Chapter one: Welcome Aboard

This is a new story it's my first Sea Patrol story. I hope you like it. I am aware that Patrol Boat's don't have Navigators on them any more but I love the character Nav so I wanted to add her to the story. It's post season 4 with a few changes such as 2DADS and Bomber are not in a relationship, ET is not dead he is on another ship. Spider and Buffer are also on different ships now but they are still going to be in the story. Also the main character is a new person I added her name is Sophie Howell and her nickname is Bambi she has medium length auburn hair and is very pretty (Dutchy thinks so anyway). I got her nickname from my friend whose RAN nickname is Bambi. So far there are about 4 parts. I will try and post once or twice a week. Some chapters will be quite long the first and second chapters are. EOD stands for Electro Optical Device. If you have any questions or comments leave a review. Hope you like my story.

I do not own Sea Patrol or any of the original characters or the ship name. I do own the new character. Any resemblance to real life people or events is pure coincidence

"Wow" I say to myself as I stared up at the huge ship "It's frigging huge"

"It is isn't it" Says a voice from behind me

I turned around to see a tall blonde hair blue eyed man standing there. He is hot I think to myself

"She's a beauty" I reply "I'm Sarah Howell" I say extending my hand "But I go by Bambi"

"I'm Dylan Mulholland" He replies meeting my hand to shake it "I go by Dutchy"

"Nice to meet you Dutchy" I say as we shake hands

"Likewise" He says "You're the new BM" He asks me

"Yes I am" I reply with a smile

"I'm the buffer of the Hammersley" He replies matching my smile

"Looks like we'll be working together a lot then" I say

Before he can reply a short blonde hair appeared on the other side of the gangway

"You must be Sarah" She says extending her hand

"Yes. Nice to meet you" I say shaking her hand

"I'm lieutenant Kate McGregor. The XO of Hammersley. Welcome Aboard"

She turns to Dutchy "Do you mind giving her a tour of the boat"

"No problem" He replies

"Thank you. She is bunking with Bomber so could you take her to the cabin so she can put her things away and get changed"

"Yes ma'am" He replies turning to me he says "You ready for the grand tour"

"You know it" I say nudging him

"I'll speak with you when you're finished the tour okay leader" Says Kate

"Yes ma'am" I reply

"You can call me XO or X" She says with a smile

"I go by Bambi" I reply also with a smile

We salute then she walks away

"Okay. So you know when you enter a ship you salute right" Dutchy asks me

"Yes I do" I reply crossing the gangway and stopping to salute

"So which ship's have you served on" He asks me as we walk through to corridors

"I've been on Parramatta, Toowoomba and Melbourne" I reply

"Ahh so this is your first Patrol Boat"

"Yep it sure is" I reply with a bit of a laugh

"Why are you here" He asks me "You sort of seem like a big ship person"

"I could say the same for you" I reply "I wanted a bit of a change so I put in a request for a Patrol Boat and it was accepted"

"You'll like it here" He replies "We are like a big family"

"I've heard that about this ship" I reply with a small smile

I notice he lifts an eyebrow and wants to ask me something but thinks better of it

"Here we are" He says to me pointing at a door

He knocks on it and there is an answer from the other side

"Yeah" Asks the person on the other side

"I've got your new room mate here" Dutchy replies

"Okay come in" Replies the voice on the other side

As Dutchy opens the door I can see a Brown haired woman standing on the other side

"Hi" Says the lady with a smile "I'm Rebecca Bomber Brown" she says extending her hand for me to shake

"Hi I'm Sarah Bambi Howell" I reply shaking her hands

"I think I like you. I won't spit in your food like I did with Dutchy's" She jokes

"Hey" Says Dutchy pretending to be offended and angry "I knew my food tasted different"

We all laugh about it for a few seconds before Dutchy speaks again

"I'll give you a few minutes for Bomber to show you around and for you to get changed" He says "I'll just be outside the door" He says turning and walking out the door

"Okay" Bomber says turning to me "You have the top rack and that's where you keep your stuff" She says pointing to a cupboard

"Cool" I say putting my bag on my bed

"I'll give you space to get changed. If you have any questions I'll be in the galley"

"Okay thanks Bomber" I reply opening my bag to get my uniform out

I notice there is a text message on my phone. It reads:

Hey babe. How do you like the boat? I told you everyone is super nice. Who are you bunking with?

