(The Next Day)

As the sun rises after a cold night in Fillydelphia, the Sea ports were being repaired and cleaned up by volunteers after that battle against the computer controlled gunboats by Razor Whisk. Pegasi ponies were flying around the waters to pick up scattered pieces that were floating around. Unicorns were assisting each other by carrying any heavy sized piece of the ships left from the destruction. And Earth Ponies were trying their hardest to pull out pieces that were close to the shore. But they were also assisted by the E.R.A.F pilots who had VTOL aircrafts to lift up heavy metal, and also a patrol of ships of the Maneila Navy was their to help out as well. Razor Whisk was all held responsible by this mess in Fillydelphia. The damage was higher more than Saddle-Arabia's capital by the drones. If you were on top of the Burj Khoofa, you would see a lot of crashed drones. But in Fillydelphia, it has more than just crashed drones. Destroyed AI ships sent by Razor Whisk, the hills and fields damaged, and some of the roads hit. But luckily there were no casualties. Thank Celestia and Luna. Speaking of those two, they knew that Equestria was having a huge threat than they thought, so they had to advise their powerful allied countries. Saddle-Arabia was one of them, Union of Changnia, Kingdom of Marey, Mount Griffon, and The Fillyppines. But after whats happened in Saddle-Arabia, Princess Celestia didn't want her little sister to get hurt. So she told her to stay with Neon Nimbus and the rest. Early in the morning, Princess Celestia had to return to Canterlot as most of the Equestrian Royal Air Force returned back to Cloudsdale and some Task Force X pilots went back to Canterlot.

Anyway, that's just what was going on after the battle and in the morning. Nothing but repairs and labor. Fillydelphia was already almost done going back to normal. Thanks to the Equestrian Royal Air Force and the Fillyppines' Navy to help out. When the place is finished being clean, the Fillyppines' Navy decided to leave some ships for awhile just in case another attack happens. Also the AAC-113 Albatross was still in the south of the city keeping an eye out. Inside was just Neon Nimbus, a few flight deck crews, Twilight and the others and Arion Squadron.

Neon Nimbus was just on the observation deck enjoying the view while eating some candy. She may be a General of the Air Force, but she was still young. Instead of her mane just hanging down, she wore a ponytail and a ruby headband because she just woke up from her sleep. A lot was on her mind about the next attacks about to hit Equestria by Razor Whisk. She yawned and sat down on a hanging swing chair and chewed her sweet taffy. The silence in the observation deck was broken when a door from the entrance was heard opening. She looked back and saw Arion Squadron's leader, HandyFlash. Neon Nimbus waved and smiled as HandyFlash went to her.

HandyFlash gave a smirk. "Candy for breakfast General? That seems unhealthy don't you think?"

Neon Nimbus rolled her eyes. "Oh whatever. Sometimes I crave for any food I want. Just like any mare." She looked at him with both eyebrows raised as her mane covered one eye.

HandyFlash sat next to her and looked at the view as well as he held his warm coco. "Not saying its a bad thing. It's normal." He said. "Anyway, how are you?"

"Good." She yawned. "What about you? Anything you dreamed about?" She smirked.

HandyFlash raised his eyebrow. "Why do you wanna know that?" He asked.

"I'm just kidding. It's none of my business anyway." Neon Nimbus laughed then sighed.

"You sound like me asking a question on Rainbow Dash when she bullied me as foals." HandyFlash said. "But when she admitted she was guilty about it, I'm more careful."

"Yeah. You are pretty careful around Rainbow Dash because she is your wingmare. Also me because you found out about my brother." She continued staring at the clouds. "Unless…you are either like Me or Rainbow Dash."

HandyFlash spit out his coco and had a shocked look on his face. "What?! Nonononono! That's not it! I swear! I just care about my squadron and my friends!" He blushed deeply and sweated nervously on what she will say next. He didn't like being teased, either if it was true or not. We don't know.

Neon Nimbus giggled. "Now I sound like you when you're taking a joke." She laughed.

HandyFlash blushed and looked away. "Whatever."

Neon Nimbus spread her wings and laid back and looked at her foreleg that had a watch. "So, are you ready to get back in the air in 1 hour?" She asked.

HandyFlash raised his eyebrow. "Another mission?"

"I got a call in five in the morning about a ship needing assistance for escort." She told him. "The captain said they were actually attacked by flying birds they say. I'm guessing it's…"

"Razor Whisk." HandyFlash answered.

"Bingo."

"Checkers." He smirked.

