Kantai Collection: Angels of our Future

by Outcastfur

(Discontinued) The Year 2004 would be burned into the lives of everyone on Earth forever, but Kurt Housley would also remember this as the day he lost his mother to a monster. 20 years later the world stands on the edge of the destruction, and the Ship Girl's might be the only thing's that can secure humanities future.

4. Kodiak

Hello everyone. So I don't have much to talk about this time, other then they'll be different Arcs to this story as well. Oh yeah and sorry for the long wait! I didn't mean to take this long to update, I'm terribly sorry.

Another quick thing is this. The Seals combat gear, and uniforms are based off the Navy Seals from Black ops II, while Delta Force is based off the Delta Force from MW3. Please don't hate.

I'm not a hardcore COD fan, but I have been a fan of their character design. That's all. I mainly play Battlefield, Halo, Fallout, and Mass effect.

Another thing is that I'm replacing all the Bell Boeing V-22 Osprey with the new Bell V-280 Valor, they look similar in design but the V-280 won't be in service until 2020-2030 in real life. So I thought it would be fitting the replace the the old Osprey that was made in 1988 to the new Valor which is being first tested in 2017.

So now without further ado on with the story!

Disclaimer: I do not own Kantai Collection in anyway shape or form. I also do not own any of the Military equipment, or experimental technology that has already been created. I do own any original idea's, technology that I create, and OC characters.

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Angel's Of Our Future Chapter 4: Kodiak

North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD), Cheyenne Mountain Air Force Station

August 20, 2024

Four lone men sat in what looked like a communication room, in the mighty Cheyenne Mountain, Military complex.

All the men hit various screens, on the console's, and a giant NORAD logo appeared on the large screen at the end of the room.

One of the operators, who wasn't paying much attention to his station, was eating some raman, when all his screens turned flashing red. His patch on his uniform read James. He spit out his food, and tapped the center screen. A map of the United States appeared, and on there, showed multiple red triangles heading towards Alaska.

James, tapped his ear, and began to speak. "Ten-Bravo Anchorage be advised we're reading 70 bogies, in your section. Please verify?"

He waited for a moment, and then a woman's voice came across the comms. "Huh? Very funny station, that's a big negative over."

"It may be a glitch in the satellites? Try running the diagnostic." Another Operator said, from a chair across from his.

"Ten-bravo be advised running diagnostic on the SATs." The lead Operator said, tapping more buttons on the screen.

"The skies are clear station, you've got yourself some phantom dots. Over." Anchorage responded back.

Suddenly another red flash appeared on the screen before him. This time, it showed red triangles heading towards Texas. James got on the comm again. "Zulu-Xray Houston signs in your section of some 100 bogies. Please advise?"

"Negatory station. Scope is clear. Don't know what to tell you. Solar interference? Heavy sunspot activity today." Houston responded back, with a small chuckle.

James, getting clearly tired of the false reports, decided to ask another station in a different corner of the country. "Uh Charlie-Tango San Diego, we may have minor malfunction in our SATs here? Do you have anything on your scope?"

James, waited a moment for a response. Everyone else in the room thought it was just a satellite error, so they didn't pay it much mind. But what would happen next, would shake them to the core.

"THEY'RE EVERYWHERE!" A man shouted out from the mic. The Operators mic was so loud, that everyone else heard it. They all turned in shock.

"Charlie-Tango repeat!" James shouted out.

"I'M LOOKING AT ABYSSAL'S FIGHTERS OVER HIGHWAY I-5! HOW THE HELL DID THEY GET THROUGH!" He screamed out. Air raid sirens could be heard in the background, of his comm, his voice was filled with terror.

"Stand by attempting to contact closest available unit's in that sector." James, said scrambling too find another screen. All the other men in the room were now, pressing buttons franticly.

"I read you, this is first Battalion 75th ranger regiment, Colonel Eric Douglas. Acting Commander. Do you copy over?" A man asked, coming across the comm.

"This is the 3rd Fleet, Admiral Striker. We read you, we're on station ready to assist." Another said.

"Station copies all. All units be advised Satellite surveillance has been disabled, Abyssal's have jammed our low orbit SATs!" He shouted out, as alarms started to go off inside the mountain.

"3rd Fleet copies." Admiral Striker responded

"Rangers as well over." The major said.

James, knowing full well, that he couldn't command these Unit's, began to speak again. "I'm turning all of you over too Overlord." He said, before pressing more buttons on console's.

"Roger." The Admiral said, simply

"Copy." The Ranger, replied before both their comms went quiet. James leaned back slightly in his chair. Atleast they were getting mobilized now.

"Scan for attentional channels!" Another Operator shouted out.

They all did, as commanded, and began to scan. After 2 minutes the scans were coming up with nothing.

"Anything?" One of them asked.

"No nothing…..wait." James said, pressing a button again. This time it lit up bright green.

"Comms coming in now sir!" The lead Operator added. The large screen at the end of the room, lit up red. A second later it showed an image of the West Coast.

"IS ANYONE THERE!" A voice boomed out across the room.

"ABYSSAL'S TORE THROUGH THE WALL!" Another screamed.

"THEY'VE WIPED OUT POINT LOMA!" One yelled out, and was soon followed by gunfire.

"Dammit what's going on!" James asked, with a sense of urgency.

"This is Ten-Bravo Anchorage come in Station!" The Alaskan base shouted out through James comms.

"We read you loud and clear." One of the operators said.

"WE'RE BEING ATTACKED! IT'S THE ANCHORAGE DEMON! THE ABYSSAL'S ARE AIMING FOR THE COASTAL WALLS!" The Alaskan Command screamed out, as an explosion was heard, and there comm channel went dead.

Suddenly the door too the room burst open, and a man quickly ran in, he wore a standard OCP Army Combat uniform, with a four star patch in the middle of it. He had a short blonde hair, and looked fairly young to be such a high rank, no more then 30 years old.

James instantly knew who this was. General Davidson Grissom. Four Star General of the Army. He command most of Military ground Force's in the Western part of the United States.

"Deploy all available units on the West Coast immediately! I want all the Coastal walls reinforced, on the double!" He shouted out, walking up to James command console

"Affirmative Sir." James complied, as he began to tap various buttons on his console. The same could be said for the other Operators.

Suddenly one of the Operators screens began to flash bright green, and a Delta Force emblem appeared on it.

"Sir!" The Operator shouted, turning towards General Grissom.

"Go ahead." Grissom said, nodding his head back to the Operator.

"Special Operation request coming in!" He shouted out.

"Granted. Put them through." The General said with a nod. The Operator nodded, and tapped the screen. A split second later a Women with brown hair, tied in a ponytail, and brown eyes appeared on the large screen on the far wall of the room.

"This is Delta Force Operator Kodiak, with Delta squad, callsign Dust. We're here at Vandenberg Air force base." She spoke out with a sense of urgency.

"Glad to have you in our corner Kodiak." Grissom said with a chuckle, while he crossed his arms.

"What's the sitrep Station?" Delta member Kodiak asked, as the sound of jets could be heard from her comms.

"Abyssal's have launched simultaneous attacks on Anchorage, and San Diego. Unit's are scrambling to mobilize." James explained to the woman.

"How did they get through?" The woman asked, putting a hand on her chin.

"No idea." Grissom said, with a shrug. The 3rd Fleet constantly monitored the area, so everyone was shocked when the Abyssal's broke through.

"Well we're on station with Iowa, New Jersey, and Wisconsin. Ready to assist." The Delta Force member said, with a determined look.

"The Iowa class have arrived back from Germany?" James asked, suprised. Last thing he knew they were deployed on the European front, giving the Abyssal's hell.

"That's affirmative station. This is the USS. Iowa, just point us in a direction." A voice boomed through James mic, and the rest of the room.

Another monitor began to flash red, and the Operator, manning the screen turned back to the General. "Sir, another call in coming. It's from orbital Fortress Poseidon."

Everyone froze, when they heard the name. Orbital Fortress Poseidon, was the an orbital military installation, sitting in high Earth orbit. It was sent up into space shortly after the International Space Station was destroyed by Abyssal Force's in 2005. It had mainly been used to spy on Abyssal's Force's throughout the oceans, but it was also a massive Data center. Intel constantly flowed though it. Being 3 times larger then the ISS, it had a lot more room for different purposes.

"Patch em through." Grissom ordered as he stood in the center the room.

A second later the large screen flashed, and a man appeared on the screen. He wore a U.S. Airforce uniform. He has a sense of urgency in his eyes, meaning he was in a hurry to get this call over with.
"Station not much time to talk, we're flooded with information right now."

"Go ahead Poseidon." Grissom said, with a nod.

"We weren't knocked out like the rest of the Satellites, because of our high orbit. But we've gathered that in these few minutes that the attack on Anchorage is just a ploy. They're focusing their troops on San Diego. They've barely breached the wall. If we can push them back, there's a chance we can win." The Airman explained to all of them.

"Copy Poseidon." Grissom said, with a smirk. He knew he could win this. He switched his comm back over to the Delta Force's channel. "Kodiak orders incoming: Link up with friendly forces outside of San Diego, and help in whatever why you can in pushing the Abyssal's out of the wall."

"Affirmative. You can count on us. Kodiak out" The women said, closing the channel.

"We have to keep updates on the situation, and we also have a constant data stream coming in all over so we won't be able to assist. Poseidon out." The man said, before the screen went black.

Grissom sighed with relief. The situation was beginning to get under control. But he knew it wasn't over, not by a long shot. The General turned back too one of the Operators.

