After much head wracking I decided to just go with the characters that the guys from The Pacific vol. 1 have created for USN ship girls. Their art has become what I just imagine they would look like and I cannot get that out of my head. Just like how I will always picture Kongo as the one from the game. If you don't know what I'm talking about, head over and download the PDF, it's free!

Kantai Collection: Liberation Part Five

The Longest Day

"Dialogue"

'Speaking to himself or inner dialogue'

Journal entries

"Kongou English"

Another rule of thumb is when Tyler is alone with English speaking ships he speaks English. When he is alone or in a mixed group he speaks Japanese.

November 25th, 2023

Unnamed Naval Base, Admiral's Room, Okinawa Japan 1240hrs

Enterprise is currently standing in a room she's never seen or been in before. It was modest at the moment, just a couple desks, chairs and a few bookshelves. But what she really cared about was the man sitting behind the big desk. The Admiral was sitting in his chair, spinning left and right repeatedly. She couldn't see his face as he was staring at his desk like he was thinking about something, but he didn't look particularly imposing. She half expected him to be some huge brute of a man or something of the sort. The chair squeaks when he finally stops the incessant spinning.

Enterprise is finally able to get a good look at him and the first thought that comes to mind is handsome, but quickly changes to scary. 'Why, does he look so scary right now!? This isn't helping!'

His expression sends a few electric shivers down her spine. He keeps up the blank look for a few more seconds but then...he smiles? It's a faint smile, but it's a smile nonetheless.

"I want to thank you for saving her." The man breaks the awkward silence with something she wasn't expecting.

"N-no sir, anyone else would have done the same." Enterprise replies quickly waving her arms in front of her before she remembers why she was nervous in the first place. "Wait...I'm not being punished?"

The man shakes his head quickly like what she said comes as a great shock. "Punished?" He chuckles. "Now why the hell would you be punished!?"

Enterprise starts to get a little flustered, the situation is completely different from what she thought it would be. She feels so stupid from pumping herself up in the mirror just five minutes before. She even prepared a speech she thought she would need to defend her actions. Instead the Admiral stands up and puts his hand out requesting her to shake it!

"Really, thank you for saving her." Enterprise looks at the hand before grabbing it. He grabs it firmly sending a bolt of pain down her spine making her jerk in reaction to the pain.

"I forgot about the arm!" He yells as he jerks his hand back.

Enterprise holds her hand and looks at it with a pouty face.

"I didn't break it, did I?" He asks in a panic.

"No sir...just hurt a little." She says shacking away the pain.

"Dammit, you don't need to go to the docks or anything right? That would be real stupid of me to fracture your hand or something." The Admiral says in his panicked state.

Enterprise just watches this man that's she's never meet before freak out over just grabbing her hand a little rough. The act is slightly amusing and brings a smile to her face along with a little giggle.

"Oh thank God, you're smiling." The man says as he calms down and sits at his desk. "I'm, still getting use to the damn thing." He says lifting up the arm. "Synthetic…"

"Wait, that's a fake arm!" Enterprise yells in shock.

"Yeah, cool right." He replies calmly while opening and closing the fist.

"It looks so real…" She says when she approaches to get a closer look.

The Admiral pulls his arm back. "So why did ya think you'd be in trouble?"

"Oh...well we were under strict orders not to engage any targets and just make your way to the base here, when we picked up some radio chatter."

Pacific Ocean, CTF 101 Lead by Enterprise, 1205hrs

"Murakumo are you alright!? Talk to me!? What's happening!?"

Northampton looks surprised as she picks up some unknown radio chatter. "Enterprise..."

"I hear it." She answered Northampton's question before it needed to be said.

"Admiral! They're coming right for you! I don't know what to do!"

"Just keep moving! I have everyone else coming back to reinforce you so hold on!"

"No! They'll just get hurt too! I'm sorry but I'm going to lead them away from the base!"

"What do you think we should do?" Enterprise asked her sister ship Hornet.

Hornet pops the lollipop pout of her mouth before speaking. "Well... we've got our orders, but~ I think you already know what you're gonna do."

"Let's go!" Enterprise orders her fleet as she changes course and heads for the unknown contacts.

Unnamed Naval Base, Admiral's Room, Okinawa Japan 1240hrs

"So you were afraid that you'd get in trouble for disobeying orders and heading towards the fight."

Enterprise just shakes her head in an up and down motion.

"Well, here's my two cents, orders are meant to be followed, obviously, but when the situation changes and you need to make a decision right there, you follow your gut. So...you followed your gut, ended up saving Murakumo, and wiping out a good amount of Abyssal's in the process. If you didn't do that and kept on your present course, Murakumo would have died and the base would have probably been attacked." *Sigh* "What I'm trying to say is you did the right thing and that's what matters here. So no, you're not being punished. In fact I want to thank you again for saving our asses!" He finished with a chuckle which made Enterprise smile.

"Yes sir, thank you sir."

"Don't worry about it...so are you going to finish?"

"Finish?" She looked at him curiously.

"Your report. Tell me what happened." The Admiral said pouring a glass of water and passing it to her. "It's all I got, nothing stronger yet..."

Enterprise grabs the glass from his hand wondering what he means when it hits her. "N-no this is fine! Where was I...oh right!"

Pacific Ocean, CTF 101 Lead by Enterprise, 1207hrs

In the distance Enterprise could see a lot of Abyssal's. A whole fleet was in her sights, but what really intrigued her was the single human girl being fondled by a battleship.

"Hornet, prepare for an attack." Enterprise said to her sister as she loads an arrow into her bow.

"Fufu, roger that." Hornet replied as she loaded a bolt into her crossbow.

"VB-6, launching!" Enterprise yelled as she let loose an arrow that turned into eighteen SBD-2 Dauntless Dive Bombers. They took off with speed and climbed up in a circle around the fleet. Soon after she launched her other air groups VS-6, VF-6 and VT-6 as Hornet did the same with hers. Soon enough the sky was filled with their aircraft circling overhead waiting for the go ahead to attack.

Looking up towards her planes Enterprise gave her pilots a nod and the squadron leaders saluted before flying towards the enemy. Soon enough they burst out of the cloud cover to the complete surprise of the Abyssal's. The fighters strafed the creatures with their 50's targeting the eyes and other soft spots. While the bombers screeched overhead and nailed the targets with ease, splattering pieces of Abyssal everywhere. Finally the torpedo bombers dropped their fish in the water and watched as the torpedoes obliterated ships from below. Soon enough all that was left were floating pieces of Abyssal and the lone ship girl still lying on the water.

Enterprise and her task force watched the carnage from afar, a poetic justice being done right before their eyes. So many times have the Abyssal's killed by surprise, and today that was being done to them. As the bombers and fighters returned to land on the flight deck Enterprise and her group speed over to the girls rescue.

As Enterprise gets closer to the girl she can see that she is in a really bad state. Blood was spilling out of her mouth and nose, while her clothes were tattered leaving her almost nude. Enterprise bends down unwraps the bandanna on her wrist to wipe the blood from the girls face.

"W-who are you?" The girl manages to say with a weak voice.

"Oh, please excuse me I forgot to introduce myself."

