Date: August 21st, 1944
Location: Dover, Britannia, Europe

Two people wearing metal objects that look like planes on their legs are seen flying through the sky. The sun is starting to come up. One of them looks tired. The silver-haired girl brings up her left hand near her mouth as she yawns. A yawn is heard from the person next to her. The BM next to her, Jack, is holding two tubular rocket launchers in both hands while Sanya is holding a rectangular rocket launcher in her right. The two are flying towards the castle base.

Almost everyone back in the base are still sleeping. Yoshika is in her room laying on her back and her left hand on her stomach. Lynette is hugging her pillow while laying on her right. Perrine is just on her back. George is on his right side and is still wearing his bird mask. Minna is on her left and on a small table next to her bed is a cylinder flower vase, book, pen, samll box of ink, smaller book, and a large pitcher. John is on his right with the pillow on his head and on his bed are two books, one large and one small. Barkhorn is on her back and next to her bed is a dresser and on that dresser is a picture frame that shows her and her little sister. A pile of clothes are on Hartmann's bed and the girl herself is on the floor on her right side covered by clothes. Bottles, cans, and boxes are all around her room on the floor. "Hmm..." A small book is seen on the bed of Manfred who is laying on his right. A crystal ball on a small platform, deck of tarot cards, book, and a chair are seen on the table next to Eila's bed. The Suomusan herself is on her back. Shirley is on her back spread out and mechanical parts along with a screwdriver and a small book are on her bed. Francesca is laying on her torso on a flag on a tree branch outside. Camillo is on his back and on his bed with him is a piece of paper that has a drawing of the Neuroi he and Shirley went through. Outside, Keita and Mio are running. Mio is holding her sheathed katana in her left hand. In a clearing, she does a downward slash, followed by a left horizontal slash and another downward slash. She does several more. Keita is meditating. They hear the morning alarm from the base. They look to the building.

Yoshika opens her door, barely awake, while holding her pillow with her right arm. Her hair is slightly disheveled. "I overslept..." Perrine runs by, fully dressed and is panicking. "I'm late! I'm late!" Yoshika walks to her dresser with her eyes closed. Perrine speedwalks her way past. "My glasses. My glasses." Minna and John walk by Shirley who is standing at her open doorway, brushing her teeth while in her pink bra and panties. Her hair is slightly disheveled as well. In her room is a red motorcycle. They see her eyes are closed. They stop. "Shirley, good morning." "Good morning, Flight Lieutenant." Minna closes her eyes and the two resume walking. Shirley brings her left hand to her mouth as she yawns. They walk by Camillo's room where the door opens and they greet the BM who is fully dressed. "Good morning, Flight Officer Morgan." "Morning, Camillo." "Morning, Lieutenant Colonels Wilcke and Smith." Lynette opens her door and runs off to her left while having a slice of bread in her mouth and is holding her black sweater. "I'm sorry!" George opens and closes his door, fully dressed as well and brings up the bottom part of his bird mask. It attaches to the rest of the mask and his head. He walks away.

The door to Eila's room opens. The two fliers let themselves fall on her bed. This immediately wakes up the Suomusan who sits up. "What the hell?" She looks at them. "Eh... Sanya? Jack?" The Orussian is wearing a yellow bra and panties. The male Suomusan next to her is wearing a black shirt and boxers. She closes her eyes and rubs the back of her head with her right hand. "That's weird. How did they end up in the wrong bedroom?" She opens her eyes ande looks at them. "Well... I guess for today." She crawls to the end of her bed. She gets off and walks to the pile of clothes on the floor. "Eh..." She looks back at the two laying on er bed covered by a balnket. She gets down and starts picking up the clothes. "Oh great..." She closes her left eye, looks at them and opens it. "So long as they don't go making it into a habit." She closes her eyes and smiles.

Barkhorn opens the door. She and Meyer walk into the room. The two gasp and Barkhorn gets a bit mad. The two walk to the sleeping blonde covered in clothes laying on the floor. "It's morning, Hartmann. Wake up." The blonde Karlslander moves a bit. "Ngh... Five more minutes, mom... Maybe 70..." "I don't think so." "Okay... 40..." Barkhorn gets upset. She brings her right hand up and closes it into a fist. "Grrr... Get uuuupppp!" She grabs the piece of clothing covering Hartmann's head and pulls it off. The blonde wakes up and looks up at her fellow fliers. "For a soldier of Karlsland: Discipline first, second discipline, third, fourth, and fifth discipline, discipline is sixth, seventh, eighth, and ninth discipline." "And tenth?" Manfred silently chuckles. Barkhorn straightens up and closes her eyes. "Grr... Do you know what today is, Hartmann?" "Sleep day?" The BM laughs. The brunette says, "No! Your commendation is this afternoon." Meyer stops laughing and says, "In recognition of your 250 kills and service in combat, you are being awarded the Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords. Commander Minna and Commander Smith told you last night." Hartmann yawns. She rests her head on floor and closes her eyes. "Can I trade my award for sleep?" "You can't! Now get up!" Barkhorn starts pulling off the clothings covering Hartmann. She gasps, moves back and blushes. Meyer looks away.

