Protocol Part 4
Swat Kats (c) WB
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I'm jotting some stuff down in a notebook, a personal journal where I can organize my thoughts... of course it's a little messy given my mind is having a hard time focusing. It has nothing to do with work or anything like that, just something for me to analyze what I am thinking and asking myself some questions while trying to come up with answers. Most of it has to do with what I was asking myself that question when it comes to finding a partner with some being some goals I have come up with... along with a handful of doodles because I was bored.
I sigh as I place the journal in a metal case and lock it before putting on Callie's bookshelf, my mind going to what may happen today with the military event being today. I prepare my sidearm and adjust my uniform, I look myself in the mirrior as I remind myself that I have to stay focused on what is currently going on, it kinda sucks I am on duty but at least it's only for half the day.
Callie comes from around the corner as she grabs her purse "Today's the day Adam, today you get to see those ships." her grin as bright as ever.
I nod as I smirk to her "Hopefully it'll be a smooth day."
The ride on the way to docks is kind of uneventful, though I do notice Callie taking subtle glances at me and she looks to be pondering something but I decide not to press as I decide to close my eyes and take a power nap as I didn't get that much sleep over the past few days. Eventually I feel Callie shake me a little, I wake up and see we made it without issue, my eyes going towards two massive bodies of steel, the Bismarck and the Yamato, my jaw drops as we get out of the car as I take in their sheer size... to think they are fully functional and stocked is nothing short of extraordinary.
The shekat waves me over and I start to follower her, my gaze resting once more on the two steel behemoths... I've seen the documentaries and read about them... but to see them in person is nothing short of staggering, even though they aren't alive yet, I can feel their presence, their power. The Iowa and Hood soon come into view, followed by what looks like the Prince of Wales... we make it backstage where there are no crowds with Callie telling me that this is the main event along with the Hood, Bismarck and the Yamato and a secret.
We enter and come to a sight that causes me to stop which gets everyone's attention and I slowly step towards the vessel, my blue eyes scanning it as I feel my heart weep with joy and awe and that despite it is still under construction it still looks like a potent force to be reckoned with. I feel a tear leave as I give it a warm grin... it's a full rebuild of the Pennsylvania-Class... specifically it's the Arizona. I can feel everyone's gaze focus on me as I give the ship a salute... I honestly can't really describe how I feel right now.
Callie moves over to me as I stop saluting and start to wipe my eyes "Are you okay?" as she puts a hand on my shoulder.
I give a sigh "Yeah, I just need a moment.", I look to the ship as I regain myself "She was lost in Pearl Harbor during the opening of the Second World War... to see her rebuilt in her glory... it just melts my heart.", I glance to Callie "Sure, spec-wise she is nothing compared to the Yamato or Bismarck..." I refocus on the ship "But she is far more then a ship that was once part of the United States Navy... she's a symbol both in life and death, one of the things who's loss turned our grief against our enemy as we gained a newfound hope."
Callie gives a happy nod she points towards the other end of the hanger "Then you'll love another vessel we are restoring."
I look and see an aircraft carrier, it vaguely looks like a Yorktown-class due to being gutted and construction, I can feel the warm emotions taking me a little, I glance to her "The Enterprise?" in joy.
"That's correct we were barely able to save it decades ago, but we were able to raise enough funds to restore it into a proper museum ship, though if need be, the Enterprise can be used again." the shekat's gaze not breaking from the carrier.
I spend some time admiring the two legendary ships, seeing the Arizona being rebuild from the ground up alone is amazing... but hearing the Enterprise was actually saved from being scrapped in this universe is another thing entirely, the most decorated ship in all of World War II in the flesh. It's overwhelming at seeing these two in person and not in some aged photo or cgi, my imagination already running wild the stories they would speak of if able to.
We eventually leave the hanger and make our way more towards the festival where the activities are taking place, we bump into Felina and she gives us some grave news, the Enforcers have just discovered that Turmoil's flying carrier is missing, granted from the records it wa reduced to a flooded hulk after crashing into the ocean due to the Swat Kats taking it out, but the reported stolen tech is more then enough to fix it up to working order and even upgrading it.
