Chapter 11: Birth of the Bird Airforce

"Hooray!" - "Our heroes!", The crowd cheered as they welcomed Reyven and his friends. Judge Peckinpah felt regretful for his doubt and he muttered, "Reyven, We were wrong about you. I hope you could forgive me." "Nah it's all fine, I understand your honor. Bird Island should be safe from now on", Reyven promised. "I feel like a hero!", Dalton yelled, "Let's party!", Patrick added in excitement. The next day on Bird Island, Reyven was invited to an important meeting with military officials on Bird Island. The military on Bird Island was founded since the attack. Reyven decided to take Charlie with him. As Reyven entered the hall he began talking, "You know I am starting to feel my guts", "Just answer every question they ask. You should be fine", Charlie encouraged. "Stay here sir, I'll be back when I need you", Reyven whispered before he entered the room. "Ah you must be Reyven, I'm General Clenor, We'd like to congratulate you for your outstanding performance", he remarked. "This is Admiral Trenton...", He directed. Soon, Reyven and the military officials discussed, "What about the airforce sir?", Reyven asked. "Well, we can't have the airforce", demanded. Reyven was surprised and commented, "But sir, Airforce is essential, especially to repel air attacks". "Admiral.", sharpened. "You see having an airforce is troublesome. Not many officials here are interested, training is dangerous and costly. Reyven, you need to stand down. Flying hasn't been a choice because we now have anti-air.", Admiral Trenton rebuked. All the sudden, the doors thundered, "It was Charlie who felt furious of the whole conversation." "Who is this man? Identify yourself", raised his voice in awareness. "Well you forgot who I was and why I'm here", Charlie walked swung his arm hard on the wheels to get close to. "Wait, I think I've seen you before. Are you alive?", voice softened in surprise. "Yes, I'm Charlie. The first bird to ever fly in Bird Island", Charlie answered back. Reyven was astonished and he began to speak, "Sir... you did fly. But what happened?", he asked. General Clenor then answered, "He crashed long ago". Admiral then hesitated, "General, We cant have the airforce. We can't let our pilots suffer the same fate. This is impossible!". The General looked down and nodded his head but then Charlie started moving. "Sir, Please don't move", Reyven cried, "Let me go, son. I got this", Charlie struggled but managed to stand up from his wheelchair, he nearly collapsed to the ground, but his arms were on the table and said, "There's no such thing as impossible. Birds must fly!". After a moment of silence, General Clenor began, "I am more happy to see you here. We will establish our airforce but I need your help, Charlie", he then adds, "Admiral, you will lead the airforce and the navy", "Yes sir", the Admiral responded. A few days after the meeting, the bird population was encouraged to help the Bird Army for the war effort. Charlie shared his knowledge of aviation and trained bird engineers. Reyven among his friends were in charge of training new recruits. The recruit was successful as many birds were inspired to be pilots, soldiers, and engineers. In the end, there were three factories that produced standard issued aircrafts. P47C's were multi-roles, P40's were fighters and B34's were bombers. A bird airforce, army, and navy were formed, thanks to the resources on Bird Island.

End of Chapter 11