The Predator of the Depths

Happy Birthday To You

September 26, 1941

Alicorn is leaning over her desk and coughing hard into her hand. She nearly falls over, but catches herself on the desk and takes a few heavy breaths.

"What's happening to me?" Alicorn questions as sweat falls from her head.

Alicorn pulls a chair out and sits down and starts taking deep breaths as sweet falls from her head.

"I feel so weak. I need to get to Vestal." Alicorn grabs a handkerchief from a drawer on her desk and she wipes the sweat off her head.

Suddenly a knock is heard on her door. She groans and stands up and smooths out her dress and fixes her hair. Alicorn walks over to the door and lets out one more cough, before opening it.

"Hey Alicorn!" Team Destoyers greet.

Alicorn clears her throat. "Hello girls." She says in her regular monotone voice.

"Come with us, there's a meeting going on in the Cafeteria." Belchan informs.

"Really?" Alicorn raises an eyebrow.

Echo nods. "Yup."

"What's it about?"

Kalk flaps her arms and smiles. "We have no idea!"

"They just told us to come fetch you~" Hobby informs.

Alicorn hums and she straightens her tiara. "Fine, let's go."

"Right!" The four kid ships smile and lead Alicorn down a hallway.

As they travel Alicorn lets out a few coughs, a few turn raspy and hard.

"You okay, Miss Alicorn?" Belchan asks in worry.

Alicorn waves her hand as she clears her throat. "Yeah, I think I'm just getting sick."

"You should go see Vestal." Echo says.

"I'm gonna after this meeting."

They continue walking and Alicorn rubs her head as a small headache forms. Alicorn huffs to herself. 'This is just getting annoying.'

The five ship girls reach the cafeteria and it's all dark. "Why is it dark?" Alicorn questions.

Suddenly all the lights turn on and Alicorn sees most of the base personnel and ship girls present. Yorktown is at the front of the group with a cake has a 13 on it.

"HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!" Everyone shouts.

Team Destroys smile at Alicorn. "Happy birthday Alicorn!"

"It's my... Birthday?" Alicorn's eye start to glow and a pain shoots through her head and she grabs it.

"It's been a while since we've celebrated, so I thought you'd like to have a party." Yorktown smiles.

"You've done well, my little successor. Oh, you'll be perfect for our plans."

"Yeah, we manage to convince almost everyone to come!" Belchan cheers. Alicorn's eyes flash a few times and she starts to take heavy breaths.

"Oh it was worth the 7 year wait."

"Yeah, you've done so much for us!" Kalk jumps up and down. "So we thought we'd do something nice for you!"

"YES! A bigger war, it'll be so elegant! But first, I shall bring Salvation!"

"Yeah, you worked real hard for this!" Hornet smiles.

<<She walked all over it with her dirty boots! Over the crisp, white sheets of my bed that I had just made!>>"The sirens will take out a thorn in my side while also taking out the three legendary aircraft sisters. Salvation is in hand!"<<The death of a million is necessary!>>