12 December, 2010 1053hrs
OFS Kestrel

~ 3rd person's p.o.v. ~

All pilots began to gather inside the meeting room for the next mission after taking photographs of the nuclear mine. Looks like they finally made a decision.

The old Belkan ace begins the briefing, "Alright, here's the plan," he said, pulling up the pictures Gab had taken the day before on the screen behind him. "The pictures Blaze took yesterday confirmed the President's worst fears." He looked gravely at the assembled squadrons. "Belka is shipping nukes to Osea and Yuktobania."

Murmurs flew around the room and Edge placed a hand on Blaze's knee when she noticed her face. She knew that she would be under enormous pressure on this mission to seal up the mine and stop any more nukes from getting shipped out to the front lines. She glance at her amd smile for gratitude.

"Analysis of the surveillance photos taken on the previous mission revealed tactical nuclear weapons of the same type used by Belka in the war fifteen years ago."

SkyEye continued, "These weapons, hidden in the mine, are about to be retrieved and deployed to the two aggressor squadrons in Osea and Yuktobania. The President has made his decision. Destroy the entrances to the mine before the next nuclear weapon is moved from the shaft, and bury those weapons of evil inside for good. This mission will be carried out with the usual formation. You'll need powerful and numerous weapons on target to destroy the rock face above the entrance."

"So we have to use LASM on the mountains, then?" Grimm asked.

"Correct." Cipher replied. "Razgriz, go. Except for Gab."

Blaze looks at him, confused. "Why?"

"You're still tired, so you're going to rest for today."

"But I wanted to go." Gab yawns, clearly she hasn't have enough sleep until today.

"Definitely not." He said with a stern look. "Chris will take over your position for now."

Gab hesitates as she doesn't want to leave her squad, but since she barely move her body properly and it was her father's orders, she have no choice but to follow. "Fine."

She looks at her brother, Mobius 1, "You better bring them back home alive and in one piece or I'll kill you."

Her brother grinned, "Of course I will, trust me on that."

Gab smiles and hugs him quickly. "Be safe out there."

He gave her a finger salute and went to the lockers for suit up. He decided to use his sister's F-35 so he won't recognize his real callsign with his famous plane. They took off the carrier and headed to the flight deck for take off.

"Just another day in the office." Ribbon thought. He's the first to take off the carrier, followed by the Razgriz. It's time for them to seal the weapons and never excavate again.

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"Closure"
12 December, 2010 1312 hrs
Mt. Schirm, Belka

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It was hours later when the Razgriz finally crossed the border into Belka. The weather was clear here, unlike back at the carrier, but it mattered little. This was still a place that had been affected by the detonations of the nukes those many years ago.

"All of this has done my the Demon Lord himself? That was really impressive, dad." Ribbon thought, continues to scan the area while leading Blaze's squadron to the mountain.

"Today will be easy since we don't have to worry about any radar. Right, Captain?" Grimm asked cheerfully.

"Not only that, it's our first time to be lead by Mobius 1 himself!" Chopper chimed in.

Mobius 1 laughed, "Don't get too cocky, boys. I may be leading you guys, but I'm just the same as my lil' sister. Gladly dad stay her behind, I don't want her to get in trouble."

"You really care for her, do you?" Snow asked.

"Of course I am. We grew up together a great life. Train in our planes together with our dad and uncle. And spend time together with our friends. Our bonds are stronger than the couple relationship."

"So are we." Nagase said. Chris can't help but smile. Blaze grew up determined to protect her family, whatever it takes. He spotted a watch tower on their way, he lowered his plane and release a burst of gunfire until it was destroy.

"I can't believe the Captain flew around this place all by herself..." Grimm said in awe. "Just thinking about those nukes that are buried up ahead gives me the goose bumps. What if one of the nukes had blown up when you were here all by yourself?"

"I will shit my pants if that happens." The Blue Ribbon chuckles. He remembered his Dad's story when he witness the detonation of the seven nukes of Belka right in front of his eyes. That last is something he wish not to remember again.

