Chapter 10: Interception in the Sky

It was sunset in Denmark. A huge battle was taking place in the sky over the South Jutland County. The air was filled with plasma shots. The Danish Defense Unit were fighting off the Manfred's forces, trying to keep them from stealing the Harvester that was hidden underneath. "Puppets of Manfred's butchers! You aren't going anywhere with the Harvester!" the Danish captain yelled in a Swedish accent. One of the fighter jets blew up. Another, and another.

"No quarter! Show these dogs that we mean business!" the lead bandit yelled. A Hyper Bomb was thrown from one of the enemy UCAVs and wiped out a number of the Danish Fleet.

"All Ships: Battle Formation V! Break through the center!" the captain commanded. The other Denmark Fleet went into the formation and rushed through, blasting any of the ships that got in their way.

"The Danish Force has broken through our front lines! There's no stopping them!" the bandit that was second in command yelled.

"So they have, have they? Let's show them our secret weapon!" the lead bandit shouted. "Stealth Squadron, attack!"

Strange looking ships phased in and fired powerful lasers at the fleet. One by one, the ships were shot down.

"Arg! Damn him!" the captain shouted. "We underestimated the strength of his reserves..."

"Captain! There's another ship approaching!" The lieutenant said as she looked on the radar.

"What?! As if we don't have enough trouble as it is!" the captain groaned.

A huge green bomber plane flew into the battleground. It was the Great Hurricane to the rescue. "Who are you? Identify yourselves!" the captain demanded.

Sonic and his friends were standing in the bridge, Sonic typed in the commands and opened the communications line. "Hang tight! We're on our way!"

"What? Sonic the Hedgehog!?" the captain gasped.

"Leave those guys to us!" Gin grinned, "We'll take care of them!"

"But... you all are just children!" the captain gawked.

"Chill out, we can handle them!" Sonic smiled.

"Alright... good luck!" the captain saluted as he signed off.

"Looks like we aren't too late," Uranus spoke.

"But.... it's so crazy!" Venus said as she looked at the carnage. "It looks like that Manfred guy went all out for some old weapon!"

"It's not just some old weapon," Pluto said, "The Harvester is capable of destroying an entire area the size of Ohio. And that's just at it's highest level."

"All that power," Fuu gasped as she covered her mouth, "How would anyone so ancient be able too create such a deadly weapon?"

"Why, it was the Babylonians."

"The Babylonians again?!" Chao gasped, "They made the Harvester?!"

"Well, it was once a part of Babylon Garden as a main weapon, but it was broken off when they crashed into this planet. While they lack power over gravity, the eight Wonders have the about same wavelength of the Arks of Cosmos."

"No way..." Kagome gasped. That was something else they didn't know about the aliens.

"Anyway, enough talk! Get prepped and go!' Pluto shouted.

"Let's do it!" Sonic smiled.

Sonic, Silver, the Mew Mews, the Newspaper Club minus Tsukune, MOMO and Sailor Moon raced to the hanger bay were their ships were being kept. They jumped inside and readied their planes. "Everything's at the green." Sonic said as he pushed more of the buttons.

"The thugs were hired by the Baron for a reason, so be careful." Shion's voice said from the intercom.

"Lift lock released," the computer voice said. The locks on the planes were let go, allowing the planes to be loose.

"The outcome of the Harvester depends on you! Get ready...." Shion's voice continued. "Launch all ships!"

The planes flew out of the hanger and off into the battle.

"All ships, avoid enemy fire! Head for the Harvester burial site!" Zoey shouted like a star commander as the ships entered the fight.

"You must be enjoying this," Bridget smiled a bit.

"Yukari! You've got bogeys on you're tail!" Ruby shouted.

"Uh oh! I'm in trouble!" Yukari gasped as she noticed enemy planes following her. She tried really hard to shake them off, but the wouldn't get loose as the fired at her.

"I got them!" Sonic shouted as he went after the bogeys. He shouted them down with laser fire.

"Thanks Sonic! I thought I was done for!" Yukari smiled.

