The Long Tale No. 29 - A Fight for the Air

The jet rushed overhead, its engines screaming as it was tested to the limit. Its missiles were primed and aimed at the great tongue of crimson flame erupting in the distance. It fired. The missiles screeched across the sky and met their target, exploding in a blackened plume that dirtied the pure crimson. The man watched in fear as a great beast shot from the smoke and plunged its talons feet into the body of the jet, tearing it from the sky. But the pilot within was not done yet and shot the great creature in its knowledge filled eye...