Chapter 2

War's Hell

Nina would spend the next few weeks in the hospital, recovering. Cloy assumed command of the group as Nina was temporally out of commission. She had just finished discussing what happened. They had lost Cliff, the twins, Jamie, Todd (he snapped his neck when they crashed), and they never found Tracy's body. She walked out. She could not believe it, the twins who when together were unstoppable, who had always been a pain in her ass, and she had be so hard on them, where gone. A tear rolled down her check. Then another rolled down for Cliff, soon she was crying. She happy to be alive, but she was sad because she felt guilty for not dying.

Minna called a meeting for all witches. Minna stood in front of a map, next to her, Merilee sat on a table smoking, and on Minna's right was Admiral Nimitz.

"Lights please." Mina said, the lights dimmed and a projector came on displaying a map. Minna pointed to the screen.

"This is why you all have been called together; we have heard the enemy has built an island fortress here. Our job is to take it out."

A new image appeared it was a photo of the island. It looked like any regular overgrown island.

"This photo was taken about one month ago. And according to the radio message the Liberians heard the island has changed dramatically. Now as we train, we are going to need a reconise mission to find out what the enemy has for defenses. This is going to be a fast and dangerous mission. It is understandable if you don-"

"I'll go." Cloy said, everyone looked at her in shock.

"But I'll need an escort; I need two of you to be my wingmen."

"I'll go with you." Gertrude said raising her hand.

"I will too." Morgan said.

"Well that settles that!" Minna said

"Trude, you sure" Erica asked

"Yes. And stop calling me that!" she shouted. Everyone looked at her, she blushed.

"Get going you three." Marilee said with a slight giggle.

"Your ship leaves at dawn."

"Yes ma'am!" the three said in unison.

"Meeting adjured." Minna said.

Everyone left the room. Cloy left followed by Morgan and Gertrude. Morgan put her hands behind her head and spoke.

"So you absolutely sure about this? I mean we could possible -"

Cloy stopped in her tracks, catching Morgan by surprise. She glared at her and pointed at her pushing her finger into her chest.

"Listing kid, I know what I've gotten myself into." she turned around and shouted "so shut up and leave me alone."

"Wow I can't do anything right today!" she glumed. Gertrude walked up to her and placed her hand on her shoulder.

"It's not you, she just sore over losing her boyfriend."

"Yah, just a bit edgy!" Morgan responded.

"Just give her some space."


A few days later

Over the enemy's island

"I got a bandit on my tail. That makes twenty six of 'em" Gertrude said.

"Someone help me." Cloy said as she saw a neuroi strike witches about to fire at her. Morgan suddenly appeared destroying the neuroi. Moving to be on her wing Cloy glanced behind her.

"Thanks kid."

Morgan's fox ears twitched. She zoomed ahead colliding with Cloy knocking into her. She pushed her.

"Hey, what the he-" Cloy started

Suddenly a beam of light shot down where she had just been. Morgan screamed in pain as the laser hit her body. She body, with smoking strikers, fell down to the island bellow. Cloy started after her. But then Gertrude pulled her back. Saying 'leave her'. She punched Gertrude. She then hit by a laser just grazing her thigh. She started to fall. But she caught herself. Having regained control she told Gertrude to retreat. As she had to photos they needed. She retreated back to modified PT boat only to see it exploded in a ball of fire. The blast knocked Gertrude unconscious. With no other options, Cloy caught Gertrude and began the long flight home.

When they had lost contact with the PT boat Minna panicked. For the next four days every one worried about the safe return of their comrades. On the morning of the fifth day they heard Cloys radio distress signal. She was coming in. She was extremely tired and was carrying a heavy load. Cloy approached the run way and came down right on the edge. She handed Gertrude off and then the camera off.

Marilee asked what happened. Cloy respond that they were ambushed and that they had an entire air force. Jewels asked where Morgan was. She said that she had been shot down saving her by sacrificing herself. Just then, Cloy clasped falling backwards into the sea but her hand was caught but Gertrude.