The Predator of the Depths

First Sortie

Alicorn is elegantly dancing around her room. Her eyes are closed as she sways with the music. Alicorn spins around and stops in front of her radio.

Alicorn turns her radio off and heads to her door. Before she exits she adjusts her clothes and smooths them out. She opens her door and exits her room. Alicorn ignores and comments from ship-girls as she passes them.

Alicorn enters the lunch room and some ships back away from as she moves to the lunch line. After a few minutes she gets her food and sits down by herself. Alicorn starts to eat.

"Alicorn!" A group of young voices yell.

Alicorn looks to the side and sees Team Destroyers as they run towards her. They reach Alicorn and sits around her at the table.

"Yes?" Alicorn asks.

"Hobby and friends learned about important naval battles from the Great War." Hobby says.

Kalk flaps her arms. "They were so cool!"

"I'm going to go down in history as the best destroyer!" Echo says as she eats a piece of candy.

"Do you have any interesting battle stories, Miss Alicorn." Belchan asks.

Alicorn freezes up. <<A powerful boat, a powerful gun, powerful ammunition! Add to that lots of people and a precise aim! Then sprinkle death over all of it, and the formula is complete!>> <<Don't you see, Enterprise? Ten million lives will be saved, at the cost of a mere million lives!>> <<Target is the Eagle Union capital of D.C.! To take the lives of one million people, 5,000 kilometers away with my very own hands!>>

"Miss Alicorn?"Belchan calls out.

Alicorn shakes her head and snaps back to reality. "Sorry, it's just... I'll tell you all when you are old."

"Awww." The group becomes disappointed.

'I don't want the only people that like me here, to hate me.' Alicorn looks away from their disappointed faces.

"Hobby wanted to learn why you showed up at base all damaged." Hobby says.

"I bet you battle a really powerful siren and kicked it's butt!" Echo says with stars in her eyes.

"You saved the day, I bet!" Kalk smiles.

"You did what Enterprise, Hood and some HO ships couldn't do!" Belcahn says.

Alicorn grips her dress under the table and grits her teeth. "Yeah, sure, that's what happened." She doesn't have the courage to tell the kids the truth. That she tried to kill many people and ruin these kids futures. 'I'm a monster! Nothing but a disgusting siren byproduct. Maybe everyone's right, I should have sank that day.'

"Miss Alicorn." A couple soldiers march up to her.

Alicorn looks to them. "Yes?"

"We have orders to bring you to Commander Sicilia."

Alicorn sighs and she stands up. "I'm sorry to cut this sort children, but I must go."

"Awww." The kids say in disappointment again.

Alicorn grabs her tray and dumps the food. Then she follows the soldiers out of the room and across the base.

Alicorn and the two soldiers stop in front of a door. The two soldiers stand on either side of the door as Alicorn enters.