"Tell the 2nd Fleet too be on the look out for Abyssals on the East Coast, and deploy the 5th Fleet to Anchorage!" Grissom shouted out, with a sense of confidence.

"Yes sir!" The Operator said with a determined smirk.

James was busy organizing the Delta Force squads assets, and Ship Girls. But he stopped when his monitor suddenly popped up with a World map. It directed him to the Italian peninsula. He gasped slightly when he saw the info from the Intel network next.

"S-Sir. New information." He stuttered, turning the General Grissom.

"Tell me." The man said looking down at him.

"Abyssal force's are pushing through southern Europe. Rome has fallen." James revealed to him. Grissoms eye's widned. A second later James world map directed him over to the Korean Peninsula. It showed large troop movements from the northern country towards the southern across the 38th parallel…. It could only mean one thing. The North was invading the South.

"Sir!" James shouted out, again

"What is it now!" Grissom shouted out, with frustration, it was clear he was quite pissed off.

"North Korea has just pushed a large number of troops across the DMZ in South Korea!" He shouted out, tapping various buttons again.

"What!" Grissom yelled out with shock. "Contact the 7th Fleet! Tell them their mission has changed!"

James compiled again, and began to send coded messages to the 7th Fleet, who was nearing Japanese waters.

"Incoming call from the White House." One of the Operators suddenly said, as the White House Seal appeared on the large screen.

"Oh great." Grissom said rubbing his head, just as he was about to have a decent day.

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Okinawa, Japan

August 21, 2024

United States Special Forces, Lieutenant Kurt Housley

Kurt layed in his bed, listening to music. Out the window too his room the sky was still dark over the Naval base. He guessed it was about 5 or 5:30 in the morning. Kurt had went to bed early that night when he returned from the Medbay. Kaga had also returned with him. Some of the other Girls whispered that Kaga was glued to his side. He didn't mind it though, he had someone to talk too atleast.

Kurt looked at the clock on his phone, that the music was playing from. He frowned, when he saw the time. The Seal was used to waking up early, and going to bed late. It was just how his team operated.

"This is so boring. No ones up. I guess I could go for a jog. Maybe some shooting too, or some food" Kurt said to himself as he got up from the bed. "Hmm. I would wear some shorts, but since you never know when this base can get attacked, I'll wear my combat uniform."

Kurt got up, went over to the drawer in his room, and took out his Crye multicam combat shirt.(A/N: Look it up, it looks pretty nice) Kurt slid it on, and since he was already wearing his Multicam combat pants, he went to slide his boots on. He didn't have any running shoes yet, which was really a pain in the ass for him.

Never the less he slipped on his boots, and grabbed his Walther P22. For good measure since it would be dark out he grabbed a laser attachment for his P22. The Seal quickly slid it under the barrel of his pistol, then he put the gun in its holsters on his thigh.

"Alright that should be everything." Kurt said, checking all of his gear. After he knew everything was there, he walked out of his room.

The Seal walked through the halls of the aircraft carrier dorm, he looked around. The dark hallways, and the angling of the windows, gave this place a slightly creepy feeling. Kurt stopped, and looked out one of the windows. He stared out at the sea. The ocean slowly came in, and out from the beach. It was calm, and peaceful…for once.

Kurt moved through the door, that lead outside, and stared out. There was barely any lights on in the Naval base, only a few streetlamps.

"Ah hell how am I suppose to see anything on the beach without a light?" He said to himself, knowing full well that running in the dark was idiotic. His Squad mate Patrick had shown that to everyone in fire team Saber, when they were deployed in Panama. Long story short he got the idea to go on patrol without any of his night vision gear, and he ended up in a river.

Kurt shook his head, getting reminded of the story. He missed his team, and hoped they were okay.… wherever they were.

The Seal quickly turned back, and went back into the Carriers dorm. He walked the dark corridors again, walking past the doors of all the sleeping Carriers. He neared Kaga's door, and stopped. Kurt thought he heard something, and pressed his ear to the door.

His eyes widened when he heard the muffled sound of screaming. "S-Stop please no! Get way! NO!"

Kurt instantly sprang into action, and burst through the door. He turned to Kaga bed, and saw her thrashing around in her bed. He immediately knew what was wrong. She was having a nightmare. She looked like a terrified little kid.

"No!" She screamed out, punching and kicking at her blankets. Kurt was lucky that she was in a room by herself, otherwise there would be another Girl in here freaking about thinking we were under attack, because of Kaga.

"Kaga!" He shouted out running over to her bedside, and began to shake her. "Wake up! Wake up!"

"Keep them AWAY! Akagi!" She yelled out, tears flowing out of her eyes. But the moment Kurt touched her, she instantly latched her arms around him. "Snap out of it!" He shouted holding her tightly.

Suddenly she began to calm down, as he held her. She was now quietly whimpering into his neck. But a moment later she woke up, eyes bloodshot red.

"W-What? Kurt?" She asked weakly, looking up at him still crying softly.

"I'm here." The Seal said, holding her. She tightened her grip on him and asked her next question. "What happened?"

"You were having a nightmare. I rushed in here to see if you were okay." He informed her.

Kaga nodded her head and began to calm down, but suddenly gripped the side of her head tightly.
"Owww! My head! Get it out!" She screamed out in pain

"Kaga!" The Seal shouted in concern. This wasn't good, he definitely knew she was suffering from some type of PTSD. It could end up being fatal to her.

The Aircraft Carrier, suddenly clutched onto Kurt's uniform, and looked up at him. Her hair was not in a ponytail, so it flowed down freely. "Kurt.….get me out of this room please!" She pleaded hair, covering one of her eyes. The Seal could tell she was in a lot of pain. He needed to be careful with her.

"Alright." He said softly, pushing the hair out of her eyes. Kurt quickly helped her out of bed, and guided her to the door. "Kurt I got it." Kaga said weakly.

He nodded, and the two walked out of the door together. They both walked down the hallway, and towards the door, not noticing the two shadows that quietly followed them.

"Why are you already dressed?" Kaga asked, as they exited the aircraft carrier dorms.

"I couldn't sleep. So I was going to go for a run, and maybe go do some target practice. But since I have you with me…..I guess we can walk around if you want." The Seal said, shrugging his shoulders.

"I'd like that." Kaga said, looking down at the ground with a small smile.

"Let's go then." Kurt said. She nodded, and they both walked down to the beach.

"Geezzz she wakes us up, then goes on a walk with the Lieutenant." Zuikaku said, as she walked out of the Carriers dorm with Amagi.

"Want to follow them?" Amagi suggested.

"Yeah." Zuikaku said with a smirk, as they began to follow Kurt, and Kaga down to the beach.

As the two reached the beach, they saw Kaga, and Kurt staring out to the ocean.….well Kurt was staring at the ocean. Kaga on the other hand kept glancing over to Kurt repeatedly.

"Are you okay?" The Seal finally asked, not looking away from the ocean.

Kaga was surprised for a moment, but then quickly bounced back. "Yes. The pains stopped. Those nightmares are normal though. Ever since Akagi…." She trailed off, and looked down at the sand, trying to forget the memory.

"I'm sorry." Kurt said, looking over to her.

"No it's fine." Kaga, looking at him.

After that the two stood in silence for a little while, until Kurt decided to speak up. "You've been spending a lot of time with me these past two days."

Kaga's face got bright red. "Oh! Uhhhhh does that bother you, I'll stop if you want me to?" She said looking away from him, with a frown.

"No, No, No. I enjoy spending time with you." Kurt revealed, with a nervous laugh.

"O-Oh." Kaga said, with another blush.

"I love having someone to talk with." He said with a smile. Kaga's eyes lit up slightly when she heard him. A small smile appeared across her face. "Really?" She asked looking over to him.

"Yeah." He said with a smirk. Kaga looked away with a small blush, but suddenly she felt an overwhelming feeling of sleep overcome her. She leaned on the Lieutenant.

Kurt looked down at her, and a small smile appeared across his face. He had to admit it, Kaga was very strong willed. A majority of the injuried girls were still in the Medbay, but Kaga was out almost around the same time as Kurt. He thought aircraft carriers took awhile to heal.

"Still tired?" He finally asked.

Kaga jumped a bit when she realized, she was leaning on Kurt. "Y-Yeah." She was about to stand up straight, but her legs almost gave out. She nearly collapsed on Kurt. "Kaga are you alright?" He asked catching her.

"Just a little more tired then I thought." She replied with a weak chuckle.

"Well you can always go back to bed if you want." He said, with a concerned expression.

Kaga immediately put her hands up in protest. "No, No, No-" But she was interrupted as Kurt picked her up, bridal style. "Come on." He said with a warm smile. Kaga blushed a bit. "A-Alright."

They walked down the path, back towards the Aircraft Carrier dorm. Kaga kept periodically dozing off.

Zuikaku, and Amagi who were watching from the side of one of the building, saw the two coming. Zuikaku quickly grabbed Amagi. "Shoot hide." She whispered. Amagi nodded back, and they ran away from them. Down an alleyway.

Kurt, and Kaga didn't notice, as he carried her back into the Aircraft Carrier's dorm. In no time he was already back to her room. The Seal placed her down on the bed, and was about to leave until she stopped him. "U-Uh Kurt."

"Yeah?" He asked, turning back around.

Kaga blushed slightly. "Can you stay with me? I don't want to have another nightmare, or atleast I want someone here if I do." She requested, blush increasing ten-fold.

