Remnant Viking

Chapter 42: Arrival and Depature

Author: "To hell with it!"

Diva: "Darling...Calm down!"

Author: "We're doing it live!"

Diva: "What about--"

Author: "Later! IT MUST BE DONE!!!"

Ruby: "Oh boy! He's done stalling!!!! We'll get back to Chimera Wing later! Should I be worried?"

Diva: "Incredibly so."

Author is shooting wildly with AK47s and a PKM.

T.B.M Officer: "WHO LET HIM IN THE ARMORY AGAIN!?!"

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Atlas

Herald Base

Crimson Pov

Where the hell have they been!? Its been two fucking days! TWO FUCKING DAYS! It was supposed to be a cleanup job. Just wipe out the last remnants of scum. They can't be in trouble right? I shake my head and read my notes. Least everything on the Frontier is going well. I was sitting on top of Hati out on the tarmac waiting for my boys and girls to Finally come home. I always wondered what they did to the fighters once housed here. Yet the thought is discarded when I hear Vikings approaching.

Crimson: "It's about damn time! They better have a good reason for being so bloody late!"

Hati growls at me. Fine. I'll calm down. I just can't think of a reason for them being so late. Yet as the fleet approach, I can make more of it out. Our beloved flagship is just fine. Why wouldn't it be? We are missing a transport but hey that's what I expected. We did ram it into a building. Should do it again at some point. That was fun! To think Vanders had it in him! Knew we can make him a bit more wild! Hahahahaha!

But it's when my pilots started landing when things started to go wrong. 

Inferno Wing is always first to land. There are only nine of them. Steel follows and I'm glad they all made it back. Hellion is missing  two. Blizzard is at full strength while Storm is missing one. Chimera is all accounted for. A bullhead landed and out comes Broadside.  I jumped down from Hati. I need answers.

Crimson: "What the hell happened!??! I'm down four pilots!!!"

My said pilots are already heading to the hangar. The hell is going on here!?! Not even a word!? Though, I reckon it does make sense. We haven't lost so many pilots before. The cherries don't count. They never do until they prove themselves. Broadside is in a sorry state. Wait...did he shave? That was a great beard and moustache! This fucker!

Broadside: "Chief.. We only....lost one during the operation. The rest got damage and Thier Vikings are on the Bloodshed."

Crimson: "I knew this day will come eventually. So.... Who?"

Broadside: "Well... Buzzy, Haley and Brie got Thier Vikings damaged."

Crimson: "I get Buzzy. But Haley and Brie? Surprised it was Hellion Wing. Figured it be more Inferno and Storm. Wait...."

Broadside: "We lost Conrad, Chief."

Crimson: "HOW!?"

Broadside: "You know that fancy maneuver they do sometimes?"

Crimson: "That Thunder Drop or whatever? it really is stylish. So what happened?"

Zach: "Went right into a ammo dump and something sparked."

Gerald: "Turned him and a dozen grunts to ash."

Markus: "I knew I should've stopped him! I should've tried harder!!"