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Now after some time, Ticonderoga woke up. Now well rested as last time he wasn't too comfortable. He was still in the room with nothing to do.

He stood up and walked aimlessly for a while till he heard something. Gunshots and frantic yelling outside.

He stepped away from the door, in case something happened. There was screaming now outside, as he could tell men were being killed, then… silence.

It went deadly silent for a few seconds till an orange hole blade went through the metal door. It started to cut downwards along the bolts that kept the door locked.

As soon as the blade pulled away, the door creaked open and Ticonderoga could see Ohio, along with the bodies of several dead men.

She was holding an orange holo blade in her right hand. She currently at the moment didn't have her sun hat. She stared blankly at Ticonderoga for a few quiet seconds before speaking in a monotone voice.

"You… come with me"

Ticonderoga hesitated for a moment before complying and stepping outside of the room besides her.

"You! Drop your weapon and get back in your cell!" A man with an assault rifle pointed at the two yelled.

Ticonderoga and Ohio looked at the man, but Ohio had a blank expression. She suddenly formed the holo blade into a spear and threw it at the man before he could react. The spear easily went into the man, who soon fell over limp.

Ohio calmly led Ticonderoga down the hall, taking her spear out of the man's body with ease.

"Who are you?" Ticonderoga suddenly asked.

"Ohio" Ohio said calmly, as they now turned the corner and came into the room that Ticonderoga was previously in with Annika.

There were dead bodies all around the room, probably killed by Ohio. She calmly walked to the other door, stepping over the corpses of the men. Ticonderoga followed slightly weary, even if he was a soldier, he was normally inside of a tank. He wasn't used to seeing dead bodies, outside of a tank.

They had just made it through the door, when a crash could be heard in the room behind them, along with the faint sound of someone groaning in pain, before screaming.

"What was that?" Ticonderoga asked as he looked back.

Ohio didn't want to risk getting caught at the moment, with Ticonderoga, so she grabbed one of his hands and ran down the hallway. When she suddenly ran, Ticonderoga lagged behind, and almost tripped as he had to run as well to keep up with her.

They ran through the different hallways, opening and closing doors as they went, until they were suddenly outside when Ohio stopped running. Ticonderoga stopped and panted, a bit as they ran for a while. Then he looked up and could see that it was nighttime. He could see in the distance a city, lighting up the night sky, he could also see that they appeared to be on a large gravel parking lot, and several armored cars parked close by.

Ohio directed Ticonderoga towards the Armored cars, who soon did so and walked towards them. Soon he could see the silhouettes of several soldiers standing near the armored cars, guns at the ready, one even had night vision and seemed to be on the watch for anything.

He could suddenly hear a voice of one of the soldiers speaking "good, you got the objective, and it seems there was only a few footmen here to protect him"

"Seems so, but don't lower your guard. The Phantoms and Fog are coming here as well" Ohio responded "just take him for now. I'll be following in the rear"

"Alright. Come here, Phantom. Get in the car" the soldier said as Ticonderoga could see his form getting closer to himself. He couldn't make out exact features, but he could tell it was an American soldier with an assault rifle.

Ticonderoga did as ordered, and found that the door to one of the armored cars was opened, so he went inside. There he found a soldier sitting across from him, with a blank serious face on. He actually looked quite calm, as he was used to being in the military.

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Now at the same time as when Ohio was trying to find Ticonderoga; Nitze, Seydlitz, and Princeton were on top of the building trying to get in.

They were currently huddled around an air vent to the inside. Nitze, using a purple holo blade, was cutting the grating to get inside.

"Alright, Princeton stay here on the roof top and monitor the exits in case Ohio is already here. Seydlitz and I will go in and extract Tico. Understand?" Nitze said as she finished cutting the grating.

"Yes ma'am" Princeton responded "though how are you going to get through... that?" He then pointed at a giant fan that was spinning at a dangerous speed for anyone to get sucked into.

"That isn't good" Seydlitz said.

"No, it's no problem. Watch" Nitze said as she now stuck the holo blade directly into the blades. A massive screeching sound of metal tearing apart could be heard, as the blade completely wrecked the fan. Nitze then tore open the blades so that they could get in.

"Huh, alright then" Princeton said, surprised at what Nitze did.

"I'll go in first, then you follow me, Seydlitz. Alright?" Nitze said in a happy yet quieter voice than normal.

