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Navcom
Cairns

Mike is sitting in his office working on more paperwork, when his email pings to alert him that he has a new email. When he looks, he sees it's from Kate.

To Commander: Mike Flynn

From Lieutenant: Kate McGregor

Subject: Change in Contact people

Just informing you that Captain Jim Roth relationship with myself Lieutenant Kate McGregor is over, so in the case of any emergencies he will not be needed to be contacted.

Thank you

Lieutenant Kate McGregor

Mike sits in his chair with a smile on his face.

Finally she has done it, I wonder how he is taking it, did she manger to talk to him, or did she end up leaving a message on his phone, or did she email him. I do feel sorry for him in a way, Kate is a beautiful woman. He thinks to himself, as he hits the reply button.

Thank you for this information Kate, I will make a note of it on your file that Jim Roth is no longer a contact person, you will need to come in and see me regarding this matter as well, as you will need to sign the removal paperwork.

Commander Mike Flynn

Mike sits there thinking, hoping she gets his meaning. He knows and she knows he wasn't on anything, but they both know the removal of a contact person must be signed off by the person who's name is on the file. As he works away on the file he was addressing when the email first came through, he gets another alert, he's hoping it's a reply form Kate, and when he looks it sure is.

I will happily await our return so we can finish addressing this matter, and me signing the appropriate paperwork, for finalisation.

He leaves it at that and goes back to what he was doing, a smile gracing his face for the rest of the day, the others at Navcom have no idea what has suddenly gotten their Commanding Officer smiling, but they like it as he is in a better mode as well.

Five days later.
Hammersley

"Ma'am do you know when Commander Flynn is going to allow us to return back to base for some down time." Complains Charge.

"No idea Charge."

"Can you sweet talk him please, Larnee is due to fly back in a week, I would really enjoy some time with her this time around."

"Charge I have no say over what Commander Flynn has us doing." She replies back, the crew think totally different they know there is something going on between those two, just by the way they had been while on the boat, the things said, the things not said but total understanding of the other.

"Charge how is her application coming along?" she decides to side track them off her and Mike.

"Good so far Ma'am, they have a few concerns, but we hoping to address them not sure how though."

"And what are those Charge?"

"My last marriage failure due to this job, as well the age and how quickly we married. But its ok, we are working on it, and our representative is seeming rather positive now with it all, so hopefully soon she be allowed to stay full time, and not have to return every few months."

"Well I hope it all works out for you this time around Charge."

"Me too Ma'am."

"X we have a radar contact." Comes from Dutchy interrupting the conversation between Charge and Kate.

"Location Dutchy."

"Looks like it's just on our side of the EEZ,"

"Is it showing up its details on the radar Dutchy?"

"Yes Ma'am, its registered name is Pant Alum." Kate can't believe what she has just heard.

"Dutchy repeat that name again." She says as she gets up to also check that he is correct."

"The tag sign is Pant Alum."

"Shit." Comes from Kate. The crew on the bridge are shocked by what just come out of their XO's mouth.

"Dutchy mark it's position and stay monitoring it, do not, and I mean it we do not get any closer to this vessel. RO I need you to set up a secure and coded frequency line from Com's cen to Captain Marshal in Darwin, and Commander Flynn in Cairns now, they also need to be on the same line.."

"Ma'am I can't do that without the CO's approval."

"RO, do it NOW, I have to brief those two officers and I can't brief anyone else at all. I will inform the CO of my call." RO goes off to sort out the lines for her, but he isn't happy about doing it without the CO's approval. Kate goes and briefs her CO.

The two talk and she informs him that it's classified information, that only two people she knows of know and she needs to talk to them asap, she informs him that they can't go near that vessel or board it no matter what. She does tell him it's a mission a classified mission that she worked on. And that is enough for her new CO to trust her and allow her to do what she needs to do and tells her if RO has any problems then send him to him, as well as happily follow her instructions of not getting closer, he heads to the bridge and in fact moves Hammersley slightly further away from the vessel. But closer to the EEZ Zone, so if they monitoring their radar and have them on it, then it will look like they monitoring the EEZ boundary to the other vessel.

Com's Cen

"RO you can leave now."

"Ma'am I'm not happy about this, doing this without the CO's approval."

"The CO has approved it all, now leave." She says firmly to him.

"Ma'am you know I can't leave."

