501st Joint Fighter Wing Base Britannia

Lynette Bishop "Lynne" P.O.V

The warm morning air blows across the base. It brings the sweet scent of the flowers with it as the breeze enters the base through open windows. Lynne was awake and siting at her desk writing a letter home to her family. Smelling the flowery air being blown into her room she is completely at ease with the world. As she finishes her letter she looks over to see her sleeping roommate resting peacefully as the sun starts to rise. Yoshika's face was so beautiful epically when she slept, her skin looked so smooth and her eyes, her eyes were always a lovely brown. Her personality was also amazing as she would never give up and always saw the good in people no matter how evil they are. Lynne finds she can't take her eyes off of Yoshika's sleeping face and spends the next couple of minutes staring at it until Yoshika started to stir and wake up.

"Good morning Yoshika" Lynne says as her friend gets up and rubs her eyes.

"Morning Lynne" Yoshika replies as she yawns. Yoshika was always slow to get up in the morning and today was no different. She sat on her bed for few minutes stretching and yawning as she tried to fight the urge to go back sleep. "Why are you up so early?" Yoshika finally asks as she gets out of bed.

"Oh I had a few letters to write" Lynne replies as she stares at Yoshika's naked body. Last night was blisteringly hot so both Lynne and Yoshika ended up sleeping naked. She feels ashamed of the thoughts that are entering her mind right now, she tries to block out the thoughts but they are powerful and persistent. She feels and overwhelming urge to rush of and caress every inch of Yoshika's skin, in the bath and last night she struggled to hold her hands back away from her friends flesh.

"Who did you write to?" Yoshika asks as she puts on a swimsuit that Fuso girls wear for some reason, much to Lynne's disappointment who secretly wishes Yoshika would have stayed naked for just a bit longer.

"Just back home to my family" Lynne cheerfully responds as she seals the letter in an envelope.

"That's nice I'm sure they will be glad to hear from you" Yoshika replies as she walks up to Lynne and grabs her arm. "Come on we have breakfast to make"

"Sure let's go" Lynne smiles as she lets Yoshika drag her out of the room, she loves the feeling she gets whenever Yoshika touches her. They walk through the halls of the base towards the kitchen looking out over the Britannia coast with the cool coastal breeze refreshing their hot sweaty skin. The day has only just begun but already it was boiling hot, Yoshika and Lynne are beginning to sweat uncontrollably. "It sure is hot today" Lynne says as she wipes her forehead clear of sweat. "I hope it doesn't stay like this all summer"

"Yeah I've never sweated so much in my life" Yoshika replies as they enter the kitchen. "I don't think we should make anything hot for breakfast"

"Good idea" Lynne says as she gets a glass of water. "Do you want a drink?"

"Yes please" Yoshika nods as watches Lynne pour herself a glass of cool clear water.

"So what are we making for breakfast then?" Lynne asks as she hands Yoshika a glass of water.

"I think we should just make sushi" Yoshika suggests.

"Sounds great" Lynne replies staring at Yoshika's lips as she drinks.

Mio Sakamoto P.O.V

Sakamoto has been practicing her sword swings in the court yard since dawn with Minna watching and encouraging her, she always gets up early and homes her swordsmanship. She normally works up a good sweat when she trains but with the heart wave that is currently affecting the south coast of Britannia she's literally standing in a puddle of her own sweat. Minna is standing nearby holding a towel and a bottle of water for the Major when she stops with a look of concern on her face which Sakamoto thinks is miss placed.

"Dam this heat; I can only get half my training done" Sakamoto curses under her breath but not quite enough for Minna to not hear. She falls to her knees panting and sweating, the only thing stopping her from completely falling to the ground is her sword which she digs into the ground.

"Calm yourself Major you'll only end up with heat stroke if you get worked up" Minna says as she walks up to her friend offering her the towel and water she was holding. "Come on I spotted Yoshika and Lynne heading to the kitchen so breakfast will be ready soon"

"Good I'm starving" Sakamoto replies as she gets up and with Minna starts to head inside.

