Standing at the docks we see Team Destroyer, seemingly waiting.

  "Where are they?" Echo says impatiently.

  "We just have to trust them." Belchan says as she looks through a air of binocurs out to the ocean.

  "But they've been gone two days longer than they were supposed too!" Kalk fps her arms in worry.

  "Hobby knows that they're very strong, so they'll be fine~" Hobby says.

  "Oh, I hate waiting!" Echo states.

  Belchan keeps looking around and she spots two ships in the distance. "Oh, oh! I think I see them!"

  "Let me see!" Echo snatches the Binocurs from Belchan and looks out to the ocean.

  In the distance Enterprise and Alicorn sail towards the base, both on their own ships. A rge smoke pilr comes out the back of Alicorn's sub while Enterprise has a few fires on her main deck.

  "Yes, it's them!" Echo yells.

  A few tug boats and a couple repair ships sail out of port and towards the two ships limping home.

  "Oh, I hope they're not too hurt." Kalk says in worry.

  "Oh nothing can beat Alicorn, Hobby knows that." The ship says.

  A few minutes ter Alicorn's sub and Enterprise's ship are pulled into port. Soldiers run onto the two ships and begin to do any repairs they can.

  Enterprise and Alicorn hop off their ships and nd on the docks. Vestal runs past the four kid ships and over to the two older ships.

  "Can you two please not get so damaged on these missions?" Vestal says. "I don't like worry about your health being on the decline every time you girls go out!"

  "We're fine." Alicorn says, and a small explosion goes off within her ship and a rge piece of her armor flies off and into the side of a warehouse. "Mostly fine." She groans.

  Vestal grabs the two ships and drags them off. "Where doing a check up right now."

  "But Vestal we need to report to the Commander and give her our report." Enterprise says.

  "That can wait, I need to make sure your both in good health."

  Vestal drags the two ships past Team Destroyers and they wave to the older ships. Enterprise ignores them, but Alicorn gives them a small nod.

  "Wow, so cool!" The four kids say with stars in their eyes.

  "I can't wait till we can go on patrols." Kalk fps her arms.

  "You know the Commander won't allow us to go." Belchan says.

  "But maybe if we work hard, she'll let us go!" Echo suggests.

  "Hobby has an idea, we work hard and then we try to get Alicorn to convince the Commander." Hobby says.

  "That's a great idea!" The other three ships say.

  A few weeks ter.

  Alicorn is sitting in the cafeteria by herself, as Enterprise has been sent on a mission without her. Alicorn calmly and properly eats some steak.

  "Alicorn!" Four young voices yells.

  Alicorn looks to the side and sees Team Destroyer run up to her. "Yes girls?" Alicorn greets.

  Echo, Hobby and Kalk push Belchan forward. Belchan clears her throat and curtsy. "Miss Alicorn, we request that you convince the Commander to let us go on a patrol."

  "No." Alicorn eats a piece of steak.

  "Huh?" The four younger ships question.

  "I said no. You're not ready."

  "But we've been working really hard!" Echo shouts and puffs her cheeks out.

  Alicorn eats another piece of steak then turns to the ships. "How hard?"

  "We've been staying up real te studying, reading, and practicing for the past few weeks." Kalk states.

  Alicorn puts a hand on her chins and hums. "I'll think about it."

  "Yeah!" The four ships cheer.

  "But if the Commander says No, that means no." Alicorn sternly says.

  "Yes, Ma'am." The four ships reply.

  "Now go run off and do whatever it is that kids do."

  Team Destroyers run off while giggling. Alicorn puts a hand on her head. "Why did I agree with this?" She questions.

  Alicorn finishes up eating and she makes her way to her Commander's office. When he reaches the office she knocks on the door.

  "C-Come in!" Commander Sicilia says through the door.

  Alicorn opens the door and sees her Commander at her desk, doing paper work.

  Sicilia looks up. "Oh, A-Alicorn, what can I do for you?"

