Disclaimer; All characters and ships in this chapter are not mine. In fact, almost nothing in this is mine! Lol.

Chapter One;
What We Find

"Sir, it's that boat from yesterday." Nav turned and looked up at the CO. It was a little after 9pm and most of the crew had left the bridge. The only ones left up top were Nav, the CO and Alexander 'Pierce' Brosnan who was manning the EOD. The two men looked up at the sound of Nav's voice. The CO leant closer to the radar and saw that Nav was correct. He glanced at Pierce, but the Able Seaman already had the boat up on the EOD. It was their boat. They'd been following the pleasure craft for over a day now, lost it for a while in rough seas, and now they'd found it again. They'd suspected the boat of carrying weapons and now they found themselves heading closer and closer to the small island nation of Libertile. "Sir, they've stopped." Nav said suddenly, but the CO had already seen it on the EOD. Nav pushed herself away from the radar and watched them over Pierce's shoulder. The men were clearly carrying something onto the beach, and the CO suspected it was the weapons. "What do we do?" Nav asked as the men disappeared into the trees, having finished unloading.

The CO stood up. "Nothing until morning, then we send out the boarding party." He frowned at the EOD, wondering what was in the trunks and why, after all this time, their attention was suddenly focused on Libertile.

"Away sea boat." The X called up to the bridge.

On the bridge deck Charge stood watching them. "Away sea boat." He called back. With a lurch the RHIB began it's descent into the water. On the zodiac were the X, Buffer, Swain, Bomber, Spider and Pierce. It was a little overcrowded, but they knew better to squash up than risk drawing attention to themselves with two boats. As if the Hammersley off the coast wasn't obvious enough. But at the same time they worried about the safety and so all six were prepared for the worst. As they reached the beach, their guns held high, they noticed the boat. It was silent and bobbing in the water. There seemed to be no movement inside. Nonetheless, the X sent Buffer and Spider to investigate. The X and the others went ashore to find the boxes. Swain strode off with Bomber and the X set off with Pierce. After 10 minutes Swain's voice came across. "Got them ma'am."

The X followed his directions to a small pile of boxes, about three in total, and noticed Buffer and Spider had joined them. She motioned to them and slowly Pierce, Bomber and Spider began to crack them open. The X stood over one as Spider pushed the lid off, but she was disrupted by a voice.

"Ma'am." Buffer held something aloft. Clearly it was a weapon, but not the type they had seen before. The X didn't need to be shown though, the box near her foot had yielded it's own. She lifted the weapon aloft and the men gasped. The X frowned at it. Bomber looked confused. Spider went a little further than the others and spoke. "What the f…"

Bomber cut across him in her usual way, but this time it was for Spider's own good as swearing was frowned upon highly in the ADF. "It's a crossbow?" She thought aloud.

They all looked at Buffer for information as he seemed to be the source of all things military, but he just frowned. They looked back at the crossbow as the X moved it around in her hand. Then a voice spoke and they all looked up expectedly, but it was Swain not Buffer who was speaking. "The Premier Regiment Parachutiste d'Infanterie de Marine." He said quietly, his eyes locked on the crossbow.

Now expressions changed, the men and X looked confused while it was now Bomber who gasped. "No." She muttered, now looking at the crossbow in much the same fashion Swain was.

The X frowned. "Will one of you tell me what you're talking about?"

It was Bomber. "The First Marine Parachute Regiment." Bomber translated, having already proved herself as the team's fluent French speaker. Finally the others got it, with only Spider left looking confused (not a rare occurrence), and the X raised her radio to her mouth.

"Papa 82, this is X-Ray 82. There's something very wrong here. We've discovered they're using crossbows. Swain mentioned the First Marine Parachute Regiment. Confirm this was a French archipelago."

RO's voice came through. "Affirmative ma'am."

The X looked to the others. "Alright, we're out of here. Back to the RH…" But she was cut off before they could move.

"Arrêter. Réprimez vos fusils, vous êtes entourés." A voice said. They turned, guns raised, and a man stood there holding a crossbow to the head of the nearest person. This happened to be Bomber.

The others didn't know what he'd said, but when Bomber dropped her gun they guessed the generals of it. They were surrounded. He spoke again and Bomber translated. "He says if you call the ship he'll… he'll shoot." They lowered their guns just a little and took a step back. Well, all except their youngest member, the Seaman's eyes trained on the man like he was going to kill him. But he knew better and his eyes darted between the man's and Bomber's. Both told him to get back. Eventually he did. It was a good move as, standing this close, not even Bomber's Kevlar vest and thick helmet could help her.

"Ma'am." Buffer whispered in the X's ear. "2 o'clock."

X glanced to her right and saw the four men advancing on them from the trees. They turned on them quickly, as did the others, but then something moved to their left. There was the sound of a scuffle, Pierce yelled and Bomber screamed. Around her the X watched as everything went to hell…