It's been three days after the scouting mission in the Unicorn Range by Arion Squadron and Wasp Squadron. The two ponies that got shot down and ejected were mildly injured, but stable. Everypony was glad none were seriously injured or worst. The safety in the aircrafts are very positive. So pilots can't get severely injured or get the turn of the worse. Still, be cautious of your status and your plane. We don't want to cause a terrible thing to happen to you.

After the Unicorn Range, Neon Nimbus discovered a code on the unknown pilots plane. They call him, Vampir 1. Still unknown about his information, but knows he works for Razor Whisk and pilots a white and red aircraft. The information of his aircraft was known as the SNH-5M, which stands for Swift Night Hawk Type-5 Modification because it was obviously modified to the original SNH-5. The mods of the aircraft that Vampir 1 pilots in is increased stability, extra ammunition, firepower slightly increased, and stealth capabilities now enchanted. The bad results are less armor and 30% of the mobility dropped.

Today at the Canterlot air base, Thunderlane decided to improve his wing power. Wing power is required if you're going to eject your aircraft. He knew in an emergency situation that he needed it to survive. He wasn't the only one practicing. Fluttershy was practicing as well. Thanks to Twilight bringing her anemometer to tell if they have the right wing strength.

HandyFlash wrote in his journal about his days in the E.R.A.F. He writes on it everyday about how he thinks of the Air Force and others. Although it seems like a lot of work for himself, it made him feel comfortable to take out his words to a book. He also wrote about Razor Whisk and that mysterious pilot, Vampir 1. His squadron now has a strong spot for Vampir 1 and Razor Whisk. What they are nervous of: The Sunspot Weapon. He still couldn't believe that the Sunspot weapon was meant to give Princess Luna more power to be equally like her sister, Princess Celestia. Now it's a weapon that can cause harm or even create a Thermomagical War.

The rest of Arion squadron was told to stay at the base until they were called to fly. Wasp, Raptor, Archangel, and Warrior Squadron were on their way to the North-East of Galloping George for continuing the patrol. Delta and Eclipse Moon were still being trained for the E.R.A.F to have they play book of a pilot. Fireblaze and other pilots were assigned to patrol Las Pegasus and Hoofer Dam. No great emergencies happened recently yet. And because of that, Arion Squadron stayed at the base to relax until their orders were announced. There was nothing to do at the base. Twilight and the rest of her friends went back to Ponyville to do errands, while the Arion pilots stayed, waiting for them.

Derpy was just watching Blossomforth doing some flexible positions while eating some snacks. Derpy was about to attempt it, but Blossomforth refused her to do it because: One, Derpy was eating. And Two, she knew Derpy wasn't really flexible enough. She wouldn't want her to get injured or sore. Because Derpy would be complaining like Rarity. Now are we glad that Rarity didn't hear that.

Derpy looked at Blossomforth. "Blossomforth? Don't you think I should practice doing something like the rest?" She asked. Blossomforth stopped what she was doing and looked at her.

"I think your good Derpy. HandyFlash isn't really practicing his wing power like Fluttershy and Thunderlane. I bet Dumbbell is eating in the cafeteria, and Rainbow Dash, Flitter and Cloudchaser are just taking a nap. Trust me. Those three sure get tired easily." Blossomforth rolled her eyes and chuckled. Derpy gave a small giggle.

"Like Thunderlane?" Derpy asked.

"Exactly." Blossomforth nodded.

"Reminded me of when Rainbow Dash always goes to a Wonderbolts show. Speaking of the Wonderbolts, Why aren't they fighting along with us?" Derpy wondered.

"They refused to use our aircrafts. You know its hard to chase down an aircraft using only your wings. Plus they're not fully experienced on air battles. They mostly do performances that's why." Blossomforth told her.

"Aw. I wish they could fly with us. Rainbow Dash would be very happy." Derpy said.

"Perhaps be a bit distracted trying to attempt some dangerous moves." Blossomforth reminded her.

