"Sit back!" interjected Bomber from wardroom doors and with that she made Buffer to jump.
"I am fine!" he complained.
"You were poisoned. You are not ok. Sit back!" ordered Bomber. "Where is EJ?" Bomber added when she didn't spoted young electronic tehnician.
"She is in galley..."
"Bomber have you seen my knife?" asked Bird from wardroom doors.
"No. Ask Spider. He was always using mine before."
"Don't go outside. John escaped from auistiere." said Dutchy caming into wardroom.
"EJ..." started Buffer.
"I will." said Bomber and went out. She was walking toward the galley when John caught her and put a knife on her throat.
"You will lead me to the wardroom." he whishpered near her ear. "Start walking." he added and pushed her.
"EJ is on the safe place allready. You can't came close to her." said Bomber.
"I change my mind. I am going to finish a job what I started yesterday."
"Leave him alone!" said Bomber and stand. She turn to face him and then she saw Spider sneeking behind them. She schock with her head and Spider realised that John had a weapon.
"O-ho, you care too much for him, don't you?" said John with a grin.
"It is none of your buisnis John. He didn't do anything against you..."
"He took EJ from me..."
"She left you before she came here. Now I know why she left you." said Bomber and looked into John who pushed her.
"Move!" he yelled. They came to the wardroom. He again press a knife on Bomber's long and vulnerable neck.
"Drop the weapon down!" said Dutchy and pointed a gun on John.
"One more move and I will slit her throat." threatened John.
"You want me, not her. Let her go mate!" said Buffer and rised from bed.
"Now I changed my mind again. No one is not going to shot me while she is my hostage." said John and press harder knife on Bomber's neck and first drops of Bomber blood fell from her neck.
"Let her go!" said Buffer desperate to reach Bomber. Spider came from behind and shot John. John drop the knife and fell on the ground.
"Are you ok?" asked Buffer amd pull Bomber into hug. Bomber was shaking.
"I am." she murmured. In that moment came EJ's scream. She entered in wardroom and she was faced with dead body of her ex fiancee.
"Come on EJ. You don't have to watch this." said Spider and pull her with him out.
"Bomb, let me see that scratch on your neck." said Bird.
"Maybe you should." Bomber tried to smile.
Half an hour later
Buffer went on the deck, suddenly desparate for air. When he saw Bomber in hands of that guy he thought on the worst thing what could happened. Once again he was looking into posibility to lose her on that way and that scared him more than anything else. He leaned his hands on the rail thinking that Spider didn't shot him and that he hurt Bomber, Buffer would kill him even if that meant losing his career. But what his career and life was without her?
"Why are you not resting? You are still weak." said Bomber and stand by him.
"I am fine Bomb. I am not feeling weak anymore." said Buffer and smiled on her.
"You are still pale."
"Why are you walking around? How much I know, Kate gave you strict order to stay in your rack and try to sleep. You had a long night and morning."
"I am fine too. I came here little bit on the air."
"On the air?" asked Buffer and rised his eyebrows.
"I needed it. There in wardroom, all life pass in my mind. Things what I did, things what I didn't do, things what I didn't say and I should." answered Bomber and looked into water. "First time I scared that I will die." she added and tears rolled down her cheek.
"It is ok." said Buffer and pull her into the hug.
"It was like all is going to end and..." said Bomber through the tears.
"There was part of my guilty too. He wanted me and he almost kill you." said Buffer caressing her back in comforting gesture.
"He was a psyhotic maniac. Poor EJ. I can not imagine what she survived with him." said Bomber still being in his arms.
"Me neither." sighed Buffer.
"So because of it you can't hurt her." said Bomber when she moved from his grip.
"Bomber..." started Buffer but he was silented by Bomber.
"Promise me. She is not going to survive it Buff. One more failure." added Bomber and looked into him.
"I heard all what you said in wardroom." said Buffer.
"What did I said?" pretended Bomber.
"All Bomber..."
"I wasn't there all night. EJ was there with you most of it. You probably heard her." lied Bomber and walk away from the deck. When she went in, she was faced with EJ.
"I am so sorry Bomber..." she started.
"It is not your fault. Look EJ, for Buffer you were all night in the wardroom."
