CH 210
When Kate return so did Madeline cruse. Bird was shock to see Mike walking onto Hammersley carrying his sea bag. So she walk over to him
"sir are you sailing with us"
"Yes I am bird"
"Well it good to have you on board sir" mike smile
"thanks bird" then they walk away.
Hour later Hammersley left port once again and headed north. Two hour later Mike, Kate, Madeline, Jim and XO was in the ship office.
"the autopsies came in your people smuggles died from cerium poisoning"
"Cerium" Kate asked
"Cerium one three seven it radio active ice atone it a prince able radiation for nuclear power plants"
"The ASIO believes that teariest cell we been pursuing is smuggling it into the country"
"Let's hope we can find that boat" mike said. they talk for few more minutes before leaving the ship office.
Mike and Kate went to see swain for a few minutes before heading to the bridge.
An hour later they came across a FFV "Kate we should board that FFV" Mike said
"I was thinking the same thing"
"i think we should enore it, it waste of valuable time in looking for the Cerium"
"With all due respect Ms Cruse I disagree we going to check any FFV we come across, when I last check I was the captain on this ship in my view every boat is a suspect" Kate said then turn to give her XO a nod
"Hands to boarding station, hands to boarding station, hands to boarding station check damage control, strait condition vogue" Dutchy turn away while grinning while Madeline didn't look happy.
When the boarding team headed to the boat the XO call the normal boarding call when they were fired a pond. "Ma'am were been fired a pond"
"Charge arm the typhoon"
"Yes ma'am... typhoon armed"
"Three shots across the bow" then there was three shots
"they not stopping ma'am"
"Take out there engines"
"Yes ma'am"
Charge arm for the engines and fired it once then there was black smoke just as the boat slow down to a stop then the boarding team were having problems getting on board cause the men were firing at them. But the team manage to get on board taking out the men.
"Alright lets check this boat out, they put up one hell of a fight, what are they hiding" XO said
then he and Dutchy went down below while the others took care of the weapons and check to make sure there no one else hiding. When Dutchy and the XO was down below they search every where till Dutchy open a wooden crate
"Now we know what they were protecting" Dutchy said
"Ma'am we found what those men were protecting it quality of semtex" Mike and Kate look at each other in shock
"Ok so you found semtex we are after Cerium"
"you don't get it connected... Cerium and semtex are the ingredient for a dirty bomb" Mike said which shook every one one on the bridge
when the boarding team return they waited for another patrol boat to tow the boat back to Cairns.
"Ma'am I got an idea"
"Yes two dads"
"That FFV got a GPS on it I could remove it, if it not shot up and get RO, he might be able to pull data off it"
"that a good idea, do it" then RO and two dads walk off the bridge.
Ten minutes later bird was carrying a bucket of scraps to the back of the boat when she stop and step back when she over heard Madeline Cruse talking on a sat phone. Then she saw Dutchy show up and talk to her. Then they return back to the bridge.
Thanks to Two dads idea they headed to an island where the boat last went. And they know the only way up the river was by HRIB's so they were lucky another patrol boat showed up to tow the boat back to Cairns.
Then Hammersley was on it way to the next concordant. Bird notice the look on Madeline face before she turn away from her just in case Madeline notice that bird was looking at her.
When they reach the area. Kate sent both HRIB's up the river. Bird was also on the back of the boat, she turn and look up to see Madeline looking at them so bird turn and watch the HRIBS lowed into the sea and headed in land.
When they got there they look on both sides of the river till they found a hut so XO, swain and Jim went to take a closer look. When they found the door XO kick it in then there shot fired and the XO went down then Jim and swain went in point there guns at a guy whom was sick from radiation poisoning. He point the gun at his head and shot him self.
Swain went to check on the XO to see that he was shot in the shoulder while Jim went into the hut and look around till he found maps and other things. Just as the rest of the team showed up.
Hour later they head back to cairns with the body and information. Madeline, Jim Kate and mike were talking about what was found and relies that Sydney is the target. Mike called Maxine to tell her what they found and to warn Sydney about the possible teariest attack. When done all they can do is head back to home port.
At that same time Jack and Sam were in Cairns in the ship they been following the other planes for the past five hours when it stop next to the FFV. They saw the guy got onto the FFV and went down below.
"Go Sam"
Jack had the back door open so Sam got onto the boat with two diesel cans, she fill the tanks up with it while Jack keep an eye on the guy. When Sam finish she got back on to the ship and Jack move away when the guy return carrying the large case on to the boat deck and onto the pleasure craft.
Then he return back to the FFV and started the motor and have it on auto pilot heading north. Then he jump into the sea and got onto the pleasure craft. Then he move the case down in the deck then he open it up then he got his phone out and send a text message.
Few hours later on the way back they boarded another FFV which was south of Torres strait heading north. Which Kate thought was odd so she send a boarding team. Mike was leading the boarding since XO was in the ward room with bird.
When they board the boat they found one case and four dead men then there counter meters on them started beeping. So they went back up top and stop the engine.
