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Her infiltration mission was a success. The steps taken were a little too much at first glance, but it was necessary for her to earn their trust and lower their guard. For a brief time, she enjoyed the false identity imposed on her mind, enjoying the peaceful life she had.

But then she saw him and her memories were triggered. It was a slow and painful process, reminding her of who she was and her purpose in this world. With that established, 'Alice' began laying out her plan.

A simple, outright attack was out of the question and would result in her death. The last time her forces attacked with a significantly larger force, they were defeated and that was before the Iron Bloods joined the enemy.

If she were to strike, then she'd have to hit the heart of the fleet. She'd have to take out the top-ranking members of their fleet. She had no choice but to take it slow, as any change or uptick in her personality would warrant some concern.

One good thing about her current situation was that her greatest enemy was nowhere to be seen. When she first arrived, he was recruiting the Iron Blood and recently, he set out on a mission to recruit the Royal Navy.

From her last recollection, she knew that the Royal Navy was being attacked by Observer Zero. If his track record was anything to go by, Observer's fate was sealed. Sad as it was to lose the third one, it was a worthwhile sacrifice, if she could capitalize on the opportunity presented.

Through the nascent dialogue and lines that passed by her room during her stay in the hospital, she was able to get an understanding of the top members in his fleet.

Enterprise, Akagi, Wales, Illustrious, Eugen, Belfast and Z23. They were part of his inner circle and as such, all his plans, ideas and thoughts were first said to them before being disseminated to the rest of the fleet. If she were to leave some lasting damage, she'd have to hit them.

Her first roadblock came when she found out he had taken Illustrious, Belfast and Wales on his mission to recruit the Royal Navy. This problem only grew worse when she also found out that Eugen and Z23 were busy helping their sisters of the Iron Blood build their new home. With her options limited, she thought that perhaps she should change her target.

Following her release from the hospital, she found herself in Yorktown's class, listening to her teach the children. And then she thought about attacking them instead. Nothing kills an enemy's morale better than seeing a bunch of kids dead and dismembered.

The kids were easily the weakest link in the fleet. Yorktown might be a threat to her, but not a considerable one.

"Miss Alice?" asked Kisaragi, noticing that the woman's expression turned serious "is something wrong?"

As she was about to form her weapons, the door to the class opened and Alice shuddered.

"Heya kids," said Izumo, entering the class. Behind her was Ibuki carrying some crayons and books.

"Hello you two," said Yorktown, smiling at them "I see you brought new supplies."

"Yep," said Ibuki "fresh from the Sakura Island. Come on kids."

As the kids crowded around the two of them, Alice scrapped her plan right away. She had to go back to her original plan of going after the fleet's high-ranking members.

"Hmmmm," said Yorktown, noticing Alice leaving "was there something she wanted to do here?"

In the end, this was her best and only option. The only two targets she had were Enterprise and Akagi. But then came the question, how does she get close to them? Simply attacking them even with the element of surprise would not be a viable option as the two had years of experience fighting and were a formidable force when working together.

This was why, she spent the next couple of days cozying up to the two, becoming a friend to both of them. Getting close to Akagi was easy: all Alice needed to do was mention something nice about that Commander and Akagi immediately opened up to her. Through this, Alice found out that the two often met in the morning and had a friendly sparring session. This apparently stemmed from a long-standing rivalry they both had, with neither side gaining an advantage over the other. To make things easier for her, Akagi and Enterprise held their sparring sessions in the nearby forest, a good distance from the base.

Now that she had the place and opportunity, Alice was ready. Today, she accompanied the two to the location, silently watching them fight each other. She noticed when the two of them started, they'd tend to forget about everything else around them, giving their all to defeat their opponent. While this is a sound tactic in general, right now, they were leaving themselves wide open to attack.

Seeing the opportunity, Alice rose up and formed her weapons. Suddenly, her view of them became distorted. She was suddenly rolling on the ground with something grabbing onto her.

"Get the hell…," shouted a familiar voice, followed by a swift kick to the chest, sending her crashing into the ground.

"… away from my girls," barked the Commander, rising to his feet and pointing his sword at Alice.

To understand how we got to this position, let's rewind the clock back to the start of the day

San Diego sat on the beach shore, drawing some random squiggles in the sand with her index finger. She sighed. Normally the day started with her doling out one of her songs to an adoring audience, while Neptune dashed around the café, serving them drinks.