"Those nukes are exactly why the Belkans have lowered themselves to sneaking around, pitting two countries against each other." Snow declared. "You give a man enough weapons, he'll start to think he's more powerful than he really is."

"I'm sick of seeing all this hatred everywhere we go." Nagase added, took down a lone gunboat. "We can't let those nukes reach the battlefield and fuel more hate. I won't let it happen."

"You know, I'm sick of this war enough as it is." Chopper said. "I can only imagine how much worse it'll get with those nukes."

"That's why we are here for." Chris comforts them, "Even we can't declare ourselves a hero, if it means to ho back home safely to our families, then we fight for it. Understand?"

"Yes, sir." Grimm replied.

"This is SkyEye, three enemy SU-47s approaching at 12 o'clock." Their AWACS' operator reported, "Razgriz, engage."

Mobius 1 is the first to hit full throttle and engage them from head on. He fired a pair of missiles at the enemy plane before they maneuver away, then pursuit another plane and began firing burst of gunfire until it's engine fried.

"2 planes in less than 30 seconds?! That's insane!" Chopper exclaimed in shocked, even the others agree on him. Ribbon simply laughs and went after the third enemy plane.

"How you doing, Ribbon?" Pop asked. "I tell you, nothing beats flying in perfect formation with your comrades. In the past I flew alone, to do battle against my own country. But look at you. You've got all your friends here. Don't you think so?"

He chuckles, "Its been a while since I flew with my squadron.". Grimm join their flight after he took down the watch tower. As Mobius 1 expected, siren begins to blast everywhere.

"To tell you the truth, the thought of nuclear weapons just terrifies me." Grimm said. "Do you think they've already carried out nuclear weapons?"

"I sure hope not." Chopper muttered.

"If they did, we just have to destroy the rock bed to seal the remaining nuclear weapons. Then let's hope some of them haven't arrived to the both countries yet." Ribbon replied.

"I've never liked being in Belkan land like this." Nagase said. "The air just feels heavier around here."

"You think?" The Ace chuckles, "I've been in Belka with my sister for months to send relief goods to the poor. We get used to the atmosphere of this country."

As they made their way toward the airfield up ahead, they took down every target in between. They sunk gunboats, blew up watchtowers, took out a few AA guns and SAMs... everything. It took a while for them until they arrived at the area. They notice that the two squadrons aren't here anymore.

"The Grabacr are already gone." Grimm reported.

"They must have already taken away some of the nukes." Nagase said. Ribbon hissed now that they have additional works to do now that they took the nuclear weapons out of the mountain.

"Maybe we were too late..." Pops replied. "Let's destroy the mine entrance anyway."

"You see that rock bed above the entrance?" Snow said. Seeing a large mass of rocks stood still above the mine entrance. "Shoot at that."

"You probably won't be able to bring it down in one shot." Pops added. "Keep on attacking until it crumbles. Understand?"

"Solid copy." Chris responded, "Alright listen up, Snow, Grimm, and Chopper, you go first to blow up the bed rock. Nagase, let's provide them support."

"Roger." As the first group approach the mountain, the others dogfight against fighters around them. Chris yanked his plane to the side, made a turn, and blasted gunfire behind enemy's plane, destroying the nozzle then began to loose altitude rapidly.

"The planes have black bodies. Origin unknown." One of the Belkan pilot reported.

"These guys manage to shake off the Grabarc planes. Be careful."

"Looks like Razgriz started to live up to its name, eh?" Chris smirked, he dive down and launch a pair of missiles at the plane that was about to take off.

"Uh... the nukes won't blow up if we shoot them, right?" Grimm asked. They haven't thought of it. Since they're firing the rock bed and seal with it, I guess it's safe to say they won't blow up. Nagase pursuit an AA gun and destroy it with the cannons, yanked her plane upward and maneuver away to avoid incoming SAM.

"Swordsman, firing!"

They watched the LASM drop off from his plane's weapon bay and took off very fast towards the rock bed, they all landed a hit, but not enough to erupt yet. Mobius 1 cursed to himself, praying that they would able to bring it down before they ran out of special missiles.

