Chapter 13: Turning Point Pt. 1

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Everyone on the Nirvana including the bridge personnel wait anxiously for Razgriz Squadron's return, the suspense was killing them.

Amarone asked, "You think they could've ran into the Harvesters while on their mission?"

Belvedere replied, "It's possible but the Demons of Razgriz are seasoned pilots, Amarone. There's no way that they would go down so easily." Her console monitor showed a pair of dots, "Captain, I am reading a group of signatures on radar. 4 of them of are Razgriz Squadron and the Vanguard but the fifth one's ID is unknown and it's huge." Magno orders it to be put on the main monitor and when Belvedere does, everyone on the bridge let out a gasp as they look at the Kestrel II supercarrier.

Amarone said, "Captain, I'm receiving a communication request from the unknown vessel."

Magno relied, "Patch it through." Nodding, the black-haired bridge bunny opens the channel and the Kestrel II's captain appears.

Dave saluted Magno, "Greetings, Nirvana. I am Dave Anderson, captain of the Kestrel II. It was this ship in those pictures you took. Requesting permission to come on board so we can meet in person?"

The pirate captain eyed him carefully, "Permission granted but don't try anything funny." Dave gives her his word and he takes a shuttle to the Nirvana and walks down the ramp to be greeted by wary guards but Anderson was flanked by Razgriz Squadron and Bartlett.

Nathan said, "At ease, ladies. This man has no harmful intentions, in fact he would like to speak with Magno for a possible alliance between our forces." Intrigued by this proclamation, a pair of armed guards escort Dave to the bridge. Nathan gently places Hibiki on the ground and Dita cradles his head in her lap.

Grimm assured, "He's not injured, Dita." Hibiki slowly opens his eyes like he's in a daze but the destruction of the Melanus fleet flashes through his mind, prompting the Vanguard pilot to get up and dash towards the bridge. When he enters through the door, he sees Dave and Magno in the middle of an agreement for an alliance with the Nirvana crew. Hibiki takes in Dave's appearance.

Dave Anderson had short dark brown hair, blue eyes like his father had, around 25 years old, stood at 6'4 in height, a lean, toned body and a clean-shaved face, rather pale skin and wore a navy uniform, hat and all. To put it simply, Dave was like a younger version of his father minus the mustache that Nicholas Anderson donned.

Magno spotted Hibiki, "Ah, glad to see you alive, little one."

Hibiki spoke, "The enemy is coming for us next. The Melanus fleet fought with everything they had, they were the complete opposite of the people back on Anpathos!"

BC said, "And as such, they perished."

The young Tarak fired back, "That may be true but I can't allow their efforts be in vain!"

Magno asked him, "Is this the first time that you watched someone die right in front of you?"

Hibiki remembered Seran's death, "If we don't beat them, we'll die."

The pirate captain concluded, "But charging in through brute force is not wise." She turned her gray eyes to Dave again, "As for your proposal of forming an alliance between us, I accept the offer. Having another ship by our side will help us in this battle with the Harvesters."

Dave saluted her, "Thank you very much, Magno." Meia overheard the entire conversation and decides to do a little scouting before the enemy decides to rear their ugly heads on them.

She boards her Dread and takes off for her mission. For a while, everything is eerily quiet until her Dread's radar detects enemy units.

The blue-haired pilot said, "Meia here, I've spotted the enemy." Dave Anderson returns to the Kestrel II's bridge right before alarms sound as its radar also picks up the signatures.

He ordered, "All hands, level 1 battle stations!" Bartlett hops into the cockpit of an F-14 Tomcat and an elevator brings his fighter up to the flight deck, he lights up the afterburners and throws the throttle forward. The aircraft speeds down the flight deck and Bartlett pulls the joy stick back lifting his F-14 into space, joining the Dreads, Vanguard and Razgriz Squadron. The Tomcat's equipped with the AIM-9X Sidewinder and advanced long-range air-to-air missile AIM-54C Phoenix.

"When did you get here?" Jura asked upon seeing Meia's Dread return to the formation.

The Dread leader answered, "I came out here earlier to check out the area."

Jura asked again, "Do you think we can win?"

Swordsman informed, "You should never doubt yourself, Jura." The enemy formation comes at them with intent of killing and harvesting their organs.

Meia ordered, "All units, commence attack!" The Nirvana fighters proceed to do battle with their enemy once more.

Blaze chases after a MiG-31 and to the young Osean's surprise, the Foxhound's speed has been modified to rival that of the F-15E Strike Eagle's Paksis enhanced speed. The two fighters circle each other trying to see who can get behind one another for a missile lock but they are evenly matched. Blaze is able to surprise his target by unexpectedly applying the breaks, allowing the MiG-31 to speed past him and Blaze increases his aircraft's speed again. Arming a heat seeking Sidewinder, he waits as the AIM-9X tracks the heat waves given off by the enemy's engines and acquires a lock-on.

