[Lara]

"Just stay on my six." I said to Gunther as we continued to fly into the desert.

"Roger…" Gunther said as I checked to make sure he was behind me. "Lara, I hate the desert."

"Yeah I remember back at the airbase." I should try to comfort him. "But it can't be all that bad. I've been through worse."

"What do you mean?" he asked, I could by his voice that he didn't want to be here. "Weren't you just a regular Osean before we got into this?"

"Not really." I replied, "I fought in the Belkan War."

The mic went silent before he responded, "You did?"

"Yeah." I replied, knowing that he would want to hear more, but I opted to end this conversation now. "But I don't really want to talk about it Gunther." I looked on the radar and noticed a couple of ground installations (white radar blips) on my radar, "Besides we are at the refinery. Switch to rockets."

[Gunther]

I was interested in knowing what Lara did during the Belkan War. She was a good pilot but there was something else about her I couldn't place. It was as if she was a fifty year old war veteran in a young women's body. I did as she said and switched to rockets.

"You see those Oil Containers? Fire your rockets one at a time at each of them. I will be firing mine at the AA guns."

I followed the order without question. Sure enough the impacts from the rockets busted the containers and caused a wild fire to erupt on the refinery. I would hate to have been a ground soldier. Brilliant lights filled the area as the base burned. "Good shots." She exclaimed as I continued to follow her.

[Lara]

That… was…. Awesome. That would be something to tell Wolfgang about tonight. "Hey Gunther."

"Yeah?"

I then turned my aircraft to scan the surrounding area. There were four pipelines that protruded the refinery. I then looked at my long range radar to find that there was a long pipeline that sent all of the oil away from this area to the north. That means we are going to have to go to follow the other three pipelines and destroy whatever targets HQ gave us. "Stay on my six."

"Yes Ma'am!"

[Gunther]

Again I followed my orders without question. She obviously knew what she was doing. I still hated this damn desert. But atleast I was getting cussed at for it. But as I followed her, I couldn't fathom why she didn't want to talk about that war. Hell, I don't know why I want to talk about it with her.

"Bogies, only two of them. You know what to do."

"Yep roger that."

I then pulled back on the stick to bring up my altitude to about two thousand feet. Lara appeared to stay at around one thousand five hundred feet. The enemy F-15 then tried to engage Lara by making a sharp dive on her. I then pushed the stick to follow him.

"Bandit my tail, think you can you raze him?" Lara asked.

"Of course." I replied as I shot my main gun at him. It was quite hard for me to actually aim him as he constantly barrel rolled. Afterwards, I let off one my missles which nailed him in the left wing and caused him to eject.

"It would have been nasty if I flew into him after he bailed." I said as we chased the other bandit down. I think that the plane we shot down was actually the leader of the team, since the other F-15 started to disengage.

"Yeah it would've been." She replied as we continued our way to the first site.

[Lara]

It felt like a eternity before we reached the Eastern site. The sandstorm stilled messed with our radar. I can't believe that they would have sent us to this AO in such conditions. It was appalling.

"What should we target, Lara?" Gunther said as we were about five thousand feet away from the enemy targets.

"From what I remember, shoot the oil tanks and the derrick." I said as I readied my rockets. "I just readied my rockets, you should too."

"Alright." Gunther said as I heard a volley for rockets rained out of his plane to the targets, decimating them. We did the same to the other sites.

"That was not so bad, was it?" I sad as we exited the airspace.

"No not really. Danke, Lara. You did a good job leading just like Wolfgang would've." He said happily. I was glad to have gotten his stamp of approval, after all, we are in this together.

[Later on]

[Erich]

"I suppose we are next, Naja?" I asked as me and Lorianna sat down beside each other.

"Yeah. Before we start. Tell me about your engagment in the Belkan War?" Naja said as Lorianna took a small glance at me.

I don't have anything to hide. I was fighting for the Fatherland.

"I flew with the TAC name 'Reiher.' And I was a member of the 'Gelb' team. In Osean, that would be 'Yellow.' I was damaged en route to Directus and our leader ordered me to return to base. Gelb 1 and 2 were in great shape compared to me. Afterwards I heard that lead got KIA and Gelb 2 was arrested as a PoW. Maybe not being able to fight alongside them is why I can be hot at sometimes. But flying with Wolfgang. I feel... different. Not flying with emotion is what Wolfgang does. A true knight. In a sense, he's my role model. I know a man my age can't say anyone is my role model. " wow saying that has made me a somewhat of a different person. I have had all this in my chest. It feels good letting it all out. "

Then I wanted to put my skills to the test and flew into the Round Table. Even when I got shot down by The Demon Lord himself. Sure I was angry but at the same time.. I respected him. He is after all human. I then left the Belkan Airforce and began soul-searching. And I am still soul-searching to this very day. I am good, but I want a equal. I rival. Not a demon lord to face off against. But a true rival to face in a dogfight."

"That was real deep, Erich." Lorianna said, "Erusea has a good airforce. Why don't we join up with them after this affair is settled? They are a rising power. Plus our culture is very similar to Belka."

"I might take up that offer." I said, "it would make a good home. I suppose"

"Alright you two Eruseans, I'm going to expain your next mission. By the way, Erich or David. I hope whatever venture you take will make you happy." Naja smiled as she brought up the projector. "Alright theres a area forty miles west of Donet city. The enemy has proved to have significant resources. This war of attrition is not to our advantage. We are now targeting a key resource plant. Our intelligence reports stealth fighters operating in this theater. Remember, their lack of radar signature makes visual sighting essential in order to shoot them down."

A/N: Writers block had me good on this chapter. I know it's extremely rough and whatnot, but I am glad its done.