chapter 2 : Nicholas looked up from the sight

Sure" said Nicholas. Miho lead Nicholas over to the Panzer IV. They climbed up the Tanks armour to the top of the turret. Nicholas undid the straps on his parachute, placing it on the top of the tank and dropped into the tank, settling in the gunner's seat and Miho dropped into her commander's seat.

"Good thing I'm not claustrophobic" said Nicholas, he pressed the eye to the sight of the Main gun. Miho looked down at him with a smile. Nicholas looked up from the sight and looked up at Miho and smiled, the two stared at each other, silence only tensioning the moment.

"So..." Said Nicholas, trying to ease the awkwardness of the moment, "What's it like at Ōarai?"

"Um... it's really nice, the people are friendly and..." Said Miho, she was interrupted by Saori; she put her head through the commanders hatch.

"Hey Miho where are you..." she paused after seeing Nicholas in the turret with Miho. "Miho blushed and Saori wore a huge smile on her face and backed off snickering "Sorry didn't mean to interrupt you."

"No! Wait! Saori I..." Miho cried out but Saori was gone, Miho blushed heavily and suddenly found the turrets floor fascinating. Nicholas, seeing what he had done, decided that it was time to perform a tactical withdrawal. He rose from his seat in the gunner's position and said to Miho,

"Um, maybe I should go and put my spitfire in its hanger"

"Yea, ok" said Miho, she climbed out of the turret and Nicholas followed, careful not to look up Miho's skirt. When he climbed out of the tank and he went over to his Spitfire. He climbed up and pulled out his bailout kit. It contained: 2 days worth of water, A 24 hour ration pack, a flare gun, A Colt .45 with 3 magazines and a small med kit. He removed the colt and one magazine and slid the magazine in, racked the slide, reset the safety and put it in his backpack, he swung his backpack with it onto his back and reached into his cockpit and removed the spitfire's parking brake.

"Hey! Anyone mind giving me a hand with getting the Spitfire into its hanger?" He asked,

"Sure" said Miho. She ran up to the Spitfire and pushed against one of the wings. Between the 2 of them they got the Spitfire into its hanger quickly. While they did this, they were watched by the rest of anglerfish team.

"They seem cute together" said Hana, a warm smile,

"I don't trust him" said Yukari; she had a harsh scowl, tracking his movements like a hawk.

"Why?" asked Hana, "he seems nice."

"Too nice, did you see the way he went into the panzer with her, I don't trust him." Said Yukari,

"Did you see how she was blushing when she got out of the tank with him?" said Saori,

"I think you're over reacting" said Hana, "I think she has met someone who will make her happy, and if anyone deserves to be happy, it's Miho."

"I agree" said Saori, "He's a good man, he'll take care of her"

"How do you know?!" Shouted Yukari, "How do you know anything about him?!"

"Yukari! Calm down!" said Hana,

Well I don't trust him, it takes a certain kind of person to carry a colt .45 and he's hiding something, and I'm going to find out what he's hiding!" said Yukari, she stormed off the airfield. Saori and Hana were about to give chase when Mako said in her usual emotionless voice,

"Let her go, she just needs to cool off.", Saori looked at each other and nodded.

"What was that all about?" asked Miho, she and Nicolas walked up to the group, curiosity laced across their faces.

"She doesn't trust you, she's just protective of Mipori" Said Hana to Nicholas,

Nicholas sighed "Well, if she wants a character reference, I'll give her my sister's number"

"How many sisters do you have?" asked Miho,

"2, one elder one younger" said Nicholas, "I believe you've met at least one of them"

"Really? Who is she?" asked Hana,

"They both do tankery at St. Gloriana Girls Academy and my elder sister usually commands a Churchill Mk VII"

"Your Sister is Darjeeling!" cried Miho, "I never knew she had a brother, or sister for that matter!"

"Yup, my younger sister is Hannah White, more commonly known as Orange Pekoe" said Nicholas.

"She doesn't trust you because you carry a gun" said Mako,

"I have a good reason for that" Said Nicholas, He swung his backpack down and opened it, he reached in and removed the colt .45, " I keep it in my bail out kit as a survival tool, but I also carry a gun with me most of the time. Both my mother and father are wealthy business people, that makes me and my sisters a prime targets for abductions."

"Don't you think your over reacting?" said Saori,

"No" Said Nicholas, "People have tried to abduct Darjeeling and I at least once and actually did abduct her once. They would have got her the second time, but my grandfather put a round through their heads. He was the one who got me into flying, story goes, one day when I was about 2, I was a bit rowdy, wouldn't stop crying for attention, mum was still expecting Hannah, and Darjeeling was at nursery and dad was out of the country. So Grandpa took some pressure off mum and took me flying in his old Mosquito fighter. Apparently I was infatuated, didn't get airsick just mesmerised by it. Next thing I know, I'm leaving middle school with a pilot's licence for historic aircraft."

"You're not originally from Japan are you?" said Miho,

"Nope, the ginger hair gave it away didn't it?" said Nicholas with a smile, he put the Colt back into the bag and continued. "No, my father was from Britain, my mother was half Japanese, half British. She grew up in Japan though, they met on a Business trip and one thing led to another, next think you know, mums pregnant with Darjeeling and Mum and dad are married. Grandpa was a RAF pilot in the 2nd world war. Guess that's why flying's in my blood. Anyway, I'm starving, know any good restaurants around here