"E-enterprise, my name is Enterprise."

Unnamed Naval Base, Admiral's Room, Okinawa Japan 1243hrs

"That's it." Enterprise finished her story by taking a big breath. She forgot to breathe in between her sentences.

"Hmm, I see. Is there anything else?" The Admiral asks taking a sip of his water.

Enterprise mirrors the action before answering. "Nothing more to report. All that's left is introducing the rest of my fleet."

"Right, you mentioned Hornet. So how many more are we talking here? Two to four I'm guessing right?"

"Hmm no sir, too little."

The Admiral looks at Enterprise with a strong gaze. "How many more?" His tone was menacing.

"U-um, nine." Enterprise stated meekly.

She looked at the Admiral and could almost see blood leave his face pale.

"N-nine…" Was all she heard as he mumbled some words to himself.

Enterprise tilted her head in a curious manner.

She heard the words "Howland…" "Bastard…" and "Supplies…" a few times.

"Admiral?"

He broke out of his incoherent mumblings and calmed down.

"Can you send them in now?" He said like his little episode never happened.

"Yes sir!" She answered quickly, not wanting to pry.

Enterprise went to leave the office but when she got to the door she heard whispering and frantic rushing behind it. It didn't take long for her to figure out who it was behind said door. *Sigh* She turned the handle and opened the door to see her fleet all bunched up.

They just stared at each other for a few seconds before Hornet spoke up. "Oh no, we we're caught!" She says sarcastically while the others apologized profusely.

"W-why were you guys listening through the door!"

"U-um…we…" The group of girls tried to think of excuses before Hornet grinned devilishly.

"Oh well I know how you get." Hornet said in her teasing voice.

"H-how I get? What's that supposed to mean?" Enterprise replied both confused and nervous at the tone of Hornet's voice.

"You know." Hornet said as she stood up and walked into the office. "Getting the Admiral to dote on you and only you~, telling us that we had to stay behind so you could be a little flirt." Hornet teased as she leaned on the Admirals desk.

Enterprise on the other hand was horrified, her face was filling red with embarrassment. Hornet loved to tease her like this!

"T-that's not t-true, I was d-doing my job…you always do this!" Enterprise tried to explain herself only to succumb to the teasing.

Hornet looked at the Admiral and popped the lollipop out of her mouth. "You see, this is what she does. Acts all shy and innocent when she's actually a little flirt."

"Tch, I'm disappointed in you Enterprise." The Admiral said as he shook his head.

"B-but..." Enterprise started to say something when she looked up and saw the smiles on the Admiral's and Hornets faces. "You knew!" Enterprise yelled as she stomped her foot. Her "anger" directed at the Admiral.

Hornet and the Admiral shared a look. "Thanks for that, it's always fun to tease my sister. She just gets so~ cute. I'm impressed you clued in so fast, I thought for sure I had you wrapped around my finger. Most men get stung…" Hornet said as she poked him in the chest.

"No problem, I had two younger brothers so I know teasing from actual bullying."

Hornet took notice of his words. "Had?"

"A story for later."

Hornet shook her head in understanding before turning back to her sister who was sulking in the corner.

"C'mon E, you're the pride of the navy so stop sulking and get everyone else in here."

Enterprise pouted at her sister before turning to the group crowd in the doorway. Soon enough they entered and formed a line just inside the office.

Enterprise cleared her throat before addressing the group. "Introduce yourself from left to right please."

Hornet stepped up and bowed forward and gave the Admiral a wink. "CV-8 USS Hornet reporting in. Want a lollipop?"

The Admiral chuckles. "I'm good thanks."

"Suit ya'self."

Enterprise rolled her eyes.

The Admiral looked at his list before addressing the next girl. "Northampton, if you'd please."

The girl was clearly daydreaming as she didn't immediately respond. The girl next to her noticed this, smiled and smacked Northampton on the butt much to her surprise.

"Eep!" Northampton squealed as she rubbed the mark left behind.

"Oops, I was aiming for your back. Hurry up the Admiral is waiting." Chester says with a big grin.

"Huh, oh my, I'm sorry! CA-26 USS Northampton at your service. Name ship of the class. Please, keep me away from night battles though." Northampton says with a curtsy.

"Always the lady." Chester teased her sister.

"You must be Chester." The Admiral addresses the girl who immediately bounds over to him and grabs his hands and shakes them furiously.

"YES SIR CA-27 USS CHESTER, NICE TO MEET'CHA. I HEAR YOU'RE CANADIAN, IS THAT TRUE? IVE NEVER MEET ONE BEFORE IN PERSON!" Chester finally let's go of his hands and he soon recovers. "I'll serve you well throughout the war doing all types of missions, I'm happy to be here sir!" Chester says with a salute.

"Y-yeah, happy you're here too." The Admiral say regaining his bearings from the furious shaking. "Now… Loo-e-ville right?"

"Hmpf…he he." Chester tries to hold in her laughter when she sees her sister's facial expression.

"N-no i-its…"

The Admiral looks back at his papers confused. "Did I get it wrong? How bout' Looavul?"

"Heee…ahahaha!" Chester can't hold it any more as Louisville just hangs her shoulders and head low.

The Admiral looks really confused at this point. He unfortunately doesn't know that no one really knows how it's pronounced.

"Lewis-ville?"

"AH AHAHAHAHA!" Chester is on the floor at this point.

"L-oo-…its French right?"

"JUST CALL ME LULU!" Louisville bursts out while frantically waving her arms.

The Admiral jumps at the sudden outburst. "Uh okay Lulu it is. Sorry…"

"AHAHAHAHAHAHA!" Chester was still rolling on the floor and Louisville now had a dark cloud hanging over her head. She gets back in line sulking.

"Okay…Phoenix."

"Phoo-bird…" Chester stops rolling long enough to mutter the nickname.

Not quietly enough though it seems because Phoenix turns and gives her a devilish grin. Chester stops laughing, gets up and runs out of the office. A flame thrower suddenly materializes out of nowhere into Phoenix's hands. "Chester~, come back. What was that name you just said?" Phoenix says as she runs out after the girl.

The Admiral just points in shock. "Was that…a flame-thrower?"

"Yes"

"Will she be alright?"

"Yes"

"Okay then…Helena, would you be so kind?"

"Yes commander CL-50 USS Helena proud to make your acquai…" Helena can't finish as a gust of wind comes in from the bay and through the window behind the Admiral. Said gust of wind sends some papers, pens and Helena's toga flying exposing…everything below the belt.

Helena's right eye twitches while the Admirals open wide. She looks down, blushes a deep shade of red, and runs out of the room while screaming. "NOT AGAINNNNNNN!"

Enterprise just face palms. 'Every time…literally every time.'

"What amazing luck…" The Admiral whispers to himself but is immediately given a death glare from Enterprise. "I mean, that was unfortunate, I hope she'll be okay."

'You know what you said.' Enterprise continues the glare.

"Good save Admiral." Hornet added sarcastically.

"Ahem…now then Maury, you're up."

"Yes sir!" The blonde haired destroyer salutes enthusiastically. "DD-401 USS Maury reporting in for duty! I hear you're an honourable man sir, if so I'll serve you till the end!"