  Alicorn walks in and stops in front of Sicilia's desk, making her Commander nervous. "I want to take Echo, Kalk, Hobby and Belchan on a patrol."

  "You k-know I can't allow t-that. They're s-still in training."

  Alicorn leans forward towards her Commander with a smirk on her face, making Sicilia very nervous. Her yellow eyes gain a small glow. "Come on, Commander. It's just a small patrol, it won't hurt anybody. Besides, you don't want to make those four girls sad do you know?" She leans right in front of Sicilia and stars into her ice blue eyes. "Please, Commander? I'll watch them." Sicilia blushes at how close Alicorn is and sweats a little. "F-Fine."

  Alicorn takes a few steps back and gives a small smile and her eyes return to normal. "Good."

  "B-But, I'll send you five to an area not far from base. It hasn't had any S-Siren activity in a couple months now, so it should be safe." Sicilia brings out a world map and points to the location.

  "I'm fine with that." Alicorn then walks towards the door. "We'll head out now."

  "B-But, I haven't done the paper work for-"

  Alicorn gnces back at her Commander. "You can do it while I'm gone." She leaves the room, only to see Team Destroyer right outside.

  The four girls stare at Alicorn with curiosity.

  "We're leaving, now." Alicorn says and walks off.

  "Yes!" The four cheer.

  "We shouldn't encounter any Sirens, but we can't assume anything."

  The four little girls follow after the slightly taller girl.

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  A siren ship blows up and the four girls cheer. A few other destroyed Siren ships sink nearby. All four girls are on their own ships.

  "Take that Sirens!" Echo yells. "You're no match for Team Destroyers!"

  Alicorn is a ways behind them on her own Sub, her weapons hidden. "Hmmm, why are the Sirens here now?" She adjusts her military coat and fixes her flower that's on her colr.

  "Oh, there's another one!" Belchan calls out. "FIRE!" Her main cannons fire and she blows up the small Siren ship. "Yes!"

  "We are gonna become the strongest ships of Azur Lane!" Kalk fps her arms.

  "Then Hobby will become a star~" Hobby smiles to herself.

  Alicorn sails over to them, her Sub towering over the four girls ships.

  "How'd we do Miss Alicorn?" Belchan asks.

  "You four did... exceptional." Alicorn states. "Could do without the intro."

  "But the intro is what separates us from everyone else!" Echo states.

  "Yes, but next time the Siren ships will open fire onto before you even get the first world out." Alicorn looks out to the sinking Siren ships. "But these seemed slow, stupid and weak. None of this is right." She looks up to the cloudy sky above.

  "All right girls, lets see if we can find anymore Sirens." Echo calls out.

  "Yes!" The other three agree.

  The three Destroyers and one Light Cruiser start sailing along the patrol path, Alicorn following a little away behind. The four younger girls talk amongst themselves as Alicorn looks up to the sky lost in thought.

  'That was the second squad of Sirens they've taken out.' Alicorn says in thought. 'But these Sirens seem different, they feel different. They're too slow, so inaccurate and just pin dumb. Dumber then the regur Mass Produced Sirens. I feel like we're being led into a trap, but I could just be over calcuting this.'

  Alicorn just hums to herself, then she hears a ping in her head. "Hmm?"

  Alicorn closes her eyes and she sees a radar, and something rge is approching them.

  "Girls, halt!" Alicorn orders.

  The four girls look back to Alicorn as they come to a stop.

  "Something wrong, Miss Alicorn?" Belchan asks.

  Alicorn opens her eyes and looks up to the clouds. "Something's coming." She brings out her weapons and aims her AA guns and Rail guns up to the clouds. "Be ready!" Her VLSs open up.

  Baxterbro

  Alicorn's eyes widen in slight fear as a massive figure flies from out of the cloud. "No."

  It's the Arsenal Bird and it starts to drop drones.

  "What is that thing?!" Echo yells in fear.

  "Hobby doesn't know, but she's scared!" Hobby yells.