"Good point."

"Yeah. Good point, Captain." Another voice came from the side of the room. It was HandyFlash still in his Air Force service dress.

"Ah. Colonel-…"

"Blossomforth, no need to call me Colonel." HandyFlash smiled.

"Okay Haneul-…"

"Not my real name either." He looked away in embarrassment.

"I know. I know. What's up?" Blossomforth chuckled.

"The sky. But in all seriousness, just wanted to check on you two." HandyFlash shrugged.

"The boredom took control of you I see." Blossomforth guessed. Derpy waved at HandyFlash saying that she was bored as well.

He nodded. "Yeah. Lets go with that. Whatcha up to?"

"Muffins." Derpy talked with her mouth full.

Blossomforth fell back and used her forelegs to hold her up. "Stretching out." She said.

HandyFlash sighed. "My squadron is full of surprises." He laughed.

"What? My cutie mark shows my bubbly personality." Derpy pointed at her cutie mark on her flank. "Wait, what about you two?"

Blossomforth giggled. "Just taking care of my flower garden just like Roseluck."

HandyFlash looked at his cutie mark which was a Red Cross and two hammers.. "Means I can help out mechanically. I'm an inventor."

"Oh. I thought that means you want to destroy the hospital." Derpy stared with her crossed eyes.

"Hey! How could you? I would never." HandyFlash said in shock.

"Well, I just thought." Derpy frowned, hoping she didn't shock HandyFlash too much.

"Anyways, do we have anything from Neon Nimbus?" Blossomforth flapped her wings to make her hover to her seat. "Because I'm getting pretty worried if other Equestrian cities are under attack. You know?" She laid down and looked at the ceiling.

HandyFlash gave a nod. "I know. Just like when Rainbow Dash kept flying in high speed in my villa." He lied down along with Blossomforth and Derpy in exhaust. "Do you ever wonder what it's like on being in the highest altitude? Like around the Stratosphere?" He asked.

"What about the even higher?" Derpy asked, still staring at the ceiling that had a window opening.

"Yeah. But our aircrafts can't get higher than the troposphere. Hmph. Wonder if my father is working on another project that can send you into space." HandyFlash looked at his two airmares.

"That would be scary. I'm not afraid of heights, but I know I won't last long at space. Plus I might end up in the moon. Hoping that I won't stay in moon jail." Derpy said and looked down nervously. She has never been that high in Equestria. Of course nopony has ever been that high up in space. Now your probably wondering about Princess Luna's sentence to the moon. Ways of how she went up there is unknown.

HandyFlash soon walked outside which made Blossomforth and Derpy followed without question. As the three were outside, Fluttershy and Thunderlane noticed them and stopped their wing power practice. Flitter, Cloudchaser, and Rainbow Dash remained at their napping spot, but was staring at the group. Flitter removed her ribbon on her mane and held it with her mouth as it blew in the breeze. She was looking at what direction was the wind blowing. She asked Cloudchaser to put her ribbon back on her mane. Cloudchaser did so and got up and headed to HandyFlash, Blossomforth and Derpy. Rainbow Dash a d Flitter decided to follow. Dumbbell was seen and headed to them. He thought it was a mission briefing.

Blossomforth noticed that the rest of her squad mates were heading to them. She waved hello as they waved back and stood in front of them. "Ah. The gangs all here. How was your breaks?" She asked.

"Oh yeah!" Thunderlane yelled. "It was good. My wing power is now around 10.2!"

"Reminds me of your IQ." Blossomforth joked and giggled at Thunderlane's glare.

"Not cool." He mumbled.

"You're right. It's 10% more funnier." Rainbow Dash joked. She catches her breath from laughing. "I'm just playing around Thunders." She laughed.

Thunderlane smiled and rolled his eyes. "Yeah thanks Rainbow."

"Okay then. I've just stayed here all day taking a nap. Is there anything to do?" Rainbow Dash asked while looking around the runway.

