This is my first go at writing this sort of thing so any thoughts or comments most welcome adn I hope you enjoy it

Mike watches from the bridge as Kate leads another boarding onto a FFV

"Bravo 82 this is delta 82 over"

"Go ahead X"

"We have 5crew all together at the back of the boat shit, had little resistance from them doing a boat search now over"

"Copy that X. Keep me informed over"

Little while later

"The crew from the FFV are settled and Chef has been informed of the 5 extra people to feed Sir" Kate says as she looks at Mike waiting for a response form him

"Thanks X" – as Mike turns to he looks at Kate their eyes meet and they stand there for a few seconds looking at each other only broken when the sound of RO is heard.

"Sir we have a Mayday call I am about to put it on speaker for you" – RO

"Thanks RO"

"MAYDAY, MAYDAY, this is the Ally Star, MAYDAY, MAYDAY"

All of a sudden Mike has gone white as RO and XO are looking at him with concern and worry, as he does not move or say anything. (Mike is worried it is his Parents boat, and that is his dads voice, is Ally on board or not, hoping for the later as he does not wont to have an argument with Kate about it once she finds out, thou feeling like he should of told her a long time ago) then hearing Kate's voice Mike breaks from his trance and responded to the call.

"Ally Star this is Australian warship Hammersley over"

"Hammersley this is the Ally Star" (Mike hears his mother's voice in the back ground going that is Mikes ship to his dad next thing the bridge hears is)

"Mike Flynn is that you?"

"Yes Dad it is me what is the problem"

"We have somehow lost engine power we still have plenty of fuel on board; everything looks in tack from what I can see"

"How many on board, over"

"Two Adults one Child over" (Mike is not even more worried and white looking than before)

"And what is your position"

"Position is …." RO gets the co-ords and hands them to the X, Mike misses them he is worried.

Mikes askes the X "how long till we are there?" "3hrs Sir"

"Ally Star this is Hammersley we are 3hrs from you, please report back to us every hour, over"

"Copy that Hammersley see you in 3 hours, Over"

Mikes starts to walk off the bridge "Xo has the Bridge I will be in my cabin if you need me"

"XO has the bridge" Kate repeats

Mike sits on his bed thinking.

Flash back to 9yrs ago (doing this as just major points)

• Mike finds Kate's positive test

• Kate does not tell him even after 2mnths

• Mike follows Kate to a clinic which he later on finds out is an abortion clinic

• Mike decides to leave that night and heads to Cairns to be CO of Hammersley leaving Kate a note

• 5mnths later Mike returns back to ADFA for a week long course for CO's he spots Kate heavily pregnant

• Mike askes around to find out what had happened to her finds out she is 8mnths pregnant and is not keeping it.

• Mike decided to get in touch with the adoption people and after some talking to them and his parent, when Kate gives birth to a baby girl he takes her to his parents place.

• Kate has no idea of what I did she is going to hate me even more now

End flash back

A knock on the doors brings Mike back to the present time.

"Yes"

X opens the door looks over to him and sees he is worried, and he can tell she knows he is worried thou Kate understand why he is worried it is only his parents after all.

"We are 30mins away Sir"

"Thanks X"

"CO has the bridge" mike says as he enters the Bridge

"CO has the bridge" Kate repeats

Mikes talks over the ships com "Dutchy to the Bridge please"

Dutchy arrives on the bridge

"Dutchy I want you to lead this boarding please, X you are to stay on the ship in the bridge please"

Everyone looks at the CO and X, X is giving Mike one of those what do u mean I can't go on the boarding looks

"Yes Sir" reply's Dutchy

"Sir and word in your cabin"

"Sorry X not right now you are to stay on the bridge and that is an order X. XO has the ship"

"XO has the ship" as Mike goes to walk off Kate looks at him and gives him we are talking about this later look which Mike notices and nods his head in return he knows they going to be talking later cause as soon as Ally gets on board she is going to know why. Why have I not told her sooner?