"Be quiet." She rolled her eyes. "Anyway, you should warn your squadron right now. Warrior and Raptor Squadron is already in the air. Didn't expect them to be up in the clouds at eight."

HandyFlash got up and saluted. "Yes ma'am." And walked out of the observation deck to ready his friends."Hey Nimbus? You're kinda reminding me of my old friend, Lionardo Da Vicious. About you saying flying birds." HandyFlash commented.

Neon Nimbus continued to lie down and stared at her watch. She sighed and looked up. "High as the clouds, they say." She said and walked out of the observation deck to meet up with Arion Squadron. She was pretty lazy to fix up her mane so she kept the style for a bit.

-(AAC-113 Runway Deck)-

All of Arion Squadron was already on the flight deck awaiting for the good time to begin their flight. Well rested as the nine of them were, they decided to wait on Neon Nimbus just in case she was going to tell their objectives in brief.

Rainbow Dash picked up a cup and flew up to reach the clouds. When she reached to one, she dashed straight through it with her cup forward. She dashed out of the cloud like a bullet going through a wall and now had a full cup of water. She went back down to the deck and drank the water and finished it in eight seconds flat. She could feel herself now refreshed and ready for her adrenaline rushing RVP-184 to begin flight and probably do some awesome moves just like the Wonderbolts except in a jet aircraft. She kind of missed being in the academy, but she has a job to do in the E.R.A.F as well more than redeeming her dream. And the thought of her being a wingmare for HandyFlash wasn't that bad. HandyFlash knew what he was doing in missions and led his squadron to survive in the air. Fluttershy was Rainbow Dash's wingmare, so she must help her out sometimes.

Thunderlane and Blossomforth were acting a bit more strange as well. After what happened on the Fillydelphia hills, things got pretty awkward between the two. Though the two of them deny their feelings, they didn't want to show it. So they continued to stick with the sophomoric brother and sister arguments to cover it up a bit. Derpy could see it in their eyes because she knows how a mare and stallion like eachother.

After about seven minutes, Neon Nimbus arrived up the flight deck with her same style and looked at the nine pilots of Arion Squadron. The nine of them saluted and she noticed they were already in their flight suit. She didn't want to focus on their flight suit that much because they were wearing different colors that matched them. Too much colors in her eyes made her a bit nauseas. Much like all of us.

Neon Nimbus smiled. "Well. The Wing Feathers of Celestia and Luna are all wrapped up and good to fly." She said and saluted back.

Flitter nodded. "You bet! Thanks to Cloudchaser's Manehattan toast, I'm wide awake." She said. Cloudchaser just chuckled.

HandyFlash looked at her. "So what's our orders General?" He asked.

"All right. A Fillyppine cargo ship in the sea between Equestria and Mount Griffon called The FFS Latitude called for assistance for an escort. The ship was damaged by Razor Whisk's drones when we were fighting against those computer AI controlled motor gun boats here. Warrior and Raptor Squadron are already on their way there to protect along with some Fillyppine Navy Ships." Neon Nimbus said and noticed a flight already going East. "Archer Squadron will be heading to Maneila to wait for the ship to arrive." She added. "I'm counting on the nine of you on this one. If that ship doesn't reach Maneila, then Maneila will have a lack of supplies. You all understand?"

"Hail Celestia and Luna we do." They all said.

Neon Nimbus smiled and nodded. "You'll all be okay." She said. "Alright, ready your wings Arions." She put on her scarf and headset and walked to the flight deck crew.

HandyFlash looked at all of them and spoke. "You heard her. Let's get aggressive like the Phoenix." He said and readied his flight suit and headed to his CPB-86 then sat down on the aircraft's canopy, looked at his HUD, and put on his flight half-mask. He looked at his squadron and saw them doing the same thing. He turned on his HUD and HMD Visor to ready himself.

Fluttershy checked her flaps on her IPG-619 jet and turned on her HUD and Visor as well. She was now used to flying her aircraft already, but was nervous and scared of getting shot down. The eject seat system gave her relief, but still.

As all of the members of Arion got in their seats and readied everything, they closed the lid on their aircraft's canopy and waited for the flight deck crew to finish renewing their weapons and batteries. Now was the time for them to check on the radios.

HandyFlash turned his on and contacted his flight. "Arion 1 to Arion Flight. Radio check." He said.

"Loud and Clear Arion Leader. 2." Rainbow Dash responded in a clear frequency.

"I got you on radio. 3." Fluttershy said.

"We all hear you boss. I'm good." Thunderlane told him.