"Good, your first mission will be to check on Phoenix and Chester and make sure one of them isn't roasted."

"Y-yes sir!" Maury saluted once again before chasing after the two cruisers.

"Now I'm going to get both of you to introduce yourselves at the same time."

The last two girls step forwards to introduce themselves.

"USS Shaw DD-373 reporting sir!" "USS Mahan DD-364 reporting."

"So you two are from the same class right?"

"Yes sir." They replied simultaneously.

"Hmm I see…what's that you got there Mahan?" The Admiral said pointing to her large book she held in her arms.

"OH, these are my research notes. Anything we learn on the Abyssal's I write down in here, see." She said as she laid the thick book down on the desk. The Admiral looked through the pages nodding his head.

"Wow...this is really well done. Where and how did you get all this?"

Mahan gets all flustered over the praise and recognition. "W-well it wasn't much. I just collected everything and anything we've discovered."

Closing the book the Admiral looks back up to her. "How would you like to be our first member of the intelligence division on base?"

Mahan just does a little jump in shock. "Intelligence!?"

"Yeah, this base is missing a lot of fundamentals. An intelligence department is just one of those. I need more information on our enemy, but no one is gathering it. That's what I'm asking you to do. Well…when you have more members that is. We'll talk more about it later."

Mahan looks overjoyed. "Of course! That would be amazing!"

"Good to hear it. Now, for our last but not least little destroyer Shaw."

"Y-yes sir..." The girl avoids eye contact and twiddles her thumbs nervously.

The Admiral obviously picks up on the hint. "What's the matter?"

"Um…well all the others…they all have something special about them. But there's nothing special about me…"

"Wha…naw that's bullshit…"

"Admiral! Language!" Enterprise quickly and fiercely reprimands him on his choice of words making the Admiral jump in his chair from the sudden outburst.

"Ahem, yes as I was saying. That's obviously not true. For example, what's in that box you have on your hip?"

Mahan quickly looks down to her right then left side to see what he was talking about. "Oh, this is just some bandages and bird seed."

"So, you're a fan of birds and you're a healer. Am I getting warmer?" The Admiral says with a smile.

"Um well…I wouldn't go as far as being a healer but, yeah." She agrees with a smile.

"See, something special."

Shaw blushes a little and shrinks back into formation.

Hornet walks over to Enterprise and whispers in her ear.

"This guy is too cheesy." She says with a giggle.

"Well, I think he's a kind person is all." Enterprise quickly counters Hornet.

"Of course you'd say that."

"What's that supposed to mean!?"

"What are you two whispering about over there?" The Admiral suddenly cuts in.

Hornet and Enterprise quickly disengage. "OH, just some girl talk."

The Admiral just lifts an eyebrow. "Yeah, and you're not an aircraft carrier that looks like a young woman." Using his pen to point back to the group Hornet gets the message and returns with a sigh.

"Alright, you must be tired from the journey. I won't keep you for any longer. Go get some rest, dismissed!" The Admiral stand and salutes while the girls all instinctively follow. The girls all file out of the office with smiles and chatter but Enterprise stays behind.

"What is it Enterprise?"

"Sir, I must insist we take the initiative and counter attack right away. Hit hard, hit fast, hit often."

"No."

"But…"

The Admiral cuts her off. "No, you girls need some rest and so do the ones from earlier this morning. Besides, you're surprise arrival has left me with a lot of paperwork as it is."

"But if we give them too much time they'll just reinforce their positions."

The Admiral stops looking through his various files. "Alright, you have a point." He pauses to think for a few seconds. *Sigh* "Two hours. Two hours and we'll attack."

Enterprise smiles. "Yes sir!"

"Alright, now leave me alone, I got things to do." The Admiral says as he shoo's her out.

"Y-y-yes sir, right away, so sorry."

As Enterprise is walking down the hall she senses a presence behind her and as she's about to turn her head she's jumped from behind.

"Eep!" She lets out a small squeak.

"Scared'ya?" A grinning Hornet appears from behind her right side.

"What the heck! Why'd you do that?"

"Ooo, watch your language." Hornet teases with a hint of sarcasm in her voice.

"Tch, quiet, now what do you want?" Enterprise replies annoyed with her sister from the constant teasing.

"Well, the girls were heading down to the bath house and wanted you to come. I hear most of the other girls we haven't meet yet are going down there also."

"Yeah, Ill go."

"I'll meet'cha there." Hornet replies walking back towards the Admirals office.

Enterprise, knowing her sister and what she'll try to do quickly grabs her collar and drags her off.

"Awww, you're no fun~"

Unnamed Naval Base, Bath House/Docks, Okinawa Japan 1314hrs

Murakumo was sitting in one of the repair baths with a towel on her head. A yellow rubber duck with a hat resembling the Admiral was floating close by.

*Sigh* "Hey…you awake?" She asks Laffey who is in the bath next to hers.

*ZzZZz* Laffey was sleeping away the boredom.

"Hmpf, guess not. Ughhh, sooooo bored…" She complains as she sinks deeper into the pool to blow some bubbles.

"Hey…Murakumo…you awake?" A male voice calls from behind the bamboo wall leading to the change rooms.

Immediately reacting Murakumo stands up and covers herself with a towel. "WHAT THE HELL DO YOU THINK YOU'RE DOING! PERVERT! SCUM! PEEPER!"

"Chill out, I aint looking. Just wanted to see how you and Laffey were doing!" The Admiral quickly retorts.

Murakumo takes a second but undresses once again before sinking back into the water. She glances over to Laffey who is still sleeping.

"I'm fine…" Murakumo says all pouty.

"You wouldn't lie would'ya?"

"Tch, why you pestering me so much? Go away idiot…"

"It's just…I've been in that kinda situation before. I know what it's like and I know you can't be "just fine" so spill it. Let's hear what ya gotta say."

"Tch, so annoying…I'm not okay alright! There, I said it!"

"Well that goes without saying, you almost died."

"No…that's not it." Murakumo replies seriously.

The Admiral picks up on the change of her tone.

"What do you mean?"

Murakumo pauses for a moment and remembers back to the moment the Ta-class was standing over her.

"The Abyssal's…they didn't just finish me off when they could have easily. I was finished you understand! I thought it was over but instead of killing me she spoke to me…" Murakumo is getting pretty emotional at this point and tears are forming in her eyes.

"What she say?"

"That I would be a good addition to the fleet! What the hell does that mean!?" Murakumo's tears are free-falling over her cheeks at this point.

"Murakumo, if you're sure that's what she said you have to tell me."

"Yes, I'm sure…what the hell could that mean?"

"I don't know…but what I do know is that I'm sure we'll be getting some guests in a few minutes so I'll leave you here."

"Yeah…okay, bye idiot." Murakumo replies wiping the tears from her eyes.

"Alright, enjoy your bath." The Admiral says as he gets up to leave.

"Hey" Murakumo says quickly.

"Hmm?"

"T-thanks." Murakumo says as she blushes and sinks her face into the water.

"Anytime."

As he's leaving the bath house's door opens with a rush when a bunch of girls come rushing in. The destroyers are leading the charge running by the Admiral followed by the cruisers and carriers. They all greet him on his way past but he doesn't have time to stop. He heads straight for his office with some new important information.

