Well... this is awkward to be honest. Sorry for the insanely long delay but life came up and there was the whole thing that was the Once More Upon the Breach. But don't fear, the Encounter Remixed is back on line and will be updated soon, like now. Have fun.
Chapter 14: The Pilots' Trip
May 8th 1945
5km from Brno, Czechoslovakia
It was an empty stretch of road leading out of the town of Brno but there was a lone motorcycle racing down the road bound for Prague. A first glance, the rider is any other military motorcycle rider until you notice the bulges on the chest area and the flailing blonde ponytail flailing in the wind. This motorcyclist was a runner for the Luftwaffe and she was among the best riders. It was Lieutenant Irina Hartmann and she is in fact related to the Black Devil in fact, she is his younger sister and she was returning from her brother's airbase with reports and forms for the Luftwaffe regional HQ in Prague.
"It is always nice to get to see Erich and Peter doing well" Irina smiled as she sped down the road. Suddenly the she heard the sounds of gunfire. She looked behind and saw a Soviet Scout Car had appeared and it was gunning for her.
"Scheiße!" Irina shouted as she began to swerve to avoid the machine gun fire. She then unslung her MP40 and began firing back while still trying to get away from the Soviet Scout Car.
"Come on! Come on! Let me hit something" Irina pleaded as she fired blindly behind her while riding her motorcycle. Just then luck flung in her favour as two of her shots hit the driver and the gunner, killing them both.
"Oh, thank god, yes! Thank you for saving my ass!" Irina shouted just as a blue light appeared in front of her, "Oh for fuck's sake"
Irina and her motorcycle rode through the light and from that moment on her life will never be the same again.
Somewhere
"Urgh… What the hell happened?" Irina groaned as she rose from her motorcycle handles. She looked around noted that the forest was different and it was significantly warmer, "Just where am I?"
It was then she saw a sign which made her eyes widened in surprise, it said Taranto, 5 km.
"Taranto? How did I end up in Italy?" Irina questioned as she tried to figure out what the heck was going on, "Well, looks like I have to ride in and hope they don't shoot me"
Irina started her engine again and rode into the port city.
August 20th
Taranto
While the witches stayed back at base, the aces were in the port city of Taranto for a meeting with the Allied Forces Command of the European Theatre.
"Erich, you seem calm about all of this" Gerhard said.
"I am not, I am very nervous, it is just that I am not showing it" Erich said.
"You all may enter now" An aide said. All the pilots entered the room and they found themselves in front of the commanders of the European and North African Theatre.
"Sir, the airmen from the 501st Joint Fighter Wing are here" The aide said.
"So you all are the airmen from the other world?" A Britannian officer said.
"Yes, sir, we are the airmen from the other world" Katherov said.
"Well we have been informed who you all are but why don't you introduce yourselves again so we are clear as who is who" A Liberion general said.
"Understood" Katherov said before the World War 2 fliers introduced themselves to the high ranking officers.
"Well, that's an interesting group of fliers you have here" The general said as he stood up, "Now some of you will probably recognize me but for those who don't, I am General Dwight D. Eisenhower, commander of the Allied Forces in Europe; These generals here to my immediate left are Field Marshal Montgomery, General George S. Patton and Field Marshal Erwin Rommel, they are the joint commanders of the Allied Forces in North Africa, left of them are Admiral Andrew Cunningham, commander of the Allied Forces in the Mediterranean and Air Marshal Arthur Tedder, commander of the Allied Air Forces in the Mediterranean and North Africa, now to my right is Air Chief Marshal Katherine Litvyak, commander of all Allied Air Forces in Europe, the Mediterranean and North Africa whom you already know, to her right, is General Kuribayashi, commander of the Fusoan Forces in Europe, then we have General Dimitri Petrenko, commander of all Orussian Ground Forces in Western Europe and Field Marshal Albert Kesselring, commander of all Karlslander Forces in the Mediterranean and Romagna and finally General Adolphine Galland, commander of all the Witches Corps."
"Well sirs, I can say for all us here that it will be an honour to be fighting alongside your forces" Katherov said.
"Now, Katherine here has given us a brief explanation of your world but me and officers here would like to hear it from you" Eisenhower said.
"Are you sure sir? Because what we have to say is not a pretty picture" Erich asked.
"Well we need to have a better understand of your world so that we can maybe be able to avoid your world's fate." Montgomery said.
"Alright, we will tell you about the Second World War." Katherov said before he and his fellow fliers began telling the six years of hell that took place on their version of Earth however as they progressed with their stories, the Allied commanders noticed that fewer and fewer of the fliers spoke until by the end of it, only Gregory and Riki were telling the story. However this was a minor detail as the story of World War 2 was on the mind of commanders. Rommel felt morbid as he heard the time his WW2 self was strafed by the WW2 RAF which he has learnt to be grateful for. Kuribayashi was shocked to hear the insanity and desperation of Japan in their losing fight against the American war machine.
After their meeting with the UNAF command, the pilots decided to go around town to enjoy the town of Taranto. They had a fun time however they were surprised to find someone from their world in town who had just arrived and this was something that greatly pleased Erich, Marcus and Peter as the person that rode in was Erich's sister, Irina Hartmann whom was a motorcycle dispatcher. She was in a spot of trouble as she had ran straight through a checkpoint. However Chuck was able to clear things up with the Liberion MPs who chased after Irina.
The aces then spent their time in Taranto by seeing the sights and buying gifts and souvenirs. They then returned home. Though they were surprised to find out that Irina has a witch version of herself also called Irina Hartmann however she was a tank witch and her middle name was Elise not Angela like WW2 Irina's name was. The air crew from World War 2 were later informed of the letter delivered that day and they were infuriated at the audacity of the very clearly anti-witch unit. They all vowed to smack some sense into these hooligans. Also Erica and Erich noticed that Emily and Amirah were becoming quite close.