Titan-class Aircraft Carrier UTN Titan

Great Ocean

Near Equestrian Thunder's wreck

Admiral Ibrahim Rafi

Admiral Rafi stood on the bridge of his beloved aircraft carrier Titan while crew members did their jobs. A man of Semitic descent with a Chevron mustache, brown hair, and brown eyes with his white officer's uniform which adorned the many ribbons he's earned. He was proud of his ship and felt he could take on the world with his fleet which consists of the Victorious, a Victorious-class Battleship, a Leviathan-class Battlecruiser, two Victory-class Cruisers, 1 Vengeance-class Cruiser, 4 Fearless-class Destroyers, 2 Furious-class Destroyers, 5 Vindication-class Destroyer, 8 Conquistador-class Frigates, 2 Valkyrie-class Amphibious Assault Ships, and of course, the Titan, a Titan-class Aircraft Carrier.

The 7th Fleet was stationed here to guard the wreck of the Equestrian Battleship and ward off any Equestrian units coming to investigate. Not every ship was present though. The Invincible along with the 3rd Destroyer Squadron, commonly known as the "Bandit Six", were coming back from bombarding and Insurrectionist stronghold.

Rafi enjoyed the presence of battleships in his fleet, especially two of them. Some people have criticized that the battleships are outdated and should either be scrapped or put into museums. Those criticisms were silenced when the 15 inch guns of the Vanguard and the 18 inch guns of the Invincible saved several encircled infantry battalions from being wiped out by Insurrectionists near the coast of Southern Britannica.

The only reason his fleet is here is to keep anyone from snooping around, and that even includes their own people.

"Sir, we have 12 contacts coming from the southeast." He heard one of the bridge officers say.

"Do we know who they are?" Rafi asked.

"No sir, but considering their speed, it's probably a fleet of ships."

"Redirect Vulture and Falcon Flights to the unknowns positions. We need to know who they are."

Lieutenants Sky Blitz and Keen Eye

Royal Guard

Near the last known position of Equestrian Thunder

"Of course we get picked to find the Equestrian Thunder, why can't they just send one of those fucking Comets to investigate instead?" Said Keen Eye. "I mean seriously, at least let me wear something else and not this fucking gold armor."

"The Comets were grounded by the storm. Command didn't want to lose any of their precious jets because of a storm. Plus, the gold armor is standard issue. The Armor is pretty shiny and should help the Equestrian Thunder to spot us. So stop your bitching and whining." Said Sky Blitz. Sky knew why they were picked, they were the fastest among the Royal Guards stationed at Manehatten and Keen had the sharpest eye among all of them. Those two together should make finding the Equestrian Thunder a lot easier.

"Unless, the ship was sunk and we're looking for survivors." said Keen Eye.

"Let's hope that's not the case. I want to get this over with and go back to relax. We're suppose to prepare for Princess Twilight's and the Element's visit next month. That means, we're going to spend hours every week practicing for a parade."

"Oh come the fuck on, seriously? I know the princess is hot and all, but I don't want her coming to Manehatten."

"We have no choice bud, let's just get it over with."

They stayed silent for a while, scanning the ocean for clues about the whereabouts of the missing ship, until Keen spotted something.

"Hey Blitz, you see that?" Keen said as he pointed to what appears to be a small fleet heading north.

"Let's stick to the clouds and find out who they are."

Vice Admiral Otsuka Hiroharu

UTN Invincible

En Route to 7th Fleet's Location

Vice Admiral Otsuka Hiroharu leaned on one of the consoles on the bridge of the Invincible, one of the two Invincible-Class, it had a remarkable career before of the fall of the Cantonese Empire. Even heavily damaged two of the Victorious-Class Battleships in one engagement before retreating when UTN reinforcements arrived. Right before the fall of the Cantonese Empire, the Invincible and her sister ship, Unstoppable, defected to the United Terran Empire against their Command's wishes, which it to scuttle their ships. Years of corruption and the brutality of their Emperor contributed to the defection of the majority of the Cantonese Military. The people of the Cantonese Empire have protested, saying they prefer an Empire where all Humanity is united, than a corrupted and brutal Emperor. Against the Emperor's wishes, the soldiers there refused to shoot civilians, even joining the civilians to protest against the Emperor. Of course, before the rebels and UTE soldiers burst into his throne room, the coward chose to shoot himself instead of facing his crimes. That didn't stop people from dragging his body through the streets and burning it. They then hanged his body on the gate to his palace.

Vice Admiral Hiroharu remembered that day like it was yesterday. He, along with many military commanders, were there to watch. He smiled as he stroked his full beard, then drank from his mug of espresso.

"Uh, sir? Radar is picking up multiple small objects to the east." One of the bridge officers said.

"Eh, probably some birds, keep me informed just in case though."

"Yes sir."

With Sky Blitz and Keen Eye

"By all that is holy, that is one big fucking ship." said Keen Eye.

"No shit Captain Obvious. We need to find out who it belongs to." Said Sky Blitz as they both took out their binoculars while laying down on of the low hanging clouds.

"Ow, fucking birds." Keen said as a Seagull pecked him on the head. He went back to his binoculars and spotted a flag on the back of the humongous ship.

