Deception
Chapter 6
Captain Lee Crane and his combat team were anxious to arrive. He had been quite surprised when Chief Sharkey turned on the cloaking device to keep them from any of the radar tracking stations inside China. "Chief, I must tell you, I never expected the Admiral to take this kind of a gamble to place this device inside the FS-1," Lee said with changing course slightly.
"It wasn't the Admiral, Skipper. It was your wife Commander Rose Marie Crane gave him the idea, along with the others. Your wife is a very smart woman for having to be an inventor for the Nelson Institute." Sharkey smiled with seeing the change in the course.
"Commander Crane has always been surprising me after eight years married to the woman." Lee placed a slight smirk onto his face to indicate that he was thinking hard about the woman and his family. "We should be at the harbor in a few moments be ready with the scuba gear so that we can reach the site," Lee ordered with Patterson and Kowalski checking the equipment.
Meanwhile, Admiral Nelson had been staying at the hotel with his wife and her sources. They had been going over all of the details. Sylvan was pacing the living area nervously breaking her nails while she listened in to her husband's plan. She still couldn't believe she decided to go through with all this after he had explained the entire situation to her.
"Has there been any further reports from the Embassy on whether action has been taken by the terrorists?" Nelson asked powerfully with the question. He didn't wish to see any of the Naval personnel injured further by the People's Public of China.
"The wiretapping has given us the information Admiral Nelson that a second prototype plane has taken off heading for targets just inside international waters. Naval intelligence has been advised of the situation Admiral ." Don Lee said working for the local underground the past five years without getting caught or killed.
"And what makes you think the Navy will be able to knock out the prototype plane with those lasers? I had dealings with the first one months ago that almost destroyed the Seaview and personnel." Nelson said with anger building in his throat.
"I don't know sir." Don Lee turned to face him completely. "Then what is going to happen if they don't?
"You know the answer to that one Don Lee. And besides, I have other things to worry about with taking out those three at the Embassy. Is everything all set to get inside without getting caught and placing the explosive on the fourth floor?" Nelson looked quickly at his wife shaking her head at the whole idea.
"All set Admiral. Shall we get going before it gets too late for us?"
Nelson moved over to his wife Katya(Jonah and the whale)to softly speak to her."What's wrong Katya?"
"It's just too easy at this point Harriman anything can happen." She says with feeling the anxiety between the both of them.
"Let's just hope Kayla( Her name Sylian)that nothing goes wrong." He announced with kissing her lightly on the right cheek. "Let's get moving everyone," Nelson ordered.
OUT AT SEA 15 Miles outside International waters
Three Naval vessels with their speed crawling along.
Radar on the Sparrow destroyer Captain Landers age fifty-two gave the order to place his vessel on general quarters not knowing what exactly was attacking them. As the first hit of the laser hit the starboard side of the destroyer knocking everyone, along with killing five Naval personnel.
"What the hell!" Captain Landers cried out while picking himself up from the bridge floor rubbing his bottom from the impact. He moved himself over to the intercom to have all weapons ready to fire. "FIRE!" He announced as all guns and lasers fired at the destination located on the radar screens.
Meanwhile, the prototype plane carrying three of the People's Republic of China terrorists avoided the firing of the destroyer's lasers.
Lasers darted out of the prototype plane once again to go after the other two Naval vessels hitting the midshipman areas of both vessels causing a great deal of damage. Personnel on both vessels jumped into the freezing waters while an SOS was sent off with their location from the attack.
Captain Landers was luckier than most with his lasers finally was able to hit the prototype plane exploding in mid-air. Crew members on the Sparrow cheered even though they needed to head for the two vessels to pick up the survivors. "Radar any further vessels besides the one plane?"
"No sir." The young radar man in his early twenties and from Hawaii.
"Excellent. " Turning on the P.A. system to speak to everyone on board. He told everyone to be ready to help the others from the two Naval vessels. There was a great deal of black smoke and flames with the ships along with a number of deaths from the attacks.
Rafts, boats, and anything that can float were thrown into the icy waters to pull out the survivors.
Since the S.O.S. was sent off, local Naval, Air Force vessels at the bases built some fifty miles away were able to hear the S.O.S. and send off the rescue vessels and air-to-sea planes to pick up the survivors and bring them to hospitals...
Captain Landers kept himself busy making sure nothing like this ever happens again to him or other Naval vessels.