Kate felt bad for Bomber, she remembered what it was like being that young. A female sailor surrounded by men. It was easy to make mistakes, lose ones temper especially when dealing with men like that. Recently Kate had been impressed at the young girl's dedication she had been trying really hard. It had been ages since she'd lost her temper like that and she had no doubt the guy had been trying to cop a feel, but Bombers actions had put RO in danger and made the Australian Navy look incompetent. The fact that even when the man had backed away she had continued to spray and not asked for help wasn't good enough.
Even when Kate had explained it the feisty girl hadn't seen where she had gone wrong and had instead been rude. Kate despaired if she had just owned up to her mistake and learnt from it they could have moved on. She didn't want to stop the feistiness she admired that and thought the Navy needed a bit of that she just wanted it controlled with less attitude especially directed at her. She wasn't trying to be the bad guy she was just trying to get Bomber too see what they could all see, she was a really good sailor if only she could control her temper.
To say she was surprised when Bomber volunteered to stay on the FFV was an understatement but secretly she was pleased to see 2dads mentoring her. This was an unlikely partnership but seemed to benefit both parties. Bomber got sound advice from an experienced sailor and 2dads seemed to mature a little bit being a mentor. If this went well she could easily recommend Bomber for the promotion and possibly write a statement to the mentoring ability of 2dads as well. It would be nice for him to have something positive in his file for a change, to do that she'd have to be on the ship. A nice easy sail home just what the doctor ordered.
She sat on the back of the boat counting the ration packs before doing a quick tour. The fishermen seemed calm and wary, Kate ignored them they seemed timid enough for now. She avoided the wheelhouse for a good hour, Bomber was in charge and Kate knew that if she hung around too much the young girl would get nervous. Getting bored she decided to check on them see if the Hamersley had been in touch.
Entering she got a face full of water, initially pissed it took moments for the burning to start. Her eyes felt as if they were about to explode, she felt dizzy even lying on the deck didn't help the whole of the deck just spinning and she couldn't breathe. It was becoming harder and harder to get air, her whole face burned and her chest hurt.
Above she could vaguely see a blur shouting at her, Bomber yelling. She tried to tell her she couldn't breathe. But just couldn't get enough puff to do so. Her chest felt as if it was going to explode it didn't matter how hard she tried to suck in the air it just wasn't coming. She felt dizzy she was going to die the world faded to black.