The blonde opens her eyes and looks at them. The brunette steps back a bit and so does the BM next to her. Hartmann sits up. Barkhorn looks at the piece of black clothing in her right hand and throws it at her. "Put on some pantie-Uh, pants.. I mean clothes! Just cover yourself already!" Clothings, a small box, and a book are thrown at the blonde who is only wearing a black crop top. She catches two of the clothings and dodges the two rectangular objects. She yawns. "Please do get dressed, Erica." Manfred has his left hand covering the left side of his face. Barkhorn blinks and gets mad for a second before noticing the Iron Cross on the floor between a clock, bottle, box, and other items. "Aaaahhhhh!" She gets down to get the medal and gets back up. "You left this prestigious medal on the floor... And you dare to call yourself a soldier of Karlsland!" She looks at the medal in her right hand, closes her hand, and glares at Erica who is slowly getting dressed by putting on a white button shirt. "It's time for breakfast." "Finish dressing and meet us in the dining hall." Manfred watches Barkhorn leave. "Listen to Gertrud, Erica. We'll see you when you get to the designated room." Manfred walks out of the room while closing the door. The door closing snaps Erica awake. She looks around. "What?... They're gone..."

"Sei ya! Sei ya! Sei ya!" On the beach near the runway, Mio, Keita, and Yoshika are swinging down their bokken. The former two stop, have the tips of the blades on the ground and their hands on the hilts, and watch Yoshika continue swinging. "Sei ya! Sei ya!" "Put your hips into it." "Yes, ma'am. Sei ya! Sei ya!" "More strength into your top hand." "Sei-Yes ma'am-ya!. Sei ya!" "Body and mind are one. It is not the sword that defeats the enemy. Understand, Miyafuji?" "Sei ya! Sei ya! Not really. Sei ya! Sei ya!" "Is that so? 100 more swings." "100 more swings.." Behind a tree nearby is a certain blonde who is watching them. "Uuuuuuhhhhhhh..." Major, you're standing so close to her. Please don't. I need sword practice too... Shouldn't I get special training sessions with you? Why does she get your undivided attention every morning? Filthy raccoon-dog-mutt." A raven-haired girl appears above her from a tree branch. "Hey. So what are you looking at, Perrine?" Perrine steps back. "Ooo... Ah... I..." Mio and Keita turn to look at them. Yoshika looks at them and smiles. "Hey look, it's Francesca and Perrine. What are you doing?" Franesca looks back to them. "I've spent all night in this tree." She looks at the Gallian, smirking. Perrine is blushing and somewhat composes herself. She brings her left hand behind her and slightly looks away. "I... Hello." She brings up her right hand to face, still blushing. Keita looks to Yoshika. "Um, Miyafuji..." Mio looks at her as well. "Miyafuji: get back to work." The younger girl looks at them. She widens her eyes. "Oh. Right." Perrine looks at them. She brings her hands to her chest and takes a step forward. "Uh... Me too?" Mio turns to look at her and smiles. "Hm. Well, good idea! Yes! You need the training." She nods. Yoshika looks at her, smiling. Perrine clasps her hands together. "Yes!" Francesca laughs. She brings herself up and falls back down, landing on her feet. The Gallian glances at the little Romagnan who looks at the three. "Lucchini: you too!" She gets surprised and brings her right hand near her mouth. "Uhh..." Perrine smiles at her misfortune.

Keita notices someone running on the runway. They're wearing a bird mask and black clothing. It's George. "Hey George! Come down here and join us!" The reply he got is, "Yes, sir!"

"Harder. You have to train harder." "Sei ya! Sei ya! Sei ya!"

