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Chapter 22 Back To The Start
" Kate your fine, calm down" said Mike, Kate was screaming, " you had another dream didn't you?" added Mike.
"She said I promised to save her and as far as we know we got every backpacker I'm sure of it" said Kate rethinking the week that had just passed until she realised the woman she was watching depart Hammersley it had to be her sister.
Either she was dead or in a very bad condition.
Kate arrived at the hospital the next morning to check out the backpackers, she only counted 4, looking around the room she couldn't see the young woman. Kate walked around the ward looking for the woman until a nurse pulled her up.
"ma'am can I help you?" asked the nurse.
"ah yes you can, um there was a woman bought in her the other day with the group of backpackers in room 4d, can you tell me where she is?" asked Kate as her mind was preparing her for the worst news ever possible.
" ma'am I'm afraid she didn't make it" replied the nurse, as Kate's heart dropped into the never ending abyss. Thanking the nurse she left heading back to Hammersley.
Kate sat in her room looking at the mountain of paper work that needed to be completed, but one report stood out from the rest Hinton cove. She sat there looking at it, starting to write her account of events, after almost a thousand words Kate was satisfied, taking her paper work home. Mike walked into the lounge room to find Kate covered in paperwork.
"you do know shore leave is supposed to be a break" said Mike bringing Kate her wine.
"yeah I know but if I get it done now I won have as much when we go back and plus I needed something to take my mind off things" replied Kate "and Dianne's sister didn't make it" she added continuing with her paperwork.
Mike left Kate to alone to be with her thought but taking half her paperwork with him.
Meanwhile back on Hammersley Bomber and Charge were setting up the ultimate prank was under way.
"Charge its clear ok go, go, go" whispered Bomber as charge followed close behind.
"hey which bed is it" asked Bomber looking in each rack coming across the photos above one bed in particular signalling charge "this one" whispered Bomber
"this should do what do you reckon" replied Charge as they filled 2Dads bed with rotten fish, giving each a high five before they snuck out.
He was due back on the ship at any time as the waited nearby waiting for his reaction.
2Dads waltzed onto the ship, happy and unaware what laid beneath his bed sheets, he laid down in his rack his sense and smell consumed by the awful stench coming from the fish, lifting up his sheets gagging he instantly knew who was behind it.
"BOMBER !" yelled 2Dads as they both snuck out of the closet laughing and giggling like two little school kids, heading for the galley still laughing, Nav was walking down to the galley when she saw charge and Bomber giggling.
"what's so funny" asked Nav, both stopping and standing still.
"nothing ma'am Bomber was just telling me a funny joke" replied charge.
"ok if you say so and charge I need the boys to check on the starboard engine its making a funny noise" replied Nav just as she walked into the galley to fix herself a brew.
" yes ma'am I'll get right on it" replied charge as he walked off smiling.
Nav fixed herself a brew and headed back up to the bridge, her watch had only just started.
10 DAYS LATER
Kate walked up onto the bridge, they were two hours out of kanga ton island, tasked to deliver relief aid to the community. The island had a very bad reputation, it was a natural disaster zone and was full of rebels.
"ok we deliver the gear and then we get out got it" said Kate they had a time window of 1 hour and then they would leave.
"aye ma'am" replied the sailors.
Buffer and Kate jumped up onto the pier, the other sailors quickly following, just as Buffer placed his box on the ground rebels appeared on the wharf out of no where. Guns and machete's blazing, Buffer looked around the wharf unable to find Kate and Bomber, looking up they each had machetes and guns pointed at them.
"put the weapons down!" yelled Buffer.
"go away you leave" the rebel.
Buffer looked at Kate giving him a nod, when the rebels opened fire, Buffer returned fire discharging is 9mm. Taking down the rebel as the others backed away.
"X!" yelled Buffer running over to his injured sailors.
"Buffer ?" replied Kate dazed blood running down the side of her face.
They reached the ship getting there injured on board, Mike ran down to the ward room when he saw Kate lying on the bed beside Bomber.
"sir she's going to be fine its just a deep cut to her head and a grazed leg that's all" said Bomber while she wrapped up Kate's head.
" but she will need a ct scan when we get her home" added Swain while he walked past the room.
" and you will be happy to know the other sailors just have some minor cuts and bruises" said Bomber leaving the room.
Alexia sat up in the captains chair watching the seas, holding up a pair of binoculars of her own spotting something in the water, something that didn't belong.
" uncle Pete what's that in the water" said alexia as she pointed out to sea, she had become one of the crew, Kate had been teaching her all about the navy she had grown so much in the past months, Buffer pulling up the image on the EOD shocked at what he saw, calling for Mike over the pa.
"co to the bridge at the rush" said Buffer as he looked back out the window watching the object bob in the water.
a/n what's in the water?