Perrine H. Clostermann P.O.V

Perrine was in her room overlooking the courtyard watching Major Sakamoto train, she chose this room just for this view. She has been watching her train every morning since she first met the Major, Perrine was feeling the heat just as much of everybody else and is forced to watch her beloved major wearing nothing but her underwear. Her room was dark so no one would spot her spying on the major. She so wishes to be closer to her beloved major, she gets so jealous of Yoshika who the major seems to spend too much time with in her opinion.

"Why does Major Sakamoto like that stupid raccoon dog more than me? What does she have that I don't?" Perrine quietly says to herself as she watches the major and commander walk inside towards the dining hall. "Major, don't be drawn in so easily by that country pumpkins food. I can cook you food way better than she can"

"Is someone jealous?" Someone whispers into Perrine's ear. She quickly turns round ad spots Shirley standing over her with a grin on her face and Lucchini standing at her side looking amused.

"I am most certainly not jealous" Perrine replies as she regains her composer. "I have no idea what you are on about"

"You such a liar we heard everything" Shirley answers with a big laugh.

"Yeah we heard everything" Lucchini adds. "Oh Major Sakamoto eat my food not Yoshika's"

"Oh Major ditch that raccoon dog and come with me" Shirley says joining in on Lucchini's mocking.

"Shut up both of you!" Perrine snaps. "I am a lady of Gallia not some jealous commoner"

"Yeah sure you keep telling yourself that" Shirley says as she Lucchini leave. "But you better move fast if you don't want to lose her"

"Don't worry me and Major Sakamoto won't loss each other any time soon!" Perrine shouts after them as they shut her bedroom door behind them as they leave.

Gertrud Barkhorn "Trude" P.O.V

The room she shares with Erica is a mess mostly due to Erica's clutter which litters the floor and covers her friend's bed forcing her to sleep on the cold hard floor. Erica was lead on the floor wrapped up in a thin bed sheet sleeping calmly ignoring the morning trumpet that raises everyone from their slumber. Erica just ignores the wake up trumpet and moaning from her roommate, she just close her eyes and goes back to sleep.

"Come on Hartmann get up!" Gertrud yells as she violently shakes her roommates and best friends shoulder after ten minutes of trying to wake her up gently. "Breakfast will be ready soon and the morning trumpet has already gone off!"

"It's too hot" Erica moans as she tries to get back to sleep. "Wake me up when its cooler"

"No Hartmann you are getting up now!" Gertrud yells back as she turns bright red only now realizing Erica is lying naked on the floor. "For god sake get dressed a soldier of Karlsland must never look indecent"

"I will when it's cooler" Erica whines again as she gets up exposing her naked body, turning Gertrud's face red, sleepily rub's her eyes free of sleep and yawns. "I'll be ok eating breakfast like this"

"No you won't now get dressed!" Gertrud shouts at her as she tries to overcome her embarrassment. "You can't eat breakfast naked it's indecent and apart from Shirley and Eila now one else will like to see you like this"

"You'll be alright if it was Miyafuji naked instead of me won't you?" Erica teases as she rummages through the mess around her for her cloths.

"What are you on about I would never even think about something like that let alone allow it now get dressed we're already late" Gertrud states as she turns away as her chees begin to turn red. The image of Yoshika serving breakfast wearing nothing but a white apron enters her mind, she pictures Yoshika severing her a plate of food then turning around exposing her naked backside.

"I bet you are thinking about Yoshika now" Erica continues to tease as she passes Gertrud now fully dressed and notice her red cheeks. "You are probably picturing her serving breakfast wearing only an apron"

"I am not now hurry up we are late" Gertrud snaps back as she grabs Erica's wrists and drags her towards the dining hall.

"You're too easy to read Trude" Erica giggles as she lets herself be dragged away.

Eila Ilmatar Juutilainen P.O.V

Eila was just waking up as the morning trumpet sounded through the building. She looked around her blacked out room and spots what she was looking for. Her best friend Sanya sleeping soundly on top of her bed in her underwear with black ear moths over her ears blocking out the sound of the trumpets. Eila brought her those ear moths last year when she was on leave, visiting her family back in Suomus. After seeing her friend sleeping safe in her bed Eila got up and dressed into her uniform.

