Strike Witches
The Winged Chronicles
Introductions
A medic unit arrives and takes Yoshika back to the medical ward and Mina tells everyone else to go to the conference room for a meeting. All the girls with Griffin still a little beat up walk into the room, before the door even closes Lucchini yells "what just happened?" Shirley agreeing with her adds "and what are we going to do with Yoshika?" Erica says "you've seen that power, she's dangerous" Lynette yells "she's not dangerous" Mina slams her hand on the table and yells "everyone take your seats, we need to discuss this calmly, Yoshika is still under the watch of two guards and will call if anything happens." Ten minutes later Yoshika awakes in her bed and stares at the same ceiling she has done countless times, not moving Yoshika tries to remember what happened. After a few seconds she remembers and just as that happens she hears a voice inside her head, Yoshika inside her head says "thank you for saving Sakamoto-san" the voice says "your welcome, but there is still much that needs to be done" Yoshika asks "like what?"
Mina still talking in the conference room stops to a knock on the door that interrupts her, as the door opens and Yoshika walks in, everyone turns to the noise and with shock they witness Yoshika walk in wearing a black suit shirt and red tie with black shorts with her right eye shining red, Mina dumbfounded can only say "Yoshika?" Yoshika walking in and shutting the door says "she's here" Mina confused asks "then, who are you?" Yoshika putting her back towards the wall and leaning back with a slight smirk replies "i'm the other" Mio says "other?" Yoshika says "yes, i'm the other" pondering for a minuet she says "we discussed it, you can call me N for now" Mina slowly reaching for her gun says "you discussed it?" N replies "yes, Yoshika is also here" Mina not believing her says "prove it" N closes her eyes and her suit dematerializes back into her body and Yoshika's normal clothes appear and her right eye stops glowing red. Mina says "Yoshika" and with her usual chipper voice says "yes Mina i'm here" Mina confused says "then who was the other person I just talked to?" Yoshika with chipper voice says "thats N, she was the one that saved Sakamoto and I today." Mio says "how can you expect us to believe this" Yoshika says "don't worry N is nice she just wants to help" Barkhorn yells "how can you expect us to believe you, its a Neuroi" Yoshika says "she has a name, N wanted to warn us and this was the only way so, she chose me" Lynette stand up and says "yes and she almost got you killed a while ago." Yoshika pauses for a second, instantly her eye shines red and N's black suit appears again and N yells in a stern voice "I didn't try to kill her, I was trying to make contact and my brethren decided to take the opportunity to attack without my knowing, that's when I decided to defect" Lynette a little thrown off doesn't reply and sits back down, Mina with a stern voice says "then who do your allegiance lye with?" With a piercing stare at Mina N replies "with you, haven't I just proved that!" Mina unchanging says "don't forget you're still the enemy of this planet" N with annoyed look says "yes, that's why I left; I don't want to kill innocent people anymore." Barkhorn stands up and says "like you did to Maloney's body guards?" N with a peircing stare says "I was asked to intervene in that conflict, I offered to help and Yoshika chose the outcome." Mio stands up and says "Yoshika" as Yoshika's normal cloths reappear and her eye stops shining red says "Yes?" Mio asks "can we trust this...N?" Yoshika taking a step forward says "I truly believe that she wants to help" Mio stares at Yoshika's eyes looking for anything that could disprove her after a few seconds Mio sits down and says "I believe you" a few of the girls turn to Mio in shock to make such a bold statement. Mina with a sigh says "very well, N , we shall trust you for the moment but I make myself clear when I say, if you do anything that could jeopardize anyone at this base i'll take you down myself" Yoshika's right eye shines red as Yoshika's head nods. Mina after her speech in a more calm voice asks "what happened to the two guards that we supposed to watch you?" Yoshika eye shines red and looks away from Mina and avoids the question. With a sigh Mina grabs the phone as says "send a doctor to Yoshika's medical room, please." N now being serious says "I came to you in this form to warn you, the Neuroi, they've captured some witches and they've been experimenting on them" Mio and Mina's eyes both widen. "I don't know what their trying to do but it's not good, I left to warn you once I found out through the network" says N.