"Sure Kaga." Kurt said with a soft smile, as he pulled up a chair, and sat by her bedside. "Thank you." She said with a small smile. "Can I ask you something?" She added.

"Yeah, anything." He said, with a smile. This made Kaga slightly happy.

"You've lost someone before right?" She asked, remembering what he said about his mother. Kaga just needed to confirm this though.

Kurt looked down for a moment. Being reminded about his mother wasn't easy, but Kurt knew it was better to talk about it. He looked up at her with a solemn expression. "Yes. I have."

"How do you deal with it?" Kaga asked. Kurt was slightly taken off guard. He didn't expect this to be asked, not certainly tonight.

But luckily for him he had an answer, he always had an answer for this question. "I know that the person I lost, loved me very much, and I loved them very much. Otherwise I wouldn't missed them at all. I also know that they wouldn't want me to beat myself up over it. They would want me to enjoy life. Because their still with me."

"W-What do you mean?" Kaga asked, eyes wide.

"In here." Kurt said pointing to his heart. "and in here." He added, pointing to his chest.

Kaga went wide eyed, she never knew how truthful and honest Kurt was. She began to feel a strange sensation in her heart. "I-I never thought of that…" She finally said with a blush. Kaga took his words to heart, she knew Akagi wouldn't want her to beat herself up over this. Her sister would want her to keep fighting no matter the coast. She wanted to protect humanity, but more importantly she wanted to protect Kurt.

The Seal looked at her awaiting a response, but just then his phone buzzed in his pocket. "Huh?" He pulled it out, and saw a stream of information going across the screen. But three words stuck out at him. "America under attack."

"On no. This isn't good." Kurt said aloud, catching Kaga's attention.

"What is it?" The Carrier asked perking up at his words. Before Kurt could give an answer his phone began to ring, catching both of their attentions.

Kurt picked it up, and answered. He was immediately met by the voice of the Ambassador. "Hello Lieutenant." The man said in a emotionless voice.

"Ambassador Dewey?" Kurt asked in return. Whatever his call was, it wasn't good. Kaga was getting worried as well.

"You're getting deployed. I've already woke the Japanese Admiral. Prepare." The Ambassador spoke, and then hung up. Kurt's eyes widened.

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In route to the San Diego Battlefield

August 21, 2024

Delta Team Dust, US Army

Charlotte "Kodiak" Housley

As her team prepared their gear in the front of the V-280 Valor, Charlotte sat back looking out of the loading ramp at the passing cities below. She could see hundreds of cars pouring out of the cities. They were afraid, afraid of what lied just down the coast. Just like her..…..she was afraid of them too.

"Um excuse me?" A voice asked from behind the Delta member.

"Huh?" Charlotte asked, turning around to the source of the voice.

She turned to see a Women with standing over her. Now Charlotte wasn't the tallest Girl. She was only about 5'4, and this women was atleast 6'2. She towered over her. She had long flowing blonde hair, that curled towards the bottom, with a black bow. With brown eyes. The women wore the standard Delta Force uniform, and had multiple heavy guns attached to her back. Charlotte knew this was a Ship Girl.

"Your names Kodiak right?" The women asked, staring down at her. She seemed friendly enough, for a 6 foot something war machine.

"My call sign is yes." Charlotte said, preparing her SCAR-H, adjusting its ACOG scope. She also checked her Exo to make sure it was working properly.

"I'm the Iowa Class Battleship, USS. Wisconsin please to meet you." The Ship Girl said, extending her hand out for Charlotte to shake it.

The Delta Force member stood more properly, and shook it. "Nice to meet you too."

Wisconsin smiled, and looked out of the Ospreys ramp. She stared off towards the sea, and the large coastal wall. The wall rested about a mile off of the shore. It had a powerful defenses. Everyone was surprised when it was breached by the Abyssals. U.S. war ships could be seen on the outer side of the wall, they were traveling out to Sea to combat the large Abyssal Fleet two miles out.

"Isn't it beautiful?" Wisconsin said looking out of the back.

"The Evac?" Charlotte asked, confusingly.

"No. The ocean." Wisconsin said with a small smile, looking out to Sea, especially at the large war ships. "All those ships. I'm like a proud mother looking at them."

"Huh?" Charlotte asked, looking over at her confused. She didn't know Wisconsin had children, but It was common knowledge that a Ship Girl could give birth to another Ship Girl.

The Delta Force member just looked up at the Ship Girl, waiting for a response. Finally after some time she got one. "Knowing I fought a war, that gave these ships a future. Without our involvement in the second world war who knows what would've happened. Also I can bet that there's another Wisconsin down there. So it's like I'm looking down at my daughter." After that Wisconsin let out a small, and pleasant smile.

But then Charlotte remember the ugly truth of their situation…..the worlds situation. "You're right. Now she's fighting a new war, where the entire world is united against a greater threat. That could be much greater then that war." Charlotte said.

She was expecting Wisconsin face to turn sour, but to her surprise she still kept the smile. "I know. It makes me proud."

Charlotte was still a bit shocked by this, but she couldn't show it, as the rest of her team now approached her.

"Lock and load people we're dropping in." One of the men said, as he passed her. From the way he moved Charlotte already knew this was her team leader. He wore a similar set up like her, but he wore a black balaclava, and goggles around his helmet, that covered his eyes. He screamed Special Forces.

As Charlotte was looking at him two more men passed her. "Out of the way rookie." One of them said, shoving her out of the way. She just gave him a different look. Both of the men wore the same uniform like the team leader. She just sighed, Charlotte didn't even bother to learn the names of any of them. It was a waste of time. This would be her only mission with this team.

Another ship girl walked behind her, and began to talk with Wisconsin. She looked similar to the Ship Girl. This one had long, curly blonde hair, with a large chest. Like Wisconsin she wore a standard Delta Force uniform.

"Oh hey New Jersey." Wisconsin said with a small smile, welcoming the other Ship Girl.

"Hey little sis" New Jersey said with a wide smile, hugging her.

"You ready for the battle?" Wisconsin asked.

New Jersey smirked at this. "Of course, it's only a small invasion. They only had us deploy. That didn't even deploy M-"

"Ahem!" The team leader shouted, quieting down both Ship Girls.

Charlotte immediately walked over to Wisconsin and New Jersey, and stood at attention. Her team leader walked infront of all of them, and began to speak. "Now listen everyone, our orders were clear. We have to assist friendly forces in the area, and push back the Abyssals. Our main objective is Point Loma. Abyssal's took it in the first wave of attacks. But the main fight is happening in the city. Army is fighting for control of San Diego as we speak."

"What about Marines, and the Navy sir?" Charlotte asked, wanting all the answers. All the Delta Force members looked towards her. Even for being an elite soldier, this was an awkward moment.

The team leader sighed. "Well Specialist, we'll be assisting Marine forces with the recapture of Point Loma. The 3rd Fleet's engaged off the coast with the bulk of the Abyssals Fleet. I've heard through the comms that the Battleship Princess is among them."

The Delta members shifted a bit uneasy, and both the Ship Girl's eyes widen. The Battleships Princess has a reputation for destroying everything in her path, and surprisingly taking prisoners…..you did not want to be taken prisoner by her.

"Great now I can finally kick her ass!" A voice boomed out from the back of the Valor.

Everyone turned to see another Ship Girl walk towards them. She walked forward with a sense of pride, she wore the standard Multicam Delta Force uniform. This Ship Girl had long ruffled blonde hair, with a massive set of guns attached to her back.

"Indeed big sister." New Jersey said with a smile.

'Big sister?' Charlotte thought to herself. This could only mean that this Ship Girl, was the legendary Iowa Class Battleship. A legend among the US military.

She was best known for her actions in Washington DC, during the time, when the coastal walls weren't finished. Abyssal had broken through the Naval defensive blockade, and headed straight for the Capital. Iowa with the help of two Arleigh Burke-class destroyers held the Abyssal's at bay until the Navy, with the help of the airforce pushed the Abyssal's back out to the Atlantic. Her actions here made the already famous Ship, even more popular.

Iowa walked up, and stood by her sisters, as the team leader was finishing the briefing. "Alright. As I was saying after we clear out Point Loma with the Marines, we're then to move with the Ship Girls with the help of our exo suits to take out Abyssal anti-aircraft emplacements in the bay. So our fly boy's from Halsey Field can begin attack runs on the Abyssal Fleet, and enemy forces in the city."

"So we're the main unit. If we fail there's a good chance we'll lose the city?" Wisconsin asked.

"Yes. Command can't send in our drone Fleet because of the heavy anti-air. So as well as F-22s, and F-35s we'll be getting drone assistance too, once the anti-air down. Understood everyone?" He asked, with a sense of authority.

"Yes sir!" Everyone shouted out in unison.

"Eta to the FOB at Mission Bay 2 minutes." The pilots shouted out from the cockpit.

"You heard em get ready!" Iowa shouted to her sisters. The two quickly compiled, and made some final adjustments on their guns

Charlotte was busy sighting her rifle, making sure it would atleast fire straight, as her team leader walked up to her. "Kodiak let me speak with you for a second?"

"Of course sir." She said, just as she was about to put her Balaclava over her face.

"Now I know you're still new to the whole special forces deal. But I'm going to say this bluntly. Stay behind us, and don't play hero. The only reason you were let in here was because of your high scores, and your family. Do you understand?" He said crossing his arms.

"Yes sir." Charlotte said, with an emotionless salute.

"Good. Now get ready." He said walking back over to the two other Delta members.