"I bet you were going to block me, Arion 4." Blossomforth stared at him.

"Haha. Alright." Thunderlane smirked.

"Derpy? Dumbbell? Flitter? Cloudchaser? You all good?" HandyFlash asked them. They all contacted clearly and told them they're green. He nodded and waited until the flight deck crew were finished.

After for about five minutes, one deck crew member in red gave them a sign that their weapons check out. One in purple gave them a sign that they're now refueled and ready for take off. Finally the one in yellow flew above in front of them since the one in yellow is one of the Flight Deck Officers and Plane Directors.

"Hang on to your manes Arion Flight." Neon Nimbus said on the radio.

The deck crew member in yellow raised her hoof and took her other one that went in the direction to go forward. She raised her height a bit and put one hoof on her chest and one in the direction of the sky; telling them they're clear to fly.

"Here we go. Lets do this." HandyFlash told his squadron.

Neon Nimbus pushed a button on the console at the edge of the runway and launched the nine pilots forward as they sped up their planes. As they were in the air, they checked their speed, banked their aircraft and went back to good level. The roaring sound of the wind was heard in their ears as they flew above the ocean of Fillydelphia and the city itself in the distance. They flew in a delta formation as HandyFlash led the way by going to the direction of the FFS Latitude's location. He led his squadron flying through the air in a clear sky. No clouds were even seen.

The AAC-113 Albatross banked right and followed Arion Flights path. A flight descended from the clouds in front of Arion flight. They looked closely and saw it was an E.R.A.F flight.

"This is Archer 1. We are on our way to Maneila like we were ordered to. General? Do you read me?" Archer 1 asked.

"Copy that. Zander, fly straightly to Maneila, Fillyppines until we arrive with the FFS Latitude." Neon Nimbus ordered.

"Roger that. We'll meet you at Maneila in a few." Zander said and led his squadron to the direction of Maneila instead of the FFS Latitude's location.

Neon Nimbus contacted HandyFlash and the rest. "Be advised HandyFlash. If we encounter any hostile drones, don't dogfight close to us. Twilight and her friends are on board as well." She noted.

Fluttershy raised her eyebrow. "Wait. They're still there?"

"Of course we are." A recognizable voice said on the radio. Rainbow Dash responded on the voice who was actually…

"Hey Twilight? Shouldn't you be in your library taking care of Spike or something?" Rainbow Dash reminded her unicorn friend.

"I checked on him. Spike said everything is fine. Plus I saw him organizing the library still." Twilight smiled.

Thunderlane chuckled. "Is anyone else with you?"

"I'm here." Another voice said on the radio. That voice was recognized immediately because of…

"You sure have a protective sister, Luna." HandyFlash said.

"Like what happened at Saddle-Arabia, she doesn't say it's safe for me to go to our allied countries." Princess Luna told him and looked out the glass cockpit of the AAC-113. "Plus I like the view." She added.

Twilight chuckled. "Yes. Princess Luna is here as well." She said. "Let me guess, you all forgot she was told to stay here by Princess Celestia."

Blossomforth responded. "I have a good memory. So no I didn't."

"Ah bull shark." Thunderlane laughed.

"Sew your mouth shut." Blossomforth rolled her eyes.

"Ugh. As always, you two lovebirds are about to fight again." HandyFlash laughed as everyone 'Oooo'd'.

"WE'RE NOT LOVEBIRDS!" They both said defensively. Haha looks like they want to deny it.

HandyFlash 'Pfft'd'. (I don't know how it goes.) "Then what about what happened at the hills of Fillyde-" He was interrupted by another radio transmission calling him. He fixed his radio a bit and contacted who was calling him. "This is Arion 1 of the E.R.A.F Task Force X. State your business."

"Arion 1. It's me, Raptor 1. Glad you guys are here to join the fun." Dimitri said.

"This is Warrior 1. There's no drones yet, Dimitri. The fun doesn't begin just yet." Cloud Dash said.

HandyFlash chuckled. "Alright. Least we didn't arrive late like Rainbow Dash in flight school."

"Hey. I'm right here." Rainbow Dash spoke.

"Yeah." HandyFlash sighed. "Anyway, what's the situation here?"

Dimitri responded. "The FFS Latitude is now ready for escort. We have one Maneila Monitor ship with two frigates and two corvettes." Dimitri told him. "Any word for Archer 1?" He asked.

"Zander is going to be waiting for us in Maneila." HandyFlash replied. "Looks like three squadrons from the Task Force X have to do the long job."

