Okay. There are going to be mentions of airplane flight in this chapter. Please understnad that I know absolutely nothing about flying a plane. What I hvae put in is what I've seen on TV and nothing more. I apologize beforehand for anything that is wrong. Again, I plan to be a teacher, not a pilot, so I don't know one thing about flying a plane.
Enjoy!
Chapter 9- Air Battle
"Okay. So we're heading right into the Mahjong Kingdom's territory, which could lead to an international incident that could result in the Millennial Kingdom declaring war on Egypt for attempting to attack their ally." Seto said.
"We know all that! What are we going to do about it?" Malik asked.
"There is only one thing that we can do that might get us out of this mess." Heba said.
"What's that?" Karim asked.
"I'm taking us off of autopilot. I'm going to fly us manually. Everyone, get into a seat." Heba said.
"What about Mahado?" Atemu asked.
"If I tell to buckle up, get him in a seat." Heba answered.
Everyone nodded before walking out of the cockpit and heading to the waiting area,
"Heba, are you sure that we can do this?" Joey asked.
"We don't have a choice." Heba answered. He pressed several buttons on the console before Heba got the plane off of autopilot and got the manual controls on.
"I hope that we can pull this off." Joey said.
"That makes two of us." Heba answered. He put on the headset and said, "This is the Egyptian Royal 2 calling the English Royal Palace. Come in."
"I hope that they answer us." Joey said.
Heba continued to try and raise communications with the English palace.
"The hour is almost up." Aknaudin said.
"Then I hope that they contact us soon so that they can know we have the money." Aknankanon said.
Michael and Clarice watched their old friends and felt sorry for them, not knowing how they would react in a situation like this one.
"Sir, we have a communication from the Egyptian Royal 2." a soldier said.
"Put it on the intercom." Michael said.
The soldier did as he was told.
"This is the English palace." Michael said.
"This is the Egyptian Royal 2." Heba said.
Aknankanon, Amara, Aknaudin, and Shada all immediately recognized the voice.
"Heba, is that you?" Aknankanon asked.
"Yes, Pharaoh. We were able to take back control of the plane." Heba answered.
"What about the hijackers?' Shada asked.
"They're all dead, but we have bigger problems now. We're heading right into the Mahjong Kingdom's airspace." Heba said.
"Heba, the Mahjong Kingdom is an enemy of ours. If you go in their airspace, it could cause an international incident." Aknankanon told him.
"I've been told, but I didn't do this. The hijackers were the ones that had us going in this direction. I'm going to try and get the plane back on the right course to England." Heba said.
"Do you have flying experience?" Aknaudin asked.
"Yes. I was trained for five years in aviation in the Millennial Kingdom." Heba answered.
"All right. These are the coordinates that you need to follow." Michael said. He gave them to Heba.
"Heba, keep in constant contact with his." Aknankanon said.
"I will." Heba said.
Heba input the coordinates that he had been given into the plane. "The new course has been set." Heba said. He used the controls to turn the plane so that it was heading away from the direction of the Mahjong Kingdom.
"We're heading away from the Mahjong Kingdom now." Joey said.
"Good work, Heba." Aknankanon said.
"Thank you, Pharaoh." Heba said.
A few moments later, something came up on the radar on the plane.
"Something's heading our way, and it's coming here fast." Joey said.
"Our radars are inconclusive. We need to know what is coming at us." Heba said.
"We're working on it." Aknaudin said.
"What's going at them?" Aknankanon asked.
"Your Majesty, you're going to want to see this." a general said.
Michael, Aknankanon, Aknaudin, and Shada all followed the general.
"What is it?" Michael asked.
"This." the general said, pointing to computer monitor.
The monitor showed where the Egyptian Royal 2 was located, and there were a dozen other planes heading their way.
"What are they?" Aknaudin asked.
"They're fighter planes from the Mahjong Kingdom. They're launching an attack against them." the general said.
"They didn't enter the airspace. They have not reason to attack them." Shada protested.
"They're either jumping the gun, or they think they will try something. Regardless, these fighter planes are going at them and fast." the general said.
"Send a squadron of the Royal Air Force fighters. Once they arrive there, they are to protect the Egyptian Royal 2 once they arrive." Michael ordered.
The general nodded and went to give the orders.
"We need to alert Prince Heba. The weapons that the Egyptian Royal 2 is equipped with will give them some way to fight back if they are fired upon." Aknaudin said.
The three Egyptian went to the intercom link.
"Heba, do you read me?" Aknankanon asked.
"Yes, Pharaoh. What is coming at is?" Heba asked.
