Barkhorn and Hartmann get stunned by Air Spark's style of flying. He continues to distract both witches to make sure that Dentist leads his wingman back to the carrier safely. Because he is constantly getting in between them. The two witches can't open fire at Air Spark. They know only too well that the possibility of accidentally killing each other looms directly between them. Realizing that they are getting low on magic the two girls decide to head back to St. Tronde. Air Spark in the meantime heads back to the carrier after toying with Barkhorn and Hartmann.

The two girls finally reached their base and go to Minna's office to report about what happened. As they get inside, Gertrude Barkhorn is still bothered by Air Spark's style of flying. Deep in her mind it reminds of the way a fellow witch is flying. The girls reaches Minna's office and knocks on the door gently.

Knock knock knock!

Minna: Come in!

Barkhorn: Hello Minna.

Minna: Barkhorn did you and Hartmann find out who this Lt. Winters is?

Barkhorn: We did. But we weren't able to make her land.

Hartmann: She wasn't a witch. She is a pilot. Trude tried to tap in to her radio frequency but she couldn't get through.

Minna: So what did you do in order to force her to land?

Hartmann: I suggested that we open fire on her aircraft. But even if we tried to go full speed. We just couldn't catch up.

Minna: And then what happened after you fired upon her?

Barkhorn: Two more planes appeared out of nowhere. And their aircraft isn't like the ME-262 striker unit I once flew. They seem to be really modern. One of them flew in between me and Hartmann.

Minna: What?! Are you saying that the aircrafts you encountered are not from this era?

Hartmann: Yes. The one who disrupted our line of fire flies like Shirley. However I saw a distinct marking on his aircraft.

Minna: A distinct marking?

Hartmann: Yes. A distinct marking. The tails of the aircraft has a flag painted on it which is way different from the flags of our respective countries.

Barkhorn: I think I saw that too. It's a pirate flag. But the aircraft has the words "United States of America" written on it as well.

Minna: United States of America? Wait! Isn't Shirley from the United States?

Barkhorn: Yes she is. But it's Liberion and not America. We could be looking at a possibility that they are from a parallel universe.

Minna: (Putting her hands together.) I wish I could disagree with you on that one. But it seems that you and I are both on the same page.

Hartman: So what do we do now?

Minna: We wait for the Neuroi to make a move.

Barkhorn: The Neuroi? Why would we wait for them to make a move?

Hartmann: Yeah Minna. What does the Neuroi have to do with this?

Minna: If my hunch is correct. The Neuroi have lied low and there has been no reported incident since the last battle.

Barkhorn: So what you're saying is that those three modern aircraft might appear again if the Neuroi attack again.

Minna: Correct. And it's possible that the 501st Joint Fighter Wing might get reunited again.

Barkhorn: I hope that your hunch is correct Minna. I'll be going to my room and rest for now. If you need anything just send someone to call me.

Minna: Right! You're both dismissed for now.

Barkhorn: See you around Minna. (Turns around and leaves the office.)

Hartmann: Hey wait for me Trudy!

As Barkhorn and Hartmann leave Minna's office. The young base commander begins to wonder about the aircraft that her comrades mentioned to her. She also wonders about the pilot who has a flying style similar to Capt. Charlotte E. Yeager. An American witch from the United States of Liberion. The alternate universe version of the United States of America.

Minna: Who is this pilot that Hartmann is talking about? And those planes they mentioned. What kind of aircraft are they? Could it be possible that they came from another dimension? I just hope that my hunch is correct. The Neuroi is going to attack anytime soon. And preparations to launch an attack on the enemy that has captured Northern Karlsland anytime soon. I just hope that the 501st Joint Fighter Wing gets reunited soon. The units are already being informed about the attack. I just hope that we can retake Karlsland from the Neuroi completely before I lose my magic abilities. Mio already lost hers and she is now a ground commander.

As Minna Dietrich continues to ponder on the mystery of the modern day F-18 super hornets appearing in her era. Two witches are currently having the time of their life in a farm located outside the city of Venezia. Both of relaxing after a long day of farming chores. While two other witches are currently on their way from Orussia. While two are finishing up with their duties in a country that is an alternate universe version of France. One of the witches relaxing in Venezia decides to put on her striker unit and go for a leisurely flight. Her partner asks her where she is going.

????: Where do you think you're going?

????: I'm going out for a little joyride with this baby. (Points to her striker unit.)

????: You're not thinking about going out for a solo sortie. Are you Shirley?

Shirley: Don't worry Luchinni it will be just a test to see if I can break the speed of sound.

Luchinni: Ok Shirley. Just be sure to return safely in one piece. I don't want to organize a search party in case you end up having an encounter with the Neuroi.

Shirley: I will be careful Luchinni. And besides I have my speed to rely on.

Luchinni: Ok Shirley. I'll enjoy our time off and get a good shut eye.

Shirley: See you later Luchinni.

As Shirley gears up and takes off from the ground. Lt. Wilfredo "Air Spark" Fernandez is feeling restless inside his quarters. He decides to go out and head to the flight deck and go on board his F-18 which has been completely refueled. Luckily he got a patrol sortie from his new commanding officer. His childhood friend and classmate doesn't see him go out as he is busy writing a letter to his family. Air Spark reaches his plane and inspects it thoroughly.

