Strike Witches
The winged Chronicles
Origins
Griffin while standing in front of Mio and Mina closes the door to Mina office, looking out the window Griffin tells his story. I knew since a young age I was different. I was able to do things no other boy in my classes could do, but some of the girls could also do the same things I could. The girl's called themselves Witches, I never knowing why I was the only male in my life that could use magic but through research I found out that in the past males were known as Warlocks. So I became a Warlock and I never told a living soul what I was capable of doing. I never had much practice in my younger years, I watched the Witches learn and practice magic and at night I tried to mimic them. That's why I have similar abilities of your's but different aspects of it. I joined the Military as soon as I reached 18, but without telling anyone that I was a Warlock. My first mission was a rescue operation in Prague, while the Witches defended the base we evacuated everyone out as fast as we could. When the last four survivors got safely on the boat I turned my head and looked towards the sky and the sun was glistening the sky, I covered my eyes by reaching out to the sky with my left arm. Then a red beam of light sparkled from the centre of the sun. It was a Neuroi attack, the beam stuck me and for impossible reason I survived. Mio and Mina shocked open there eyes a little bit more than normal and Mina says " Then what?". I woke up in a Battle Carrier with people standing over me yelling, I don't remember what then I passed out again. When I awoke again two month's have passed and I was in a United States military hospital. The doctor amazed that I awoke told me what happened and that I was the only survivor of the attack, after a few more days when I was strong enough I lifted myself up and looked under my covers and saw my left arm and both my leg's gone. It was the most devastating thing in my life, but I made a promise to myself that I will take revenge for my lost limbs and I will fight again.
When I was able to get out a General gave me a Medal for Honour and I was Discharged from the Military. When I got back home I went right to work, I went heavy into my magic training and replacing my leg's. I got some schematic's and information if the Warlock project from a friend in the military and I spent the rest of that year rebuilding my leg's and my arm. I took the principle of the magic flying and added the thrusters of the Warlock project and created an entire new striker unit. I kept this information private for safety sakes, then I started to work on making myself able to fight the Neuroi, since most of my magic is defensive and healing I created a special type of gun that can take raw magic and convert it for me into powerful magic bullets. After my weapons and leg's were complete I spent months at a abandoned field in the middle of nowhere and trained my body to be able to fight and fly in all sort's of battle situations. When I was able to fly and defend myself I went to the United States Striker Unit and watched our five witches train and prepare for the next battle. I went to the head commander there and told her that I was a Warlock and was able to help defend the country, she just laughed at me telling me " Warlock's no longer exist , who are you trying to kid" and I was asked to leave immediately. But that didn't detour me I bought a house near the base and I set up shop preparing to support our witches, every day when the horn came on for a Neuroi attack I was ready to fly and be there if they need me. Mina and Mio look confused when Griffin said "Everyday", Griffin explained that The United States got Neuroi attack's daily while the 501'st got then weekly. The first we times I was shot at in confusion for being a Neuroi, and the girl's didn't trust me. But many times I went and fought right beside them, saving them many times and vice versa. They got to know me and the same went for me. But when ever we went back to base I went to my house and no one ever spoke about me, in fear that the girl's would be made laughing stocks of by accepting outside help.
But on one stormy day, the rain and the wind made it almost impossible for anyone to fly, but the horn for a Neuroi attack went. I was in the middle of making repair's and I didn't hear the horn over the noises in my shop. When I finished I had the worst felling I ever had, I grabbed my gun and I ran out the door heading towards the light's in the sky. When I reached the girl's only two were alive and they were holding onto the bodies of the other three with only shield's defending themselves, The commander turned to me and said " Griffin, glad you could make it" she smiled and a Neuroi blast hit her and the other witch from the back. With pure anger and shock in my face I threw my hands towards the girls and made five shields to support their bodies and created five healing shields to help and keep the remaining to alive. After I finished the Neuroi I used all my magical abilities to keep the girl's alive and bring them to the base. For the first time I saw what the inside of the hangar looked like, I yelled for help and a medic team rolled in five stretchers, with all the people there shocked that I was flying and using magic I yelled " There's no time the witches need medical attention NOW!!" The doctor turned to me and said " Thank you for returning them home" and the horn went off again, with the rest of the military personnel unable to fight I was the only one that could make a difference, I told the doctor "Save them, please!". I few out without a second thought, the rain was hitting my eyes with such force it gave me the appearance of tear's rolling down my eyes, I spent the rest of that night destroying Neuroi, when I got back I had no ammunition and everyone could see that I used my left mechanical arm to rip apart the last Neuroi with my bare hands.
When I came back I flew into the hangar, with a rev and poof I went back into my walking leg form and went right into the medical wing, every person I walked passed looked at me like a I was a threat and stayed out of my way, At that moment I didn't care, I pushed through the door into the girl's room and the doctor was there waiting for me with a frown and he looked at me with eyes of desperation and shook his head. I fell to my knee's and yelled at the top of my lungs. The doctor came up next to me and put his hand on my shoulder and softly said " Yes they are dead, but you made there dead not in vain, you eased their pain and showed them that they could go on to the after life knowing that someone would be looking out and taking care of their job for them" I rose and walked out the room and went right into the hangar again. The mechanical crew confronted me and said " where here to repair your striker unit", I walked passed them with a scorn voice I said " I don't need repair's I do it myself, if you wana help get me ammunition for my weapon and hurry up, I feel that there was gona be another attack soon" After that in was the only defence my country had.
Mina and Mio shocked look towards each other and both smile and nod. Mina stand's up and says "Griffin welcome to the 501'st"