"Alright then take the lead"

Now Nitze dipped in through the hole she made till she had disappeared into it. There was a brief pause before a loud bang could be heard echoing through the vent.

be careful Seydlitz, there's a drop when you go through Nitze warning over comms.

alright Seydlitz said slightly nervous. She gulped slightly as she got near the hole, and went through it, disappearing from Princeton's sight.

Seydlitz had expected the drop, but she was surprised when she hit the bottom several feet downwards, causing another loud bang to happen.

"Alright I'm here" Seydlitz said quietly, as she saw Nitze on all fours, in one of the splintering vents.

"Good" Nitze responded in a happy tone. "Come on this way" she said as she turned around into the vent, to lead Seydlitz "Tico's beacon says, he's this way"

"Alright let's go then"

Now the two started crawling through the vents in the direction that they could sense where Ticonderoga was. That was till Nitze suddenly stopped in her tracks.

"Hmm? What is it Nitze?" Seydlitz asked as she peered through one of the air vents below her.

"Tico's beacon is moving now. So he got out, or Ohio is here. And I think the latter is probably what is happening"

"Then we need to hurry up" Seydlitz said "I think if we keep going and can turn right at the next turn, wherever that is, we'll intersect them"

"Alright. We're coming to you Tico, just hang in there a bit longer" Nitze said as she started crawling again

Soon they did come upon an intersection and took a right and went that way. They kept crawling for some time till the came upon what looked like a wider room, though it was slightly harder to tell from the vents.

Again Nitze stopped and looked back at Seydlitz "hold on, Tico's behind us now. Go backwards"

"Ah, ok" Seydlitz said as she backed up, right onto a grating that was thin. It buckled under her weight and there was a brief pause when Seydlitz realized what happened 'Scheisse' she thought to herself as the sound of breaking metal could be heard, and she fell through the vent into the room.

She landed in a loud crash, as she fell down onto the floor. But she could hear something crunching when she hit the floor, and could feel that she was on something squishy. She groaned in pain as she looked to see what she had fallen on. As soon as she saw it she screamed and jumped backwards, only to land on something else similar to what she had seen before. She had just landed on a dead body that was laid out on the floor, fresh blood stains still visible from where a spear had gone through the heart, and now she was on another dead body.

Nitze peeked through the hole in the vent to look at Seydlitz "what is wron-" Nitze stopped talking as she saw what Seydlitz was seeing, but she hadn't stopped because of the horror. She wasn't actually scared of the dead bodies like Seydlitz was, but she could tell that Ohio had to have killed them. At the same time she could sense Ticonderoga's beacon getting further away.

Seydlitz stopped screaming and shot up to her feet, frightened. She wanted to scream again, but found she couldn't as she was out of breath. She looked around frantic, and could see the bodies laid all around the room. She was a civilian before, so she had never seen dead bodies in person before. After a moment she regained her breath and said in a frantic voice "wha-what happened here!?"

"Must have been Ohio. I can sense Tico's beacon getting further away" Now Nitze slid out of the hole and gracefully landed on the body that Seydlitz had originally fallen on, with another crunch sound happening.

Seydlitz cringed at the new crunching sound and turned away. She felt sick as she heard the sound and thought she would vomit.

Nitze passed by Seydlitz, now having a more determined face. "Come on, Seydlitz, no time to vomit. We need to catch up with them before they get to far"

"Ugh, alright. Where did they go?" Seydlitz said as she still felt a bit sick.

"Down this wa-"

hey guys, we might have a little problem Princeton chimed in now over comms.

what is it Princeton? Nitze asked as she now opened up the door, and ran down the hallway in the direction of where Ticonderoga's beacon was going. She was soon followed by Seydlitz.

the military is here. I count six armored cars, two of them have auto cannons. Maybe… twenty to thirty men. I'm sending you my location, I'm where they're at now Princeton sent Nitze his location, and it slightly concerned her, though she didn't show it too much.

that is where Tico's beacon is heading towards

That's not good

Seydlitz and I are following his beacon, so we should be there soon. Inform us if there are any changes in those cars

yes ma'am

Now the two of them continued running down the hallway towards where Ticonderoga's beacon was heading, until Princeton contacted them again.

guys, I can see Ticonderoga, and a little girl now. They're walking towards the armored cars

does the little girl have a sundress and a sun hat? Nitze asked as she went as fast as she could, though she was now going faster than Seydlitz, so Seydlitz fell behind slightly.

um… I see no sun hat, but She does have a sundress. And is that a scarf?

that is Ohio, don't engage. Just keep us informed and keep an eye on Ticonderoga. We'll be there soon

yes ma'am Princeton responded I can hear them faintly. A soldier… he's praising Ohio a bit he paused for a moment before speaking again they're leaving now, Ticonderoga is getting herded into a car. Be careful, Ohio is going to follow in the rear

alright! We're almost there Nitze said, as she could now see the door to the outside. Seydlitz soon could also see the door, though she was some ways behind Nitze.

