I'm not sure if anything like this has been done before, so if it has forgiven me. I tried to make the spelling better

I do not own the rights to the leviathan triliogy

September 1, 1939

Alek sat stairing at the news paper before him, reading the artical that was the headline. Poland invaded by Germany. The United Kindom was getting all flustered due to the alliance they had with them. Germany had recently taken all the German speaking areas around Germany including Austria under the direction of a short, ugly man named Adolph Hitler.

This was going to get out of hand again, Alek could tell. They were already trying to recruit more men the UK was preparing for war once again. Beasties were being bred in large number. The zoological society knew this as well Alek had recived word of a meeting this morning.

He finished off his tea and put a bowler cap upon his head of red hair, it had a few strains of grey that he tried to ignore.

"Darling are you ready to go?" He called to his love. Deryn came down the stairs of their two stories Victorian home. She was like a fine wine to him she only got better the older they got. It was long ago when her secret came out. It needed to since Alek had proposed.

"Of cource I am." She said. He held out his arm and she took it. Still not liking being stuffed into skirts and girly things she wore a fashionable vest with pants.

The exited their home walking along the familar path to the Zoological society.

"Germany will be swinging our way soon enough." Deryn said. "This will be getting all pear shaped soon. I don't think we're prepared for another war."

"It will take time for the Germans to get to France. Hopfuly we can pull some more together. "Alek said. "The Great War was relatively short maby this one will be too."

"We can only hope." She reponded.

They reached the Zoological sociaty building and went inside. Alek stopped to talk with a fellow boffin, but Deryn kept going into the meeting hall. There was a comotion with people talking in loud voices and pointing at each other. A few more boffins were coming into the room including Alek.

Alek came to stand by her and the head boffin began to speak. "We are at war with Germany. But unlike our French couterparts we are not fully prepaired for a war only nine divisons of the army ready for war. So we have made an agreement with France to provide navel support. The German's clanker tecnology has advanced much since our last fight. But so have we we have improved our airships and our beasties can beat any of their machines."

That wasn't necessarily true, Alek thought. He had heard that the new German areoplanes can fly much faster than before if the reports he recieved were correct they could fly at speeds up of 400 kilometers/hour (250 mph) that was unbeleviably faster than the hydrogen breathers.

Alek spoke up in midst of the rabble, "Excuse me, but the reports that I've received says that the German's air power can easily out mauver and out speed our hydgenbreathers. Our Giant hawks are unable to reach such high speeds."

The members looked at him with mixed faces. Some knew he was speaking the truth. Other looked as they always do when he spoke up; they looked at his with frown thinking that he will never be a true Darwinist. It happened when he would talk about Clanker tecnology. He had to learn to ignor it. He was glad when Deryn stoke up.

"He's right; the Germans might be able to out fight us in the air. I suggest we ask the Royal adlimentry withdraw Airships from France and send Giant Hawks with ground crews. The airships are too easily out manuvered."

This took the other boffins by surprise; usually she would provide a reasonable counter to her husband's points.

Everyone turned back to the head boffin, "I will discuss this with the Admilertary. Dismissed."

As Alek and Deryn left other boffins dicussed amongst themselfs whether Alek was correct or incorrect.

"Thanks for having my back there." Alek said he was worried at the time she might provied a counter that would deminish his statement.

"Well, for once you made a good point." she said with a sly smile. Alek kissed her on the cheek his well groomed stuble tickling her cheek.

They walked the short walk to their comfortable home. They took a seat on their nice outside chairs on the porch of the house. They disscussed the pain they felt at the start of a new war.

Walking the path to their home was a tall, redish haired, young man. He came up to the house and Alek and Deryn both stood smiles upon their faces. Deryn hugged the young man and gave him a big kiss on the cheek. Alek embrased him in a quick but loving hug.

"Welcome home, son." Alek said. A shine of pride shone in Alek's eyes. The young man was obviusly their son. Alek had picked out his name before his son was born. His name was looked alot like his father.

'ello, Father, Mother, how are you doing today?" He asked. This was unlike him greeting in a formal manner.

"Anything wrong, Son?" He asked. His son was only this formal when something was amiss.