Oh Charlotte understood. She understood perfectly, that man was talking about her mother, and brother. Her mother before she was killed, was a high ranking Naval officer, while her older brother was a Lieutenant in the Navy Seals. She didn't hate them of course, Charlotte just thought it was annoying that she was always stuck in their shadow's.

Just as she was thinking to herself, the Helicopter touched down on the FOB. Everyone immediately began to run over to the ramp of the Valor. As they ran Charlotte quickly put on her black balaclava, and ops-core helmet. Once she put those on, she quickly slapped on a pair of cybernetic goggles, that gave her a HUD.

"Come on let's move!" The squad leader shouted out. Everyone quickly sprinted off, of the bird and onto the base. As Charlotte ran out she saw dozen of Marines, and Army personnel rushing in different directions.

All of the members of the team patiently stood waiting.

After a couple minutes a man came walking up to them. "Fireteam Dust?" He asked. The man was covered with dirt from head to toe. His Marine uniform completely dirty.

"That's us." Fireteam leader said with a salute.

"Major Winters. Nice to meet all of you." He said with a smirk, giving back a salute.

"Just wish it was under better circumstances." The man said with a small chuckle.

"Ha! I wish!" Winters said with a laugh. You could tell he's been under an extreme amount of pressure, from the way he laughed.

"Where do you need us sir?" He asked, reading his M4A1.

"Back on that bird." Winters pointed back to the Valor, which was still sitting behind them. Everyone raised their eyebrows in confusion.

"Sir?" Iowa asked out of nowhere. She too was confused.

"You'll be assisting my forces in the main push to Loma. The 1st Battalion already pushed them back to the edge of La Playa. Here are the coordinates." Winter said, giving him a piece of paper.

The fireteam leader quickly took the piece of paper, and enter the coordinates in too a small pieces tac-pad on his arm. A second later the goggles that Charlotte wore lit up with a new set of coordinates.

"Understood sir." He responded back.

"You'll meet up with the 11th Expeditionary Unit. I also have some MARSOC Operators there as well. Some of the finest Marines there are." Winters said with a chuckle.

"I believe you sir." The man said with a small laugh, as well. Everyone quickly turned, and ran back to the Valor.

Winters gave them all a salute. "Godspeed, Dust actual." They had no idea the ride they were in for.

Once everyone was aboard, the Valor immediately took off, and headed to the destination. "Where we headed to?" New Jersey asked.

"A small farm on the west coastline of Point Loma. They're Unit's the farthest one in." One of the men said reading his M4A1.

"So not much support." Iowa said crossing her arms.

"They better have some goddamn heavy weapons. If we run into some Ru-class battleship." The man said, loading a grenade into the grenade launcher on his M4A1.

"Ahem." Iowa and New Jersey both coughed with a slight since of irritation. Charlotte chuckled, the man forget that these girls were walking Battleship's.

"Oh right my bad." The man said with an apologetic tone in his voice. Atleast he was smart enough to not piss off the Ship Girls.

"We're closing in." The pilots shouted out, as the Valor began to descend.

"Prepare for landing!" The squad leader shouted, as the Valor began to land at the small abandon farm. Marines could already be seen, waiting for them.

Once the chopper landed, everyone began to rush out. "Go, Go, Go!" Iowa shouted sprinting off the chopper with her sisters.

Charlotte sprinted out with the rest of her team, and was immediately met by a Marine. "Delta Team Dust?" He asked.

"Affirmative Marine." Kodiaks team leader said, as the Iowa sisters walked up behind them.

The man smirked. "Lieutenant Allen, 11th Expeditionary Marine Unit. Let me get you up to speed."

"Understood Lieutenant." Her team leader nodded. Allen nodded back to him, as he tapped a button on his wrist pad. A second later a map appeared on Charlottes goggles. Same could be said for the rest of her team.

The Lieutenant continued. "Our main objective is the Naval base ontop of Point Loma. We're going to use the Abrams here to push up Woodward road." As he said this various routes on the map were highlighted.

"How much resistance is going to be expected?" One of the Delta members asked.

"A few small pockets of Abyssal Force's. Shouldn't be too much trouble." The Lieutenant said, with a reassuring smirk. The Delta nodded. "Then after we push up on Woodward, we'll jump on highway 209, then that should take us straight to the Naval base."

"What do we do, once we're there?" Her team leader asked.

"After we secure the Naval base, then we're ordered to assist you in anyway to take out the Abyssals anti-air emplacements." The Marine explained to him.

"Sounds like a plan." Iowa said with a smirk, crossing her arms.

The Lieutenant frowned for a moment. "We also need to scout the area by the shoreline to find out if it's just anti-air we have to deal with. I'm sending about two Humvees worth of men to go ahead of the main force on Woodward road, and I've ordered them to continue on to Gatchell road. After that they're too set up shop at the lighthouse."

The Delta leader looked over at Kodiak, then looked back to Allen. "I'll send Specialist Kodiak here with your Marines."

"Understood. We should be able to head out now. Whenever you're ready?" The Lieutenant asked, beginning to move towards the road.

"Lead the way Marine." The leader said. The Lieutenant nodded his head, and continued to move towards the road where there was a convoy of armor, and transports waiting.

Allen looked back towards Charlotte. "Kodiak the Humvees set to the side over there are for my recon teams. Their orders are to head out immediately so you best get yourself acquainted. There's some MARSOC guys there so you should be fine."

She nodded under her balaclava, and began to move into that direction until the voice of Wisconsin stopped her. "Sir if I may?"

Her team leader stopped. "Of course Wisconsin?"

"May I go with her? It would be better if she had some fire support from a Battleship in case she comes across heavy Abyssal resistance." Wisconsin said. Her team leader quickly nodded. "Alright go ahead."

"Thank you Sir." Wisconsin said with a slight smile.

Lieutenant Allen turned to the rest of the Marines standing and waiting for his orders. "Alright people let's move out!"

"Yes sir!" They all shouted, running to various vehicles in the convoy.

Charlotte and Wisconsin started to walk to towards the group of Humvess set aside from the others. A few Marines could be seen standing around them, loading their weapons.

"Nervous?" Wisconsin asked, as they walked side by side.

"A little bit." Charlotte said with a sigh. She had been in the the military for only about 4 years now. She rarely saw combat against the Abyssal's. But now since she was rushed into Delta training because somehow the recruiters saw something in her. She hated fighting so much. Charlotte hated fighting the Abyssals even more, ever since her mother was killed by an Abyssal when she was 3.

Wisconsin saw the worry in her face, and frowned. "Don't be. I got your back." The Battleship said with a smirk.

Charlotte nodded, and they continued to walk to the group of Marines. One soldier finally noticed the two, and quickly approached them. "You one of the Delta Force members?" He asked. The man didn't look that Special. He had the standard equipment, and equipment on. The only thing different was that he wore a black beanie on his head.

"That's correct. Specialist Kodiak." Charlotte said with a slight nod. The Marine smiled, and held out his hand. "Sergeant Clayton Pakowski please to meet you."

"Likewise Sergeant." Charlotte said, taking his hand, and shaking it.

Wisconsin came up behind her, and smiled. " please to meet you."

The Sergeant smiled up at her. "Always a pleasure to meet a Ship Girl."

Suddenly a set off footsteps were heard behind the Marine. "Pac! We ready to move out?" The Soldier asked. He looked the same as the one infront of her. "Yeah Yankee in just a moment." The Sergeant called back. The Marine gave him a nod, and walked back to the Humvees.

Pakowski turned back to the two. "Wisconsin you'll be riding in the first Humvee, and Kodiak you'll be riding in the second one with me." They both nodded, and walked to their vehicles.

Pakowski looked to all the other Marines. "Let's mount up!"

After a couple minutes the scout Humvee barreled down the highway towards their destination. The main force was a half a smile behind them, so they were one their own. The Marines weren't expecting much resistance.

Charlotte sat in the back of the Humvee. Across from her sat Pakowski, and next to him was the man know as Yankee. Two other Marines sat beside her. One was on a laptop of sorts, and the other was messing with his rifle. Plus there were two more Marines in the front. She still didn't pay much attention to them though. She just stared out the window, looking for anything out of the ordinary.

"So Kodiak?" Pakowaki began.

She looked over at him, and lifted up her goggles. Revealing her autumn brown eyes. "Yes?"

Pakowski was taken back for a moment, by her eyes before he continued. "What's your story?"

Yankee laughed, and looked over at him. "I don't think you'll get much out of her Pac. Those Spec ops guys don't talk at all unless they're with their own." He chuckled.

"I'm just trying to make up conversation." He responded back. This caused him to laugh again. "Telling you man, she's going to keep her mouth shut." He said, looking back out the Humvees windows.

Pakowski laughed, and looked back at Charlotte. "Sorry about him. He's still a bit cranky."

"Why's that?" She asked, as the Humvees drove down the road.

"He wanted to be deployed somewhere else." He chucked.

Yankee looked back at him, with a scowl. "We should be fighting with the main force to take back the base, not out here doing Recon. Or atleast be in the Pacific fighting the head of the Abyssals horde."

When he mentioned the Pacific, she was reminded of her older brother fighting with the 7th Fleet there. She looked down with a slight frown. He was always there for her, whenever she need him. Charlotte remember, she was so proud of him, when he made it into the Navy Seal. He was forging a path through the Navy just like their mother. She let out a soft sigh, before returning back to reality.

"Something on your mind?" Sergeant Pakowski asked, looking over at her as he adjusted his Exo's gloves.