"There are fighters from the Mahjong Kingdom heading your way. It must be in retaliation for almost entering their airspace. You have weapons that are equipped into the console of the plane. Only use them if the fighters fire at you first. There are fighters from England coming." Aknankanon said.
"I understand." Heba said.
"Tell me that he didn't say that." Joey said.
"He did." Heba said. Heba braced himself for anything, memorizing the control for the weapons in a matter seconds. "EVERYONE! BUCKLE UP!" Heba shouted back to the other passengers.
At hearing the shout, Ryou helped Isis get the still unconscious Mahado into a seat and buckled.
Everyone else quickly got into a seat and buckled although they didn't know what was going on.
Back in the cockpit, Heba kept looking at the radar nervously. "They're almost on top of us." Heba said.
"Prince Heba, try to maneuver around the fighters' attacks if at all possible. I know that it will be hard in a plane that size, but try. You do have an array of weapons you can use should you require them."Shada said.
"I know, and thanks." Heba said.
Outside the plane, the fighters from the Mahjong Kingdom closed in on the Egyptian Royal 2 as they had been instructed.
When the generals of the Mahjong Kingdom had seen the plane getting so close to their airspace and decided to attack and destroy the plane before any kind of attack could take place.
The fighters then surrounded the plane.
Inside, Heba had saw what they did.
"They're planning to hit us from all sides." Heba said.
"Can we stop them?" Joey asked.
"We're going to avoid what we can, and fight back if necessary." Heba said.
"Heba, we have an airbase in a kingdom close to you. We are going to send them to help you as well."Aknankanon said.
"Understood." Heba said.
Outside, the fighter planes were given orders to attack.
The three at the back started to fire at the Egyptian plane and made several direct hits.
Everyone in the plane was shaken.
"What the hell was that?!" Bakura shouted.
"We're under attack!" Karim exclaimed.
"Everyone! Stay calm! Helps on the way!" Heba shouted back to them.
"I think the question is will they get here in time." Seto said.
In the cockpit, Heba started maneuvering the plane to avoid the attacks.
All of a sudden, a fighter plane appeared in front of them.
"Heba!" Joey exclaimed.
Heba hit a button on the controls that started firing at the fighter.
The fighter was hit and exploded.
The rest of the fighters started firing at Heba.
Heba then pulled back on the control, and the plane went further up into the sky.
The fighters followed him up.
The fighters kept firing at the plane.
"We're in trouble here!" Joey exclaimed.
"Can you fire at any of them?" Aknaudin asked.
"No. They're all behind us." Heba answered.
Two fighters then went at them from behind.
Heba narrowed his eyes and pushed sharply forward on the controls, sending the plane down fast.
Four of the fighters crashed into each other before exploding.
Heba then leveled the plane out as the remaining seven fighters fired down at them.
Heba maneuvered around the blasts from the guns of the fighter planes, but the plane was taking on a lot of damage.
"We need help now!" Joey said.
"It should get there soon." Aknankanon said.
"That's rather rude of him!" Michael growled.
"Forgive them, Michael. They are under attack, and the lives of everyone on that plane are in the hands of the ones flying the plane. They are not worried about decorum at the moment." Aknankanon said.
"He makes a good point. Where are the planes?" Aknaudin demanded.
"ETA for English fighter, two minutes." a soldier said.
"ETA for Egyptian fighters, three minutes." a second soldier said.
"If they can last just a little longer, they'll be safe." Aknaudin said.
A blast hit the plane right above the cockpit, rattling Joey and Heba.
"Damn it! I don't know how much more the plane can take!" Heba growled.
A few moments later, one of the fighters to the side of them suddenly blew up.
"What was that?" Joey asked.
"The Royal Air Force is here to help." the commander of the squadron said.
Six fighters from the English Royal Air Force flew down and started to fire at the fighters from the Mahjong Kingdom.
The Mahjong fighters backed off, but fired at the English fighters.
A battle between the Mahjong fighters and the English fighters ensued.
Inside, Heba and Joey were rather relieved.
"Pharaoh, the English Air Force has arrived to help." Heba said.
"Good. The Egyptian team should be there shortly." Aknankanon said.
"Uh-oh. More fighters from the Mahjong Kingdom are here." Joey said.
The new enemy fighters were on their tail.
Heba saw a cliff up ahead and pulled sharply on the controls, causing the plane to take a sharp turn upwards.
Several of the Mahjong fighters collided with the cliff since they were not able to see the cliff with the larger plane ahead of them.
The remaining fighters who had avoided the cliff continued to follow, firing at the Egyptian Royal 2.
A blast came from nowhere and destroyed one of the fighters.
Heba looked and smiled. "The Egyptian team has arrived." Heba said.