He called out, "Blaze, Fox Two!" He pulls the trigger and the Sidewinder missile obliterates the target in a fireball. He takes evasive action when he hears the missile warning, an R-27AE missile uses its built-in radar guidance system to find its way to the target but Blaze releases chaff to jam the missile's radar. He traces the projectile's origin back to an Su-27 Flanker and Blaze hits the afterburners to go after his next target. Quickly closing the distance, Blaze turns off the afterburners and finds the enemy waiting for him. It changes into its robot form and draws a red beam saber as if silently challenging the Razgriz Squadron leader to a duel. Switching to the Strike Eagle's robot form he pulls out one of its beam sabers, a blue beam of energy extends from the hilt. He brings the weapon up and this tells the enemy Flanker that he's ready to begin. Igniting boosters in its feet, the Su-27 approaches the F-15E Strike Eagle and swings its red beam saber from an angle but it gets blocked by the F-15E's beam saber. Red and blue clash causing electrical arcing to form from the collision. As they continue to fight Blaze pictures himself fighting Hamilton the Su-27 throws a punch only to have it get caught and Blaze retaliates with a kick to the gut.

Heartbreak One stalks a pair of cube-types in his F-14 Tomcat and fires two AIM-54Cs destroying the targets. Turning around, he downs another pair with the Tomcat's M61 Vulcan Gatling cannon.

Archer shoots down an Su-37 Terminator when the Harvesters give the Nirvana fighters a surprise.

A group of cube-types combine to create an evil, demonic version of Vandread Dita, Vandread Meia and Vandread Jura. The mere sight of this stuns the crew.

On the bridge, BC gasped, "W-what? They managed to learn how to make copies of the Vandreads? Unbelievable!"

'Well, this is certainly surprising.' Swordsman thought as he witnessed the event.

The mysterious entity then spoke through Pyoro, "Attention, you have no other reason to exist except for parts to be used by us."

Ezra stated, "It's a communication from the enemy flagship."

Magno asked, "Can you tell us where you come from?"

The entity replied, "We are messengers from the planet Earth. You must follow the path presented to you, if you resist then the only alternative is complete annihilation."

Ezra wondered, "Earth?"

Amarone explained, "That's where our ancestors came from."

Edge cried, "Blaze, Archer, Swordsman and I have been fighting our home world this time? Why would Earth stoop this low to harvest us? It doesn't make any sense."

Magno contacted her, "So Edge, is it true that you, Razgriz Squadron, Bartlett and Dave Anderson are from Earth?"

The young woman fired back, "It's true, Magno. Our aircraft and the Kestrel II were made from technology on that planet. Our homeland Osea is on Earth as well so I guess it's no surprise that you are shocked by this. I just never imagined our home planet would do something like this." Returning her attention to the battle at hand, Edge executes a barrel roll while arming the AIM-120D AMRAAM at 4 cube-types and fires the missiles. Fireballs light up the darkness of space.

The Kestrel II aims its forward 14" guns at a Seed Ship and fires, lethal shells slice right through the enemy's hull. Another salvo delivers the killing blow to the Seed Ship. Swarms of cube-types attack the supercarrier, bombing the flight deck with enemy fire. The Kestrel II's anti-air fire takes care of them, ripping the tiny machines apart.

On the Nirvana's bridge, Ezra alerted Magno, "Captain, the Nirvana is being pulled out of orbit!"

Magno asked, "What did you say?"

The gentle bridge bunny said, "There's a gas planet nearby and it's exerting a strong gravitational pull. The Nirvana is slowly being dragged into it!"

The aged pirate leader gritted her teeth, "Just one thing after another." The Su-27 Flanker thrusts its beam saber forward but its opponent grabs the arm to keep the weapon from piercing the chest area where Blaze is residing in. The F-15E Strike Eagle slams a knee into the Flanker's mid-section then chains the attack with a right hook. Before the enemy fighter can react, Blaze slices off the Flanker's arm with the blue beam saber then with narrowed eyes, he uses the F-15E Strike Eagle's other beam saber to finish his opponent. Without even looking, he raises the M61 Vulcan Gatling cannon to down an Su-37 that was trying a sneak attack on him. Staring out of the canopy, Blaze sees the Nirvana and Kestrel II being pulled into a gas giant planet. He quickly changes the F-15E Strike Eagle back into jet mode again and heads over to aid the two ships along with its fighters and his squad.

A/N: Chapter 13 done. The battle will continue in the next chapter.

Here, the Nirvana find out where their enemy's from and that Razgriz Squadron has been fighting their home planet all this time.

I will be doing a Godzilla/Naruto crossover and Godzilla/Rosario+Vampire crossover story, though not sure which one I will do first. I'll decide after I do the sequel to my Sister of Darkness wrestling story.

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