"RO you need to leave this is classified information."

"Ma'am I have clearance for classified information."

"Not this classified information, it's above your classification but not mine, and if you have an issue go to our CO he's already approved that I can take this on my own." She says getting rather cross with RO's ways. Just when she needs things to go easy he likes to put a spanner in the works. She stands there daggers pointing at RO, before he final gives up and leaves.

"I won't be responsible for any fall back on this ma'am."

"There won't be anything for you to worry about RO, now leave." She says before he finally closes the door, as it shuts he hears her locking it from the other side.

Kate picks up the phone.

"Kate what's wrong?" comes from Mike, he knows she's on the line just by her breathing, Steve just sits there at his end waiting for when they decide to address him, he can also hear the worry in Mike's voice. They both know there must be a major problem for her to wants a secure line with just them and no one else.

"Kate talk to me please." Comes from Mike. Mike knows something is up for her to use the secured coded frequency.

"They're back." Mike and Steve hear after a few quiet moments.

"Who's back Kate." Comes from Steve.

"The Pant Alum Sir."

"OH fuck." Comes from Mike, normally Steve wouldn't allow his officers to swear but he knows that the return of this vessel only means one thing for two of his officers. He's always been the one above the two of them. Their CO even when Maxine took over running the Cairns base, he was still in charge of these two, they always been under his command.

"Sir what's the plan then?"

"I need to make phone calls. Mike Maxine is going to have to come in and take over you need to go on immediate leave, Kate I will get fleet command to send through an urgent request for Hammersley to return to port, then you go to Mike's place and stay there together until I know what is about to happen. Also do you have to co-ordinates of where you have seen the vessel?" Steve says to them.

Kate rattles off their current location and that of the vessel they've spotted.

"Sorry Kate, Mike about this."

"It's not your fault Sir, the case was never closed, it's been open for so long now you sort of forget about the fact that at any moment your life will get turned upside by it all."

"I know that Mike, but you know I had always hopped it would stay a cold case never to show its head again. I'll go and get sorted on those things you two talk for a bit, sort out whatever you need to sort out now before Kate returns." Steve says before he hangs up. In his office in Darwin he gets back on the line a secure line and makes the phone calls needed, first being to fleet command to get Hammersley's immediate return back to Cairns. He knows this time around once it's over they won't be separating, they been through far too much since it all started to even think about being anywhere else.

"Kate you ok?"

"No, not really. Here I was thinking we may and now this."

"I know, but on one good note we will get to spend every waking moment together again. Do you want me to go around to your place and pick up a whole bunch of your gear and bring it back to mine?"

"Yes please, you know where everything is, but Mike in my wardrobe there is a shoe box label old photos, you will need to bring that with you."

"I've noted that down for you. We will get through this Kate."

"Are you sure Mike?"

"I'm 100% positive we will. At least we don't have to worry about Jim right now with us going back under."

"The only good thing from today is that."

"How long before your be home?" He says to her, home a place for both of them is where the other one is as well. He hears the slight sob coming from her. He knows this is going to be tough for her, for both of them. They been suppressing their feelings for the other for far too long.

"Kate honey it will be ok, what's your ETA back here to base?"

"Um I think it be about 0400 tomorrow morning."

"Ok well I will pick you up."

"Mike Steve told you to stay put."

"I know he did but you need me more. I'll see you then."

"OK see you in the morning Mike."

"Kate chin up, smile. I better go Maxine has arrived."

"That was quick."

"Not really she lives not too far away. Love you. Bye." He quickly tags on the end as he hangs up the phone as Maxine walks in, not looking at all impressed about being called back to work while still off on medical leave. She asks if everything is ok with him, he says yes for now but informs her not to contact him at all until he sends a message out to her. She tells him that Marshal has said the same thing regarding him and Kate, and she knows it's all classified. She also tells him to look after himself and Kate too.

When Kate leaves Com Cen she heads straight to her cabin and lays down, her brain going into over drive at what is about to lay ahead for her and Mike.

"Is he right, will it ever be anymore?" She says out loud to herself. She gets up and decides to have a nice long hot shower, she knows she shouldn't have a long one on Hammersley but they heading back to base and as of right now she honestly doesn't give a stuff in a way. Tomorrow she be back playing house with Mike, back sharing a bed, playing a happily married couple. Can they make it work this time around with so much more baggage between them.