  "Don't let fear cloud your thoughts, fire at it!" Belchan yells.

  All five ships begin to fire their AA guns onto the approaching Drones. Alicorn fires off her missiles and rail guns up into the air. A few Dougs pnes are brought onto her deck and she unches them.

  "I should have asked to bring my jets." Alicorn grunts as a few drones fire onto her sub, but their machine guns do very little damage.

  Alicorn's missiles and rail gun round sm into the Arsenal Bird, doming some damage but not much. Alicorn growls and fires off more rounds. The Arsenal Bird unches its own missiles as it turns towards Alicorn.

  "There's so many!" Kalk screams as a few missiles nd in the water near her and she protects her face as water rains down onto her.

  "Just keep firing!" Hobby yells.

  A few ser rounds fly past the ships and they look to their side and see a rge fleet of Siren ships sailing towards them. 30-50 Siren ships sail towards them.

  "That's a lot of ships." Belchan says in fear.

  'Why are they sending so many after us?' Alicorn questions and a few missiles sm into her side and she grunts. 'Wait, most of the drones are focusing on me, they're not after us. They're after me!' She turns her cannons onto the approaching fleet and fires. 'Only if I had some rounds for the Rail Cannon.'

  Alicorn looks to the four scared ships then back up to the Arsenal Bird that's nearly above her. "I can get us out of here." She turns to the little girls. "Girls! Get in, we're are leaving!"

  The four girls look to Alicorn and she can see the fear in their eyes. A tingling feeling runs through Alicorn's chest. "Girls it's gonna be okay, I can protect you all." She grunts in pain as a few more missiles sm into the side of her sub and a few sers graze her hull. "I just need you to trust me."

  "All right, come on girls!" Belchan yells.

  "Right." The three others reply.

  All four younger ships make their ships disappear and get their rigging and they run towards Alicorn as missiles rain down from above.

  "Kalk, look out!" Echo yells.

  "Huh?" Kalk looks to the side, only for a missile to sm into her and she yells out in pain.

  "Kalk!" The three others yell and run over to her.

  Kalk is still standing, but a few small fires break out on her rigging and one of her main cannons falls apart.

  Alicorn growls in anger and fires all her rounds at the Arsenal Bird and the incoming Siren fleet. Alicorn looks up to the Arsenal Bird, which is right above her, and she sees a purple glow from the nose of the flying fortress

  "What the?" Alicorn questions.

  Suddenly the Arsenal Bird fires a ser down onto Alicorn and it sms into the back of her sub, creating a rge explosion. Alicorn yells out in pain and she falls over.

  "Alicorn!" Team Destroyers yell in fear and worry.

  Alicorn grunts and coughs as she stands up. "Come on! Let's go!"

  The four girls jump onto Alicorn's sub as missiles and sers sm into her hull. Alicorn grunts as her weapons non-stop fire on anything approaching the sub. Alicorn stumbles a little as she gets the four girls into the sub and she follows soon after.

  The five girls get into the control center of the sub as it begins to dive. Alicorn grunts and stumbles into the Captain's seat and she sits down.

  Kalk holds her arm in pain and Hobby checks her over.

  "Are you okay, Miss Alicorn?" Hobby asks in worry.

  Alicorn takes a deep breath. "I'm fine." Her eyes begin to flutter. "Just need a small nap."

  "Oh, don't close your eyes, Alicorn!" Echo shouts. "Keep them open and tell us what to do."

  "Just a small nap." Alicorn shuts her eyes and she leans back into her chair.

  Baxterbro

  Belchan runs over to Alicorn and checks her over and sighs in relief. "She's just sleeping."

  "What do we do now?" Kalk asks and Belchan looks at all the electronics in the room.

  "We need to see if we can get a distress signal out, so start searching around girls!"

  "Yes, Ma'am!" The three Destroyers agree.

  The four girls begin to search around the control room and Echo finds something. "Oh, that's not good."

  "What is it, Echo?" Kalk walks over.