He gets on board and carefully checks all of the instrument panels. He taxis his aircraft towards the catapults.

As soon as he's in position. The jet blast deflector is raised behind him.

Seconds later he is cleared for take off. He revs the aircraft's engine and goes to military power. He then looks at the shooter. He gives him the thumbs up and salutes him.

The shooter salutes back and launches Air Spark off the carrier.

Air Spark veers off from the carrier and goes inward towards the land. As soon as Air Spark enters the area where he and his childhood friend rescued Lt. Winters. Air Spark sees a canyon running inwards the main land. He decides to do a practice bombing run using live bombs. He immediately pushes the throttle and goes way below the hard deck.

He then goes for a high speed run within the canyon. As if looking he is for something to shoot at. Anything that can serve as a target worth taking out. A target that he can vent his frustration on for not being able to save the third woman he loved. He continues his high speed run until he reaches a mountain. He pulls up and then does an inverted dive. After that he flips the plane back to its original position. He sees a massive boulder in the center of the mountain range. Air Spark carefully aims for the boulder with his laser targeting sights. As soon as he acquires his target.

Air Spark drops two high explosive bombs at the boulder consecutively. He goes for a steep pull up after dropping his bombs to avoid getting hit by any shrapnel. Disengaging his g-limiter and pulling the stick hard.

(Author's Note: Just ignore the classroom scene.)

The explosions weren't loud enough to cause alarm. But it was clearly loud enough for Capt. Charlotte E. Yeager's ears to hear. And this cause her to temporarily stop her joyride. Commonly called Shirley by her friends at the 501st Joint Fighter Wing. She decides to investigate the incident herself and not call for any backup from the nearby bases.

Shirley: Where did those explosions come from? Could it be that the Neuroi are already making a move? I guess I will have to investigate this myself. Then I will report it to Minna so that she can come up with a better plan on how to deal with what I discovered.

Shirley speeds up and heads straight to where Air Spark had just been. Trying her best to go beyond the speed of sound. She occasionally checks her magic powers to see if it's slowly dwindling. She reaches the area in time but gets stopped on her tracks as Air Spark zooms by her.

Causing Shirley to get shaken by the speed of his jet. Instead of getting angry. She gets excited about it and decides to abandon her initial purpose of flying towards the mountains. Especially seeing the words United States Navy on the wings of Air Spark's F-18 super hornet. Shirley turns around and goes after the hotshot pilot.

Shirley: Wow! Where did that aircraft come from. It's so modern and really fast. I bet not even the Neuroi can outrun something like that.

As she continues to go after Air Spark. The hotshot pilot looks at the mirrors and notices Shirley's faint image. The Liberion witch can barely keep up with him as he looks back.

Air Spark: What the hell?! Where did she come from?! It looks like she's one of them. I guess I better toy with her just like what I did with those two earlier.

Air Spark banks left and turns around heading towards Shirley's position. He decides to reduce speed in the hopes of getting a good look at her.

Shirley quickly notices that Air Spark had banked left and is now flying towards her. Air Spark is maintaining his current speed while Shirley is aroused by the speed of the F-18.

Shirley: Wow! It turned quickly. Looks like it's heading towards me. I guess whoever is flying that thing wants to stop and probably say hi to a gorgeous girl like me.

The Liberion witch's assumption is suddenly proven wrong as the hotshot pilot decides to push the throttle a little bit. His speed increases gradually. Suddenly Shirley feels a jolt of nervousness in her body as the Air Spark pushes the throttle again.

Shirley: What is the pilot doing? This is not good. Is he going to try and ram me. I better setup my shield and better get ready to fire.

Using her magic powers, Shirley setups her shield, right after switching her Browning automatic rifle or B.A.R. to automatic. It was just in time as Air Spark is going in at a high speed. But once again Shirley's assumption is wrong. The hotshot pilot pulls up ten feet away from the witch. Causing her to lose her balance. And forces her to deactivate her shield. As soon as Air Spark has gone vertical. The Liberion witch decides to go after the hotshot pilot.

Shirley: If you think that stunt you pulled off is going to scare me. Well think again. You just made a big mistake pissing me off.

Air Spark puts on a sheepish smile as Shirley tries to chase him. He pulls the throttle to slow down and waits for the Liberion witch to catch up with him. The minute she gets a little bit closer. The reckless pilot pushes the throttle again and zooms away from the fastest witch of the Strike Witches.

Shirley: Why that bastard?! He's really pissing me off!!!

Air Spark keeps doing the same thing over and over again. Shirley has enough of his shenanigans and aims her B.A.R. at Air Spark's F-18. She starts firing in the hopes of getting a hit on his aircraft.

But she couldn't land a single hit as Air Spark's F-18 super hornet was really fast. The hotshot pilot decides to go below the hard deck again. Shirley follows him while continuously shooting her gun. Air Spark's aircraft then gives off a warning as he is near 300 feet away from the ground.

Realizing he is in a different world. The hotshot pilot immediately pulls up as soon as his altitude reached 200 feet above the ground. Shirley gets amazed at what Air Spark did. But it didn't stop her from trying to shoot him down. Frustration is beginning to set in as she's being lead to a wild goose chase by Air Spark. Their unexpected meeting with both of them flying away from each other.

Shirley: I know that we will meet again soon. You have definitely aroused my curiosity mister hotshot pilot.