"So we are going to pick up right where we left off- Pops has just taken off with Grabarc right behind him plus Schwarze." Brett said right after he pressed record on his camera.

"Yes, at this point I was running through the base, grabbing all the Intel I could get my hands on. I figured if I was going to defect, I was going to go with 'style'." I said as I started to remember what happened next.

[Begin Flashback]

The jets took off after Pops as he tried to outrun Grabarc and Schwarz. I knew Pops was perhaps the best Ace in the air force but I didn't think he would make it in a Mig-21 fishbed. I wanted to be up there in the sky to cover him as he crossed the border into the now-liberated Ustio.

Alarms started to go off in the base as I got into my jet pushing the throttle to full speed. I then checked my radar to adjust the IFF to change Belkan allies to enemies (yes it does have that option) and I looked at the radar to find that a Belkan ZSU 23 (anti-air) was headed to my position to try to destroy my jet.

My speedometer was now at 500 mph as my plane lifted off the runway. Through my helmet I could hear the voices of the base command saying that their reputations were now being dropped big time for being responsible for 2 defections. Little did I know I was heading into one of the biggest dogfight of my life.

"Wow that Hucklebein is flying weird." said Pixy as he flew close to his flight lead Cipher as they both observed B7R in their F-15s. They both shot down 80% of the Belkan air force that was stationed there to put the battle in the Allied Nations' favor.

"Enemy reinforcement's incoming!" said the Ustio AWACS officer in a panic.

"They have come to feed on the dead again." said Pixy as he and Cipher turned their planes around to face off against Schwarz, a team that flew eight Mig-31s. Their planes were painted a solid black with red outlines and there emblem was a skeleton with a snake coming out of the eye.

"Another plane on radar! It's the same guy from Excalibur!" replied the AWACS officer through the mic.

"This is Vogel to Ustio AWACS. Please allow me to defect to the allied nat..." I was then cut off by the Schwarz leader.

"Hucklebein is nothing to go after, let's take down the Mercenary Dream Team." Schwarz one said as he and his squadron engaged the Galm team. I took this chance to fly through the missile fire and flew straight to the area that Pops, Heartbreak 1, and Grabarc 1 were.

"Hucklebein? Hucklebein!" damn they must be on a different frequency. I fiddled with the radio until I was able to catch what was being said.

"I will shoot both of you down!" said Grabarc One as he played cat and mouse between him, Pops, and Heartbreak 1. "Hucklebein the traitor and you Bartlett for being so meddling!"

"Now listen here, Ashley. We are supposed to defend our nation! Not drop the nukes!" said Pops through the mic.

"Nukes? Hucklebein? What do you mean nukes?" said Bartlett through the mic. He then dodged more gunfire from Grabarc 1.

"The Rald Party knows what's best for Belka. They brought us out of this mess. We will win this war!" Grabarc 1 said as he started to chase down Pops instead.

"They do not!" I said through the mic. After I said that, everything went silent. "They are the true enemies here! Not Belka or the Allies!"

"So Grabarc 5 has decided to join the fight." Grabarc one said tauntingly into the mic as he switched his missiles to QAAMs. Right after he did that he launched them at Pops and Bartlett.

"This is for the Fatherland."Words that we use to say before every sortie, and every morning, but never before have I heard these words being growled with so much hate. The missiles hit both Pops and Heartbreak One. I dropped my speed down to make a confirmation to make sure the Osean and Pops were safe.

However while doing this I got strafed by Grabarc 1. So I was forced to go to afterburner speed. I was lucky enough that my plane didn't get blown up. Being called Grabarc 5 really ticked me off. I knew it was a tactic to make me lose my temper to allow him an easy kill off of me. But I ignored it as I wanted to shoot him down for killing Pops.

"My offer still stands, Schmidt. I can and will spare you now if you join Grabarc." he said as he flew in circles to confirm his two kills.