Unnamed Naval Base, Admiral's Room, Okinawa Japan 1330hrs

When he gets back to his office he opens up comm link back to the mainland. A holo screen pops up filling the room in front of him. A spinning logo of project tells him the calls are being made. Soon enough two…wait three familiar faces pop up on screen.

"Admiral's Howland, Takei and Zambellas." Tyler greets his fellow's politely.

"Quinn, get those reinforcements alright?" Howland replies with a puff on his cigar. A small grin painting his face.

"Yeah I got them alright. So…USS Enterprise and Hornet huh. Where you get the luck and are they still selling?" Tyler replies sarcastically.

"Ahahaha!" Howland gives a hearty chuckle. "Believe us when I say we all were surprised by her appearance."

"Hmm…Takei ho goes things on the mainland?" Tyler questions the next Admiral.

"Ah, things' are okay I suppose. We've made advancements in our abilities in summoning kanmasu. If you'd like I can send you a dossier of the ones cleared for combat."

"Please, I'd appreciate that."

"Roger…" Takei takes a second as he types something into a computer close by. "I've sent them."

"Thank you." Tyler says with a nod. "Admiral Zambellas… I must say I didn't expect to see you today."

The British Admiral replies with a faint smile. "Well…we have some things to discuss in time. For now let's hear your report from today."

"Yes well…" Tyler goes into detail about the battle's and patrols from earlier today. Most of it is standard Abyssal practice and doesn't come as a shock to the Admiral's but Tyler hasn't finished just yet.

"…There is one last thing. One of my destroyers was almost killed in battle today. Now when she was incapacitated the Abyssal's didn't finish her off. Instead a Ta-class approached her and said that she would be "A good addition to the fleet."

The other Admirals expressions dropped at this point. "Is she sure? Can she be trusted? You said it yourself that she was incapacitated. Maybe she hallucinated?" Howland quickly questions Tyler.

"No, I believe her. Doesn't that comply with some disturbing reports?"

*Sigh* "Unfortunately is does, but nothing is certain just yet." Takei answers adjusting his glasses.

"Well, I'm preparing my final strike in an hour. Ill report back once it's finished. Maybe we'll get more answers then."

"Be prepared for an enhanced station now. Abyssal's are quick to replace losses and will surely have garrisoned reinforcements." Takei warns.

"How reinforced?" Tyler questions.

"Greatly. Even with your new members, it'll will be a struggle."

'Dammit, Enterprise was right. We should have attacked right away.'

"If you were to postpone your attack until this evening I can send those new girls I mentioned earlier and they can join the fight."

"Hmm…do it. If what you say is true we'll need the extra fire-power."

"Roger that, they're on their way."

"Thank you. Now Admiral Zambellas you mention you had something to discuss earlier?"

"Yes, but it must be in private." The man says seriously.

The other two Admirals get the hint and give their goodbyes before signing off.

"Now, what is it?"

"I've got a mission for you."

"A mission?"

"Yes, I'll get right to it. Two Royal Navy ship girls have gone missing in your AO."

"What!? Missing how?"

"That's what we want you to find out. They went missing around the Abyssal's base your about to attack, so you might find something out about them."

"Do you think they were sunk?"

"Maybe, they were on radio silence since they were in hostile waters. But what has me nervous is your destroyers report. A fate worse than death could have befallen them if her report and the others are accurate."

"Yeah…well I can keep an eye out for…"

"Their names are Repulse and Prince of Wales. A battle cruiser and battleship. Now you understand the desperation we face."

Tyler can't believe his ears. 'They sent two battleships unprotected into Abyssal waters!?'

"I'll do my best to get them back to you."

"Thank you, I knew you could be counted on. The British Government would be very grateful if you got them back to us, or answers for their current fate." The Admiral finishes and closes the link.

With the report over Tyler turns off the holo comm and sits down at his desk. He can't help but feel something tragic happened to those two girls.

Unnamed Naval Base, Admiral's Room, Okinawa Japan 1400hrs

Tyler is looking through the files Takei sent him. "A little bit of everything eh? Maybe I should tell him to hold back on some, I don't have the resources to operate all this girls right now…"

His mid-sentence taking to himself when a rapid three knocks resound of his office door.

"Come in!" He beckons over to whoever it is on the other side.

The door slowly opens and a face slowly appears round the side.

"Umm, y-you're not busy are you?" Iroquois quietly asks him.

"Oh, hey Iroquois. No not really, what's up?"

Reassured she isn't interrupting Iroquois fully steps into the room and approaches Tyler's desk. She's still acting nervous for some reason.

"U-um earlier y-you mentioned that you'd share some stories with me?" Iroquois says quietly and shyly.

"I did promise I'd do that didn't I?" Tyler replies with a smile. "Pull up a chair and listen to Admiral Quinn's stories of heroism!" He jokes sarcastically earning a giggle from Iroquois.

"So, where shall we start?" He asks her.

"Umm, what about telling me what the ship was like?"

"Hmm, sure I can do that…"

Tyler and Iroquois spend the next couple of hour's talking and listening to each other. He shares stories from his time serving, his home and things about the present. She listens very intently, not wanting to miss a thing. Some stories made her laugh, others made her sad, but in all she was happy to get to spend some time with the Admiral she admired. Even if she didn't understand a lot of what he was saying about this time period.

On the other hand Admiral Quinn also really enjoyed being able to have a peaceful conversation. He wasn't oblivious to her attention to details. But he knew she couldn't understand most of the modern world from much of the questions she asked. A few things he took away from their talk is one, the girls are woefully ignorant about modern society and culture. They are like living time machines stuck in the forties when it comes to ideas of culture and technology. That's something that he's going to have to change. Second, is that Iroquois is nothing less than adorable. He can tell that she's interested in him, but he's not sure how to approach those feelings. He must maintain some sense of professional integrity in the workplace and it doesn't help she looks so young, barely out of high school, even though he knows that that isn't true.

Unnamed Naval Base, Admiral's Room, Okinawa Japan 1600hrs

"Dammit, where is she?" Haida was currently on her way to the admiral's office in search of her sister. After checking the obvious spots she came to the conclusion that there was only one other place she'd be. Upon arriving at the office door she knocks and waits. Instead of getting a call to come in the room she hears someone approaching the door. She's greeted by the Admiral who puts a finger to his mouth telling Haida to be quiet.

"Huh, what'dya shushing me for?" Haida asks annoyed.

The Admiral responds by opening the door to let Haida see what the fuss was about. Iroquois was fast asleep, her head resting on the Admiral's desk. A thin blanket hanging off her shoulders. She was obviously in the middle of a good dream as she was giggling in her sleep.

"How long has she been like that?" Haida asks quietly.

"Just for half an hour. We were talking and she just slowly drifted off." The Admiral replies with a chuckle.

Haida approaches her sister and puts a hand on her back. "You know she's head over heels for you right?"

"I had an idea…" |The Admiral replies with a slight blush.

"I can see why though, you're kind, funny and handsome…but if you do anything inappropriate to her I'll shoot you." Haida says with an unnerving smile.

