Tidal Forces Pt 2

"Sir! I've got three frigates coming our way!"

"Identify!"

"British Frigates Devonshire and Churchill and French Frigate Alsace."

"Ready the Sun Mirror!" says Spiro

"Aye sir."

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Tex, Rommel and Bengal are hiding in an alley between two buildings and spot the Sun Mirror.

"I'll take that thing out." says Bengal "Get Rommel to a computer and mess this place up."

"You got it." says Tex

Bengal makes his way toward the Sun Mirror. He spots a hatch and goes down into a maintenance shaft. Using a handheld scanner he makes his way to the Sun Mirror. He stops in his tracks as his ears prick up. Cerberus jumps him from a hiding place and they go down, kicking and punching. Bengal kicks him off, takes out a laser pistol and shoots Cerberus in the chest; he's knocked over and Bengal makes a run for it. Cerberus looks down at his rapidly healing chest and smiles.

"Is that the best you can do smilodon? I'm a werewolf, remember?"

"Well, it was worth a shot." comes Bengal's voice.

Cerberus goes to the voice and rounds a corner, seeing Bengal running away towards the Sun Mirror control room. He persues on all fours.

*****

In the control room, Spiro and Diego watch the Sun Mirror slice a jagged line along the Devonshire's water line. The Alsace's main gun and radar nest are blown away. The Churchill stays behind to pick up the Devonshire's crew.

"What a shame." says Spiro "That's the second time the Devonshire' been sunk."

Spiro and Diego laugh out loud.

"Nothing will stand in our way now!"

"Uh, you sure about that sir?" says tech

The two look at him and turns his monitor on. The U.S.S. Retriever has finally arrived! Planes launch from it's decks.

"Blast! Launch the Shark Jets! And sound general quarters!"

From a hidden runway in the side of the city, shark shaped jet fighters launch and go after the Retriever's jets.

*****

"This is Mutt Leader to all planes, attack at will!" says Maverick

On the bridge of the Retriever.

"Protection in place?" says Bowser

"Ready sir." says Patton.

The Sun Mirror fires, and the beam is deflected away from the ship. The Retriever has been given Space Rover shielding!

"Whoo-hoo!" shouts Seamus "I feel like a Space Rover already!"

"Hotshot, fire all tubes!" says Emerald

Six missiles shoot out of the carriers missile room and head for Nazcapolis. The Sun Mirror is too slow to track and all six slam into the city.

"Mutt Leader to Doghouse, enemy jets have been taken care of. We are out of anmmo, we are falling back."

"Roger, Mutt Leader." says Winston

"Deploy the laser cannon!" says Bowser

At the very bow of the ship, underneath the flight deck, a cannon appears and aims at the city.

"Fire!" shouts Patton

*****

Deep in the bowels of Nazcapolis, Bengal has reached a door that reads "Warning, Sun Mirror maintenance room, extreme electrical danger." Bengal turns and spots Cerberus jump at him and tackle him. Bengal kicks him away and shoots him again with his laser pistol.

"How quickly they forget." sneers Cerberus

"You could give Outlaw a run for his money."

"Yes. Outlaw. I've always wanted to meet him."

Cerberus kicks the pistol away and Bengal charges him but Cerberus does a back flip and catches Bengal in the chin. He goes down hard, groaning.

"Freeze!"

They both turn to see Samantha armed with a hand gun aiming it at Cerberus.

"Get out of here Samantha!" shouts Bengal

"Ooh, its been a while since I ate human flesh." growls Cerberus.

Samantha fires, emptying her cartridge. The bullets merely stagger Cerberus and he snarls at her in animal rage. Bengal, unnoticed, takes out a silver dagger from his boot. He gets back up and charges Cerberus again; he lifts his talons up to slice him but at the last minute Bengal ducks and plunges the dagger into Cerberus' chest. He roars in agony then looks down at the dagger and stands there in shock. Bengal jumps up, grabs a support beam and kicks Cerberus in the jaw sending him through the Sun Mirror maintenance door. The electricity flowing inside sends sparks everywhere. Bengal runs toward Samantha.

"Its gonna blow!"

They both run away from the room and an explosion blows outward, down the corridor after the two of them. Bengal spots an open door, shoves it open and he and Samantha dive inside.

Outside the controls to the Sun Mirror spark like crazy and the operator makes a jump for it. The Sun Mirror explodes and the tower its on crumbles. In the city's main control room, Spiro and Diego watch in horror.

"NO!" shouts Spiro

More explosion rip through the city.

"Now what?!"

"Our engines are being targeted!" says a tech "We're losing speed!"

An underwater camera shows the mini-sub torpedoeing the engines. All the monitors in the room go crazy and a computer generated image of Rommel appears.

"Naughty, naughty. Trying to take over the world. You've been a bad boy Mr. Mykonos. I shall have to spank you."

"Everything's going dead!"

Spiro, defeated, goes to a console and punches a button on it.

"City self destruct activated. Two minutes to activation."

The techs look at each other in horror and make a beeline for the door. Ocean Blue soldiers jump into the ocean to get away from the city's destruction. Out of one hangar a jet takes off. In the plane, Tex, Rommel, Bengal, Tailspin and Samantha watch as explosions rip through the floating city of Nazcapolis, and then slowly sink into the oceans depths.

With the arrival of the carriers Nimitz and Ranger plus their battle groups, they take the followers of Ocean Blue out of the ocean and place them under arrest. Spiro Mykonos is never seen again, and the threat of Ocean Blue dies with its leader.

One month later, off the coast of Florida, the Retriever is docked and the crew watch as the next generation of space shuttles, the Phoenix, sits at the launch site. The crew has been joined by Samantha who sits with Bengal.

"How did you escape your guards?" says Bengal

"I'm with Interpol remember, Judo lessons tend to come in handy. Where'd you get that silver dagger you used on Cerberus?"

"I took it with me when I escaped Parvo's base. I thought it might come in handy some day. So what's next for you?"

"New assignment from my supierors. But I can't talk about it. How about I write you whenever I can?

"I'd like that."

The Phoenix blasts off into space and the crew cheers and claps at the site. With one lesss terrorists group in the world the future is looking bright.

The End