One of the newest additions to the base was a small café, built at the request of Neptune. It gave the fleet a place to relax and unwind that wasn't the dorm and it gave San Diego the chance she wanted to show off her skills.

But with Neptune out on a mission, the day could not officially start. There was a sort of camaraderie the two of them had built in the time since the café was constructed and without her, San Diego felt listless, unable to motivate herself.

Then, she noticed a shadow forming around her. Curious, she stood up and saw the shadow getting larger.

"Uh-oh," she said and was hurled in the air when a woman came crashing down on the beach, feet first.

"What the…." Said San Diego, looking at the silver-haired, well-endowed woman, holding a body on her right side.

"Commander," she shouted.

"I'm sorry sir, was that too much?" asked Dido, holding the Commander.

"No, no," he said, slightly dazed due to the oxygen deprivation felt from Dido jumping so high up "I'm… I'm fine."

Unfortunately, when he tried to take a few steps, he staggered and accidentally fell onto Dido's chest.

"Uh…" said Dido, nervous and embarrassed. He quickly readjusted himself and shook his head.

"Commander," said San Diego "what is going on?"

"Too long to explain," he said, running to the main building, followed by Dido "the others should be arriving in a few minutes."

As he rushed to the main building, he spotted Cleveland, along with Monteplier, Columbia and Denver. He immediately called out to Cleveland.

"Commander, what's going on?" she asked, "where are the others?"

"They're on the way," he said, "take Phoenix, Brooklyn, Pennsylvania and Lexington to the hospital and find Alice's room, but don't engage her."

"What?" asked Monteplier "Commander why?"

"She's a Siren," he replied, then darted off to the main building "no matter what, do not pick a fight with her. Just tell me if she's there."

Not looking back, he darted into the main building, ignoring everyone else calling out to him and went straight to the records room. Here, he went from one locker to the next, finding the one he wanted and opened the locker.

"Where is it?", he muttered quietly, while Dido watched on.

"Um…. Commander?" she asked, meekly "is there something I can do?"

"Right, right," he said, taking out a folder and putting it on the table near to him. "Find Hornet and tell her to take a team to Yorktown's class. Next, I need the locations of Eugen, Z23 and Enterprise. Talk to Pennsylvania for that. Tell her I sent you."

She nodded and ran out the door. Meanwhile, he combed through the folder, scanning through the timestamps. One after another, he turned the pages until he finally found what he was looking for. Now that his suspicious were confirmed, he ran out the main building and saw Belfast, Wales, Illustrious, Queen Elizabeth, Tirpitz, Warspite, Neptune and Saint Louis had also arrived. Along with them was Kaga and Friedrich.

"Commander," said Belfast, coming to him "did you find out?"

"Yes," he said, "she's a Siren."

At this, everyone's expression grew pale.

"How did we not notice this?" asked Illustrious, her expression capturing the dread they all felt.

"Commander," said Cleveland through the communicator "we're at Alice's room but she's not here."

"What?"

"Vestal said she was released a few days ago."

"Everyone," called out Kaga "we have to act. Divide the base into grids and lets…."

"No," he interjected "if she sees anything suspicious, we're all in trouble."

"Then what do we do Commander?" asked Friedrich.

'Think, damn it,' he thought to himself 'ok, first rules of engaging the enemy on their turf is to hit the soft targets. Hospitals and schools.'

"Commander," said Hornet "your friend Dido told me what's going on."

"Good, how're Yorktown and the kids?"

"They're safe, although Yorktown mentioned that Alice came here a few days ago. But she vanished after she saw Ibuki and Izumo come in."

"Thank God," he muttered.

"What?" asked Hornet.

"Nothing. Nothing, just stay there and do not leave the class until you hear from me."

"Alright, Yorktown and the kids are safe. Which means the next target is the hospital."

"Friedrich," he said, turning to her "where's Z23 and Eugen?"

"They're with the rest of my daughters building our new homes," she replied.

"Alright, I need you to bring Deutschland, Scharnhorst, Graf Spee and Roon back here. Tirpitz, go with them to the hospital and set up a barrier. Nothing goes in or out without you knowing about it."

"Cleveland, any signs of Alice in the hospital?"