"You haven't changed a bit brat!" Kumuru snickered.

"Oh, shut up!"

"The Danish Defense Unit are commencing third volley of cannon fire," Chachamaru calculated as she spook from the intercom, "The Baron's fleet are being destroyed on after the other."

"No holding back now!" Silver said as he pushed forward and attack more planes.

"The Baron's fleet is dead ahead!" Moka pointed out as she did the same.

"Sonic, you, MOMO, Silver, Serena and the Mew Mews take the left side," Pluto commanded, "The rest of you, take the right. Now, wipe them out in one blast!"

"Alright! Hit them hard!" Kikki cheered. The X-Tornado moved through the fired blasts and continued to hit all the ships that came in their way.

"I see you!" Gin taunted as he shot down more planes.

"Gotcha!" MOMO shouted as she shot dome the other planes. Silver shot down the enemies battle ships with ease.

"Excellent! The enemy's defenses are weakening!" Sailor Moon smiled.

"Huh?" Sonic blinked as he saw a gundum like ship in front of him. "What's that? It looks like a gundum..."

"!! It's a prototype! Watch out for it's deadly laser attack!" Shion yelled.

"Roger!" Sonic nodded as he barrel rolled the Tornado II from the laser attack. It took some time but he fired the lasers as he continued to roll away from the attacks until the prototype went down.

"More prototypes detected from the radar!" Miyuki said.

"Leave it to us!" Yukari nodded as she pushed the boosters on her Magical Romance. She fired powerful homing lasers on the prototypes that charged at her. Each one was obliterated.

"Back off!" Kokoa shouted as she fired some missiles at more prototypes. They were destroyed on contacted.

"Eat this!" Kumuru yelled as she fired lasers at more prototypes. Soon, there were now prototypes left.

"All prototypes destroyed," Mizore confirmed.

"Don't relax just yet," Satomi reminded them, "There's something coming but I just can't see it..."

Suddenly, the strange ships faced in on them and began to open fire. "It's a Stealth Squadron! Watch out!" Jr gasped. "Use a Hyper Bomb on them!"

"Okay, guys. Spread out!" Sonic ordered as the planes got into an ever changing formation. They dodged every attack and fired the Hyper Bombs at the Stealth Squadron. The hit and the Stealth Squadron exploded in a red flash. More stealth ships faced in and continued were the lost left off. The Stealth Squadron were pretty durable as it took some time, but in the end, the fell into pieces.

"Alright! We're entering the last line of defense! Everyone, stay on you're toes!" Corina cheered.

The resistance planes continued to break through the enemy lines. As they got closer, the defenses began to get tougher. But it was nothing they couldn't handle. Within a few more minutes, they were near the center.

Unknown to everyone else, most of the bandits were hidden underground, trying to get the Harvester from there. Manfred was looking on as one of his undead solders walked up to him.

"Sir! The Harvester is 94% loosened. But we have a problem..."

"What is it?"

"It's those resistance fighters. They've wiped out half our fleet."

"Those little Japanese people are more of a nuisance than I thought," he growled as he walked to a dark corner, "Ready my plane..."

As Sonic and the others reached the center, they were awaiting commands. So, they spent time reporting hits.

"Zoey here. 31 kills."

"Sorry, pussy cat. Gin reporting 33 hits."

"Better luck next time, hentai wolf. Kokoa with 39 kills."

"Too bad. Silver reporting 41."

"Sonic with 43. Sorry, Silver."

"MOMO here. I got 48."

"Looks like MOMO wins," Ruby sighed. "I got a mere 25."

"I got 23. I need to work on my flying skills," Moka added.

"Me too. All I got was 27," Sailor Moon nodded.

"At least I got 29," Kumuru said.

"I shot down 38," Yukari boasted.

"I got 42 hits," Mizore said.

"Nice work for the first day in the air, eh?" Renee smiled. "The sunset look beautiful too."

"Hm? More enemies are coming at high speed!" MOMO gasped as she saw her radar reacting. Soon, they all saw the red Fokker Dr.I triplane and nine other gray jets flying right for them.