"Copy."

HandyFlash looked at the Maneila Monitor ship and contacted the captain. He wanted to make sure everything was ready just in case trouble comes. "Monitor Class ship, This is Arion flight. Please state yourself." He said.

"This is FMS Tsunami." The captain responded to his contact. The captain had a strong Maneila (Or Fillyipino) accent and found out to be a female. "I'm Captain Sand Stone. We are battle ready. Awaiting orders to move on." She said.

Neon Nimbus interrupted them by an emergency. "All TFX aircraft and Fillyppine Ships. We have contact at our 11 o'clock." She warned them.

Cloudchaser chuckled. "Well. Looks like we were right about Razor Whisk coming at us." She said. "But just in case, is it friendlies General?" She asked.

"Negative. The radar doesn't sense the identity of the E.R.A.F on them." Neon Nimbus told them. She continued to look at the radar and saw another contact arrive. "Be advised. Looks like we're dealing with those gunboats again as well. FMS Tsunami, ready your ordinances and cannons. We're about to have our hooves wet."

"That's what we're used to General. Don't worry about our fleet. Tell your air units to have fun diving the missiles into them." Captain Sand Stone said and told her crew to ready up.

"Hoofa (Hooah) to that." Dumbbell said.

HandyFlash led his squadron to the gunboats and readied his weapons. He contacted all units in the zone. "The ships are loading up." He said. "All aircraft and ships, you're cleared to engage."

"Music to my ears Arion Leader." Dimitri said and boosted forward to the ships and fired one missile that damaged one.

"All hands on deck everypony!" Captain Sand Stone yelled out loud. One of the crew tapped his hooves on the floor; saying that their hooves are there already. "Uhm. Nevermind." She tilted her head.

Captain Sand Stone looked straightly at the front and saw the large drones landing on the water and witnessed them to become ships that looked like Corvette Class attackers. She looked at the cannons on her ship and gave them a sign.

"Cleared to fire at the ships. Give them the Fillyppino Rogue!" She yelled. The cannons fired rounds so powerful, that the ship tipped over and created a huge wave. But the ship was very stable for battle. Sand Stone picked up her radio to notify her small fleet a strategic plan. "FMS Tsunami to all ships. Spread out. Open the attack on each direction. FMS Coral, you protect the FFS Latitude." She ordered her fleet as they followed her orders.

"You got tone. Fire fox 2."

"Arion 3. Fox 2." Fluttershy said and fired a close range missile. It struck one ship as it blew up to splits. "Target taking water." She confirmed a ship sunk.

"Raptor Leader to Arion Flight. My comms are getting a bit messy. I'll be back below three minutes." Dimitri called.

"Copy that." HandyFlash accepted. "Warrior Flight, take care of the drones. We'll deal with the ships."

"Roger that Arion. Don't worry about us." Cloud Dash said and continued to attack the drones.

Kira looked at her Leander's plane and saw him fixing his radio. "Raptor 1? You okay?" She asked.

"I'm good. Hold on. I gotta reset this thing." Was all Dimitri said before his radio was off.

On the AAC-113, Twilight was still looking at the battle as her friends did the same. They all payed attention mostly on Arion Squdron. Neon Nimbus kept taking and eye out for any thing acting up. She noticed one of the AI Gunboats opened a lid from the top and revealed a missile. But it wasn't an average one, it was a Cruise Missile! Her eyes widened and knew what that was for. They were aiming at the FFS Latitude.

"Neon Nimbus to Arion Flight. A cruise missile is about to launch by one of the gunboats!" She alerted them.

"Stand back youngest lady Neon. We got this." Thunderlane laughed.

"Pfft. I'm only like two years older than you." Neon Nimbus rolled her eyes. Her eyes continued to stare at the cruise missile and saw the bottom of it glowing. It ascended slowly and turned its way towards the FFS Latitude and the FMS Coral. "Confirmed launch of Cruise missile!"

"Mapahamak!" Cloud Dash mildly cursed in his nation's language.

"Shoot. Thunderlane, take care of it. Use your bolt cannon to take it down faster." HandyFlash told him.

"Roger. Enjoy the fireworks every pilot."

-(Miles away from the Battlezone)-

A group of planes that didn't have an E.R.A.F or Task Force X emblem on flew in a low altitude to avoid radar contact because of the stealth capabilities. The emblems on their planes were a sharp wave with a flaming mobius string surrounding it. This was not a AI drone at all because of the cockpit was being controlled by somepony. So that means this group was…

"Vampir 1 to Vampir 4. You are cleared for attack." A radio that had Vampir 1's voice told the leader of the group.

