A New Fight

A Room and A Chat

Chapter 8 

“While Belfast Fix’s your room, how would you like to join us for dinner, king George V is cooking tonight so it will be special” the queen says, ''I am very hungry, but Nimi, she's my priority.

“My queen , will my toy be allowed to join us because I do not want to leave her unattended? '' I said. This makes Nimi shuffles nervously, she obviously doesn't like being referred to as a toy.

“why of course, as long as she promises to behave” the queen says in a mocking tone, Nimi needs frantically probably out of fear. “Good toy” the queen says sarcastically, you hear a chuckle.

The queen walks through a pair of double doors into a grand mess hall, but this is what I would expect from the place where a queen eats. The queen goes and sits at the head of the table. There were quite a lot of people already sitting down.

Then I realise that there is only one chair left in between hood and warspirit, I have learnt a lot of the high ranking ships names, but there is nowhere for Nimi to sit, I look at her and she looks back at me with a face that looks worried.

“my queen, this will not work, I will not have my toy sit on the floor, can I atleast get a pillow for her to sit on?'' I say, Nimi looks at me and mouths don’t worry. But then the queen claps her hand and one of the maids runs over with a pillow and puts it down for Nimi, without anymore time wasting I take the seat and tie Nimi lead to the chair, only for show, Nimi starts shaking then I realised that she is only in underwear so I took of my coat and put it on her, she smiles and rub her head against my leg as a thank you. 

“everyone, as you have probably guessed, we have a new ship joining us, I would like to introduce are newest addition Athena” the queen says “Athena we know your a destroyer, but what class are you exactly”

“well my queen, from what I can tell I’m a modified version of the battle class destroyer, I have there turrets instead of two I will happily answer any questions you have” as I say that hood starts to clear her throat

“I was reading the reports about what happened in that convoy and it said you rammed Z-23, is that true” she says in a posh tone

“Yes it is and that no secret” I hear a lot of whispers and gasps

“how did you survive that, you should be sunk" says the queen

“ well in that case I guess im very lucky” I answer

“is it true that you did not get hit once and just doged every shell torpedo and bomb” says warsprit

“yes, it is”

“So that 's why some of the merchant men called you a demon of the seas” the air just gets very heavy and I lose all strength, I hit my head on the table. Then I  hear my name, then you see Nimi's face. It looks sad, but why is she my prisoner? Then black out.