"You little Japanese people are starting to pester me!" Manfred growled as he and his squadron flew closer. "Now we shall show you how we dealt with insects back in my day!"

"Bring it, old timer!" Sonic shouted as he and his squadron flew at them.

LUFTSTREITKRAFTE SQUADRON (Theme: Wild Dog's theme from Time Crisis 3)

"Impudent youths! Someone should teach you to respect your elders!" Manfred shouted as he fired laser shots at them. His squadron followed suit, causing the Mercenaries to scatter. "You guys handle those planes! I'll take care of the old man!" Sonic commanded. "Got it!" they all nodded and went after the ships. The Tornado II and the Fokker Dr.I triplane flew at each other in a game of chicken before flying past in a tricky maneuver. "So we met at last, Sonic the Hedgehog," Manfred commented as the planes continued to fly around, "I must say, I am deeply impressed with you're past heroic efforts. However, I must do this for my country." "Yeah well, Germany doesn't seem to be too happy with what you're doing, patriotism or not!" Sonic remarked. "My people are merely corrupted by the modern society. I will cleanse them of the corruption and show them the light." "Can't let you do that!" Sonic shouted as he fired lasers at the Fokker Dr.I triplane. Manfred was proven to still be the ace pilot that he was years ago as he swiftly evaded the laser shots and fired shots lasers of his own. Sonic was proven to be his equal as he alluded the shots and flew up. "Not bad, but can you handle this?" Manfred yelled as he fired two heat seeking missiles at him. "Woah, got a think fast!" Sonic said as he tried to flew away from the missiles, but they were too fast. Soon, he got an idea; he threw a Hyper Bomb down at the missiles, causing them to explode. Meanwhile, everyone else was doing a good job of fighting off the squadron. A very good job. The planes were going down faster than they could blink. The last plane went after Kumuru, but Sailor Moon shot it down. "Thanks, looks like I owe you one." "Come on, let's see it Sonic needs our help," Silver said. "Look's like he doesn't," Gin said as he pointed. The Tornado II and the Fokker Dr.I triplane were still playing chicken as the fired more lasers at each other. Manfred decided that he hand enough of the game and launched missiles at them. Sonic did a tricky maneuver slingshot the missiles back at the Fokker Dr.I triplane. They hit and the plane began to smoke in an unstable rate.

"Heh... so you have beaten me, eh?" Manfred grunted. "No matter, we already have the Harvester."

"What?!" Sonic gasped.

"The invasion was a setup! My men have been working underground and we took the Harvester from there! This defeat is the gateway to many victories!" Manfred shouted as his plane exploded in a huge blast. As it cleared, nothing was left.

It got a bit darker as the Sonic and his squadron walked to where the Harvester was buried some time after the fight ended. The looked around and saw a large crater sticking out. "Woah, so they made off with it after all," Zoey gasped.

"It was all a trick. Manfred planned this from the start," Bridget sighed.

"This guy has a concept in strategy," Renee frowned, "This is going to be harder than I thought."

"What do we do now?" Moka asked.

"I think for now, we should head to our next destination and keep looking for anything we need," Sonic said. "We'll be ready if they try something else."

"Excuse me," said a voice behind them. The turned around and found the Danish captain walked up to them. "Although we have failed to secure the Harvester, we may not have made it with out your help." He mock saluted.

"Happy to help," Kumuru smiled. "By the way, do you happen to know where his base is?"

"As a matter of fact, it's a flying fortress that's wondering some corners of Earth. There is a problem though: you can't enter unless you have clreance. Fortunately, the scientists of GUN are working on something that can break the force field and allow us to get in. The project is so crucial, they have gone to Space Colony ARK just to work on it."

"So when they finish, we'll be ready," Kokoa nodded. Her cell phone rang and she answered it. "The Great Hurricane is ready for departure," Setsuna said on the other line.

"Let's get going guys," Silver nodded and went back to the Great Hurricane for the next destination.

TBC

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