Tribute

Chapter Two

General Bradley's assistant and his staff had been working really hard inside the banquet hall setting up the tables for the very special award tribute ceremony. The general still didn't understand why here in the first place. When Nelson could of had the award ceremony back in Santa Barbara, California.

He was shaking his head when he saw the total list of crew members will be attending the tribute with a little over 225 attending from the Seaview. No doubt there will be reporters documentary the entire affair to be shown over certain military channels in the United States.

General Bradley was in his office on the Air Force base. When he received an alert through the computer terminal about a crash of an Air Force plane carrying two on board twenty miles south of Hawaii. There was no cause for the crash since the pilot had stated everything was fine only a few moments before it happened accept a white blinding light hit the plane and before crashing into the waters.

Rescue planes from the air base was sent to find out on whether the two on board the Air Force plane were able to survive. However on the base everything was working as normal to get the banquet hall ready for the Seaview crew members and Admiral Nelson in attendance.

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Captain Lee Crane arriving on board with Commander Rose Marie Crane that evening was still some what annoyed she had to be on this particular cruise. She wasn't really talking to Lee. Since he was the one to give her the bad news.

"I will be in the lab setting up to start on my projects. Since I am here, I might as well get started." She said with giving her bags to the steward waiting for them inside the Control Room stairway.

"Sure Rose Marie." Crane replied before heading for their quarters to change and head back to the Control Room to go over everything with Commander Morton and many others already arriving for the special trip.

Along the way Captain Lee Crane met up with Admiral Nelson coming out of his cabin. When he saw the captain, he asked Lee to come back into his quarters to show him a piece of paper that was just received from the Air Force Base on Hawaii.

Lee started to read it with great interest all of a sudden with his demeanor. "Is it possible that some enemy country might be behind it?" He asked with the admiral setting down in his chair with an possible idea on his mind.

"Or Lee that it might be a prelude to an alien attack from another solar system wishing to upset the balance of the Alliance devised by Darien and his own race. General Bradley on Hawaii has asked for help from SUBCOMPAC to send a team of investigators to figure out what exactly is going on. Since both Air Force pilots on board the plane haven't been found like dead or a good chance they might of been taken as leverage Lee."

"And what about the Seaview? Do we continue on to Hawaii for the tribute and just think that nothing has happened?" He says with great concern in his tone with the Admiral.

"We keep going until we are told otherwise. However let the command staff know about it to at least keep them on their toes about the crash of the air force plane." He replied with shaking his head and pouring himself a half of glass of water from the pitcher.

"Will do Admiral. By the way Rose Marie is mad at us for having to be forced to come on the tribute cruise. She walked away to head to the lab to begin her work on the latest projects that I have no idea what they are." He said with moving off the edge of the desk to start leaving to change his clothes and head for the Control Room to let the Command staff about the crash.

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The two air force pilots Captain Donaldson and Lt. James Albright didn't know where they were at for the moment. They were brought abroad some craft. They are currently inside a room that is so bright that the light was blinding to the both of them. There wasn't any door or windows. However the air inside where they were at was fresh and clear for them to be breathing.