Sky Eclipse by MORI Hiroshi

Author:MORI Hiroshi [Hiroshi, MORI]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: The BBB: Breakthrough Bandwagon Books
Published: 2022-02-27T00:00:00+00:00

Episode 6: Earth Born

How this end was to take place, what it would be like, or where she would go, Snowflake could not tell.

This excerpt is from Snowflake by Paul Gallico

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It had been hot enough to make him sweat, but now it was unbelievably cold. Heater malfunctioning again, Mashima clicked his tongue. He had told the mechanic that there was something wrong with the heater, though. This time, it seemed to have stopped completely. After confirming that he was already flying in the airspace where he could communicate, Mashima switched on the radio and waited for the green indicator to light up.

“Sorry, but I’m lowering the altitude.”

Tokino’s plane, flying diagonally to the right in front of Mashima’s, approached and lined up right next to his. Tokino seemed to be looking at Mashima.

“Are you okay? What’s wrong?”

“Nothing serious. It’s just cold.”

“Roger. Lower your altitude as much as you like.”

“Thanks.”

Mashima’s aircraft was sinking into the thin clouds. Somewhere, the sounding of a light vibration could be heard intermittently. It was an unpleasant sound, but this kind of thing happened every day. He could not let that bother him. This aircraft once used to carry another pilot before him and another before that. He had the gut feeling that it was about to enter the dangerous phase of aging deterioration.

The surrounding clouds disappeared, and the ground became visible. It was a brownish grassland with some black forests located sporadically. A narrow river and a straight road. As Mashima looked back, he could see in the haze the blue mountains in the same direction as the sun. If only the sun were ahead of me, it would have been a little warmer, Mashima thought.

“How’s it going?” Tokino asked over the radio.

“I don’t know yet. I’ll hold on at this altitude for a while.”

“If you want, why don’t you touch down on the road?”

“Yeah, that will do. I want a hot cup of coffee.”

“We’re almost there.”

The engine sound was constant noise. Subdued. The air was relentlessly sticky, to the extent that the tips of the wings were shaking minutely. None of the gauges moved. It was as if he was driving a truck.

This time, the dance with the enemy was the hardest in a long time. Still, fortunately, his aircraft stayed intact. There were six enemy aircrafts, twice as many as those on Mashima’s side. At first, they could only see four on the enemy side, so they engaged in the aerial combat without hesitation. The leader, Sakashiro, brought down three of the planes, his colleague, Tokino, took care of two, and Mashima shot down the one that got Sakashiro. The result was an overwhelming six-to-one victory, but it was a pity that Sakashiro had been brought down. It had only been six months, but Mashima had been flying with him most of the time. Besides, Mashima’s role was to cover for Sakashiro’s aircraft.

This time Mashima was behind the enemy aircraft that had entered the rear of Sakashiro’s aircraft. Which would have been quicker, the

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