Hey, everybody. I know I have multiple other stories I'm working on. But, I've had this idea in my head for a long time, and I wanted to get it started.

If any of you have seen the movie Final Countdown (which is a really awesome movie), this is basically my version of it. Except, this takes place in 1986 instead of 1980, and the USS Nimitz (still the carrier that goes back) will not be sent back alone. Also, and the reason I'm writing this, they do not get sent back to the future before they can stop the Japanese attack. I always wished they had done that in the movie, so I'm doing it here.

Let's get to the chapter! Hope you like it.

Chapter 1- The Storm

"Captain's on the bridge!"

Captain Yelland slowly walks over to the viewport, looking out over the ocean, and watching the Nimitz' three destroyer escorts as they maintain their distance of 3 miles from the carrier. It's been days since they left San Diego after their brief pit stop there, and now they're finally nearing Hawaii.

"Captain!" one of the Lieutenants on the bridge calls to Yelland. Yelland turns to him and asks, "Yes?"

"Sir, we received a message from Captain Carney. They're 50 miles south of our position and heading north to rendezvous with us," the Lieutenant responds.

"Understood," Yelland responds as he looks back out of the window.

Several hours pass as the crew waits for the incoming force, and as the tanker accompanying the Nimitz conducts a fuel transfer to restock the Nimitz' tanks of jet fuel.

Finally, after about two hours, a lookout calls out, "Captain! Ships to the south!"

Captain Yelland picks up some binoculars and looks to the south. And sure enough, he recognizes the sight of two Spruance class destroyers, two Oliver Hazard Perry class frigates, and in the center of the formation, the USS Missouri.

"It's the Missouri. Signal them and prepare to re-arrange formation," Yelland orders.

The Missouri had just recently been re-commissioned. She was currently on an around-the-world voyage, and the Nimitz had been ordered to join her.

The Missouri and her four escorts continue north and make the rendezvous with the Nimitz. The Missouri falls into position about a quarter mile off the Nimitz' port side, while the seven escorts form a large ring around the two.

The task force sets course for the south-west, heading for the first stop on the Missouri's tour: Sydney, Australia.

About an hour later, as the task force is sailing south-west, the intercom rings on the bridge of the Nimitz. Captain Yelland picks it up and says, "This is the captain."

"Captain Yelland, this is CIC. We're picking up a strange signal on our radar. It looks like some kind of rain squall or something, but nothing like I've ever seen. Like, it's there one moment, gone the next," a radar controller says over the intercom.

Yelland raises his head and looks out ahead. The destroyers and frigates escorting the Nimitz and Missouri have changed position slightly, and in between the gap between the lead two, Yelland can see a strange looking storm approaching.

"Alright. Secure all aircraft, and let's just sit this one out," Yelland orders.

The order is transmitted throughout the ship. However, a minute later, as the radioman is transmitting orders to the escorts, he looks at Yelland in surprise and says, "Captain! I can't raise our escorts! Not even the Missouri!"

A strange howl suddenly begins to sound. Yelland looks out ahead and sees the storm is getting closer. Looking from left to right, he sees in dismay that the destroyers are breaking off in random directions, presumably trying to escape the storm.

"All hands! Brace yourselves!" Yelland calls through the ship's PA system.

Within a minute, the storm overtakes the Nimitz and Missouri. And it is clear this is not a normal storm. The sky is completely black, with what looks like a green vortex swirling around the ships. Systems on both ships begin fritzing out. And above all, a terrible shriek splits the air. On board both ships, every man and woman aboard fall to their knees, clutching at their ears in agony, trying to block out the terrible sound threatening to split their eardrums.

After what seems like an eternity, the shriek finally dies down. Outside, the vortex slowly disappears, and the darkness fades away. Within just a few minutes, there is no sing the storm even existed. It looks like a normal, sunny day in the Central Pacific.

Captain Yelland slowly stands up, taking a minute to try and regain his bearings. Then, he looks out of the window. First, he looks down at the flight deck, and sees that all the aircraft are still on the flight deck, and none of them seem damaged. Then, he looks out over the ocean for their escorts. To his surprise, the destroyers and frigates have disappeared from sight. However, the Missouri is still holding position a quarter mile off the Nimitz' port side.

"Signal the Missouri. Instruct her to hold formation and await further updates," Yelland orders the signalman, who heads to use the signal light.

Immediately after, Yelland turns to the radioman and says, "Raise our escorts."

For a minute, the radioman tries to raise the destroyers and frigates. Finally, after trying for a minute, he turns to Captain Yelland and says, "Unable to reach them, sir."

"Contact Fleet Headquarters in Pearl Harbor," Yelland orders. The radioman tries for another minute to try and contact the Fleet HQ in Pearl Harbor, but finally turns back to Yelland and says, "Unable to reach Fleet HQ."

Yelland looks out the window, his mind racing through the possible scenarios. The one that comes to his mind first is a possible nuclear attack on Hawaii.

"Prep all Tomcats for launch, and I want one launched on a recon mission ASAP. I want photos of Oahu immediately. Order the Missouri to battlestations, and tell Carney I want those guns loaded and ready to fire," Captain Yelland orders.

The bridge crew races to follow his orders. One of the Nimitz' Tomcats is quickly loaded with reconnaissance equipment and launched on a recon mission to take photos of Oahu. On the Missouri, the crew races to battlestations, and the turret crews race to get shells loaded into the guns.

As Captain Yelland looks out over the ocean, he wonders what on Earth has just happened.

And, I'll end there. I hope this wasn't too fast paced. I just wanted to get through them getting through the storm. And yes, they have travelled back to December 6, 1941.

So, yes. In this version, the USS Missouri joins the Nimitz going back in time. I just thought it would be a fun twist. Also, in this, Nimitz has F/A-18s instead of A-7s in its air wing.

Next chapter will feature them starting to figure out what's going on. Them fighting back against the Japanese attack will probably take place Chapter 3 or 4.