"No it's nothing." She said, looking back up to them.

The Sergeant smiled. "Anyway everyone calls me Pac. I'm with MARSOC. Same with Yankee over there." He said motioning to the grumpy Marine in the corner.

But before she could say anything in response, the driver in the Humvee yelled back to them. "We're heading through the water treatment plant now. Beware!"

Charlotte remember it on there map. It stood right through their path. If there was going to be any resistance it would be right here. They needed to get through here quick.

"Alright everyone nice and easy now." Pac said, readying his M4. The Humvees slowed slightly, but kept driving through the plant. It hadn't looked like any Abyssals has come through the area at all.

All the Soldiers looked around quietly, until the sound of a hideous screech was heard off too the left of them. They all paled.

"T-The hell was that?" One of the Marines asked in the Humvee. They all looked to there left in the plant. Only large containers of water could be seen.

Pac tapped on Charlottes shoulder. "Kodiak get on the .50."

"Roger." She whispered, moving quietly over to where the hole was on the roof. A few seconds later she was on the powerful machine gun. Charlotte quickly spun it to the left.

"See anything?" Pac asked. She quickly shook her head, while still staring into the rows of the water containers. But suddenly a large dark shadow passed one of the containers in the distance. The hair on the back of her neck stood.

"Sensors?" Yankee asked one of the Marines. The man on the laptop looked up, and shook his head.
"No nothing." He responded back, tapping various buttons.

Charlotte quickly put her goggles back on, and kept her eye on the containers.

Suddenly the creaking sound of metal brought everyone's attention to the back of the Humvee.

"You hear that?" Yankee asked. Pac nodded, as well as the other Marines.

They all looked for a second before a container was suddenly sent flying in there direction, and a Abyssal Destroyer the size of the Humvee jumped out from behind it. Everyone's eyes widen.

"Crap! Abyssal Destroyer!" Yankee shouted out, as he stuck his machine gun out the window, and began to fire.

"Drive, Drive, Drive!" Pac shouted, and both Humvees floored it through the plant. But a split second later four Abyssal fighters flew in out of nowhere, and began to fire at Charlotte. "Enemy fighters above!" One of the soldiers screamed. Without hesitation Charlotte opened fire at them with the .50 Cal.

"Go!" Pac shouted again, as they zoomed through the place. Charlotte kept firing at the enemy fighters, aiming the best she could. They weren't the real problem the Destroyer was, it was gaining speed. If it hit the Humvee, it would be over for all of them.

"Shit!" Yankee shouted, looking out the window, and opening fire with his LMG. Pac did the same a moment later, aiming up at the fighters.

"Take those fighters out Kodiak!" Pac shouted up to her. The Delta instantly tilted the machine gun up, and aimed it at the incoming fighters. They enemy Abyssal fighters, being the hive mind that they are, all locked onto her. Charlotte narrowed her eyes, and opened fire. The .50 caliber bullets pelted one of the incoming fighters, and ripped it to shreds, resulting in a fiery explosion. The Fighters all darted out of the way, but not before the debris of the destroyed fighter, hit a fleeing one. They both crashed into the road behind them.

"Two down." Charlotte said to herself, aiming her gun back up to the remaining fighters. But to her surprise, they both scattered into the sky. She was confused for a moment, but the roar of the Abyssal behind her, drew her back to reality.

"The Destroyer is gaining!" Yankee shouted, lighting it up with his gun. Charlotte did the same, but before she could fully get her aim on it, the Abyssal opened it's mouth revealing a very large gun. "Oh crap!" Pac shouted out. Charlotte prepared for the worst.

But suddenly two shells past over her head, and struck the Abyssal directly in the mouth. Charlotte swerved her around to see.

It was Wisconsin. She stood on the roof of the first Humvee, guns at the ready. "Wisconsin?" Charlotte asked.

Her eyes narrowed, and she aimed her guns towards them. "Duck!" Wisconsin screamed out, unleashing a volley of high explosive shells. Charlotte did as she was commanded, and moved back inside the Humvee.

Explosions knocked the Humvee around, but then everything went quiet. Charlotte slowly lifted her head up through the hole, and looked back. On the road was nothing but the smoldering remains of the Abyssal Destroyer. The .50 Cal was also half destroyed from the explosion. Charlotte turned her head back to Wisconsin. The Battleship was smiling at her, as the Humvees exited the Water treatment plant.

Pac looked out from his window to see the remains, and sighed. "Shit that was close." He sat back in his seat.

Yankee did the same, and looked around. "Everyone still in one piece?"

"Yeah." A Marine responded. Pac gave him a thumbs up. Charlotte moved back down into the inside of the Humvee. "I'm good." She said, looking down at her hands. They were shaking. Charlotte frowned. So she still was afraid.

"Kodiak that was amazing!" Pac exclaimed, with a smile. Yankee smiled as well, and nodded to her. "Hell of a good job there."

Charlotte didn't pay much attention to them, she was still trying to calm down her shaking hands.

"Kodiak?" Pac asked, tapping her shoulder. She jolted from the shock. But no one could say anything, because the sudden shout from the driver caught their attention. "Target in front!" He screamed out. Everyone looked forward just in time to see another Abyssal Destroyer ram into the first Humvee. The Humvee flipped, and crashed into the ditch.

"Brake!" Pac yelled out, as theirs began to swerve on the road. A second later it drove off the road, and landed in the opposite ditch.

The Abyssal Destroyer, let out loud roar, as the two enemy fighters came back, and circled the first Humvee.

Charlotte quickly got her barrings, as the Humvee stopped moving. She looked around to see if everyone was okay. Pac had landed ontop of her, and Yankee has been tossed to the front. The other two Marines were still in their seats.

Pac quickly rose his head, and looked at Charlotte. "You alright?" He asked, getting off of her. If it wasn't for the Balaclava on her face, Pac would've saw the small blush on her face.

"Y-Yeah." She breathed out, trying to avoid him. Pac just nodded, and turned to the others. "Everyone alright?" He called out.

Yankee groaned, and gave him a thumbs up. "Yeah. Everyone's fine." He said, getting up. The other Marines nodded as well.

"What about the other truck?" The driver asked. Pac's eyes widened, remembering what happened to the other Humvee. He touched his ear piece, opening up a comm channel. "Hey you guys okay over there? Hello? Come in!" He shouted, waiting for a response.

Suddenly gunfire erupted from the other Humvee, and a load roar was heard. Yankee shivered. These soldiers might be equipped with Exos, but it still didn't mean they weren't afraid of these things.

Pac grinted his teeth, and looked up. "We have to help them." Everyone turned to him with shocked expressions. "Are you kidding man? A thing that size? It'll tear us apart." One of the Marines stammered out.

While everyone argued over if they should go, Charlotte's head was still spinning a bit. She was absolutely terrified of these things, but she knew those men in the other Humvee needed her help. Wisconsin needed her help. Her eyes narrowed, she needed to get over her stupid fear, she was a United States Delta Force member for Pete's sake. The best of the best. It was time to act like it.

Her jaw clenched and she reloaded her Scar. "Get ready. That thing is still out here." She announced opening her door, and stepping outside. The other Marines just watched in astonishment, as she stepped out.

"Hey wait Kodiak!" Pac shouted, trying to stop her.

She didn't pay attention to his voice, and took cover behind the Humvee. The Delta looked from her cover to the downed truck. It layed turned on its side, and on fire. The Abyssals destroyer could be seen in circling it. The Fighters flew over, waiting. She saw something struggle under the burning vehicle. Charlotte focused on the object, and her eyes widened. It was Wisconsin, she was laying under it.

Charlotte didn't understand Wisconsin could easily move the vehicle, and Combat the enemies. But why didn't she?

The Delta shrugged, and began to think of a battle plan. She needed to eliminate all the targets before she could get to Wisconsin. Her first challenge, the Aircraft.

Pac quickly came up behind her with the rest of the Marines. "Finally decided to get off your ass?" Charlotte said with a chuckle.

"Yeah, very funny. Have a plan?" Pac groaned out, as they all hid behind the Humvee. It was 6 Marines and 1 Delta vs 3 Abyssals. That didn't seem like too much of a problem.

Charlotte narrowed her eyes. "Yeah. We need to lure the Aircraft away from the Humvee, and take them out. Then we can deal with the Destroyer." She said looking back towards the disgusting creature.

"Leave that to me." Yankee said, coming up to the front of the group, with two other Marines.

"Yankee?" Pac asked, looking back at him with a raised eyebrow. The man smirked "I'll take these two, and get them away. You deal with the Destroyer." He said, walking to the back of the Humvee with the two other men.

"Roger." Pac said to him. Pac was technically in charge here, but he would also listen to others. In this case it was Kodiak. She earn her position in Delta Force. She had every right to lead these men.
"I'm trusting you here Kodiak." Pac said, with a nod.

"You can. It's Charlotte by the way." She revealed getting angry about keeping her identity secret. They were fighting Abyssals, not people. Pac was taken back for a moment, but then nodded, and Charlotte continued. "Now I need you to go to it's left with him." She ordered, pointing at the Marine behind Pac. They both nodded. Then she pointed to the last Marine behind her. "I'll go to the right, with him. We'll trap it, and then blow it to bits with our rifles. Use your fast movements with your Exos to you advantage."

"Understood." Pac said, with a nod. The rest of the Marines nodded as well.

"We all ready?" Charlotte asked.

"Yeah." Pac said.

She looked over towards the other group. "Alright. Yankee go." The Marine gave her a smirk, and ran out into the open with his group.

