Hammersley intercepted the 'Sea Orchid' just after 07:00am, Kingston was already there holding down the fort until Hammersley arrived. Pulling alongside Kate made her way over with the RHIB the boarding team included Dutchy, 2Dad's and Charge
"Ok when we board I want everyone to be careful we don't know what has happened and if there is anything dangerous on board" Kate said as the RHIB pulled alongside, a team of Kingston was already on board the 'Sea Orchid'
"Lieutenant McGregor I presume?" the man said
"Yes and you are?" she asked moving forward
"Lieutenant Maxwell, XO of Kingston" he said shaking her hand.
"My crew has already looked around and there is no sign of anyone on board" he said filling Kate in
"Ok, Dutchy you and 2Dad's go check it out, charge you below and check on the engines" Kate said as everyone went in their different directions.
Kate was talking to the XO of Kingston when she heard a familiar voice
"Kate McGregor…" the voice said, Kate turned around to see Nikki standing there
"OMG! Nikki Caetano" Kate said as she eloped Nikki in a hug
"What are you doing here?" Kate asked last she heard Nikki was serving on HMAS Darwin
"I got transferred to Kingston, if I had of know you were back I would have contacted you" Nikki said pulling away from the hug
"Ah, it's good to see you" Kate said grinning from ear to ear
"It's good to see you too" Nikki said smiling as Kate's radio crackled to life
"Sit-rep X" Mike's voice came through the radio
"Ah Sir, there's no sign of anyone I've sent Charge to look at the engines to see if she's good to steam back to port" Kate said through the radio
"Very good X, keep me updated" he said as Nikki smiled
"Is that Mike?" she asked surprised he was still on Hammersley
"Yeah, do you want to say hello?" Kate said handing her the radio
"Mighty Mike Flynn?" Nikki said through the radio, Mike smiled as he looked over at Swaine
"Nikki Caetano, is that you?" he said answering back
"Yes Sir" she said waving to Hammersley, Mike moved out onto deck as he looked through his binoculars
"I thought you were serving on HMAS Darwin?" Mike said waving back from Hammersley
"Yes Sir, but they transferred me"
"Well next time we're in Port at the same time we'll buy you a drink" he said smiling
"I'll count you to it Sir" Nikki said smiling as she said back through the radio.
"Ma'am" Charge said as he made his way over to her
"Charge" Nikki said turning around
"Nikki!" he said giving her a big hug
"It's good to see you Charge" Nikki said as he pulled away from the hug
"You check the engines Charge?" Kate asked pulling him out of his trance
"Ah yes Ma'am, the engines are fine all is good to steam back to Cairns" he said smiling
"I'll let the CO know, thanks Charge" Kate said as she put the headset back on
"Sir, X over"
"Go ahead X" Mike said through the radio
"Charge has taken a look at the engines and all is well to steam back to Port"
"Good work X, I want you Dutchy and 2Dad's to stay over and steam her back to Port" Mike said as he watched Kate sigh through the binoculars
"Yes Sir" she said through gritted teeth
"Send Charge back and then I'll send Swaine over with some rat Packs" he said through the radio
"Yes Sir" Kate said turning back to Charge
"Alright Charge you heard the Boss" Kate said smiling as Charge made his way towards the RHIB.
"We'll leave you to it then" Maxwell said as he waved for the RHIB to come over
"Call me when you're in Port next" Kate said to Nikki as they went to leave
"Will do, see ya" Nikki said following her XO and the rest of the crew onto the RHIB and headed back to Kingston.
Kate waved as Kingston's RHIB left, 2Dad's and Dutchy made their way over
"Everything is secure Ma'am" 2Dad's said looking for Charge
"Oh Charge has gone back to Hammersley and we're set to take this beauty back to Port" Kate said smiling as she saw Dutchy roll his eyes.
"Swaine's coming back with some rat packs, 2Dad's you want to meet him" she said pointing to the RHIB making its way over.
"Do you have a problem with staying on board" Kate said looking at Dutchy
"No Ma'am" he said bluntly
"Good, because the Boss has intrusted us with taking her back to Port" Kate said angrily
"We can both act Professional together"
"Yes of course Ma'am" Dutchy said making his way over to 2Dad's to help collect the Rat packs off Swaine.
Kate made her way into the wheel house to pull the anchor up and set sail for Cairns, 2Dad's made his way in and placed the rat packs down on the table
"I hate rat packs" he said sticking his nose up
"It's one of the moments I miss Bird's cooking" Kate laughed.
"I defiantly won't miss Birds coffee though" 2Dad's said smirking
"I don't know what she does to it, it just doesn't taste right" Kate said smirking as she set the course home for Cairns
"How you mess up coffee is beyond me" 2Dad's laughed as he took the wheel
"Where's Dutchy?" Kate asked when she looked up handing 2Dad's the course home.