"Kate call NAVCOM, we found one of the suit cases of Cerium and four bodies"
"copy that Mike"
Hour later a patrol boat showed up to look after the boat till specialist team show up to take care of the boat, the case and bodies. While Hammersley return back to port.
When they got to home port Bird went the the XO to the hospital since swain was waiting for the van to arrive for the man body. Kate and mike went to NAVCOM then they went to the mall for cup of coffee.
When bird was with the XO in a room with the doctor and nurse who was looking at the wound
"Bird are you ok"
"sorry X... that semtex you and Dutchy found how much do you think there was"
"About fifteen kilos, why"
"Fifteen kilos... two suite cases... one suit case"
"Bird what is it" Bird look down then she look up wide eye
"do you know where captain is"
"Hang on I'll see if she still at NAVCOM" he got his phone out and called Kate.
When he hung up "she and commander Flynn is at the mall having coffee why what is it"
"will you be ok to get back to Hammersley sir"
"Yes, why"
"I'll tell you later" then she turn and ran out of the room.
When Bird arrived at the Mall she went looking for mike and Kate. When she saw them out side of one of the coffee shops she walk quickly over to them
"sir, ma'am"
"bird what wrong" mike asked. Bird sat down
"Sir the semtex that the boarding team recover from the FFV and that...case from the other FFV"
"Yes, what about it"
"sir I ask the X how much semtex there was that was found he said fifteen kilos."
"Yes that right" Mike said
"bird what are you getting at"
"Tarak, he told Dutchy that there was thirty kilo of Semtex and two special cases" Mike and Kate look at each other then back to bird
"special cases, you mean cerium"
"Yes we only recovered half of it and with the maps and tides"
"Sydney still a target" Kate said
"Or not" Bird said
"Meaning" Mike asked
"when captain Roff and Dutchy was doing that under cover work, spook was there contact. Madeline cruse is the contact. Tarak told Dutchy that spook knows about the semtex and the two cases. Plus when you were planing on boarding that FFV that got the semtex on it..."
"Ms cruse try to stop us from boarding that FFV" mike said
"Yes. I think Sydney is the decoy. I over heard her talking on the sat phone yesterday before Dutchy showed up. I was watching her expressions, she knows we closing in but question is where is the real target if Sydney isn't the target" Bird said
"Good question bird" Mike said.
Two hours later Hammersley left port to head south. Madeline contacted the guy on the boat not knowing that Jack and Sam heard every thing. Sam use a cloak and got onto the boat just as the guy went down below to start the timer.
Then he walk out when he was zated from behind then Sam uncloak her self and shot the guy with a tranquilizer dart then she went down to where the bomb is.
"Sam can you dis arm it"
"Yes I could Jack but I wouldn't"
"then what are you going to do"
"Trust me"
Sam use a special device to stop the timer then she made the time change form thirty to thirty five minutes. When done she reacted it then she close the case then return back to the boat deck where she cloak her self and put smelling salts under the guy noise till he came to.
Then he got up and look around before climb the steps to the top while Sam got back onto the ship and uncloak her self just as the guy started the engine and headed to Cairns.
Jack and Sam follow the boat. "what did you do Sam"
"I gave them an extra five minutes. I hope it will work"
"same here"
Bird told Dutchy on the back of the boat about what she told mike and Kate.
"Bird if your right then where the real target"
"I don't know... Madeline she got a cell phone right"
"Yes. I notice she was getting text messages"
"Well we need to get that phone"
"ok lets see what we can do" Then walk down to seniors cabin and knock on the door.
The door open "Dutchy"
"Madeline can we talk" then a crew member walk pass
"sure come in"
"not aloud, how about the boat deck"
"ok" they walk out with Madeline closing the door then she and Dutchy talk while heading to the boat deck.
Once they were gone bird walk to and into Madeline cabin where she look for the cell phone with glove hands. When she found it she look at the text messages she was shock with what she read so she put the phone back and left to go to the bridge removing the gloves and putting them in her pocket.
When she got there "sir, ma'am we got to turn around"
"why" mike asked
"I manage to check Ms Cruse cell phone text messages. I was right Sydney isn't the target, Cairns is"
Mike and Kate look at bird "Are you sure"
"Yes in four of the texts it mention other planes"
"RO contact NAVCOM and get any information on other planes" Kate said
"on to it ma'am"
"Swain turn one eight zero"
"Turing one eight zero" couple minutes later
"Ma'am NAVCOM said that the only other planes is a pleasure craft from Cairns"
Then Madeline and Dutchy walk up onto the bridge "why are we turning around" Madeline asked
"NAVCOM called us back to Cairn" Kate said
"Why"
"Ma'am I got a contact on radar it heading towards Cairns... it a pleasure craft" bird said Kate called for hands to boarding stations
"I'm going on the boarding team" mike said
"I'm coming with you, X you have the ship, RO inform NAVCOM what is happening"
"Yes ma'am"
"Kate I want on the boarding team. I might be able to help" Jim said
"alright, let's go" Then they left the bridge and head down to where they can gear up.