Disclaimer: I do not own Sea Patrol.
Kate didn't know how long it had been since she had been taken but when she was dragged up to the deck she estimated that it had been a couple of hours
"Your stupid Navy friends want to see you," the guy who had taken her snarled.
"Who are you anyway?" she asked trying to hide her smile. Mike had found her. The man laughed unpleasantly.
"To you I am Chris," he replied. "Now get a move on!" Kate went without complaint. When they got to the deck he pressed a gun to her head again.
"Do you want your girl back or not?" Chris yelled over the water.
"Yes of course," Mike yelled back. "All we want is our XO back safe and sound." Kate's face fell slightly. Our XO. Not Kate. But still he was in front of the crew and they didn't know about their past.
"Move your man away from your cannon," Chris yelled. Kate now noticed that Buffer was by the machine gun, somewhere that Chris obviously didn't want him. Mike hesitated before motioning Buffer down to him. As Buffer reached Mike they began to have a whispered argument. Kate felt sick. She had a really bad feeling that she was going to have to save herself. Not that she objected to not having to play the damsel-in-distress of course. Chris made a motion to an unseen driver and the boat began to move. Kate suddenly noticed how close to the edge of Australian waters they were. Past that, she knew, Mike and the others couldn't follow her. She turned to her left slightly and saw that Chris was smirking even as he lowered that gun towards the floor. Kate ripped herself away from him and dived over the edge but not before she felt something rip into her shoulder. She screamed in pain as she hit the water. She stayed under for as long as she could, hoping that the water would distort her image and stop Chris from shooting her again. Eventually her head broke the water and she gulped for air even as she gripped her shoulder with the opposite arm.
"You little bitch!" Chris yelled aiming the gun at her in the water.
"Drop the gun NOW!" Mike roared across the water. Kate looked up and saw that Buffer was back in position as well as both RHIB's being prepared. Glancing back up at Chris she saw that he had dropped the gun on the deck.
"Ma'am?" Swain asked. Looking up, Kate saw his hand extending towards her. She grabbed it with her uninjured hand and ET and Bomber helped Swain pull her in to the boat. Swain looked at her shoulder and shook his head.
"We need to get back to the Hammersley," was all he said. That was the last thing Kate heard before she passed out.
A/N: What did you think? Like I said I'm pre-writing the chapters so I just need to type them up. The next one is twice as long so I'll see you when I get it typed…eventually
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