"They're all out training again. Major Sakamoto and Captain Mitchell... they're so very inspiring." Lynette, Minna, and John are driving away from the base. The Britannian is watching them in the front passenger seat. Minna looks down. "I just hope that she's not panicking." "Don't worry, Commander Minna. She'll be okay. Captain Mitchell is with her." John is in the driver's seat. "Huh?" Lynette turns to look at them. Minna smiles and looks at her. "No. We're sorry. This will be good. Glad you're volunteering. We needed a guide familiar with the area." "This is a very important delivery we're picking up." Lynette looks forward and closes her eyes while smiling. "I'm happy that I could be of use to you." John glances to the base and back to the road. Too bad Corona couldn't help as well. I also think it's best if he stayed at the base. I'm sure the area is different from what he's used to.

In the dining hall, four people are getting some food, bread/potatoes... (Not sure what they are.) with their forks. The breakfast is piled together on a plate in the center of the table. One of them, a bright redhead, glances to her right. "No one is coming down." The person next to her, wearing all black clothing plus a gas mask and helmet replies, "Seems so." Sitting opposite of them is Gertrud who gets a piece of the food with her fork. "Typical. We're the only disciplined ones." She frowns and closes her eyes while biting her food. Manfred gets a piece of the breakfast and brings it to his mouth. "Kinda lonely when it's just the four of us." The Black Masks are holding up the bottom half of their masks while getting and eating their food. "Well, the Neuroi won't be attacking today. It's okay." Shirley glances to her left, smiling, and eats the rest of the ball of food. Camillo gets a piece with his fork. "We should just relax." Gertrud swallows her food and looks at the two. "You're far too optimistic, Yankees. Always be prepared, right?" She gets another piece. Manfred twirls his fork for a bit before getting another food ball. "Expect the unexpected." Shirley smiles at them. "So says the Karlsland girl and boy who can't relax." She waves her fork. "Took the words out of my mouth." Camillo chuckles. Shirley stops waving her fork and gasps when she sees the brunette get another piece. "I was saving that big one." Gertrud replies with, "Blitzkrieg."

A brown sweater is thrown on the floor, joining the other clothes and items on the floor. "Hm.. Uh... Hmmm... Hm.." Erica is looking under her bed. She's wearing a black uniform jacket and white buttoned-up shirt. She brings herself up and sits down. "My pants...gone..." She closes her eyes and stands up. "Oh well." She walks away, leaving her messy room.

"Last one in is a rotten egg." "That'll be you, stinky." Francesca and Yoshika run down the small stairs and jump into the large bath. George walks into the bathroom with a towel around his waist. His bird mask is still on. He sighs. Mio, Keita, and Perrine are still in the changing room. "Nothing beats a good soak after training." Mio unbuttons her white uniform jacket. "Right." Keita nods while taking off the black trench coat and standing opposite of the Fusōan and Gallian. "Y-Y-Yeah. You're so right." Perrine is looking at her, blushing. She looks down, smiling. She closes her eyes and fantisizes Mio and herself sitting together in the bath. "Mm..." She looks to Mio, who notices her staring. "Hm?" She looks down. "Major..." Mio flips up her eyepatch, revealing her purple-pink glowing right eye and flashes her a smile. "Aaahhh..." Perrine snaps back to reality and sees Mio isn't with her. "Major?" She looks to the doorway leading to the bath where laughing is heard. "Uh.." She starts undressing. She runs to the bath while covering her front body with a towel and brings her hair back with a small towel.

Francescsa and Yoshika are scrubbing themselves with some soap while taking a shower. The two are laughing. Also taking a shower is George who has his black trench coat cover the area of the shower around him. The bottom half of his mask is off. Perrine closes the door and runs down the stairs and too the bath. She sees Mio and Keita sitting in the water and leaning against the edge and statue. Her glasses fog up and unfortunately for her, Yoshika's bar of soap launches from her left hand and goes up and down, sliding across the room. "It's so steamy I can't-" She steps on and slides on it. "AAAAAAHHHHHHH!" She falls to the bath, causing a big splash. She resurfaces. The blonde glares and yells at Yoshika. "STUPID GIRL! WHO LEAVES A BAR OF SOAP ON THE FLOOR?! Grr.." "Um, are you alright?" "You okay, Clostermann?" Perrine softens her glare and looks to the voice on her left and right. She sees Mio who is holding her and Keita who is facing up. She looks back to Mio. She becomes flustered. "It's just... I'm touching... Can't be... I'M SO SORRY!"