"I think he's finding the facilities" 2Dad's said imputing the course home
"Ok, we are on a direct course home Ma'am" 2Dad's said smiling as Kate stood next to him
"Very good, I'm going to get some lunch ready" Kate said picking up the rat packs and headed to find the kitchen.
Kate placed the rat packs on the bench as she entered the kitchen, opening one of the packs she gaged
"Yuck! There has to be something better to eat then this" she said looking around in the cupboards, opening one of the cupboards she screamed as she fell backwards, Dutchy came running in
"What's wrong!" he yelled as he saw Kate sitting on the floor laughing
"There's a…" she said trying to get the words out
"A what?" he said annoyed. Kate was taken by the tone of his voice, moving to the cupboard she opened it up and pulled something out turning around to reveal a white fluffy dog.
"Seriously a dog" he said annoyed
"That's why you screamed?", Kate looked at him annoyed
"It looked like a giant rat at first glance" 2Dad's came running down out of breath
"What's happened? Is that a puppy?" he asked moving past Dutchy to take the dog from Kate
"He's adorable" 2Dad's said as it licked his face. Dutchy stormed out
"What's his problem?" 2Dad's said looking at Kate
"I don't know; I'll be back" Kate said smiling at 2Dad's before she exited the room to find Dutchy.
"What was that about?" Kate said finding Dutchy sitting on the deck
"What are you talking about?" he said not looking at her
"You go in there all Macho man when you heard me scream and then you completely blow me off when I pulled out the dog" Kate said annoyed
"I thought you were hurt" he said softly
"You don't get the right to be concerned for my safety" Kate said placing her hands on her hips
"What?"
"I opened up my heart to you Dylan, let you in and you threw it back in my face, I'm making the decision this time, if you want to be my friend fine but other than that we keep things professional between us and nothing more" Kate said pointing to him and he saw her bandage
"What happened to you?" he asked concerned.
"If you're asking as a concerned friend, I broke a glass and accidently cut myself" Kate said softly
"What happened to you?" Kate said pointing to his nose
"If you're asking as a concerned friend I fell" Dutchy said throwing her words back in her face
"Seriously…" Kate said hurt
"I'm sorry" he said knowing what he said hurt her.
Kate made her way back inside to prepare some food, 2Dad's had taken the dog with him into the wheel house Dutchy stayed on deck getting some fresh air.
Half an hour later Kate made her way into the wheel house with some food for 2Dad's and Dutchy placing the plate's down she was confused when the wheelhouse was empty not even any sign of the dog
"2Dad's? Dutchy?" she said through the radio, no answer just static Kate moved to the wheel and turned off the engine dropping the anchor she pulled her gun out of its holster as she heard the engine creaks to a complete stop.
"Where the hell are you" she said through the radio hoping to get a response, Kate held her gun in front of her as she made her way through the corridor trying her radio one time she gave up when there was still no response.
Making her way down into the engine room she could see a unconscious 2Dad's and Dutchy, putting her gun back her holster she fell to her knee's next to Dutchy
"Dylan… Can you hear me? Dutchy?" she said placing her hand on his neck to check his pulse, making her way over to 2Dad's she did the same they were breathing but unconscious she didn't know why until she saw the blood coming from the side of 2Dad's head.
"Shit!" she said as she arose from her feet and ran up the stairs but before she knew it someone had closed the hatch on her,
"Hey!" she yelled as she heard the hatch lock she started banging on the hatch door as she heard the engine's coming back to life.
Kate continued to bang on the hatch as she heard a small groan from behind her looking down she could see 2Dad's waking up,
"2Dad's what happened?" she said moving down to knell beside him
"Ah…." He said as he moved to lean against the wall
"2Dad's tell me what happened?" Kate said looking at the wound on his head
"We heard a noise… The last thing I remember is walking down the stairs and getting hit across the head… Dutchy fell before me I think he dislocated his shoulder when he fell" 2Dad's said looking over at Dutchy who was still unconscious on the floor.
Kate ripped a bit of her bandage off and pressed it against 2Dad's head "Hold that there" she said moving his hand to hold the bandage, Kate moved to check on Dutchy as she did so she could feel the ship moving
"We're changing course…" she said looking back at 2Dad's who was looking at the hatch.
Kate took off her DPNU shirt and scrunched it into a ball, carefully placing it under Dutchy's head as she brushed her hand across his cheek. "We're not alone" she said leaning next to 2Dad's as she brushed a hand through her hair.
2Dad's looked at her concerned she was right they weren't alone someone had knocked him and Dutchy unconscious and locked them in the engine room,
how were they going to call Hammersley for help?
Kate looked over at Dutchy as a tear fell down her cheek, she just hoped he was going to be ok but she needed to be strong not just for herself but 2Dad's too…