A second black Lightning swung around, dropping to only a few hundred feet above the treetops and carefully lining up on the target.

"This is Chopper, I'm firing!"

A second cruise missile dropped from the loud pilot's belly. An explosion scorched the sky, blowing off the side and top of the access tunnel, littering the ground around it with bits of concrete and rebar. Same results, so close yet so far.

"Shit," Chris cursed. "Come on, make this next one count."

"Crap, need some help over here!" Grimm was being chased by an enemy Su-47 over the sky. Releasing a flare after the enemy fired it's missile.

"Hang on!" Nagase push the lever to the afterburner to help her friend. She took a loop and aim at the fighter plane and turn it into a giant ball of flames after she launched two missiles.

"Thanks, Nagase." Grimm sends gratitude.

"No problem, Grimm."

"Hey, Grimm." Mobius 1 called, "Try to launch the LASM inside the mineshaft."

"Roger, I'll try."

Archer swung in. Chris held his breath as the missile dropped from his bay and shot down the mouth of the proverbial monster. It took a few seconds until an explosion sound erupts inside rhe mine, causing the bedrock to crack normally and more rocks fell down.

"Alright, Nagase, fire at the rock bed after I launched."

"Roger, Mobius 1."

"They're aiming at the bedrock." Said the Belkan, "Are they trying to make it collapse?"

"Don't worry, the Grabarc flight has already airlifted rhe cargo." The other Belkan replied.

"So the nuclear weapons have been lying here dormant for fifteen years." Grimm mumbles.

"Even I remember the horror of those nuclear explosions fifteen years ago." Snow chimed in. "How can they still do this?"

"I can't imagine why the Belkans would want to use any of them again."

Chopper scoffed a bit, "I guess Belka isn't a thing of the past, huh?"

"No time to be brooding over that right now, we've got a mission to carry out."

While the first group began to take down air and ground targets, Ribbon flew low and align his plane at the bedrock, gripping at the control stick. "Mobius 1, Fox 3! Fox 3!"

Two LASM dropped from the belly of the plane, blasting towards the rock bed. It was an enormous explosion after they hit, and surprisingly, it was close to fall.

"This place is history. Retreat."

"... roger, retreat."

Ribbon turn his plane around, seeing all enemy planes leaving the area. SkyEye announced, "The enemies are leaving the AO."

Chopper laughs, "Looks like we scare them off after we destroy each of them!"

Chris sigh and chuckes, wondering how his little sister handle his loudmouth. "Nagase, it's up to you now."

"Roger." They watched a black F-35 made a turn and slowly descend above the trees, aiming at the mine entrance.

"Edge, firing." The LASM drop from her fighter's bay and speed into the mineshaft. Smoke billowed from the two holes as the missile moved ever deeper, passing the previous two attempts but there was no explosion, which was good. It meant that the LASM was getting deeper into the mine.

Just when Chris thought that the missile had gone stupid and didn't detonate, there was a rumble that was audible even through the canopy of his Lightning, and a plume of dirt and smoke raced from inside the access tunnel and billowed outward, expanding like a dragon breathing a great plume of flame.

"Hell yeah!" Chopper crowed as the four pilots came off target, the smoke settling as the tunnel finished collapsing inwards.

"Rock bed destroyed." Nagase reported. "That cave will never be opened again."

"We've finally sealed in those nukes." Grimm said.

"But there are more Belkan nukes out there." Snow said.

"That's what we're here for." Chopper said. "We just gotta find 'em and stop the Belkans from using 'em."

"This is SkyEye, mission complete. Time to ho home, Aces."

Ribbon leaned back the best he could in his ejection, breathing a heavy sigh of relief. Somehow, they'd done it and sealed off the nuclear missiles. It was all they could do for now.

"Hang on..." SkyEye paused for a few seconds to check something on the radar. "We got four unknown fighters approaching your way."

"Belkans?" Snow asked. Ribbon adjust himself and prepare for a dogfight. If it is Grabacr or Ofnir, they're doomed.

"This is AWACS SkyEye, Identified yourselves."

