Kate awoke snuggled into Mike's chest she blinked a few times to adjust her eyesight remembering where they were she slipped out of the bed and grabbed her DPNU's and made her way to the bathroom.
What had she done! She slept with Mike on the boat, she was always one to follow the rules but he had a control over her. And months of repressed feelings surfaced to the top when Mike kissed her. She knew their would be consequences but in that moment all she could think about was Mike.
Kate was in the shower when their was a knock at her cabin door, now she was really in trouble. She heard shuffling in her cabin as she turned the water off and wrapped a towel around her, she made her way out of the bathroom and Mike was awake trying to find his pants.
There was another knock, Kate found Mike's pants and threw them at him "Who is it?" she yelled through the closed door
"It's 2Dad's Ma'am" a voice said through the door
"What can I do for you?" Kate yelled back as she started to get dressed
"Have you seen Mike? He was due on watch 7h ago and he didn't show up"
Kate gave Mike a concerning look he put on his t-shirt and threw her bra at her.
"Um no I haven't seen him have you checked his cabin?"
"I'll go check now" 2Dad's said
Kate could hear his footsteps heading towards Mike's cabin, she finished getting dressed. Mike reached behind her to grab his DPNU shirt he gave her a soft kiss
"Go before someone catches you" Kate said pushing him in the chest as he gave her a final kiss.
Mike opened her cabin door slowly and looked around before he exited making his way towards the galley. Both not knowing 2Dad's had seen him sneaking out of Kate's cabin.
Kate sat on her rack smiling, it felt like old times when the kids would barge in their room when they were younger.
Mike was in the galley when 2Dad's walked past stopping as he noticed him
"Sir, are you ok your 7h late for your watch"
"Sorry 2Dad's I lost track of the time" he said taking a bite of his toast
"Right..." 2Dad's said knowing Mike was lying as he saw him leave Kate's cabin earlier.
Kate was on the bridge when Mike and 2Dad's made their way up, Kate smiled at Mike as he entered 2Dad's looked between them both noticing fully the looks the two were sharing.
It wasn't until around 11:00 when some drama started happening, Hammersley was called out to a radar contact who's boat hit a reef.
Swaine, Mike, Bird and 2Dad's answered to the call Kate told them to wear extra cavalier just incase. They made their way over to the boat and boarded.
"Charlie 8-2 sitrep over" Kate said through the radio
"This is Charlie 8-2, there's no one on board Ma'am it's deserted" Mike answered back
"How is that possible, someone radioed for help"
"I'm not sure Ma'am, I sent 2Dad's and Bird downstairs to have a look and they reported there was no one down there, the whole boat is a ghost"
"Alright, search one more time and then bring back the log book" Kate said a little confused about where everyone was, "RO can you please do a search on the boat to see who the owner is?"
"Yes Ma'am" RO said searching onto the computer
Mike was looking around the boat when he heard a sudden noise coming from the engine room, he slowly opened the hatch and made his way down their was 3 Chinese men holding up guns
"We're the Australian Navy, we're here to help" Mike said lowering his gun
"Navy?" one of the Chinese men said
"Yes Navy" Mike said as the men lowered their weapon and followed Mike up onto the deck.
"What happened to you?" Mike asked the leader of the men
"A boat, ah it attacked us, they ah had guns uniform like yours um brown uniform" the man said struggling to speak English
"Did they hurt you? What did they want?" Mike asked
"They took our radios and money, no hurt us just tie us up, we ah cut ropes and escape to down there" the man said pointing to the engine roomroom
"2Dad's go check out their radio"
"Yes Sir" 2Dad's said as he went to see if the men were telling the truth
"Swaine can you tend to these men a few of them have cuts"
"Yes Sir, could you please sit down here" Swaine said to the men as he attended to their cuts on their wrists.
