A male witch? Who agreed to this? Chapter 8, a strike witches fanfic

Chapter 7

I felt a tap on my shoulder. I quickly rolled over and brought my rifle to bear on the three girls. "Here to kill me?" I ask. "If you are then go ahead and try." "No, we need your help for something. That warlock gives me some bad vibes." Commander spoke. "So you didn't come after me to hunt me down and execute me?" "No! We need you to help us sneak in and look at the files on that thing!" Barkhorn snapped. "So I'm gonna live? And Barkhorns not going to shoot me. Alright I'll help you get it on one condition." I say while standing up. "And what's that." Barkhorn said still angry at me. "Once we capture Maloney I get the remote to allow me to use magic again. After that I'll leave you girls alone. You won't see me unless you bump into me over in Asia." I answer. "Why Asia?" Erica asks. "Because I'm going back to my original unit. Or I might be placed in some flying unit there, you never know." I respond.

Quietly they followed me along a dirt path towards the base. I had passed my rifle to Commander, stating that. "I want this damn rifle back or else." She was at the back of the group while I was at the front followed by Barkhorn then Erica. I quietly motioned for everyone to take a knee. "Alright, if we are sneaking in then we'll have to avoid the main enterances. Did any of you leave your window unlocked?" I asked them. "No." Was the unnamuse replie. "Well fuck. That means we will have to sneak in through my window. At least that way I can pack." I comment. "Okay follow me and do as I do. You know Monkey see, Monkey do." "We aren't monkeys." Barkhorn said. "Techicnically we are. We're homosapians with a mix of Neanderthal for anyone of european decent." I respond. Quietly I slip behind a guard and knock him out before dragging his body into the bushes. Silently they follow me towards the wall. We reach the wall and then I peak around the corner. No one. Moving swiftly I reach the space under my window and start to climb. The girls follow me first Erica then Commander and finally Barkhorn, who slips abit causing me to have to hold onto her arms while she tried to regain her footing. "I'll pull you in." I whisper to her. "Erica come here and help me once I get her upper body in." "Okay." Was my response. Pulling her up slowly, she makes it just past her upper body before Erica helps me by grabbing her around the waist and throwing her onto me. "Erica I don't think that was a smart move." I comment as I quickly stop myself and Barkhorn from falling to the floor. "Now give me a second." I say as I start to move around the room quickly yet quietly packing everything I'm going to need. My spare uniform, my wedge and barrett, my buck knife and all my booze plus cigarettes.

There was a slight sound when I laid my suitcase on the bed. "Alright let's go." I say as I exit the room first. I then walked down the hallway quietly until I reached a bend. Peaking around again I spot the hall to the Mess, the way to the lounge, and finally the way to the briefing room. No one was there. I quickly moved towards the lounge. Then I took a side hall towards the control tower. "They're in the control tower." Commander said as they took the hall after me. "I know." I say back. Getting close to the doors I saw two guards standing watch. Smiling I comment. "Who's ready for a fun time." Only to be met with silence. "I'll take that as a yes." Now I had to time this perfectly or else it would fail.

"Knock, knock mother fuckers!" I call out as I send the two guards flying through the doors. Striding in I look around. "What, no welcoming party?" I ask. "Morrison we aren't here to have a party." Barkhorn snapped as the two guards started to get up. I simply grab their collars and with a heave, toss them across the room. "I was planing stealth but this is more fun." I answer before grabbing a third guard that was in the room and smashing his face into my knee which came to greet him. "Sleep tight." I comment as he falls unconscious. "Solider, sailor. toiler, tailer. My fist punishes all without distinction." I say as I start to walk menencingly towards Maloney.

Then the iconic Batman fight sounds happen, you know the "wham" "pow" "bam" stuff. Or put more simply I grabbed him and beat him black and blue. Broke his jaw and nose, gave him two black eyes and fractured his skull, the last one I assumed. "Anyone else." I ask. A series of no's nope's and don't think so's followed. "Damn, do you guys know how frustrating this job is? It's fucking exhausting." I whine as I search his pockets for the remote. "What exactly are you planning to do with us?" Maloney managed to finally say. "Well my original plan was to mow you all down or execute you all terrorist style but they convinced me not to." I explain as I find the remote and start analyzing it.

