CH 9
When she walk onto Hammersley with her sea bag she saw Jim there
"hello Kate" he said grinning at her
"jim, your here for the terrorist thing"
"yeah, how are you"
"i'm good thank, I better go and get change"
"sure talk to you later" Kate went and got change then she went and saw Mike who was in his cabin.
"mike what going on"
"MS cruise, she got information about the cases" Kate walk in and close the door.
"mike I spoke to an old friend from ASIO. He is alarm about what MS cruise done and I know about the cases, he got copy of the report about it yesterday. There are four cases of cesium one three seven radio active istoop which is used in nuckclear power plants. There enough with enough semtex for two dirty bombs" mike look at Kate in shock
"what, two bombs"
"Yes from what I read, if one bomb gose off it would be worse than the world war two attack on Darwin"
"We got to find them"
"i know. We talk about Ms Cruise and what been going on. He going to help us out much as he can plus checking all her reports."
"Why her reports"
"Her missing for two weeks when we found her on bright island, the bombing and atempted bombing on Hammersley. Kerry said if the agent knew he should of inform NAVCOM since a patrol boat was dock at port"
"I hope he can help us"
"Same here Mike"
Half an hour later Hammersley left port to head north since that is where Ms Cruise wanted to go. Hammersley started boarding different boats which came up clean. When they follow a FFV, Ms Cruise try to intervence
"We should enore this boat it a what a FFV"
"i am the captain of this ship and we are checking all boats" Mike said as he turn around just as Kate called for hands for boarding staions.
When the HRIB where close to the FFV they where fired apond, but they manage to throw tear gas onto the boat. When they got on board the fire figh was stiil going on. When they took down the men Kate radio to mike before she and Dutchy went down below deck
"Strange that those men aren't forin fishmen" Kate said
"I agree X"
"i wounder what on this boat that they are protecting" Kate said just as dutchy open a box
"I got your answer X" Kate walk over and look in the box.
"that semtex, where the other half" She said then she and dutchy look around as she reported to Mike about what was found.
"you know dutchy Ms Cruise didn't want us to board this boat, out of the eight boats that we boarded she never said a thing till we came across this boat"
"you think she know about it"
"Yes I do, come on let's head back"
when they return to Hammersley with the semtex, they tow the boat back to port. Kate was getting a brew when Mike found her.
"you did good today X"
"thanks, have you spoken to dutchy"
"no why" Kate step closer to Mike
"don't you find it strange that Ms Cruise didn't want us to board the FFV out of all the boats we boarded"
"I've notice it also, I got RO to find out who the owner is of the boat"
"ok" they walk back up to the bridge while they talk about what was found.
"Ah sir I got an idea, I could get there GPS and get RO to to pull any darter off it"
"It a long shot, do it"
RO and two dads left the bridge and went over to the FFV where they got the GPS then return with it. RO was able to get the darter off it and return to the bridge with the lap top.
"I got every thing off the GPS sir but you will find this one interesting it was deleted from the GPS but I was able to retreve it sir" RO said.
Mike and Kate was looking what was on the lap top and talk about it just as Ms cruise and dutchy return from back of the boat. They talk about what was found and where they are heading. Mike, Kate and Dutchy notice the look on Madline face with out her knowing about it.
When it was time both HRIB'S left to go up the river where they found a shack. When they check it out there was a man in there with radiaion burns. He killed him self. Kate and Jim check the shack and found information showing that Sydney is the targate. So they return back to Hammersley with the body. They where talking on the bridge about it when they heard from RAAF about a boat heading north east
"Get the cordants." mike said.
RO repect the cordants and relies it where they intercept the FFV. So they head there at the top of the green. When they where close the boarding team left hammersley and headed to the boat. When they boarded the boat and check it out they found two cases of radio active rods in them when there beepers start beeping when they walk into the room and saw the two cases. So Mike got the crew to send the men back to Hammersley while Dutchy and Kate took the boat back to Cairns.
Mike contacted commander O'Connors about the two cases. "Mike that is good news but I recived a report that the semtex was stollen, it was a full crate"
"full crate we only saw half."
"and two out of the four cases."
"that not good"
"No it not but I spoken to agent Baxter, he sent me every thing that Ms Cruise has done and he sent all text messages plus he had her phone tap since he spoken to lieutant McGregor yesterday"
"that great news"
"she made a call couple hours ago, she told the person which direction your going"
"thanks for informing me of this, we will be in port in couple of hours"
"Another thing Mike the boat your team boarded, it one of the two that was in Ms Cruise text message"
"i know, that means there is a bomb and it on the other boat and we are the decoy"
"it looks like it, see you when you return fair winds" then they hung up.
Mike return back to the bridge and sat down in the captain chair while thinking.
"Commander Flynn" Mike turn to Madline as she step ford
"i want to intergate the men"
"no your not"
"I have every right to"
"you can wait till we back in port" Mike turn and look out to sea.
Ms Cruise turn and walk off the bridge. When she did Mike turn to charge "Charge let me know if Ms Cruise go down to the aster"
"will do sir" Mike look out to sea for couple of minutes.