"Hey Blitz, do you know any nations with a black flag and a golden....what is that, an eagle?"

"Not that I know of Keen. Spot any crewmembers?"

"Hold on." Keen then spotted to crewmembers having a conversation near of the the ship's main batteries.

"Ok, whatever I drank last night must've been stronger than I thought."

"What is it?"

"I see two Humans on that ship."

"No, seriously Keen, what do you see?"

"I'm not joking, I see two Humans in uniforms standing near each other on that bigass ship."

"Hold on, let me see." Blitz said as he scanned the ship for what his partner said, were Humans. "Where are they? I don't see them."

"Near the main frontal batteries, they seem to be using binoculars to scan the skies."

Keen wasn't lying, Blitz saw two Humans in black uniforms scanning the skies.

What kind of nation would conscript Humans into their military? Not to mention give them medals.

And that was when, to Blitz's surprise, one of the Humans was looking right at him.

Lieutenant Raul Aguilar

UTN Invincible

Raul, with his friend Nathan, scanned the skies for anything unusual. He wasn't suppose to be here in the first place, but Nathan was chosen to do it so he grabbed Raul from the cafeteria to help him.

I never should've taken that bet.

"Yo Raul, you spot anything?" Nathan, a Britannican man of his mid-thirties, said.

"Fuck off Nathan, I was hungry when you dragged me here."

Nathan chuckled, "I did tell you the Raiders were going to beat the Eagles."

"Yeah yeah, now shut up and let me concentrate."

There was a moment of silence until Raul spotted something odd. A flock of Seagulls were gathering around one of the low hanging clouds.

"Hey Nathan, I got a bunch of Seagulls gathering around one of the clouds."

"So? How is that important?"

Raul scanned the cloud, until he saw two objects that seem to be shining on the top of the cloud

What the hell?

He looked again carefully, until he saw the unmistakable gold armor of the Equestrian Royal Guard.

Raul let go of his binoculars and yelled, "PEGASI! SOUND THE ALARM! WE HAVE TWO PEGASI ON THE STARBOARD SIDE!"

With Lieutenants Sky Blitz and Keen Eye

They heard the alarms blazing on the ships and they started panicking.

"Oh shit, they spotted us Blitz, we need to fucking skedaddle NOW!"

"Right behind you."

They took off, heading back to Manehatten.

With Vice Admiral Otsuka Hiroharu

Vice Admiral Hiroharu spotted the two Pegasi heading east when he radioed the Titan.

"Titan Actual, this is Vice Admiral Hiroharu of the Invincible,we were spotted by some Pegasi Royal Guards. They're now heading east of us, presumably back to their base. Please send fighters to intercept."

"Roger Admiral Hiroharu, Admiral Rafi has diverted Vulture and Falcon Flights to intercept."

They're unnaturally fast, maybe about as fast as our jets.

Major Cameron Levy

Vulture Flight Leader

"So, looks we're getting some action huh?" His wingman Captain Jennifer Hawkins said.

"Hardly, it's only two Pegasi. If anything, it's just target practice."

Major Levy's flight of 4 F-17 'Flanker-D' flew along side Falcon Flight which consists of 4 F-18 'Hornet' heading west on an intercept course.

"Vulture Lead, looks like we have a bunch of clouds on our way."

"Roger Falcon Lead"

With Sky Blitz and Keen Eye

"Shit, I can't see anything in these clouds." Yelled Keen Eye.

"Just keep flying straight, if anything is chasing us, I don't think they can follow us through the clouds."

"I hope so Blitz."

It was that moment when something very fast flew past them, missing their heads a few inches.

*WOOSH*

"What the fuck was that?" Yelled Blitz.

With Major Cameron Levy

"What the fuck was that?" Yelled one of the pilots from Falcon Flight.

"Shit, that was the Pegasi. Don't let them get away."

Vulture and Falcon Flights turned around and were chasing down the two Pegasi.

Shit, these guys are fast, but not fast enough.

They were getting closer and closer, until they were within range with their guns. Levy had his sights aimed at the Pegasi to the left, until something flew into his sights.

What the?

He looked around and saw some bird-like creatures with the body of a lion flying in front and the sides of their aircraft.

"Uh sir?" Captain Hawkins said. What are we going to do with the Griffins?

Levy looked at the Griffin flying to the left side of his aircraft who was shaking his head.

"Titan Actual, this is Vulture Lead, we're surrounded by Griffins."

"I'm sorry, but did I hear this correctly? Are you saying you're surrounded by Griffins?"

"Affirmative sir."

And what about the targets?

Levy looked straight ahead and saw the two Pegasi are getting away.

"They got away sir, the Griffins are keeping us from chasing them down."

*sigh* Roger that Major, head back to the Titan.

"Yes sir."

The aircraft of Vulture and Falcon Flights dived down, and turned back empty-handed. No doubt within their minds, they know things are going to change now that Griffins have revealed themselves.

Author's Note

Sorry for the long wait, being lazy and some writer's block. That and spending more time doing chores now that my sister is in college. If you have any problems with this chapter, please let me know so I can fix it. Next chapter will be about the Legionnaires. Until next time Ladies and Gentleman.

*Flies away on a Giant Hoodini Bird*