Thankfully patrols have already been reinforced and even more personnel have arrived in the form of more helicopters and even some armored cars. Though I have a feeling that despite all of the extra security, the enemy will still all be eager to make their move, I double check to make sure my sidearm is fully loaded and all I have to do is switch the safety off to open fire, Felina also provides me with my akm which I have hang over my shoulder. My gaze goes to the beasts of steel as a cold wave hits me, I ask Felina if we can inspect the vessels and she agrees with assigning some Enforcers to me and begin to make our way towards the Bismarck... I intend to search each one at a time, though Felina gathers some more and begins to do the same with one of the other ships.
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Turmoil is looking over the bridge of the newly given life Sky-Lion, the massive carrier is given new life with reinforced armor, more anti-aircraft weaponry has been added along with more refined systems and a more powerful vertigo cannon to boot. Her crews are busy making sure the Sky-Lion is ready for attack, waiting for Turmoil to give the order as their agents have achieved in getting into place.
Turmoil looks her her lieutenant "It is time, capture the Bismarck and Yamato, they will assist us strangling Megakat City."
The shekat salutes "Yes ma'am!" and begins to relay orders.
Turmoil makes her way to the observation part of the bridge "Bring us about! Deploy squadrons one and two, hit the other vessels! Squadrons three and four are to remain on standby."
Advanced aircraft launch from the Sky-Lion's catapult, their steel-grey and red frame break against the sky as they achieve flight. Turmoil looks to the open sky and water as Megakat City creeps into view, she and her forces are ready to strike and can hold the enemy off, even if the Swat Kats join the fray they can fend them off long enough for the other parts of the alliance she has found herself in to join the fray.
Her thoughts go to that human 'I wonder if he will join this is some form.'
The lieutenant approaches her "Madam! The human is leading some forces on Bismarck, they are searching the ship!"
Turmoil looks to her subortnant, she blinks a few times as she begins to think 'To be fair, I want to see what he can do... we can win with just Yamato.', she looks back to the lieutenant "Have those aboard the Bismarck surrender, we still have Yamato." the bridge crew looks to her in surprise as she looks back at the City on the horizon "I want to see how this human fights, how he reacts. We are changing the plan of attack a little." a grins forms on her features "In fact, I want to challenge him directly!" giving a muffled cackle.
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We've been searching the Bismarck for a few minutes and so far we have come up short and Felina is almost at the Yamato, myself and a couple Enforcer's make it to the bridge where we see some soldiers in Turmoil's colors working the ship controls.
"The gig is up ladies!" as I ready my sidearm and the two Enforcers with me raise their weapons.
The soldiers raise their hands in defeat near instantly as they get on their knees... as the two Enforcer's cuff them I raise an eyebrow... this is going way too easy.
I open comms "Felina, Turmoil has sent some forces to us! Be careful, I think something is up, they surrendered on our end with no resistance."
"Affirmative... wait! The Yamato, it's forward turret is moving! EVERYONE GET CLEAR!!!"
I look out and see the Yamato fire it's massive guns, the shells smash into and crumple the Prince of Wales and soon it begins to move, the rear-most turret moves and fires, this time smashing into the Iowa, hitting just below the waterline. The turrets all turn to us...
"CLEAR THE BRIDGE AND COVER!!!"
We all dive to just outside the bridge on the side towards the dock and cover our heads, but no boom sounds, we slowly stand up and see the Yamato leaving the harbor. We slowly get up, I look up and see some jets coming our way, I yell for those who can to mount the anti-aircraft guns, I race to one of 2cm autocannons while many run to a mix of the 10.5cm flakcannons and other autocannons, effectively half of Bismarck's guns fire into the open sky as any Enforcer's fire their rifles and whatever else they have on hand. Unguided bombs smash into the Iowa-class while air-to-air missiles crash into multiple helicopters, we're able to shoot a few of them down but most quickly turn and run. The last of flak casing leaves my flak gun as the jets get out of sight, I raise an eyebrow as I leave the gun position, I look to the decimated dock... the only ships spared are Hood and Bismarck with the area containing the Arizona and Enterprise having also been left alone.
A few seconds later this massive holographic projection of Turmoil appears "Megakat City, did you miss me? I, Turmoil have returned!" her gaze becomes a little amused "This attack is to show we still have a lot of claws on our side and we are in control, however...", her eyes form into a commanding glare "I also challenge the human you call Adam, his forces against mine! Can you defeat me and the women under my command!? I have spared Bismarck and Hood for your use, bring what else you deem necessary and meet both my Sky-Lion and the Yamato in battle!" her demeanor shifts to a teasing one "I await to see you in person." and with that her hologram fades.