Ticonderoga is in the vehicle, and they're starting to pull away

which one is he exactly in, and where are the ones with auto cannons? Nitze asked as she now stopped at the door, and formed a holo blade. She was soon met by a panting Seydlitz, who was regaining her breath.

he's in the third one from the front, and the ones with auto cannons are at the very front and the very back

alright we're there now. Get ready, we're going to act now. I'll distract Ohio, and those soldiers. While I'm doing so, you two focus on getting Ohio Nitze said as she now peeked through the door to see what was there, and could see what Princeton reported was accurate. once you get him, Kearsarge will have his V-22 come and get you, I'll be a bit behind on my own helicopter. Understand?

yes ma'am Princeton responded.

Seydlitz let out a sigh before speaking "yeah, I do"

good Nitze said Kearsarge, Manfred, how are the skies?

they're fine for me Kearsarge responded not so much for Manfred. Oh there goes another one

what is happening? Nitze asked.

The Air Force is all over my planes Manfred said Kearsarge has his planes acting together with the Air Force. I'm really no use besides being a distraction

that is fine. Did you hear what I planned Kearsarge? Nitze asked.

yes ma'am, I have one ready and awaiting evac

Now the second to final armored car had pulled away, and if they wanted to act to rescue Ticonderoga, they had to act now.

alright I'm going to act now Nitze said as she opened the door fully and turned to look at the retreating armored cars.

She had raised her holo blade to throw it at one of the cars, but before she could throw it, another holo blade hit the left side of her personal Klein field and bounced off. She jumped back slightly now to turn her attention to what threw the holo blade, and she saw Ohio about twenty feet away.

"Hello Nitze" Ohio said calmly. "I see you did respond to the distress beacon"

"Of course I did! Why would I leave one of my own behind!? Like you!" Nitze suddenly yelled as she remembered the traitorous acts that Ohio had done to the Phantom Fleet.

"But he is not of your own. I could already tell he was a hybrid by the way he was captured. No, mental model could ever end up captured that way. To be honest he'd probably turn against you if he was removed from the network"

"You don't know what he's like! you know?!"

"I do though. He was probably captured quite recently, probably when you went on that rampage in that fishing village. He's just like any other hybrid, whether it be the Fog or the Phantoms, forced to serve their masters or face death. Well besides those small amounts of people that don't mind it too much"

Nitze was visibly growing angrier at Ohio, as she spoke. "Well even if that's so! That doesn't shake the fact that you betrayed us! You were supposed to join up with me, and Frunze, and Sampson! Now I guess you be meeting Nimitz to face punishment"

"We chose a different path. You know full well this blockade is meaningless, more so for the Phantoms. So we chose to help the humans instead"

But now as Seydlitz and Princeton watched, Princeton could see what Ohio was doing with Nitze, as now the convoy of armored cars were quite ways away.

Nitze! Ohio is stalling! The cars are getting away! Princeton yelled over comms.

Nitze briefly paused and her face seemed to change to a more neutral expression as she looked at the cars, retreating further and further. But she had made a mistake by looking away, and before she could react, her Klein field lit up again as Ohio struck her on her left side, knocking her to the ground.

Nitze looked back at Ohio and her face turned back to an angry looking one. But now Ohio spoke "we won't allow you to get him. He has a job for us first"

Nitze still looked angry as she gripped her holo blade, but now she did ask "why are you saying 'we'? And what job?" Princeton, Seydlitz try to catch up with the convoy. Kearsarge, try stopping that convoy. I probably won't be able to help, so I'll try to keep Ohio here Nitze said over comms

alright. But I'll need to wait for you to start fighting Ohio. And Princeton ping me your location so I can follow you. It is really dark Seydlitz said, as she peeked out the doorway, but could barely see anything.

yes ma'am Princeton said as he moved towards where the convoy was going, jumping off of the building and onto the ground. sending the ping now

aircraft are on the way ma'am

"Hmm, all will be revealed in time. But now I think I can no longer keep you occupied by just talking" Ohio said as she raised her holo blade up to a defensive position.