Perrine sits down in the water, her back facing Mio. The Fusōan looks at her. Keita lowers his head and looks to Perrine before looking down and closing his eyes behind his mask. "Um... Is it alright if I sit with you?" Mio responds with a closed-eye smile and crosses her arms in front of her chest. "Sure. Don't concerned about rank in the bath." "I'm very sorry, Perrine, okay! The soap just slipped right out of my hand." Yoshika says to the Gallian while being concerned. Francesca just looks at three in the bath. Her hair is tied up in a bun. George glances to them. "At least she's not hurt."

Perrine's face goes red. "What kind of stupid orphan raccoon dog.. You could've killed me.. I mean.. Thank you so much." She smiles. The older magic users glance to her. "Huh?/Hm?" Yoshika gives out the same response. "Huh?"

Erica slides down railings of the stairs, happily laughing. She goes up for a second when she reaches the end and brings up her arms like a plane. She lands on her feet and brings up her right hand near her mouth when she sneezes. "Achoo!" She looks at one end of the hallway. "It's a little breezy." She turns to the other side of the hall, where the dressing room, which connects to the bath, is located. "Hey.. Hmm..."

She skips out of the room, jumps, spins, and runs to the dining room, all while having her arms out like a plane and now also wearing blue-and-white striped panties.

Francesca walks into the dressing room, singing while drying her hair with a towel and having one wrapped around her body. She stops in front of a shelf with several baskets. She pulls the towel off with her left hand and goes through a basket slightly above her. "Hey... Where are my panties? No fair..." She looks to her right and her right eye shines when she gets a mischievous look on her face. She's looking at a pair of white panties on top of a folded dark blue uniform jacket and pantyhose.

Perrine walks into the room while having a towel on her head and having one wrapped around her. She walks to the shelf and looks into the basket in front of her while getting the towel off her head. "Eh?" The bespectacled blonde sees what's missing. She goes through her clothes. "Oh no. Oh no. This is bad. Oh my." She slightly blushes while having her right hand in front of her mouth. "They're gone?!" She composes herself and brings her hand to her chin while closing her eyes. "Now hold on. It's not a big deal." She starts getting dressed. Perrine Clostermann, remember to remain calm. A noble lady of Gallia must retain her composure at a time like this. That's right! Who cares if I have no underwear. She gets a determined look. Black cat ears and tail pop out of her while a light purple glow surrounds her. The glow disppears a second later and the tail immediately covers her area between her legs. She looks down. "It just feels so uncomfortable. If I could replace mine..." She looks to the shelf and gasps. In a basket she's looking at is a folded sukumizu along with a white uniform and towel. Those are... the Major's! She slowly reaches to the sukumizu. "But.. I can't touch them without asking. I-I'd be mentally insane." She smiles. "Hehe. I can hear them calling out to me. Yes, of course. Why not." You can just try them on. No. You must control yourself. To be caught and be horrible. Horrible. A pink aura surrounds her as she starts thinking to herself. This all stops when Yoshika opens the door and sees the Gallian holding the sukumizu who gasps. The brunette is wearing a towel that's wrapped around her body. The two stare at each other for a few seconds until Perrine speaks up. "Uh... I was just..." Mio walks by Yoshika and sees Perrine. She has on a towel as well. "What are you doing, Perrine?" "What's going on, Clostermann?" Keita pushes open the other door with George following him. The two boys are wearing towels that are covering their lower bodies. The blonde gasps again and screams in her thoughts. "Uh.. Those are mine." Yoshika says. "Uh..." Perrine's hold on the sukumizu loosens and the piece of clothing falls to the floor. The long-haired blonde points at the swimsuit with left hand as she closes her eyes. "Someone's.. been stealing panties." "Uh..." "Hm?" Those were the only responses from the two Fusōan girls. The responses that came from the two boys next to them are "What?" "Huh?"

Outside a building, Lynette, Minna, and John are walking to the jeep. The local Britannian looks up at the sky and says while stopping, "It sure is a lovely day." The commanders look up as well and stop in their tracks. "Indeed. It's very peaceful here." "I agree. It's good to have some days like this."

Back at the base, Eila, Jack, and Sanya are sleeping peacfully on the former's bed. The male is laying on his back in the middle. To his left is Eila who is laying down on her left side. On the right side of the Black Mask is Sanya laying on her right. The clothes of the girls, plus the boy's coat and pants, are folded at the end of the bed.

