The Big Splat - Part Three

Posted on Wed Feb 26th, 2020 @ 2:00pm by Fleet Captain Torilla Yamaguchi & Commodore Siaxx "Bluemoon" Dvald-Vaxx MD & Jillian "Phoenix" Sullivan

Mission: Mission 15: Old Ghosts
Location: Various Locations - USS Roanoke
Timeline: 2200Hrs, December 9th, 2390

Commander Torilla Yamaguchi was waiting on Siaxx and Phoenix, with their cat and dog as they returned from their day off as she watched the shuttle the two women had borrowed, come in for a landing.

Torilla smiled as she watched the shuttle settle down with the ease of a practiced landing, she assumed Phoenix was at the helm but when the door opened, out came Phoenix with Dora in one arm and Shonax in the other.

Torilla smiled as she gently took both the cat and the dog off of Phoenix. "I'll take them..." she smiled. "Hi hi.." she greeted both Dora and Shonax cheerfully.

Siaxx rose to her feet as she finished securing the shuttle. "Hey Torilla, come to welcome us back?"

"Something like that yes... mind if I walk with you?"

Siaxx sighed. "For the love of Hades woman, you are always on duty... you don't need to ask permission to do anything."

"OI was being polite, Siaxx.... you are so dense at times.... I mean seriously.." Torilla said without malice in her voice. "I needed to talk to Phoenix..." she turned. "Phoenix... I need the bird to explode and be reborn.."

"Why do I get the feeling there is a story to this?" Phoenix asked with raised eyebrows.

"We have some really serious issues with these pilots.... they all suck, Fives is busy dismantling both wings.... then there is the situation brewing with 2nd Lieutenant Berg Houges." Torilla briefly explained both situations in detail.

The entire briefing took a few minutes, the three of them had not left the hanger as a few pilots had begun to gather.

"The problem with the pilots is that I flunked most of them at Advanced Fighter Weapons School," Phoenix spoke irritably. "I sunk their careers before for their stupidity."

Torilla sighed softly as one of the pilots asked Phoenix. "Hey Birdwoman, d'man Fives is tearin up everyone's quals, he's sayin some shit about all of us suckin and that we gotta show him we're worth it man... whats up with dat shit?"

Torilla growled. "What the hell did you just say?, watch your mouth son."

Siaxx smiled as she raised a hand to her mouth, in an attempt to stifle a laugh

"Fives has a right to revoke the flight status of folks that are idiots," Phoenix retorted hotly to the young pilot. "So get your fucken ass to the simulators, or pack your bag an' go home."

Torilla sighed. "Fives is in his office."

"That explosive enough for ya?" Phoenix retorted. She herself felt slighted, the more she noticed the disgruntled pilots lounging around on their fighters, or supply crates near them.

Torilla nodded her head as she too looked around, noticing all the various pilots. "Well now..." she raised an eyebrow.

The hatch opened as Fives emerged onto the hanger, he looked around as he growled. "All you pilots, get up off your asses and into the simulators..." he yelled at the top of his lungs. "NOW!" he roared.

The pilots all began to pick themselves up a few at a time and they all marched off, one of then spat at Fives who almost demolished him with a half dozen swipes and jabs, he then reached down as he yanked the man to his feet then he headbutted him, murder shining in his eyes. "You wanna a piece, you little shit!" he snarled angrily.

"Easy, Tom." Phoenix looked leery toward him. She had never seen him like this before.

Fives growled. "Go, Now!, Punk ass idiot." and with that he all but threw the pilot through the door. "Stupid dumb basterd.."

Torilla raised an eyebrow. "Easy Fives..."

Phoenix just stood back. Before her eyes, Fives had taken her command and ran with it. It began to make her wonder why she was needed as CAG. And that thought made her sad again. A CAG that was equally grounded as the other pilots.

"My Callsign no longer fits me. I request a new one..." he responded. "as for these arrogant little pasty shits.... I will make men out of them yet..."

"Oh Boomer works, if we're going be their reaction just now," Phoenix instantly supplied.

Fives nodded. "I'm going to make them all re-qualify for flight ops. From basic flight.... they want to fly, they meet my standards.."

Phoenix nodded. What else could she do? It sounded like her XO had things in order. Perfectly.

Fives smiled. "Boomer." he smiled, clearly trying it on for size. "Thank you Phoenix..." he paused. "are you alright... asides from the obvious I mean?"

"I dunno," Phoenix sighed and plopped on a chair close by. "I'm a CAG that can' fly. An' I'm expected ta clean this mess up, which I can' if the twats under us all know I'm as fucked as they are 'bout flyin'."

"Phoenix, I'm just keeping your chair warm for you, this is still and will always be 'YOUR' wing." Boomer explained. "Regardless of what I think or do, this is still yours... and your chair and everything else will be waiting for you when you get back."

That was the problem, though. Tom spoke as if Phoenix was gone. She was not. She was CAG, but could not lead in a plane. And that stung her to some degree.

Five or rather Boomer as he now had to think of himself nodded. "You might be grounded, but you can still get sim time right?" he inquired. "because Rachael has been invaluable to me recently.... I also assigned her a real callsign... Firebird, pending your approval of course."

"I'm fine with her callsign," Phoenix nodded in agreement. "An' I do have sim time but it's not the same as bein' in my plane."

"Alright... any special instructions you ant me to sock to these clowns.?" he inquired.

"You've got everything handled, from what I can tell." Phoenix had to think a while. "Resetting their status to nuggets may just get'em ta act like pilots."

Torilla meanwhile noticed the ring on Siaxx's hand. "Say... Siaxx... is that what I think it is?"

"Huh..?" Siaxx inquired before lifting her hand. "Oh... yes.. its what you think it is..."

Torilla grinned. "That's fantastic news..." but she couldn't hug either of the two women because she held a cat in one arm and a dog in the other. "hear that guys.... ain't it great?"

Shonax meowed loudly as Dora barked once.

Phoenix gave Boomer a nod before she turned to leave the room.

Torilla looked at Phoenix. "Jill... you are the CAG, not him and not anyone else...." she said quietly before she gently gave the human woman a gentle hug. "and congratulations.... truly wonderful news..."

"Thanks," Phoenix finally smiled, brightly too as she looked over to Siaxx and squeezed her fiance hand.

"Just do me one favor... Invite me to the wedding?" Torilla inquired.

Siaxx shared a look with Phoenix, they both nodded. "Count on it."

Torilla smiled. "Excellent."