notice him, too, and she continued to stare with a look of awe on her face as Andrew passed by.

501st's POV.

"Hartmann? Hey Hartmann!" Erica blinked and turned around. Gertrud was shooting at the large Neuroi. "Give me a hand here, will you!?"

"Huh? Oh! Yeah, sure!" Erica took a deep breath and flew straight at the Neuroi. "STURM!" she yelled, and she punched through the Neuroi leaving a cloud of dust behind and exposing the Neuroi's core. "Sanya! Now!" Sanya aimed her rocket launcher. But before she could fire, a barrage of laser fire forced the witches to fall back. That was when the Red plane charged through the barrage of lasers. "It moves like Eila…" Sanya thought out loud.

Dossel team's POV.

"Nothing to fear! The Red Baron is here!" yelled Andrew as he dived into the barrage of lasers. His sights locked on to what looked like the object's core. He laid his finger on the trigger. "Eat this!" He pulled the trigger and a hail of shells flew from his Oldsmobile cannon into the core of the bogey, causing it to turn into a cloud of dust.

"Dossel 1 to all planes, let's go home. I'm starving. For food AND an explanation."

"Roger that Dossel 1. Dossel 2, returning to ship."

"Dossel 3 returning to ship."

501st's POV.

Erica stared at the horde of planes returning to their ships. Mio was busy explaining the situation to Minna.

"And you don't know who these people are?" asked Minna. Mio shook her head.

"No, I don't. Most of the ships they have I've never seen before. But they have a small fleet of ships that look similar to ours. They even have a Yamato Class," replied Mio.

"I see…" said Minna. "Could you do a bit of recon for me, Mio? I want to know if these people are a threat or not…" Then suddenly a new transmission cut in.

"That won't be necessary," said a male voice. The witches jumped.

"Who are you?" asked Mio.

"Forgive me for not introducing myself. I'm Admiral James Abraham of the Coalition Naval Fleet. I believe we have demonstrated our good intentions just now."

"Very well, Admiral," said Mio. "We will acknowledge that your fleet is not a threat."

"Could you do me a favor, Major?" asked the Admiral. "What's the date and where are we?"

Mio blinked slightly in surprise at this question but responded normally. "It's December 5th, 1944. You are in the English Channel off the coast of Britannia and Gallia. Why do you ask?"

USS Nimitz II, Bridge.

The crew was shocked to hear the news, but they handled it more calmly than the average person. Admiral Abraham sighed. "That just proves my theory, gentlemen," he said to the screens in front of them, each of which showed the commanders of each fleet, excluding the Home Guard. He informed them via telephone. "We are stuck in an alternate version of our Second World War." He then turned back to his conversation with Major Sakamoto.

"Major, I'm holding a briefing with my fellow Admirals in a few minutes. Is it possible for your Fighter Wing to attend, too?"

"Sure thing Admiral." Then the transmission ended. "Well gentlemen," Admiral Abraham said to his fellow Admirals, "let's get some answers, shall we?"

Author's notes: Well, that's done.

Facts:

-The 37mm Oldsmobile cannon was first used on the P-39 Aircobra. Because of the size of the gun, the engine of the Aircobra was installed in the rear, thus giving it stability problems. In the end, the Aircobra was only used by the Russians during World War II. The Oldsmobile was then modified for use on the VF-35t by the Home Guard.

-The F-86S Rapier is a modernized version of the F-86 Saber. Modifications included delta wings, rocket boosters, and MOAR MISSILES!

-Andrew has a habit of listening to combat music in combat. This is what he was listening to during this battle: watch?v=80XAJKqRU9k

Karl: Well, that's done.

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Karl: And congratulations to Germany for winning the World Cup. \^0^/