She left her room on her tiptoes and quietly walked down the hall so she doesn't wake Sanya towards the delicious smell of what most be Yoshika's cooking. She quietly enters the dining hall looking around to see who was already here. She was the last witch to arrive not including Sanya of cause and everyone else was already sitting at the table waiting for breakfast.

"Morning Eila" Yoshika calls as she and Lynne enter carrying a tray each of what looks like sushi.

"Morning" Eila replies as she takes a seat between to Lucchini and Erica. Everyone including Eila was sweating and already feeling the heat of the sun even though it has only just started to rise.

"When's this heat wave going to pass?" Lucchini cry's as she flops down onto the table as Yoshika places a plate of sushi in front of her.

"Yeah it's too hot and I think the Neuroi agree with me as they haven't attacked in this heat yet" Erica adds as she also rests her head on the table. The table cloth is immediately drenched in sweat and a dark pool can be seen around both Lucchini's and Erica's head.

"The Neuroi may not have attacked lately but that doesn't mean it is because of the heat Hartmann" Gertrud says as she picks her friends head up off the table. "So stop whining and eat your breakfast"

"She's right Erica" Minna adds. "We can't let our guard down no matter how hot it is"

"Yeah and that means that training is still on today ladies" Sakamoto says causing everyone to sigh. "Is that a problem" Sakamoto calls out while giving everyone a scary smile making even the toughest witch among them shake in fear.

"No ma'am" Everyone replies feeling terrified.

"Good but due to the heat it is mainly going to be target practice on the firing range" Sakamoto says to everyone's relief.

"Don't overdo it though" Minna cheerfully adds with a wink. "I don't want to lose anyone to heat stroke ok"

"Yes ma'am" Everyone replies as they begin to eat. Yoshika and Lynne did a great job like they always do when it comes to cooking. The may have a lot of work to do when it comes to fighting but their food they make is in a class of its own and there is not a chef on earth who can match them.

"This is delicious Yoshika can I have so more" Lucchini asks with her mouth still full

"Sure I just go get some more" Yoshika replies as she walks back into the kitchen

"Francesca, don't talk with your mouth full" Shirley scolds the young witch, she would have been more convincing if she hadn't have told Lucchini with her mouth full of food too.

"You two have no manners" Perrine says as she pokes at her food to see if it is alive.

"Yeah we know we don't that's what makes us so fun and loveable" Lucchini replies with a giggle and her mouth still full with food. At this point Yoshika returns with more food for the young witch and sets it down in front of her.

"Come on Perrine you should learn to have a little fun once in a while" Shirley tells her as she finishes her plate.

"I would rather be boring than do something as disgusting as that" Perrine replies before taking her first bite of sushi.

"Hey Trude you could earn to have some fun too" Erica teases her friend as she steals some sushi from Gertrud's fork.

"Hey Erica that was mine" Gertrud replies as she pulls her fork from Erica's mouth. "And I do have fun from time to time"

"Only when Chris is around though" Erica says as she nudges Gertrud's arm causing her to drop a piece of sushi she had just picked up with her fork. Gertrud sighs and picks up yet another piece of sushi.

Miyafuji Yoshika P.O.V

Yoshika and Lynne were in the kitchen washing up after breakfast. The day was only getting hotter as the sun continued to rise and even though they were only washing dishes the heat still made them both sweaty and exhausted. It takes them a lot longer than usual to wash the dishes because of the heat and by the time they are done both of their clothes are drenched in sweat.

"Is too hot today" Yoshika complains as she wipes a layer of sweat off her forehead. Yoshika normal doesn't complain about training but today she doesn't think anyone could train in this heat.

"I know but we can't do anything about the weather" Lynne replies as she pours them both another glass of cool refreshing water. "Here take this"

"Thanks" Yoshika says as she takes the cold glass in her hand and quickly downs the water. "Does Britannia normally have heat waves?"

"Um yeah but they never normally get this hot though" Lynne answers as the two of them leave the kitchen.

"Well to be honest I didn't think anywhere could be this hot" Yoshika says with a smile.

"Yeah me never" Lynne smiles back as they enter the dining hall to find Shirley, Lucchini, Erica and Eila sitting at the table laughing at something.

"Hey guys want to join us?" Shirley asks as she waves the two over.

"Don't we have training" Yoshika asks as she and Lynne walk over.

