"Commander," said Z23, "what's going on?"

"That's not what's important right now," said Roon, turning to her and answering instead of the Commander.

"What is important is you need to go back to the fleet and help them. I'll take care of the Commander," she added.

"Bu…"

"She's right," he said, looking in the direction of the two fleets "I don't know how strong the Priority Class are and it'd be bad to rely solely on their power."

"Go, Z," he said, looking at her "Roon will look after me."

There were far too many questions running through Z23's mind, most of which revolved around this new group of ships and whether or not they can be trusted. However, what the Commander said was true, now that the Siren who killed Hood was on her way to becoming worm food, her presence was no longer needed.

Rather than stand around and debating, Z23 ran towards the beach, intent on finishing the mission.

"Commander," said Ibuki "I'm sending Miss Yorktown back to the base along with the children."

"Some of them are hurt really bad," added Izumo "they need medical attention right away."

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"'Priority Class?'" repeated Enterprise, unsure of what she just heard "Commander, what class is that?"

"Observe comrade," said Monarch, training her cannons on some of the Siren destroyers and Cruisers. She fired a barrage of projectiles, equal to three battleships and sent all her targets crashing into the ocean.

At the sight of this, nearly half the Coalition fleet was stunned speechless, stopping their attack and standing in their place, mouths hanging open in shock.

"Commander," shouted Hornet "did you see that? She just brought down three ships…. On her own…. how?"

"Yeah sorry Hornet," said the Commander "I've got my own problems here."

The problem he was referring to was the small fleet of Siren ships that were hovering over him. Considering the timing of the ship's arrival, it looked like they were a back up plan in case the Siren that attacked him failed to finish her mission.

"They're really trying to finish me off," he muttered, looking at the ships.

"Roon," he said, grabbing her head "I don't like our chances here. Let's head to Ibuki and Izumo. The three of you should be strong enough to the Siren forces."

He tried running in the direction where Yorktown, the kids and the two new ships were, but found that he was not moving. It was then he noticed that the reason behind this was due to Roon standing still.

"Roon?" he asked, looking concerned for her.

"….insects,"

"Here I was, enjoying this alone time with my dear Commander," she said, shaking free of his grasp as she walked towards the ships.

'Why am I getting scared all of a sudden?' he thought.

"And then you annoying insects decided to come in the middle and ruin everything for me," she said, as a pair of ships formed beside her. However, unlike other weapons, the front of these ships could open and close, making it look like they were giant mouths, lined with very sharp and very jagged teeth.

"You dare to come between me and my Commander?" she said, pointing her weapons at the Sirens "know your place."

As much as the Commander tried to roll with things and not ask questions, there were a number of times in this world where he was genuinely shocked by what he saw. First was when Hood and Z23 formed their weapons, second was meeting Akashi and petting her cat ears and third was seeing Roon fire two laser beams from her ships carving through three of the seven Siren ships that came for him.

"Sweet tap-dancing Jesus!" he exclaimed at the sight "lasers. Roon you have lasers?"

"Of course, I do," she replied, turning towards him.

"Don't worry Commander," she said, smiling at him (while at the same time invoking the unholy energy Yuno Gasai did at the end of episode 1) "I'll protect you."

Although her intentions were pure and true, her expression, the sudden showing of power and the tone in which she declared that she'd keep him safe had the opposite effect on the Commander, who was now sweating buckets.

"Commander," shouted Enterprise "Commander say something."

"Ah crap that's right," he said, snapping out of his daze.

"Roon take care of these ships, I'm heading to the beach now."

He didn't have time to hear her response. Instead, he made a bee-line to the beach, all the while avoiding any stray shots that came his way.

"Enterprise, Hornet, Wales," he said, while leaping over some rubble "Target their aircraft carriers, we need to get our planes in the sky and take over the air."

"But Commander their ships are reinforced," stated Wales "the three of us alone will not be enough to destroy even one ship."

"You can if you aim where I tell you," he said "you need to hit the deck of the ships."