The almost fully-clothed group of five are in the dining hall with Shirley, Francesca, Camillo, Gertrud, Manfred, and Erica. The two speed-lovers are sitting at one end of the table. In front of them is Yoshika's sukumizu. Gertrud and Manfred are standing next to Shirley. The little Romagnan and Karlslander are sitting farther away from them, eating the breakfast balls and drinking milk. The older four are looking at the folded swimsuit on the table. Gertrud says while having her right hand on her hip, "Hmm. A crime. That's for certain." The female speedster has a smile on her face while resting her left arm on the top of the chair.

Opposite of the two are the five who came from the baths. Yoshika is holding down her seifuku to cover her lower body. Perrine is sorta doing the same and is looking down. Both are clearly embarrassed. Mio has both hands on her hip as she looks at the sukumizu. George, who is between the long blonde and short brunette, has his arms crossed. Keita scratches the back of his head with his right hand. Yoshika says, "Can I...have my clothes?" Gertrud looks at her and glares. "No. It's being kept as evidence." "Uh.. But.." The strict Witch notices Yoshika covering her lower body. She widens her eyes. "Uh.. You're not wearing anything?" She closes her eyes. "I'll let you borrow mine." She brings her hands to her white panties. Yoshika closes her eyes and says, "WAIT NO! I'll be fine." Gertude starts taking off her undergarment. "No need to be shy." "Really? In front of us?" Manfred looks away. Same goes for Keita who looks to his left and has his right hand cover his right view. Camillo leans forward against the table to look but his view is blocked by the gloved hands of George who is looking down at him. He whispers to him, "Do you want to suffer John's wrath?" While that's happening, Yoshika replies to Barkhorn. "Yes, there is! Please!" Mio puts her white uniform jacket on the young Fusōan. "Here. Take my coat. This should make it better." Yoshika opens her eyes and looks to her fellow Fusōan. "Sakamoto?" She smiles and bows. "Thank you very much." Mio smiles. Her hands on her hips, she shines. Keita smiles under his mask. Yoshika and Perrine watch her, with the latter enjoying the view of the major in her dark blue sukumizu. "Aaahhh..." She has her hands clapsed together near her face.

Gertrud, who leaned forward and was about to take off her panties, looks at them and brings herself back up. "What turned you into such a prude? Strange girl." She adjusts her undergarment. She lets go and the piece of clothing snaps back into place. She brings her hands to her hips. She gets a serious look on her face. "Let's start the investigation. Now who could possibly want to steal Perrine's underwear?" Feeling that it's safe to look again, Keita and Manfred look to her and back to the sukumizu and think. George removes his hands and goes back to his group. Camillo looks at George. Next to him, Shirley says with a teasing smile, "Maybe she wasn't wearing any to begin with." The bespectacled girl glares at the Liberian. "That's absurd! Of course I was!" A couple of seats away, Francesca pauses when she was about to eat. She shakes with wide eyes while still holding the fork that has a breakfast ball. Gertrud says, "We have to assume that someone has stolen them." "Obviously." Meanwhile, Erica opens her eyes. "Uh.." She takes a bite out of a breakfast ball, and closes her eyes. "Hm."

Gertrud brings her right hand to her chin. "Given that, we need to know who preceded Officer Clostermann in the locker room." "Hmm..." Perrine thinks and then gasps. She turns to her left. Everyone else looks to where she's looking at: the nervous shaking little Romagnan. "It was Ensign Francesca Lucchini." Gertrud says. She, Manfred, Shirley, and Camillo widen their eyes and gasp when Francesca took off, her fork with the breakfast ball in the air for a second before falling. Gertrud and Manfred run, as do Shirley and Camillo after they get up from their seats with the bright redhead saying, "Get her." Francesca stops near the fireplace when she sees them on her left. She runs to her right. Perrine sees what the youngest witch is wearing. "Those panties are mine!" Francesca reaches the center end of the table when Gertrud yells, "Wait, stop!" She does to look at them. Everyone runs to her. She gets scared and runs off, running past Erica who is not paying any attention to what's going on. Francesca almost trips but manages to catch herself on the table by placing her right hand on it on the folded sukumizu. She puts her other on the piece of clothing, panting. Yoshika goes wide eyed and says, "Wait! Don't take that!" Lucchini looks down at it, gasps when she picks it up, and then runs off. "Come back here!" Yoshika lets out. Francesca replies back with, "I'm sorry!" while running to the doorway and down a hall. Everyone tell her while chasing her, "Lucchini, wait!" "Stop!" "Slow down!" "You're just making things worse!" "Really, Francesca?" "Please stop!" "Come on, Lucchini, stop." "This is no time to be playing!" After they left the room, Erica bites into her breakfast ball. She gasps and smiles. "Delicious."