I feel everyone's gaze land on me as the Turbokat comes into view... she wants me to exchange blows with her? Commander Feral's chopper soon comes into view and both he and the Swat Kats meet up with Callie, Felina and I and Mayor Manx eventually comes over with some words from Callie.
Feral sighs "What does this shekat want exactly? She hasn't made any demands known outside of her challenge."
Callie ponders "Well, it isn't much but we can assume there is something bigger at play here." her gaze goes to me "But how do you feel?"
I shrug "I'm more nervous then anything, yeah I play rts games... but I have never lead a force personally."
Razor and T-Bone look to each other, T-Bone gives a nod, Razor looks to me "Well, the Swat Kats will help out if you want to accept her offer."
Felina rubs her chin as she looks to me "Hmm, to be fair we aren't sure if something will happen if you decline her."
I think about it and decide to meet her out in the field, though I need a plan of attack, Feral does offer the Enforcer air and naval force but I decline as I am not sure if there is something else going on, but I do ask that recon craft are deployed.
We are faced however with a few other problems, on our side we have the powerful Bismarck and the mighty Hood... but the Yamato is a beast of a different kind. While both the Bismarck and Yamato are classified as battleships, they were constructed for different reasons, Bismarck can slug it out with other enemy vessels, but she was designed primarily for commerce raiding while being capable of fighting what was in the Atlantic waters. Yamato on the other hand is a more powerful monster to where she is basically a dreadnought, Yamato's main batteries have three weapons per turret to Bismarck's two and are bigger in size at 18 inch to Bismarck's 15 inch, plus Yamato has more armor, just as fast and maneuverable. As for Hood, she may be a saving grace, she's faster then the other two... but Hood is a battle-cruiser and a lot of her specs are holdovers from the first great war... Hood's only real saving grace is her speed... but Yamato is almost as fast. Another big problem is Turmoil's vertigo cannon and what I have heard what it does, this is going to be a challenge, that much is certain.
I sigh as I do my best to come up with a plan, it's a good thing we don't also have Yamato's sister ship Musashi to deal with. The Swat Kats tell me they have an aircraft bomb that can take the Yamato out but they aren't sure given the sheer amount of anti-air fire... they tell me the bombs yield and a grin forms on my face as my brain finally forms an attack plan... all I need is Bismarck, Hood and with some aid from the Swat Kats, we can sink Yamato and then we can focus on taking down Turmoil and her carrier.
Felina gets two whole crews together for both vessels, I look out to all of them, I also see camera crews scattered about with Ann just off to my right... I know Turmoil is watching this as much as Megakat City itself... for all I know the whole world is also tuning in.
I take a breath "I know that the plans of today are not just put on hold, but now that is not important, the Yamato is under enemy control and must be dealt with." I look to the crews gathered "Today, we fight more or less as they did in the past, Bismarck and Hood, two enemies in their previous lives are now allies in their new forms, we have the honor of using these two venerable machines and bringing their mighty weapons to bare, these behemoths of steel shall bring us victory this day. I will personally lead the charge, we'll either tow Yamato back or it'll be sunk! Given what we may face, most of the Enforcer's will remain here to protect the city, but we won't be without support, the Swat Kats will be fighting by our side." I salute "Today... we hunt the Yamato!"
The crew slaute me back, I can see a good chunk of them are skeptical and scared out of their mind... but I can see the fire in all of them...
"From this moment on, we are the new seawolves! Everyone, to your ships, all hands to battle-stations!"
I head off to Bismarck's bridge, as for Felina, I gave her control of the Hood... I've already sent the Swat Kats ahead to assist in scouting for now, if everything works out, we'll make short work of the Yamato while hopefully not taking too much if any damage. Before we get underway, Ann asks if she and her camera crew can board, I do my bet to protest, but her constant insisting eventually gets me to concede much to her delight.
My gaze goes towards Bismarck, an imposing bastion of steel and firepower, both she and Yamato have been reborn, both had little effect on their war and on their fronts... my only question is this... even with all my planning, can we still come out on top? A thousand things can go wrong, but if it pays off it'll be well worth the risk.