Barkhorn standing up says "and what do you expect us to do about this?" N a little annoyed replies "I don't know, I can give you detailed directions where the witches are being kept and assist in a rescue attempt" Mio says "no, the military will chose the proper strategy for the attack, you won't participate" N not showing any emotion says "it's my plan, I don't go, I won't tell you where they are" Mio doesn't reply. Mina slamming her hand on the desk yells "this isn't going nowhere, I'll inform the higher ups and give them the information, we will see what action they will to choose, for now I want two witches with Yoshika at all times until we can determine our next plan of action" Mina looks towards Lynette and Perrine and says "you two take the first shift" as Mina walks out of the room with Mio following behind Mina and N have a glance at each other as they pass. The rest of the group is left there not knowing what to do as Yoshika comes back and heads out of the room, Lynette and Perrine both scamper out yelling at Yoshika to wait for them. Yoshika waits outside the room for Lynette and Perrine to catch up, Perrine yells at her for not waiting as they start to walk down the hall. Lynette asks "Yoshika, where are we going?" Yoshika turns around with a smile and says " it's near dinner time, we need to make it" the two look at here with open eyes and start laughing and mutter "that's Yoshika alright" as the group heads towards the dining hall. When they get to the room no one is there, Yoshika heads into the kitchen and grabs an apron and turns to them and with a determined look says "let's make the best dinner we've ever had" Lynette and Perrine look at each other and Lynette with a little hesitation says with a slight smile "yes" as Perrine replies "humph, don't expect me to do all the work" as the three get to work. A few hours pass and Shirley and Lucchini are the first ones to enter for dinner. Yoshika turns from a steaming pot and says "Hey guys, dinner isn't ready yet, just take a seat" both of them stop look at each other and slowly sit down not sure what to make of the situation. Lucchini bumps Shirley on the shoulder and whispers "hey, isn't Yoshika evil now, why is she cooking us dinner still" Shirley bashes her on the head and says "you idiot, she is not evil, she's just being possessed by a Neuroi" Shirley stops and listens to what she just said as Lucchini's head is on the table with her hand on top of her head rolling around from the pain. Across the room Yoshika in a stern voice says "I'm not possessing Yoshika, we both are sharing this body" Both of them look at her in shock not believing that she heard them as Yoshika's right eye glows red and says "and I'm not evil" Lucchini hides behind Shirley and says "maybe not, but your still scary" Yoshika looks towards them as her right eye returns to normal and says "I'm sorry I don't want to be scary, N just comes off that way" Shirley and Lucchini look at each other and Lucchini wipers "talk about split personalities" as Shirley whacks her on the head again and looks at Lynette and Perrine with an inquisitive look. Lynette laughs silently and says "Perrine and I have been dealing with this for the last few hours, were used to it" Perrine turns around "humps" to herself and gets back to work. Slowly everyone else comes into the room and has the same reaction Lucchini and Shirley had as they explain the situation and the atmosphere slowly returns to normal. The girls start to laugh and things get back to normal, even when the last ones to enter are Mina and Mio, when they see everyone with a smile and laughing with each other Mina with a smile thinks "maybe Yoshika is back to her normal self" as Lucchini reaches across the table and steals a bun from Yoshika's plate, Yoshika eye shines red and grabs Lucchini's wrist with her right metallic hand as Lucchini says "eeek" as she looks at her with an annoyed look as Lucchini tries to struggle away from her, with no success Lucchini drops the bun and N lets go of her wrist and Yoshika's eye returns to normal. Shirley laughs and says "that's what you get when you try to steal something" as Lucchini sits back down and doesn't make eye contact. Yoshika laughs and says "sorry Lucchini, N does kind of have a temper" as the rest of them start to pick on Lucchini and Yoshika. Mina and Mio sits down at the table and continue the conversation till late in the night.
Early in the morning the girls leave the dining hall and all head towards their rooms exhausted, Yoshika, Perrine and Lynette all head towards Yoshika's room and Yoshika opens the door and turns and says "you don't need to follow me anymore" Perrine says "trust me we don't, but we have orders" Yoshika with a desprit voice says "your almost right next door, I'll be fine" Lynette and Perrine both start to head out and just before the door closes Lynette says "you're not the one were worried about" as the door closes and the two head there separate directions. Yoshika gets changed and turns the lights off and flops into her bed and gets comfy as N in her head says "you have some nice friends there" Yoshika smiles and internally says "yes, there the best, good night" N replies "good night" and the two go to sleep. A few hours later when the entire base is asleep three black figures with bags enter the base silently and head towards Yoshika's window. The three get to the base of her room on the ground as one makes a cup with is hand throws him in the air towards the window. The man grabs the window edge and hooks a rope, the three silently open the window and enter Yoshika's room, Yoshika is asleep and doesn't sense their presence, one of the men reaches into his bag, grabs a bottle and a cloth and pours the liquid into the cloth and puts the bottle back. The three look at each other, nod and the other two each grabs one of her arms and puts their entire weight on each arm. Yoshika suddenly waking up noticing that she can't move shrieks as her eye turns red and an angry N starts to yell as she slowly tries to lift the two men off her. The two men yell at the third to "hurry up" as he approaches as N slowly moves the men off her, he places the cloth over her face and N passes out with Yoshika. Yoshika's limp body now on the bed one of the men picks her up and throw her on his shoulder as they say "mission accomplished" as they start to head towards the window. Lynette opens the door yelling "Yoshika, you alright!" as she witness the three men look at her and quickly jump out the window as Lynette runs towards the window and yells "Yoshika!" as Perrine and Barkhorn enter her room. Barkhorn yells "what happened", Lynette in tears says "I don't know, Yoshika was yelling so I came to check up on her and there were three men with Yoshika passed out on their shoulder and they jumped out the window" A smash from the outside causes the two to rush to the window, Griffin jumping out of his window falling transforms his legs into jets and flies towards the direction the three went. Barkhorn runs out the room and sounds the alarm and yells in the intercom "intruders on the base, Yoshika has been taken" as the base awakens lights turn on and people scamper out. Barkhorn still in the communications room hears Sonya's voice on the speaker. Barkhorn grabs the mike and yells "Sonya, Yoshika's been kidnaped, three men intruded the base and their headed east, can you and Eila intercept" Eila on the mike says "were already heading towards your direction" Barkhorn upset looks down at the table and says "do what you must to get her back, Griffin is on his way there as we speak" Eila replies "roger." Mina enters Yoshika's room while Lynette sits on the floor crying saying "I could of helped her" Mina approaches Lynette, Lynette doesn't recognise her. Mina kneels down slaps Lynette in the face and says "snap out of it! Everyone to the meeting room" as Mina looks outside and sees three sparks in the air miles away and three explosion impacts with flames in the air.
