RonaldM40196867: After the invasion.
estaciojohnrafael: Yep. Pretty sure he got a life sentence.
Here's chapter 18 everybody.
Chapter 18: First Offensive.
At Air Force One, Wilford, Shepherd and other OADF officers are about to lead the first counterattack against the alien invaders from afar.
"All right, gentlemen, we're on." Wilford said.
"General, it's OADC." another officer said.
"General Shepherd here." Shepherd said as he talked on the phone.
"Michael?" Wilford asked.
"All satellite, microwave, and ground communications with the cities are down. We believe we're looking at a total loss." Hurley replied.
"All systems go." Shepherd said on the phone.
"How about the flyboys? Where are they?" Wilford asked.
"ETA to target, four minutes." Shepherd replied.
Meanwhile, as OADF and OMDF planes fly over the ruins of St. Hewlett, Michael surveys the devastation from his F-15C, with one thing on his mind.
"I shouldn't have left them." Michael said, referring to his wife Laila and his son Darius.
"Don't worry about it, big man. I'm sure they got out of there before it happened. Or, as the good reverend would say, 'Why we're on this particular mission we'll never know. But I do know, here today, that the Silver Knights will emerge victorious once again'." Johnny said.
"Amen, man." a Osean pilot said.
"Amen, Reverend." Michael said.
Silver Knight Squadron and the rest of the OADF and OMDF air forces continue to fly in the skies. After Michael's F-15C passes through a cloud, he and his squadron have visual on the massive 15 mile wide alien spaceship, which has now been called, the City-Destroyer.
"Holy God." Johnny said in disbelief.
"Lock and load." Michael said as he puts on his oxygen mask and sets down his visor.
The other Osean pilots did the same. Back in the Air Force Goose One, the radar officer confirmed that the Osean pilots are ready to engage.
"Roger that. St. Hewlett Attack Squadron has Amraam missiles locked on target." the radar officer said.
"Oured, Redmill, Bana squadrons reporting locked on." another officer said.
"Fire at will." Shepherd said.
"Fire at will." the intel officer said.
"Fire at will." the other officer said.
Back at St. Hewlett, Michael has heard that his squadron are cleared to engage.
"Knights, we are red and free." Michael said before he got locked. "Knight 1, Fox Three!" Michael said as he fired an 4AAM missile from the bottom of his F-15C.
"Knight 3, Fox Three." a Osean pilot said as he fires an 4AAM.
"Knight 7, Fox Three." Johnny said as he also fires an 4AAM.
The F-15s fire their 4AAMs at the City Destroyer.
The radar officer on Air Force One is monitoring the missiles on his radar screen.
"Missiles have been fired." the radar officer said while monitoring.
Michael and other pilots continue to watch the missiles as they are getting closer to the ship. However, the missiles exploded and a flash of bright green light surrounded the explosions. The missiles didn't hit the ship!
The radar officers, who were watching the missiles on the radar, were confused, and so was Hurley.
"Are they not getting through?" Hurley asked.
"No, sir. Not one." the radar officer replied.
Michael, seeing that the missiles didn't hit, decided to fire again.
"Command, Knight 1. Command, Knight 1. Switching to sidewinders. Moving in." Michael said.
Michael and his squadron suddenly breaks left so that he can get in front of the fin-like structure of the ship before getting a lock.
"Knight 3, Love 50." a Osean pilot said.
"Notch reference 1-2-0." Michael said.
"Knight 7, 1-2-0." Johnny said.
"Knight 1. Sweet luck.. Echo, Fox Two." Michael said as he fired a missile.
"Blade 7, Fox Two!" Johnny said as he fired a missile.
The Silver Knight Squadron fires their sidewinder missiles at the ship in another attempt to hit the ship while they are getting closer to it.
"Come on! Come on!" Johnny said.
The attempt resulted in the same result. The missiles exploded and a flash of bright green light appeared at the explosions. It finally made Michael realize that the alien City Destroyer has some type of energy shield, similar to the Arsenal Bird's defense system.
"They must have some kind of protective shield over their hull! Knights! Pull up! Pull up!" Michael said in a panic.
The Silver Knight Squadron pilots pulled their flight sticks in order to pull so that they don't end up crashing into a part of the ship's shield that will protect the fin-like structure. Knight 3 however had a problem pulling up and Michael noticed it on his radar.
"Knight 3, pull up!" Michael ordered.
