Chapter 4: Blades

It was in the middle of the dinner rush, Seaman John Campbell was eating with some of his crew-mates. "So how much longer till we get to Japan?" he asked.

"Well we just passed Waketown the other day, we're probably around half way there." answered Seaman Jonah Anderson, "Personally I can't wait until we get there, hopefully the Captain will let us have some downtime. Yokosuka is a all girls school right?"

"Of course it is dumbass! It's called Yokosuka GIRLS Marine High School." John said, laughing at his friend's temporary stupidity.

"GENERAL QUARTERS, GENERAL QUARTERS, MAN YOUR BATTLE-STATIONS" the voice of Commander Vance echoed throughout the ship. John, Jonah, and the rest of the mess hall were up. The time for laughter was over, something was wrong. This wasn't a drill, the Enterprise was going into battle.

USS Enterprise

August 9th

17:42 Hours

"Someone contact the Admiral!" Will said, calmly despite the stressful situation. He was formulating a exit strategy, some way he could get Lawrence off the bridge safely without endangering his crew. "Lawrence, is the Duke of York using live ammo?" he asked

"The main guns are using live ammo, I don't know how, I never authorized it. The ship suffered a temporary power outage then the crew went crazy and the guns started loading live ammo." Responded Lawrence

"Shit... that complicates things." Will thought to himself, "Vance, its time." He said as he pulled the keychain off his neck, "The Duke of York is using live ammo, I don't want to risk it."

"Sir, are you sure this is a good idea?" Vance asked, pulling out his key as well.

"No, I'm not sure, but this is what we're training for isn't it. We have to make the difficult decisions, even if we're not sure" William responded. "Authorizing live ammo." He said as he and Vance turned their keys.

"Sir I've contacted the Admiral" Said Comms Officer Patrick Kingston.

"One moment, Lawrence, What about the AA guns?" he asked through the radio.

"We have 36 20 mm guns, however they are not currently using live ammo." She responded

"Thank God" Will thought, "This won't be impossible after all." He picked up the radio and spoke to the Admiral, meaning the Admiral yelled at him.

"Edwards this better be good, you've just interrupted me in the middle of a goddamn weapons test!"

"Sir, we've received a distress call from the HMS Duke of York, the crew has trapped the captain in the bridge and their main guns are using live ammo. I have a plan to evacuate the captain from the ship, however it does pose some risks." Will told the Admiral.

"Are you saying the Brits have mutinied!?" replied the Admiral, his initial anger gone apparently having realized how serious the situation was.

"That's a possibility sir, however the captain reported some abnormal events on the Duke of York just before the crew revolted."

"Alright, Edwards. Proceed with your plan. However I'm alerting the fleet that the HMS Duke of York is to be sunk if it comes within range of a port. We can't have a hostile ship shelling a civilian population. Good Luck captain." The admiral said

"Thank you sir!" Edwards said.

Brooke Lawrence was ready, she was told to be on the roof of the bridge in 30 minutes with hearing protection, strangely enough. She'd reinforced her barricades and began climbing the up to the roof. Once she reached the roof would she tried to stay hidden. "A captain hiding from her own crew" She chuckled to herself. When she opened the hatch she heard this strange droning sound that just seemed to get louder. The wind began to pick up as the sound got louder. When she looked up her she saw it. She knew why William was concerned about the AA Guns, why he wanted hearing protection. Captain Brook Lawrence of the Royal Naval Academy saw the spinning blades of a helicopter above her ship.

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