Chapter 3
On board the Nimitz
Shortly after they were picked up from the airport, the Teen Titans, along with US Navy soldier, arrived at the Pearl Harbor Naval Base on the dock where the USS Nimitz was anchored. "Here it is, Teen Titans," the soldier said to them. "The pride of the Nimitz-class of aircraft carriers, the USS Nimitz." Beast Boy then said in amazement, "Nimi-whoa." Robin then asked, "So, where do we go from here?" The soldier replied, "We'll first head up to the bridge of the ship and the captain will give you the tour of the ship before we finally set out to sea." "Very well. Looks like our journey begins here," Raven stated. The Titans were soon on the bridge where they met the captain of the USS Nimitz. The Captain then greeted the Teen Titans, "Greetings, Teen Titans. I am Matthew Levitt, the Captain of the USS Nimitz." Robin replied, "I'm Robin, the leader of the Teen Titans. This Starfire, Cyborg, Raven, and Beast Boy." "I am delighted to meet you Captain Levitt," Starfire said to the Captain. The Captain replied, "I am also pleased to meet all of you. We shall now start the tour about the most important parts of this vessel beginning with the bridge." And thus the tour began, it moved downward from the bridge, across the flight deck, thru the hangar deck, engineering deck, mess halls, and crews quaters, finally to the propulsion deck where within lies the Nimitz's nuclear heart. Once they returned to the flight deck, the Captain then said, "Now that we've concluded our tour of the vessel, we will now set out from Pearl Harbor, and we head out to about 2,500 miles northwest of the Hawaiian Islands." "We are very expectant for your live fire exercise," Robin added. The USS Nimitz then began to move out of the docks of the navy base and was on its way out into the blue waters of the Pacific and into a new definition of adventure.