"Here I thought napping was being busy. But no. General hasn't given us orders yet." Derpy laid back on the ground and stared at the sky. Above the clouds were basic E.R.A.F pilots training to fly their aircrafts. "Wait till those pilots are ready to move on. And look at those clouds. They look like cupcakes." She commented and stared blankly at the sky.

"Uh…Yeah. Have fun dreaming Derpy." Rainbow Dash aimed her eyes upwards.

Blossomforth looked at Thunderlane and Fluttershy. "So. You both think you can handle that wing power?" She asked.

"Yes. Mine is now 7.9. Which is almost 8.0, but that's good enough, right?" Fluttershy asked. They all stared at her in surprise.

"Wow. You really did improve. In the meantime, you'll have flawless wings." Rainbow Dash smiled with her eyes closed.

"Like Rainbow Dash's!" Derpy added. Rainbow Dash smiled to herself.

"Except she can't control her mouth of showing off." HandyFlash joked and trying to prevent himself from laughing. All he gave was a straight face. Rainbow Dash did the same. "Nevermind."

Many minutes later, the group just stayed by the runway, staring at the clouds just talking and talking. The breeze cooled them off as they inhaled then exhaled the fresh air. The sound of the whistling air was starting to sound more louder. It didn't start to sound like the natural air. It sounded like…a jet engine. They all looked at the direction where the noise was coming from and saw a squadron of pilots landing on the runway. They looked at the emblem which showed a dragon with a vulture on top. It was Dimitri and his Raptor Squadron. All four of their aircrafts landed and parked in their hangars then soon got out of their planes. The four of them headed to HandyFlash and his Arion Squadron as the nine of them got up.

Dimitri looked at HandyFlash and nodded hello. "Colonel. How's your stay at the base?" He asked.

HandyFlash rolled his eyes. "Boring." He said in annoyance. "All we did was just relax our wings."

One of Dimitri's squad mates smiled. "Well, least you had time to take a break, you know?"

"I agree. So. What are the four of you doing here right now?" Rainbow Dash asked.

"Neon Nimbus has assigned us to stay at the base to protect the runway. She also said something about the nine of you." Dimitri tapped his chin with his hoof. "Oh yeah. You all need to report to her at once."

Derpy raised her eyebrow. "Us?" She asked.

"Eeyup. In the briefing room. No need to rush. She said the meeting will begin in 25 minutes. All Task Force X pilots except us are recalled there." Dimitri said and led his squadron into Canterlot.

Rainbow Dash jumped up. "Whew! Finally something to do."

"It's the first time I heard you say that, Dashie." HandyFlash told her.

"What? I can do jobs. I'm even in charge of the clouds in Ponyville." She reminded him as they all walked to the base to the briefing room pretty early.

What they did in the past 23 minutes was just talking to their General until more pilots arrived. They all looked at the projector and saw that it was still blank. All pilots, including Arion squadron took their seats and waited for Neon Nimbus to speak. She clicked a button on the projector which showed the Equestrian Map.

"Attention everypony. Now you are probably wondering why all Task Force X pilots are being briefed at the same time. I have the answer right here." Neon Nimbus changed the screen that showed an urban equestrian city. "Vanhoover. This spot of our country has spotted suspicious activity just after Arion Squadron was tracking down this Vampir 1 pilot. We believe that Vanhoover is going to be under attack by drones and possibly Razor Whisk. Raptor and Wasp Squadron will remain in the base along with some non-Task Force X pilots." She said out loud.

"Train them well colts and fillies." Whispered Cloudchaser.

Neon Nimbus continued. "Fireblaze and other pilots that were at Las Pegasus and Hoofer Dam are refueling right now, but they will arrive soon in the air when you arrive at Vanhoover airspace. Now remember this: Work as a team. Lots of pilots will be involved in this. Don't be like a lone hero if necessary." She looked at the pilots and took out her glasses. "Report to your planes. Dismissed."