Knowing what these girls can do Tyler can feel a cold sweat run down his back at the declaration. "R-roger that."

"I'm glad we're on the same page." She replies without dropping the smile. After setting things straight she rouses her sister awake who comes out of her dream with a shock, quickly scanning the room. When she realizes where she was she blushes furiously.

"I-I-I'm, sorry for falling asleep, you weren't boring….NO…I mean…I mean…fewh." She gives up trying to explain herself and just hangs her head instead.

"Thanks for spending time with my sister Admiral. We'll be leaving now." Haida says as she drags her sister out of the room.

"No problem, I had a good time. You can come by anytime you want Iroquois. The doors always open, that goes for you to Haida."

"Yeah sure, thanks" Haida replies sarcastically as she takes her sister out of the room.

'Okay, let's get some of this fucking paperwork done.' Tyler thinks to himself as he sits back down. Right as he's about to put pen to paper another rapid succession of knocks resound off his door.

*Sigh* 'You gotta be kidding me!' "What is it?"

"In Enterprise sir, I wanted to report that your secretary…Ooyodo I think it was, helped us move in and were all settled now." Says the voice behind his door.

"Ohh…okay thanks for letting me know." Tyler replies a little annoyed. 'You really didn't need to come and tell me that.'

Instead of getting an answer Enterprise opens the door and steps into the room.

Tyler looks up at her and gives her a look of impatience. "Is there something else?"

Enterprise notices his look and tone unnerving her al little. "Are you busy? I can leave?" She says pointing to his door.

"No, its fine. What can I do for you?"

"Well I wanted to discuss a couple things with you. First off is an incident in the bathhouse…"

Unnamed Naval Base, Bath House, Okinawa Japan 1330hrs

Enterprise along with almost everyone else was resting her body in the hot water when someone poked her in her cheek. She's was greeted by the smug looking face of Phoenix.

"Hey E, I challenge you!" She exclaims loud enough for everyone to hear. It works and everyone's attention was on them. "You may be the pride of the fleet but no one can beat me when it comes to the heat. So, I challenge you to try and best me by staying in the bath longer than myself!"

Enterprise sits up and gives her a look. "You're on!"

Tone scoots over to Chester since she was close by. "Hey, what's going on?"

Chester gives her a smile. "I guess you don't know since this is your first time but Enterprise is many things, all of them good, but she does have a sense of pride no matter how much she tries to hide it, it's there. The best way to get her to do something is challenge her."

"Ohhhh, I see." Tone replies excitedly. "Hey, I wanna join too! But if I win you have to buy me a sundae from Mamiya's!"

Phoenix looks over with a smile. "Fufufu, if you insist."

"Hey someone's gotta represent the RCN, we're in!" Haida exclaims grabbing onto her sister with a big grin. Iroquois on the other hand looks shocked. "Huh, no wait I don't…." She is quickly silenced by her sister.

"We're in too!" Johnston yells as she volunteers herself and her sisters.

"Awesome! Anyone else?" Phoenix asks the group.

"Aw what the hell, let's do this girls!" Chester exclaims as she grabs Northampton and Louisville.

"Okay...so I guess we'll start now. Good luck." Phoenix says with a smug grin.

Fast forward a bit and it's down to just Enterprise who's definitely feeling it at this point, Phoenix who if she wasn't wet from the water hasn't broken a sweat and Johnston who isn't looking too good.

Phoenix looks over at the little destroyer and notices her swaying. "Hey Johnston, you can get out if you're not feeling well."

"Ne…ver…I…am…the…scourge…I…never…surrender…" Those were her final words before splashing face first into the pool unconscious.

"Oh my god! Someone get her out quick!" Phoenix exclaims as Hoel quickly grabs her and pulls her out.

Unnamed Naval Base, Admiral's Room, Okinawa Japan 1610hrs

The Admiral was face palming at this point. "You had an endurance competition that ended up knocking out Johnston…"

Enterprise was shrinking under the scrutiny. "Y-yeah…"

The Admiral just gives her a slight laugh.

"So, who won?"

"Huh?" Enterprise recoils in surprise.

"Who won? You or Phoenix?"

Enterprise averts her gaze. "That doesn't really matter at this point now does it?" She says with a pout.

The Admiral gives her a quick chuckle. "Okay then, whatever you say. So what was the other thing you needed to discuss?"

"Oh right I'm supposed to be mad at you! Why haven't we left yet? It's been two hours already!"

"About that…were waiting until this evening to launch an attack. The Abyssal's have most likely reorganized already so the mainland is sending us some much need surface fire-power."

Enterprise calms down a little and quits pointing at the Admiral.

"Oh, I see. So when will they arrive?" She says reverting back to her stoic self.

"They should be here soon enough…I was actually just adjusting the battle plan to suit them." The Admiral says as he points to a number of papers on his desk.

Enterprise realizes she was actually interrupting him contrary to what he said. "What if I helped you?"

"Help? Well sure I guess some input from a ship girl could help. Grab a seat."

Enterprise strolls over and grabs a chair and places it across from him. The Admiral takes notice and raises an eyebrow.

"Can you read upside down? No, sit." He says pointing beside him.

"Oh, okay…" Enterprise replies lifting her chair and sitting next to him. She can't help herself but feel a little flushed being so close to him. The Admiral on the other hand, doesn't really take any notice.

"Okay…so here's what I got. The battle will take place this evening so is going to get dark pretty fast. It'll probably spill into the night if we don't end it quick. So I was thinking of having the carriers launch early and start the attack right before sundown. Does that work?"

Enterprise nods her head. "Yes sir, unfortunately my planes aren't equipped with capable radar to operate at night. The pilots wouldn't be able to fight effectively so we'd have to return after our attack."

"Roger that. Once your squadrons have returned to ship, head back to base. Ill give you a light escort since you probably won't be engaged. Now, the surface fleet are the ones who will be dishing out most of the hurt tonight. As you may have noticed we lack any battleships right now but that's going to change. The mainland is sending over Kongou and Haruna along with heavy cruisers Takao, Atago, Maya and Choukai. They'll be escorted by light cruisers Sendai, Jintsuu, Naka, Tenryuu and Tatsuda. Furthermore they'll be joined by destroyers Yuudachi, Shiratsyu, Shigure, Mustuki and Kisaragi. Do your girls have any issues with them?"

Enterprise looks at him curiously. "No sir."

"Good, so hears the battle plan. Squadron One or Hammer will consist of battleship's Kongou and Haruna, escorted by Takao, Atago, Haida, and Iroquois. They'll strike hard after the anvil has been placed. Anvil or squadron's two and three will be led by Northampton. She'll be joined by Louisville, Chester, Maya, Choukai, Tone, Chikuma, Helena, Sendai, Jintsuu, and Naka. Anvil's job will be to lead the attack and take as much of the attention as possible for Hammer to deal some serious hurt. Finally, squadron four or Forge will be our eyes. Squadron four will be led by Johnston, and she'll be accompanied by Hoel, Heermann, Yuudachi, Shigure and Fubuki. They'll scout out the position first and join anvil in the attack. Thought's?"

"No sir it's a good plan. I just worry a little what the night can bring is all."