  Echo begins to look through a few computer screens. "If what I'm reading is right, Alicorn's engine room is flooded and her engines are damaged. We're barely even moving right now. And on top of that her right balst tank is damaged, meaning we won't be able to stay under water for long."

  Suddenly the sub shakes as explosions go off outside.

  "What was that?!" Hobby yells.

  Belchan is looking over a few computers. "Depth Charges! They know we're in the area just not exactly where!"

  The sub shakes again and the hull groans.

  "We need to get a distress signal out or we'll be toast!" Kalk fps her arms, but stops as pain fres up in her right arm. "Owie."

  "And if we don't get Alicorn back to port and get her repaired, her engines will start leaking radiation!" Echo yells.

  "Oh, god, why did we go on this patrol!" Hobby yells and tears start to form in her eyes. "Hobby knew we weren't ready! We're gonna die!" She starts to cry.

  "I don't want to die!" Kalk starts to cry and she falls onto her butt.

  Echo starts to panic as she runs around the room searching. Belchan is trying to remain calm in the situation, but tears start to form in her eyes.

  "I found it!" Echo yells and everyone looks at her and she grabs and puts on a head set and grabs the microphone. "Mayday! Mayday! This is HMS Echo! Can anyone hear me! We are under attack by a rge Siren fleet and a rge unknown aircraft! We have injured and in need of help! Is anyone out there?!" Echo waits a few seconds for a response, but she gets none and tears form in her eyes. "Come on! Mayday! Mayday! This is HMS Echo, we have injured and are overwhelmed, does anyone read!"

  Echo waits for a response, but she doesn't get any. She starts to cry and sms her hands on the console. The hull groans and a few drops of water start to leak into the room. "Mayday! Mayday! Please, we need help. Please, does anyone read me. I don't want to die."

  Echo tries to wipes her tears away, but they won't stop coming. The other three ships are crying as well, all of them are scared.

  "We read you!" A voice yells over the radio and all four girls smile. "What's your situation! Do you read, over!"

  "This is HMS Echo we hear you!" Echo says in happiness. "I'm with HMS Belcahn. USS Hobby, USS Kalk and USS Alicorn. We were on patrol and got ambushed by a rge propeller aircraft that released drones on us, then a rge Siren fleet showed up. We are currently inside and under the water in Alicorn's sub, but we don't know how long we can be down here."

  "Understood, the fastest we can get reinforcements out to you is an hour." The radio man states.

  A few more explosions go off outside the sub and it shakes.

  "I don't think we can st that long!" Echo yells.

  "Please, hold on Echo. We are assembling help and getting out to you as soon as we can. Please, just hold on." The transmission cuts off and Echo takes the headset off.

  Echo releases a shaky breath and sits down in a nearby chair. Kalk groans in pain as lets out a sob and Hobby sits on the floor next to her. Belchan just sighs and wipes a few tears away.

  "We can survive." Belchan speaks up. "We're Team Destroyers, the strongest ships of Azur Lane!"

  "Belchan, we lost in our very first battle." Hobby states.

  "We haven't lost yet! We're still standing!"

  "But look at Kalk." Hobby motions to her injured friend. "Look at Alicorn, she is one of the strongest ships of Azur Lane and the big bird took her out in one shot."

  Belchan curls her hands into fists. "We haven't lost! It's just a minor set back!" She yells. "I'm not giving up! We're not gonna die down here."

  Echo just ys her head on the console in front of her and the sub shakes a little. "An hour is along time, and Alicorn's sub is slowly falling apart from all the damage."

  Kalk starts to sob loudly. "I want to go home! I want to go home! I don't want to die!" She sobs into her arms and Hobby hugs her.

  "My sister believes in me and this team." Belchan states. "So I won't disappoint her and fail my first mission, we are gonna make it through this and kick those Siren's butts!"

  "And how are we going to do that from down here?" Echo asks as she looks towards Belchan.

