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Space Battleship Yamato 2206
Chapter Two
Fate of Destruction
"Sanada." Sanada snapped awake and slowly looked up. "Sanada, we've warped past Pluto. The engine has overheated and we're going to need some time before we can run it again. Tokugawa is down there trying to cool it off," Kodai reported, but it was a blur to Sanada. He stood from his captain's chair and nearly blacked out. He grabbed onto the chair and held his head. Kodai caught him. "Are you okay?"
"The question should be: Do I require immediate medical attention? But yes, I just stood up too fast. Yamamoto, what's the status of the allied vessels?" Sanada asked as he slowly recovered.
"Um," She checked the console again. "There's nothing on radar," She moved to the other console to her left. "Or sonar," Now the one to her far right. "We should be okay for now, but I would bet we only have another thirty minutes." She reported.
"How long before we can make a long distance warp?"
Kodai answered. "Much more than thirty minutes. Around three to four hours," Sanada thought for a minute.
"Get me a report on the captain of the Akira," Yamamoto got to work. "Kodai, do you remember the Nav core incident?"
"Dear God, not again." He replied.
"I got his personal files right here. Captain James Stevenson, he is forty-two years of age and has turned down the position of admiral many times. He's one of the only American space captains in the fleet," Yamamoto reported. "His personal record suggests that he is an aggressive commander who can sometimes be a bit irrational."
"Kodai, do you think we can get it to happen again?"
"Well first, it only happened because it was being manipulated by those telepathic women. Even then, the core was shut down. We would need another navigator." Replied Kodai.
"Is there any way we can create the illusion of a navigator or-." Shima was stopped.
"I believe there is a way, Sanada," Yamamoto interrupted. "I'll be the navigator."
"Okay, when the Nav core accepts you, there is a chance that you will lose all communication with us. You will need to find some way to reach the Akira and scare them," Tokugawa informed her. "Do you think you're ready?"
"As ready as I'll ever be," Yamamoto answered. She stepped into the navigational core and turned around.
"Once you're gone, I won't be able to bring you back. You'll have to find a way back. Good luck,"
Yamamoto nodded. The capsule shut.
"Sanada, we're getting readings of multiple vessels converging on our position," Kodai reported.
"How many?"
"At least twenty," Kodai became worried. His face lightened by multiple shades. "They're not ours! They're in visual range and closing!" Sanada stood up from the captains chair.
"What are those things?" His eyes went wide. "What's the status on Yamamoto?"
"Unknown!" Kodai opened a channel to the navigational room. "Tokugawa, we're about to be attacked, report!"
"Yamamoto has just stepped into the Nav core, I'll be putting electric power into it when she gives me the all clear,"
"She needs to be accepted now! We don't have any time left!"
Tokugawa paused. "Affirmative. Power input to one hundred percent,"
Yamamoto fell unconscious.
Her eyes open.
The room is bright and white. There is no clear entrance or exit. "What is this place?" She asks aloud. She walks until she feels a barrier. A wall. She uses this wall to move and find a handle. She pulls the invisible handle and it comes out from the wall with a hiss. A large bulkhead opens, leading from the bright room into a the room where the navigational core is kept.
She steps down into the darker area and activates the lighting systems. She opens the bulkhead door on the right side of the observation room and steps through.
She wanders about the ship. It is brightly lit and in working order. No sign of Tokugawa. She eventually enters the bridge. The elevator doors open and she sees the view of Sanada rushing Kodai and Shima to the elevator. Everything was stopped. the bridge was filled with steam and cold smoke. The glass windows were cracked and one was threatening to break apart.
Kodai was helping Shima to the elevator. Shima was bleeding profusely from his forehead and his right arm was broken into the shape of a five.
Yamamoto walks past them and looks out from the bridge. Her eyes widen as she continues walking towards the glass. She can see the Akira far off in the distance, past the many unknown ships attacking the Yamato. Everything is crystal clear and as crisp as a shard of a shattered diamond. She tries something.
Yamamoto puts her hand up to the glass and slowly phases through it into space. She steps out of the bridge entirely, but she can still walk. On what platform, she knows not, but she is standing on space. She can breathe. She slowly and cautiously makes her way to the Akira, avoiding accidental contact with any projectiles or lasers.
She touches the ice cold hull of the battleship and slowly pushes herself through it, directly to the side of the bridge. The feeling of the ice cold hull moves through her as she passes into the ship. The crew are all frozen at their stations.
"So I guess you're the problem here."
A higher pitched voice says from behind Yamamoto. She jumps with a chill running up her spine and looks behind herself. A shorter blond haired lady angrily looks up at her. She is wearing a white robe. "W-who are you?" Yamamoto stutters.
"Oh, quit being a melodramatic, I'm not scary," She says. "Okay, look, you've essentially screwed up this part of space and only navigators are allowed to be here. So, what ''life saving'' reason are you here for?" The lady adds. Yamamoto stumbles.
"Um... I just want to save my friends." She says.
"Friends? You mean that ship of yours?"
"Well. Yes. You see, I served-."
"Indeed, I know, but you don't know what you've done," The lady walks through Yamamoto and points at the captain of the Akira. "That man is meant to live. You interrupt that. You will find another way." She demands.