"Vampir 4 to 1. We will commence our strike. Heading to battle zone." Vampir 4 banked his aircraft and turned towards the battle zone as the rest of the group followed.

"Roger. The flights named Warrior and Raptor Squadron are not worth shooting down. Focus your fire on Arion Squadron." Vampir 1 ordered a direct engagement to Arion Squadron only.

"Copy that. I'll put their wings on a plate." Vampir 4 said coldly as he led the way to the battle zone.

-(Back in the Battle Zone)-

"Cruise missile destroyed!" Thunderlane said with his aircraft's cannon steaming out the heat.

"Ain't that the berries." The captain of the FMS Coral said.

"Roger. Arion Squadron, just a few more boats to go." Neon Nimbus told them.

"This is Captain Sand Stone. Continuing attack." Sand Stone said as she looked through her binoculars. "Hostile gunboat! 10 o'clock!" She told her cannon crew as they aimed at that direction. "Fire!" She ordered as the ship was pushed a bit sideways by the powerful force of the cannons. The rounds hit an AI gunboat on the front causing it to sink head first. "Target sunk."

"Guys? I'm tracking contacts from the direction from behind the hostiles." Blossomforth called all flights. "Are they friendly?"

The unknown flight that was approaching spoke no words at all. They used their afterburners to speed up more closer to the flights. It was revealed that it wasn't the drones at all. The front plane of the formation fired one missile and struck one of Warrior Squadron's pilots.

"Ah nuts! This is Warrior 6, I'm hit! Ejecting!" Warrior 6 yelled as his aircraft alerts were heard in the background. Then he was seen ejecting out of his aircraft. Thank elements that he ejected near the FMS Coral.

"Hindi!" Cloud Dash said 'No' in his language. "Neon Nimbus, Warrior 6 is out of the game.

HandyFlash looked at the unknown aircrafts. His eyes widened when he recognized the emblems on their wings. It was a sharp wave with a flaming mobius string surrounding it. Representing Vampir Squadron; the ones who work with Razor Whisk.

"Let me guess. You colts are from Vampir Squadron, right?" HandyFlash guessed because of the emblem on their aircraft. "Where's your leader, Vampir 1?"

The Vampir 4 chuckled. "Let us just say he's being a shadow right now. But for you and your Wing Feathers of Celestia and Luna, you will fall into Razor Whisk's shadow." He drifted behind HandyFlash's aircraft and fired his cannon rounds.

Cloud Dash followed his aircraft and engaged Vampir 4 behind Flash. "Hold on Arion 1. I got this."

The Vampir 4 looked at Cloud Dash's aircraft. "Hmph. Great, the Fillyppino wants to join in. Very well." He executed a cobra maneuver in a flash. Cloud Dash didn't react in time when the Vampir member disappeared. "Gotcha." Cloud Dash heard. A missile struck his aircraft on his tail and resulted smoke coming out of his right propelling nozzle.

"This is Warrior 1. My plane is heavily damaged. I need to get out of here now!" Cloud Dash said.

"Copy. Head to the AAC-113 for repairs." Neon Nimbus told him.

Rainbow Dash contacted Raptor Squadron. "Raptors? Are you there?"

Daniel responded first. "This is Raptor 2. What are your orders?"

"What's Dimitri's status?"

"Sill fixing his radio." Raptor 4; Kelly answered.

"Darn it! Okay. Take care of the ships with the Navy. We'll deal with these Vampir hoof suckers." Rainbow Dash ordered.

"Roger. It will be done." Daniel said and led the rest of his flight to attack the ships.

Thunderlane was chasing down one of the Vampir members and aimed his bolt cannon straight at him. When he fired one bolt, he missed because of the member rolled his aircraft.

"Are you trying to let me have a bad day?" Thunderlane growled.

"I bet you're more better than shooting your mouth a lot more than flying." He insulted him.

"And I bet your mother didn't teach you about not to attack another country!" Thunderlane yelled and fired another bolt at his target. The bolt impacted through in between the twin propelling nozzles and went straight through the front of the aircraft. It didn't kill the pilot, but the aircraft was now useless as Cloudchaser's old school music player. "He's down."

Vampir 4 was surprised on the weapon Thunderlane just used. "Nice weapon to take out Vampir 9." He said sarcastically. "Vampir 6! Take that Equestrian dog down!"

