Yesterday the commandant of the Hawaii garrison, the original USS Lexington, judged a quarter of the Fast Carrier Task Force supplemented by escort carriers and other ship girls to be a sufficient force to defend the islands. Two days ago submarines sent to reconnoiter the site confirmed a sizable base on the atoll of Kwajalein, apparently with a gigantic undersea base offshore. A few days ago word passed to Pearl that an Abyssal base had been discovered lurking in the Marshal Islands.
USS Yorktown (CV-10) smirked as she sailed southwest with her task group. "Wait, what are you doing," Mother of Invention asked with a glance back at Barb, before whipping her gaze back at the Abyssals just in time to see the first salvo head straight for her face. "Oooh, you're one of those!" Barb said before ducking behind Mother of Invention. " UNSC Mother of Invention," the confused girl replied, resignedly. "Can I at least know the name of the girl I went out locating?" Barb asked, with a determined look. "Not to bother you two, but we're out of time," Alpha said.īarb and the confused girl looked behind themselves to see four Abyssal destroyers facing them, mouths open and guns run out. "If it will help us get moving, then yes!" "Shit, you're a lot heavier than you look." "I know because sonar, now get to your feet and sail, damnit!" Barb shouted before swimming up to the confused girl and pulling her along. "How do you know that? And how am I supposed to leave? I can barely float, much less swim!" They must have been attracted by your splash-down, like I was." I've got contacts headed in our direction. Hair that was somehow not wet despite having been submerged only minutes before. Now that there was time to look at her closely, the confused girl noted that Barb had long blonde hair tied back in ponytail. We've never even been to the Sol system," the confused girl dismissed. Nobody calls their data network the internet except Earth, and every link I can find says that we're on Earth." Didn't you read any of the history texts on Waypoint?" Alpha asked.
Got it! Full internet access via satellite," Alpha gloated. There's a massive, unsecured data network on this planet and with a little tweak of your com system. We have no idea what we're dealing with, here," she hissed.
"What do you mean nothing?!" the sphere demanded. "It's nothing," the confused girl growled. "Holy crap! What is that?" Barb asked as she pointed at the sphere, inadvertently showing off the torpedo tube gauntlets attached to her wrists. Try again," a translucent blue sphere said as it popped into existance over the confused girl's shoulder. "Whoa, hey, chill out! I'm friendly, not an Abyssal." "State your rank and service number!" the confused girl demanded as she whipped up the oversized gun mounted on her right arm to point at Barb. "Hi!" the new girl said as she popped to the surface directly in front of the confused girl. "Who's there? Show yourself!" the confused girl demanded. The only things visible in any direction were grey seas and blue skies. By all signs the voice belonged to someone human, female, and friendly, but such a person was not in evidence. "Hey! You need any help?" A voice called out. "Or hands? Or a body for that matter? I'm a ship, not a human! What the hell is going on around here!?" Since when do I have a face?" She asked herself, feeling her face with her hands. I feel like a tried to take on a planet with my face," She complained. Then the sputtered frantically, flopped around until she was upright, and coughed up a lungfull of water. "Ugh," the shipgirl said as she floated face-down on the ocean.