Gertrud, Manfred, Shirley, and Camillo run out of the base and stop. "Which way?" "She must've gone somewhere." "I don't know." "We better find her fast." They look to the right. Gertrud looks to her left and runs. "Let's go!" The other three follow her. Yoshika, Perrine, and George run out and stop as well. Perrine looks to the right. "We'll go that way!" Yoshika turns to look back at her. George looks at her as well. "Right." "Okay then." They run. Mio looks over a small hedge while Keita looks up a tree. "Hey! Lucchini!" "Ensign, come on out!" Yoshika, George, and Perrine run, trying to find Ensign Francesca Lucchini. Perrine suddenly blushes and slows down. "Aahh... no... it rubs..." Yoshika continues to run, not noticing the Gallian's predicament. The noble girl fell to her knees and hands. She looks up. "I can't...without... ahh.." George notices and gets on his right knee, his back facing her. "Here, Perrine. So you won't feel uncomfortable."

Francesca peeks out of a bush, looks to her right and gasps. "Huh? Ah!" Yoshika sees her, glares and runs faster. "You're mine!" "No I'm not!" Francesca runs from her and jumps to a tree and climbs up. Yoshika stops at the tree and looks up. "Francesca! Just give them back! Come on! Please!" The young girl is on flag that's on a tree branch, her arms and legs hanging on either side. She smiles. "But why? You should come and get them." She closes her eyes and motions with her right hand to Yoshika, urging her. The brown-haired Fusōan grits her teeth and goes to climb up the tree. When she reaches Lucchini, she opens her eyes and gasps when she sees that Francesca is not there. The Romagnan had jumped down to the ground and is now looking up at her. "Yoshika. I can see you." She makes a circle with her right index finger and thumb and has her hand in front of her right eye. Yoshika screams "AAAHHH!" and covers her lower regions with her hands, which just caused her to fall to the ground. "Ugh!" Francesca looks down at her. "Yoshika?" The brunette is heard groaning. "There she is! Stop!" "Enough playing around, Lucchini!" Gertrud's and Manfred's voices shouted, making Francesca look to the right. She turns to her right again and runs. Shirley, Gertrud, Camillo, and Manfred continue to run after, going back inside the base. "This is stupid!" "Don't run!" "Just stop, Francesca!" "Hold still!"

The door being opened and closed wakes up Eila who slowly opens her eyes and sits up. She sees Francesca against the door. The Romagnan notices her and whispers to her while bringing her right index to her mouth. "Eila. Sshh." The Suomusan glares at her as she walks to the window. "Oh please. Oh please. Oh please." Lucchini pushes open the curtains slightly and then pushes open the window. She looks down. "Perfect." She turns to her left and walks to the bed. "Uh.." Eila lets out, wondering what the young girl was doing. "Hey, wait. I need those and so does Jack." She says when Francesca grabs her white leggings and Jack's black trench coat. Her words fell on deaf ears as Francesca went out the window and is sliding down a metal pipe while using Jack's coat and Eila's leggings to scale down. She jumps and lands on the wall while having the coat and leggings around the pipe. Eila watches her and then goes to lock the door. She walks to the bed. She looks at the clothes with a conflicted face. She closes her eyes and says, "Crap." She starts getting dressed while Sanya and Jack sleep soundly. She unlocks, opens and walks out the door. She closes and leans against it. Since Francesca took her leggings, she had no choice but to wear Sanya's black leggings. She looks down, blushing. She hears footsteps and looks to her left. Shirley, Camillo, Gertrud, and Manfred look to her when the bright redhead stops in front of her. "Where is she?" Eila replies with, "She climbed down." Gertrud lets out, "Go!" The four run with Eila following. "What is with her?" "She'll have to be punished for this."

The raven-haired girl jumps through an open window and lands in a hall. She giggles. "Ta-da." She's wearing Eila's leggings as a scarf and has put on Jack's long trench coat, which is a bit bigger on her. In her raised right hand is Yoshika's sukumizu. She gasps when she looks to her right and then to her left. On her right is Yoshika, Perrine, and George. "We've got her now!" "Justice approaches, you thief!" "Stop right there, Lucchini!" On the left are Shirley, Gertrud, Camillo, Manfred, and Eila. "Nowhere to run." "Give it up!" "Enough of this, Francesca!" "Listen to us and we might not punish you!" Francesca gets scared as she looks to the right and left again. She runs forward. "I'm not a thief!" She runs to her left, opens a door, and closes it behind her. The two groups stop at the center and look to open doorway. Yoshika runs with the others following her. Perrine lets out, "She's...too...fast.." They pass the room the mischievous girl went into.