"My pleasure." Vampir 6 said. It was revealed Vampir 6 was a female pilot. She started breaking right on Thunderlane and fired one missile that barely hit him.

"Shoot. That was close!" Thunderlane said.

"Not this time." Vampir 6 fired another one that struck Thunderlane's aircraft.

"I spoke to soon."

Derpy saw what was going on and followed the two. She contacted Thunderlane. "Arion 4. Fly straight. I got an idea."

"And I'm desperate enough to believe your tricks. Roger that." Thunderlane flew in a steady pace as Vampir 6 followed.

Derpy boosted forward in front of them and went at the right far distance away from the two. She pointed her aircraft's nose up until it was facing backwards. She floored it and got tone on Vampir 6. "Arion 6. Fox 2! Thunderlane, break!"

Thunderlane drifted left and caused the missile to go past him. The missile struck Vampir 6 aircraft's front air intake and caused a small explosion on her engines.

"This is Vampir 6. Ejecting!" Vampir 6 said and was seen flying out of her aircraft with a parachute.

Vampir 4 growled frustratedly. "Don't think you're unstoppable!" He fired four missiles that were heading towards Fluttershy and Derpy.

HandyFlash was alerted and pursued the missiles. He fired his auto cannon to destroy the missiles. One by one, he destroyed the missiles in time. "I don't think so."

Vampir 4 grinned and ordered his last member: Vampir 7 to assist to take HandyFlash down. "It's time for your end, Wing Feather."

"Arion 1! Two bandits on your tail!" Rainbow Dash warned.

"I can see that. I got them." HandyFlash said. He went up to the cloud level and did evasive maneuvers, but the two Vampir's were still on his tail. He heard a missile alert and continued to fly. "Dumping flares." He dropped his countermeasures and continued to fly. Barrel rolled left and right because of cannon rounds trying to hit him, he did a Split S maneuver and lowered down to above the waters. In front of him, he saw Kira destroying the last AI Ship which was now split in half. At a close call, HandyFlash and Kira slipped pass each other between the split ship. Vampir 7 lost his balance on view that he yawed a bit which caused his wing to hit the unused cruise missile's nose pointing on top of the ship. His aircraft hit the water before the cruise missile exploded into flames.

Kira gasped. "Hey Arion 1? Mind being more careful?"

"Sorry." HandyFlash apologized.

"I have had enough of you, little brat!" Vampir 4 fired four missiles at HandyFlash's aircraft.

HandyFlash reacted in time and dropped his flares and executed a Kulbit maneuver. The Kulbit maneuver caused a wall of contrail which made Vampir 4 blinded by the fog. At the moment when HandyFlash was upside down when performing the kulbit, he saw the missiles pass by when he looked up. He got back to his regular fly and saw that Vampir 4 was in front of him.

"There you are!" Vampir 4 growled and pulled up.

"And here's your reward for finding me!" HandyFlash fired a missile just in time when Vampir 4 pulled up. His missile struck Vampir 4's plane right in the cockpit. Jeez. Imagine what that would be like. HandyFlash banked and break left to avoid hitting the shredded plane. "Last bandit destroyed." He said.

Neon Nimbus looked at her radar and saw that all drones, ships, and the Vampir Members were now off. She only saw the flights and the Fillyppino Navy ships around the whole diameter. "All hostiles are destroyed! Great work everypony!"

"This is Captain Sand Stone. Thank you Air Force! We could've not gotten through this alive without you."

"You have my thanks as well. Thank you for responding to us." The captain of the FFS Latitude said.

A static was heard as the voice of Dimitri was discovered. "Ugh. Sorry about that. My radio was damaged when I passed by the ships. Darn AAs." Dimitri said.

"It's alright." HandyFlash said as his whole squadron regrouped on him. "Good work Arion Squadron. That's another one for the books."

Twilight in the AAC-113 with her friends and Neon Nimbus responded "I think O can write it down for you all." She laughed.

"Thank you Twilight. Maybe later, if that's okay." Fluttershy suggested.

Flitter flew smoothly as she looked at Cloud Dash's flight. "Good work to you to Warrior Squadron." She looked at Raptor Squadron. "Same to the four of you."

"Thanks Arion 8." They all said.

"Alright pilots." HandyFlash smiled. "Follow me to Maneila."

Neon Nimbus nodded. "Roger Colonel."

In the distance away from the flights, a drone was keeping an eye on them. Razor Whisk's mark was on it. He growled angrily.

"Equestrian scums. Wait till I bring up my next move." Razor Whisk smiled evilly.

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