"I know you wouldn't like this, Mother," he took a deep breath, "I joined the Royal army."

"What!" Deryn cried out, even after her limited experience of the war she didn't want her boy to see the horror of war.

"What about training to become a Boffin?" Alek asked holding his temper from lashing out at his son.

"I imagen that the job still be there when I get back, so I decied to serve our country." Lukas said he was getting frustrated with his parents not wanting him to go to war, dad never said it direcly but he knew his father didn't want him to. His mother on the other hand was telling him and his sister that war should be avoided at all costs; it only leads to broken people and broken lives.

"Son, you understand that war," Alek sighed, "doesn't usualy come to a conclusion like your mother and I had."

"I do father." Lukas said.

"You truly don't, or you wouldn't be going so you have my permission, but you need your mothers as well." Alek said to his some.

"Mom?" Lukas reached out to her.

"Lukas," She looked him in the eyes her burning with fear of her son's death, "I will give my permission but I want you to think. How many friends will you see die infront of you or be crushed by a Walker? Many and you will remeber it the rest of your life." Deryn said.

"Thanks, Mother." Lukas said. He was about to head into the house when a shrill yell came from behind him.

He turned around to see his sister running up to him, she was three years younger than him, and he was 18.

"Hey, Alpina." He said with a questioning tone. He hadn't seen her in a while for he rarly came home after secondary school. She hugged him. She was tall for a girl and she was blond, and according to Alek, she was very much like Deryn when she was that age.

"Lukas, what are you doing home?" Before he could answer she said, "It doesn't matter. I need to talk to you."

They both walked into the house leaving Alek and Deryn alone.

"We better watch her; she might fallow her mother's example." Alek laughed softly. Deryn had to admit that it did sound like something Alpina would do.

"Well, she'll have no one to sneak her in. Unless someone's son suddenly has a new cousin." She said.

"We might as well not worry about it." Alek said

"Not worry about it?" Deryn asked suprised, "Are you serious?"

"No, darling, of cource we should worry about it, but we really can't stop it. Not if she's half as determined as you were." Alek said.

"We're not going to let her Alek, we were lucky that we didn't get killed last time." Deryn said.

"We're nearly died many times. And just as many times we almost died working for the zooloical sociaty." Alek said. "Remeber the time we were stranded on the desserted army?"

Deryn blushed witch was unusal, "Yes I do. Alot happened on that island we nearly didn't make it."

Inside the house. Lukas was shaking his head, "No."

Alpina pleaded, "But Lukas I have to go!"

"No you don't." He said, "there is no way I will help you."

She seemed upset. He didn't like to see her upset, but this matter was deadly.

"They will discover you in a second." He said.

"But I'm tall for my age and if I cut my hair short I'll look like a boy! And if you teach me how to be a boy I can pull if off!"

"Fine, I'll help you get into the royal air force." Lukas said.

Back outside Alek and Deryn had recieved a message from the Zoological sociaty that the head Boffin requested their prensence at the Zoological building.

"I wounder if he has come to his sences and is going to withdraw the airships from France." Alek said.

"I hope so. I wouldn't want to risk our old ship the HMS Levathan gettig killed." Deryn said. They both still felt attached somehow to the ship. After all it was the sole reason they had met and fallen in love.

They reached the Zoological offices and came to a large door of the Head Boffin. They held hands and walked in

"Welcome, Boffins." The head boffin said, "I have discussed the matter that you brought up earlier with the Admilatary. They disagreed that the hydrogen ships were ill prepaired for battle with the new Clanker aeroplanes." The head boffin said, "But they said if this was a consern of the Zoological Sociaty, we may send an emissary on board of one of the ships. And because you would the one who brought it up I'm sending you on this task."

"We will start packing immedatly." Alek said, he knew witch ship he would pick to go on.

"Oh no, they only would Allow one boffin on one of our battle ready ships, either one of you can do this." The head boffin explained. This saddened Alek; he wouldn't beagle to revisit memories with his beloved.

"You go Alek," this took him by surprise; "I'm needed here to make sure our children don't get themselfs into trouble." She gave him a wink.

"Alright, I want to go abord the HMS Levaithan.