All the ponies got up and saluted and talked in the briefing room, while most of them left the room. Lancaster and his squadron was talking about tactics just in case. Cloud Dash just sat there, looking at the window.

HandyFlash gathered his squadron and talked. "Alright Arion. Remember what she said. Teamwork is the best to stay active. It's necessary to be a lone wolf, but don't be a hero…Rainbow Dash." HandyFlash joked.

"Oh whatever."

-(North-Western Equestrian Airspace. One hour after briefing.)-

"Paladin 1 to Arion Flight. Everything all set?"

"I was born ready." Rainbow Dash confirmed.

"Just hope you mean it Arion 2. If you all need assistance, just say the word and we'll be watching your back." Paladin 1 said.

"Acknowledge." HandyFlash said and went in the front of his squadron with his CPB-86. Arion squadron was in a well order of a delta angle in front of all squadrons involved like Warrior, Archangel, Wasp, and more.

"This is Serpent 1, I have arrived at Vanhoover. Multiple targets have arrived in the air. What's your ETA?" Serpent 1 called.

"Serpent. This is Arion squadron leader in the TFX. We'll be there in two minutes." HandyFlash responded.

"This is Arion 2, friendly aircrafts on our three o'clock." Rainbow Dash warned as a group of planes went next to their delta angle order.

"This is Delta, what did we miss?" Delta asked while leveling his plane.

"Nothing much. Ready for Vanhoover?" Flitter responded.

"Roger. Be advised, new pilots will be participating in this battle. Names: Soaring Skies, Raindrops, and Brolly. Squadron Name: Tornado." Delta introduced the new flyers to the whole group.

Derpy's ears picked up when she heard the name Raindrops. "Raindrops? Hey! I remember you!" She cried.

"Oh! Hi Derpy." Raindrops said happily. Looks like she still remembered her after that…accident. (You all should know from that episode.)

"Tornado 1. Who are you?" Cloudchaser asked of the comm.

Brolly picked up his radio. "That would be me ma'am." He said.

"Alright. You've come all this way from training. Show the enemy who's Equestrian." Cloudchaser said in pride to help show enthusiasm for the new squadron.

"Yeah!" The three of them yelled.

After a soothing sail, the flight was about a few minutes away from reaching Vanhoover. All squadrons double checked their aircraft's status and weapons. Fluttershy and Blossomforth turned on their radar to give a more advanced radar mode and shields to all of Arion squadron members. Raindrops did the same except it gave her squadron stealth capabilities. Paladin 1's gave extra shields and damage for the main cannons to the whole Paladin squadron.

One voice on the frequency was calling the squadrons. It was Neon Nimbus. "All flights. Your going to have to step it up faster. Two squadrons can't handle the situation on their own at Vanhoover." She said.

"Paladin 1. We have visual on Vanhoover. Missile smoke and planes engaging each other."

"All allied units, this is General Neon Nimbus. Bandits are confirmed hostile in the direct course in Vanhoover. You are cleared to shoot down everything and anything that is hostile." Neon Nimbus gave simple orders.

Rainbow Dash grinned. "Just the way I like it."

"Tally bandits at our 12." Soaring Skies called.

"All flights. You are cleared to engage. Good hunting, pilots." Neon Nimbus said.

"Out of the way bandits!" Rainbow Dash fired her cannons at the incoming drones. With the help from Paladin 1, they both shot down all drones.

Beautiful…" Flitter commented.

"Thanks." Rainbow Dash and Paladin 1 said at the same time.

HandyFlash looked around the area and saw that Vanhoover was being evacuated and drones engaging only the squadrons in the air. Fireblaze, Cloud Dash, Lightning Striker, Lily Shadow, Thunder Rain, Gentlestep, Night Wing, Firebolt, Eclpise Moon and Bombshell were all here and trying their best to stop the drones. Meteor and Ash was seen in high altitude for assistance as well for the pilots. This battle looked twice as intense than the Baltimare interception.