"Bravo 8-2 this is Charlie 8-2" Mike said into the radio
"Go ahead Charlie 8-2"
"We found 3pob on board they were hiding in the engine room, they said they were ambushed by men in Navy uniforms but green. I've sent 2Dad's to check and see if their telling the truth about being raded"
"Sir, there radio has been yanked out so has there GPS they have no money or possessions" 2Dad's said as Mike was about to talk to Kate through the radio again
"Ok thanks 2Dad's can you go and help Swaine"
"Yes Sir"
"Ma'am 2Dad's has confirmed their radio is gone and they have no possessions anywhere on the boat"
"Ok X, bring the men back on board Hammersley and attach their boat to the Hammersley we'll have to tow them back to port"
"Yes Ma'am" Mike said getting everyone into the RHIB ready to head back to Hammersley
2Dad's fixed the rope and attached it to the back of Hammersley ready for them to take it back to port.
"Ma'am, the boat is registered to a man named Rowan Cheet" RO said handing Kate a picture with a photo of the owner on it
"Ok thanks RO" Kate said as she made her way down to the deck to greet the guests.
"How are they Swaine?" Kate asked as they made their way towards her
"They've got a few cuts and bruises, their abit dehydrated but other than that there good"
"Ok Swaine show them to Auster and get Bird to make them something to eat and drink"
"Yes Ma'am" Swaine said escorting them to Auster
Mike made his way over to Kate "I got RO to do a check on the owner of the boat" she said handing him a peice of paper
"This isn't the man we picked up" Mike said opening up the peice of paper
"Then where is he?" Kate asked heading towards Auster, Mike following behind.
Kate made her way to Auster as Swaine was coming out
"Are they able to talk?" Kate asked moving aside
"The man on the right is the leader" Swaine said pointing to the man
"Thanks" Kate said moving over towards the man
"Do you know this man?" Kate asked taking the peice of paper from Mike and handing it to the man
"Yes, he was our driver, we ah rented you say the boat" the man said handing the photo back to Kate
"Where is he now?" Mike asked the man
"He was taken by the bad men who ah ambush us"
"Thank you, enjoy your food" Kate said making her way out of Auster
"If the owner of the boat was taken, why weren't they?" Kate asked Mike as they made their way to the galley
"I don't know but hopefully we'll get some more out of them when we get to Port" Kate said entering the galley Mike following behind
"Coffee?" Kate asked holding up a mug
"Thanks" Mike said leaning against the counter accross from her
"So..." Mike said
Kate turning around "So.." she said turning back around and putting the hot water in the coffee's and reaching in the fridge for the milk "Here" she said handing Mike his coffee
"Thanks" he said taking a sip of his coffee
Kate took a sip of hers as Mike kept staring at her "What?" she said smiling at him
"Nothing.. It's just good to be talking again, and other stuff again.." Mike said placing his coffee down and slowly stepping towards Kate
"Other stuff.." Kate said placing her cup down
"Yes other stuff..." He said now standing in front of her his hands on her hips
"We still need to talk though.." Kate said softly as she snaked her arms around Mike's neck
"Yeah.. Of course" Mike said leaning in to kiss her as the galley door flew open
Mike's hands still on Kate's hips and her arms around his neck they both stared at the entry shocked, there stood 2Dad's and Swaine.
"I knew it!" 2Dad's yelled
"Knew what?" Mike asked as he pulled away from Kate
"That you two were finally back together!" he said excited
"2Dad's!" Swaine said trying to pull him out of the galley
"Ah, I better head back to bridge to set sail for home" Kate said moving past 2Dad's and Swaine as she took her coffee with her back to the bridge
"I saw you sneaking out of the CO's cabin this morning" 2Dad's whispered to Mike.
"Swaine I'll leave you too deal with him" Mike said walking past patting him on the shoulder
"Ah thank you Sir" Swaine said rolling his eyes at 2Dad's
2Dad's turned to look at Swaine and wiggled his eyebrows up and down, Swaine just threw a apple at him as he laughed.
Mike made his way up onto the bridge and smiled at Kate as he entered.
This was twice they were caught now, he knew that when they got back to port they would have to talk about things but for now he could smile at the fact that Kate still loved him and he could show her how much he loved her last night.
Will they decide to work things through? If so how will the kids react when their Dad moves back home?