  Belchan smiles as she looks at a computer screen. "We can do a little distractions and try to lead them away from us."

  "And how do you suppose we do that?" Hobby asks.

  The computer screen Belchan is looking at shows a diagram and a Alicorn's SL-UAVs. Submarine Launches Unmanned Aerial Vehicle. "We can use these!" All the girls gather at Belchan and look at the computer.

  The four girls look at each other and nod and they swiftly run out of the room, leaving a sleeping Alicorn.

  Back at Azur Lane's Main Base.

  Enterprise is walking down a hallway towards her Commander's office. Ships greet her as they pass. Enterprise reaches her Commander's office and knocks on the door.

  "Come i-in." Sicilia says through the door.

  Enterprise opens the door and enters the office and sees Sicilia sweating as she's doing paper work. Sicilia looks up and sees the Ship Girl. "Hello, E-Enterprise."

  "Commander." Enterprise sits in a chair in front of Sicilia's desk.

  "What brings y-you here?"

  "I just finished my patrol and came to give my report, but before that. I wanted to know where Alicorn is, she usually waits for me at the docks."

  Sicilia nervously rubs her cheek with a finger. "U-Uh, she... She's been sent on a mission with the four Ship-Girls that call themselves Team Destroyers."

  Enterprise gives Sicilia a gre, said girl shrinks under Enterprise's gre. "Why did you think that was a good idea!"

  "S-She pressured me too!" Sicilia ducks under her desk. "P-Please, D-Don't be mad at m-me!"

  Enterprise sighs and rubs her temples. "You know she's only allowed to leave the base when I'm with her. You need to work on your anxiety Commander."

  Sicilia peeks over her desk. "S-Sorry. But I-I did send them to a-a-an area with no S-Siren activity."

  Enterprise pinches the bridge of her nose. "You know the rules, Commander."

  Sicilia sits in her desk. "I'm S-Sorry!"

  "Just as long as she gets back to base and nothing happens." The doors sms open. "I just had to open my mouth."

  "Commander!" A man runs into the room and puts a paper on her desk.

  "W-What's this?" Sicilia asks as she grabs the paper.

  "We've received a Mayday from Echo and her patrol group!" The man says as Sicilia reads the paper. "They've been ambushed and are under heavy fire!"

  Sicilia lowers the paper. "Get a fleet together and sail out immediately, anyone who's not busy will go!"

  "Yes, Ma'am!" The man runs out of the room.

  Enterprise stands up. "I'm going with."

  "But you just got back and n-need to rest." Sicilia states.

  "I don't care." Enterprise walks out of the room and shuts the door.

  Sicilia sms her head into her desk and papers go flying. "I hate this job."

  Back on the Alicorn.

  Echo hits a rge red button and many SL-UAV's fly out of the hanger and into the ocean.

  "Hopefully that will get them off us." Echo sighs.

  The sub shakes and groans.

  "Hobby hopes it's soon." Hobby says.

  "Let's explore a little." Belchan says.

  "But this sub is huge." Echo states. "It took us ten minutes just to find and get to the hangar."

  "Well, we should try to find some medical supplies for Kalk."

  Kalk moans in pain as she holds her right arm. "Please, it hurts a lot."

  Suddenly the sub shakes and tilts to the side and everyone falls over, arms start to ring out and red lights fsh.

  Baxterbro

  "What was that?!" Echo yells and the sub corrects itself.

  "To the control room!" Hobby yells.

  Everyone gets up and starts running. Explosions go off all around the sub, shaking it.

  "They must've found us!" Kalk shouts as she stumbles a little.

  The sub shakes and a few explosions ring out within the sub.

  "This isn't good!" Belchan yells and everyone keeps running.

  A few panels from the wall fall off and small fires start as arms keep ringing out. A pipe falls from the ceiling and Echo screams as she dives out of the way.

  "You good, Echo?!" Belchan yells.

  "Yeah!" Echo gets up and keeps running.

  "Warning! Warning! Fire Detected!" An automated female voice rings out within the ship.

