Crystals

"ALL BACK FULL!" Captain Lee Crane screams out as a torpedo was heading there way inside international waters. They were just outside the Canary Islands looking into report of an neutral submarine playing hide and seek with the authorities. They had no idea why the Seaview was being targeted. Unless there was more then meets the eye.

Admiral Nelson, Commander Chip Morton were hanging on to dear life when navigation change the course to just miss the torpedo from hitting them. Nelson ordered Captain Crane to have the missile room to fire off four torpedo to send them off into different directions trying to hit a target. As the enemy missile went off ahead of them in the trench at 1000 feet to knock them around from the after shock of the blast hitting the mountain.

After everyone was able to get back onto there feet. Lee Crane ordered a full investigation on where that torpedo had come from. They had been out into sea for a week now working on science projects just after everyone came back from the Christmas holiday. Admiral Nelson had given the order to Lee Crane and with calling all of the personnel to head back from the holiday to begin with the new season of missions and projects.

Admiral Nelson had asked Sparks to call COMSUBPAC to find out on whether they had any further information on the neutral submarine. "Aye sir, right away I will send a coded message to them." Sparks replied with going to do his work, while Nelson went to speak with Crane and Morton at the plotting table picking up everything that was knocked over by the blast.

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SUBCOMPAC Hawaiian Islands

A coded message was coming over the teletype for where Lt. Gainey working on his terminal when he heard the machine all of a sudden working. He looked over to see that it was a message coming in from the Seaview. He waited a moment before pulling it off for Admiral Lorenzo to read it before calling them by radio.

He brings it in with the Admiral finishing up signing the last of his paperwork. He looks up from his desk and computer to ask what is going on.

"Sir read this first before calling the Seaview and Admiral Nelson." Lt. Gainey hands him the message into his hands, as he begins to read it. And from the expression on his face. Lt. Gainey knew that the Admiral wasn't happy at all.

"I just don't believe this Lt. Someone is trying to play cat and mouse with us and the Seaview and almost hitting them with a torpedo. This situation is beginning to get a little too serious. Especially after oil in that area had been found by the drillers off the coast of the Canary islands.

"I believe you said to me last year that the science teams had suspected as much that oil and rare minerals needed might be found deep inside the Earth's core. Lets just hope that those involved with sending that submarine haven't heard about it or else the drilling platform would be into trouble.

"I agree with your comments Lt. I will need to send a coded message to the oil drill and those in charge of the drilling and protecting there employees. Bu tin the meantime I will speak with Admiral Nelson to discuss further options.

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On board the Texaco oil platform. The engineers had built it taking ten years to completion. The science teams on board currently as with the three shifts working around the clock have been bringing up billions of dollars of oil and rare minerals to help run machinery inside the United States and around the globe. A fortune had been invested in the oil platform by the Alliance countries and including the United States, Russia and China having a great deal to prove from having to start an uprising among the Alliance members.

Chief engineer Habul Shrek in charge since the very beginning of the project. He ordered his teams to bring up samples of those oil and key elements, to make sure all is proper to process and sent off to the bidders like the United States and ten other Alliance countries needing it badly.

Assistant manager Ted Wilson of the Texaco main company in Texas. He flew in a few days to check on the progress of the drilling with the four main pumps working around the clock. The control room down below level one have been keeping an eye on the gauges to make sure all is proper with the pressure bringing up the oil and separating the rare minerals worth a fortune for those invested.

Wilson walked over to Chief Engineer Shrek checking the pressure gauges in front of him. He was making a note on his pad to give to those working inside the Control Room. There would be 15 employees working inside with the experience of over 20 years combined with each and every man and women. "Is everything ok Shrek?" He asked with concern etch on his expression.

"It's fine Mr. Wilson. I am not taking any chances with too much at stake. Now if you will excuse me. I need to head on down to the control room and check the numbers before going off duty."

"That's fine Habul. I will check around one more time before taking my break for lunch. Take care." As he walks away into the opposite direction while the wind was starting to pick up with a small squall coming in from the west.