Nitze groaned slightly in frustration as Ohio didn't answer her questions "Well I guess that you are right on that one" Nitze said just before she lunged forward and swung her blade towards Ohio. But the blade was stopped by Ohio's blade. Now they fought each other, blades clinking together, and Klein fields blinking on, when they were actually able to land a blow.

go now, Seydlitz! Nitze ordered over comms.

Now Seydlitz darted out of the doorway towards Princeton's location ping, past the now two fighting mental models. As she ran she could barely see what was actually in front of her, though did manage to dodge anything that would have tripped her up. For a second she did look back and could still see Ohio and Nitze fighting, with the only Indications being the flashing of their Klein fields.

Hey, kearsarge? Where are those planes? They'd be really useful right now! Seydlitz yelled over comms.

they're coming! They're only three miles from you. The V-22 is also following them

good! Stop them please! I don't know how much longer I can keep running like this!

will do

Now after a few seconds of running, the screeching of jet engines could be heard getting closer. Soon the zoomed past where Seydlitz was, and where Princeton was up ahead of her. Then an explosion far ahead of them, as the forward most armored car exploded from a missile. It caused all cars behind it to grind to a halt.

good job Kearsarge! Seydlitz said as she continued to run towards the halted cars, probably now four or five hundred feet away, with Princeton about two hundred feet ahead of her.

can those things hover? Princeton suddenly asked.

yeah, why do you ask?

if you can get one to hover nearby for easier ground support. There's still a lot of soldiers, and they'll all likely have night vision goggles

I'll see what I can do

Now as they continued to get closer and closer to the stopped convoy, which was currently in the process of trying to go around the exploded car, they could again hear the screeching sound of jet engines, but this time the auto cannon on the remaining armored car with one opened fire on the jets in an attempt to destroy them. But it failed, and resulted in the furthest back car to explode, meaning the cars in between were stuck between two wrecks and no longer had any auto cannons.

the three middle ones are trapped. The next jet will hover and provide support Kearsarge said.

alright, thanks Seydlitz responded, as she now joined up with Princeton about a hundred feet away from the convoy.

The forward car that had been destroyed was currently on fire, which lit up the surrounding area. The one in the back wasn't on fire, but it wasn't in any shape to move. Currently the backwards most car that was intact tried pushing the wreckage back, but currently it seemed ineffective.

"Ok… now we just need to get those soldiers out of their cars" Seydlitz said

"And that is easier said than done" Princeton said as he now cautiously approached the armored cars. He was soon followed by Seydlitz, both of them thinking of multiple ways to get them out.

"Hey, how many spare nanomaterials do you have, Princeton?" Seydlitz asked.

"Probably enough for a spear" Princeton said before glancing at her "why?"

"Let's pop their tires" she said as she herself started to form two short swords, with what spare nanomaterials she had. Now she started to slowly walk towards the convoy.

"Alright, let's do that" Princeton said, now as he formed a spear, and started to walk with Seydlitz hey Kearsarge, how far is that jet that will help us?

it's coming, but the Air Force is starting to realize that my planes aren't friendly

ok, we're going to pop their tires, so we'll need your support

ok, be there soon

Now as the two approached, they deliberately came from behind the destroyed one. They were coming to the rear most of the cars that were still functional, it was still trying in vain to push the wreckage back, they could see that the wreck didn't even look like it was budging.

"I'll go take the left wheels, you take the right ones. If we can't take any of the fire, hide behind the destroyed car" Seydlitz said.

"Ok. Those wheels are bulletproof, so slash it wider than just a small hole" Princeton said as he approached the rear right wheel.

"Roger That" she said as she approached the rear wheel on the left side.

Now as the wheels spun, still trying, the two of them thrust their weapons into the wheels. Now not only the sound of rubber ripping, but also the sound of metal tearing as Princeton thrusted his spear a bit farther and went into the metal rim, so the metal rim was also destroyed. It happened in a split second, and the two of them had to pull away before they lost their weapons.

Almost immediately the wheels stopped, and there was a pause before two doors on either side of the truck popped open and three soldiers came out to inspect what happened, two on Seydlitz' side, and one on Princeton' side. But before they could inspect the wheels, Seydlitz swung her short swords at them. One immediately got stabbed just below the neck, while the other was able to dodge her attacks and was able to fire his assault rifle at her. The rounds just crumpled as they impacted her Klein field, but they did start saturating it.