"Hey over here!" Yankee shouted out, firing some rounds from his LMG up towards the Abyssal aircraft.

The Fighters instantly took notice, and approached them beginning to fire.

"Shit!" Yankee shouted out, beginning to turn and run.

"Get to the woods!" One of the Marines said in a panic, sprinting into the woods behind them.

"Come on follow us you bastards!" Yankee shouted, sprinting with the Marines. A second later they were gone, along with the Abyssal fighters.

"Alright." Charlotte said, looking back at the Marines. "Hope he's going to be okay." She added, getting worried about sending them off like that.

"Yankee's got this." Pac chuckled. Charlotte was reassured by this. He has certainly spent alot more time with that man, then she has.

"Now. let's move." Pac said, moving to the other end of the Humvee. Charlotte nodded and began to move up from the truck to the Destroyer. The creature was too busy roaring at Wisconsin and the Marines trapped inside to notice them.

Charlotte and the other Marine moved up quietly on it's right, while the others moved on its left. As they got in position the creature noticed something was off, and turned around. It saw all the soldiers, and roared opening it's mouth.

"Light it up!" Pac shouted out, opening fire with his M4. Everyone did the same, and pelted it with fire. This Destroyer being larger, and having thicker armor, meant it could take more of a beating. The creature was confused for a moment, but then got it's barrings, and charged at Charlotte.

The Delta didn't have time to move, as it rushed towards her. She braced for the impact.

It chomped down on her left arm, almost breaking it. But her Exo took more of the attack. It pushed her to the ground. Sending her rifle flying. "Ah! Dammit!" She yelped, as it layed ontop of her. Trying to crush her with its weight. It was working. Her body couldn't hold up.

"Get off me!" She cried, taking out her FN Five-Seven with her right arm. She put the pistol to the creatures mouth. "Die!" Charlotte screamed out, wasting the entire clip in the Destroyers mouth.

The creature shuttered for a moment, then blue blood splatter all over Charlotte's helmet and Balaclava. It fell limp ontop of her. She was barely able to rolls its body off. "Charlotte are you alright!" Pac called out, moving over to her.

"Y-Yeah." She stuttered out, staring at the body. She did it! She was able to take one of these on.

While Pac focused on Charlotte, another one of the Marines ran up to the overturned Humvee, and called out inside. "Hey you guys alright in there?"

After a couple seconds one Marine climbed out of the overturned vehicle. "Yeah! We couldn't get out because of that thing." He pointed to the dead destroyer. 4 more Marines soon followed after him, and all regrouped around Pac. "Thanks for the save." One of them said.

The Sergeant nodded back, while Charlotte got up off the ground. Her eyes widened when she remembered about the Ship Girl, trapped under the Humvee. "Wisconsin!" She cried out, running to her. Pac and the other Marines followed her.

Charlotte arrived at the Humvee, and looked down at the Ship Girl, still under the truck. "Nice kill there." She smirked, looking up at her.

Charlotte smiled, with relief. "Thanks." She grinned. All the Marines soon positioned themselves on the side of the truck.

"Push!" Pac called out, as they easily moved the Humvee out of the way. Wisconsin slowly stood up, and Charlotte hugged her. The Battleship had no damages at all. Her guns and outfit were perfectly fine. "Ah. That's better." She sighed with relief, rubbing Charlottes back. The Delta was glad Wisconsin had made it, she was growing on her. The Ship Girl felt like a big sister to her.

"Why couldn't you get out?" Charlotte asked.

"I didn't want to risk hurting these guys, because the only way would be to flip it over." She responded, pointing over too the Marines that were trapped in the Humvee.

Pacs radio began to crackle, and Yankees voice could soon be heard on the other end. "Pac do you read?" He asked.

"Affirmative." He said with a nod.

"We took care of those fighters. We're going to move up to the light house. Meet you there over?" He asked.

Pac smirked. He was glad one of his friends had survived the Abyssals. "Copy. We'll see you there." He said in confidence.

The Radio went silent, and he turned back to the rest of the Marines. Charlotte stopped hugging Wisconsin. "Everyone alright?" He asked. They all nodded.

"Good. Get anything you need from the other Humvee, and be ready to move out in five. We'll take this Humvee." He pointed back to his Humvee. Charlotte was glad that everyone has made it through the attack.

After a short drive the lone Humvee arrived at the light house. When everyone got out, their eyes widened from the sight. San Diego could be seen burning across the bay, with hundreds of Abyssals fighters flying overhead. Charlotte thought about all the troops fighting for control of the city. It must be hell. They all looked to their left, to the Coastal wall, where the Abyssal Fleet had broken through. The hole was big enough for an aircraft carrier to fit through.

But while everyone was focused on the wall, and the burning city, Charlotte was looking for their objective. She looked all over the bay, but couldn't find any Abyssals at all. "Where are the anti-air units?" Charlotte asked the others.

They all remembered their mission, and began to look around.

"Crap anyone see anything?" Pac asked, still looking around, getting nervous. The hairs on the back of his neck began to stand. Everything went quiet suddenly. Even the water went mute.

Suddenly the sound of something rising out of the water was heard. "Over there!" One of the Marines shouted.

Everyone turned their heads to the source. Past all the burning boats, and debris in the water. Not even 2000 feet away from them, several Abyssals were seen rising out of the water. All the Marines hearts skipped a beat. They were scared from the sight. There were several Aircraft Carriers and Battleships. But it's what was at the center, that scared them.

An almost pure white Abyssal sat on a strange creature, with many faces and anti air guns. She had few black pieces on her outfit, but for the most part she was white. The Abyssal also has strange horns on her head, that almost looked like engines.

"I-It's the Air Defense Princess!" One of the Marines stammered out

"She's surround by 5 Wo class carriers!" Other one added. "And 12 Ta-Class Battleships." Wisconsin said, narrowing her eyes at the enemy ships. She wanted to rip them apart. They had invaded her country, and killed her people! This would not stand! They would feel the wraith of the United States of America!

"Call the main strike force!" One of the Marines shouted. Pac immediately got onto the radio, as they took covered in a house next to the lighthouse.

Once they got inside, Pac began to talk on his radio. "Come in anyone! This is Sergeant Pakowski, we need immediate assistance at the light house on point Loma. We have sighted an Abyssal Princess class!"

Before he could get a response, Yankee and his team burst through the door covered in sweat and Abyssal blood. "Pac!" Yankee shouted out, looking over to the Marines.

Pac payed no mind to him, as his radio began to crackle back to him. "S-Sergeant!" The voice of a man shouted, as his voice was covered by static.

"Yes hello?" Pac asked, bringing the Radio closer to his ear.

The man spoke again, although this time much clearer. "This is Lieutenant Allen! We're taking a beating trying to retake the Naval base! Already lost an Abram! The Deltas are dead! We can't deliver your support! Dammit get to cover!"

All the Soldiers were shocked from his response. The Strike force had been decimated. The Deltas were dead? Charlotte frowned slightly, she didn't know these men long enough to truly be saddened by their deaths. Wisconsin got worried over the fact that nothing was said about her sisters. But she had to focus on the mission.

"Lieutenant! Lieutenant!" Pac shouted out, trying to reach the man over his radio. But it was no use the connection was lost. "Dammit!" He shouted out in anger.

"How the hell are we suppose to take her down by ourselves?" Yankee asked.

"We're fucked man!" One Marine shouted out.

"And so falls San Diego…." Another added.

Charlotte was standing their in honest disbelief. She would've never thought she'd hear something like that from these Marines. They were battle hardened veterans of this war. Not like her, who somehow managed to get put into Delta fresh out of basic.

She couldn't control her anger any longer, so she stepped forward with Wisconsin behind her. "What the hell is wrong with you guys!? We're Soldiers of the United States of America! Not some pussies! Our entire country is counting on us right now! If we don't do this, then even more people will die! Get off your asses and do something!"

All of them stood there, shocked. They didn't expect her to have a sudden outburst like this. Yankee rushed towards her, with anger in his eyes.
"What do you purpose we do!? Go out there and die!?" He yelled out. Yankee didn't care if she was a Delta.

Charlotte quickly fired back. "Even if I die, I'm still going out there. Before I arrived here I was terrified of these things, but not anymore! I will stand, and fight for me country!"

"She's fucking insane!" Yankee shouted out, looking back to the rest of the Marines.

She frowned, and looked away from them. "I guess Semper Fi means nothing to you?"

This got almost all the Marines aggravated. This Delta basic just spat in their faces.

"What did you just say?" Yankee asked, moving towards her in a threatening manner. Charlotte just stared him down, as Wisconsin was put on more of an alert.

But Pac quickly rushed between the two, and pushed them apart. "Back off man!" He shouted out.

"Pac?!" Yankee stammered out. Why in the world would he try, and defend her?

All the Marines stared at the group, waiting for a response. "She's right! Our sacrifice means life or death for our entire Country! We're fucking United States Marines! We need to act like it!" Pac shouted out to the group.

They were taken back for a moment. Pac wasn't usually like this, when he was in command, the man was usually a layed back leader. For him to act like this shocked them.

"We don't even have a plan! This is suicide!" Yankee snapped back to his friend.

Pac walked towards him, with seriousness filling his eyes. Yankee was already prepared to get in a yelling match with him. He didn't care that Pac was in command, he wouldn't risk getting these men killed. But suddenly another Marine grabbed his shoulder.

Yankee spun around, and looked at the man.