"Not anymore after seeing how hot it was Minna decided to call it off for today but Major Sakamoto, Perrine and Trude are still going to train" Erica says cheerfully. Yoshika and Lynne both look at each other and nod.

"Sure we'll join you what are we doing?" Lynne asks as she and Yoshika sit down.

"Truth or dare" Eila says with a grin on her face making both Lynne and Yoshika nervous.

"Alright let's get started" Shirley says as she places a bottle on the table and spins it. The bottle spins and spins until it finally comes to a stop pointing at Lucchini who lets out a sigh as Shirley asks her. "Truth or dare Lucchini?"

"I choice dare" Lucchini nervously answers.

"Ok you have to go and grope Barkhorn over there" Shirley says as she points out the open window at Gertrud who is stretching her muscles. Lucchini nods with a look of dread on her face as she creeps up to the window, climbs through it and jumps onto Gertrud's back and gropes her breasts. Gertrud literally throws Lucchini off of her and begins to lecture her. Lucchini looking terrified points towards the group still at the table and Gertrud gives Shirley a disappointed stare. Shirley just makes her madder by blowing her a kiss making Gertrud storms off stomping her feet as Lucchini crawls back in through the window and re-joins the group. Shirley spins the bottle again only this time a lot faster and it comes to halt pointing this time at Lynne who like Lucchini lets out a sigh when Shirley asks. "So Lynne, do you pick truth or dare?"

"Um truth, I pick truth" Lynne answers as she fears what dare Shirley would make her do if she picked dare.

"Ok tell me, have you ever had a wet dream?" Shirley asks with a grin as Lynne turns bright red with embarrassment.

"What?" Lynne asks as her face continues to brighten and she looks at the floor.

"Come on Lynne answer the question" Erica teases as she nudges Lynne's shoulder.

"Yes I have had on" Lynne answers after taking a deep breath and turning a shade of red Yoshika has never seen before.

"Ooh I guess we will find out who it was about if you dare pick truth again" Eila says while giggling as she spins the bottle much to Shirley's annoyance. The bottle spins round and keeps spinning till it stops pointing at Eila. "I pick dare"

"That was quick but ok for your dare you'll have to" Shirley says as she thinks for a moment. "You will have to go tell that mechanic that you love her"

"But she's an old lady" Eila says as she begins to panic as she looks at the grey haired lady fixing the light.

"Come on Sanya won't know about it" Shirley says as she pushes Eila towards the women. "A dares a dare"
"Yeah a dares a dare" Lucchini adds.

"Fine, stop pushing me already" Eila says as she walks up to the women. As she reaches the women she takes a deep breath and says. "I love you"

"That's nice dear" The women replies without looking up or stopping her work. "Now go back to your friends and enjoy yourself"

"Ok bye" Eila says as she quickly makes her way back to the others as her face turns red.

"I take it your lovers now" Erica teases as Eila sits back down. "So when's the wedding?"

"There isn't going to be a wedding" Eila replies as she shakes her head.

"All well I guess you still have Sanya" Shirley says as she spins the bottle again. She spins it even faster and harder as if making up for the spin Eila stole from her.

"So when are you and Sanya getting married than?" Erica asks as she gets tired of watching the still fast moving bottle.

"Wait we aren't… we are not" Eila mutters as she stares at the floor turning even redder.

"Come on we all know you like her" Erica states as she nudges Eila. "Just tell us when the wedding…"

"We are not getting married!" Eila shouts as the bottle stops pointing at Erica. "Now it's your turn"

"Ok I pick truth" Erica calmly says with a grin on her face.

"That's the sprit" Shirley laughs. "Now tells us does Trude really want to fuck her little sis or is that just something you made up"

"Um yes I believe she really does" Erica says just before a pair of feet come stomping up behind her.

"Hartmann" Everyone turns to find Gertrud standing behind Erica with the look of hatred in her eyes and cheeks as red as tomatoes. "Stop lying and making stuff up about me"

"But you do…" Erica started to say but Gertrud cuts her off by pressing her hand down hard into Erica's shoulder. Erica is forced down onto the table, her face clenched in pain.

"No I don't and why are you playing this childish game anyway?" Gertrud asks as she press's even hard onto Erica's shoulder.

