AN:
Hey guys, sorry for the delay, I had a busy week, but I have a new pc and word so I hope I'll be able to write a lot more. Here's the next chapter.
It was calm on the base. Most of the soldiers had sailed out early in the morning, leaving only a handful of soldiers stationed until reinforcements would arrive later the evening. Most of them were on edge, hanging around the guns in order to defend the base if anything would happen. Some more had been assigned to the storehouse and there was a small ironclad docked at the port. Which had just docked there. A small group of soldiers was playing cards on the dock. But the tension reached its pinnacle when the silence that roamed the base was overtaken by light buzzing.
All the soldiers stopped their doings and searched for the source of the sound. It was a cloudy day and rain would probably soon be upon them. The sound was gentle and far away from the looks of it. But everyone was on edge, they had 2 anti-aircraft guns, but those were only effective against airships, which was the most likely aircraft to attack.
Up in the sky, above the clouds, the sound of the engines was a lot louder. Inside the plane the two crewmembers were busily communicating in order to make the attack as precise as possible. "Altitude, three-seventy. We're two mikes out. Ready for drop." Ellia yelled to her gunner, who was peering through the scope of the small howitzer. "Nothing but clouds!" Emmily yelled back. "I'm ready." "Dropping now." Ellia yelled as she pushed her steering column down to drop the nose of the aircraft towards the ground. She could see the clouds engulfing the aircraft as it pierced the thick layer of clouds that hung in the sky. "Got a visual!" Emmily said. "I see 2 coastal guns, one big flak and one of those things with the four barrels." "Aim for the coastal ones" Ellia ordered, and she soon heard the howitzer fire. Thanks to the speed of the shell, being fired in a downward angle, the projectile created a screeching whistle in the air, before hitting the big coastal gun on the barrel, bending it.
"First one's out!" Emmily yelled. "Going for seconds." She fired a second shell, aiming for the other gun, also disabling this one. "Mark the flak for the sub." Ellia ordered as she continued to fly the plane. Emmily quickly opened the hatch at the back of the gun, taking the hot shell out with a thick leather glove, before replacing it by a new copper one with a bright red tip. She peered through the scope and quickly spotted the flak, which was also capable of lowering its barrel to attack vessels. She squeezed the trigger of her gun and a flare was fired towards the gun, leaving a large cloud of red illuminated smoke on impact.
Out in the seas, the Tidebreaker surfaces, from the hatch came Marcus. Dawn had been dropped on the other side of the island to infiltrate the base before the attack so he would have to fire the gun. He stepped behind the small mercury field gun that was mounted on the front of the gun, quickly zeroing in on the flak, which was trying to spot the aircraft which just destroyed the coastal guns. He fired a shot, a grim view played out in front of him as the shot hit the back of the gun, blowing limbs of the operators and metal of the gun, leaving it inoperable. He stepped away from the gun only to see the ironclad moving its guns towards the sub. He quickly sprinted back to the hatch. Entering the sub. "Pitch minus twenty degrees! 4 Knots! Dive! Dive! Dive!" He yelled out. His crew immediately working the machines in order to send the submarine below the surface. They disappeared just in time for the shots of the ironclad to miss. "Load tube two." He yelled through the system op pipes that was used for communication. And he soon heard Ketry's response. "Tube two loaded and ready Sir!"
He raised the periscope to see if the ironclad had moved, but it was still docked, and he could see that the crew were hastily trying to undock the ship so that it could manoeuvre away from the danger. "Jane, 6 degrees portside." He said, and Jane quickly turned the ship's nose towards the ironclad. Marcus moved to the sets of pipes again, putting his mouth to the torpedo room one and barking out "Fire tube two!" As swooshing noise was heard through the submarine as the tube was filled with water and the compressed air powered torpedo left the confinements of its tube. "Out and away!" came a response from Ketry. Marcus peered through the periscope again, and could the see the clear line of bubbles heading straight towards the Ironclad, the crew started to panic, using swords to cut through ropes and coils and ultimately jumping overboard. Moments before impact Marcus closed his eyes, not keen on seeing the damage done to the ship and mankind. When he opened his eyes again the ironclad was nothing more than a large smoking piece of scrap metal.
Now that the base was clear of large treats the submarine moved in, rising from the water and approaching the docks. Their objective was to take the base by force, disabling the last anti-aircraft turret and securing the base to gather the supplies. When they docked, and left the submarine they were quickly met with the last anti-aircraft gun, they had lowered the four barrels and had opened fire upon the 3 crewmembers, pinning them down. "Dawn and Ray better be here quickly!" Jane yelled out.
"May the Valkyries welcome you," A shot rang through the air. Alerting the man shooting the anti-aircraft gun to a new threat. He looked to his right and noticed that one of his comrades had fallen down, a hole in his throat, and a thick red liquid seeping out of it. "and lead you through Odin's great battlefield." Three consecutive shots are heard, one ricocheting off metatal and the other two finding their target in the chest of a soldier. "May they sing your names with love and fury," Another shot pierced the air. This time hitting the man operating the turning mechanism of the turret between the eyes. "so that we may hear it rise from the depths of Valhalla." Again, three shots, downing a soldiers and his unsuspecting friend behind him. "And know that you've all taken your rightful place at the table of warriors." Another shot was fired, hitting the man firing the anti-aircraft weapon, leaving a fine red mist that painted the insides of the metal shielding of the gun. "For great men have fallen today:" Dawn said as he stood up, still scanning the surroundings through his scope. "warriors, brothers, fathers, and sons." Ray finished the rites as he also raised from his position. Taking a quick glance over to the docks, where the rest of the submarines crew now left their cover.