  Fmes burst out of the walk near Kalk and she backs up.

  "No crap!" Echo yells.

  The four girls keep running and they run around a corner and a rge fire blocks their way.

  "What do we do?" Kalk asks.

  Belchan looks around and she spots a fire extinguisher on the ground. She runs over to it and grabs at it, but the Sub shakes and starts tilting, causing the fire extinguisher to roll towards the fire. "NO!"

  "Hobby's got it!" Hobby lunches at the extinguisher and grabs it just in time. She stands up and uses it to put out the rge fire in their way.

  Hobby tosses the extinguisher to the side as the sub corrects itself.

  "Warning! Warning! Hull Breach Detected!" An automated female voice rings out over the arms. "Sealing bulk head doors in that section."

  "Come on, we need to move!" Echo yells and the four girls keep moving.

  The girls keep running, ducking under falling pips, dodging fires that break out. A panel shoots off the wall and hits Belchan in the face. She yells out in pain and falls to the ground.

  "Belchan!" The three others yell and run over to the girl.

  Belchan gets up as she holds a hand over her left eye.

  "You okay?" Kalk asks.

  "Yeah." Belchan lowers her hand and there is a little blood on her hand. There's a cut just above Belchan's left eye.

  "It's small, you should be okay." Echo states.

  "Good. Let's keep moving."

  All the girls keep running and they make it to the control room, with Alicorn still sleeping. The four girls spread out.

  Hobby runs over to a radar and a sonar. "They've found us, but the UAV's are keeping them busy!"

  Echo gets an idea. "Alicorn as VLSs right? We can use them!"

  "But at this depth that could damage them.!" Belchan states. "They're not meant to be used under water, especially this deep!"

  "How do you know this?" Hobby asks.

  "I read up on some submarine stuff st night."

  Echo starts typing at a computer. "We have no choice, it's either we unch the missiles or we could die! This sub doesn't have torpedoes this is our only weapon right now!"

  "I don't want to die!" Kalk fps her left arm.

  Belchan looks hesitant as she stares at the sleeping Sub-Girl"Sorry, Alicorn." She looks at Echo. "Launch them!"

  Echo smiles and she sms her hand on a button and she looks at a computer screen to see the unch bays opening on the sub and the missiles unch. A few warning pop up but Echo ignores them.

  "Missiles away!" Echo yells and the sub shakes and groans.

  "We can now only hope that the rescue fleet arrives soon." Hobby says as she sits down in a chair.

  The sub shakes as a couple explosions go off outside the sub, and a couple within.

  Half an hour ter.

  Baxterbro

  Enterprise is standing on the deck of her ship and she looks out to the ships next to her. A few destroyers sail alongside her as a couple sail behind her. A couple light and heavy Cruisers sail in front of the group, as a couple battleships ship on the outside. All of them ship-girls, no HO ships.

  "I've got something!" Clevend yells as she slows down and sails next to Enterprise. "I see smoke ahead."

  Enterprise looks forward and she sees a few smoke pilrs in the sky and a few explosions echo in the distance. "Everyone be ready!" She yells.

  "Yes Ma'am!" Everyone yells.

  "I hope those girls are alright." Clevend mutters to herself.

  Enterprise gnces at Clevend, then she looks forward and unches a few pnes. Enterprise then looks up at the clouds and spots something, she takes a step back and sweats a little. "The Arsenal Bird."

  The Arsenal Bird is barely visible through the clouds, but it isn't flying towards the fleet, it's flying away as its drones return to it.

  "What is it doing?" Enterprise questions.

  The Arsenal Bird leaves the battle and flies away from the area.

  "Enterprise, I see the Siren Fleet!" San Diego yells.

  Enterprise looks forward and sees the Large Siren fleet, but a few ships are sinking as fire rages on top of the water. UAV's fly around, firing down at the ships and Siren Jets.

  "Everyone, engage!" Enterprise orders.

