The bolts each soared past each other, each hitting their opponents ship. But were deflected from the ship's Klein field. Again both sides fired, and fired but eventually a bolt manages to hit the Missouri.

"Cassie whats the reading on the Klein field?" McGuire asked while trying to stand

"It's saturating, 3 minutes tops till it's down"Cassie replied.

"Ok what about Turrets one and two?" asked the captain.

"One and two need to cool down they are at their breaking point, turrets three and four can't get on to target." Cassie replied.

across the water...

"Shit, my Klein field is down, and I can't get a clean shot." Iowa said.

"Just destroy that battleship!" Missouri yelled, determine to thwart the humans pitiful attempt to get to open ocean.

Missouri launched another barrage at the human battleship.

"Cassie hard to starboard!" McGuire, yelled before being knock away from a explosion.

Cassie turn the ship like McGuire said narrowly missing the rest of the salvo. Cassie was repairing the damage done while the rest of the crew were attending to McGuire's injuries. Cassie fired a salvo back at Missouri.

Back on the shore of San Diego...

several high ranked officers and regular personnel watched the battle their heart's pumping fast, hoping that the Missouri won't sink.

"C'mon McGuire you can do it" said one of the officers

Back to Missouri and Iowa..

The salvo the human battleship fired missed Missouri but ended up hitting Iowa, Iowa being knocked off of where she was standing. Quickly Missouri looked at the now unconscious Iowa, her ship now moving into the line of fire of the human battleship.

"C'mon Iowa get up!" Missouri yelled frantically,

The human battle ship launched two more salvos at Iowa, each finding their mark, now Iowa was a floating wreckage, the ship engulfed in flames. Missouri jumped of her ship on to Iowa's and found her lying next on the deck of the ship. Frantically she ran through the smoke and flames, to reach Iowa. Picking her up, Missouri held Iowa in her arms, Iowa was barely awake, and with labored breathing. The human battleship was now firing on Washington, but before Washington could fire back, her ship exploded, the explosion killing Washington instantly, Washington's ship broke in two and sank to the bottom.

Cassie saw Iowa's ship move in front of Missouri, taking this chance she opened up with turret three and four, launching two salvos, each getting a direct hit. Seeing the Iowa ship in flames, Cassie then fired on the Washington, it's rounds finding it's mark, before the fog battleship could respond, it exploded, ten a few minutes later it sank beneath the waves

The men on shore watch the Washington explode, erupting in a cheer.

"Take that Fog" one man said

"Humans are kicking ass again!" said another

Missouri had no choice but to retreat, she took Iowa and her crippled ship and set back out to the ocean, her ship leaving a thick, black smoke trail. Iowas ship finally blew up three times before it too sank beneath the waves.

Cassie fell to the ground, exhausted, but happy to sink two Fog battleships.

Again the men on the shore exploded into cheer, the euphoria of them taking down not one, but two Fog battleships. The lead officer turned to the men and smiled wide

"We and the might mo are back in business!" he yelled, the men cheered even louder

The Missouri return back to the docks, battered, but still operational, quickly medic crews removed the wounded, including McGuire. Cassie got of the ship, only to meet cheers and and handshakes, which she turned down. She followed the medics to the base's hospital and sat in the room the medics put McGuire in.

Near Hawaii...

Missouri returned crippled, and holding a dying Iowa in her arms. Iowa weakly grasped Missouri's hand, gasping now taking in her last breaths

"I love y-you." Iowa said.

Then Iowa's hand went limp.

Anger and sadness rushed Missouri, feelings she had never felt. In a tear filled rage she screamed. This screamed startled Arizona and Utah.

Back in San Diego...

Cassie has fallen asleep on the couch in McGuire's hospital room. McGuire was sitting up reading a newspaper, several hours before he woke up with no memory of what happened. But he was informed that he won, and that the victory was a incredible site. A knock came.

"Come in" McGuire said as he took a sip of coffee

"Sir the ship's been repaired, also the doctor wants to talk to you" the man said.

McGuire nod, and the man stepped out letting a doctor in.

"Well doc, what can I do for you?" McGuire asked.

"Well John, your test results came back..' the doctor said before getting cut off

"Test results?" McGuire asked

"No one told you?" the doctor asked back

McGuire shook his head

"Ok, while you were out, i had on of my nurses take a blood sample, to make sure nothing else is going to prevent your surgery, the blood came out negative for anything, but when we checked your CAT scan, we found a fairly large tumor in your Occipital lobe. So I made sure I wasn't seeing something and ran a test, Sir you have cancer, and by telling how big this tumor is,you've got maybe five years left to live, that's if you don't go for chemotherapy."

McGuire was shocked, that explains his blurry eyesight and the headaches, and from time to time involuntary convulsions.

"So my only options are being plugged into a machine or live my last five years?'' McGuire asked

"I'm afraid so" the doctor replied

''Give me a minute please" McGuire said

The doctor nodded and left.

"Is everything alright?" asked Cassie

"No."McGuire replied

"Whats wrong?" Cassie asked

"I have cancer, which is a disease that kills you slowly or quickly depending on how early you detect it. it can be treated but not cured, meaning if being treated, the person will be hooked up to a machine slowly or quickly dying." replied Mcguire

Even though Cassie doesn't fully understand death and the circumstance of McGuire's condition, she walked up to him and grabbed his hand holding it, showing sympathy towards him.