"Because it's fun" Erica says through gritted teeth. "Please let go your hurting me"

"Ok but you're coming with me" Gertrud says as she grabs Erica's arm and pulls her out of the room. "Cleaning your room will be a fitting punishment for lying"

"That's harsh and I wasn't…" Erica protests as she is dragged down the hall.

"Alright who's got a dare for me?" Shirley asks and everyone turns back to the game and finds the bottle is pointed at Shirley. She must of spun it when Erica was being dragged away

"Alright for your dare you have to grope the next person who goes through the door" Eila says hoping that it will be Gertrud since she's already pissed off.

"Ok I can hear someone heading this way" Shirley says as she and everyone else looks towards the door. Perrine walks into the room dripping with sweat and looking exhausted as she heads for the kitchen most likely to get a bottle of cold water from the fridge. Shirley quietly sneaks up behind her, wraps her arms around her and gropes her breasts.

"Hey what do you think you are doing?" Perrine asks as she tries to pull herself away from Shirley's grasps but fails as Shirley is too strong for her and easily holds Perrine in place as she begins to rub Perrine's Breasts. "Let me… gooooo!" Perrine moans as Shirley continues to molest her.

"Why you seem to be enjoying it?" Shirley says with a grin as she presses Perrine's breast together.

"I'm not now let go!" Perrine shouts as she finally manages to free herself and storms into the kitchen.

"Let me know if you want to go again darling" Shirley says as Perrine walks back by her and leaves the dining hall carrying two bottles of water. Shirley returns to the group but instead of spinning the bottle she turns to Yoshika and says with a grin on her face. "I think it's only fair if you have a turn now Yoshika"

"Yeah it's your turn Yoshika" Eila says as she puts her arm around Yoshika. "Pick truth or dare"

"Um I pick dare" Yoshika answers nervously.

"Ok you have to kiss Lynne" Shirley says causing Yoshika and Lynne to turn bright red. The two turn to face each other and hesitate.

"Go on kiss her" Lucchini says as she grows tired of watching them stare at each other. Yoshika leans in and kisses Lynne on the lips stealing her first kiss and losing her own. The whole time they kiss Yoshika can't believe how soft Lynne's lips are or how warm they are. The kiss only lasts a few moments but to Yoshika it seems like an eternity of bliss. As soon as the kiss is over Yoshika and Lynne both look down embarrassed but Yoshika secretly desires another kiss from Lynne.

Minna-Dietlinde Wilcke P.O.V

The paper work was starting to pile up in Minna's office. She has been filling it out relentlessly since she finished breakfast but she has hardly made a dent in the mounting of paper. She is normally a fast writer but with today's heat it's taking her twice as long as usual to complete. Her hands are covered in sweat that constantly drips down the pen she's writing with and onto the report she's writing. She's already had to scrap five reports and start again because her sweat saturated the paper she was writing on to the point where it disintegrated in her hands.

The whole time she is writing her report she wishes she didn't have to write one. Her thoughts keep drifting to Sakamoto, her smiling face, her long black hair and her naked body siting in the bath next to Minna. She is so caught up in her thoughts and paper work that she doesn't notice Sakamoto enter until she gently touches her on the shoulder. Sakamoto only gently touches her but it's still enough to make Minna jump out her skin.

"Sorry I didn't mean to scare you" Sakamoto smiles at Minna.

"It wasn't your fault I was just caught up in work that I didn't even notice you enter" Minna says as she turns round and returns Sakamoto's smile.

"Here you look like you need it" Sakamoto says as she hands Minna a bottle of water.

"Thanks" Minna replies as she takes the water from Sakamoto.

"Why do you have more paper work to do now than when the Neuroi attack?" Sakamoto asks as she looks at the pile of papers on Minna's desk.

"Because Command doesn't like to give me a day off" Minna says as she stands and wraps her arms around Sakamoto's waist. Sakamoto immediately moves her arms around Minna's neck as she leans in and their two lips meet in a passionate kiss. Their tongues compete with each other as they seek dominance over the other.

"So how about I help you so we can carry this on" Sakamoto whispers into Minna's ear sending a shiver through her body.

