Aces of darkness ch. 2: First round at the aces table
A/N: I do not own MLP or Ace Combat only my OCs and any reviews will be nice
As Richard packed up with his gear he looked at Dash and said calmly
"Well I get to have a combat patrol and I hope to see you when I get back and I have a song to introduce you to" and he smiled as he hummed them muttered
"We looked down the river and seen the British come their musta been a hundred of em beating on the drum" and as he hopped into the F5 that they had assigned him for the stop gap till more F15s or F22s could be ordered, and he roared the engines and said, he thought to himself not knowing his comms was on,
"My buddies call me my middle name Chris and I like that better and can I get an amen" and he heard Dash and Lightning both say as his wingman thunder hopped on the line and listened
"Like that name a lot and remember it's too good to be true" and as Chris clicked the comms to request explanation he heard
"Blaze get your ass skyward now or I will have thunder take lead and you will be the wing pony" and he slammed the throttle to red line and without worrying about burning the engines out and let the 1:1 TWR slam him back in his seat and he eased off the throttle of his turbojets and called out
"as leader of the shore birds I am taking angels 12 and you can either take my 6 or drop to angels 6 but it's your call brother" and thunder hollered out with glee
"Angels 12 for the win and from there my brother do I have to stick close or will there be leeway in the formation" and Chris spoke like a veteran warrior
"You do what you have to do to make sure you get home to your girl alive are we clear?" and his buddy just smiled and yelled out
"yes sir so any final orders?" and chris just let the radio go dead proving nothing was needed so they fell to a silent chat until firefly said with a touch of annoyance prevalent
"Well boys now that you two are done gossiping like little girls get your heads on straight" and Richard just shook his head and was glad that his fighter was a single seater as well as the fact that he had the mask to cover his face and as he scanned the sky Dash yelled
"bandits 12 o clock high so boss it's your call what we do" and even lightning dust slid her eyes to the sky and watched in awe as he pushed the throttle and snapped the stick to drag himself up to equal footing and then pushed past only to let the fighter roll and drop throwing him against the harness and after he leveled off Richard had a clear shot and ripple fired off his sidewinders and let his cannon lick the fighters causing both to go up in flames and he saw the chutes and hollered
"Yee haw gang two down and more to go and maybe I can get access to the wonder bolts when I am done with this night" and firefly and sunset, who was finishing up her training, both called out
"Always trying to predict the future and don't get yourself killed chasing glory because I know some who have a crush on you" and both dash and sunset turned a shade of red that rarity would later remark
"Would pair perfectly with the dresses I am making for the ball" and Chris swept back to guard his formations six and called
"Anyone worried I am just fine I'll go trail and follow you all in and oh shit!" as his fighter was buffeted by cannon fire and he hollered seeing thunder and dash starting to turn around
"Negative kids I don't know how much fuel you have left and I have been in tougher scrapes than this so land and maybe get my 15 warmed up. That's an order" and he rolled causing the closest griffon to break skyward exposing his belly and all Chris could do to avoid smiling was pull the trigger sending the 3rd man down in flames. Hearing over the radio as he had tapped the enemies comm network with the help of sparky, the units resident hacker, he heard gryphon one yell
"God damn who is this son of a bitch I mean he fights like a man possessed and do you think that the rumors we heard are true?" and he smiled and fired his last missile before saying his voice as cold as ice which stunned everyone listening in
"Damned right bitch because I was once a demon and I will make you all pay for what you did to this bird and if I have to die you are all coming to hell with me" as he had noticed they were guarding a unit of really fucking ugly looking bombers. As he listened in he heard the enemy hammer squadron panic saying
"Oh god they didn't say anything about dealing with the demon and we are carrying gas weapons and dealing with him do they want us to die" and without a word Chris fired his last rounds dropping the leader of gryphon squadron and inadvertently taking out the lead bomber, who released what everyone knew as mustard gas and he yelled
"YOU SONS OF BITCHES THAT WILL GET YOU ALL KILLED I SWEAR IT!" and he slammed the throttle to red lining as hammer 2 said tauntingly
"Had you been a good boy and just rolled over we wouldn't have to use these and your family would be left unharmed" and Thunder who had lived next door to his buddy yelled somberly
"Fuckers done goofed now he will kill the all or die trying" and Chris lived up to that and snapped the stick into his gut rolling and using the shockwave of a supersonic snap roll to cause the bomber squadron nugget to panic and slam into the ground killing him instantly. Having seen the fighter squadron and two of their comrades go down the bombers all turned and headed for home with a wolf demon hot on their heels and Chris smiled and yelled
"Tally ho motherfuckers" and he dove with suicidal tenacity from the clouds near the retreating bombers and his Radar cranked to full burned out one of the survivors and the man only used to flying by instruments and so nervous of the demon on his ass flew into the ground. Revving up to go in for the last kill they heard
"Demon you may want to come back and that will be your new call sign since Blaze will be joining us so he gets his sign back" and as Chris yelled
"One of those bastards is getting away I have to kill him I swear it" and sunset came over the radio saying
"I know you want to send them to hell but what's the point of chasing him down when that chicken shit probably won't be flying ever again and you seem to be running low on fuel" and he turned and glanced seeing he was on fumes and close enough to glide in said
"I am bingo and Aces and 8s for days" before he flew in with the last 300 yards being as a glider. As soon as he raised the canopy glass he jumped out and yelled
"GOD FUCKING DAMN IT I CANT FUCKING BELIEVE IT!" and walked off as the damaged F5 was refueled enough to get to the shop. Seeing him standing alone on the runaway Nagase walked over and said with concern evident in her voice
"Blaze had a kid who took his place after his death and you remind me so much of him but why did you risk your life?" and watching the sun drop he said
"I don't have a father and my mom died not too long ago and my friends joined me and I-I can't let them get hurt they are all I have left" and as he walked away he felt a stinging on his side and turned as fireflies pink eyes shone with a mix of fear and hatred yelling
"You could have been killed for what? Wanting to make ace?! DO YOU THINK OF ANYONE BUT YOURSELF?!" and he just muttered
"Yeah I do but that's not important" and walked off to the chow hall ignoring everyone not wanting to talk until sunrise.
A/N: Angels is a fighter pilots designation for thousands of feet and bogie is hostile aircraft