CHAPTER 3

"umm Sir if you don't mind me asking but did you get approval for us to set sail especially with the X injured" Nav asked "No he didn't and I'm fine" Kate pipped up from where she was instructured to sit from their Captain Mike Flynn.
"so you keep telling us X" He replied grinning back at her.

"X you are not going on the shore party" Mike said as Kate walked down to the boarding party station.
"yer try and stop me" she replied putting on a Kevlar vest "Kate" Mike said quietly grabbing her wrist "Kate it's too dangerous" he pleaded "and I'm more dangerous"she replied looking into Mikes pleading deep blue eyes.
"But if anything happens to you" he started but once again he was cut off by her again "Mike nothings going to happen, not this time any way" she replied walking off to the pistol cabinet.

They had split up just over 15 minutes a go and were now searching the island in pairs. of course Mike was paired up with Kate he wasn't dairing to leave her side, not after what had happened last time they were on the island.
"X-Ray to all units do you copy?" Kate radioed through to all the other pairs.
"X-Ray 82 this is Charlie 82 loud and clear ma'am" Swain replied back "Echo 82 this is X-Ray 82 do you copy over?" Kate radioed again concern growing after she hadn't recieved a response from two of her ship mates.
"X-Ray 82 this is Echo 82 thats an affirmative X, we have a visual on the aspects of moving East from our position" Buffer replied.
"copy that Echo 82 be with you as soon as we can"

Mike and Kate ran through the jungle of Paradise Island to Echo's positions. They saw Bomber and Buffer squating behind a tree pistold raised towards their target. Out of the corner of her eye Bomber saw Mike and Kate approaching them and then Swain and 2Dads approach them. Kate who was always in charge of Shore Partys and Boardings started issueing out instructions, extending her arm out she pointed towards Swain and 2Dads hitting her chest twice she raised two fingers indicating the west and then dropped her palm in a swift motion. Charlie 82 was to take the west side of their suspects pistols raised at the ready and to wait for the signal to move in. Dropping her palm again looking at Buffer and Bomber she told them to stay put till further instructions. Mike and Kate headed off to the East of their suspects "all units get ready to move in on 3. 1...2...3!" Kate yelled "Australian Navy Drop your weapons!" all the teams yelled approaching the suspects. "Don't even think about it" Buffer yelled to one of the suspects ignored Buffers warning and tried to escape chasing after him Buffer grabbed the hood of his jumper and yanked him backwards Pushing him on to the ground and tying his hands up behind his back to make sure he was secure before Buffer moved to disabelling his guns "Clear" Swain yelled from behind him "you right mate?"he asked "yer thanks Swain" Buffer replied

"All suspects secure, head back to the ship" Mike ordered "You alright?" Kate asked as she checked Mikes eyes over where he had been punched in the face by an aggresive suspect.
"Yer I'm fine" he replied running his hand through her hair.
"make sure you put an icepack on it when we get back to the ship" she told him sternly.
"Kate it's not as bad as it looks" he said trying to reassure her "besides your the one that's more injured than I am"
"I have already been checked out now it's your turn" she replied walking off in the direction of the RHIBs.

"where's Swain?" Mike asked Bomber as he walked into the wardroom. "he is down in the Austerre with the suspects"she replied "you after an icepack?" she asked pointing towards his bruised and battered black eye.
"me, yer" He chuckled Bomber had just put the icepack on Mikes eye when Kate entered the wardroom "I'll take over from here thanks Bomber" she said "yes ma'am" Bomber replied handing the icepack to Kate and leaving the wardroom. Kate took the icepack and waited from Bomber and waited till she left the room to put it up against Mikes eye. Mike pulled her closer to him arm wrapped around his waist, as her free arm was resting on his shoulder and brushing her fingers through his hair.
Mike lent in closer to her kissing her ever so gently.

"what were you guys thinking?" Commander Marshall yelled at the two lieutenants sitting in his office. "totally my decision Kate had nothing to do with it" Mike replied trying to get Kate out of trouble.
"Mike I get why you wanted to go back out there, that's not why I said no it was a too risky operation you guys could have been seriously injured" Marshall sighed "sir none of us were injured and we did catch the suspects" Kate piped up.
"Kate I know you caught them and welldone on that, but lets not forget how you nearly did just over 48 hours ago"
"But I didn't and I'm fine now" Kate replied rolling her eyes at how possesive the two men in her life could be. Mike was her partner and Steve was her father figure since she was fostered into his family.

"Phew" Mike said as they left Marshall's office "I though we were going to get discharged" "Yer I know, we didn't even get some sort of punishment" Kate replied hopping into the passenger seat of Mikes car. "and whats with all the it was all my idea Kate had nothing to do with it?" Kate asked when Mike started the car "Kate it was my idea and I didn't want to stuff up both our careers in the process" Mike replied.
"Fine but what matters is we caught the guys who killed those 8 refugees and ET and Spider"