"No! I will never join Grabarc! I'm an ace that flies by honor! Not death and revenge!" I said through the mic as we both prepared to fly at each other head on.

"Fine then, pupil of Hucklebein. Prepare to die." Grabarc one said as we both sped at each other as if to joust.

"This is AWACS Eagle Eye to Belkan Defector Vogel." the AWACS officer said through the mic. He must've changed his frequency to the one that Heartbreak 1, Pops, and Grabarc 1 were using. His voice sounded like he was in his mid-twenties. Young for an AWACS officer, but he could get the job down, I give him that.

"Go ahead Eagle Eye! I'm in the middle of a dogfight!" I replied in the mic as me and Grabarc 1 flew passed him at Mach 1 and he did to. When we passed, we had less than 20 feel of air separating my plane from his. I then noticed the squadron's emblem of a snake with the words "Grabarc" written on it. I then looked to the bottom of the insignia to find the symbol of the Rald Party (which was a square with perpendicular lines in it with a red oval as a background.

"We almost have the entire airspace sanitized of enemy fighters! The Galm team are cleaning house. Take him down." Eagle Eye said through the mic as I pulled my craft to follow Grabarc 1. He then pulled off an immelmann turn in an attempt to get behind me to shoot me down. In order for me to evade, I did the exact flight maneuver in order to evade him. He fired a missile at me and I started to evade the missile by trying to turn right and pulling down on the flight stick. I then turned the after burners to try to gain altitude to evade him. He followed suit.

"It is the only way, Vogel." Grabarc 1 said through the mic, I could sense the hatred in him even as he spoke through the mic.

"Don't the teachings of Hucklebein and Silber 1 mean anything to you?" I said through the mic while evading his gun fire. "Don't fly with anger but with pride?"

"It doesn't matter to me. A new generation has taken to the skies and those old fools will never understand that! Hucklebein is the reason why we are losing this war!" he said as he started to slowly lose control of his plane. His SU-47 slowly started to lose stability in the high altitude.

I could tell that his flying was starting to get worse. His own anger was catching up with him. That is what Hucklebein and Silber 1 warned about, flying with hate really does interfere with skill and the ability to think straight. I then brought the plane around to get a good shot at his plane.

"Burn in hell!" I shouted through the mic as I shot him down with 2 missiles. At close examination, I could tell he ejected from his plane.

A couple minutes later, I found myself flying close to Cipher's and Pixy's F-15s. They both knew I wasn't the enemy anymore. A young pilot by the name of PJ gave me a warm welcome even though I was Belkan and I was the citizen of a nation that started a major war.

"Well then, Schmidt. Never thought I would be flying with you in the same sky as allies." said Pixy as we flew back to Valais Air force Base, Ustio.

"Yeah Schmidt, nice to meet you." said Cipher as he lead the formation back to the vital Ustio military instillation.

"Yeah! Schmidt, my names PJ and I are glad to meet another ace like Cipher and Pixy!" said the 19 year old pilot as he flew his plane close to mine.

"Nice to meet you all." I said through the mic. Personally, I couldn't believe that I defected. But then again, the politics of Belka prevented me from flying most of the time. When the Rald Party took power, they place heavy restrictions on people that didn't support the party. Like me and my family. We never supported the right wing extremist and due to my heritage of Ustian, Osean, Belkan, and Yuktobania. When I finally landed in Valais, I was faced with slight criticism but despite that, everything went well.

I was not allowed to fly in the Bombing of Hoffnung since I was caught up with paperwork in order to get my Osean citizenship papers together and for a military identification card with the Osean Air force. So I had to go the Osean Capital of Oured. Upon arrival, people glared at me and asked me the same question, "Why did your homeland have to start that war?" I could never answer the question, I was too busy worried about getting small rocks, and vegetables thrown at me. After 5-8 days of being in Oured, I was flown back to Ustio in order to prepare for another life changing event.

[End Flashback]