Francesca pants and then lets out a sigh of relief, managing to evade them. She opens her eyes and looks at the dark room. "This is..." She takes a few steps and then steps on an empty bottle with her left foot which then rolls due to the weight. She screams "AAAAHHHH!" and falls to her left. She reaches out with her left hand to grab something to help her. She unknowningly grabbed a lever and brought it down. The siren alarm goes off.

Outside, everyone looks around. Yoshika says, "The alarm.." followed by Perrine saying, "It's the Neuroi!" "Right now?" George says. Gertrud and Manfred yell out, "Battlestations!" "Time for combat!" The others let out, "Right!"

The alarm has woken up the sleeping night fighters. Sanya yawns into her left hand. Jack lifts up the bottom of his mask with his right hand to yawn. He lets go and the two look at their clothes. Sanya gets on all fours and gets her dress shirt. "Hmm... Huh?" Jack does the same and looks at his helmet, pants, and boots. "My coat..."

Erica drinks up her glass of milk. She puts down the glass. She brings up her arms and closes her eyes. She smiles. "Okay. Let's go!"

"An attack?" Lynette says while sitting in the jeep and looking at the base. Minna looks to the road. "Our battle predictions are completely unreliable. Better hurry." "It seems so. Let's go." John looks back to the road and speeds up. All three looking forward and the two girls having a serious expression on their faces.

In the hangar, the girls and boys are getting ready for combat. Eila jumps into her Unit. The tail and ears of a black fox come out of her. She lifts up the bottom of her uniform and looks down at the black leggings. "It feels so weird. It just isn't the same fit." "Uh... Sakamoto, I'm kinda exposed here." "And I'm not wearing anything either." Yoshika and Perrine say. Mio laughs. She's in her Striker Unit and is in front of the two. With her hands on her hips, she says, "I don't care. This is combat, girls. No one cares about your panties." The two get scared and nervous with their mouths open. They cover their lower front with the bottom of their uniform jackets. Yoshika has her hands pulling down the jacket while Perrine has her left hand covering. Keita facepalms. "Mio..." George says while being next to the Fusōan and Gallian, "Wait. I don't want to see." "Unfortunately, you're gonna have to, George. We all are..." Keita says to him. George facepalms.

"I'll go too." "Same here." Eila flinches and looks back. "Sanya, Jack." The two walk to edge of the platform. They stop and Sanya looks down at Eila who has gotten out of the Striker holder. She says, "Eila, you're wearing my tights." Eila gets nervous, having been caught. Jack looks down as well. "Why?" Everyone looks at her and all say the same thing, "Huh?" Gertrud, Shirley, Manfred, and Camillo are already in their Units and away from the holders.

The door opens and Francesca walks out. "They're going to so mad at me." She closes the door, turns and clsoes her eyes while slumping her shoulders. "I didn't mean to hit the switch." "What switch would that be?" Francesca opens her eyes and gasps. She slowly turns her head to the left and sees Erica peeking out of the hall, smirking at her. "No switch. I didn't.. Not me." The black-haired girl says, panicking.

Sanya is trying to pull the leggings off of Eila. The said girl tries to pull the leggings away from Sanya's grip. "I can't take them off now." Sanya, with her eyes closed, is still trying to pull them off. "But those are mine, Eila." Jack just watches. "Sanya, she can't take off now since she's in her Striker Unit. At least wait." He sighs, knowing she ain't going to give up, and reluctantly helps her. Yoshika, in her Striker Unit which is still being held, looks down and then at Mio. "Major, it's breezy." "Just deal with it." She flinches. "Yes, ma'am." Gertrud looks at them, her right eyebrow twitching. "Why are you wasting all this time?" She closes her and turns to the runway. "Let's move out! All units!" She opens her eyes. Manfred sighs and then turns. "Let's go, everyone!" Shirley, who has her hands behind her head, is smiling. She brings her arms down and follows the two. "Alright." Camillo follows as well. "Let's get this over with."

