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The carrier was in full speed for England and everyone was trying to proceed as normal, but some too hard as the hanger was housing four boys, but it didn't mean they weren't a blast for them to have around. Noriko and her team were having a four-v-one against Squirrel and were surprised as Squirrel wiped the floor with them, the Automotive Club were having fun with Austin as he shared his interest in automotive and what drove him to it, and Michael was being distracted by Anterteam and their games.
But as everyone tried to have a normal day, Miho, noticed Daulton sitting alone at a table in the hanger with his brother's urn.
"Why's, Peter, by himself?" she asked.
"He's having a moment," Michael told her, "I think it's best not to disturb him, c'mon."
"It must be hard knowing you're the last of your family name," Miho commented.
"Well... I think it's something best not to dwell on," Michael said.
"I remember the time I disappointed my mother, but I don't know what it's like to be in Peter's shoes," Miho added.
"I don't think that's the problem," Michael countered.
"Then what is?"
"I don't know, but I don't think it's sitting right with him," Michael put it.
"Well I don't know any of you guys, but I'm worried about him," Austin stepped in setting up a chair.
"Tell me about it, because trust me when I say this, because Daulton was the guy who just doesn't give a fuck," Squirrel added and the boys agreed.
"Strange, he was a big pain in our ass when we met him," Momo commented.
"What did he do?" Michael asked.
"He swung a bat at us, blew up our tanks, filled the ammo racks with stank bombs, loosen all the bolts and screws to our tanks," Erwin listed.
"Yeah that sounds like Peter," Austin didn't doubt.
"But what made him stop?" Michael asked.
"We don't know, we just found him sitting in the stands to apologize to us," Miho recalled.
"We might have an idea," Azusa spoke up.
"Really?" Saori said with a raised brow.
"One of the rabbits got loose and got itself stuck between a fence," Karina recalled.
"But then, Mr. Daulton, ran into us on the street, he Ignored us at first, but he came back to help us get the rabbit unstuck," Yuuki said.
"After that we decided to give, Mr. Daulton, a little plane charm... then he scared us off," Aya added.
"Aww... that's why he apologized," Anzu cooed.
"But we're not sure he kept it or not," Azusa noted.
"I did," Daulton interrupted holding out the charm for her to see, "And for the record, I was planning to blow you up with an AT rocket."
"Jeeze, Peter! overkill much?" Momo commented.
"The word 'overkill' does not exist in my dictionary," He told her putting the little charm away.
"Like how you killed it at that karaoke bar?" Momoga reminded
"Wait what?" Squirrel chuckled.
"NOTHING!" Daulton tried to deny.
"He was singing at karaoke bar," Anzu said with a smug.
"Really? sing Peter, sing for us," Michael pleaded eagerly then everyone else joined.
"I'm not doing," Daulton rejected.
"C'mon show us," everyone begged.
"Ain't happening," Daulton told them walking away.
Everyone sighed in disappointment as Daulton refused to sing, but in the next moment he jumped back into view and as loud as he could, Daulton, sung the same song the girls heard him sing. They all cheered and laughed singing along with him to what felt like all night long as the carrier sailed through the waves.
\Morning/
On the next day Daulton found himself at the front end of the carrier looking to the direction his old wingman would be, soon the others came to meet him.
"We're coming up on England very soon, Daulton, do you have a plan to convince your friend, James?" Hana asked.
"I do."
"We're not jumping him," Austin told him.
"You convinced us, you can convince him," Michael said.
"I'm just saying, it'll be a lot easier to just duct tape 'em," Daulton insisted.
"Why don't you just wanna talk to your friend, James?" Yukari asked.
"He and James, were never really on the same page, they always butted heads, even before Johnny died," Michael explained.
"And now I'm going into the lion's den... this is gonna be one of the hardest challenge I have to do," Daulton said aloud, but was actually talking to himself.
\Later/
Making it to the mainland, Daulton made his way to the country side, he wanted to go alone, but the boys and girls never really seen a medieval game, and wanted to take a look for themselves. On a bus that carried everyone, the bus took them to a vast field of grass, with smooth, small, grooving hills, the sun was nowhere to be seen as the grey clouds blocked out the sun, everything just felt sleepy.
"How dull," Anzu commented.
The bus then came to a halt the breaks giving out a high pitch squeal, the doors slid open to the middle of the field, everybody stepped off now standing on the dirt road as the bus rolled away leaving the whole gang to themselves.
"Is this it? there's nothing here," Miho noted.
But Daulton and his friends walked off the trail and into the field.
"Where are you going?" Momo demanded.
"What it look like? to the games," Daulton shouted back.
Seeing that there are no other options the girls followed the boys into the grassy fields
After a few hours the girls were beginning to feel their feet ache, except for Mako as Austin carried her on his back.
"How much longer?" Saori asked.
"You've been asking that for a hour and a half, shut up," Daulton told her getting annoyed.
"And we've been walking for a hour and a half, don't you think we should take a break?" Erwin asked.
"We are because we're here," Austin told them standing on a hill looking down on what's the other side.
Joining the boys the girls were all taken away by the sight of a whole village that looked like it's been here for hundreds of years with dated buildings and tents, horses can be seen galloping around with boys clad in plated armor.
"James is in there... the champion of the town," Michael said.
"He's probably beating some poor bastard to death," Daulton commented walking down the hill.
The girls closely followed entering the town seeing some of the residents dressed in medieval themed clothing, both boys and girls.
"Hey! excuse me," Daulton called to shopkeeper trying to unload his supply truck filled with packaged food, "Do you know a young man named, James Benette?"
"You mean the American boy, Jimmy?" the shopkeeper asked then points off to the tents on the other side of town, "He's doing a game way off there."