"Nothing Commander," she replied "I asked Vestal and she says she hasn't seen her anywhere near here."

"If she can't hit the soft targets, she'll go for the chain of command," he muttered.

'Belfast, Wales and Illustrious were with me so they're safe. Z23 and Eugen are with the Iron Blood so they're definitely safe. I just saw Cleveland and spoke to Hornet, so they're safe too."

"She's after Enterprise," he said to his team.

"Why her Commander?" asked Kaga.

"She's after the high-value targets," he replied "normally she'd also be after Akagi, but she's safe on the Sakura Island so…."

"Actually," said Kaga, looking away "that's not completely true."

"What?"

"Akagi's….. here," said Kaga, followed by the sound of a blood vessel exploding.

"Commander," said Dido through the Communicator "I found Enterprise, but she's with someone else."

"Commander, who is this woman?" asked Pennsylvania "she barged right in and said you gave her permission."

"Slightly true."

"I'm sending their locations to the others," said Dido.

"Where are they?"

"In the forest away from the base," said Wales "Commander, we might not get there in time."

"We might not, but I can,"

"Ah," said Belfast "are you sure?"

"Doesn't matter if I'm sure or not, just toss me in their direction and let me do the rest."

Belfast nodded then approached the Commander. She put her arms around him and before he knew it, she had hurled him into the air. Now that he was considerably high up, he was able to see the forest that Dido mentioned. Adjusting himself in the air, he descended towards the location, all the while scanning the area for Alice.

Then, he saw her near a tree, forming six funnel shaped devices around her. Tucking his arm and legs in, he increased the speed of his descent and crashed into Alice.

"Get the hell…," he said, kicking her away as their tumble came to a halt.

"…. away from my girls," he said, standing up and pointing his sword at her.

*And now we're all caught up

"Commander, what's going on?" shouted Enterprise, upon seeing his sudden arrival.

"Stay back you two," he said, quickly turning to them and back to Alice.

"Enough games, how about you show us your true face, Siren infiltrator."

Both Akagi and Enterprise stared at each other in shock upon hearing this.

"That's Siren Omega to you," said Alice, slowly picking herself up and getting to her feet. As she did, the trio saw Alice's hair color change to white, her eyes now glowed yellow, her clothes changing and featuring a pair of spiky shoulder pads, a loose fitting black and yellow uniform, extending from her chest right down to her waist. She now had a pair of heeled black and yellow shoes, held two swords in her hands and had six spindle shaped objects orbiting over her head.

"And here I am without a red carpet," he said sarcastically "ladies, meet the leader of the enemy forces and reason why we're all in this mess to begin with."

With a simple gesture, she dismissed her swords. Her demeanor changed, she cracked the knuckles in her head, asking him "how did you figure it out? I altered my memory with a fake one, just in case you had a Siren detection device."

"Dumb luck," he replied "when the mission with the Royal Navy was over, I was speaking to Queen Elizabeth, who was telling me about how lucky they were that Dido came to the island in time. She also said that she noticed an increase in Siren activity, which prompted them to act in the first place. On it's own, that last statement didn't really mean much."

"But in the greater context, it started ringing warning bells in my mind. That's why Dido and I made a beeline to the base, where I went to check up on our records."

"It's a good thing I've got someone as meticulous as Enterprise," he added "she's the sort of person that writes about everything. From the amount of brush strokes she uses when combing her hair to the amount of coffee cups she drank in a day, the woman in meticulous."

Akagi stared at Enterprise, who hid her face with her cap, not wanting to imagine what other details he found out about her.

"Now a woman as careful as Enterprise would surely note down when you arrived. When I found out the date of your arrival was only a few days after the uptick in Siren activity, I had everything I needed."

"Still though," he said, twirling his sword "rewriting your memories, heading into the Lion's Den. You put a lot of effort to come after little old me. Why is that?"

"Tch. Don't sell yourself short, Will of Azure," said Omega.

"Before you came here, this world was practically at my fingertips. The Eagle Union were running scared, the Sakura Empire were on both knees, begging me to keep them safe, the Royal Navy was but a shadow of its former self and the famed Iron Blood was on its last legs."