I read the text message and reply with

Hey hun :) I've only been on for about 15 minutes but I like it here. I'm bunking with a girl named Bomber do you know her? I'll call you later if I have time. Love you.

"Okay I'm all ready" I say closing the door to my cabin

"Where do you wanna see first" Dutchy asks me

"I think I would like to see the bridge to meet the captain"

"Sure thing. Right this way" He says extending his arm to usher me forward

"Oh my gosh" I say noticing a mark on the wall

"What is it" Dutchy asks me

"My boyfriend told me he did that his first week on this ship" I say pointing to the spot on the wall

"He was sea sick and about to throw up so he was rushing to the bathroom. He slipped crashed into the wall and threw up all over a guy called Swain"

"Wow that's pretty funny" He says laughing "You're gonna have to tell that to Swain I think he is on the bridge"

"Okay I will then. Billy said he wasn't to happy at the time though"

"I'm sure he will have a good laugh about it now though" He says walking towards the bridge

"I hope so" I say following him

ON THE BRIDGE

"Sir we have our first mission" Says RO handing a piece of paper to the CO

"Sir meet our newest crew member Sarah Bambi Howell" Says Dutchy

"Hello. Great to have you here" Says the captain shaking my hand "I'm Mike Flynn CO of this beautiful ship"

"Hi. It's an honour to serve with you sir" I say shaking his hand

"As it is for me" He says picking up the piece of paper RO gave him

"RO meet Bambi" Says Dutchy pointing to me

"Nice to meet you" I say extending my hand

"Likewise" He replies not bothering to shake my hand

"Don't worry about him" Says a male standing next to me "He's a bit of a weirdo" He says "I'm Leo, 2DADS" He says shaking my hand

"Bambi" I reply "I've heard about you. You're a bit of a trouble maker" I say teasing him a little bit

"Oh yeah" He asks raising an eyebrow "From who"

"My boyfriend" I say before walking away to follow Dutchy

"And this is Swain" He says to me

"Hello Swain" I say shaking his hand "I'm Bambi"

"Hi" He replies shaking my hand quickly "I like your nickname. How did you get it" He asks me

"According to my first CO I was like Bambi when I first started out so he called me it a few times and it just stuck"

"Interesting" He says with a smile

"You better be careful around me" I say with a laugh

"Why is that" He asks

"Well it's my first week on a Patrol Boat so I might get sea sick and throw up on you" I say still laughing

"Oh god" He replies with a laugh "Who opened their big mouth and told you what Spider did"

"Actually" I say with a little pause "Billy told me himself"

"Really" He asks

"Yeah" I say "When I told him I was coming onto this ship he told me all about it and everything and everyone on this ship"

"How do you know Billy" He asks me

"He is my boyfriend" I say with a small grin

"Seriously" He asks me looking kind of shocked "How is Spider"

"He is great" I reply "He is currently serving on Ballarat"

"Great ship" Says XO "So you're dating Spider are you" She asks me

"Yes ma'am I have been for just over a year now"

"That's great" She replies with a warm smile "Make sure you tell him I say hi"

"Same for me" Says Swain

All of a sudden a man comes running up the stairs

"Sir" Says the man

"Yes Charge" CO replies

"I have spotted something in the water bearing 2 miles directly ahead"

"Get it on the EOD 2DADS" Says CO

"Sure thing boss" Replies 2DADS sitting down at the EOD

"Good eyes Charge" Says CO

"Thank you sir" Replies Charge

"Got it boss" Says 2DADS moving so the boss can see

"Wow" Says the boss "I've never seen anything like it"

"Like what sir" Says the X walking over to him

"That" He says pointing at the EOD