"The exercise ended yesterday Kerenai when your unit was found by another patrol and 'rescued', they told their rescuers the plan and thus we stayed here waiting for you to arrive"
"I see and how exactly did we do sir?"
"You guys pass muster and are considered an integrated group now"
"Good, now for us to get supplies and new orders for us"
"Yeah and until we get those orders we will have no idea what said orders are considering we're still a new unit due to the whole allergy session"
"That wasn't your fault Kerenai none of us knew that the meal you had had nuts in it"
"We still should have told someone before I went out, that was negligence on my part"
The camp commander who had heard of the incident made a valid point that would put a new perspective on the whole situation
"When did you guys have a chance to do so? I know that Kerenai had to meet with the Prime Minister for whatever reason and for the rest of the unit they were a bit busy debriefing their superiors on what had happened in Africa before they were forced to come here, so would someone like to tell me when you guys had time to inform us of the allergy? I think if it's anyone's fault it's your superiors because they were the ones who should have informed us of any medical conditions you guys might have had that could affect your service to the country before you guys even arrived"
That gives the American Marines some thought and they eventually realize that what had just been said was the truth, Sara had been busy getting things straightened out with the Prime Minister while the rest of the unit did have to do some major debriefing to their superiors when they arrived, and considering they informed their superiors hours before they had arrived their superiors had time to inform the British government about any and all of their medical conditions so that things like the allergy incident didn't happen because all that information was already known
"OK you win sir, we aren't at fault but except for me we can't chew out our superiors and right now I have bigger things to worry about then why I was almost killed by eating something"
"Like what?"
"Intel reports that I just got through my family in regards to the situation in America, I'm going to have to most likely fight for what I want to do, but for now let's see what our mission is"
As it turned out their first mission was actually in regards to America and the unknown Intel reports
"Wait our mission is to take care of a Quintesson base just off of the Hawaiian shore?"
"Exactly Gunny that's our mission"
Sara just sighs at hearing that and when she sees people looking at her expectantly she speaks up
"I'm afraid that what's off the coast of Hawaii isn't a base, I have received recent Intel reports from an active Hawaii resistance cell that the Quintessons recently made a new concentration camp off shore so that it's not as easy to attack as others have been"
"So I have to ask, who has the skills to do this then?"
"In America it would be the Navy SEAL's but in Britain, I'm going to have to defer to the SAS for this one seeing as how we're technically under British rule until we free America"
"Kerenai I have a mission for you and you alone I'm afraid"
"I think I can guess what it is, it could only be one of two things you either want me to join the SAS on the mission or you want me to use my special skills and do a solo scout mission off the coast of Hawaii so that we know exactly how to handle the concentration camp"
"Exactly, but I don't think you should have said that around your unit"
"Considering they have almost as high a clearance as I do I think I can"
"How much higher are you?"
"One level only in all reality, and they understand that if I say I can't tell them I can't tell them"
"Okay well whichever you think it's best is what we'll do"
"Give me a minute and I think I'll have a good plan because I'm wondering why it took so long to find out about this camp, and I also need to remember what the weather is typically like in Hawaii right now because weather affects lots of plans"
"Well there's actually a valid reason why it took you this long to find out about the camp Lt. we...we denied the group entrance at first when they mentioned who they were because we didn't trust they were telling the truth six weeks ago"
(Sighs) "I suppose that the President didn't explain about the resistance when he gave out the world wide alert about America being taken over by Quintessons?"
"Nope never heard of them, it took a commander in Japan to confirm they were telling the truth and we didn't think to ask until we noticed they were really persistent about what they were saying"
"Okay well I still need to do some checking up on the weather because that will affect the ocean and that in turn will affect my planning"
Sara looked and quickly thought up a plan that she knew would take a few days to get together
"Well, seeing as how a Hurricane is in the area and will take a few days to settle we can't do anything now, however I have decided that both the SAS and the Naval services will be used, the SAS because they are special forces and have the training we need, but we will need the support of the Naval services because it is the ocean and the ocean is unpredictable, they will be our safety net in case something goes wrong"
"But what about the secrecy factor?"