"Controls are showing complete failure of the stats!" an Osean pilot said as he desperately tried to pull up.
"Pull up!" Michael desperately ordered.
Knight 3 tried to pull up, but he got killed when his F-15C crashed into the shield. Only his cry of death can be heard.
Michael looks back at his HUD. After he was able to successfully avoid crashing, he noticed small objects exiting the fin-like structure of the ship. As he and his squadron got closer, he realized that the small objects were small alien ships, the size of fighter craft. He went wide-eyed. The aliens had their own attackers and there were a lot of them! They are starting their own counterattack!
"Blow through! Blow through!" Michael ordered as he was able to pass through the squadron of attackers.
"There's so many of them!" an Osean pilot said.
Some OADF pilots were able to fly their aircraft through the attackers. However, one of them crashed into one of the attackers. The pilot is killed, but the alien attacker that got crashed into didn't explode and instead ended up tumbling. The aliens start their counterattack. They start shooting at the Osean aircraft with green energy lasers that act similar to the pulse lasers that the F-15C, MiG-31, Su-57 and even the advanced ADF-11 Raven aircraft can be equipped with. Some almost hit Jason's F-15C as one alien attacker goes after him.
"Oh no, you did not shoot that green shit at me!" Michel said.
Michael continues to evade the alien attacker's green laser beams while Johnny tries to get behind the attacker in order to shoot it down.
"I've got you covered, Shooter!" Johnny said.
Johnny managed to get a lock on the attacker before firing a missile. The missile heads straight for the attacker and hits it. However, instead of exploding into a fireball, the attacker gets veered off course from the impact, as well as showing a bright green light around it.
"Damn! They got shields, too!" Johnny said.
Now after hearing this, all Osean pilots tried to evade the attackers. However, one by one, an Osean aircraft gets destroyed by those green energy pulse lasers. The attackers destroyed any type of aircraft, the F-15C, F-15E, F-15/MTD, F-35, F-14A, F-14D, F/A-18E, Su-35, Su-33, MiG-29, Gripen, Typhoon, MIR-2000, MiG-21, and the F-16C. Lots of pilots are getting killed. Some tried to retreat, only to get pursued and eventually shot down. Michael sees that the air battle is getting bad as each OADF and OMDF plane gets destroyed every second.
"Let's go, Knights. Move, Knights, move!" Michael ordered.
Michael's orders are useless as more planes are getting destroyed by the attackers. The only thing Michael can hear is the cries of his fellow comrades as they are being killed.
"Damn it!" Johnny said as he witnessed an Su-35 getting destroyed.
Back at Air Force One, everything is in chaos as the radar officers try everything they can to help, but it's useless as they witness more aircraft getting lost.
"They got another one, sir. Two more just went down. They're dropping like flies." the radar officer said.
"We're losing them." the other radar officer said.
"All right. Get them out of them." Wilford ordered.
"Squadron leaders, retreat to fallback positions. Abort mission right away! Do you copy?" the radar officer ordered and got no response.
Back at the battle, Michael realized there's only one thing to do: retreat!
"All right, Nomad. We're going to have to make a run for this one here. Let's get low. Let's get fast." Michael said.
"I got you, Shooter. Let's get them." Johnny said.
Michael and Johnny start flying their F-15s at afterburners, as they start trying to escape. However, two alien attackers are already in pursuit of them.
"Watch the deck." Michael said.
Michael and Johnny pull their F-15s up while the attackers fire their pulse lasers at them. The lasers only hit the ground and Michael and Johnny officially start flying for their lives, with the two attackers still in pursuit of them.
Meanwhile, the radar officer at Air Force One tries desperately to contact any squadron leader.
"Squadron Leader, do you read?" the radar officer asked.
"This isn't happening fast enough. Get them out of there!" Wilford ordered before the monitors went static.
"What's with the monitor?" the radar officer asked.
"Where's the picture?" the other radar officer asked.
"We've lost the satellite." the first radar officer said.
Back at the battle, while retreating, Michael and Johnny witnessed a F/A-18 and a MiG-29 getting destroyed by another group of attackers before they managed to exit the combat area, with the two attackers still after them, heading southeast.
And that's the end of the chapter. Well, things already not looking good for humanity due to the alien's technology, especially their lasers and shields. What happens as the aliens chase Michael and Johnny? Find out next time in the next chapter. Please review. :)