"But all that changed after you came. Thanks to that damned woman Hood, everything changed. You first brought back Enterprise and the others, gaining the power of the Eagle Union. Then, you picked a fight with the Sakura Empire. What should have been a battle where you idiots blasted each other and my forces came in to wipe you out was the moment the course of the war changed."

"The Eagle Union and Sakura Empire: two fated enemies suddenly working together and all because of one damned person."

"One by one they all started joining you. Warriors that would normally never serve under someone were pledging their loyalty to you, ready to die for you if need be. Have you ever wondered why that is?"

His answer was simply a shrug.

"Because of what you represented to them," said Omega "you showed them that they didn't need to live in fear of my fleet. You showed them that with a small force, you could accomplish the impossible. You effectively weaponized hope, telling them that if they fought with you, they'd all live a long and peaceful life."

"Usually, having power like that would change someone, change their mind, change their motives; but that never happened to you though did it? You and your delirious honesty. It would have been fine if you dangled a peaceful world over their heads and kept it out of reach but no, you gave them what they wanted and in turn, they rallied around you."

"You are the single biggest threat to my campaign," she said, extending her hands out.

"Don't think for a second that we'll let you lay a hand on him," shouted Enterprise, standing beside the Commander, pointing an arrow at Omega while Akagi was ready to fire as well.

"Sorry girls," she said, playfully smiling "but you're going to be a little busy."

As she said that, portals started opening up in the sky. Through them emerged multiple Siren cruisers, battleships, aircraft carriers, destroyers and heavy cruisers. At this point, the Commander noticed Belfast, Wales, Illustrious, Queen Elizabeth, Warspite, Kaga, Tirpitz and the rest of the Royal Maid Squad had arrived.

"Looks like the gang's all here," she said, noticing them as well.

She eyed them with malicious intent and the team did the same. Both sides looked like they were about to fight at a moment's notice.

"Hold on a second here," said the Commander, raising his hand up and turning all attention to him "I just thought of something."

"Instead of us doing this, this final over-the-top crazy last battle, where both sides throw everything they have while the two of us carve each other up like two slabs of meat, let's settle this with just the two of us."

"What?" said Belfast, shocked by this.

"What?" said Omega, surprised by this.

"You and me, one on one, winner takes all," he said pointing the sword at her.

"Commander," said Enterprise "you can't seriously…"

"Fine, I accept," said Omega, preventing Enterprise from voicing her concern "but don't expect me to go easy on you because you're injured or anything."

"Wouldn't dream of it."

"Akagi we have to do something," said Enterprise "he can't fight her on his own."

"I believe he can," said Akagi.

"What?"

"You've never seen it before, which is why you're doubtful, but this is the second time for me. It's the second time I've seen that look in his eyes. The last time I saw that look was when he marched towards the Siren fleet, while our forces battled it out."

Was this a good move? No. By no stretch of the imagination was this a good move. He was injured and required some degree of medical attention. So why did the Commander opt to fight Omega one on one when it was smarter to let his fleet do the job?

Answer: the hospital and the schools. As he said earlier, these two buildings are the softest targets on the base and would normally be the first places hit in the event of an attack. If a fight were to break out, Omega would first turn her attention to the hospital, as it was sure to be stocked with girls from the Royal Navy, thus making it a prime candidate for an attack.

By having them fight, he narrowed down the battlefield to the area they were in and prevented either of them from escaping. In the event the Commander tried to escape the fighting zone, the Siren fleet would attack him. Such was the case if Omega tried to escape. It may have put him in trouble, but in the grander scheme, it helped keep the rest of the fleet safe.

"Tirpitz, tell everyone at the base not to be alarmed about the Siren ships," he said "and tell them not to engage the enemy."

Omega and the Commander took their stances. They both stared each other down and, in a flash, the two of them charged at each other, meeting in the middle with their swords clashing. Omega swung wildly at him, while he ducked and retaliated with a sweeping kick. Omega stuck her right sword into the ground stopping her descent and, in that position, she attacked with a downward slash. The Commander blocked the attack then kicked her away.

Omega wasted no time and attacked the Commander with a barrage of sword strikes, but the latter blocked them all, showing no openings. This time, she bent down and knocked him off his feet. The Commander put his foot on the ground and spun his body about, attacking Omega with multiple kicks and sending her staggering back.

As he got to his feet, Omega used her funnels to fire numerous energy beams at him, but was shocked to see when he deflected them all.