"Well, Helena is equipped with a searchlight. Hopefully, she won't gather too much attention but that seems unlikely."

"True, that light will make her a target." Enterprise adds which makes the Admirals brow furl.

"I'm sure she'll be fine." Enterprise says with a smile.

The Admiral nods. "Yeah I know, can't fault a guy for worrying though. Any-ways they'll be here soon and Mamiya is cooking an early dinner so you should go join your friends."

"Hmm, I'll do that. Thank you for letting me consult." Enterprise says as she gets up and leaves.

"Anytime…"

Once again the Admiral is sending his girls into battle while he sits back on base helpless.

"This pisses me off."

Unnamed Naval Base, Admiral's Room, Okinawa Japan 1800hrs

After dinner Tyler is once again in his office finalizing the battle plans for the briefing later when the now familiar alarm that symbolizes ship girls returning resounds around the base. Soon after Ooyodo rushes into his office in a hurried way carrying a clipboard.

"The new arrivals are here sir, would you like me to bring them to your office as usual?" She asks while adjusting her glasses.

"No, change of plans this time. Tell them to leave their things by the residences and join me in the briefing room."

"Yes sir!" Ooyodo responds with a salute before she rushes over the collect the new faces.

In the meantime Tyler heads over to the briefing room. He arrives earlier than everyone else and has time to prepare some maps, charts and numbers. Soon enough the familiar faces trickle in after they were informed at dinner if they'd be participating or not. While Ooyodo arrives with a very curious looking bunch. One in particular looks like she's ready to start bouncing off the wall at any second. Once everyone is seated Tyler clears his throat in preparation for the lesson.

"First off I want to welcome all our new arrivals to the base today. Sorry for rushing you around like this after you just arrived but we have a job to do. We'll have time for more in depth introductions at another time. Now let's move on with the briefing…" Tyler finishes as he discusses the battle plan he devised with Enterprise earlier in the day. Overall reception is good and there were no objections.

"Now there is one last thing I want you all to be aware of. Two ship girls from the Royal Navy have gone missing in the area and we're to find out what happened to them if we can."

The whole room is filled with gasps and chatter ash they discuss the new information.

Enterprise raises her hand and is gestured to speak by Tyler with a nod of his head. "What are the two girl's names?"

"They're names are Prince of Wales and Repulse, battleships. So now you know what the Brits are so concerned that they vanished without a trace."

Another round of idle chatter resounds around the room.

"Alright enough chatter! This briefings over, so head out and let's get this done!"

Everyone gets up from their desks and rushes towards the Launchpad to gear up while Tyler head for his CIC.

"Hey, so what do you think?" A girl asks her group.

"About what?"

"You know, our Admiral? He seems alright I guess, but a little serious."

"He looked a little troubled…maybe it has to do with the missing girls? Why would they send two ships alone?"

"I don't know, it doesn't make a lot of sense."

The girl end their conversation when a few unfamiliar faces approach them.

"Good day, I'm USS Northampton and they are Chester, Louisville and Helena. I assume you know Tone and Chikuma already."

"Hi, guys long time no see!" Tone exclaims with a happy smile.

"Sister, it's only been a few days…" Chikuma adds.

"Yo, names Maya. Nice to meet you. These guys are Choukai, Sendai, Jintsuu and Naka. Let's all kick some ass today!"

Northampton, a very prim and proper lady, is taken aback by Maya's tomboyish attitude.

"Y-yes, let's go give them what for…he he" She replies half-heartedly.

"Huh? What's that supposed to mean?" Maya asks confused.

"Umm...I meant let's go kick their b-buts…"

Maya bursts into laughter.

Northampton blushes at the frivolous use of foul language. "I-I can't say such a thing…it's not proper!"

Maya shimmies over and wraps an arm around her neck.

"C'mon…say it. You know you want~ to. C'mon, c'mon, c'mon"

Meanwhile on the sidelines everyone is just watching the exchange with blank expressions.

"I think she's found someone else besides me to tease her now…" Chester whispers into Louisville's ear.

Unnamed Naval Base, CIC, Okinawa Japan 1830hrs

In his CIC Tyler is overlooking his map table from earlier in the day. That's when he notices something worrying. The pins he's placed for each battle and event from the day show a pattern. The Abyssal's were searching for his base. Or maybe they've already discovered the location and Murakumo just happened to delay them long enough for Enterprise to wipe them out. The Abyssal's were going to try and wipe him and his fleet off the board before he could even be a major threat.

"Alright, that settles it." He says aloud and Ooyodo picks up on it.

"Settles what?" She asks.

"It settles the fact that I have a lot of work to do."

Ooyodo just giggles. "Well, of course. You didn't think this would be easy did you?"

"No I guess not. So starting soon I'm going to be introducing and changing a lot of things around here."

"Like what?" She questions curiously with a tilt of the head.

"That's a matter for later. For now, let's just get through today."

Pacific Ocean, Squadron Four/Forge Lead by Johnston, 1900hrs

Johnston is currently scouting the base from behind some volcanic rocks with her telescope.

"Where did she get that, poi?" Yuudachi asks curious about the object.

"Uhhh, she just…where did she get that?" Heermenn asks Hoel who just responds with a shrug.

Meanwhile Johnston is looking through her eyeglass when she spots a large number of Abyssal ship patrolling the waters around the unnatural base. As usual the weather surrounding the base itself is foul. Raging winds and dark rolling clouds fill the sky.

"Okay…I can see twenty eight in total. It looks like four battleships, ten cruisers of mixed type and twelve destroyers…this will be interesting. I suggest you get Arrowhead to launch now Admiral while they're guard is down."

Pacific Ocean, Carrier Strike Force/Arrowhead Lead by Enterprise, Same Time

"You're free to begin your attack Enterprise, wish your fairies good luck for me."

"I will sir." Enterprise answers as she notches an arrow. She looks over to Hornet who's drawn back her crossbow and gives her a nod.

"Let's give them an evening show." Hornet says as she lets loose her bolt into the sky with a whoosh. The bolt quickly transforms into eighteen SBD-2 Dauntless Dive Bombers. The bombers engines roar to life as the fairies give a salute and fly off to their target.

Meanwhile Enterprise is drawing back her bow with clam and ease. Her eyes closed as she focuses on the target in her mind. "VB-6 launching!" She yells as she opens her eyes and let's loose the arrow that transforms into another eighteen bombers. The two carriers launch each wave consecutively and when their all airborne Enterprise wishes them the luck from the Admiral.

"Now it's all up to them." Hornet says with a stretch. "What'dya say when we get back me, you and the Admiral share a bath tighter hmm?" Hornet teases with a wink.

"Ohh, enough already!" Enterprise screams all flushed.