  All ships in the fleet fire all cannons onto the Siren Fleet, with the Siren ships retaliating. Enterprise's pnes engage any Siren Jets.

  'Alicorn must still be nearby if her drones are around.' Enterprise says in thought. 'Just hang on kid, I'll end this.'

  Everyone moves in and swiftly takes out the Siren fleet.

  "No, my ship!" San Diego cries as part of her ship is on fire.

  "I don't see Alicorn." Clevend says.

  "Alicorn, we're here, you may surface now." Enterprise says into her radio.

  After a few seconds the water starts to bubble a ways from the fleet and the front of Alicorn's sub comes out of the water, and then sms down as the rest of the sub surfaces.

  "That was menacing." Texas mutters.

  Alicorn's sub stops on the surface as a few fires break out on the sub. A few rge pieces of armor are missing and many cracks and dents litter the sub. The hull groans and a rge crack forms in the back of the ship where the engine are.

  Alicorn then sails over to the fleet as her and the four other girls walk to the edge of the deck.

  "Wow, she survived all that bombardment and is still going." USS Minneapolis says in awe.

  Alicorn looks at all the ships in the rescue fleet as she holds a hand over her stomach. Hobby is holding up Kalk and Belchan has a bandage above her left eye.

  "Took you all long enough!" Alicorn grunts.

  Enterprise sighs and motions for a few ships. "Let's get her back to port!"

  "Yes, Ma'am." The ships she motioned to respond.

  The subs hull creaks and a couple more fires burst out. Alicorn then sways a little and falls back onto her deck.

  "Miss Alicorn!" The four kids ships yell.

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  Years Ago

  On a beach with the setting sun in the distance, we see Alicorn resting her head in Yorktown's p. Erik is nearby reading a book.

  "Mama?" Alicorn speaks up.

  "Yes dear?" Yorktown looks down to her daughter.

  "Why is the ocean a dangerous pce?"

  "Well, the Sirens make it so."

  Alicorn looks up to her mother. "But why?"

  "Because they want to hurt us and destroy humanity." Yorktown expins.

  "Well, that's not nice at all. Someone should teach them a lesson."

  "Well, once you are battle ready, you can teach them a lesson."

  "Really?" Alicorn's yellow eyes shine with excitement.

  Yorktown smiles. "Yep, and I'[ll help you do it!"

  "Awesome, I can't wait till then!"

  Then the mother and daughter look back out to the ocean.

  Alicorn starts to sing. "LaLaLa, ." Her voice slightly distorts as she continues to sing.

  Baxterbro

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  Alicorn opens her eyes and sees Yorktown looking down on her. "Oh, sweety, you're awake!" She hugs her daughter.

  "Huh?" Alicorn is confused. "Where am I?"

  Yorktown moves back. "You're back at base, it's been a couple hours since you arrived back here, unconscious."

  "How are the others?"

  "Hobby and Echo are fines. Belchan just needed a couple of stitches, and Kalk just had a few abrasions on her arm and side. Kalk also need some repairs."

  Alicorn sits up with a groan. "That's good."

  "As for you, your sub was in bad condition, had to be towed all the way back. It'll take a few days of nonstop repairing to get your sub back up and running."

  "Hmmm." Alicorn just hums. "Anything else."

  "Commander Sicilia will want your report, after her superiors stop yelling at her." Yorktown says. "They've been drilling into her for the past three hours."

  Alicorn sighs. "We need to stop that thing." She whispers.

  "What thing, sweety?"

  "...Nothing."

  Yorktown just hums and stands up, grabbing a cane as she does. "Vestal will be in to check on you in a few minutes. If you need anything after, you know just where to find me." She walks out of the room with the help of her cane.

  Alicorn just ys back in her bed and her Siren yellow eyes stare up to the ceiling. "The Sirens are targeting me now, even more reason to take down the Arsenal Bird." Alicorn closes her eyes.

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  (This was longer than I thought it was going to be.)

  04-05-2023

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