"Sir" charge said. Mike got up from his seat and walk over to the moniter to see what Charge is seeing
"Are you recording this"
"Yes sir"
"I don't have much time, did you past the cases over" Ms cruside asked
"Yes and he already got the semtext"
"will it be ready"
"Yes it will be ready on time"
"good you done well" then she turn around and walk out of the Aster.
"she behind it" charge said
"Yeah it looks like it. RO ford the recording to NAVCOM"
"Yes sir" RO stood up just as charge pass him the pen drive then walk down to the comcen.
When they return back to port Jim and madline left hammersley just as Dutchy and Kate return "there is another bomb" mike said
"you where right X" dutchy said
"how much time"
"Next twenty four, fourty eight hours"
"i hope we can find it sooner" kate said
"i agree" mike said as they walk onto Hammersley.
The next morning Hammersley left port like all the other ships including ones from Darwin and sydney since all ships are on high alert after they where inform on the dirty bomb. Agent baxter was on the phone to his contact who been montering Madline cruise phone when the guy called him
"Kerry I got great news, the phone number that been used in the past few days, I was able to locate it, it is statoner just south of Cairns"
"Can you give me the cordants"
"sure" then he read out the cordants
"thanks mate"
then he hung up then called commander o'Connors, when the lieutant wouldn't get the coomander he hung up then he called Kate cell phone. Every one on the bridge was worried about what been going on when Kate phone rang so she answer it
"Kate McGregor, hello"
"Kate it kerry, has Ms cruise been getting text messages in the past hour"
"Hey, i'm busy right now and yeah that would be great where" she walk over and took pen from her shoulder pocket and took mike note book that was next to him and opening it it
"Ms Cruise is close by"
"Yes what was the address"
"the cordant are" then he read out what he wrote down. When mike saw them he look strate a head
"it would be great to catch up"
"good luck Kate"
"thanks talk to you soon" then she hung up
"Every thing ok X" mike asked
"Yeah it an old navy friend, he in town for few days"
"Should I be worried" Kate smile
"no, he married"
"Ok" Kate rip the paper then fold it and put it in her pocket just as Ms Cruise phone rang so she walk down the steps while answering it. Kate walk over to the radar and type in the cordants
"Sir, it fiftten miles from here at one six zero"
"Swin turn one six zero slowly"
"Yes ir turning one six zero" then the ship slowly turned. When they were close
"sir I got other plans on radar"
"Stop engines"
"Stopping engines" Swain said
"Call boarding stations, i'm coming with you, you take thunder and i'll take lightening. RO get hold of NAVCOM and give them our persision"
"Yes sir" RO said just as hands to boarding station was called over the PA system.
When they all grear up Mike told every one who going on what HRIB. When they walk to the back of the boat Ms Cruise was there "what going on"
"We boarding a boat that we been after, we got an opportuinty to get it"
"Why not later"
"Cause this boat is dangerest boat, that all you need to know Ms Cruise" Mike said just as he got on board.
Minute later both HRIBS headed to the boat while Ms Cruise walk up onto the bridge to see what was going on. She could see the boat in the distants then walk over to where a leader is following both HRIBS and not having it on the boat in question.
When the guy on the boat heard boats heading towards him he walk out on the boat deck to see two HRIBS heading towards him, he relies it was the navy, so he went down and actervate the timer then went up top and turn the engine on and move it full throater then he sent a text message.
Then he pick up the gun and fired at the boarding team. They fired back till they shot the guy. When they boarded the boat two dads went up top to stop the engine while kate mike and jim went down below deck when they saw the bomb
"It been actervated" jim said
"Can you disarm it" Mike asked jim check it over
"Yeah but there not much time"
"what need to be done" Kate asked
"cut the white wires that would seprate the cases from the main bomb" Kate turn to mike
"We can do it"
"Kate"
"We can die trying Mike"
"ok every one back on the HRIBs and head back to Hammersley"
"I'll turn the boat ans head out to deeper waters" kate said as she went up to the wheel house.
Every one else was back int the HRIB Kate turn the boat and headed out to sea since they where close to land. Then she went down and stood next to Mike with clippers in hand
"Lets do this" mike said" then they started cutting the white wires while both HRIBS return back to Hammersley.
When they return to the bridge they saw RO and bird got Ms cruise on the ground with her hands pin behind her back as she yes yelling at them
"what going on" Dutchy asked
"This" bird show dutchy the text message "Navy found me you bitch, you trader, actervating timer now" Charge and Dutchy stood Ms cruise up after RO and bird stood up
"It's over" dutchy said
"It not over, there no time to deactervate the bomb" She said.
"Well then you may as well watch the show like the rest of us" Dutchy said
"where commander Flynn"
"He and the X are on the boat trying to deactervate the bomb"
"there no time" she said with a smirk. They all watch and waited.
RO was talking to couple of patrol boats who just shown up and stop. Mike and Kate cut the white wires then removed both cases from the bomb
"sorry Kate" Kate look at the timer it showed fifteen seconds left
"Grab the case, count and jump" she said as she grab her case. Mike did the same then follow Kate to the back of the boat where they jump into the sea while holding onto the cases while counting down in there head.
The ships that was close by to Hammersley saw in horror as the boat exspoded in front of them. "did they get off" Charge asked Bird who was looking at the EDO when the boat exspoded turn to charge
"they did jump with the cases but... I don't think they made it" she started to cry.