As Seydlitz now charged at the soldier, the soldier frantically spoke over his radio {mental model, on the left side of the convoy! We need immediate reinforcements!} but their radios were already being jammed, so the message didn't go through. Though the men in the armored car that they came out of did hear the soldier. The soldier though couldn't dodge her attacks for too long and got stabbed in the stomach. Seydlitz stood there still for a moment as she could see the life in the soldier's eyes disappear, and he fell off from her sword to the ground. She looked down at the man for a moment in a 'What have I done?' Way, as while she has killed people they have always been out of sight, and never in a manner like she had just done. Though it was short lived, as the driver's side door opened up and another soldier appeared with his weapon drawn. She was caught off guard and a weaker part of her Klein field was hit by several bullets before she could react. She turned to face the soldier and was about to charge at him like the other before, but her Klein field was dangerously saturated, so instead she turned around to run behind the destroyed armored car. She also prioritized her Klein field around vital areas. She got hit twice by the soldier, both in her right leg.

At the same time on the other side, Princeton had a slightly harder time dealing with the soldier than Seydlitz did. As when the soldier got out, he immediately noticed Princeton and opened fire on him. Like with Seydlitz, the rounds just crumpled against his Klein field, though the soldier was able to dodge his attacks more effectively than the others, but soon he got nicked a bit from Princeton's spear. He kept dodging for a moment, until he got a large slash across his chest, and his rifle was destroyed by Princeton swinging his spear. As soon as the soldier got the slash across his chest, he fell to the ground in pain, while he wasn't dead, the soldier was in a lot of pain and was losing a lot of blood, and would be dead soon.

Though Princeton didn't get a breather, as the other door on his side opened up and another soldier came out. Though this time Princeton was able to destroy the soldier's rifle before he could fire it. Then he held the man at spear point. Instantly the soldier held his hands up, and just looked calmly at Princeton, before having a slightly confused look on his face.

"Phillip? Is that you?... Or did you just steal his face?" The soldier said, confused.

The voice Princeton recognized as a colleague when he was still in the military. "Sorry Stan, this ain't personal" Princeton said as he now hit the soldier on the head with the staff part of the spear, though only hard enough to knock him out.

hey, Seydlitz, how is it on your side? Princeton asked as he now looked down at the remaining armored cars.

not good! Not good! I got hit in the leg. I think I'm fine, but I don't know where that soldier is. I'm behind the destroyed car

alright, I'll come over and assist

ok

Now as Princeton rushed over to help Seydlitz, they could both hear the soldier yelling "Hey! I need assistance! Two mental models are out here!" Now after a slight delay, the sound of multiple doors opening and soldiers getting out could be heard.

"Shit, there's more Soldiers now" Princeton said as he now rejoined with Seydlitz.

{Kearsarge! Where is that plane?! It would be really useful} Seydlitz asked as she took a quick peek at the soldiers from behind the wreck. Before hiding behind the wreck again as she saw about a dozen soldiers.

it is coming, but most of my planes are now dealing with the Air Force Kearsarge responded frantically over comms I think it'll be there in a few seconds

alright, but we need immediate support when it gets here. There's like two dozen soldiers here Princeton said as he peeked out at the soldiers, before moving back to cover as he was shot at by the soldiers.

Now a faint jet engine sound could be heard, before something came into view, because of the firelight. It looked to be a dark blue F-35 with glowing blue accents running across its entire form. Then they could hear one of the soldiers yelling "that isn't one of ours! It is of the Fog!" But before any of them could fire at it, there was an explosion on the left side of the convoy, killing several men instantly and throwing their bodies around.

"Oh my!- That was fucking loud!" Seydlitz said in surprise.

"It is but, at least there's less hostiles now!" Princeton said.

But then another faint jet engine sound could be heard, but it wasn't one of Kearsarge's. The sound got louder and higher pitch, before Kearsarge's jet got hit by something and spun out of control before crashing to the ground and exploded some distance away from Seydlitz and Princeton. The two looked shocked at what happened, and were speechless.

Then something zoomed by at high speed. The two only saw a slight glimpse of the jet, but from the glimpse they could tell it wasn't any kind they've ever seen before.

"What the hell was that!?" Seydlitz cursed.

