Welcome To The Nightmare (Book 2)

Chapter 21: Post War Clean-Up

"Raijin! Starboard! Starboard!" CL yelled into the comm.

A couple of enemy SUs were engaging them, making them confused. Calintz pulled the flaps a second too late, taking full brunt of the enemy fire. Calintz ejected himself from the fighter, dangling in mid air with his chute opened.

"Fuck! I'm getting rusty. Center, take care of the fighters. Athena, circle back to me. I'm hitching a ride!" Calintz unfastened his belt of his seat and went into freefall.

CL turned back for Calintz in full speed. Jurina was engaging the enemy fighters, taking them down one by one. Calintz dropped onto CL's aircraft and lock his feet up onto the surface of the plane using his power. He took off his helmet and his mask enveloped his head in an instant.

"When the last time you fly an attack aircraft?" CL asked Calintz.

"Dunno. When was Azerbaijan again?" Calintz chuckled nervously.

"Goddamn, Raijin. That was ages ago! Center, how you doing?" CL asked for Jurina.

"Last fighter. He's good. Raijin, mind taking out that heat seeking missiles for me? I'm out of flares." Jurina requested.

Calintz told CL to tail the missiles while he took them down using EMP bursts. Both of them tailed the last fighter in an attempt to take him down. And he was good. Too good it gave them a hard time.

"Athena, fly past him. I'll take him out." Calintz shouted, summoning his katana, Myoho Muramasa. The sword glowed dark purple and gave out a malicious aura.

Realizing what Calintz was trying to do, CL did a barrel roll as they passed the enemy fighter from behind. Calintz launched himself onto the enemy fighter, slicing the fighter into two. CL came back for him and flew off into Moscow.

In Moscow, the Socialists were on losing ground. With no way to counter the enemy air supports, they were pushed back little by little. There were only so much can be done by Dreamcatcher and the rest to stand their grounds.

"Raijin! Where the hell are you?! We're getting massacred down here!" Dara screamed to her comm. They were all running dry on ammunition and stamina. For the last hour they were fighting with their powers.

"Apollo, sector 12 is lost! INCOMING!!" SuA screamed as a UAV missile came towards them. Anna rushed forward and directed her hands towards the missile, slowing it down to a full stop. Using Rena as a boost, Rina flew in the air, grabbing the missile and threw them back at the enemies. But she took a direct hit from the attack chopper's gun, almost tearing her body into two.

Anna immediately enveloped her in a force field and pulled her back to their position. Rina's body were almost torn into two. Only a chunk of her stomach held the body together.

"Yo... ga... Patch me... up..." Rina stuttered in extreme pain.

Anna twisted her hand, and suddenly the lost flesh were grown back, along with her outfit. Anna released the forcefield and pulled Rina back up.

"We're counting by minutes here. If Raijin don't come here soon, we'll be sleeping in body bags." Rina spat the blood from her mouth.

The gunships were circling in front of them, while the armored vehicles and the infantries were advancing quickly towards them.

"Shit... They're formidable, I give them that." Eun Hye lit her cigarette and looked around her. Everyone around her were flatlined. The air of defeat growing stronger.

"Well, if we're gonna die, let's do it with a huge bang, shall we?" Irene stood up, grinning.

"Well, it's a honor to serve with you guys, however brief it is." Dami took Eun Hye cigarette from her hand and smoked it. She coughed and winced. Eun Hye just laughed at her junior.