"Arion 1 to all squadrons," HandyFlash called out.

"This is Fireblaze in combat," Fireblaze responded. "Colonel, good to have you here. We heard what Neon Nimbus said. Engage any hostile."

"You do that, Blaze."

Cloud Dash looked at the closest plane he could see. He saw Flitter flying through and noticed a drone was behind her. "Arion 8. One bandit on your six." He called.

"Oh nuts…" Flitter cursed herself and began doing evasive maneuvers. She flew roughly through the clouds, doing swift turns, nothing was working.

"Don't get in my tail!" She yelled and started accelerating as the drone automatically chased her. She looked behind her and still saw the drone was getting closer. When she looked in front of her, she was about to strike a building! She immediately turned right, which was even worse. In front of her was multiple Vanhoover buildings.

"Not again." She evaded her plane from hitting the buildings as she went though the city. Flitter was focusing on the wind to show the direction where it was taking her. If it was strong on one direction, that was her path to lead her out. She knew the drone was still behind her, but was having trouble to evade the buildings.

"Flitter, where are you?" Cloudchaser asked.

"Standby." Flitter evaded one last building and got out of the inner city. Problem was the drone was still behind her, but more farther than last time.

Flitter had a plan, but the problem is she has to wonder if her plane is strong enough. She contacted HandyFlash. "Hey HandyFlash, how tough and stable is my aircraft?" She asked.

"Highly Stable and Tough. Why? What are you planning on doing?" He looked at Flitter's DWW-6 aircraft.

"This!" Flitter decelerated and pointed her aircraft's nose up then behind her level. She fired her cannons at the drone behind her and destroyed it. "Splash!" She yelled and leveled her plane.

"Oh my gosh!" HandyFlash said in amazement.

"Hey 1. Don't get too distracted. One is on your six." Flitter warned him.

HandyFlash looked behind him and saw one drone right behind him. He turned right to avoid any cannon rounds hitting him. Him turning right only caused three more drones to follow his tail.

"Aw nuggets…" HandyFlash flipped his plane and pulled up, which made his plane go back the way he was flying. The four drones did the same and continued chasing him down. The drones fired their cannons and caused no damage on HandyFlash's aircraft. After that failed attack, they fired missiles instead.

HandyFlash reacted in time. "Flares out!" His aircraft dropped bright flares causing the missiles to lose track of him.

"Neon Nimbus, this is HandyFlash. I'm about to try a maneuver, but it will be very risky." He contacted her.

"What are you planning in your wings, Flash?" Neon Nimbus asked.

HandyFlash sighed and told her. "Dolphin Splash."

Neon Nimbus's eyes widened. "What?! No. Request denied. That maneuver hasn't even been attempted yet." She said.

"It's either me crashing or splashing. Can I do it?" He asked again.

Neon Nimbus looked down and sighed. "Roger. If you drown, I won't forgive myself for accepting it."

"Your too kind." HandyFlash dropped his altitude away from the urban areas too the bay. He was so low that he was one hundred feet above the water.

Eclipse Moon noticed him. "Arion 1. What are you doing?"

Rainbow Dash and Flitter noticed as well. They both stared at HandyFlash's aircraft as it kept going above the water.

"HandyFlash? What are you attempting?" Rainbow Dash asked. A few seconds later, his aircraft dived into the water. Her eyes widene. "HandyFlash!"

"Woah woah! What happened?!" Fireblaze asked.

Flitter responded. "He's in the water! General we need SAR now!" She looked at the spot where HandyFlash dived in. The drones passed by it and still went foward.

After a few seconds, a huge splash came from behind the drones. It the splash revealed an aircraft with its exhausts blocked with two shields. Those shields disappeared when the aircraft was leveled. HandyFlash was right there.

"Fox 3!" He Sid and fired four missiles at the drones six. Four missiles, four drones destroyed. "Splashed four of them."

"Colonel!" Delta cried. "How did you do that?!" He asked.