Pacific Ocean, Carrier's Air group, Ten Minutes Later

The fairies knew they had arrived when all they could see was the darkened skies of the Abyssal base. Soon enough they could see the base itself from above and all the Abyssal's in it. With a sort of hive like mentality the fairies commenced their attack. I didn't take long for the Abyssal's to notice they were under attack and they retaliated by firing their anti-aircraft armaments into the sky. Tracers and flak filled the sky with death but the fairies carried on without fear. Their only wish is to serve their mothers proud. The fighters swoop in first hard and fast strafing anything that moved with their machine guns. A few were shot on the way down and either exploded in mid-air or crashed into the ocean. The fighters were followed by the dive bombers and torpedo bombers attacking at the same time to divide anti-aircraft focus. The dive bombers performed their loops and attacked. Like the fighter a few were shot down, but they kept on going unnerved. The bombers release their payloads and some strike true while the torpedo bombers let lose their deadly fish into the water creating a wall of torpedoes to which many Abyssals can't avoid.

Pacific Ocean, Second Squadron/Anvil, Same Time

Second Squadron is watching the carnage unfold from a distance waiting for their opportunity to attack.

"Wow…do you think there'll be anything left for us?"

"It's chaos…"

"Whoa…"

The girls are awed by the scene in front of them when they notice all the aircraft leaving the AO. Some are trailing black and grey smoke in their wake.

"There's a bit less now than there was before." Helena notices. "Those poor souls…"

"Anvil it's time." The Admiral orders over the radio.

The girls make one last equipment check before steaming forward.

"Okay, everyone lets kick their a-a-a…buts!" Northampton gives it a good try earning a snicker from Chester and Maya and a sigh from Louisville.

"It was…uh…a good attempt." Maya jests getting a pouty reaction form Northampton. During their back and forth the group doesn't realize how close they've actually gotten to the enemy fleet. It isn't until a few splashes erupt around them they get back to their senses. A stray shell actually hits Maya but does very little damage.

Wiping some soot of her face from the blast she grows a devilish grin. "Oh ho, here come's my pain train, eat it!" She says as she lets loose from her 8in guns which impact an Abyssal destroyer and explodes into pieces of metal and oily blood.

Northampton makes a quick count and adds up that the air strike killed four destroyers and two of the cruisers. The enemy was still very focused and determined at the task at hand.

The rest of Anvil continue to exchange fire with the enemy. Chikuma and Jintsuu get hit pretty bad and have to retreat from combat.

Northampton notices she is in a perfect position to launch an attack on a battleship. Before she can fire she's hit with a numbers of shells from her left side shredding her armour and disabling her guns. Northampton falls to one knee with a pained expression on her face.

Louisville notices her sister's predicament with worry on her face and tries to get over to her but is stopped by a Ri-class cruiser that actually tries to punch her. Louisville dives under the enhanced fist at the last second, pulls out her sword and stabs the Re right through the head. The dead ship clumps down and starts sinking pulling the sword with her. "Shit, I'm going to need a new one." She says while she looks back to see the Ru class face to face with her sister who is struggling to stand back up.

Louisville panics as she rushes to save her sister when the Ru class aims all her guns right at Northampton's head. In response Northampton closes her eyes and waits for the inevitable, a tear flowing down her cheek.

"NOOOOO!" Louisville screams with her hand out trying to reach her sister when suddenly the Ru's head has a bullet sent right through it resulting in the battleship clumping down dead. In her spot is a small destroyer wearing a pirate's attire.

"Woohoo! It feels so~ good to use these! I never get the chance!" Johnston exclaims waving her pistol's around. Northampton slowly opens her eyes wide when she sees what's happened. Johnston extends a helping hand and pulls Northampton to her feet. "Johnston and Forge is here to help!" She says with a big smile and posing with a thumbs up when her squadron speeds past into the fight and immediately engages the Abyssal's in close quarters.

"Sis, you okay! I'm so~ sorry I couldn't help but I was held up!" Chester says while giving her sister a hug.

"H-how? I thought they were armoured everywhere?" Louisville asks still in shock.

Johnston pulls out a pouch and shows Louisville her bullets. "They're made from Abyssal armour. Normally, they can only hurt them a little but there's a weak spot right in the temple if you can hit it. I thought you'd figured that out from what I saw with your sword earlier."

It hits Louisville then that she did use her sword. Normally that wouldn't work and the swords were really just decoration but it did and that must be the reason. "How come we haven't heard this before?"

"Well because I haven't told anyone."

"What!? Why not!?"

Johnston just shrugs it like it was nothing. "I don't know."

The entire group just dead-pans at the response.

"You should probably share that with the Admiral…" Chester states bluntly.

Pacific Ocean, First Squadron/Hammer, 1920hrs

"Hammer, Anvil is engaged and you're free to start your attack." The Admiral orders over the radio.

"Let's go EVERYBODY!" Kongou declares adding her English at the end which confuses the hell out of Haida and Iroquois.

"Was that English?"

"I think so…"

'This is my chance to impress the Admiral and win his heart!' Kongou thinks to herself with a giggle to which Haruna picks up on and shakes her head with a smile.

First Squadron quickly speeds off towards the sound of combat. Soon enough the battle is in range of everyone's guns and since they approached from behind they're unnoticed. Kongou orders a target for each of her squadron and they all take aim ready to fire a salvo on her command.

"BURNING…LOVE!" Kongou exclaims as she fire's her four turrets and the rest follow suit. A large number of shells scream through the sky as they head for their targets. A couple of Abyssal's hear the whistle behind them but only too late as the shells impact obliterating a large number in the blink of an eye. The weak armor on the back doing nothing to stop the damage to their bodies.

With that last final salvo only a battleship remained to be mopped up.

Hammer closes in for the final kill.

Kongou locks eyes with the final Abyssal battleship, a Ta-class flagship. They share a wild grin with one another.

'This my chance! I'll get MVP for sure and then the Admiral will have to notice me!' She thinks to herself as she prepares her guns.

Kongou smiles and does her signature pose. "All guns, fir…" She starts but isn't able to finish when Iroquois suddenly speeds in front of her and fire's all five of her torpedo's at the Ta-class who isn't able to respond in time.

Kongou, still in her pose, just has an eye twitch. "B-bu…m-…WOW, CONGRATULATIONS!" She says to Iroquois who looks happy to get the final kill.

"Oh, um thank you Kongou, you distracted her long enough for me to cut in and finish her!" Iroquois says innocently but there is a devilish grin behind that cute smile.

'She knows what she did!' Kongou can't believe it. 'Stolen…my chance…' "Oh well, there's always next time!" Kongou rebounds almost unnaturally fast with a laugh.

The ocean was finally quiet now that all the Abyssal's were gone. The girls started celebrating with each other on their first major victory when suddenly laughter could be heard from inside the base.

"What is that?" Someone asks which gets everyone's attention. The laughter gets louder and louder until two new Abyssal's emerge from within the base.

"Shit, were not finish." Kongou curses as she and everyone prepares for another battle.

"Wait! They're aren't laughing…" Haruna mentions which stops everyone from attacking.

"They're….crying."

Haruna was right, what everyone was mistaking for laughter was actually the sound of crying.

"You're right Haruna, look they aren't attacking." Kongou adds as she lowers her guns.

Everyone is really confused as to what is happening when Iroquois decides to approach the two Abyssal's.

"Wait, where the hell are you going!?" Haida stops and questions her sister.

"Don't you see something is different about them? We've been fighting Abyssal's for years now and they've never shown more than the desire to kill. Besides, I mean look at their armour."