"Thanks."
They continued down the street until finally making it to where all the activities were happening, the girls looked around looking at aww at the size of the boys in armor covered in mud, dents, and scratches. Armed with axes, swords, hammers, shields, and halberds, the girls then came across the sight of the medical tent, seeing boys with bloody bandage, slings on their arms, trying to keep themselves balanced on crutches. Their loud moaning filled the air making the girls wary, a boy with a patch over his now missing eye stared at Momoga as she passed by, and she tried to not stare at him, now reconsidering why she wears a peach-shaped patch.
"See that guy dressed as a priest there?" Michael pointed to the grey-haired man standing over the wounded boys with a bible in hand, "He's a real priest."
"I've read these games are the most dangerous sport there is, but boys still sign up for it," Yukari informed everyone
"Prepare to witness the greatest war machine to shape every civilization on the planet," Daulton told everyone coming to the sight of a jousting match.
Horses stamped their hooves into the cold, damp dirt, warm breaths escaping from their snouts, they cried out angrily, standing on two legs thrashing their front legs out, the riders mounted their saddles taking their starting position on opposite ends. With a lance in one hand and a shield in the other the two riders stared down their lanes glaring at one another, one knight in red another in blue.
"Riders on your mark!" A man on the stands yelled out, the horses were eager and the riders waiting patiently, "We all know the rules, who ever is knocked off their horse or have their lances shattered, loses," he explained, "Ready... GO!"
At the exact moment the horses took off running down the lane as fast as they could charging at one another, the riders held a firm grip on their lances and shields, bracing themselves for the impact, and the next thing the group saw was the shattering of the lance. The girls gasps as the lance exploded into splitters the moment the blue rider took the blow directly sending him off his horse and hitting the dirt.
"And the winner is, Mr. Benette!" the announcer proclaimed and the crowd roared as the winner removed his helmet, dark brown-haired and brown eyes, James waved to the cheering crowd.
"That's our guy," Daulton pointed, "*huff*... Alright time for me to talk to him."
"Want us to come?" Yukari asked.
"No... I got it."
"PETER!" looking back it seemed that James had noticed Daulton standing off to the side now marching right towards him.
"O.k he looks really pissed, so let me handle it," Daulton told them.
"Are you sure?" Hana asked a little worried.
"Yeah, I got this," Daulton reassured, "Jimmy-," *BAAAM!*
Right at that second the girls gasps in shock as Daulton took a punch to the face, sending him down to ground.
"Peter!" Miho cried out running to his side.
"JAMES! what the fuck!?" Michael questioned shoving James back as the girls helped Daulton up now with blood running from his nose.
"What the hell are you guys doing here? and who the hell are all these girls?" James questioned.
"Oh... uh, we're the Ooarai Girls' Academy Tankery Team," Anzu introduced.
"Long story, but Peter came all the way here to talk to you," Michael tried to explain.
"Like I'll listen to anything this freak'n washed-up pilot has to say," James retorted.
"James?" a voice called from behind, and looking back everyone saw that it was a girl with ginger hair with freckles all over her face, "James, what's going on?"
"Nothing, Donna, it's just old business," James told her.
"You're girlfriend?" Austin asked.
"For three years," James repsponded, "If you excuse me-."
"No!" Daulton spoke out getting back up his feet, "I need to talk to you," he told him not being deter.
"I don't care, and you're wasting your time," James side other wised turning his back to him.
"Hey! I fucking talking to you," Daulton said, growing angry.
He pushed passed the others and then shoved James down to his ground, shocking everyone.
"Oh, that's it I'm gonna put you in the fucking ground," James sneered getting up to pound his metal fist into Daulton's face.
The group ran in between them Austin, Michael, Squirrel holding Daulton back, and James' girlfriend, Donna, trying to calm him down.
"It's your fucking fault his dead!" James jeered reminding him of that fateful day, "If you just stayed in your plane, John, will still be here!"
"Then you'll still be in the same position you are now, your team shattered, and John would be the one flying aimlessly through the skies," Yukari commented.
"STAY OUT OF IT!" the two angry boys shouted.
"James! stop it!" Donna screamed getting in front of the armored clad young man, then turns to the others on the other end, "And who are all of you, people?"
"We're your boyfriend's old wingmen," Austin told her.
"Wingmen?" Donna said confusingly with.
"I... I used to be a fighter pilot," James admitted.
"WHAT!?"
\Later/
Soon the boys found themselves sitting at a table at their friend, James' home after his girlfriend invited them over for dinner.
"So... all of you flew together?" Donna asked breaking the silence in the room as she set down the plates.
"We were in the same team together back when..." Michael tried to explain, but found it hard to get it out.
"Back when what?"
"Back when my brother was still alive," Daulton finished and James slammed his fist on the table.
"It's beause of you! it's your fault because his dead!"
"YOU DON'T THINK I KNOW THAT!" Daulton screamed back and rips the glove off his right hand, "I remember that day like it was yesterday! every single day I am reminded that my brother's dead, and there's nothing I can do to bring him back!" he said collapsing back down onto the chair, "I need you to come with me to Hawaii."
"Why? what's there at, Hawaii?" James questioned.
"Foxtrot, those parasites on suits are holding my brother's plane hostage, if I don't bring you guys there for some stupid get together, I won't get the plane back," Daulton explained.
"And what makes you think I'll just come with you?"
"Because I don't care if I have to drag your ass to Hawaii, you're coming with me," Daulton told him.
"James, can't you just-."
"If you can knock me off my horse, I'll consider going, but I still won't forgive you," James told him and Daulton glared at him.
"Deal."