"Everyone stop!" "Cease movement!" The Minna and John say, standing at the end of the hangar with Lynette standing next to them. "Commander Minna! Commander Smith!" Yoshika says. "But Commanders.." "The enemy-" "Is not here." "It was a false alarm." Everyone gasps and says, "Huh?" "You can come out now." Minna says. "Don't be scared." John lets out. The large group look to the left and see Erica escorting out Francesca who is looking down, ashamed. "Lucchini!" "Francesca!" Mio and Yoshika yell out. "Lucchini accidentally set off the alarm when she was hiding." Lynette says. "Huh?" The group let out once again. Minna says, "Also, we've confiscated these." She looks to John's hands, which are holding a folded black trench coat, sukumizu, white leggings, and white panties. Yoshika gasps. Perrine says, "There they are." Eila lets out, "That's a relief." The three look down at the pieces of clothing. "Excellent work there, Commander Minna, Commander John." Mio remarks with her arms crossed and her left eye closed, her back facing the five. "I agree." Keita nods, looking at them. Minna and John look to her. "Not us. All the credit here has to go to Lieutenant Hartmann." "Amidst all the confusion, she was the one who retained her composure and apprehended the guilty party." The two look to the girl who, unknown to everyone there, started this whole fiasco. She closes her eyes and bows. "Thank you, ma'am, sir." She brings herself up and opens her eyes. Gertrud gets in front of and looks down at her, her left fist raised. "Hartmann, I'm so proud of you. You're the Karlsland military's finest." Manfred slides to Gertrud's left. "You truly are an amazing soldier." Mio appears at Barkhorn's right. "Good job, Officer." Keita hovers to Mio's right. "You've done a good job." Eila, Perrine, Yoshika, and George slide behind Erica, their eyes closed and giving the Karlslander praise. "Wow." "Alright." They laugh. Jack and Sanya walk to the group.

Minna, John, Lynette, Shirley, and Camillo watch them. "Well, it's time to begin the awards ceremony." "That is, of course, if you're ready, Lieutenant Hartmann." The two commanders say to Erica who replies with, "Yes, ma'am, sir." While everyone smiles at the short-haired blonde, Francesca looks at them, sad.

A wooden stage is erected on the runway in front of the hangar. On one side of the platform are Lieutenant Colonels John W. Smith and Minna-Dietlinde Wilcke, Major Mio Sakamoto, and Captain Keita Mitchell. The females are smiling. The males are smiling under their masks. Keita is holding a blue box. In the box is a red cushion and on that cushion is a medal, the Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords. In front of the group that's standing in front of the stage is Lieutenant Erica Hartmann, wearing black peaked cap with her uniform. She's looking down with her hands behind her. Keita and Mio order, "Lieutenant Hartmann: front and center." Erica looks up, smiling, and replies back with, "Ma'am, sir." She walks up the short stairs. Everyone smiles and claps for the Karlslander, well almost everyone. Francesca, unfortunately, is holidng two buckets. Her body slumped, groaning, her eyes closed. "It's breezy."

"Poor Lucchini. She's cold." "Poor girl." Lynette and George state their worry for unfortunate victim. They look at Yoshika who points upward with her right index. "Yeah.. but something doesn't add up." Francesca looks up to them. "Yeah. I never would have taken them if I had mine. My underwear..was stolen..." This causes quartet to widen their eyes. "What?" "Really?" "Oh my." "Oh no. There's still a thief running around the base." Perrine, Lynette, George, and Yoshika let out their surprise at the revelation. "But who would steal someone's panties?" Lynette questions, clasping her hands together in front of her chest. "Yeah.. This is just..." George scratches the back of his head with his left hand. Perrine closes her eyes, turns, and puts her hands on her hips. "She's just trying to make excuses."

"We will now be presenting one of our highest honors." Mio picks up the medal from the box, turns around, and faces John, who retrieves it from her, turns around presents it to Minna who picks it up, turns, and faces Erica. "Lieutenant Hartmann: in recognition of your distinguished service in the field of combat, it is my honor to bestow the Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords." Erica closes her eyes when Minna puts the award over her head and bring down to her shoulders. Clapping is heard. Erica turns and faces the crowd of witches. A wind blows against them. Yoshika gasps, as do everyone else. They stop clapping. Reason why is because they saw that Erica is still wearing the blue-and-white striped panties. Mio and Keita notice everyone's reaction. "Hmm?" "Huh?" Minna looks to them and closes her eyes. "They're just absolutely speechless." John chuckles. "Yup." Erica just smiles. "Right." The wind continues blowing. Francesca, seeing what she's wearing, widens her eyes and gasps. Everyone else does so again, just not believeing what they are seeing. "Congradulations, Lieutenant Hartmann." "We expect you to continue your service." "Thank you very much." Erica brings up her right hand, saluting. She giggles and winks.

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