"We have to try." The man said, looking at him, then too the ground of Wisconsin, Charlotte, and Pac.

"What? Don't tell me you're in on it too!?" He protested. The Marine nodded, walking over to Pac. Soon after the rest of them followed.

Yankee was now the only one opposing Pac, but soon the pressure got to him. "Fuck! Fine! I'm in! This is still crazy!" He shouted walking over to them.

Pac smirked, but then turned to Charlotte. They were right, there was no plan. "Non of us have any long range weapons. We couldn't effectively hit the Abyssals from here." He said.

Charlotte smirked as well under her balaclava, and pointed back to the women behind her. "The only one who does is Wisconsin."

"Our rifles can't even punch a hole in the Princesses armor." Yankee added.

"Wisconsin will have to then. She's the only one with the ability." Pac said, looking out one of the windows, checking their surroundings.

Charlotte narrowed her eyes. "Even if we only temporarily disable her, the Air force can come in and knock her out for good." All the Marines nodded at this. "She's our main target, our drones can deal with the enemy fighters, the Wo class send. But not the Princesses anti-air defensives."

"So what's the plan?" Yankee asked.

Charlotte narrowed her eyes and began. "We have to cover Wisconsin until she can successfully take out the Princess." She paused, and looked up at the Battleship. Wisconsin looked back down at her with her soft eyes. "Can you do it?" Charlotte asked.

Wisconsin nodded. "Yes. I won't fail. I'll show them the true might of America!"

"You sure our Exo's can even run on the water?" One of the Marines brought up.

Pac also took notice to this. It was true that their Exos were in fact just the prototype versions, of the ones given to the Special Forces. Pac looked at her with a concerned expression. "Yeah the ones we got were prototypes, so we could aide you on the mission. Not like yours which are fully developed."

Charlotte smirked, and began to walk out of the door. "We won't know until we try."

The Marines all laughed at this. "Crazy ass Delta." One of the Marines said, with a small smile and a chuckle.

They all followed Charlotte out, and approached the water slowly, as not to be noticed. "Just so you know, if we survive this I'm never going to let you volunteer us for assignments again." Yankee said, elbowing Pac in the side.

"Hey. It's not that bad." Pac said, smiling as they began to float on the water with their Exos. Charlotte was lucky, as the Marines began to float with her and Wisconsin.

She began too take the lead, and move to the Abyssals. "Diamond formation around Wisconsin!" She called out.

As soon as she barked the orders, they all fell defensively around her, moving towards the enemy slowly.

Charlotte began to pick up the pace, inching closer and closer to their targets. But as if they passed some invisible border, the Abyssals took notice. 15 of humanities finest versus 18 Abyssals.

All the Ta-class Battleships immediately began to open fire, and head towards the Marines. The Princess and the Wos kept their eyes on the sky.

"Battleships engaging!" One of the men shouted

"Open fire!" Charlotte and Pac commanded, as shell flew by their faces.

All the soldiers shot a wall of lead towards the Battleships, but only some of their bullets penetrated their armor. The Ta quickly retaliated by firing more rounds at them. Their was too much fire hitting them to keep up the diamond formation, and they quickly broke off. Luckily the Marines took cover behind the wreckage of flaming boats on the water, firing back when they could.

Charlotte stood with Pac, and Wisconsin while the rest of the Marines kept the Battleships at bay. Things were already not looking good. They hadn't even scratched the Princess yet.

A Marine quickly glided aside them, lightly smashing into the wreckage. "Incoming transmission sir!" He shouted handing Pac the phone.

"Source?" He asked, slightly shocked. Maybe it was the strike force. Maybe they had taken the base, and pushed to the lighthouse. Hope filled his eyes.

"Halsey field!" The man shouted back, just as an enemy shell ripped through the boat, and hit him in the shoulder. Luckily for him his shoulder armor caught most of him.

Pac tried to get to him, but Charlotte got to him first. "Just worry about the call." She said, beginning to get the Marine back on his feet.

He put the phone up to his ear, and called out. "Hello?"

Immediately he was met by a burst of transmissions, until after a moment a mans voice was heard. "This is air traffic control tower, Halsey field! What the hell are you guys doing?! That's an Abyssal Princess class! We can see you from the tower!" The very frantic voice of a man shouted through the phone.

"We're cutting a hole in their anti-air defensives! So you can take the city back! Please tell me you have aircraft ready?" Pac asked, with urgency in his voice.

Charlotte had helped the Marine up, and began to fire her rifle again looking back to Pac. She frowned slightly. Wisconsin came up behind her, and began to fire her guns, taking out one of the Ta-class. "Focus Charlotte." She said. The Delta quickly snapped out of it, and began to fire at the enemy.

"Of course, but you can't really expect to take out all those Abyssals with just 15 guys!" The air traffic control operator yelled back.

"Don't have too, just have to knock her out for a few minutes." Pac responded back looking over towards Halsey field. He could see gun fire and smoke all around it.

"Still, you can't do it alone. Give me a moment." The Operator said, cutting the connection.

Pac sighed, and looked over to the men. They were all fighting hard against the Abyssals. Some of them were already injuried, but none of them had gone down yet. He felt proud. They could do this.

"Alright men! Push forward!" He shouted, swinging around from behind the boat towards the Abyssals. Everyone else followed, still firing at the Battleships.

Charlotte was next to Yankee as they moved when she saw movement below the water next to him.

"On your left!" She shouted out, as they moved.

Seconds later a lone Ta-Class bursts out of the water, almost grabbing Yankee by the neck. Charlotte opened fire, as it flew through the air, ripping through its armor at such close range. As it feel into the water, a trail of blue blood followed it.

"T-Thanks." Yankee stammered out, moving towards the next cover they saw on the water.

"No problem." Charlotte nodded, moving up to the next wreckage with Pac and Wisconsin.

As Pac slide into cover, his ear piece began to flicker alive, as a voice boomed across it. "This is Admiral Striker, of the 3rd Fleet. I hear you need some assistance?" The voice asked.

Pac was shocked. He didn't think his assistance would be an Admiral.

"Sir-" Pac began but was immediately interrupted by the cover to their right exploding, sending some of the Marines flying. Wisconsin and Charlotte began to pelt the Abyssals with fire.

Admiral Striker, clearly hearing the explosion began to speak again. "Don't want to hear it son, right now your men are the only chance for us to retake San Diego, and push the goddamn Abyssals back into the deep Pacific. I'm standing on the bridge of the USS. Carl Vinson, watching the ocean burn. I want to end this, I'm going to end this. I'm sending you my closest Arleigh Burke-class destroyer to you." He said.

Pac was shocked, and suddenly over joyed. They were getting their support. They just might win this!

"A-Affirmative Sir." Pac stammered out.

"Godspeed Marine." The Admiral said, before cutting the comm channel.

Pac looked around to his Marines. Some were still fighting behind cover, while others helped up some of the Marines who were sent flying from the explosion, before they could sink into the ocean. They were all still fighting hard. None of their expression showed any sign of backing down, they were going to push the Abyssals back.

Pac narrowed his eyes, and looked at all of them. "We got reinforcements inbound Marines. Let's show the Navy we can hold our own until they arrive!" He shouted with Valor.

"Ooh-Rah!" They all shouted back, as Pac signalled for one more push. They were getting awfully close to the Princess now. She was certainly taking notice too them. Same could be said for the Wo classes.

"Push!" Pac shouted out. The Ta-Classes that were left were beginning to fall like paper.

The soldiers kept pushing. Pac was confident, he knew they could win. He finished firing his last round in his M4 and switched to his side arm.

"Last mag!" One of the Marines called out, others soon responded with similar replies. Pac had to wrap this up quick.

But just as they killed the last Ta-Class, the Air defense Princess disappeared from view. All the Wo classes began to get confused for a moment. The Marines were too.

But just as everything went quiet for a moment. The air defence Princes appeared on Charlottes left side. Smiling down at her.

"Kodiak on your left!" Yankee screamed out. All the Marines turned to the Princess, and froze in their tracks. Without warning she picked the Delta up by her neck, and giggled.

"I think I'll enjoy you!" The Princess said looking up at Kodiak with eyes filled with lust, and anger. Suddenly the fear returned to her, from when she was little. The fear of these things. She always had her big brother there to protect her, but now he wasn't. She was one her own. Alone.

But suddenly a powerful punch connected with the side of the Princess face. She dropped Charlotte into the water. Her boosters kicked into gear helping her back to standing on the surface. When she got the water out of her eyes the site before her amazed the Girl.

Wisconsin stood in front of Charlotte like a protective wall.

"You alright?" Wisconsin asked, looking back to her with a smile. Charlottes eyes widened. She swore she saw the image of her brother there for a second. "Y-Yeah." She stuttered out.

The Princess looked back at Wisconsin in rage. "How dare you wound me... I'll let you suffer the pain as well!" She shouted out, aiming her cannons at Wisconsin. The Iowa Class Battleship narrowed her eyes, and aimed hers.

"I'll kill all of-" The Princess began, but it was short lived as a shell struck her side, sending her flying away from them. She skidded across the water, smoking before coming to a halt. Everyones faces were filled with shock. Including Wisconsin's. She didn't fire that shot.

"The hell was that?" Charlotte asked, turning her head in the direction of the shot.

A lone Naval Ship moved through the water towards their position. From its size Charlotte could tell it was an Arleigh Burke-class destroyer. But from the way it looked, it was a newer version of the Ship. If it was a newer Ship then that meant-

"This is the USS. Wisconsin. We're on station ready to assist!" A surprisingly young feminine voice shouted out, as the Ship got closer.