"Yeah, that's not happening, I'm going to save them," Yamamoto strongly states as she turns around and glares at the lady. The captain bursts into an orange liquid and splatters onto the floor. The lady's face goes pale.
"H-h-how?! What have you done?! Y-you're a monster!" The lady yells hysterically while she backs away from Yamamoto and trips. She gasps and hits her head on the edge of the metal hand rail on the way down. She is dead.
Yamamoto gasps and backs up to the wall. She can touch it and she shakes in fear of what she sees. Two beings appear out of light and face her. Sasha and Yuki.
Yuki gasps and covers her mouth.
Sasha speaks. "I see we've come to a conclusion in our adventure," She coldly states.
Yuki looks at Yamamoto in shock. "You did this?"
"I-I-I don't know what happened. It just happened."
"Whether you did it directly or not, you had planned the same outcome. You see, he's dead and now everything is unbalanced. You've started something that can not be stopped." Sasha states.
It starts again.
The three evacuated the main bridge. "Kodai, I need you to get to your station as soon as we get to the secondary bridge. I'll take the helm," Sanada commanded. The ship shook violently from an impact to the shield. Shima screamed from the pain in his arm. The elevator doors opened. Kodai ran to the tactical console and Sanada set Shima down in the captain's chair, and then ran to the helm console.
Both Sasha and Yuki quickly disappeared. The bridge crew of the Akria begin moving again. They noticed that their captain was a puddle and Yamamoto was leaning on the port side wall of the bridge.
"The captain is gone! Who are you?!" Two bridge officers left their posts, apprehended Yamamoto, and analyzed the puddle. Yamamoto didn't fight back. She was in a mental shock. "Commander, what should we do with her?"
"Take her to the brig, we'll find out what to do with her later."
"Sir, the Yamato is on the move!"
"Sanada, our shield is almost at the breaking point!" Kodai reported. The Yamato began to reverse from the Akira as the multiple tiny ships continued to swarm it.
"Shoot to kill, Kodai! Yamato is our priority!" Sanada commanded. The AA guns began opening up while the main guns attempted to track the many targets. The swarm multiplied and began to engulf the ship.
Yamamoto was being escourted by two crewmen of the Akira. It became difficult to see anything due to the minimal light given off by the red flood lights. She looked out of the portholes as she walked by them. The Akira changed course and then she could see the Yamato in battle. She gasped, stopped walking in awe, and then was pulled along by here sleeves. She looked around and saw a bulkhead on the same side as the portholes. She could make out the words "Airlock" on it.
"Hey, could we stop for a second? I'm not feeling so great." She pleaded ever so helplessly. The two guards nodded, kept their grip on her arms, and let her rest a bit.
But quick as it had happened, as quick as it came, she flipped her arms around and broke their grip. "You evil dame!" One appeared to yell. She kicked the one to her right, he hit the wall. The one to her left attempted to grab her arms once more, but Yamamoto went under him, grabbed his left arm, stomped on his foot, and threw him on the floor. He was knocked out.
But suddenly, the tide said, this too was not to last. The first guard came up behind her and held her by her arms in a headlock. She struggled and slammed him into the side of the wall, opening the airlock compartment. She swung herself to the left and pulled his right thumb as hard as she could. His lock was broken and so was his thumb. Before she could regain her bearings, the guard charged her. She stepped to the left, under his arm, and past him. She turned around as the guard grabbed the airlock controls and pulled down the lever.
The airlock to the ship closed. Sunken heart and spiked chills. The door behind her flashed open.
The comm flashed. "Sanada, the Nav core is overloading! Yamamoto won't survive the pressure in the chamber!" Tokugawa exclaimed through the static.
"We have to give her more time! She's our only hope!" Sanada ordered. The ship rocked from side to side with the hits.
"Sanada! The shield is breaking and only thirty percent of the swarm have been destroyed!" Kodai reported.
Sanada spoke. "See if you can put more power into-!"
"WARP!" Shima sluggishly exclaimed. Tears filled his eyes. "I DON'T-T WANT T-TO DIE, W-WARP NOW!" He screamed at the top of his lungs as he threw himself onto the helm console and pushed the throttle to full ahead.
"Shima, no!" Sanada exclaimed. The Yamato's engine roared and she sailed forward, towards the Akira.
"Sir, the Yamato is charging us from the swarm! Impact in twelve point ninety two seconds!"
"Sanada, no..." Stated Nanbu.
Shima struggled with Sanada. "Shima, we'll kill them!" Sanada exclaimed as he tried to pull Shima off of the throttle. It was as if he had superhuman strength. Sanada looked forward from the console and glanced at the Akira before he looked at the rudder guidance control. He pulled it hard to the starboard side.
The Yamato's thrusters fired at full capacity and she began turning. Both ships viciously recoiled from the sideswipe impact. Both ships tore through each other's hulls. The Yamato let out a deafening scream and sailed upwards, scraping the top of the Akira. Suddenly, in a bright flash, the Yamato warped.
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Sanada held his forehead as he looked out of the ship. "Where are we...?" He muttered in pain.
(End)
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