Chapter 5

Trouble

Amy's P.O.V.

Stone and I were supposed to be both aboard the Sampson but a last minute change was made because the chief medical officer aboard the John Paul Jones called in sick. Stone was far from happy when he heard. We both dealed with it.

I was moved to the John Paul Jones instead. We set out at sunrise. "Lieutenant Hopper, we're ten minutes from getting out of range," my assistant told me.

"Thanks, Pam."

I went over to the phone in the wall and dialed Stone's cell phone. "Hi, sweetheart. How are you feeling?" Stone picked up.

"My headaches stopped and I'm feeling better. And you?"

"Missing you."

"That was really cheesy, you know that right?" I laughed.

"I know. But, sweetheart are you really okay? You weren't feeling good yesterday."

"I'm fine," I insisted," but, you should be more worried about your brother," I warned.

"I love you," he sighed.

"I love you too, just don't stress out about me. Last time they almost had to tie you to the captain's chair after you found out I stubbed my toe."

He chuckled. "Just don't do anything that'll exert yourself too mu-"

The line went dead and we were out of range. I sighed and hanged up the phone.

Stone's P.O.V.

"Just don't do anything that'll exert yourself too much," I said as the line went dead. I sighed and put away my phone. I could tell the crew was listening on the whole conversation but I could care less. I was more worried about me wife than my crew laughing at my conversations.

"Sir, there's something in the horizon," one of the lookouts told me. I got up and looked outside.

"What is it?" I asked.

"Unknown, sir. We've never seen something like this before. But, it's making surface contact."

I stared at it. "Get a team out there," I ordered. Alex and two other officers that I didn't know the names of road out to the . . . structure. And of course my brother had to go up and touch it. "Get out of there, Alex," I prayed.

He got thrown back and I tensed. The thing was moving. Two rays shot up out of it towards the sky and broke the glass. Then, four things shot up out of the water. They looked like some kind of mechanical bugs. And of course, Alex had to head over there and shoot them.

"All engines ahead," I ordered. I swear to god, if Alex-

"Sir, we lost radar. We can't lock on the target," an officer stated.

Alex was still going around shooting at it, but, then the thing started firing back. "Fire!" I ordered. I rushed to see what was going on, to see if I still had a little brother. The thing was hit but then it fired bombs at us.

Most of them were hit before they could do any damage but one hit the deck. "We're hit!" The bomb exploded.

Amelia's P.O.V.

The ship was rocking violently. I had to hold onto the shelves that were attached to the ship to stay on my feet. "Lieutenant, get up to the deck, your running this show now!" Petty Officer Johnson shouted. I nodded and ran up to the deck as fast as I could without falling down.

As I got outside I saw the Sampson, it wasn't in such good shape. I stopped and looked towards the command center. "Please let Stone be okay," I prayed. Then, tragedy. The aliens as I learned from the officers running around had shot bombs at the Sampson.

I looked at the Sampson. Our ships were close enough that I could see a figure with blonde hair on the deck. "STONE!" I screamed as the ship exploded. No, no, no. He's okay, right? I didn't stick around long enough to determine that, I was too busy trying to get to the command center.

"Sir!" the surviving officers soluted.

I ignored them," Are there any survivors?" I asked. Please, please, let Stone live.

"Yes sir, but I can't pick up the amount."

"Get rescue squads out there now, I want every single survivor on this ship, now!" As the crew dispatched, I stared at the wreckage of the Sampson. Tears sprung to my eyes as I saw how disfigured it looked.

I ran down to the deck to supervise the rescue crews coming back. Okay, that's a lie. I ran down to see in my husband had survived, because I don't think I would recover from depression if he didn't. I barely made it through the miscarriage. This would push me over the edge.

"AMELIA!"

A.N. That's where I leave off this chapter, cliffhanger. Shout out to Chanel, ILuvOdie, Selen13xD, and CrazyAlternateUniverse for submitting their votes and everyone who had favorited, reviewed, etc. it really means a lot. Sorry if I forgot your name or spelled it wrong, I am horrible at remembering things and I can be quite lazy. Once again thanks, sorry if it is really short, my charger broke so, I'm working on limited battery.