"I don't know, but there goes our air support" Princeton said Kearsarge, got any more help that you can supply?

negative, there's three new jets here. They must be drones, they're pulling maneuvers that would kill human Kearsarge responded They've got some weird symbol on their sides, kinda like a sigi-

Then Seydlitz interrupted him can you just get that V-22 here?!

I can, but those jets will probably shoot it down

just get it here! I don't think we can retrieve Ticonderoga! Princeton ordered Nitze! We can't retrieve Ticonderoga. There's too many soldiers and Kearsarge's planes are occupied with the Air Force, they can't provide support. We have to pull out

ok! I can't actually keep Ohio busy much longer, so get out of here. I'll be joining you soon Nitze responds.

Now they could hear one of the soldiers yelling "mental models! We have you outnumbered! Surrender now!"

"Nein!" Seydlitz responded to the soldier.

Then faint sounds of the soldiers advancing could be heard, as they closed in on the two of them.

"This is your last chance! You have until the count five to surrender!" The soldier from before yelled again "one!... two!... three!..."

Then the beating of propellers could be heard, and glowing blue accents could be seen through the darkness, in the same direction as the F-35 came from. Then the sound of a Gatling gun could be heard firing at the soldiers, though soon it stopped and everyone could see the faint outlines of a V-22 osprey turning around and landing vertically.

come on! Get in! Kearsarge urged as the V-22's rear loading door opened up. I don't know how long I can keep it there

{alright, let's go!} Princeton yelled over the beating of the propellers. He rushed forward alongside Seydlitz, but noticed that she was slightly limping from the gunshot wounds. "Put an arm around me, Seydlitz! I can help you walk!"

"Al- alright!" Seydlitz yelled as she did so. Now the two both ran into the V-22, just as the soldiers started to fire, but as soon as they were aboard, the V-22 took back off and closed its door.

Nitze! we're aboard Kearsarge's V-22, without Ticonderoga. We're retreating now Princeton said as he could feel that he needed to hold Seydlitz up more. "Here, take a seat, Seydlitz. I'll patch up that wound best I can"

Seydlitz let out sigh and nodded "alright. Just help me right now" now they were in a lit up area, so they could actually see where they were. After she took a seat she groaned out "ugh, Alabama and Frunze won't be happy about this outcome"

"Yeah, Nitze said that failure would be met with punishment while success would be met with reward" Princeton said "do you know where you were hit?"

"I think in my right leg" Seydlitz responded "and yeah, last time we failed at a mission Alabama had us patrol around the Arctic Ocean for three weeks. We failed because a few of us disobeyed orders. I wonder how they'll react in this matter"

"I can suspect that whatever the result is, it isn't good. But if they act like the human military, then it probably won't be too bad. But that is if they act like them" Princeton said as he now checked her legs for bullet wounds, and found the two in her right leg, with minor bleeding.

"they aren't like the human military" Now Seydlitz chuckled lightly and shook her head.

"Yeah I know" Princeton with a sigh "Seems like the bullets went straight through, but I can't tell if there's damage I can't see. So for now I'll patch it up as best I can and have Sanctuary take a closer look at it later" he said as he now started to disinfect the wounds and wrap them up.

{hey, Kearsarge, is there any chance we'll make it out without getting shot down? Are those jets still around?} Seydlitz now asked.

they are just ignoring you right now Kearsarge responded I can see it clearly on infrared, they're only attacking my jets and Manfred's planes. Whoever's in control doesn't care about shooting you down

{well that is good at least} Seydlitz says as she leans her head back against the wall {how about you Nitze? Have you made it away yet?}

yeah, I have Nitze said in an unusual sounding tone for her to speak in, like that of defeat I can already see behind me, Ohio is moving those armored cars, so they can continue onward. Wait… what is that?…

hmm? What is it? Princeton now said.

that symbol… no that Sigil. On those jets

what about it?

Mmm, never mind. I'll see you two back at the fleet. I'm gonna wait for Ohio to leave and see if there are any survivors at that building, for hybridization

alright Seydlitz now said.

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Now Nitze sat in her own concept comms. The room currently was quite odd, for what you might've thought for Nitze. Instead of it being shown as a childish like room, from how she has shown herself, it was actually like the normal white gazebo of other mental models. But the colors were all swapped around, the pillars were a dark grey, with purple swirls running up them, the ceiling and the floor were jet black, the table was a dark grey, and the Sigil for the Phantom Fleet was on the floor underneath the table.

