Skies of fire ch. 21
A/N: I do not own strike witches only my ocs and this will have darkness and any reviews will be nice and this will have the aftermath of the gloomy Sunday massacre
Loading up the C47 Skytrain with all the gear from the base that was still smoldering Belle looked at everyone and saw the dark silhouette of the bird and pulled out the two shanks that she had made out of a plastic spoon and a piece of metal that had once been a part of her bed frame. Seeing Mio wearing the same type of shirt that her girlfriend had worn made Belle think of the flag draped coffin of Yoshika and she saw it get loaded into the aircraft along with the coffins of Barkhorn, hartmann, Minna, as well as her sisters girlfriend and Clostermann unceremoniously being thrown in the back alongside the flags of Karlsland, Fuso, and Britania. As Taylor walked out and saw her girlfriend's casket she held her sister tight crying and in between sobs said with fiery determination
"I promise sis if I ever see that bitch again she will be sent to hell for what she did to everyone and I wonder are we burying them on the island or are we sending them back to their families for a proper burial?" and all Taylor would say was
"I really wish I had an answer for you kiddo I really do" and they all saw Lynette's flag draped casket being reloaded on to the transport being known in the group's name and memory as the angels wings. Seeing the aircraft starting to take off for the island Richard looked at minna before motioning her out of ear shot of the other grieving witches and shocked her saying
"My girlfriend and I have a plan for if we needed to ever bring the witches back to life because of any unforeseen circumstances and with your permission I would like to initiate the plan" and Mio looked at him and said with venom dripping from her usually relaxed features scared him
"Yes but if it doesn't work I swear to god I will cut you into tiny pieces and make sure that you never get a funeral" and he just nodded and turned on his heel and got on the radio and talking to Ursula stated calmly trying to keep his emotions in check
"Babe commence frozen cell" and she knew that the procedure that they had hidden for in case of a unit being wiped out they could reform them using the clones that were being held in a frozen state in a secret place outside of New karlsland. As the cells were put into a regeneration chamber and let the clones grow and form into the witches with all the memories of the previous owners. As Yoshika woke up she asked looking around nervously
"W-where am I because I last felt pain and then cold and darkness enveloped me" and Ursula looked her dead in the eyes and said
"I know you and the rest of the girls here died but when my boyfriend had gotten ahold of your DNA and I have used it to bring the dead of the squadron back to life so tomorrow you can go back" and the unspoken "if you want to that is" hanging in the air like a white elephant in the room.
Sakamoto stared at Luccini, who was smiling coyly as she sat on a white elephant in the room.
"For the love of god, get that goddamn elephant out of here!"
"Aw…" Luccini sighed, as she petted the Pachyderm.
"Sorry, Peanut. Looks like I gotta take you back to the circus."
The elephant let out a long, sharp honk, as it rushed through the left wall smashing its way to the road.
"… He's gonna meet us there."
Ursula could be heard shouting "The fuck is there a white elephant on this island", as she walked across the compound.
As Ursula left to go tell Richard that everyone was alive again and heard
"Hey yall enjoy your flight and I promise I will have the base and you all maybe in for a treat so keep your chin up" and the C47 was quiet enough to hear a pin drop and then Belle piped up and yelled
"Anyone know what he meant by in for a treat and let me off" as the 47 started to taxi and she threw on her strikers and was crying as she yelled
"I can't fly in that thing it's got to much personal fear for me"
Richard simply floated upside down in a striker, whispering "Dooooooo eeeeeeet…" as he drifter around in circles, and Francesca just climbed up into her tree and yawned as Belle muttered
"Why is that she always passes out before we go out to a major operation?" and Taylor, who was limping in on a crutch still getting used to walking with her back broken, called out trying to get everyone's attention
"don't try to answer that question because you will be puzzled for the rest of your natural life so let's focus on what's more important and that is will this be an honor flight or a backup?" and they all fell into silence and Belle said
"The families have an arrangement with us so we can put a marker up for them but the bodies themselves will be sent home for burial" not realizing that when the girls came back to life the bodies would never make it back home. As the girls started to fly in a circle then a missing man formation over the airfield fully armed with their gear readied for a fight that they would have to prepare for and a shock of the lifetime. Starting to follow the C47 into the air as sun down was fast approaching Taylor yelled
"We don't have time to be fooling around with this air show bullshit so get your fucking heads on straight god damn it!" and the rest of the unit saw the tear rolling down her cheek and Belle slid up to her sister and grabbed Taylors hand and buried Taylors head in her chest rubbing her hair like she used to do when they were kids and said