The Egyptians engaged in the battle as well.
"Yes! Everyone is there!" Michael said.
"Yes, and Heba's flying skills are as good as I have seen. They should make it out." Shada said.
"The Mahjong fighters are dropping like flies. They can't take the pressure." a soldier said.
"Meaning that we are in the clear." Aknaudin said.
"King Michael. Pharaoh Aknankanon." a general said.
"What?" Michael asked.
"The Mahjong king is on the video link. They want to talk about what is going on." the general said.
Aknankanon appeared hesitant.
"Go on, brother. We will keep an eye this. If anything happens, we will contact you." Shada said.
Aknankanon nodded and walked off with Michael.
The Mahjong fighters had been given orders to retreat. They did as they were told.
"The fighters have retreated." the commander of the English forces said.
"Thank you. We owe you our lives." Heba said.
"Glad to do it." the English commander replied.
"Everyone all right?" the Egyptian commander asked.
"Priest Mahado is injured and in need of medical help." Heba answered.
"We have a bigger problem. The plane is in too rough of shape to land. I'm sorry. There's nothing we can do." the Egyptian commander said.
Heba sighed. "I was afraid of this." Heba said.
"There has to be something we can do." Atemu said.
Heba thought a moment. "Maybe there is. I need to talk to the English king and the Pharaoh." Heba said.
Michael and Aknankanon returned the moment that they heard the problem.
"I don't know what we can do." Michael said.
"I know, but I have an idea." Heba said.
"What is it?" Aknankanon asked.
"Joey, Ryou, Malik, and I are all Millennials, so we have wings. If you can get a jet or a carrier plane here close to us, while I keep the plane flying, the others can fly everyone to the other plane. Since we're over the ocean, we can let the plane crash. We're losing fuel rapidly as it is, and we won't stay flying much longer." Heba said.
"We have a carrier close by." Aknaudin said.
"Heba, we can do this." Aknankanon said.
The carrier plane soon arrived at the location of the Egyptian Royal 2.
"Okay. Joey, go on back. I have to keep the plane flying." Heba said.
Joey nodded and went back with the others.
"You need to take Mahado first." Atemu said.
"We can each only take one at a time. We're all getting off the plane, though." Ryou said.
"Isis, you go in the first round. You need to see to Mahado." Yami said.
"No. You and Atemu need to go. You are the princes." Isis said.
"Isis, go! And that's order." Atemu growled.
Isis knew that she had to follow an order from the Crown Prince, so she nodded.
"Karim, you go, too, and it is an order if you don't like it." Yami said.
"All right." Karim said, not bothering to argue.
Joey, Ryou, and Malik all brought their wings out.
Joey picked up Mahado, who was till unconscious. Ryou got Isis, who wrapped her arms around Ryou's neck. Malik got Karim.
Bakura opened the door, and a powerful wind blew into the plane.
Joey, Ryou, and Malik all jumped down and flew across to where the carrier was. The Egyptians on board immediately got the three from them. The three returned to the plane.
"The next three!" Joey said.
"Atemu! Yami. You two are going!" Seto barked.
"No! Not without everyone!" Atemu protested.
"Everyone is going! Now come on!" Joey shouted.
"Seto, go! We'll be over next!" Bakura said.
Seto nodded.
Joey got Seto, Ryou got Atemu, and Malik got Yami. The three Millennials jumped from the plane and flew across to the carrier, which was still level with the Egyptian Royal 2. Once more, the crew got the three.
"Ryou! Malik! Stay put! Heba and I can get Marik and Bakura!" Joey said.
"No! We're not letting you do this alone!" Ryou said.
"Stay put, Ryou! We'll be fine!" Joey said before jumping.
Ryou and Malik watched nervously as Joey flew back across.
The Egyptian Royal 2 was slowly descending toward the water.
Joey returned to the plane. "Heba! Come on! Marik and Bakura are the only ones left! We have to go now!" Joey shouted.
Heba heard him and understood. He left the controls and ran out, revealing his wings in the process. "We have to hurry! The plane will hit the water in seconds!" Heba shouted.
Joey grabbed Marik, and Heba grabbed Bakura. The two jumped from the plane with their charges as the plane slammed into the water.
"Oh no!" Malik shouted, seeing the plane hit the water.
"Did they get out?" Atemu asked.
"I don't know." Ryou said.
A few moments later, two figures flew up from where the plane hit.
"All right!" Yami exclaimed.
"They made it." Karim added.
Heba and Joey flew up to the carrier and landed inside with Marik and Bakura.
Everyone went further into the plane, and the carrier doors were closed.