"What do you think, Minna?" Barkhorn asked. "You certainly have been keeping busy, haven't you? I guess it's not an easy task deceiving the Witches, is it? The only way for you to become stronger than the Witches was to use Neuroi technology. You try to hide your method by forcing us to disband. If we were gone who else would even think to question you. A decent plan. However Sergeant Miyafuji's actions exceeded military understanding and caused you to slip." Commander said. "I wish... I wish we had known to trust Miyafuji's instincts earlier." Barkhorn comments while I start to leave. "Where do you think you're going mister." "Well I'm leaving like the deal was. You know I get to leave afterwards." I explain. "Also I'm going to help Yosh out." "Hey, this doesn't look good. I think the Akagi is sinking. It looks like the Warlock is fighting a Witch. But who is it?" Erica said drawing all attention to her. "Sergeant Miyafuji!" Commander said After using her magic to find out who, though I already knew. "Are you sure?" Barkhorn asks. "Impossible! You don't have any Strikers to use. Everything is locked away in the hangar, isn't it?" Maloney states. "No, not Mio's striker. She packet it away in her wheel chair and Yoshika is using it to fight the Warlock." I explain. "you would know that if you were competent." I say while patting his head like he was a small child. "What? How? Not bad at all, Miyafuji." Erica asks. "I've heard to deceive your enemies first deceive your friends. That sounds just like Sakamoto." Barkhorn comments. "I'm betting Miyafuji's got her hands full just trying to buy time. Let's go!" Commander said before she started to run towards the hanger. "Yeah, you're right. C'mon!" Erica called before following Commander. "Hey, wait!" Barkhorn called. "Go ahead I'll tie 'em up." I said while shooing her away. once she left the room I grabbed the toughest cable I could find and tied it tightly around the group of soldiers and then tied it really tightly around Maloney's body. I also set it up so he could only go a few feet before it started to choke him. "Have fun." I comment. "Hope the queen's in a good mood." I then proceed to run after the girls and catch up to them as Barkhorn starts to lift the giant steel beam.

After we get into our strikers I look over at the beam. "Since I can't kill Maloney then maybe I can't shove that into the warlock and parade it about." I comment. "Really Morrison." Eila said. She and Sanya had been with the girls when I arrived. "What. Bread for bread, blood for blood." I answer. "It's an old Ukrainian saying. Means that if you do something to someone they can do something as equally bad to you. And he effectively killed my family so why not kill him." "Because that's illegal!" She shouted in my ear. "Hi, Lynne!" Being shouted by Lucchini brought my attention to her. "Hope they don't kill me." I mutter. "Hey, Lynne, we're over here." Erica called out. "You're late. We'll let it slide this time." Barkhorn said. "Hurry it up. You're the last to arrive." Commander said. "Right. Yes ma'am!" Lynne answered. "Ah fuck my life. Let's get this over with." I say.

"No ones gonna put a bullet in my head if I leave after this right?" I ask outloud only for no one to respond. "Really? We aren't three here." Again nothing. "I'll take your silence as permission to leave now." I state as I start to leave only for a Mg 42 to be shoved into my back. "You're going to help us mister "I'm from the future", got it." Eila said. "Why do I have to." I whine trying to get out of this and find a way home. "Because you know how this turns out." Commander broke in. "So why can't i just sit off on the side lines?" I ask. "WILL YOU JUST! SHUT! UP!" Barkhorn snaps at me. "Well Barkhorn, I am as stubborn as a mule and as annoying as a goose so get use to it." I respond before another two Mg 42's are pointed at me. "Fine." I say before pretending to zip my lips shut, lock them and throw away the key.