"Sure" Minna whispers back and she quickly kiss Sakamoto on the neck before they break apart and begin to storm through the paper work on Minna's.

Lynette Bishop "Lynne" P.O.V

Lynne was lying onto of her bed. After Yoshika kissed Lynne Gertrud returned and forcefully put an end to the game by smashing the bottle. Lynne went straight to her room to lie down, she's been lying down for the last hour thinking about the kiss she shared with Yoshika. That was Lynne's first kiss and she knew it was Yoshika's too. She never thought a kiss could make her feel so warm inside. She always believed that all you would feel was the lips of her kisser pressed against her own. She keeps thinking about how warm and happy the kiss made her feel and she can't help but wonder if Yoshika had felt something too from kissing her. "She must have" Lynne tells herself. "Surely she felt something too" Whether what she felt was good or bad remains to be seen. "I hope she doesn't hate that kiss and that it will come between us"

"Lynne" Someone says through the door as they knock. It's strange because that sounds like Yoshika and this is her room is well so she shouldn't have to knock before she enters. "Um Lynne can I come in and speak with you?"

"Um yes, come in" Lynne replies as she sits up on her bed. Yoshika slowly enters the room and walk up to Lynne looking nervous.

"Um Lynne I… I" Yoshika struggles to get out and she has to take a deep before telling Lynne. "I'm sorry if what happened earlier please don't let it come between us Lynne"

"Yoshika of course I want let this come between us" Lynne says as she hugs Yoshika. "Nothing will ever come between us"

Eila Ilmatar Juutilainen P.O.V

Eila was still with Shirley and Lucchini as they walk through the base. It was not even noon yet and the days already boiling. The three witches are drenched in sweat and are getting tired of walking. Eila was used to the heat from the sauna but this heat is on a whole different level.

"Man and I thought saunas were hot" Eila says as the group decide to sit down in an upstairs hall looking over the court yard.

"Yeah I've been in the desert before and even there it was cooler" Shirley adds as she wipes a layer of sweat off of her forehead. "This heat is unbearable"

"Yeah" Lucchini agrees.

"How can it be this hot…? Oh shit!" Shirley says as she watches a large Neuroi burst out of the ground in the courtyard quickly followed by six smaller Neuroi. "Neuroi get to the hanger"

The alarm goes off seconds after the girls start running for the hanger. Neuroi beams begin to rain down on the base causing large explosions where ever they land and several fires begin to break out across the base. Falk and tracers from AA fire fills the sky but have little effect on the attacking Neuroi and now another larger Neuroi bursts out of the ground just outside the base followed by ten smaller Neuroi. They meet Yoshika, Lynne and Sanya at the door to the hanger and enter to find the rest of the witches preparing to take off.

"Hurry up ladies we got to get out there!" Sakamoto shouts as they enter the hanger. Everyone quickly gets into their Strikers and takes off. Within seconds of the last witch leaving the hanger another large Neuroi and six smaller Neuroi burst out of the hanger and opens fire on the witches causing them to break formation and take evasive actions. Two large Neuroi and about twenty smaller Neuroi are now approach the base as the fly low across the sea.

All of the large Neuroi are the same shape, a giant cone covered with red dots. The smaller Neuroi are all spear shaped with one red dot at the tip. Most of the base is now a burning ruin filling the sky with thick black smoke.

"Barkhorn, Erica and I will attack the Neuroi approaching from the sea; Sakamoto and Yoshika attack the Large Neuroi on the left, Shirley and Lucchini take the centre, Perrine an Eila take the right" Minna orders. "Lynne and Sanya gain altitude and provide long distance support"

"Yes ma'am" Everyone replies as they move in formation and begin to attack. Eila follows Perrine towards their target, eight Smaller Neuroi try to block their path but Perrine easily deals with them.

"I got them TONNERRE!" Perrine shouts sending a lightning bolt into all the spears destroying them all instantly. Perrine slows down as she attacks and Eila passes her and opens fire on the cone cutting it in half. The top breaks apart and the bottom have already started to regenerate.

"The cores in the bottom half!" Eila yells to Perrine as she catches up with her.

