"Wait Sanya its not what you think" John tried to explain to Sanya but she ran off down the hall with her head dug into her shoulder trying to rub the tears out of her eyes. John just watched as she turned the corner and went to her room."alright i know something is up! Who the hell are you and why are you trying to ruin my relationship with Sanya!" John shouts at the woman he knew was not Barkhorn. suddenly a shoe makes contact with Johns stomach Knocking the wind out of him and causing him to fall to the ground. Barkhorn had just kicked him in the stomach and stood over him.

"You don't recognize me John? it hasn't been long since we last saw each other" Said the woman standing over him. "its me your good friend Barkhorn"

"your not Barkhorn. your some kind of spy or something. show me who you really are" John said trying to stand up and being pushed back down by the girl.

"you are still as stubborn as always John but your memory really sucks" she said as an orange glowing spiral starts to spin around her. she some how used her magic to create a shield around herself that could make her look like other people. the glowing magic made the shield drop revealing a girl not a year older than John with long blond hair wearing some sort of black jacket. John finally knew who it was that was trying to tear Sanya and him apart.

"so you are my new enemy. i always knew you would come back Mirage." John said as he tried to prop himself up again only to be beat back down with another kick this time to the head.

"oh its so nice to know you remember me" she said walking back and looking around the room making sure no one is coming."do you Know why i'm here John." she said leaning down in front of him as he rubbed his head still disoriented from the kick.

"yes i know why your here. you came to ruin my life and then kill me before i can make it better"

"well that's a blunt way of putting it but yeah i guess so. i just don't see why you should be happy while we had to suffer all the years. do you know how much pain their was putting one of these into our body." she said unbuttoning her shirt and displaying a orange core lodged in her chest. surrounding it were many scars that clearly showed how inexperienced the doctors were that put it in "now im going to use it to kill you John."

"you don't have to do this Mirage. i know that your a good girl. you know i didn't try to kill you guys you were my friends. it was all a misunderstanding."

"but i have to kill you John" she said pulling at his hair "or else they are going to kill me. its nothing personal other than the fact that you almost doped a bomb on my head." she said letting him go and running half way down the hall to turn around."i will give you a fighting chance though. i'll be on the runway when your ready. you have ten minutes and don't go trying to explain this to your girl friend up their. i will know and ill start killing your other friends." after saying this the orange glow returned and spun around her turning her back into Sanya and winking to John as she ran off.

"This is not going to go well"John said lifting himself off of the ground.

...

Barkhorn had just gotten out of Hartmanns room trying to get her to wake up to no avail. she was walking down the hall and noticed Sanya crying and running towards her. they bumped into each other and Sanya looked up to see who she had hit as she wiped the tears from her eyes.

"Sanya are you alright. why are you crying" Barkhorn tried to show compassion towards her friend.

When Sanya realized who she was talking to she was overcome with anger."you know why i'm crying! you knew about me and John! How could you!" Sanya screamed as she ran off and into her room.

"what was she talking about." Barkhorn asked herself walking down the hall towards the Kitchen to see running the opposite way. "John what happened to Sanya why is she crying"

"Your not fooling me!" John screamed as he went to punch Barkhorn but she ducked and kicked out his legs from under him.

"John whats wrong with you" Barkhorn asked getting ready to defend herself from another attack.

"theirs only one way to be sure your not mirage. who is your best friend" John asked because he knew Mirage didn't know anyone's names.

"its Hartmann. John you already know this. whats going on"

"sorry someone entered the base disguised as you and i was making sure you weren't her"

"then why didn't you ask the question first and not attack me" Barkhorn said angrily

"sorry i panicked" John said rubbing his head "we need to get out to the run way. i'll explain everything on the way." John said running down the hall with Barkhorn

...

Mirage stood their on the far end of the runway still looking like Sanya as she waited for John. 'what dose he see in this girl. she doesn't seem that great.' she thought to herself as she watched the hanger for someone to come out. eventual John and Barkhorn make it outside to see the not so Sanya waiting for them.

