CHAPTER 2

Taking fast long strides down the small corridoors of HMAS Hammersley all Mike did was yell one name and that name was Swain.
"SWAIN!" He yelled again, this time Swain ran out of the wardroom and saw Mike walking fastly towards him carrying an unconcious Kate.
"Sir what happened?" Swain asked "we were talking and then she was just like this" Mike replied
"well judging by her overalls she has lost alot of blood to much to be honest"
"so what does that mean?" Mike asked confused as to what was happening to Kate "we need to do a blood transfusion or we could loose her. Whats her blood type?" Swain asked as Mike checked her dog Tags
"B Positive" he replied "right we dont have time to bag it we need someone on the ship that's the same blood type as her do you know anyone?" Swain asked "Bomber, Bombers B Positive" Mike said hurrying off in search of Bomber.

It was logical the first place you would look for Bomber would be the galley considering she was the ships Chef. "Bomber" he said when he found her "your blood type,
it's B Positive right?" he asked "yes why?" she replied "your needed in the wardroom" Mike replied once again hurrying off back to the wardroom Bomber in tow.
"oh God" Bomber muttered as she entered the wardroom and took in the sight of a very pale and unconcious Kate. "Right Bob we don't have time to bag it" Swain said as he connected a cord that ran Bombers blood straight from her veins and into Kates.
"Sir Ambulance is waiting for us at Port" Buffer said poking his head into the wardroom "thanks Buff how long till we get to port?" Mike asked "5 minutes Sir" Buffer replied "right Swaino I'm going with her" Mike said

Mike is sitting next to Kate in the Ambulance she has just been given an adrenaline shot to help wake her up, with a loud gasp Kate shoots up from where she is lying on the stretcherand her eyes burst open "where am I?" she asks " you are in an Ambulance on your way to Hospital" one of the Paramedics notifies her "why though?" she asks "I'm fine "well you are fine now, once at Hospital we will need to put some stitches in that wound on your arm" the paramedic said thinking to himslef God we have got another stubborn Lieutenant on our hands"
"why the stitches it's just a scrape nothing too serious" Kate replys which she hears Mike chuckle at what she had said "what's so funny?" she asked him "Kate hunny you have been unconcious for a good 30 minutes you had to have a blood transfusion" he replied taking her hand in his as she could only to respond with an "oh" as she realised what had everyone frantically panicking.

The doors of the Ambulance burst open and Kate was rappidly wheeled into Hospital, Mike walking beside her the whole time till she reached the operarting theatre.
Kate was taken into Surgery for two reasons,one being they needed to stitch up her wound and the other they needed to clean the wound so it didn't cause a infection.

Mike was sitting in the waiting room when a doctor walked in and called out Kate's name "Kate McGregor" the doctor called out which Mike rose out of his seat when the doctor called out her name "alright Kates surgery when well, she is awake now in ICU we will just need to keep her overnight for observations" the doctor said to Mike "Thanks" Mike replied "Can I see her"

He walked into the room that she was currently occuping in ICU. He took in the sight of her form she looked alot better than what she had in the wardroom earlier that day. She recognised the prescence of someone else in the room she looked over to the doorway where Mike stood. "Hey" she said "Hey yourself" he replied walking over to where she layed on the bed and gave her a peck on the lips. "Doctor wants to keep you overnight for observations" Mike said to her which Kate groanned at "Don't they believe me when I say I am fine"
"because you are stubborn and there is too many people that care about you" Mike replied brushing away the hair off her face.

"Mike you are not going back to Paradise Island and thats final" Commander of Cairns Naval Base NavCom Steve Marshall said.
'With all due respect Sir, these criminals killed two of my men and they are still out there running free" Mike replied "thats the thing Mike they killed two of your men and they nearly killed Kate, these criminals can just as easily kill you" Steve said frustrated that Mike wasn't taking into consideration really how dangerous these guys were and his own safety. Mike looked at Kate who was sitting next to him equally as disappointed as him.

Mike and Kate walked out of NavCom and towards Mikes car "Okay what are you thinking?" Kate asked breaking the silence they had fallen into. "I'm thinking of ignoring what Steve said" Mike replied "I knew it" Kate clapped satisfied that she had read Mikes thoughts before she added "although we can loose our jobs for this"
"I know" Mike said "I won't be able to rest until I have them put away"
"I?" sh easked confused as to why it wasn't we as they were a team.
"yes your on light duties, Kate you just had surgery yesterday" he replied sneakily wrapping his around her waist and pulling her closer to him "Mike just this once let me help on this one are not the only one that is frustrated" Kate replied "fine but if anything happens to you" Mike started but couldn't finish as Kate buttered in "Mike nothings going to happen to me, to us we are the best aren't we?"
"that we are Kate" he replied planting a kiss on her lips once they reached his car.

"Sir!" Lieutenant Jack Davies yelled running into Commander Marshalls office "Lieutenant what is it?" Marshall asked "Sir Hammersley was just spotted leaving port" "what!"Steve Marshall yelled "Oh Mike you are in alot of trouble when you get back" Steve mumbeled to himself.