Story: Strike witches ~Unleashed~ (chapter 11)

[Author's notes: The night witches managed to regroup at their B.O.O. on the border of Gallia and Karlsland.]

“Prepare my Mod-Gewehr 44, high explosive shells, six 20-round drums, ASAP! I’m going to find that bastard Neuroi that did this to Helmina!” Prinzessin ordered loudly as people started to move. The Blonde looked intently at a large red holo-screen of where she and the others were attacked… or more to say ambushed.

“How did this HAPPEN!!!”

Foolish assing around cost them dearly, Helmina was barely alive and Heidemarie freezing in combat…

“We’ll be disgraced!!!”

“You can’t be serious, you’re badly injured and those drums are 250kilo each, plus you’re Gewehr, another 500kilo? You’re body won’t be able to handle that.” Heidemarie explained harshly as she stepped onto the deck, fixing her gloves. The heavily bandaged blonde turned angrily to her fellow Karlslander’s as the girl didn’t have a scratch.

“This is your FAULT!!!” The blonde yelled insanely as no one stopped to eavesdrop on their argument.

“You really believe a Neuroi made that shot? Come on Prinzessin! That would mean the shot was taking outside our radar’s range and you know a shot like that is impossible even for a witch!” Heidemarie pointed out on the holo-screen as the strange Neuroi had already ruined the two Night witches’ radar, almost killing one as Helmina lay surrounded by a group of E.R. witches down the hall.

“You won’t be able to see with your radar now, let’s wait daylight is a few hours away!” Heidemarie announced orderly as Prinzessin suddenly slapped her in the mouth.

“Keep your fucking mouth shut Commander Schnaufer, my condition is nobody else’s business!” The Night witch glared violently at the white-haired girl as she balled her fist. Heidemarie stubbornly faced the raging Karlsland’s again as she knew she could handle it… being unwounded and all.

“You’ll just get yourself…killeedd!!!” A hard punch struck Heidemarie’s right cheek this time as the girl dropped to her knee, planting her hand to the ground, even injured Prinzessin still packed a punch.

“Please… don’t.” The red-eyed girl looked at the floor sadly as Heinrike stared down at her.

“I’m going and no one is going to stop meeeeuhhhh…” Something flashed behind Prinzessin’s head as the blonde fell to the floor in mid sentence.

“I didn’t think she’d ever shut up.” Heidemarie looked up to see the highest ranked witch in the military Adolfine Galland holding her Walther PPK that she used to smash in the other Karlsland girl’s head. Other witches filed into get a look as Heidemarie’s jaw dropped.

“It’s her!?!”

“Mission report and debriefing in 10 minutes, this is your top priority Commander.”

Ten minutes later…

“Why are we really here?” Kanno grumbled as she leaned back in her chair inside the command bunker. A group of witches were spread across it as one stood at the front it.

“Come on Kanno, check out the talent!” Waltrud glared around as she tightened her thighs.

“We have a problem.” General Adolfine Galland turned around finally as she looked to all the witches in the room. From the top rank Aleksandra I. Pokryshkin, Heidemarie Schnaufer, then Waltrud Krupinski, Eila Juutilainen, Erica Hartmann, Kanno Naoe, and Sanya V. Litvyak.

“We have M.I.A, possible K.I.A behind enemy lines.” The Brigadier General announced as Kanno jumped to her feet. The Fusoian knew Aurora had been sent to search for Nikka who had smashed her striker unit over a Neuroi in the last attack but never found her body. A common thing, she normally showed up a few days later on foot. Aleksandra had asked Kanno and Waltrud to join her here, but neither asked why.

“She hadn’t said if Nikka returned, but if Adolf was here…”

“We have had reports… that Neuroi have taken on Strike witch forms and started destroyed military and non-military targets all over the world…, the thing is, the Neuroi now know where to hit us, but from older reports I read, showed the Neuroi don’t care or know much about their targets, unless attacked.” The witches looked on seriously as the highest ranking strike witch continued.

“We have also had reports of pilots going missing... A few at first and now we have lost contact with the 31st Afrika-korps… I compared the numbers and the group sightings of these Neuroi witches are eerily close to the missing pilot number.” Adolf looked down at the reports on the desk as she knew the others were not going to like the next part.

“What the higher ups say about it, is they are all K.I.A now and the Neuroi just decided to look like us to mock us, but I believe… the Neuroi have assimilated the missing pilots.” The silence was ungodly as the witches really couldn’t believe what they were hearing.

“That’s impossible!” Eila called out with Waltrud next to her, nodding slyly in agreement as the witches weren’t sure what to believe.

“IT’S NOT TRUE!!!” The dark-haired Fuso girl got up and stormed out as she held back the murderous rage inside her. The break witch trio was broken and so was her heart. It suddenly dawned on Sanya that she didn’t know who was missing.

“Who are the missing pilots General?” This struck the others witches in the next second as all eyes fixed on Adolfine. The General looked out grimly as she grabbed the paper off the desk and read the names.

“Flying officer Hanna Wind, Flight Sergeant Nikka Edvardine Katajainen, and all of the 31st Squadron, Commander Katou Keiko, pilot officer Raisa Pöttgen, Flight Lieutenants Inagaki Mami, Kitano Furuko and Hanna-Justina Marseille are all M.I.A and considered K.I.A. until this investigation is completed, dismissed.” The General headed for the door as the others were straight to their feet, questions suddenly firing off.

“DISMISSED!!!”

Story: Strike witches ~Unleashed~ (chapter 11)

Chapter 11