Callie comes over to me "Adam, I can help you, please let me come along."
I lightly shake my head "I'm sorry Callie, but it's too dangerous and you are needed here.", she goes to say something but I fold my arms "I'm already pushing it by having Ann onboard.", I pull out a comm device that the Swat Kats gave me "Besides, we should be alright."
The shekat blinks at me, she gives a nod and a sigh "Just please, come back home."
Before I can say anything, Callie kisses my lips which catches me by surprise, as she pulls away she just looks stunned as her cheeks are just in this blush, I blink a few times, I put on a soft grin as I feel my own cheeks burn, I gently take her and kiss her back, Callie giving me a light embrace... we soon stop and slowly pull away.
I keep my grin up as I remove my Enforcer badge and hand it to her "I'll be coming home, how else am I suppose to get this back from you?" with a raised brow.
Callie nods as she puts my badge over her heart, she removes her tie and puts it around my neck, tucking it underneath my uniform as I hear a purr from her throat, her tail giving a calm swoosh.
The shekat "You better... you now have a girlfriend."
I eventually get onto the bridge, everyone gives me a salute which I return, Ann and her camera man are on stand by, I do tell them to stay away from maps and everything, can't risk the enemy gaining our position or intel. I look ut onto the open water, Bismarck and Hood are green and ready to launch out onto the open water.
"All ships, second gear, once we hit open water increase speed to thirty knots and maintain formation."
The ships bring their anchors up along with the ramps reclined and soon the machines are plowing through the waves, or guns are primed and ready to fire... I just hoped we have what it takes, because if I am wrong, getting reinforcements will take some time.
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Callie looks to the two ships heading out, her hand clutching Adam's badge, T-Bone and Razor move over to her they see how worried she looks as they notice the Enforcer badge.
T-Bone nods "We are off Ms. Briggs, this will be over before you know it." with a light grin.
Callie looks to them "Please, make sure Adam comes home and stay safe out there,"
Razor blinks are her, he sees part of Adam's name is covered by Callie's digits, 'Ahhhh crud...', he nods "No worries Briggs, if anything happens we will bring him back."
The pair get into the Turbo Kat and prepare for launch, the bigger kat notices Razor twitching a little...
"Razor, you okay buddy? That was quite a blow."
A sigh escapes Razor "Yeah, but hey if it works out then I'll be happy for them." hitting a few switches "We are ready for launch and the bomb is prepared, now we just have to get to the Yamato."
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Turmoil is looking at the footage of the Bismarck and Hood, the Turbo Kat zooming through the air... he is only bringing a force of three to the fight... she was expecting him to bring out a larger force, so she assumes he is keeping everything else in reserve. Yamato is far from where it needs to be, but she knows the two ships under Adam's command will catch up fairly quickly.
Communication from the Yamato reveals the Swat Kats are moving around them and open up with their defense weapons, but the Swat Kats are out of their strike range... now the human knows where the Yamato is.
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Hours tick by as the Bismarck and Hood move through the water, thanks to the Swat Kats and the other recon craft we ave been able to keep track of the Yamato fairly easily, I tell the Swat Kats to keep harassing the Yamato, if we can tire them out before we reach them, we'll have a little easier time. After a few hours we see the Yamato firing what they can towards the Swat Kats and it looks like they have cut their speed, probably so they can try to aim their shots a little better.
Felina's voice comes through "Yamato is in sight."
"But not in range, evasive maneuvers now!"
From Yamato, I see these black clouds explode, followed by these booms and a few seconds later, massive splashes occur near us, I tell both ships to chase where the enemies fire is landing and to after that to break and switch to switch between the two, if we are hit by those big guns we'll suffer some pretty good damage.
Hood breaks to port while Bismarck steams ahead, I give the order for our two forward turrets to aim up at a steep angle... a little closer, just a little closer...
Yamato fires her rear guns, one of the shells almost hitting us but covers the bow in water... the next round however finds a hit, glancing off the Bismark's side armor, I call for all ahead full and for the Hood to close in. The larger gun twitches and fires, a round knocking out our radar and another smashes near our front most turret, shaking the mighty ship. I look and the damage looks minimal... but we may not be lucky next time... the smaller rear gun of Yamato turns and fires at Hood, striking her hull and dealing some damage but Felina tells me it's nothing for the damage control teams.