Arriving I chose to slam head long into the warlock from behind. "Always watch your six. Manfred von Richthofen aka the red Baren." I say. "Who's Manfred von Richthofen?" Barkhorn asks finally catching up with me. "The man who wrote the book on dogfighting." I answer before flying up and coming back down onto the warlock with the sun behind me. Slamming into it again before I bounce away I watch as the others attack it and send it into the sea. "We did it!" Yoshika celebrated. "Nice work, Yoshika!" Lynne congratulated. "Thanks for waiting." Shirley said. "Yoshika!" Lucchini called as she flew up beside her. "You're all back!" Yoshika said excitedly. "I'm quite impressed! Nice work!" Major commends her. "Thank you." Yoshika said. "Looks like you won't be needing these anymore then." Barkhorn said holding Yoshikas strikers. "Three ... two... one." I count down quietly. "That may not be true. Look over there." Eila said holding a terro card. "The Warlock... and the Akagi!" Major said in surprise. "Yup now time for round two!" I shout as I crack my knuckles. Smiling I ready my Vickers for combat. "Perrine, thank you." Major said as Perrine helped her into her striker.

Flying around we all broke off into groups though once again I was alone. But hey now I could fight all out nothing holding me back. "'kay. Letting go." I heard Commander say over the radio. "Don't worry about me. Wait. Am I seeing things?" Major responds. I know immediately what she's seeing, it's that the Akagi and the Warlock have fused to create the aklock?... the Waragi?... the Wakagi?... or something like that. "The Warlock and Akagi have fused together. It's beyond our control at this point." Commander said. "Still, we have to try. This thing is no longer just a Warlock or a Neuroi. It's completely different. We're not going to give up. If the Witches can't stop it then no one else will be able to." Major said.

"It's coming." Sanya told us as it broke the cloud cover and sailed just above it. "All right. Listen up! All units, prepare to attack. Our targets are the Akagi and the Warlock!" Commander spoke. 'Hey I'm not a target, atlest officially.' I thought. "Right!" Everyone else answered. "The core is in the Akagi's engine." Major called out. "I don't think we'll be able to destroy it from the outside. Which means we'll have to go inside." Commander explained. "I'll go. I know my way around the interior." Major said. "No, Major, I'll go!" Yoshika shot her down. "I'll be her backup." Lynne said. "Well, I know little about the inside. We don't want you getting lost." Perrine said. "Thank you, Perrine." Yoshika thanked her. "Don't thank me. It's not like this is some kind of gesture." Perrine said. "Well, it'll be very comforting for me to know that you're with them." Major cut in. "Right!" Perrine responded. "Now, the rest of us will provide cover for them and clear a path so they can fly safely." Commander ordered. "Roger!" We all answered. "Commence attack!" Commander ordered before I dived down and strafed the deck of the Akagi. "You're not gonna let the others take all the credit for that, are you?" Barkhorn asked Erica before she flew down beside the Anti-aircraft batteries. "Hey! Wait!" Barkhorn called after her. "See you later!" Erica shouted back. "Strum!" She said as she activated her magic. "Hey, that's my job!" Barkhorn said while using her Mg 42's as baseball bats. I tried it with my Vickers while using my strength magic. "Hot damn." I whistle as I survey they damage. Thrning for another attack run a laser grazed my side, which I barely noticed. Diving back into the freigh I shot up a couple of Anti-aircraft guns before breaking off. The twisting and diving had pulled me away from everyone else. A group of lasers shot at me, putting up my shield, I saw Yoshika, Lynne and Perrine enter the Akagi through a giant hole that was created. "Give 'em hell girls. Give 'em hell." I comment.

Ducking under another laser I twist around and watch as everyone is starting to be hard pressed to help in some way, shape or form. "They'll have to pick up the pace. We won't last much longer out here." I mutter while spinning away from another laser. With a huff I dive down to the deck again only for a laser to intercept and prevent me from getting closer. Backing up I end up near Barkhorn and Erica. "How are you girls holding up?" I ask as they fire away. "Better than you Morrison." Barkhorn responds. "I feel fine, and I haven't been shot in the back yet." I comment. "But you have been hit." Erica says as she points to my wound on my left side. "Where did that come from?" I wonder as I look it over. "Ah well we'll never know." I say while reloading.

