(Jet's POV)
when I reached the hanger I found my commander from the military base there. He looked very worried and was pacing the hanger floor when I rolled in. When he heard me enter he looked at me and sighed a sigh of relief.
"good your alright."
"what's going on commander?"
"everything is hitting the fan Jet."
"why? What happened?"
"a day after you left a squad of stealth fighters arrived and questioned everyone on where you had gone. They said that me releasing you from duty temporarily with ammunition was a threat to national security."
"They do know that if a sidewinder is free fired without a target the sidewinder will auto lock onto the closest heat source and that's yourself if you try to attack anything that's not alive."
"that's what I told them but they still feared that you would use them on high value personnel."
"did you show them the list of missiles that are equipped and show them the fact that I have them disarmed and I can't rearm them until the commander gives me the activation code?"
"yes I showed them and that is the only thing keeping them off your back."
"if they don't want me having the sidewinders I can give them back to you to take back to base."
"few I thought you would have put up a fight for your sidewinders."
"no I won't put up a fight plus the racing officials don't like the fact that I'm military with a full arsenal."
"alright. You guys can come out now."
As soon as the commander said that four stealth fighters uncloaked with two tugs hiding behind them. The tugs came forward and took the missiles when I took them out of storage then the tugs placed the missiles inside a crate in the back of the hanger.
"there. The missiles are back under your control now can I go because they are about to announce who is going on to the wings around the globe rally."
"yes you may and good luck."
"your going to need it to get to Iceland and over the Himalayas."
"thanks for the boost of confidence guys."
With that I left the hanger and found Natalie over at the scoreboard waiting for the final score.
"hey Natalie."
"oh hey Jet. That was a long phone call."
"yeah well it was my old military commander wanting the sidewinders back."
"oh that sounds like it was fun."
"not really. Well anyways do you know who made it?"
"nope but they should be displaying it any minute."
Just as she said that the announcer started to announce who the top five were.
"in first is Jet Jetstream. In second is Natalie Dust. In third is Dusty Crophopper. In fourth is Ned and in fifth is Zed. Congratulations you five we hope to see the rest of you next year at trials. The five planes who are moving on should get to JFK airport in New York City, New York in a weeks time."
"well it looks like you beat everyone."
"yeah and now I can go faster since I don't have the sidewinders weighing me down."
"do you want to race to JFK?"
"oh you are so on. First one to pass the statue of liberty torch wins."
We quickly refueled and got onto the runway to start our mini race but before we could turn our engines to full blast we both heard two tugs clear their throats.
"forgetting someone Jet?"
"Forgetting someone Nat?"
We both turned to look at our tugs. Luke and Natalie's mechanic stood there with their forks crossed and an unhappy face.
"Luke! I'm so sorry I forgot about you."
"Nissa! I'm sorry I forgot about you."
"yeah we figured since your both a little competitive that you would make the trip to New York a race."
"just be glad we are forgiving. Now how about we have a proper start to a race?"
"yeah, alright let's go."
"alright on your mark."
We both revved our engines to max power.
"get set."
We both did a quick flap check and tail-fin check.
"GO!"
Both tugs dropped their forks and we shot off the runway with extreme speed leaving behind scorch marks on the grass behind the runway and a lot of dust from our jet engines. We were off to New York.