It's now or never....
I call out "Swat Kats... do it now!"
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Razor readies the bomb bay "Alright, let's take out Yamato!"
T-Bone nods "Copy that."
The Turbo Kat races towards the japanese battleship, the anti-air opening up in a full barrage, the rear guns firing, hitting both vessels again with Bismarck's armor protecting it decently while Hood violently shakes as one of the rear turrets is hit and knocked out. The Swat Kats see that the Yamato is slowly turning, the front two massive turrets slowly moving starboard...
T-Bone throttles it "HERE GOES NOTHING!!!"
The jet gets close, Razor presses the bomb release, the crew of the Yamato, Turmoil and the personnel around her and Magekat City watch the heavy bomb plummet... the large explosive closes in on the mighty battleship and misses just in front of the bow, Turmoil and her force laugh as the miss as the Swat Kats pull away...
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Ann looks to me "Adam? How do you feel about the bomb missing?"
A smirk forms on my face "Why do you think my guns are raised... in case the bomb didn't hit we needed a fall back."
A massive explosion erupts in front of Yamato, the high yield bomb is so strong, the front of Yamato raises around eighty degrees.... here goes nothing!
I yell "FIRE!!!!"
The two 15 inch gun turrets up front fire, a few seconds later we see the result, two shots land towards the bow near the bridge, smashing in-between the second maingun and the smaller turret just behind it while the other land towards the stern, punching through near the smaller turret on the rear. Hood Quickly follows suite and fires her two forward guns, her projectiles hitting the front most turret and the other salvo hitting near the bridge, several small explosions rip through the battleship along with fires starting in several places... if we can't shoot through the armor... we'll bypass it!
Cheers erupt on comms and around me as the Yamato slowly comes down, it's bow smashes into the rippling water, covering it in seawater.
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Turmoil and those around her are stunned as cheers sound all over Megakat City, the Bismarck and Hood have scored eight direct hits, smoke starts to choke the sky as the fires continue... the Yamato is in full chaos, damage control teams are running in trying to control the fires with many abandoning ship... however, many are actually already dead due to the force of the impact of when the ship came down, very few survived unscathed with quite a few having suffered injuries in one form or another.
The Yamato continues to move though, the second and rear-most turret begins to move as the Bismarck and Hood close in, the Bismarck turns with her guns aiming to port, Adam giving various orders as Bismarck's main and secondary batteries open fire. Yamato's two mighty turrets fire, one of the salvos misses but the other strikes Bismarck's hull... from here on out it is now a full on slugging match...
Yamato's rear turret moves and aims at Hood as the other adjusts it's aim to try to cripple Bismarck, before Yamato can fire, Bismarck fires a full broadside, striking the armor in several spots, however two of the massive shells from the 15 inch batteries hits Yamato's remaining forward gun, one hitting the mantlet while another smashes straight through one of the gun barrels, detonating the powder and the turret explodes. The Rear turret finds it's target and fires on Hood, wiping out her forward guns.
While this is taking place, the fires upon Yamato rage like the forges of Hell itself, geysers of flame erupt at both ends as small explosions occur towards center mass.....
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I yell "OPEN FIRE!!!"
Bismarck fires a full broadside, rounds from second forward gun smash into Yamato's remaining forward weapon and completely destroys it while the rest of the shots land all over the rest of the ship. The rear gun fires and eliminates Hood's forward armament.
"Felina! Are you alright? You guys took one heck of a hit!"
Felina's voice comes through "We're hit pretty good, but we can still fight!"
I look to the crippled Yamato, I scan the fire and see how fast it's moving, followed by these two towers of flame soaring up as the superstructure stars to erupt.... I know what this is...
"ALL HANDS AND THOSE ON HOOD GET DOWN AND BRACE!!!" I grab Ann and get her on the floor.
Ann looks to me "What's going on?"
I cover my head "Yamato is gonna blow!"
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Yamato's main magazine detonates, igniting what's left of her, fuel, remaining munitions and so on go up all at once, the explosive force catches Bismarck, the glass all around the vessel explodes and violently shakes the vessel, debris from Yamato sinks into Bismarck's hull, thankfully the damage is only superficial. As for Hood, she's far enough away to where she only feels the shock-wave, but it's still enough to where Hood shakes wildly in the waves.