Suddenly it bursts into the white shards they often burst into when destroyed. "They did it!" Shirley called out. "It's Yoshika!" Lucchini shouted. Floating up beside Barkhorn I watched as Lynne hugged Yoshika and said. "Yoshika... You did it, Yoshika! You're amazing! I don't know how you figure that out, but, wow!" "What's that?" Perrine said looking over to Gallia. "Look at the hive!" Major exclaims. "It's disappearing!" Shirley stated. "We won!" Lucchini cheered. "Gallia... my homeland is freed... after all this time." Perrine muttered. "Amazing! You're amazing, Yoshika!" Lynne cheered. "Huh, I guess we can celebrate this win." I comment while smiling. "So that's it." Major says. "Yeah. Great work, Witches. All units, return to home and Morrison you have some explaining to do." Commander orders. "Yes, ma'am!" Is our unanimous reply.

"So What is it you want to know?" I ask while taking a seat on a couch with a glass of water in my hand. "A few things." Barkhorn states. "Shoot." I asnswer. "Alright, who are you really?" Commander asks. "Well my first name is Connor and my last name is actually Beyak, with Stefan Morrison sitting between those two." I answer. "Where are you from originally?" Barkhorn asks next. "Now that is easy. Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada which is my worlds Farawayland." I respond before taking a sip. "What happened to you that got you brought to our world?" Yoshika asks. I assume she was filled in at some point, either when she awoke from her fainting spell or when I was cleaning myself up after being shot. "That, my friend, is still fuzzy. I can't remember much more than falling asleep at my computer then waking up in a hospital in this universe." I answer. "Where are you going from here?" Shirley asks. "Simple. Where I belong, the frontlines whether as a infantryman or a witch. Chances are I'll be stuck in south east Asia." I answer. "Your last name." Sanya asks. "Isn't it Orussian?" "Well technically no it's not. But in this world I think it is? If I could see a map I might be able to confirm where it's from." I answer before commander leaves and returns with a map. Leaning over the map I look over Eastern Europe. "Galicia... Galicia... Galicia..." I muttered while looking for it. Finally I found it. "It comes from about here." I say while circling an area between Dacia and Orussia. "It comes from an ancient kingdom of Galicia, it then became part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire before my family moved to Canada on the advice of a cavalry officer. Then they preceded to aid Canada in their fight against the central powers and the Axis powers. Even though they were discriminated against and imprisoned because of where they are from." I explain some of my family history. "Now tomorrow I'm leaving for Brandon, for furthers orders. So now I'm off to bed, I leave at 0400." I say before getting up and starting to leave before another question stopped me in my tracks. "Will we meet again?" Lynne asked. "I can't answer that..." I respond before leaving.

Entering my room I notice a letter left on my bed. Closing and locking my door I approached it. Opening the letter I read through it, then again and again. It read simply 'enjoy your returned memories.' "What the hell? Who sent this?" I asked outloud before checking who had. It was Dr. Miyafuji. The man who sent me the first letter. "How..?" I wondered.

The next morning I had my luggage packed up and strapped up. "Good bye..." I solemnly said looking over my shoulder to the base. Checking my watch, it read 0330 hours. "Alright I'm off." I said as I fixed the wedge on my head. Grabbing my Vickers I started up my engines and started to roll down the runway until I heard feet pounding against the concrete floor. Glancing over I saw Yoshika and Lynne at the door. "Good bye." I said with a salute. "It was fun serving with you." "WAIT!" The sudden shout startled me. Looking over to my front I saw Barkhorn standing there. I stop and roll over to her. "Good bye, Captain Barkhorn. Tell Chris I said bye aswell." I say with a salute. "I won't forgive you if you leave now." She said. "You won't have to. I'll be out of your hair forever. Chances are I won't see next year." I respond. "You better. Chris would hate it if you didn't." She said. "Give her this for me then, will ya." I say handing her a chocolate bar. I again roll off and this time I make it away. Tuning my radio to the intercoms I start to sing again. "M'en revenant de la jolie Rochelle, M'en revenant de la jolie Rochelle, J'ai rencontré trois jolies demoiselles.