"How did you do that?" she asked, shocked by his feat.

"My maid's a lot faster than your pea shooters," he replied and attacked her.

Everyone immediately turned to Belfast, who was just as shocked as everyone else was after hearing what he said.

The Commander leapt up and attacked with a downward swing. Omega held both her swords up in an 'X' and blocked him. He proceeded to launch attack after attack on her, forcing her to the ground but Omega did not lower her guard. The Commander then kicked her in the chest, sending her back. She saw him coming and swung both her sword down, but the Commander slipped in the space between the blades, hitting her in the nose with his shoulder. He followed this up with a sword swing and landed a cut on her chest. Omega recovered and landed two cuts on the Commander's sides, forcing them both to take a few steps back.

Omega attacked again, this time using those spindles around her and letting off a barrage of fire aimed at the Commander. He was able to dodge the lion's share of the attacks, but the last one hit him in the foot, halting his advance. This light halt in advance allowed Omega the time she needed to close the gap and land a deep cut on his chest. The Commander staggered back a little, dropping his sword in the process.

Not wanting to let an opportunity slip by, Omega charged in again, ready to capitalize on the opening, but was shocked when the Commander's punched her in the chest, then grabbed her hand and flung her over his head. Omega reacted to this and landed on her feet just in time to see the Commander flinging his sword at her. She simply stepped to one side and dodged, only to see that the attack was a ruse. The Commander closed the distance between them, stood next to Omega, tapped the back of her foot so she would lose her balance, then rammed her into the ground.

She rose to her feet, just in time to see the Commander approaching her, ready to strike with his fist. She blocked it but failed to see his knee coming up and ramming into her chest. Omega took a few steps back and punched the Commander in the chest. He staggered a little but quickly resumed his attack with a downward strike. Omega held both swords up to block, but the force behind it caused her to buckle. However, instead of the sword coming down on her head, she deflected it just enough that it landed on her shoulder.

The Commander pushed the sword further down, ready to cut off her arm. But suddenly, he was being pulled back by someone. As this happened, he saw the ground he was just standing on, become engulfed by an explosion.

"You cheater," he shouted, as Enterprise, Akagi and the others all stood in front of him.

"It seems like I still have much to learn," said Omega, rising to her feet while a Siren destroyer hovered over her. The ship then let out a beam that enveloped her and lifted her off the ground.

"Sorry Commander," she said, getting further and further away "looks like you'll have that over-the-top last battle after all."

With that said, she opened a portal and along with her ships, Omega left.

"The leader of the Sirens," said Queen Elizabeth "I had no idea there was some mastermind behind this whole war."

"But now that we know who it is," said Tirpitz "we can start planning our next move."

"Before we do that," said the Commander, walking over to Enterprise and Akagi. To their surprise and to the surprise of everyone else's the Commander pulled them both into a tight hug.

"Thank goodness you two are safe," he said, resting his head on their shoulders "I wouldn't know what to do if anything happened to either of you."

Momentarily caught off guard by this sudden gesture, Akagi and Enterprise returned to their sense and returned the hug to the Commander.

"Sorry for worrying you like that," said Enterprise.

"And I'm also sorry for getting my blood on your clothes."

"That's fine," said Akagi.

This moment had gone on long enough and the Commander decided it was time to let go. Yet, try as he might, he found that the other two did not share the same sentiment.

"Um, girls," he said, looking at both of them "you can…. let go now..."

"Well I'm still a little scared with everything that just happened," said Enterprise, looking away in an effort to hide how bad her poker face was "so I think I'd like to stay this way a little longer."

"I don't wanna let go," said Akagi outright.

"Huh?"

"Hey you two," shouted Belfast "the Commander's sustained injuries from his last mission, hasn't rested and just fought an enemy. He needs to recuperate."

"Shut up stupid maid," shouted Enterprise and Akagi in unison, ignoring Belfast's words.

As the two continued to hold onto him, the Commander had other ideas on his mind. Omega, leader of the Sirens and the one in charge of the war. She was the last enemy he'd have to face if he wanted to win this war and defeat the Sirens once and for all.

As much as he wanted to think, plan and train for the battle to come, right now, he thought it was best to enjoy this little moment.

"Commander," said Akagi, turning to him and sniffing "why do I smell strawberries on your lips?"