Haida did what she was told, as did everyone else. She was right, upon closer inspection under the parts of black and grey of Abyssal armour was whites, reds and gold's. Vibrant colours you'd never see on Abyssal ships.

The two ships are still just standing there crying when Iroquois continues approaching them.

"Ugh, I'll come to. I can't leave you alone with them that close." Haida complains as she joins her sister.

The two sisters approach the ships and as they closer it's more and more apparent they're different. They looked more human than Abyssal.

"Haida…"

"Yeah, I hear it."

The Abyssal's, between sobs, were speaking. The words were too quiet to hear from afar so Iroquois nervously gets within arm's reach of the two of them. She can hear them quite clearly now and what they're saying sends a shiver down her spine.

"What are they saying?" Haida questions her sister and looks shocked when Iroquois turns around.

Iroquois was crying. "They're saying…kill us…"

"What? Why would they want us to kill them? What's going on?" Haida asks not understanding the situation.

"…Kill me…please…kill me…it hurts…" They go on and on.

The other girls get close enough to hear the voices too.

"What should we do? Poi" Yuudachi questions the group.

"I don't know…" Shigure answers.

"…Kill me…please…kill me…it hurts…"

They keep begging until Iroquois can't take it any more. She aims both her guns right up against the hearts of the two ships and fires.

"WHAT THE HELL!" Haida screams reacting to the execution. The two ships instantly fall backwards facing the now star filled sky.

Iroquois, ignoring her sister, bends down and hold their hands. With tears in the three of their faces the two girls sink with one last. "…thank you." Haida moves over to her sister's side.

"Why the hell did you shoot them? We could have taken them prisoner or something for questioning!"

Iroquois just clenches her fist with something in it. "YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND!" She screams and falls into her sisters chest sobbing.

Kongou approaches with a sad expression on her face and puts a hand on Iroquois shoulder.

"Shh….shh…it's okay."

In the corner of her eyes Kongou notices something float to the surface. She picks up the piece of fabric which conforms her suspicions. She shows the fabric to Haida who just goes bug eyed in shock. "No way…."

On the fabric, embroidered in gold lettering, was the name REPULSE.

Kongou clenches the name in her fist tight before passing it around to everyone. "We need to inform the Admiral…"

Unnamed Naval Base, Docks, Okinawa Japan 1950hrs

Tyler was sitting impatiently by the docks waiting for his girls to return. Kongou reported a victory but she sounded disturbed over the radio and he couldn't help but worry like crazy. So many negative thoughts swirled in his head he just couldn't calm down until he saw them all okay.

Tyler was deep in thought looking at the calm waters when the alarm went off announcing their return. He quickly got up with a smile on his face and looked out into the harbour and counted.

"They're all there…" He says with a sigh of relief. After about ten minutes they emerge from the doors, looking…upset, really upset. He approaches them with a smile on his face.

"Great job you guys! A decisive victory!" He tries to brighten the mood but it just won't happen. "Guys…what happened?"

Kongou walks up to the Admiral and just shows him the two pieces of fabric. The other was in Iroquois hand when Wales handed it to her.

"W-what's this?" Tyler looks at the names and it hits him like a bag of bricks. His face drops instantly to match everyone else's. "How?" He asks and Kongou sits him down and gives her the report of the battle, including Repulse and Prince of Wales.

"Damn…I see, so the reports are true then." He says scrunching the two names. "I've got to report this right now. Good work though you guys, go get some much needed rest, you deserve it. Oh and Iroquois."

Iroquois perks up hearing her name called. "Y-yes sir?"

"I heard you took out the flagship single-handedly."

Iroquois quickly looks at Kongo to which she just gives her a smile. Tyler walks up and pats her head earning a big blush from the girl. "Congratulations, MVP. Oh, and I'm naming you on of my secretaries for the week." He says with a smile.

Iroquois looks at him before turning bright red. "W-w-w-wha…me…uhhh…fweh" She overheats.

Unnamed Naval Base, Admiral's Room, Okinawa Japan 2000hrs

Once Tyler gets back to his office her instantly opens up comm's with the Admiral's. The three greet him with smiles but soon see his expression and realize something is wrong.

"What is it Quinn, you look troubled? Don't tell me the mission failed!" Howland suggests in a desperate tone.

"No, the mission was a success."

The three Admiral's breathe a sigh of relief. "Then what the hell is up with that face of yours? You look like you've seen a ghost or something."

"I think I have an idea…" Zambellas adds in a sad tone.

"May I, Admiral?" Tyler asks Zambellas to which he nods and gives his consent.

"My condolences Admiral, but we found out why Abyssal's look human…" Tyler goes onto give his entire report but the most important part is the discovery of the morphing.

"What really disturbs me is the fact ship girls are only so limited…but the Abyssal's seem to have an unlimited supply of warships. So where do they all come from? I'll tell you. It's our fucking missing civilians! They're turning them into monsters!" Tyler declares.

"We don't know that to be true!" Howland states but unsure.

"Then explain to me where all those people went! I'm telling you, now, that that's where they went!"

"Those are dark words, but with this new information they sound true…" Takei adds.

"Another thing is the fact that they all appear female. Where are the men? Where are the young kids?

"Fuck…" Howland and Zambellas share the same word.

The group takes a time to pause and think on the subject.

"Admiral Quinn, these are your new orders! Proceed with unlimited warfare on these bastards! Get back for everything they've done! It's up to you now, you decide how to proceed, where to strike and when and if you need anything, ANYTHING, you ask! Send those bastards back to hell where they FUCKING belong!" Howland screams obviously more pissed off than ever.

"Gladly, I won't rest until the world is free from the monsters!"

"GOOD!" Howland replies and signs off.

The two other Admiral's just sweat drop.

"He's really upset."

"You would be too if your wife and two daughters went missing along with everyone else." Takei states which surprises Tyler.

"Is there anything else?" Takei asks.

"I have something to discuss with you at a later time, but it can wait."

"Okay, I'm available whenever you need me. Goodnight Admiral." Takei finishes as he signs off.

"I want to offer my sympathy once again Admiral. It's not a pleasant thing to learn I'm sure." Tyler says to Zambellas.

"Hmm, but I thank you and your girls for giving us an answer. Also for giving them mercy and ending their suffering. On behalf of myself, The Royal Navy and the King, I give you our greatest thanks."

"You're too kind."

"Well, I want you to know you've earned our favour. So you've earned the full support of the Royal Navy and its ship girls. You've done us a service so it's only natural we help you now."

"Wow, thank you."

"Good day Admiral Quinn and God Bless."

"Yes, you too."

With that Zambellas signs off leaving Tyler in a quiet room. He sits down at his desk and puts his feet up.

"What a freaking day this has been." He thinks back to all that happened in just one day.

"Oh, shit I still got some paperwork to do!"

So, whatcha think? C'mon tell me, I know you wanna. But seriously thanks for all the support I've gotten so far, it's been amazing. I did say Royal Navy fans would have their due soon but you probably weren't expecting that. Don't worry, Admiral Quinn has unlocked the British tech tree now so they should be arriving soon :). For the immediate future I have some fun little things planned so stay tuned. Please follow, review and favorite if you will. Also please ask any questions you may have and I'll be glad to answer them.