Chapter 19: Waking Up

"YES! A bigger war, it'll be so elegant! But first, I shall bring Salvation!"

<<She walked all over it with her dirty boots! Over the crisp, white sheets of my bed that I had just made!>>

"The sirens will take out a thorn in my side while also taking out the three legendary aircraft sisters. Salvation is in hand!"

<<The death of a million is necessary!>>

<<Enterprise... She lacks the drive. Imagine you're just about to be killed. Why am I going to be killed, you ask. Because they wanted to steal from you, to torment you, to burn you, to cut you apart. It was for your sins, your actions, and your vengeance! There has to be a reason! Enterprise has none of that, I do. Do you see, Command Duty Officer? You don't do you?>>

<<Stop thinking so small. It's salvation on a far grander scale.>>

<<The two years that we fought at the bottom of the sea... I will not allow our perseverance to be desecrated!>>

<<There's no means of retreat! We'll have to kill them all if we are to live! If you wish to live, then you must let go of your life!>>

<<My fellow submariners! Your lives carry weight! it gives you the right to take the lives of others!>> 

<<Let me tell you a story. Back when I was still training... I had to aim at a siren ship 30 kilometers away in the middle of a storm. The seas where rough that day, and still, I landed one of the two shots>>

<<Target is the Eagle Union capital of D.C.! To take the lives of one million people, 5,00 kilometers away with my very own hands!>>

<<Grey Ghost in the sky is a sign of an ill omen..!>>

<<Don't you see, Enterprise? Ten million lives will be saved, at the cost of a mere million lives!>>

<<A powerful boat, a powerful gun, powerful ammunition! Add to that lots of people and a precise aim! Then sprinkle death over all of it, and the formula is complete!>>

<<If I'm gonna die! I'l take you down with me!>>

<<But the... Million... Lives...>>

A thud is heard.

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Laying in a hospital bed we see Alicorn resting. She's not covered in bandages and the breathing apparatus is gone.

Sunlight shines onto Alicorn, and grunts and she opens her siren yellow eyes. She blinks a few times before she looks around in confusion.

"Where am I?" Her young, yet mature voice asks. There's no longer a robotic echo behind it.

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Alicorn shits up and she continues to look around the room. She looks down to her arms then her clothes. She's wearing a patient outfit.

She then lets out a groan of pain and grabs her head with one hand. 

The door clicks and it opens up. "You're awake." A familiar voice, a voice that soothes Alicorn;s ears.

Alicorn looks to the door and sees Yorktown, with a big motherly smile on her face.

"Oh, it's you." Alicorn says.

Yorktown's smile falters a little as she enters the room and stands by the door. "I'm glad you've finally awoken."

Alicorn looks to her right and there's a window, that's barred up, but outside the bars is a deep, dark blue sky with a blue ocean under it. She then looks back to Yorktown."How long have I been out?"

"A few weeks, it took us a while to obtain the materials to start repairs on your boat." Yorktown swiftly walks over to Alicorn and envelops her into a hug. "I'm so happy your back and safe." A few tears fall from her eyes.

"...Right." Alicorn doesn't hug her mother back, she doesn't move at all.

Yorktown releases Alicorn from the hug and looks into her eyes. "Do you... remember me?"

"I... Uh..." She looks lots in thought for a few seconds. "Yes. I remember. I- Uh... sorry, my memories and thoughts are mixing together. I'm still trying to process stuff."

"How about I bring you some food, you must be hungry?"

"...I guess so..."

Yorktown walks over to the door. "I'll be back in less than an hour."

"Uh... sure, Yorktown." Alicorn lays back down and rolls onto her side, with her back facing Yorktown.

A wave of sadness passes through Yorktown and a few tears prick at the corners of her eyes. 'She didn't call me, Mama.' She wipes the tears that are forming with her coat and walks out of the room.

Yorktown takes a few steps before a wave of fatigue washes over her and she leans against the wall.

"Sister, are you okay?" Hornet appears next to Yorktown.

"Yes, I'm quite alright. Just a little tired, do you mind helping me to mess hall?"

Hornet grabs Yorktown's arm and helps her walk. "Of course."

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02-06-2023

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