"What?" asked Hornet.

"The deck of aircraft carriers have to be a certain surface or else the planes can't take off," he elaborated, nearly tripping over a rock "their deck won't have the same reinforced armor like the rest of the ship."

The trio looked at each other, then turned to Enterprise who nodded. She drew her bow aiming at one of the carriers. She released the string and watched as the arrow sailed through the sky then arced down, hitting the deck of the ship. Unlike before where he attacks only had a small degree of damage, this one had the intended effect.

"Whoa," said Neptune "that was a pretty good shot."

"Focus on your enemies," chided Saint. Louis.

"Alright fleet," he said, nearing the beach "Enterprise, Hornet, Pensacola, Ranger, Saratoga, Lexington, Akagi, Illustrious, Long Island and Pennsylvania. Form a line and take out their carriers. The rest of you, stick to your teams and keep the Sirens at bay."

"Saint. Louis, Neptune, do not stray away from the fleet. Keep your eyes peeled for any enemy openings and don't do anything reckless."

"Roger," said the two of them.

He watched as the fleet reorganized themselves, with most of them sticking to a defensive pattern around the long-range attackers, while the latter hammered away at the Siren's aircraft carriers. The addition of Monarch, Saint. Louis and Neptune also provided the extra firepower the fleet needed to turn the tables.

Even from a distance, the Commander could make out the two ships that were farthest from the fleet, understanding it was Saint. Louis and Neptune. He watched as one of them leapt into the sky and with their weapon, landed a wide cut on the side of a Siren destroyer. The girl then fired into the ship's exposed underside, landing numerous critical blows in the process.

"Oy," he said, "didn't I tell you two not to stray away from the fleet?"

"Apologies Commander," said Saint. Louis "I shall strive to not make the same mistake again."

"Sorry about that Commander," said Neptune with a light chuckle "guess I got a little too ahead of myself there."

"Please try not to hold it against them," said someone near him.

He turned and saw Monarch standing beside him. She gave him a casual wave and said "it's just that we all woke up and are pretty eager to impress you."

"Commander," said Illustrious "I'm noticing something strange in the enemy movement."

"Strange?"

"After we brought down the fifth aircraft carrier, I noticed that some of the ships were gathering around one ship. It's almost the same as what we're doing with Enterprise, Hornet and the others."

"Good eye Illustrious," he said.

"Attention fleet, thanks to Illustrious' help we've located the enemy flagship. Everyone, look for the one ship that's being protected by the others."

In response, the whole fleet noticed that one Battleship was much further back than the others.

"Commander," said Cleveland "I see it too."

"Good, all forces, aim for that ship. You take it down, the rest of them will scatter."

"Roger," they all said and charged towards the Battleship.

"Good work Commander," said Monarch "now with this over, we can all take a breather."

"Yeah," he said, watching the fleet draw closer to the target.

'Wait,' he thought 'why does this feel sketchy?'

'From the start of this attack, they've always been a step ahead of us. Attacking at night when there'd be a slower response time, blocking our communications to prevent reinforcements, having a team ready to catch any stragglers and sending a Siren to hunt me down.'

'All of this means that they thought things through before attacking. It wasn't the norm of simply using might to overwhelm the enemy. They planned this out step by step, so why reveal their hand now?'

"It's a trap," he said, color draining from his face.

"What?" asked Monarch.

"It's a trap," he repeated "everyone, disengage, disengage. Don not attack the Battleship, I repeat, do not attack the Battleship."

"Commander I don't understand," said Eugen "we take that ship down we win."

"You shoot that ship and you all die," he countered "disengage the attack run and head back to the island."

"but…"

"NOW!" he shouted. Considering the urgency in his voice, everyone thought it best not to question him right now and do as ordered.

"We're heading back Commander," said Hornet.

"Takao, Nevada, can you see my location on the island?"

"Yes," said the pair at once.

"Good, head to my location now. I'll tell you guys the plan in the meantime."

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"Commander what you're asking is a pretty tough job," said Takao "even for me."