"Right lets go get it" Perrine says as she and Eila both charge the Neuroi. "I attack from the right and you attack from the left"

"Got it" Eila replies as she cork screws and positions herself on the left. She charges the Neuroi dodging every shot it fires at her, she returns fire and deals the Neuroi some serious damage. Perrine attacks straight after giving the Neuroi no chance to recover putting a line of bullets into the Neuroi hitting the core triggering the Neuroi to shatter into tiny shinny pieces.

Francesca Lucchini P.O.V

Lucchini and Shirley attacked together in a tight formation. Between them they shoot down all of the spears with accurate bursts of fire from their guns. Within seconds of beginning their attack they have a clear run at the cone shape Neuroi. They open fire and split the Neuroi into three pieces. The middle section is the only part not to shatter into millions of shiny pieces.

"Target the middle" Shirley says as they both pull up and loop back around charging the Neuroi. They charge it again cutting it into even smaller pieces. They still don't relent as they circle back around and destroy the only small piece of Neuroi left.

"Yeah take that you stupid Neuroi" Lucchini cheers as she hugs Shirley in triumph.

"Calm down Lucchini the battle isn't over yet" Shirley tells her pushing the young witch gentle off her..

"We can still celebrate these Neuroi's are push overs" Lucchini continues to cheer.

"That may be so but we shouldn't let our guards down because of it" Shirley warns the young witch.

Mio Sakamoto P.O.V

Sakamoto is flying above the above the cone shaped Neuroi using her magical eye to seek out its core. She's leaving the Spears to Yoshika and out of the corner of her eye she can see that Yoshika has shot down most of them and is chasing after the last two. She can't help but feel proud at the young witch who has shown so much potential and has improved so much since she first arrived. Sakamoto is sure that one day Yoshika will lead the 501st Joint Fighter Wing to victory over the Neuroi. She scans the cone shape Neuroi seeking its core. She finally locates it at the back of the Neuroi towards the top. She ready's her weapon and dives concentrating her fire on the core as she dives towards the Neuroi. After a few short bursts from her gun and the core is destroyed. She pulls out of her dive and turns to see Yoshika destroying the last spear in the area.

"Good work Miyafuji" Sakamoto says as they regroup.

"Thank you ma'am" Yoshika replies.

"Alright everyone we are going to assist Minna's group" Sakamoto orders as she spots Minna, Gertrud and Erica still fighting. "Perrine, Eila, Lynne and Sanya stay here in reserve"

"Yes ma'am" Everyone replies as Sakamoto leads the charge towards the Neuroi. As they arrive there is only two spears left which Gertrud and Shirley destroy.

Minna-Dietlinde Wilcke P.O.V

Minna is taking cover behind her shield in-between Sakamoto and Gertrud. As she looks to her side she can see Sakamoto's shield start to crack under the pressure of the Neuroi beams firing in all directions. Looking at Sakamoto herself you can tell she's not doing well. She's covered in sweat and breathing heavy. Every time she blocks with her shield she grunts from the effort.

"Mio get behind Yoshika now you won't last much longer if you carry on like that" Minna orders and is relieved that Sakamoto followed them without a complaint. Minna surveys the battle ground and comes up with a plan. "Trude, Erica, Shirley and Lucchini use the smoke for cover and attack from the North. Everyone else will stay here and prepare to attack on my order"

"Yes ma'am" Everyone says as they move out. Minna watches Gertrud lead the attack section into the fog and using her magic she tracks their movement. She watches Gertrud lead the section in a low level attack on the Neuroi.

"Ok everyone, attack" Minna orders as she leads the way down towards the Neuroi with Sakamoto right behind her. The attack is a massive success with Gertrud's team destroying three Neuroi and Minna's destroying another two. The remaining Neuroi open fire but they can't keep up with the witches as they twist and turn, climb and dive and duck and weave. Within minutes the remaining Neuroi are destroyed and the witches and finally afford to rest.

Sanya V. Litvyak P.O.V

Sanya and the other witches are flying over the burning ruins of their base looking for survivors that need help. But so far all they have found are the burning corpses of the support staff at the base. It doesn't look like anyone else has survive the attack as every building is completely engulfed in flames and everybody they find outside is nothing more than a burning corpse.

"Sanya" Eila calmly says as she fly's up beside her friend. "How are you holding up?"