"That's why they will be at least fifty miles off the location of the camp at all times"
"But the need for underwater diving..."
"Easy, we will stay on surface for as long as possible by using zodiacs up to a certain distance away from the camp, zodiacs are not as noticeable as large vessels and they will have the gas needed to go back and forth"
"I just need one piece of confirmation do you just need the Royal Navy or the Royal Marines?"
"Both branches of the Naval services, you never know what can happen against Quintessons"
"Understood, well since it will be a few days before we can actually go through with the plan everyone needs to rest until further notice"
"No problem sir, and guys I know you're US Marines and technically be with the Royal Navy Marines but for some reason I get the feeling you would be better served staying in Britain, more specifically England then going with me"
"But Lt. what if..."
"No Gunny I can't have you come with me, listen to me and listen to me well, you guys are the only ones who have the right security clearance to deal with anything that comes up while I'm away. In all my life I have never seen Quintessons make an offshore concentration camp no matter how many of their camps are attacked on land, I suspect this is a trap to get displaced American soldiers. If that's the truth it's too dangerous for you guys because we're still allowed to wear our American uniforms, but I will be safe"
"How so?"
"I'm activating my full refugee status, as the only human raised child of the Cybertronians I am allowed to join the military of the country I seek refuge until I can rejoin the military of America, and in this situation I can either choose to be part of that country's military temporarily, like a sensitive mission like this one, or until America is freed which is more permanently"
"Then we will stay here as you request but you'd better do your best to come back safely"
"Well no one is going any wheres until the weather settles and that's final"
"Yes sir"
That night Sara was sleeping, but it wasn't a good sleep, when she woke up for the fifth time in three hours she realized what was going on and knew what she now had to do. She went over to her bag and brought out a small bottle that not many were aware of, it was a bottle of sedatives given to her soon after she had come out of cryogenic suspension. While she was recovering in the EDC base it was discovered that Sara occasionally needed help sleeping and the EDC sedatives worked so that if you were suddenly needing to be awake you could wake up as bright and alert as possible when you normally wake up, which had saved her life more than once during the second war for earth's freedom. Of course no one understood how the sedatives were able to work so effectively due to her resistance to drugs through her Kerenai blood
"The question is now before me once again, normally I would take the blasted pill so that I can sleep yet I hesitate now, my restlessness is not natural that I already know but I have no idea why I can't get any sleep tonight" (sighs) "I think that my powers are reacting to something like that one time in my past when I was in Britain for a vacation and an archery competition and the day of the competition there was a terrorist bombing incident"
Another soldier passed by where Sara was sleeping that night and saw the bottle she held, and the soldier a female Marine informed her superior about it who then had to go to Kerenai and confront her about the bottle
"Okay Lt. what on earth are you doing with pills on you?"
"These are EDC sedatives, I was given them soon after I awoke from cryogenic suspension due to nightmares I occasionally have, unfortunately this time the reason I can't get any sleep is because of an uneasiness I have been feeling lately"
"Will the pills not work then?"
"I have no idea, but I also know I need sleep for what is to come, and sir no one except the highest form of government is supposed to know about the sedatives unless I need them on a mission so don't go spreading it about if at all possible"
"But the possible interaction of drugs..."
"Don't worry these pills are designed not to cause adverse reaction unless found allergic"
"So why do you hesitate to take something that will help you sleep?"
"Because my being unable to sleep is unnatural, normally I wouldn't hesitate if I woke up five times in three hours but this time I'm afraid I must hesitate because I'm not sure if these will help me get sleep and yet..."
"And yet you need sleep so that you are capable of doing your mission"
"Exactly"
"How about this, you come to my tent and I will keep watch over you for two hours after you take the pills to see how they affect you and if nothing too severe happens you can stay in my tent while I take a night patrol for the first time in a while"
"Okay I can agree to that and it makes sense"
Fortunately for Sara the sedatives worked as intended and she got a full nights sleep after taking them. The next day she and the others continued making a few contingency plans just in case when a sudden call to arms was heard, when she went outside and used her special contacts she quickly saw what the problem was and simply went inside her tent and came out with her bow and arrows and also her guns.