Silence grips both Turmoil's side and those from the city, the Swat Kats are just as stunned from what had just occurred, Feral can't help but just stare along with everyone else, waiting for any confirmation when it comes to Bismarck.
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I groan as my ears are ringing, clattering glass and some sparks are sounding, I slowly get up and help Ann stand up "Is everyone alright?"
Everyone groans but they say they are alright as Ann's cameraman gets to his feet, we all look out to where Yamato was, all that is left is fire and some debris where it stood, a few moments later, some big crashes next to us from the sky into the water, it's one of Yamato's surviving turrets, we all leave the bridge as we take the devastation in, I glance around and see everyone else from our vessel look out onto the water.
I radio Hood to see if Felina can search for any survivors... though I doubt anyone survived that. I salute the flames that were once Yamato... she died like she did before, in a blaze that showed the power within her, the only difference now is that she was finally given the chance to show what she could do, she almost destroyed the Hood and damaged Bismarck, if it wasn't for that bomb deployed by the Swat Kats, we likely would've been take out for sure.
The Enforcer's look to me and all one-by-one join me in what I am doing, I eventually stop saluting and move to the side, I pull out my lugar and aim it off to the side in the air, firing three controlled rounds before holstering my sidearm once more.
We eventually get back to our stations and prepare to tackle Turmoil, Felina manages to find some survivors but not many, as they had abandoned ship just after the ship just came down, out of the entire crew, only ten survived the destruction of the venerable ship. Now the Bismarck is still in fighting shape, but the Hood has suffered some pretty bad damage, her forward guns are gone, her engines took a bad hit and she is leaking oil.
I give the order for Felina to take the Hood and fall back to the harbor, now it's down to the Bismarck and Turbo Kat versus the the Sky-Lion... we make sure the Bismark's guns are fully ready and we make best speed to the Turmoil's Sky-Lion, I notify the Swat Kats to prepare to engage. I get an idea... it's a crazy one and probably a bad one... but I think I know how I can get Turmoil's attention....
I look Ann "Come with me, we're going to the bow."
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The Sky-Lion's crew is scrambling, double checking every aircraft and weapon system, making sure they can sink the Bismarck and shoot down the Turbo Kat, Turmoil is a little shocked, that human had taken out the Yamato with relative ease and with will practically no resources.
The Lieutenant comes up to her "We are ready Ma'am, just give the order and we'll hit the Bismarck!"
Turmoil looks to her "Excellent, he can't fight jets too well after-all."
An officer looks to them "The Bismarck is coming right at us, you are both going to want to see this."
An image appears on the bridges main viewer, the human is standing on the bow of the ship with the reporter Ann nearby and her cameraman, Turmoil double checks and sees he is being televised, her gaze goes over to him, a snear on her features at his defiance... but she can't help but admire him.
The human brings a mic up to his face, he takes a breath and closes his eyes.... what comes next isn't what anyone was expecting, this sound comes from his lips, a powerful howl cuts through the air. Adam's howl is carried all over the globe, billions of eyes watch in pure awe at the display as he challenges Turmoil directly.
Callie grips Adam's badge as a grin form on her features 'You got this hon!'
The bridge viewer gains a little static which gets everyone's attention... a few moments later they see something strange... a pair of eyes slowly manifest, powerful blue orbs giving a glare, Turmoil glances at the broadcast to see they are not there, her gaze goes back to the viewer as it gains more static. Members of the bridge crew quake as they see this being and continue to hear his howl... what exactly is he?
The human puts a little more power into his cry as the eyes focus right on Turmoil and a few moments later the viewer and several other screens explode... some of crew have had enough and run away from the bridge and leap from the Sky-Lion. The human soon finishes, he slowly looks to the Sky-Lion and hands the mic back to Ann, the last thing they and everyone else hears from the broadcast is him telling Ann to cut the audio... Turmoil tells them to prepare the vertigo cannon...
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I open comms "Gunnery, we only have one chance at this! I want all guns towards our starboard side and hard to port." from the Sky-Lion which looks little different to how it looks in the images I have seen, I see this glow coming from it, she's charging her big weapon, "Prepare to drop port anchor."
"Sir?"
"You heard me, on my mark drop the anchor!"