Sonya and Eila both race in the known direction of the three known assailants, Sonya points in front of them at the ocean. Eila squints and sees three black objects racing across the ocean with wings, Eila says "there they are" Sonya aims her Fliegerhammer at the three and fires one rocket at each. The three men notice the rockets and move to avoid the attack while not slowing down. Eila yells "Sonya, don't forget Yoshika is with them!" The man on the center turns and looks at the other two, the two men break off and start to head towards Sonya and Eila. Eila surprised aims her gun and starts to fire, the two men dodge the bullets and continue to charge, Eila knowing what's going to happen yells "Sonya look out" as she pushes her away from her as the two men bring out a dagger and charge at Eila, Eila takes her gun and deflects the first knife and rotates around the man, Eila stops instantly and thrusts backwards to avoid the other man's vertical swipe. The two men constantly swing and lunge at her as Eila dodges the attacks. Sonya only able to watch tries to aim her Fliegerhammer at the two but Eila is constantly moving between the two. After a few minuets Eila is slowly getting nicked and scraped from the two men as fatigue starts to set in. Eila trying to get some distance from the two men aims her gun at them and fires as both of them move in separate directions and converge at her position. Eila leans forward to dodge one attack but the other man grabs her left arm instead of swinging, Eila shocked at this takes her gun and with her right arm forces the butt of the gun into the man's side. The other man charges Eila with knife in hand expecting a hit, Sonya not sure what to do aims her Fliegerhammer at the man farthest away from Eila and fires. The man hearing the initial rocket ignition dodges it with not much effort, the man charges Sonya. Sonya with no close combat experience fires another rocket in shock unable to move, the man sticks the knife right into Sonya's stomach, Sonya looks down at the stomach feeling a sharp pain. Sonya with a "ugh" from the impact feels the strong flow of blood in her mouth as it soon starts to over flow out the right side of her mouth. In an upward motion the man raises his dagger and breaks through her ribcage and through her throat. Sonya after a second drops her Fliegerhammer grabs her chest with blood pouring out, as Eila screams "Sonya!" as she falls backwards into the ocean. Eila dodging one of the man's knife attacks gets hit with a burst of emotion as tears flow from her eyes, every essence of her being is telling her to check on Sonya. Eila looks to see Sonya aiming her Fliegerhammer at one of the men. Eila screams "Sonya don't!" as she tries to get near her. Sonya shoots the rocket off, one of the men dodges the missile and charges Sonya. Eila screams knowing whats going to happen and not being able to prevent it. The man handles his knife into position, as he inches closer to Sanya, right before the man could touch her a loud blast emerges right next to the two. Griffin emerges with his wings out and instantly grabs the mans wrist and with a rotating motion rips the knife out of his hand as Griffin's fist impacts the mans face. Eila amazed at what she just witnessed turns to find the other man has run off, Eila runs into Sonya crying saying "I saw you die" Sonya embraces her and says "I'm fine" Griffin says "Sonya do you know where there headed?" Sonya nods and says " I intercepted a communication by one their radio's, there going to Maloney's base" Griffin looks blankly at the direction the two men went and says "lets return to base, we could run into a trap if we continue pursuit, were in their territory now" as the three head back towards the base.
When the three return Barkhorn, Erica, Shirley and Lucchini were all getting ready to launch as Barkhorn sees them approach and enter the hangar. Barkhorn yells "what happened?" Griffin replies "we lost track of them but Sonya know's where their headed" Barkhorn walks towards Griffin and yells "you let them get away?" With a stern face Griffin says "no, we were in unknown terrain and the enemy had the advantage, we could of walked into a trap." Barkhorn grabs Griffin's shirt with both her hands and yells "you let them escape!" Griffin says "no" Barkhorn startin to tear up yells "yes you did, you could of pursued them" Griffin replies "yes, and gotten Eila and Sonya killed in the process" Barkhorn yells "you could of done something!" as Barkorn releases her right hand and takes a deep swing and punches Griffin in the face. Griffin doesn't move, everyone watches as Barkhorns hand imprints into Griffin's face, Griffin stairing unrelenting at Barkhorn. Mina walks in and yells "Barkhorn, thats enough. Everyone back inside, we need to discuss our next plan of action." As Barkhorn lets Griffin go and heads towards the exit of the base, Barkhorn near the door exhales "coward" as she disapears into the darkness with Erica tailing behind.