"This is Captain Vikhor Makarov, callsign "Igor". I've been chased by these damn Belkans on my way."

"Wait... that callsign." Grimm began to generate memories when he heard that name, "That's the Yuke ace Blaze fought during our mission to escort the president!"

However, Mobius 1 and SkyEye didn't pay atte tion to his words.

"Vikhor???" Both exclaimed.

"Chris? James? Is that you two?" He asked.

"You sonuvabitch you still alive!" The ISAF ace laughs, SkyEye release a sigh of relief hearing their friend once again. "We thought you were dead!"

"Some shit is going on after I found out who's behind of this damn war so I can't make a call." Vikhor explained. "Now, can you take down these fighters behind me first?"

"Roger. Alright, team, let's save this Yuke's ass then we can get back home."

It didn't take a while, three Belkan planes destroyed, and finally Vikhor was saved and finally ready to go back to bring some news.

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"Mission accomplished. Thanks to that rock avalanche, the mine entrance is now sealed off and the tactical nukes have been removed as a threat to the world.

Intel has lost track of the nukes they already removed, but it is certain that the weapons sealed in the mineshaft will never be deployed."

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Near one of the hangars on the runway, alone, she made a call with her acquaintance from Oured. Tell the tale about the mission of sealing the nukes.

"Looks like they made a move after I took the photograph." Blaze said, leaning on the wall.

"Hearing that the Nuclear weapons will be transport to Osea and Yuktobania, we need to make a move to stop them." The man on the other line said.

"Since Grabacr made a first move, there's a possibility that the nukes already in Osea."

"We're still investigating about that." He replied. "So how are you there?"

Blaze gasps in shock, "Huh? Milosz asking me how I am? That was first time I ever heard!"

"Ah, shut up, Antares. You heard that from me a few times since our meet." Milosz chuckles.

Yep, Milosz Sulejmani. Once Gab's flightmates, then enemies, and finally became acquaintance to this world, and the only man who usually calls her by her old callsign. She was shocked when Orby told her that he was also reincarnated to this world to start a better new life than before. At first, she was unsure whether to trust him again or not. Until she finally trust him, just like he did. Milosz' past was horrible, being sold by her parents, tortured and turned to a human machine, nothing wants more but money, the reason why he do what he takes to kill Gab because of money. But he was killed by her.

At least in his reincarnation, he finally able to live a better family, with a better life.

"You still call me that?"

"Old habits hard to die."

Blaze chuckles. Suddenly, roars of jet engine heard as it get closer. She looks at the sky and spotted her brother and her wingmates, but curious when there is another plane flying with them.

"Seems they've finally arrived. I'm going to check on them first."

"I see. Well, call me later then."

Blaze turned off the phone and put it on her pocket. Once all the planes landed to the ground and made its way to the hangars, she notice a Su-30, the same plane she fought from previous missions. She grinned and rushed towards him.

Vikhor came down from his plane and took off his helmet. He is a well-built man with a short Ivy League golden brown hair, a pair of hazel eyez, and shaved beard. He smiles when he saw her approaching.

"Vikhor!" Gab jumps in and immediately hugs him, joyful laughs release from the crowd, mostly her friends.

Vikhor hugs back and grins, "You really grew up strong today, красивая (krasivaya, ENG: Beautiful)"

"I thought you were dead or something." Gab said, releasing him from the cuddles, "Its been few weeks since you've made contact with us."

He frowns, "Just as I said, things went to shit when we found out the truth, but we have to play along. We decided to escape to send the message." He clenched his fist tightly, "Until those damn Belkans came and kill us one by one. I'm the only pilot survived."

"I'm sorry for your lost." Blaze said grimly.

He shook his head and smile sadly, "But at least I get to live a day to see my comrades once more."

Chris patted his shoulders, "Now let's go and change. You look like shit."

"Excuse me, you are, too." He shot back. They went to the carrier to meet their family and others on board.

"By the way, you guys have vodka?" Vikhor asked.

"Sadly, no." Grimm answered.

"Oh... Blyat."