Meanwhile Bomber and 2dads hammered desperately on the door to get it to open. The men who had carried Kate out had left no doubt as to their intentions and there was no way in hell they were letting that happen without a fight. 2dads even was tried to break the wood holding the door closed but to no avail. Hearing footsteps they positioned themselves either side of the door. 2dads took them on single handily allowing Bomber to run. She carefully made her way down the corridor listening for anyone coming or anyone being attacked.
Hearing footsteps she ducked into a room waiting until they had cleared before continuing she hadn't got far when 2 men grabbed her. She shouted and screamed struggling as much as she could but to no avail as she was forced back into the dark smelly little room. Her mission a failure.
2dads lay on the floor badly beaten. Bomber could have cried, again she had made a decision that had hurt a member of the team. She checked him over he had at least one broken rib. If he moved too much it could puncture a lung and the X was still MIA. She needed to get out, get the Hamersley here if only she could pry the door open.
Spotting a thin piece of wood Bomber grinned she had a way out. She used the wood managing to knock the door open. Ordering 2dads to try to find the X, Bomber began making her way above deck as gunfire erupted above. Ducking and hiding in various rooms the X not in any of them she managed to radio the Hamersley.
"How is the X?" the CO asked. Bomber hesitated, what could she tell them? She hadn't seen the X in over 15minutes. That the man that had tried to assault her now previously had a barely unconscious woman at his disposal, one who was likely still as high as a kite and to top it off she would be telling it to the man who if regulations weren't in the way would be with this woman romantically.
"She was getting better" She settled on not lying but omitting the truth, as gunfire erupted near her. Bomber ducked hiding again. She could only hope the Hamersley was nearby and arrived soon.
2dads had made his way gingerly along the corridor checking every room desperately clutching his ribs. He took cover in a room as gunfire echoed around the ship, as it neared he left the entrance inspecting his hidey hole finding lots of live fish. For a moment his fasciation took over distracting him. A man entered using his distraction to squirt him in the face. 2dads screamed as his face felt like it was burning. He couldn't breathe, desperately he grabbed as his throat. It hurt so much, he was dying and Bomber didn't know how he felt about her was all he could think as the world faded.
Gunfire awoke her. She opened her eyes the instant stiffness and bruising on her body revealing it hadn't been a drugged nightmare. The memories were hazy but terrifying. She knew what she had to do, get a message to the Hamersley let them know where they were. If she wanted to get out of this hell hole she needed to organise a rescue party then find Bomber and 2dads.
The only good news was her head felt clearer and her breathing felt better.
She needed to go up on deck, the radio house was normally found there Kate decided and the smell of BO and rotting fish surrounding her reminding her of the horror. Slowly she stood using the bulkhead to balance. As she walked the whole ship spun and tilted but she continued getting fresh air and help her only thoughts.
The light was bright and momentarily dazed her as she reached deck. She could hear shouting all around but couldn't make sense of it. Why were people angry with her? Where they going to take her back down? Taking deep breaths she tried to make sense of the words. They called her X it was the Hamersley. Dutchy was there and Swain. The rapist was lying on the floor a bullet through his head she felt nothing numb all over. Then someone was there, shouting even closer, they touched her she shrugged them off not ready for that yet. Instead making her way to the back of the boat away from his body and the memories it brought with it.
Kate said on the deck, bodies scattered around she noted most of the men she hadn't seen before but she recognised the face of another face that had attacked her now lay vacant and blood stained. She felt so dirty and unclean. If she had fought harder or not been as weak it wouldn't have happened.
She knew she was panicking, Kate was just glad everyone was down below securing the deck and nobody saw her failure. The world was spinning she felt so dizzy was this normal? What the hell had been in that water? She wondered passing out again.
She woke again with the face of her last rapist standing above her a knife in his hand. Panicking she kicked him hard in the stomach. As he doubled up in pain she disarmed him the knife falling to the side of the boat. Unarmed but knowing he still had the upper hand the man charged knocking them into the wooden deck railing. Kate grunted his weight pressing on her already sore chest. She managed to stand on his foot driving her elbow into his face. He fell back his hand finding the knife. Armed he ran at her. Kate used the motion to bend his arm so he stabbed himself but the force of him running at her broke the banister sending them both careering into the water.
Kate hit the water with a splash. Nobody was on deck the Hamersley was on the other side of the boat. The cold water had woken her up somewhat. Her life jacket lay somewhere on the first fishing vessel the only good thing was the man she had stabbed was lying face up in the water and lay between her and the boat. Not confident he was actually dead and not just pretending Kate avoiding that area just in case it was a ruse. Meaning swimming back to the boat was impossible instead she just focused her energy on staying afloat.