Across from Nitze sat Nimitz, odd since normally Nitze would be on the lower end of the power structure of the fleet. Instead Nitze was answering directly to the supreme Flagship.

"So, Nitze, why is it that you called me?"

Nimitz said in a formal manner "I can tell if you're using this room for concept comms it must be important"

Nitze stayed quiet for a moment hesitating before she spoke " Supreme Flagship, I've seen something that might be bad for the Phantom Fleet" Nitze spoke in a very serious voice, one that would surprise everyone in her fleet, even Frunze.

"What is it?"

"I saw… Phantom Sigil on a human drone"

"Do you have any photographs?

Now Nitze pulled up a data ring "sending you both the images I got, and what Kearsarge got as well"

Now Nimitz pulled up his own data ring to see the photos. He could see several images clear as day with a Sigil he knew very well, and that if it was true, could spell doom for even the Fleet of Fog.

"Hmm, thank you Nitze for sharing this information. I'll have it looked into"

"What will you do, if it is true she has betrayed us?"

"I'll perform a wipe on her"

"Such a waste for one of the most powerful super carriers to get their memories wiped"

"Sadly it is, but it has to be done. We cannot allow what happened to Ohio, to happen again"

"Ah, speaking of Ohio, Supreme Flagship, even if she isn't a traitor, someone else might be"

"Why do you say that?"

"When I faced off against Ohio, in a recent mission, she referred to herself as 'we' I think that even if Enty isn't a traitor, there might be someone else who is working alongside Ohio. And something else, Ohio said 'they' had a job for Ticonderoga to do, before we could have him back"

"Hmm, so there still is a possibility of another traitor, even if it isn't her, and a job… that doesn't bode well for any of us, Phantom or Fog" Nimitz now paused for a moment before speaking again "Well then, I have a job for you Nitze. When or if Ticonderoga comes back, watch him, they might have messed around with him. But don't act as you are now, considering your previous reports, they've known you as a more cheerful person than right now, so keep up the act"

Now Nitze suddenly seemed to revert back to her not cheerful self as she jumped out of the chair and yelled in a cheerful tone "alright! You can count on me Supreme Flagship!" She also added a little salute when she said that.

Nimitz nodded and said "good, just like that. You can go now"

Now without another word the concept comms booted both of them out, after it dissolved.

Now Nitze could be seen standing in front of two men, and one woman, all tied up so they couldn't escape, and they had bags over their heads so they couldn't see anything. But now Nitze giggled to herself "well then Enty… I wonder if you are friend or foe. Maybe CVN-80 should be called Enty instead. Traitors aren't allowed to get cool nicknames, CVN-65!"

When she yelled that, two of the humans flinched backwards from the sudden raising of her voice. The one who didn't flinch spoke now in a calm tone "so, who's CVN-65, and what do you want with us?"

Now Nitze moves over to the man who just spoke and momentarily lifted the bag to see his face. When she did so she could see Turgenev's face "the first one, is none of your business. As for the second one…" now Nitze went on explaining the normal explanation for what was going to happen to them, for hybridization. Though now she added something directed at Turgenev "though you sir, have something else of possible value. Why is it you were sent to retrieve Tico? I mean from the records I can dig up, you are ex-Russian military before the Fog came around, then you went hitman, bounty hunter kinda style. Then… the records stop just a month ago"

Turgenev stayed quiet for a moment before calmly replying "I'm not allowed to talk about my clientele's business"

"Who's your clientele?"

"Can't say"

Now Nitze pouted slightly "if you were just a normal civilian I would get that information out of you the harder way, but-" now Turgenev cut her off.

"You mean to say torture?"

Now Nitze got close to him again and flicked him on the nose "as I was saying, I couldn't do that because you're ex-military. So you must already have training in that regard, so it'd be useless to do so"

"Yeah, so torture"

"So for now I just need to deliver you off for hybridization, and train you. But you will still be useful. You have military training, and I have a guy who's currently trapped by the U.S military, and I need to break him out. We'll wait for when we see an opportune time to get him out, and you'll be helping us"

"Well I guess it is either I help you and most likely die by the Americans or rebel and die by a little girl who in actuality is a superweapon"

"Yep" Nitze chirps happily as she now places the bag back down on his head. She started to walk away to a door "anyways, we'll be back at the fleet soon, and you three will immediately get your cores implanted. So see you after that!" Now she went through the door and she appeared to actually be in the bridge of her ship.