The lost battleship of the southern trench

Chapter 35

Time skip 1 day, location Naval Station Pearl Harbor

Now both Sunken and A few ship girls could be seen on Missouri, which was currently engulfed in Sunken's aura. Missouri herself was also there, but only Sunken could see her, and she now appeared slightly clearer than before..

The Missouri was currently sailing just outside the harbor, as Sunken was training on how to control Missouri. One thing she noticed immediately was that the radars on Missouri expanded Sunken's zone of notice much more than normal. The second was that she could cause the Missouri to go much faster than normal, at what looked to be 40 knots.

Sunken could be seen on the top of the conning tower, just below her was Missouri herself who seemed to be looking at the ship girls. The ship girls were looking curiously at the sight of seeing Missouri actually moving, and moving at a much faster speed than normal.

Though now as Missouri was in a turn to port, to turn back to the harbor, Witchita shouted up to Sunken "Hey, can you see if the main guns work!"

Sunken thought for a moment before slowing the Missouri down, and stopping the turn. She then jumped off the conning tower and stood beside Missouri. "I suggest getting to a safe a place!" Sunken yelled out over to the ship girls. The two front turrets seemed to falter for a moment before they turned to starboard at a speed that seemed quite terrifying for a ship that old. The guns raised upwards a few degrees, and Sunken waited for a moment before before the guns roared to life. But instead of the normal blast a gun would make, it made a massive ball of red flames, and the shell was shrouded in a red ball of flames that trailed across the sky. When the shells landed, massive splashes were sent up into the air, and jets of red flames rose up into the air inside the towers of waters.

The ship girls stared in awe at what happened, and they seemed confident that they could beat the Abyssals. But now Sunken seemed to freeze for a moment, before looking off southward. Now the remaining gun turrets of Missouri turned southward and rose to the maximum they could. She summoned her riggings now, and launched her fighters.

Wichita and a few other ship girls noticed this and Witchita shouted "what's wrong, Sunken?"

Now Sunken jumped from where she was to the deck and walked to the ship girls "Something spotted on radar. It's... ugh, it says 30 miles, what's that in kilometers?"

"That's about..." now Witchita paused as she seemed to do math in her head "that's like 50 kilometers"

"There's tiny spots 50 kilometers south of us, and they're getting closer. They're most likely the first invasion fleet"

"But didn't they give us a week to decide?" Cleveland asked "we still have two days to give our reply"

"And my sister's fleet is about a day away from here. They're obviously terrified of that fleet getting here"

"So they're starting the invasion early?" Witchita asked.

Sunken shook her head "I don't know, they might've, but either way get ready for combat. I'll have my scouts see if there are any other fleets coming here"

"Alright" Wichita responded, as she now turned to the others "everyone onto the water, prepare for battle!" Now without hesitation, she jumped over the railing and summoned her riggings before landing on the water. She was soon followed by the other ship girls.

Now as the ship girls started forming around the Missouri, Wichita got in contact with the base and warned them what was happening. So the rest of the ship girls and their monster Abyssals were mobilizing. As this was happening Sunken sent out a few scouts to check out the blip.