Missouri's journey through the Multi-verse

Chapter 43: Repairs....in a minefield

General POV

The fleet slowly steamed away shadowing Musashi, Destiny was acting flagship while Missouri was repaired. Speaking of Missouri he was still afloat but he was currently tied up with Unicorn and needed heavy repairs he had shock damage, a few secondaries were gone, and needed a new Turret C. But of course even this had issues.

Unicorn: I'm sorry Onii-Chan, I don't have enough supplies to fully repair you.

Missouri: *sigh* It's okay Unicorn, do what you can for now and we'll leave the rest for the next time we encounter Akashi and Mamiya.

Unicorn: Ok Onii-Chan.

With that repairs on Missouri's hull started. But the repairs that Unicorn could do were limited to fixing minor damage like replacing burnt wooden planks around the husk that was turret C, and patching up some small holes just above the water-line.

Timeskip 2 hours

It was now 7:00 pm, the ships were mostly winding down and eating dinner. When Missouri jumped on Enty's flight deck his fleet congratulated him on getting out of the fight with Musashi alive and saving the instructor ships. But as they were eating Mashiro radioed in from Harekaze.

Mashiro: I don't mean to be a bother, but we've lost our navigation systems and are lost. Can you...

Missouri: Sure hang on.

Missouri then jumped back to his ship and got to one of the panels on his bridge and activated his radar......only for nothing to show up.

Missouri: What the.....

The panel then short-circuited and started a small electrical fire in the bridge which Missouri quickly put out. All the while he was murmuring swear words like one of the burglars in Home Alone. Missouri then ran outside to see that his radar tower had lost it's top half, meaning he couldn't use radar at all.

Mashiro: Everything alright Missouri?

Missouri: A stray bullet from Musashi cut my radar tower in half. Fucking bastards.

DL: LANGUAGE!!!!

Missouri: *groaning* Enterprise ready up a squadron of SBD's send 'em out in a search pattern.

Enterprise: Can't you send out your fighter?

Missouri: It is out of commission for now, the shock damage from Turret C exploding basically grounded it.

Enterprise: *sigh* Alright, I'll send out a squadron of SBD's.

Timeskip 2 hours

A now very tired Missouri decides to clear his head by leaning against his ship's railing and looking up at the heavens. The night sky was clear giving Missouri a great view of the heavens above. He has always had this secret fascination with the sky, it just always seemed to calm him down. As he stood there, he remembered Earth, his Earth where ships like Enty ruled the waves, where planes like his fighter ruled the skies, and where so much happened, the good, the bad, and the ugly.

Missouri: *sigh* Why couldn't I have been built sooner?

???: Missouri?

Missouri turned around to see Tirpitz on his ship behind him.

Missouri: Oh, hi Tirpitz, what're you doing here?

Tirpitz walked up and leaned on the railing next to Missouri.