In the middle of nowhere in Black Water, Viper squadron Dontavion walks up to his little tent. "Any sign of Rose?" He questions "No sir" Newbie quickly responds "great," Dontavion said a bit underwhelmed "have you asked the girls yet?" Rylie asks "no Cowboy" Dontavion responds. As he turns to go to the other tent he is stopped by Rose "sorry to keep you waiting" she cheerfully said, "Why have you been away for so long?" Dontavion asks "Well I got lost in the snow storm" she responds "well did you see anything?" Dans quickly asks "doses snow count?" She sarcastically responds "WOW really!!" Danz sais excited "shut it both of you" Dontavion demands "yes sir" they both respond.
Rose walks into her tent "hey" Sara says as Jackie still sits at the radio trying to get it to work "damn thing" Jackie complains "what is it, Jack?" Rose asks "this damn radio isn't working" Jackie responds Rose inputs "how long have you been at it?" "4 hours," Jackie says a bit pissed. Rose walks to her cot "I hate it during winter" Sarah complains "I just want to go back to base and just sit by the heater and enjoy a hot.." "SARA!!" Jackie and Rose shout at the mare "sorry" she mutters "we all want to go back to base...even the guys" Rose said sounding a bit upset. Sara puts another log into the fireplace "you really that cold Sara?" Rose asks "I'm freezing Rose by the time I get back to base my main is going to be blue" Sara scolds "didn’t mean to burst your bubble" Rose sounding defensive.
They get moving and everything is fine for 3 hours "movement west" Sara responds "yeah I see them too" Dontavion explains. They draw their weapons "thunder.." Dontavion calls out, no response "we got reds!" Sarah yells and shots start to fire and they take crossfire the N.R take the volley of gunfire an attempt to retaliate against the Militia but fail to do so.
After a few miles of walking with a wounded pilot, they make it back to their tents and the pilot is put into the medical tent where Sarah tends to him Rose and Donavin return to the tents. “So what happened?” Jackie quickly asks “just a downed 7th nothing much” Rose responds “what..did you just say..7th?” Jackie says looking at Rose confused “yeha..what about it?” Rose asks “it's just odd how one would be all the way out here and not in orbit,” Jackie says about starts to think about it “Jackie the radio,” Rose says excited “get Newbie hell contact Steel,” says Jackie jumping to the radio. Rose gets Newbie and after a few hours of him talking what seemed like nonsense to the Jackie and Rose but Newbie turns to them and says “well we will be out of here by tomorrow...don’t tell Sarah” the two mares nod with a smile on their faces they going to keep it from Sarah until they're picked up.
As the night passed and the raging blizzard has calmed to a light snowfall all that stands is the rising sun and snow. The sound of a chopper wakes many of the snowbound Vipers. “Ugh..why so early” Sarah groans not realizing what has woke her yet. “Sarah wake you dumb fuck,” Jackie says shaking her “what..what,” says Shara enthusiastically Jackie manages to drag Sarah outside which lifts Sarah’s spirits high. Rose and Rylie watch as the 7th pilot is lifted onto a chopper and Donavin is talking to Steel. Sarah puts the dumbest smile on her face and thinks “finally going back”.
After a few hours of flight on the choppers, they finally arrive back at base. Sarah splits off quickly back to her room and almost halfway there she is stopped by Aron. “Hey Sarah” he grabs her attention by saying that “oh..Aron” she turns to see him “so where have you been?” he asks “I think you know” she sarcastically responds “ok got me there” he says “Aron” she says “yes?” he responds “look at this wall” she asks him he stares at the wall for about a minute “what am I looking at?” he asks confused then Sarah slams his head into the wall “Dammit Sarah” he says “If you break or damage my beak at all I’m going to hurt you” “ well then you are the toughest gryphon in the 6th I know so why to worry?” she exclaims “well I best get going” she says “and I’m fairly certain Monty is looking for you” “shut up and go already” he says as they both turn away laughing. The rest of the vipers have already settled themselves down in their room. “Knock knock” Dontavion says walking up to Rose’s door “what is D?” she asks “well can’t check on squad?” he asks “Shut up D” she says annoyed “well I should come back later then?” he asks “yeah sure whatever” she says as Dontavion walks out and Rose lets out a loud huff as she grabs her things and does what most of them were probably doing. Rose thinks to herself “after a month of that crap I’m finally glad to have some time to relax and well just sleep in a proper place for once.
The End