Aknankanon, Amara, Aknaudin, Shada, Michael, and Clarice all waited nervously for word on what happened.
"Your Majesty, the Egyptian Royal 2 has crashed into the water." a soldier said.
"Did they all make it to the carrier?" Michael asked.
"We don't know yet." the soldier said.
A few moments later, a communication came in. "This is Egyptian Carrier 5. We have everyone from the Egyptian Royal 2. Repeat, we have everyone from the Egyptian royal 2." the commander said.
Everyone in the room started to cheer.
"Thank Ra! They made it!" Amara said.
"It's over." Aknaudin added.
"Bring them here." Aknankanon said.
The orders were relayed to the carrier.
"That, my friend, was a very stressful event." Michael said.
"Yes. I know. I am just glad that everyone is safe." Aknankanon said.
Heba, Joey, Ryou, and Malik had all banished their wings.
Everyone sat down in the carrier.
"Heba, I think we all owe you a big thank you. You saved all our lives. In more way than one." Atemu said.
Heba smiled. "I'm just glad we're all safe. That was a close call." Heba said.
"No kidding." Yami agreed.
Isis walked over. "Let em tend to your wrists, Prince Heba." Isis said.
Heba glanced down and saw them bloody from where he had used the shard of glass to cut his bindings. "I had forgotten. You can if you wish." Heba said.
Isis nodded and started to tend to them.
"How did you do that?" Ryou asked.
"When Atemu, Yami, and I were all back in the computer room with the two hijackers, I was able to use a shard of glass on the table to cut through the ropes. Unfortunately, it cut my wrists as well." Heba said.
"The cuts weren't deep. They should heal relatively quickly." Isis said.
Heba nodded. "Thank you." Heba said.
"Of course." Isis replied.
"I am go glad to be out of that mess." Seto said.
When the carrier arrived at the English palace, it was late at night, although everyone was waiting.
Atemu, Heba, and all the others left the carrier to find that Aknankanon, Amara, Shada, and Aknaudin were waiting for them.
Amara and Aknankanon went to their sons while Aknaudin went to his own son.
"Are you both all right?" Amara asked.
"We're fine, Mother. We're not hurt." Yami said.
The group watched as Mahado was taken by a medical team with Isis beside him.
"what happened to him?" Aknankanon asked.
"One of the hijackers tried to shoot me, but Mahado protected me from him." Atemu answered.
"I see. What of the hijackers?" Aknankanon asked.
"They were all dead before the plane hit the water." Heba answered.
"Good." Aknankanon said.
"Come. I am certain that you are all tired." Clarice said.
Everyone was led inside.
"Would you rather tell us all that happened now, or later?" Aknankanon asked.
"Well, now would be better." Atemu said.
"If you don't mind, I would rather rest." Heba said, exhausted.
"Given everything, I agree, Heba." Aknankanon said.
Heba, Joey, Ryou, and Malik were all shown to rooms by servants.
"What?! Kenshin again?!" Aknankanon shouted.
"Yes. He was behind the while thing. He wants to start a war with Egypt, but he doesn't want to declare war because almost all of the kingdoms on Earth would join in." Atemu said.
"That bastard! I can't believe this!" Aknankanon growled.
"And there's nothing we can do. He'll claim that the rebellion was behind it, and we can't say anything otherwise because all of them are dead." Aknaudin said.
"Heba had no choice. It was kill them, or possibly die ourselves." Yami said.
"Given the situation, Prince Heba made the correct decision." Shada said.
"I believe it is safe to say that Prince Heba is on your side, Aknankanon." Michael said.
"I am inclines to agree with you." Aknankanon agreed.
"Heba has many more talents that I expected." Amara said.
"Yes. He does." Aknankanon agreed.
"I am thankful for them all. It's what saved us." Atemu said.
"Damn it!" Kenshin shouted, slamming his fist down onto the desk. "Somehow, they were able to kill my men and save themselves!" Kenshin shouted.
"It would seem that having Heba and the others married them has hindered everything." Matsumoto said.
Kenshin growled. "Now what?" Kenshin asked.
"You need to hold of anymore attacks. Anymore would look suspicious. I'm certain they know that Millennials were behind this." Matsumoto said.
"I'll halt them then. For now." Kenshin said.
"Well, I'll be damned." Rafael said.
"They pulled it off. All right!" Alister shouted happily.
"Prince Heba and the others did it. They saved themselves." Valon said.
"I knew that they would." the shadowed figure said.
"Now what?" Rafael asked.
"We go back to work." the figure answered.
Hope you liked it. Remember that I don't know anything about flying, so some of it might be wrong.
Next: Some realizations occur.
R&R.