"Let it out sis no need to hold it in cause we are all feeling it" and Taylor shook violently with the release of emotion before wiping the tears from her eyes and looking at Richard who was the officially the units nugget and communicator with Ursula on things the rest of the girls weren't meant to know of and aimed to hunt down Robert who they deemed a traitor worthy only of death and in a painful way at that. As he hung upside down Richard whistled a sad song and then yelled to the group
"Don't worry Ill fly honor guard slash escort for the loved ones and make sure that taylor gets home in one piece and Belle if I were you id keep a ear open for the whistle in the winds" and the two aircraft all slowly let the engines rev up filling the air with the roar of the twin wasps and the merlins of the P38N super lightning that had improved engines as well as the P51H and P40N warhawk that both girls had in the Skytrain or as the britanians called it the Dakota. Sliding in behind it both of them used the slipstream to keep going and as the others had all been napping they all overflew the island known as Grande Iguana where the nuggets of the flying tigers or the LAAF learned to fight or die in the jungles. As the girls all dismount they drug the strikers and the launchers out and moved them to a hangar that was camouflaged for in case of a new war and the cove was anchored with military vessels of very type belonging to the Liberion navy and coast guard. As Belle moved to the manor that the girls called home and she saw the arsenal was fully stocked as well as, and she smiled seeing this, that the fridge was stocked with all the liquor they could possibly need.
Hearing the roar of a Dakota Taylor called over the intercom with a bit of worry as she could have been wrong telling friend from foe and if she was she would surely die so she called
"Hey string bean you may wanna get your ass up here and it maybe a friend but Id like to have someone watching my six" and she instantly went armed waiting for her sister to arrive and as she was getting ready to leave Belle showed up and said in her usual smartass tone
"Sorry I'm late traffic on the on ramp to the interstate was a total bitch" leaving taylor shaking her head and they both slid to the contacts expecting to be shot at but were shocked hearing
"I know about you two and we are on your side because we lived side by side with humanity for years so we don't want to fight you" and both girls stood stunned until Belle said stifling a yawn saying
"Thank god we are tired and I have had a hell of a day with a plane of our dead will be heading home for different countries" and as the transport flew near by the second Nueroi who she called "Richokono" and he had a new power and asked
"I wonder what it will do and I think I can control it" before he fired off a beam and chain blade with both slamming into the engine and the cockpit sending the remains into the ocean on a trail of smoke and flame. As it slowly sank carrying the remains with it Taylor snapped yelling
"You son of a bitch IM GOING TO FUCKING KILL YOU!" and she lunged at him only for a black shield to stop her hearing
"He will help you build the monuments to your dead and anything else you need to done" and he said calmly and meaningfully
"I'll repair everything so don't worry and lets go get started and fix up the marker" and as they all took off for the island the island broke into screams as Richard showed up with the dead and had a reunion when Yoshika and lynette saw the girls land with two Nueroi that had a blue band on symbolizing friendly and they all yelled
"Oh my god I thought we had lost you so much and Im glad you are back and we love you" as Richard said
"Hey before we all turn in for a nap we have something you need to see" and he drug them through the woods to a former temple that now had a monument to the units dead and said
"We have the home put up so if the deceased or even the living want to come here and reflect feel free" and as they all had a moment of silence the roar of liberion mustang and even a romagaian folgore got Richard looking skyward and Minna and Barkhorn sat back as the lovers took lynette and Yoshika for a walk on the beach and as the girls returned Richard yelled
"Where the fuck were you two and don't you fucking dare lie to me because I could bust your ass with no fucking regards!?" and Lucchini said whimpering
"We were on a secret operation and what got you so mad" and he threw his arm to the monument and yelled
"That is for the dead that we lost while you girls were off fingerfucking or god knows what!" and Trude and dave who had just landed to refuel, swung out and knocked him on his ass and Trude said levelheadedly which was not a shock to the others
"They didn't know and Ill explain it for them now walk it off ok before I break you" and he just stormed off and lit a fire on the beach with taylor swigging form a rum bottle saying
"I know I blew up but I don't know what to do" and Shirley and Barkhorn walked up and said
"An explanation would be a good place to start" and they both started drinking form a bottle of booze that was made on the island as the sun went down with Richard trying to decide where to start as everyone else crashed in their bungalows