"their she is" John shouts as they confront Mirage without any weapons. "you don't have to do this Mirage. we can help you"

"you cant do anything John" she said as she ran towards them and jumped into the air kicking John in the face sending him flying back onto the tar mat. She then turned to attack Barkhorn. Mirage starts to come down on Barkhorn with a fury of punches and kicks. Barkhorn is trying her hardest to keep up blocking the attacks waiting for a moment to strike back.

John picked himself up off of the ground to get back into the fight when he ran over Barkhorn was still having trouble Mirage had weakened her so much from the attacks and then struck her in the side with a kick knocking Barkhorn over. John ran over but was stopped as Mirage tried to kick him in the side of the head but he caught her foot in her hands.

"now this is the John i remember" she said pulling her foot back and continually tries to punch John as he tries his hardest to block her attacks.

...

Sanya was up in her room crying by the window. when she looked out she saw that Barkhorn and John were fighting with someone out on the runway.

"is that me" she said out loud as she ran from the room to get outside

...

Barkhorn had gotten up off the ground and saw that Mirage was starting to push John back towards the edge of the run way. "damn it John hit her!" Barkhorn yelled at him from across the way.

John was having trouble because Mirage was using her disguise magic to look like Sanya which made him hold back because in his mind he didn't want to hurt Sanya. John knew he had to do it though. he had to put it out of his mind that it looked like Sanya. Mirage backed up and then ran to jump and kick John with a large amount of force that would knock him out. John moved to the side before she could make contact and then brought down a heavy fist into her face as she passed in the air. Mirage fell to the ground as her nose began to bleed from the hit.

She looked up at John who had gone back into a defensive stance. Mirage knew what to do to trick him.

"John Why would you do that to me. its me Sanya" she said as she started to cry on her knees.

John was confused but doped his defenses to help who he thought was Sanya. it was so believable until an evil smile came on Sanyas face as she wrapped her arms around Johns neck and flipped him by the edge of the runway. she held him down and started to slowly move him towards the end over the ocean. the water was a long drop away and if that wasn't enough their were many rocks at the bottom.

"i hope you can swim with a broken neck John. those rocks don't look to soft." John Knew this was the end because he couldn't move his arms to get up. Mirage had locked his arms behind his back. "see you later John. i wish it could have ended differently" Mirage said taunting him before his death.

Before John was thrown over the edge head first a gun shot was heard as Mirages disguise fell and she looked down. her white shirt started to turn red with blood as she opened it up to see that her core had been cracked by the shot in her back. Mirage got off of John and turned around to see Sanya standing behind her holding Johns revolver aimed at Mirages back as smoke was steaming from the barrel.

"You Bitch" Mirage said as she held her chest. Sanya Fired another shot into Mirages head which made Mirage tumble backwards over the edge as she fell into the rocks and rolled into the ocean.

John got up from the side of the runway and ran towards Sanya. "Sanya i'm so sorry i didn't mean for any of this to happen."

"John its fine. i think i have a feeling i know what happened. after seeing myself turn into that girl i can piece together what happened" She said giving John a hug. " oh yeah. you left this in the hanger."

"thanks Sanya. you really saved me" John said as he kissed her but they were interrupted by a moaning down on the run way. They both looked to see Barkhorn on the ground.

John and Sanya ran over to help her up. "Jez John those guys you used to run with are tough. i think i broke a rib with that kick." barkhorn said as they helped her to her feet.

"come on Sanya lets get Barkhorn to the infirmary" John said as they walked her to the hanger.

...

the two had dropped Barkhorn off and gotten John some bandages for his arms and head.

it was already mid day when the fight was over and the two walked into the kitchen to get some lunch. when they did the others couldn't help but notice that John had bandages all over his head when earlier he was completely fine.

"Jesus John what happened to you" Shirley said holding his arm out and looking at the wounds.

"i bumped into an old friend" John replied with a smile as he pulled out a photo of his old unit.

'who's next' John thought to himself siting down at the table next to Sanya.