AN: The reason why Tanya doesn't know Belkan is that Wolfgang simply doesn't want her to know Belkan until the time is right.
The next morning, the reporter came back. He would want to focus back on the Sotoa Campaign. My daughter wasn't home and Günter sat down beside me as it came clear that he wanted to be a part of the interview.
"I'm back, after a day of archives lookup, surfing the web, and rereading my notes, it seems that there's more to be told, Mr. Schmidt." The brown haired reporter eyed Günter. "So, you must be Günter Heimoroth."
"Yes, I am." Günter replied as he shook Thompson's hand.
"Where were you born?" the reporter said as he looked back into his bio sheet that he made of us, in order to confirm he was telling the right information.
"Truinich, it was the Rald Party's spiritual capital. That's where I grew up with my mother and older brother, Michael. Michael went on to becoming the flight lead of the Ofnir team while I worked on fighters. As an information gatherer, I often worked with electronic jamming during the initial battle that started the war."
"That's interesting; I never knew you did that sort of work Günter." I replied, honestly this was the first time I heard him talk about that, all the other times he hid it.
"How interesting, a flight leader that didn't know his squad mates skills?" Thompson asked, Honestly, I didn't know.
"No. It is sad that I didn't know much."
"Well, I had to go through a lot of training, Michael made me do it, he was the biggest jerk ever and always through it in my face because he was practically the head of the air force and because he was a member of the SS."
"So Wolfgang continue where we left off."
SOTOA 1995
"Good to see you all again. Thanks to your actions, the airbase survived and an eight of the enemy's bomber squadrons have been taken out." The base commander was wearing a new pair of glasses. And by the looks of it, the Sotoan Kalugan Romnian and Valgan Coalition gave him a promotion. No wonder why he seems to be in high spirits.
"However, an unknown group has appeared in Grid 23, in the Toka mountain range. 100 miles northeast of this base. Good luck."
David stopped me as we walked out. "Unknowns? Do you think they have Belkan utilities? Like the Jamming Devices we used during Futoro?"
"No, our AWACS probably did a half assed scan. You know, Angelwing sometimes he is higher than a cloud when he does his duties."
"Yeah, being a merc doesn't really mean he has to follow rules and regs." David replied as we started to walk towards the hangers.
"But in order for us to have honor, we do." I replied as I put my arm around his neck, "And honor is the one thing us Belkans live for, isn't it?"
"Hahah, yes! For the Belkan Federation!" David said as we continued into the hanger.
"Why are you guys so happy for?" Lara asked,
"Haha, nothing much Lara." I replied, "Just connecting with my squad mates. It was a core belief when during training."
"Oh, I see." She looked at me dead in the eyes, "Are you going to connect with me also?"
"Yeah, I will." I said, checking her out. Her brown eyes, looking me over and turned around and claimed the ladder to her jet, I saw her give a thumbs up.
"Hey Scarface 1!" Lara said as the tractor hooked up to her, "Looking forward to it!"
TOKA MOUNTAINS
The Toka Mountains split the Sotoa right down the middle. Toka was a name of a Sotoan Prince that ruled Sotoa during the early 1400s and was known for having his citadel deep in the heart of the Mountain range.
"Alright, I've detected eight enemy signatures on radar. Two E-767s alongside fighter escorts." Angelwing informed,
"Finally off the bong? That's the most accurate readout you gave us since we started." David said as he sped up his plane ahead. Lorianna followed suit.
"What's that supposed to mean?" he replied,
"You know what I mean. Don't play stupid with a Belkan." David replied with disdain.
"Now you listen here! It ain't my fault that this Hawkeye's radar equipment aint Belkan state of the art! We got to make do with what we got!" Angelwing said,
"Not taking sides, you do both make great points. Quit arguing." Lara told them both and to my surprise, they didn't retaliate towards her.
They continued to bicker back and forth for another five minutes. Our first attacks were against the E767s, the F/A 18s and lastly the TNDRs. "Easy money." John said as we flew back into formation. A TNDR rolled to the left and tried to spin away from me as we started to play fat and mouse.
"Fox 2….." I watched as the sidewinder curved to reach its target. "Target down. All planes back to base."
Present Day
"John had to have been the most speechless person I have ever met in my life. He never talked, never initiated talking, and he spoke whenever he was spoken to. The last time I ever saw John was after the Usean Rebellion, afterwards he just disappeared." Günter said,
"We never saw him since." I replied, Brett's eyes showed wonder and amazement.
"I would've figured that you all as a squadron would have stuck together, what happened?"
"One night he went to his apartment up the street from here, the next morning, he was gone. The local police station tried their best to find him; they ran DNA, fingerprints, signs of struggle. They turned up nothing. "
"Do you think he just wandered off?"
"That's not his style. He would've told us where he would've gone." I replied.
"How interesting."
The disappearance of John was a complete mystery. Disappercences were quite common in Osea, Yuktobania, Usea, and Verusea. About fifty people per year were reported missing. They tend to be government officials, military heroes, and hackers.
A/N: So yeah, I'm glad I've broke my writers block. Please review, I have anonymous reviews on. But no flames.
