The Predator of the Depths

Dark Skies

A small air force slices through the clouds, Strider and Cyclops squadrons. They're several miles from the Black Sea, where Hornet's fleets resides. Alicorn stands on top of her jet, a couple band-aids on her arms. She has a worried look on her face as she bits her lip.

AWACS Long Caster is heard over the radio. <<Still nothing, I can't get through.>>

Enterprise then speaks. <<It must be enemy EMS.>>

<<A high likely hood.>>

<<Well, let's hurry our asses up!>> Húxiān complains, she's in a new jet. <<Every second we waste, the more casualties they could suffer.>>

They reach the sea, and a massive black cloud rises high in the distance.

<<Woah, you all seeing this?>> Count asks.

<<Everyone, full speed!>> Enterprise orders.

Everyone's engines run red hot as they speed off. After a minute they hear gunfire in the distance, along with loud explosions.

<<Everyone careful!>> Long Caster warns. <<I'm picking up enemy EMS, focus on them first, then we can reestablish contact!>>

<<On it!>> Everyone agrees.

The Squadron reaches the battlefield, and it seems to span miles. Dozens of sinking siren ships litter the water, several damage HO ships limp along. Their cannons still firing at full speed towards enemy ships.

<<Dear god...>> Prez mutters.

<<Everyone focus!>> Flare shouts. <<We can worry about them latter, find the EMS planes. We need to see who's still around, Count, Jaeger, Húxiān. You three take the ships, the rest of us will take the air.>>

<<Right!>> Everyone heads off.

Alicorn looks around, her stomach dropping as the amount of fire spreading along the water. The amount of HO ships that are barely floating. She then sees a Ship-girl sitting on a slowly sinking Siren ship.

"Baltimore..." Alicorn mutters, and the ship girl looks up to the sky at the sound of jet engines.

Baltimore smiles, holding a hand to her side, where blood is pooling into her shirt. She wipes a bit of blood from her lip and gives Alicorn a wave, then a thumbs up. 

Alicorn nods and continues searching, until she finds a strange looking drone. She brings up her cross bow, and fires. The arrow strikes the drone, blowing it up, and she notices her radar clear up slightly.

Her radio crackles to life, but she can't make anything out. She flies off and continues looking around, her gaze falling onto the waters below. An HO ship suddenly goes up in flames, causing Alicorn to cover her eyes as its ammunition goes off.

She lets out an angry grunt as she scans the skies for more drones. Until she notices several Siren jets fly towards her, they're slightly damages. She glares at them, and fires off a pair of missiles, as the enemy jets fire their own.

Alicorn twists her jet between the two missiles fired at her. Her missiles strike their targets, blowing up. She continues flying on, finding more heavily injured ship girls, and heavily damaged HO ships. For everyone one ship she finds, she finds a dozen destroyed Siren ships.

"They went all out..." Alicorn mutters as she watches USS Sims blow up another Siren, before falling to the ocean, Exhausted.  

Alicorn looks into the distance, where the sky is lit up by AA, Missiles and gunfire. She keeps flying along towards the main battle, taking down a couple EMS.