"But I..."
"Just do that for me please." said Bomber.
"Ok. I will." smiled EJ.
"I hope you will find your happiness with him." added Bomber with smile and walk away in her cabin.
0400 pm. Steaming for home port-Cairns.
"Here ya captain speaking. We are arriving into the Cairns, where we are going to have a shore leave for couple days. We deserved it. Our mision for looking for a killers will be moved after some repairs on the board. I wish you all good shore leave. That's all. Captain out!" said Kate through PA.
"Ma'am, you will be favourite CO in the Navy." grined Spider from EOD.
"Who would say? Kate, ice queen." jocked Kate. "No, no Ice Queen. It was Hurricane Kate." she added with smile.
"You are still remembering that?" asked Spider.
"Yes and I am not so sure I will forget it soon." answered Kate.
"Best part was when Thor was stolled. Buffer's costume was amasing..." started Charge.
"Say one more word Charge and no one will see you ever again." interupted Buffer.
"Come on Buff. We want to know." said Ryan.
"Go do something White." said Buffer.
"Aye sir!" he said with a grin and walk off from bridge.
"We had very funny things here." added RO.
"Spider was part of the most of it." added Bomber what was sitting for wheel.
"I wasn't..." start Spider to interject, but Buffer cut him off.
"Yes you did." he said. "You cause an incident with Bomber on begining." added Buffer.
"I just jocked. She pushed me." Spider defended himself.
"You teased her about chips." added Buffer.
"You all were." said Bomber.
"I didn't." said Buffer and stand by wheel.
"Yes you did. My third week, day when Charge was stabbed. Before it, you and him sit in sailor mess together with commander Flynn. You asked what is on the menu with a smirk, insinuating on the chips." said Bomber and looked into him.
"I just asked what is for a dinner. Nothing more."
"Don't lie Buff. She is wright. We all teased her because of the chips." added Charge.
"Exept Swain." said Kate.
"And you." added Bomber pointing on Kate.
"Ma'am 15 minutes till dock." interupted Nav.
"Ok. Nav, prepare all for docking. Buffer before I forget, Swain is expecting you in Barry general hospital. You need to be checked." said Kate. "Dutchy, you, White and Spider take a prisinors to the police." she added.
"Aye ma'am." said Dutchy and he and Spider walked from a bridge.
"Nav, take a rest on this shore leave. Say hi to ET and if you are going to the pub with others make sure that they don't drink too much." said Kate now turning to Nav.
"I will. Don't worry." she smiled.
"Charge..." started Kate walking to his side.
"Me and Jamie are going on fishing. No any danger." he said with a smile. Kate just schock her head. Hammersley docked in Cairns.
"RO, I am so sorry to leave you here on board but you need to help EJ with repairs." said Kate.
"It is ok." he said and walk off from bridge to find EJ.
"Buffer, I hope so you take my words as an order." she added looking into her XO.
"Don't worry ma'am. I need to go there for a tetanus shot, so I will make sure he went there." said Bomber and handed Kate one file. "Medical orderes." she explained.
"Ok. Have a nice shore leave. Both of you." said Kate walking from bridge.
"You too ma'am." smiled Bomber.
"Ok nanny, are we going?" teased Buffer.
"Call me like that one more time and I swear to you I will kill you." said Bomber and punched him in the arm where was a cut. That couse him a pain. "I am sorry. I forget." she added.
"It is ok." he smiled on her.
After a while they went out from the ship in their civil clothes.
They came in hospital and Bomber went for a tetanus shot and Buffer went on precise check. After two hours they finished.
"And? What they said?" asked Bomber walking with Buffer.
"I am fine. You saved my life Bomb." he answered with a grin.
"I didn't." she answered and smiled on him. They went out from hospital.
"Hey Bomb, are you for a drink?" asked Buffer.
"Why not?" said Bomber and turn to face him.
"Lets go then. Pub in the port or "Sunrising"?"
"You choose. I think we will go with others."
"Well I am having intention to remember all from this evening. But if you want we can join them."
"No. You are absolutely wright." said Bomber and they laughed walking.
"So "Sunrising"?"
"Sounds good to me." said Bomber walking with Buffer toward the pub.