"Affirmative, weapons are in place and ready, anchor is ready to fall."
After we get a little closer I give the order and the port anchor drops, all we need to do is get this salvo to hit....
Ann looks to me "We're going to die, aren't we?" shaking a little.
I give a sigh "While it is true we all die someday...", the anchor stops "But that's not today!" all with a grin.
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The Bismarck's anchor stops and with it the battleship spins, drifting across the water, placing the ship out of the arc of the vertigo cannon and placing the Sky-Lion in a perfect spot for a broadside...
Turmoil looks to the humans image in pure shock "Holy sc..."
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I yell "FEUER FREI!!!"
The Bismarck fires everything she has, from the 15 inch guns down to the smallest anti-air, the Sky-Lion is hit hard, parts of the carrier are just blown off, including the vertigo cannon, some of the larger shells smash into the hanger due punching through the side, knocking out a large number of aircraft.
"Keep up the fire, fire until we run out of ammunition!"
The carriers point defense starts to open up, I tell Ann and her assistant to run into the ship, I continue to give orders as the strafe the Bismarck, a spray comes my way but misses. I give the order for the rear turrets to target the Sky-Lion's engines... it's time we bring it down! I contact the Swat Kat and tell them to engage any aircraft that comes our way.
Bismarck fires another full salvo as the Turbo Kat fights off the few jets they manage to launch... finally the Bismarck fires it's third full salvo and with it the Sky-Lion's engines explode along with much of the underside, what's left of the carrier begins to fall and it isn't long before it hits the water. We quickly go to rescue operations and we rescue who we can with Ann and her cameraman coming back out, we end up pulling a good number out of the waters.... including Turmoil herself.
I hold my hand out to her as she gets ready to climb over to get onto the ship, she takes it and I help her up, she blinks me as if she is just saw a ghost, she looks to the battered Bismarck before looking to me again and she seems to be looking for something... what I have no idea.
"Turmoil, you are under arrest." a friendly smirk taking up my face.
The shekat looks to me, she straightens herself out "So, this is the human I have heard so much about.", she puts on an impressed smirk as she gives a salute "You are quite the commander."
I salute back "You're a powerhouse yourself."
We eventually make our way back to the mainland and get off the ship and I am beyond exhausted, Ann tells the news crew to leave me be for a little while as I am just so tired and that I gave all the material the news station could ever need. I find Callie and we embrace as she gives me a kiss, she give me my badge back, I go to give her the tie back but she says I can keep it and that she has plenty. We meet up with the Swat Kats where I give them the communicator they gave me back and I can tell they are just as exhausted as I am, given how crazy all of this was Feral gives me a few days off along with Felina and the Enforcer's that helped us.
Callie and I make it to our place, she cooks up a nice quick dinner and she has me move into her room, instead of doing our normal routine of watching tv we cuddle on her... or rather now our bed... I guess. Anyway, she pulls me into an embrace, I hear her giving a purr as her tail sways, I rub my nose against hers and giver her a kiss... to be fair I was thinking of looking for a girlfriend, I just wasn't sure how it would go, but I have known Callie as long as I have known Felina and honestly, I am pretty happy for this turn of events.
Callie kisses me "I have a few days saved up, some paper work here and there and I can free you up as well."
I pet the side of her face "That is a nice idea, but won't you get in trouble?"
She shakes her head a little "Being Deputy Mayor comes with a few perks."
I warmly grin at her as I tighten my embrace on her a little, bringing a hand to the back of her head and my other to her lower back "Hmm, I like the sound of that."
Callie brings one of her hands to my lower back as her purr gets a little stronger "Easy Adam, that time will come soon." and gives a feminine giggle.
We both share another kiss and we cuddle until we fall asleep.
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Jake is giving a heavy sigh as he thinks a little about today, he's happy that they helped in stopping Turmoil, but what's on his mind is that Callie hooked up with that human, he thought it would be him hooking up with her, especially after all this time.
Chance comes around the corner "Still dwelling on Callie?" as he hands him a can of milk and turns on the tv.
Jake pops the can open and takes a sip "Yeah, I guess it wasn't meant to be."
"Hey man, I am a little bummed myself, but hey there are plenty of shekats on the block."
Jake smirks at him "Does that mean you are going to shack up with Turmoil?"
"Don't you start!"
To be continued...