"The Wisconsin?" Charlotte asked aloud in surprise. She didn't even know that they had made another Ship with the Wisconsin name.

The Ship came to a stop a ways away from them. All the Marines looked relieved, as the remaining Abyssals slowly began to back off, trying not be noticed. The Marines on Pac's orders began to surround the Wo classes.

But none of that mattered to Wisconsin who stared up at the Ship. So this was her new Image? Charlotte noticed this and smiled. "Like it?"

Wisconsin nodded, and looked up at the Ship.

"But hey there's something I should probably tell you about all new Ship constructed recently." Charlotte said. Wisconsin had been with the U.S. for quite sometime, but they didn't even let her or her others sisters know about this.

"Hey down there!" A voice shouted out from the bow of the Destroyer.

"Huh?" Wisconsin asked, looking up at the source of the voice, as well as Charlotte. A girl no older then 14 Stood ontop of the warship. She had chin length blonde hair, styled on a Bob. With brown eyes. The girl wore an outfit similar to Wisconsin's. She held a strange looking rifle in her hand.

The girl waved to them, and jumped off the front of the ship, surprising everyone. But as she landed, she floated ontop of the water. Everyone stared for a moment, as she moved to them. They all Understood now. She was a Ship Girl. A fairly young one at a that.

"Another Ship Girl?" Pac asked, looking at her. The girl gave them all a bright smile. Wisconsin kept staring at her with amazement. "Who are you?" The Iowa Class asked.

The girl turned to Wisconsin, as she did her eyes seemed to light up. "I'm-"

"ENOUGH!" The Air Defense Princess screamed out, rushing everyone. They all quickly scattered, as the Princess came in for an attack. "I will not be beaten by any of you!" She screamed out, firing her cannons.

Everyone evaded the attacks, and fired back at her. Wisconsin and the other Ship Girls shells that she fired from her rifle, pierced her armor. The Princess screamed out in agony.

A moment later Wisconsin, the other ship Girl, Charlotte, and Pac all surrounded the Princess. While Yankee, and the other Marines stood around the group of Wo class. The Wo's actually looked scarred. The Arleigh Burke-class destroyer sat at a distance, with their guns ready.

"You're surrounded surrender now!" Pac shouted out, aiming his rifle.

The Princess began to chuckle insanely. "Oh did you really it was that easy?" A moment later she threw what was left off her guns at the two Ship Girl's, and lunged towards Pac and Charlotte.

"Move!" Pac panicked, as the Princesses guns, smacked into both of the Ship Girls. Pac was able to move away but Charlotte wasn't fast enough, and the Princess grabbed her. "I'll claimed you as my prize! I'll take you with me!" She shouted out, ripping Charlottes helmet, goggles and balaclava off with her hand, scratching Charlottes forehead in the process. Wisconsin managed to catch Charlottes helmet, but it was all she could do. They were in a very dangerous situation. She didn't want to get Charlotte killed.

"Hehe. So weak." The Princess said with a smirk, as she suddenly dug her teeth into Charlottes neck. "Ahhhhh!" The Girl screamed out, in pain. "Mmmm! And you taste good too. You'll be my new pet." The Princess continued.

By now everyone had surrounded the Princess again. But this time they were much more cautious. The Abyssal had other plans though. She immediately dived under the water with Charlotte.

"Charlotte!" Wisconsin screamed out, trying to reach for her. But it was no use.

The Princess held Charlotte by her throat, as they went farther and farther down. Charlotte was terrified of her. The Princess was just like the one that killed her Mother. She felt paralyzed by her, as they went deeper. Charlotte knew this time no one would save her. No Wisconsin, No Marine, No Kurt…. Suddenly an image of her brother and Mother flashed across her mind. Charlotte began to feel something else. Anger. She would not be beaten by this thing, not again. She wouldn't die here! Not like this!

Charlotte used all her strength to grabbed one of the Abyssals arms. The Princess looked down with a smirk. "Finally being obedient?"

Charlotte wasn't having any of it. She grabbed her other arm, and used her feet. The Delta Force member pushed with all her might, against the Abyssals chest. A moment later the Princess let go, and Charlotte punched her straight in the face. Then headed back for the surface, with the Princess right behind her.

A moment later Charlotte resurfaced into from of the group. Everyone stared at her in shock. The Air defense Princess emerged too, grabbing Charlotte by the waist. The girl looked down at the Abyssal with anger, and punched her across the face. Charlotte continued this, and kept punching, as the Princesses grip became tighter. Charlotte looked back to back with fury in her eyes. "Pac! Give Haleys field the go ahead!" She screamed out.

The man quickly nodded, and got on the radio. Contacting the base. When he got a connection, he wasted no time for a response, and yelled into the phone. "The Abyssals air defenses are down! Give em all you got!"

After a moment a response came through the speaker. "Affirmative! Launching aircraft! Hell of a good job!" The Operator said with relief in his voice.

Pac turned his attention to Haley field. Hope filled his eyes, as he saw Fighter Jets taking off from the runways.

In the mean time Charlotte continued to retaliate until the Princess had enough. The Abyssals rammed her fist into Charlottes stomach, causing her to cough up blood. In turn the Delta smashed her forehead against the Princesses. This caused the Abyssal to drop Charlotte. Immediately after she dropped her, the Delta moved away, and Wisconsin narrowed her eyes. The other Ship Girl did as well. They both aimed their guns, and fired a barrage at the Princess.

Each shell hit with precision, striking her, and engulfing her in flames. Once the two Ship Girls stopped firing, Charlotte had moved back to them. She stood now a complete mess. Her uniform all ripped and bloody. Her entire left sleeve had been torn off by the Princess. Her hair had became undone, now falling to her chin. The forehead of her face was covered in blood. Wisconsin handed Charlotte her helmet, and she took it with a small smile, as the smoke around the Princess disappeared.

"W-Why don't you just die?" The Princesses voice, weakly splat out, as she layed on the ocean surface, blooded, and weak. Her entire left arm had been blown off from the bombardment.

Charlotte reached into her holster, and pulled out her five seven. She reloaded it, and pointed it at the Princess. "I will never fall until all of you are dead! For my country, for my Mother! She screamed narrowing her eyes.

The Princesses eyes widen. "Mother? What are you talking about your Mother-" But she wasn't able to finish her sentence, as a black shadow suddenly appeared, and picked her up. The Princess looked up to see an Abyssal holding her. She had pure white skin, with long straight jet black hair. She wore only a black dress, and the Abyssal had two horns growing out of her forehead.

"Battleship Hime!?" The Air Defense Princess stammered out.

The Battleship looked down at her with a frown. She was hoping to get some fun in with these humans. But one of her Abyssals were in trouble. She needed to get them aid. "We're leaving." She commanded, as a massive Dyson rose from the water. Everyone backed away in fear from it, as the Battleship but the Air defence princess in it's mouth. She turned back towards all the humans with disgust, but as her eyes landed on Charlotte they softened slightly.

"Time to go." She said to her Dyson, turning from the group.

"Oh no you're not!" A voice shouted out from the distance, but it instantly got closer.

A moment later a blonde blur flew past Charlotte, and tried to punch the Battleship Princess. The Battleship was pushed back but was able to force the person away back to Charlotte and Wisconsin.

Iowa stood before the group, crossing her arms. She was bruised, and battered but still intact. Iowa narrowed her eyes in anger. She was clearly pissed. The Battleship Princess gave her the same look.

"Big sister!" Wisconsin shouted our with shock and excitement. New Jersey was approaching them from behind, with a few Marines. F-35s and F-22s were now flying over San Diego, taking back the city. Pushing the Abyssals out.

All while the two Titans of the Sea stared each other down.

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Okinawa, Japan

August 22, 2024

United States Special Forces, Lieutenant Kurt Housley

Kurt layed in his bed, waiting. Ever since he received the call that his unit was being deployed into South Korea, with the Japanese Ship Girls, he was a bit antsy. He hadn't heard much news from home, only that a major Abyssal attack had struck the West Coast.

"God I hate waiting." He said to himself, touching his tablet, looking over some things.

The problem for him was that the 7th Fleet wouldn't arrive until tomorrow. So he had a full day of nothing to do. The Japanese Admiral, and him had already decided the Ship Girls he'd be taking into Seal team Saber.

"Now let's look over the list one more time." He said, bringing up the list.

Seal Team Saber:

Commanding officer: Lieutenant Commander Frank Iron

Operators:

Lieutenant Kurt Housley

Petty Officer third class Ray Clark

Petty Officer third class Patrick Daniel

Ship Girl supports:

Missouri

Additional Japanese Ship Girl integration:

Nagato

Tenryuu

Shigure

Kaga

Hibiki

Akatsuki

"Christ we have alot of new Girls. Pat's going to go nuts." He said to himself, yawning. Finally feeling the need to sleep, but as he yawned he felt slight movement on the other side of the bed. The Seal looked over to see Kaga curled up in a ball next to him. Sleeping peacefully. She had calmed down now, that Kurt was next to her.

"Sleep well." He said to her, closing his eyes, and drifting off to sleep.

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Done! Sorry for the long wait. I had a bit of writers block, but now it's over! I'm back to writing. I really hope you liked this chapter. It was my longest chapter yet. Also with Charlotte I know it's incredibly hard to get into Delta Force, but I felt like this was a good place to put her in. I have my reasons, and I also know some will complain about the way she acted.

Author question: So what game is Pac from? *Snickers*