I'm trying to post up to where I left off from before. So here's Chapter Three

Kate's PoV

We rapidly approach the fishing vessel. The smell of dead fish is enough to make me gag. Upon boarding we quickly arrest all the men on deck that all seem to be foreign most likely illegal too. From what we can make out there captain and his second mate are down bellow with some other woman mostly likely the captain's wife or something. I order Buffer and Spider to check it out.

Turning around I notice Bomber pointing towards one on of the crates of chopped up fish. I seem some hair peeking out from behind it motioning for Bomber to cover me as I aim my pistol and take a look. Moving round to the stacked lots of crates I can just make out a crouched up figure, "come out with your hands behind your head." I wait for a second. Nothing happens. With my free hand I use it to cover the sun from my eyes. What I see shocks me for a moment, a girl no more than about 5 possibly 6 clutching a teddy bear in her hands. I unload my pistol as I drop it to the floor and rush over to her. I can see her shaking her visible skin covered in bruises and cuts. She looks up at me; I can see the fear in her eyes as she whispers something so quiet I can't even hear it. I kneel down in front of her; her face is even worse a small gash above her left eye. I can now hear her begging for me not to hurt her. I smile at her, "I won't, I promise." I take another look at her, remembering exactly how it felt to be her position the pain the fear, except I wasn't alone, I wasn't sure which was worse being on my own or watching my younger brother and sister going through it too. We tried to stop what we could but we were only two years older than what they were. Sometimes I wish it was that way at least then, no-one else wouldn't have gotten hurt. And they all wouldn't be scattered half way round the world.

Millie's PoV

I stare into her eyes she seems elsewhere. Like her minds on other things. I can see her eyes are different, I can't explain how. Then she snaps out of it and seem to shift back to normal her hand reaches out and she smiles, not an evil smile like he sometimes has but like my daddy used to have warm and friendly, like she cares. I wearily take her hand, but flinch when she takes it. She quickly apologises and stands up as she picks me up. I look over to see some men bringing out my mum and him and the other guy. I try to hide my head in her neck. She must notice this cause she moves her hand to protect me and turns me away from them. She looks over at them. "Who did this to you?" she asks softly and nicely.

I try not to cry, but I can't help it, "The really tall and evil man." I say between crying.

"Hey, its ok sweetie alright, I promise that he will never hurt you again." She pauses, "Is that your mum?" I just nod. I wish she wasn't at times the more she drinks the worse she gets. "Ok has she ever hurt you, ever?" I pause, I think about lying. She must pick up on it cause she starts talking again. "Look I know you may think that she does because she's with him but please answer it honestly because no matter what her reasons she should never take it out on a child who's just some spectator in someone else's messed up life." I feel my neck start to get wet as if it was raining I look up to see the woman crying. "Yes." I say very quietly, so she can barely hear me. She just nods and tells the men to take her too as soon as she says this I see the anger in her. I feel the woman let out a breath she was holding in. And from nowhere another voice comes through.

"X-ray 82 this is Charlie 82, Situation over?" I see the two men bring him closer to me. I cling tighter on to the woman and dig my head closer to into her neck as not to see him.

I speak very quietly. "Please don't let him hurt me" I start crying again

"X-ray 82 this is Charlie 82, what's going on over there?" The man's voice seems more panicky than it was before. She picks up the long big black thing with buttons and knobs and speaks into it.

"Charlie 82, this is X-ray 82. We have a child here who's in urgent need of medical assistance. I sent back Bravo with the foreign fishermen. We have the Captain and his second mate here along with the child's mother, all three in custody. Tell Swain to stand by and prepare the medical room when they get, we're just heading off now I've left Buffer and Spider onboard to prepare for toeing."

She puts the thing back. Walks a few steps and picks a gun that was lying on the floor. She keeps it in her hand as she walks over to the side of the boat. I look down to see an even smaller boat with the man and my mum in it and some other people I'd never seen before. The woman hands her gun the other woman on the boat. She sits on the boat next to all the other people that are dressed like her. It seems weird, that they're all wearing the same things. Only the names are different. I can just make out what hers says. I read it out loud. "Lt McGregor. Hmm you have a very strange first name Lt."

She looks down at me and smiles. "My names Kate, the Lt is my rank it stands for lieutenant. So now that you know my name what's yours?" Instead of answering her I just clutch Mr Dreams tighter, and look away.

RHIB Kate's PoV

She says nothing; she just carries on staring at the waves. I glance over at her mum I've always wondered if we were ever the only ones and how come we managed to get stuck with the world's worst mother. From everyone else's point of view she was a whore that never got paid honestly we probably would of been better off if she had of been, that way none of her boyfriends ever would have entered the house. It's weird; she does look slightly like her, whether it's the cuts on her face, the odour of alcohol or something else, it was the final image I have in my mind of her, when my dad was still with her she was totally different and somehow she changed, and not for the better. We came home from school one day; the bags all packed my little brother and sister in the car ready leaving me and my twin brother Cody just wondering what was going on, next thing I know we're back in Australia wondering where dad was. My mind begins to wonder where she is, I haven't seen her since I was 16 it makes me wonder if she's still the same as I last saw her or if she has finally gotten her life together. I'm once again interrupted from my zone out as the RHIB slows down the Hammersley getting nearer and nearer.