"Agreed," said Nevada "wouldn't it be better to ask Enterprise instead of us?"

"Enterprise doesn't have the same destructive power your shots have," he replied, turning to Monarch "you ready?"

"But of course," she replied and took her place alongside Takao and Nevada.

"I still think you're overthinking things Commander," said Akagi.

"Well if I am and this turns out be a mistake then we don't lose anything," he said "but if I'm wrong….."

Instead of finishing his sentence, he watched as Monarch provided the information about wind patterns and planetary rotation to Takao and Nevada. Then the trio formed their cannons and fired at the Battleship.

The trio, the fleet and he watched as the artillery hit the right target. What surprised nearly all of them was that when the attacks did land, the Battleship exploded with twice the force. It was a feat that was impossible to achieve, given the amount of artillery that struck it.

The only explanation came from the one the Commander gave them.

The point of the Siren attack was to separate the Commander from the fleet. Without him there, the fleet would find it difficult to hold their own against the Siren's fierce onslaught and would get desperate to find a way to end the fight.

When that happened, the Sirens would purposely reveal a 'flagship' to them, making it look like that was the leader. Given the situation and a lack of strategy, the fleet would pour as many forces as they could into a frontal assault and attack the ship. Doing so would cause the explosives placed inside the fake flagship to detonate, killing almost all of the attackers.

But the Siren forces did not count on the fleet's secret weapons which were the PR class of ships. With their arrival, it allowed the Commander the time he needed to see through the deception and turn the tables on them.

"He was right," said Akagi, watching the Battleship become engulfed by a giant fireball and shoot out multiple pieces of debris at the ships near it.

"Wait, for it," said Monarch, as she and everyone else saw how the ships reacted to their plan being found out.

Now that their fake flagship was taken out, the forces would panic, unintentionally revealing the actual leader of the attack.

Everyone on the beach and on the sea saw how the Siren ships were now gathering around the cruiser on the far-left side.

"Team," he said "you know what come's next."

In response everyone charged towards the Siren cruiser. He smiled quietly and watched as the fleet drew closer to the targeted ship. Although the other Siren ships tried shooting them to impede their progress, Akagi and her team kept a little distance from the fleet, giving them some cover fire.

"Kinu, Suruga, take out that cruiser. Yukikaze, with me. We're going after that destroyer," she said, ordering the others in her team to keep the Siren ships at bay.

He watched as the attacking fleet and their combined fire power took all of ten seconds to send the target cruiser crashing into the ocean.

"Neptune, Saint. Louis," he said "remember when I told you not to do anything reckless?"

"Yes Commander," they said in response.

"Forget I ever said that. Go crazy."

The fleet watched on as the two priority class ships displayed their power, carving their way through the cruisers, destroyers and battleships, with seemingly nothing that could stop them.

When Akashi gave him the brief about the six of them, he knew that they were powerful. But seeing them in action was a completely different story.

Among the few destroyers that remained, one aimed its cannons at Neptune, intent on stopping her. However, that attack did not come through as it was struck from the side by a burst of artillery fire.

"Akagi," shouted Kaga "we got word that the base came under fire. Sorry we took so long to get here."

"Your aid is still appreciated sister," said Akagi "Commander, what are you orders?"

"Kaga, you and your fleet attack the Sirens but don't pursue them. The rest of you head back to base."

With Neptune and Saint. Louis cutting down every enemy ship, being assisted by Kaga and her ships, the battle was over and they won.

Yet as he turned around and saw the base in shambles, multiple buildings razed and fires burning across the island, he wondered just how badly damaged they were by the Siren attack.

Still surveying the damage and wondering how to proceed next, his attention turned towards Roon, who started waving at him and jumping in an effort to get his attention.

While he was initially glad to see that she too had taken care of the Siren ships meant for him, upon closer inspection, he noticed the numerous blood stains on her face and clothes.

"Commander," she called out "I did pretty good right? Now let's continue where we left off."

He secretly prayed that the rest of the fleet got here sooner.