"What you just saw." HandyFlash responded.

"HandyFlash! I almost had a heart attack! Don't ever do that again!" Rainbow Dash yelled.

"Calm down Rainbow. Least he's still here." Dumbbell said.

Neon Nimbus contacted back. "HandyFlash, don't scare me as well." She said in relief.

"Roger. I apologize." He said.

"Hey uh…if you all aren't busy, I could use some help here." Delta called out with two bandits on his six. "On my tail!"

"This is Thermal 1. On my way." Fireblaze called and headed to Delta.

"This is Arion 4. Same here." Thunderlane followed him and stayed behind the drones chasing after Delta.

Thunderlane looked at Fireblaze and waved at his plane. "Let's give these two drones an Equestrian welcome." He smirked.

"Eeyup." Fireblaze accepted.

Below both their aircrafts, a medium sized cannon that was shining by the material and unicorn used magic. They chose their own target and aimed steadily.

"Firing Napalm Beam!" Fireblaze called out.

"Firing Proton Thunder!" Thunderlane called out.

Both their cannons fired in different appearances. Thunderlane's beam beam was turquoise and yellow with some shocks coming out. Fireblaze's beam was red, orange and slightly blue. Both beams strikes their target and destroys the two drones.

Delta saw everything from behind him. "Woah." Was all he said. He looked forward again and saw another drone flying. "Tally. I got this one." Delta turned his aircraft to go behind the bandit's tail.

"Fox 1." He said and released a semi heat seeking missile. The drone dropped flares causing the missile to lose track. "Oh great. They have flares too." He continued engaging. The drone headed to the tall watch towers and attempted to avoid them to make Delta lose him. "Oh jeez."

The drone was smart. It knew what it was doing to go through the towers. Swift turns and rolls to make Delta confused. One thing he noticed was the drone was doing the Aileron Roll a lot that the drone was going in front of his HUD to the cannon crosshairs. He held the trigger of his planes guns and waited for the right moment. When the moment was finally caught, he fired his guns, making a direct hit on the drone's exhaust engine causing it to explode. Delta pulled up when he was about to hit a tower.

"Good shot, Delta." Blossomforth commented.

"Thanks Blossom."

Eclipse Moon soon destroyed two bandits by only one missile because the two were close in the same level.

"All squadrons, be advised. More drones are on their way. Friendlies are arriving right now." Meteor reminded the flights.

"This is Crescent 1. Swift Night. What I miss?" Swift Night asked.

"Nothing really." Derpy responded.

"I arrived with my squadron to assist you all." Swift Night said mentioning her squadron.

"This is Crescent 2. Requesting orders."

"Night Wing, engage any hostile drones along with the rest." She ordered.

"Wilco." Night Wing accepted and used his afterburners to step up to engage.

"Warrior 1 to all aircraft, destroy all bandits until they are all wiped out." Cloud Dash said on the comms.

"Arion." HandyFlash accepted.

"Crescent." Swift Night accepted.

"Thermal." Fireblaze accepted.

"Delta." Delta accepted.

"Eagle." Lancaster accepted.

The squadrons agreed and continued their dogfights with the drones. Arion flight handled the west of the city, Eagle flight had the north, Crescent flight had the south, Thermal flight had the east, Warrior flight had the city along with Delta's flight. Meteor watched the sky as all flights took out the drones. Ash was in charge of giving repairs or charge states.

Fluttershy assisted Rainbow Dash since she was her wingmare. Every time there was a drone behind Rainbow Dash, she would always shoot it down. It happened five in a row.

Cloudchaser was tracking down a bandit while she was being chased. She didn't want to have a bandit after her while she was chasing an enemy down. She did a cobra maneuver and dropped flares. Not only it confused the missile, but it surprisingly confused the drone behind her. Because the technology in the drone has the same thing as the missiles. The drone behind her was losing control and hits another drone which was behind Flitter.

"Your welcome." Cloudchaser smirked.

