Even with all of his tricks, Blossom knew that Hunter wouldn't have been able to avoid something like that. His aircraft was shaking and caught fire without providing him any chance of ejection. From behind her helmet, the Purple Rose fought back tears for what genuinely felt like the first time since she was a small child. She had lost people on sorties before. However, she had never cared about them the way that she had ended up caring about him. Swallowing deeply, she composed herself.<br/><br/>Still despite all of this she had a mission to accomplish. Shutting her eyes softly, she decided that the most important thing to do right at this moment was track down the aircraft that had done that to him before taking them out of commission permanently.