"I'm fine" Sanya replied in her sweet quiet voice. "It's so sad that no one else lived through the attack"

"Yeah I never thought this place would ever be destroyed" Eila confessed. "We lost everything from this attack. Our base, possessions and everyone who helped us is gone"

"Don't worry, we will…" Sanya begins to say but stops when she sees the old lady mechanic standing outside the burning hanger. "Eila look someone's alive down there" Sanya says as she points down to the old lady walking onto the runway.

"We found someone on the runway near the hanger" Eila says over the radio as she watches the women on the runway. As Eila watches the women she can't help stare in shock as the women skin turns black, her eyes red and she starts to slowly float up off of the ground and towards Eila and Sanya. "Neuroi, the women's turned into a fucking Neuroi!"

"Wait, repeat your last" Sakamoto replies over the radio. "Did you say she turned into a Neuroi?"

"Yes she just transformed right in front of me" Eila answers as the woman Neuroi charges right at her shooting a pair of beams from her eyes and for the first time ever Eila is forced to use her shield. "We need help its attacking!"

"Hold on we are on our way" Minna says over the radio as the Neuroi shoots in-between Eila and Sanya and heads out towards the sea.

"Where is it?" Gertrud asks as she and the others arrive.

"Over there it's hiding in the clouds just off shore" Sanya says as she uses her magic to detect the Neuroi.

"Right Erica, Gertrud, Sanya and Eila attack it head on, Yoshika, Lynne and Sakamoto attack from the left and Shirley, Lucchini come with me and attack from the right" Minna orders as she uses her magic to detect the Neuroi is well.

Sanya stays behind the other witches in her group and fires four rockets into the clouds where the Neuroi is hiding but the Neuroi shoots out two lines of beams destroying three of the rockets before they enter the clouds. The fourth rocket explodes in the clouds above the Neuroi casing it to fall down out of its hiding place.

Miyafuji Yoshika P.O.V

Yoshika and Lynne follower Sakamoto towards the tracer fire coming from Gertrud's group as they engage the Neuroi. They can easily see the Neuroi as it is lit up by tracers and explosions. As they get nearer they can see the witches dogfight with the Neuroi which seems to be extremely nimble and fast.

"You two stay her and cover me well I search for the core Lynne engage the Neuroi from here" Sakamoto orders as she lifts up her eye patch and scans the Neuroi seeking out its core. "I see the core it's located in its head"

"Got it" Minna says over radio as she and her group descend guns blazing towards the Neuroi.

"Come on you two" Sakamoto says as she charges the Neuroi. Yoshika and Lynne don't hesitate to follow after her and tighter the three charges the Neuroi. That's when it happens. The Neuroi waits for all the witches to get close before opens its stomach exposing a multi coloured crystal before exploding.

Yoshika is engulfed by a blue light. She can't see anything but blue, she can't move or even make a sound. Suddenly she feels like the whole world is being spun round. At that point she blacks out as the blue light intensifies.

"Yoshika wake up! Yoshika please wake up!" Yoshika awakes to Lynne kneeling over her with tears forming in her eyes. As soon as Lynne notices Yoshika's awake she wraps her in a fierce hug which nearly squeezes the life out of her.

"Lynne its ok I'm awake now so can you please stop crushing me" Yoshika asks as Lynne continues to squash her.

"Oh I'm sorry" Lynne says as she finally let's go and wipes away the tears that are crawling down her cheek. "Are you sure you are ok?"

"Yeah I'm fine I just blacked out" Yoshika replies with a smile. It is only now that Yoshika realises that she is lying down on a concrete floor inside of a building with no roof. Judging by the sky it's drawn and the sun is only just rising in the blue cloudless sky. "Where are we? Where is everyone else?"

"We don' know where we are. We reckon this is some kind of factory but apart from that we don't know. Everyone else is looking around the factory to see where we are right now" Lynne calmly tells Yoshika as helps Yoshika up. "Commander Minna and Major Sakamoto are on the roof and want us to meet them up there when you wake up"

"Ok let's go" Yoshika says as she looks up at the blue sky. "Isn't the roof missing?"

"Only in this part of the building" Lynne informs her as they begin to walk towards the roof.