The two of them hurried over to them content with the now cleared out base. "Think there are any left?" Dawn yelled to the group as they rendezvoused at the submarine. "Maybe a few in the warehouse." Marcus replied, "You and Jane check that out." He added as he pointed to Dawn. "I'll signal Hicca." He pulled out a large handgun, with a thick and broad barrel, aiming it at the sky and firing. A loud whistle was heard and a bright light filled the sky. "Now we prepare!" Marcus barked out as he turned to his crew. The large doors from the warehouse swung open and out came three men. The two of their crew and a soldier, holding his hands on the back of his head. "We actually got a smart one." Dawn said as he kept the gun pointed at the soldiers back. "This one surrendered, too bad his friend didn't." He said as he pointed to the bloody stains on Janes uniform.
"It can't be sunny every day." Marcus said as he took the prisoner from dawn, guiding him to a metal fence and tying his hands to it behind his back. At this point the airship arrived, carrying now only the rest of Hicca's crew, but also Ellia and Emmily. The hovered the airship at an empty dock just above the water. And everyone excited. Hicca was wearing her full suit again, including the mask, and started barking out orders. "Marcus, take Ray, Ellia and Brynn and get what we need." The four quickly hurried towards the warehouse. "Dawn get high and keep on lookout, reinforcements might be on their way." "Aye!" Dawn responded and quickly made his way to the water tower, a classic. "Jane, open the hatch, and Ketry, you get on the crane." She moved her hands to her mouth in order to be able to yell louder. "I want to be out of here in half an hour!"
Now that she was done and everyone had their orders she moved to the prisoner. Who was apparently frightened by her because he started to squirm and tried to get loose. "Calm down, I'm not a demon." She barked at him, shocking the man into silence. He was a young lad, probably just finished his first year at the navy. "Why did you surrender?" Hicca asked. "W-we w-were outn-numbered." He answered stuttering. "Smart move, what did your partner do?" She responded. "A-attacked the w-woman." He didn't dare to say girl since the one interrogating him was also female. "Yea, that's a shame." She then replied. Hicca crouched down so that she was on the same level as the tied up soldier. She put a hand on his shoulder. "Quit while you can lad, you're too smart for this." And then she left him. "Who are you?" The man then yelled, growing a bit more comfterble with his strange captor. Hicca stopped, inspecting Ray and Ellia as they pushed a cart with torpedos over the tracks towards the docks. She then turned around to the man and replied. "Who am I? If I told you that you wouldn't believe me. Now use that brain of yours and be quiet!" She snapped at the man, hating herself for acting so hostile, but time had taught her that fear was a very good way of keeping people of your back.
Dawn and Marcus were moving the last cart over to the docks. Ray came up to her. "What now capt'n?" He asked. "Rig the warehouse, I want it to take one shot." She said and Ray hurried off to the storage building. Ellia came quickly after, Hicca had first wanted to ask her to blow the last gun, but she had seen the mess when they flew in, and decided against it. "Keep an eye out here." She said to Ellia, I'll blow the last gun.
With Hicca disabling the last gun and the rest either on watch or loading the submarine, everything went smoothly. It wasn't before long that they heard Dawn shout out. "Reinforcements!" The last crates were quickly loaded into the hold and the doors were shut. Everyone returned to the craft that they arrived with. The submarine left first, sailing backwards with Dawn on the front gun, firing warning shots at the reinforcements. Ray had hopped on the Typhon and turned it to aim at the storage, he fired the two shots at the building and a large explosion could be heard, the building still stood, but fire escaped through the windows and it didn't take long for the construction to collapse on itself. The vessels turned and headed for traitor's bay again, a relatively short distance.
Hicca was standing at the wheel, looking at the stormy clouds behind her. She saw Ellia and Brynn walking towards her. "That went well don't you think?" She asked the two, getting a positive response from the both of them. "But," Ellia began "there is one thing we need to still work out." "Berks hunt for Ray." Brynn added. "He's the one that always goes into villages and cities, and now Berk will be upon us in no time, he's not really a quiet guy." Hicca was thinking and an evil smile soon appeared on her face. She took her helmet off and looked at the two. "What do you do when a Terror want's your fish?" She asked them. Ellia responding with "You hide the fish?" "No," Hicca answered, before looking at Ray, who was buisily explaining the ins and outs of the new Typhon to Emmily.
"You put an eel with the fish." She said, earning devious grins from both her friends.
AN:
So there it is, have any idea what the super secret swiggety swooty plan is? Mwhahaha, I do! Anyway, thanks for reading my story and thanks for reviewing it, also a big thanks to everyone who send OC's! I love you all! You can still do so, I'll probably expand their fleet even more in the course of the entire story.