An hour after taking off for the carrier the team was about halfway to their location.
"Hey Tails, what were those coordinates again?" asked Mighty over the comm.
"22 east, 50 north." replied Tails.
"We're almost there." said Mighty.
"Yeah, but those coordinates could have also changed." informed Espio.
"That's true." agreed Charmy.
"Listen, I'm not an expert on carriers, but I'm pretty sure they're not as fast as a plane." said Bean.
"Don't worry, we'll find it. Just keep both eyes and ears open." said Vector.
"Will do." said Ray.
Meanwhile...
"Sir! I believe another round is coming! " said Zavok.
"Call in the Rogues. " ordered Snively.
"Got it."
Minutes later...
"Hey guys, I think I spot it!" said Bean.
"I spot it too. We're going in. " said Mighty, just before being hit by an enemy plane "Crap! It's the Rogues! Everybody get down!"
Mighty lowered his plane near the water with one of the Rogues following behind. Ray swooped down and opened fire on the Rogue plane.
"Thanks Ray." said Mighty.
"No problem, but there's a lot more where that came from." said Ray.
Rogue planes swarmed the over the carrier like bees swarming over a hive. There were about twenty already in flight.
"Alright Bark! Wherever you are I hope you're ready for a good old fashioned dog fight!" said Bean excitedly.
Bark smiled at the face of the danger and swooped down blasting three Rogues down at once.
"Woo!" cheered Bean "That's what I'm talking about baby!"
"Hey!" yelled Vector "Don't get cocky out there! These guys are as dangerous as they come! "
"Yeah yeah, whatever." answered Bean, ignoring the message and flying staright into the enemies fire.
Meanwhile, Charmy and Espio flew upwards away from the water, taking out four Rogues while looping around and then taking out another three while maneuvering through the crowd of planes. Tails stayed low as long as he could, taking out a couple of Rogues that headed right for him. He looked up for a brief moment and saw Bean get shot down, landing on the carrier ship.
"Bean!" screamed Tails heading up to the carrier.
After landing safely on the carrier Tails quickly got out to help Bean into the Tornado.
"Ow... my shoulder." moaned Bean, wincing in pain and gripping his sore shoulder.
"Let's get you out of here." said Tails starting up the Tornado, just before one of the Rogues could blast them.
Tails swerved from left to right trying to lose the Rogue, but to no avail. He pulled up on the lever, taking the plane upwards and looping back around, ending up behind the Rogue.
"Let's see how you like this." said Tails, fire at the Rogue plane and taking it down.
After taking down all the Rogues the planes surrounded the carrier.
"That's strange." said Charmy "I'm not picking anything up on the radar anymore."
"Yeah, I'm not either." said Mighty.
"Maybe this one was a decoy." said Ray.
"But where were those readings coming from?" asked Mighty.
"I don't know, but I..."
Before Tails could finish speaking the team's attention was turned towards a loud explosion coming from the direction of the base.
"What the hell was that?!" shouted Vector.
"I don't know, but it looked like it came from the base." said Mighty "Let's go!"