"Hey! You did flares! Remember that challenge we talked about at the base? That's cheating." Flitter said in disappointment.

"It's not cheating. It's called Strategy!" Cloudchaser said.

"That is true." Thunderlane commented.

"Now you can stop calling me a cheater." Blossomforth rolled her eyes and laughed.

"I didn't say that BF." Thunderlane chuckled.

"Ah. Calling me 'Beautiful Flower' eh?"

"That can mean anything!" Thunderlane responded in embarrassment.

HandyFlash sighed. "You two argue like a married couple." He laughed while fighting off drones.

"Least we aren't." They both said.

"Yet." Flitter mumbled.

"What?" Blossomforth heard her mumble.

"Nothing."

Numerous minutes later, the air battle was about to end. Drones started to retreat from Vanhoover. Thunderlane kept engaging the retreating drones along with Fluttershy and Lancaster.

HandyFlash called his whole squadron to regroup behind the drones. He had a plan to destroy all of them. As they all regrouped, they awaited his sign.

"Air Volley mode in three…two…one…launch!" Arion flight fired six missiles each from one plane. Which was a max of fifty four missiles heading to the enemy drones. All the missiles strikes each target, taking down all of them.

"Jolly good show. Look at the fireworks." Rainbow Dash commented.

"Uhm…yeah. I agree. I guess." Fluttershy said.

"Good job Arion." HandyFlash told his squadron.

They flew around the bay for awhile just in case another enemy arrives. Meteor tracked negative contacts in the area. Radar looked clean. Derpy looked around the area and noticed something wrong. Ten unknown aircrafts were heading from the south.

"Arion 6 here. I see ten unknown planes heading this way." Derpy warned.

"What? How come I didn't spot them on radar?" Meteor asked.

"They probably have stealth capabilities. Hold on." Rainbow Dash changed her comm. "Unknown flight, state your intentions." She said.

"Lt. Colonel Rainbow Dash. Here's your answer." One of the unknown pilots said and fired a missile.

"Woah!" Rainbow Dash barrel rolled to avoid the missile.

"We just came to stop by to say, 'Hello'." The leader of the unknown squadron said.

The six planes quickly passed by the Arion squadron. They all saw the planes appearance and recognized it. "Razor Whisk." They all said.

"Ah. Did I tell you I brung my little friend along?" Razor Whisk said as another aircraft went in the same level with him.

"Arion squadron. Good to see again." The pilot said.

"Vampir 1. We were just talking about you in our base." Rainbow Dash glared at his aircraft. "Now, who are you exactly?" She asked.

"My identity is no longer allowed to be shown." Vampir 1 said and followed Razor Whisk to make another pass.

"Rogue, Vampir and Shadow Squadron, Fox 2!" Razor Whisk ordered as they all fired missiles, heading to Arion Squadron.

The Arion pilots dropped flares and did a kulbit maneuver to dodge all the missiles. As soon as the missiles passed by without hitting the squadron, they fired their own at Razor Whisk's group. All got a direct hit, but they were still stable.

"Ah. We'll let your rage settle without us here. See you 'Aces' later." Razor Whisk led his squadron out of Vanhoover, disappearing from the south.

"He's heading south! We need to go after him!" Rainbow Dash said, eager to chase them down.

"Negative. Negative! We can't risk it. General, we're heading back. All Task Force X pilots, follow me in. Non-TFX pilots, follow Delta to Cloudsdale." HandyFlash ordered.

"Acknowledge." They all said.

"Yo Arion, the nine of you are really improving." Fireblaze commented.

"Yeah. Stealing all the thunder I see." Soaring Skies laughed.

"The finest fruit cider is on me tonight." Night Wing said.

"Yay!" Rainbow Dash and Fluttershy cheered at the same time.

"You BF? I call first." Thunderlane told Blossomforth.

"Fine. You called me 'Beautiful Flower' again." She giggled.

"Oh shut it."

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