Chapter 3: Haze
6th December 1941
Enroute to Pearl Harbour from Wake
USS Enterprise
Enterprise's POV
I was in the bridge of my ship with Admiral Halsey as me and my taskforce were returning from Wake after we transported Marine planes and fighters. It was an entertaining journey as the marine pilots would try to flirt with my fairies. I didn't mind as it is always fun to watch the marines either succeed or fail. I find it interesting that the fact that my fairies transform into full sized people when I have my ship body around. Well most of them were girls there were some male fairies but they were mostly the plane mechanics, the damage control crews and the mechanics in the hangar deck. These fairies are not permanent as every so often they will get shuffled around so new crew members can be brought in and the old ones spread across the fleet.
"I always wonder, Enterprise" Halsey said.
"Wonder what sir?" I asked.
"Wondered whether war is coming to the Pacific" Halsey said.
"Well, it just might with all the Japanese aggression" Enterprise said.
"That is true and we will be the one to stop them" Halsey said.
"Good morning Enterprise" I turned to see it was my fairy captain, Captain Georgette D. Murray. She had a piece of paper in her hand.
"Good morning, captain" I smiled.
"Good morning, admiral" Georgette said to Halsey.
"Good morning, captain, what do you have for us?" Halsey asked.
"Sir, it looks like there will be a storm on us soon, therefore I suggest that we all go inside now" Georgette said.
"Alright, let's go inside then, you can join us if you want Enterprise" Halsey said as he stood from the railing.
"I'll be fine sir, I am an aircraft carrier" I said. The two officers smiled as they headed back in just in time as the storm hit. The storm was a rough one, I watched as some of the waves smash on the side of my hull and the spray splashes over the guns, their gunners and the deck. However it was the destroyer girls that I pitied the most as they were bobbing up and down as the waves rolled in. They were also took one hell of battering from the weather. I decided it was best that after the storm, I had the destroyer girls get onboard of my ship and have them get warmed up and refueled and resupplied as I could see them burn through their coal just trying to keep in formation. I also slowed down as to make easier for the destroyer girls to stay in formation. I calculated in my head that we will arrive in Pearl, in the evening of tomorrow, December 7th.
7th December 1941
0637hrs
Mouth of Pearl Harbour
It was a just a quiet Sunday morning except for a lone destroyer girl who was patrolling the waters leading into Pearl Harbour to find a submarine that minesweeper Condor had sighted about three hours ago. This destroyer girl was a Wickes class destroyer girl and her name was Ward. She was looking for the submarine. Her fairies were assisting her find the hostile submarine.
"Hey Ward! Ward!" A fairy tapped Ward's face.
"What is it?" Ward asked as she turned to her spotter fairy.
"I see the hostile submarine, it is trailing the cargo ship, Antares" The fairy said.
"So you want to play sneaky huh? Alright, jig's up, now you are going down" Ward smiled as she aimed her guns and opened fire. Her first shot missed but her second shot didn't and it hit the target. Ward immediately began to drop depth charges on the where the sub was after it dived. Ward watched as massive columns of water rise out of the water.
"Alright, that should take care of her" Ward said. Just then Condor came by.
"That some mighty good shooting, Ward" Condor's captain said.
"Why thank you, commander" Ward smiled
"Should we tell Pearl?" Condor's captain asked.
"I will do it, you go back to your patrol" Ward said.
"Roger, see you again, Ward" Condor's captain said as Ward began to steam away.
"See you again" Ward said, "Now let's get that message sent, radio operator send a message to HQ"
"Aye-aye, ma'am" The fairy radio operator replied.
0702hrs
Oahu
Opana Mobile Radar Station
This radar station was just recently deployed on the island of Oahu in fact; it has barely been a month since it was first installed. Now it was Hawaii's first line of defense and it was manned by two privates and one of them couldn't believe his eyes when he saw the radar oscilloscope.
"Hey Sam" The first private asked.
"What is it, Talbert?" The second private asked.
"I got something on the oscilloscope" Talbert said.
"Let me take a look, damn that is a lot of planes" Sam said.
"Yeah, there is about 50 of them" Another voice said. The two privates turned to see the radar fairy behind them. Like the fairies on ship girls, military ground installations also have fairies however these fairies are in their full-sized form.
"Yeah, Sarah confirms it, Talbert, these are real" Sam said.
"Should we ring up Fort Shafter?" Talbert asked.
"Yeah of course we should! We don't want any friendlies to get shot up by our own AA" Sam said.
"Alright, let me get to the radio post… which at the bottom of the hill, why did they place it there in the first place?" Talbert asked.
"Brass probably wants us to make sure that we really know what we are looking at on the radar before reporting it in" Sam said.
"Well, I better get going then" Talbert said as he left the radar station to head to the radio post.
0710hrs
Ford Island
USS Arizona
Isaac C. Kidd's POV
I was in the officer's mess in my flagship, the USS Arizona with the ship girl that she represents seated in front of me. The fairies were mostly in bed or just enjoying themselves on the decks. I admit that it always take me back how the fairies can transform into fully fledged humans whenever the ship materialize.
"Well Arizona, today will be another calm day" I said.
"Yes, it will be but…" Arizona said before becoming quiet.
"But what, Arizona?" I asked as I looked at Arizona. I was worried about my flagship as I have rarely seen her worried like this.
"Well sir, I have a feeling that something is going to happen and it doesn't have a good feeling to it" Arizona answered. I felt uneasy from what Arizona just told me but I couldn't show it or it could make her even more worried.
"It is probably nothing too bad, Arizona" I said.
"If you say so, sir" Arizona said still not very easy about her feeling.
"Arizona, if anything terrible was to happen, remember that I will always be with you no matter what" I said.
"Thank you for the reassurance, sir" Arizona smiled.
"Now, let's finish this breakfast before it gets cold" I said.
"Yes sir" Arizona said as we continued eating. After breakfast, I retired to my quarters to do some reading before getting ready to leave the ship to meet Admiral Kimmel at 0830hrs.
0715hrs
Pearl Harbour Naval Station
14th Naval Headquarters
Admiral Kimmel's POV
I was in my office with Pennsylvania at her desk doing some administrative work when an officer came in.
"What is it, captain?" I asked as I looked to the captain. He saluted then lowered his arm.
"Sir, USS Ward has reported of engaging an unidentified submarine" The captain said.
"Have that verified, will you captain" I asked.
"Aye-aye, sir" The captain saluted again before leaving the room.
"Not again, this is the umpteenth time this week" Pennsylvania sighed.
"It can't be helped Pennsy, everyone here are getting real jumpy" I said as I looked at the message, "I want a verification of this report, there has been to many false reports this month and I don't to mobilize a destroyer squadron just because we spotted something in the water"
"I hope we avoided pissing off anyone" Pennsylvania said.
"Well, we aren't those war mongers but they are always hungry for blood" I said.
0720hrs
Fort Shafter
An US Army Lieutenant's POV
"Sir, Opana Radar Station reports that they got something on their radar" An aide said.
"What is it, soldier?" I asked, nervous as I wasn't even finished training and something is already happening and I don't know how to response.
"Well, they say it is the biggest sightings the radar operators have ever seen and even the radar fairy was surprised by the large number of sightings" The aide said. Well, I know for one thing that there is a flight of B-17s coming in from California but they never said how many but seeing how ever more hostile Pacific was getting, it would make sense that they would send a large number of bombers.
"Well, don't worry about it" I said. I couldn't tell them about the bombers because of security reasons. I hope I didn't fuck up.