Azur Lane: Story of the Blind Battleship Rewritten

Chapter 16: Aftermath

Arkansas fell back onto his ship which reformed. Multiple fires, scratches, burns, and other damage was dotted across his ship. Arkansas dragged himself slowly and rested against his ship's superstructure, Arkansas slightly tilted his head up and coughed up some blood. Arkansas focuses his radar and finds his leg cleanly shot through with very little holding it on.

"This light guides... my leg is stopping me. The light beckons me. Nothing will get in my way. Not even me." Arkansas said as he unsheathed his knife. "When a wolf gets his leg stuck... he'll chew it off." Arkansas swings the knife quickly and the scene then changes back to the main Azur Lane fleet. 

Multiple Siren reinforcements arrive through portals led by the elite Siren Purifier. Enterprise keeps firing arrows at the smaller ships and notices Purifier looking around for something. Enterprise presses the radio button and says "All forces, Purifier is in play. Watch out." A short static plays and Cleveland then replies back "Roger."

"Where is that idiot, I want revenge." Purifier said as she was looking over the battlefield, she eventually spotted smoke on the horizon and flew off. "Purifier is leaving the battle, Enterprise." Hornet said as she was launching B-25s with her rigging. Enterprise nods slightly and continues fighting.

A knife is dropped and hits a wooden deck. Arkansas is listening to the battle and hears someone land on his ship. Tilting his head over, he hears "Oh boy, you've had better days." Arkansas only continues staring and says "If you've come to gloat, just do so already Purifier." The mentioned Siren just crosses her arms and dispels her rigging, she walks up and grabs the knife coated in blood and twirls it around.

"I don't need my rigging to have fun with you in your condition." Purifier said with a wicked grin. Arkansas only smiles and says "The light beckons me, and no one will get in my way." Purifier breaks out and laughter and shouts "YOU'RE ALREADY DEAD, WHAT CAN YOU DO FROM THERE?"

Arkansas only smiles and says "Keep you distracted long enough." Purifier questions this and turns around. She was met with one of the 127mm gun barrels pointing directly at her head. "Eat lead motherf..." Arkansas said, despite a loud bang from the gun firing and taking Purifier's head clean off, sent to wherever.

"Arkansas crawls over to Purifier's body and takes the knife and stabs into her. "In case you were unaware you Siren bitch, I still can control this ship. Your shouting was a perfect cover for the 127mm gun rotating towards you. May you be as easily distracted as you are in your next life." 

Arkansas continued stabbing the headless corpse of Purifier and then cut open the chest. He reached in and grabbed the elite Siren's data cube. "You can just keep coming back with your main frame, but this data cube powers this clone." Arkansas then pulls out the entire cube and feels it. The dark glow of the cube hums in response as Arkansas rests against the superstructure and continues looking at it. He then brings it close to his chest and starts absorbing the cube. Arkansas grits his teeth but it finally finishes.

"Well, sharks need dinner, don't they?" Arkansas said as he dragged himself and pushed Purifier's corpse overboard and into the water. "See you in hell, weirdo." 

Arkansas rested against the superstructure again and listened to the fighting eventually starting to cease due to Purifier's death. Arkansas stretched his arm out again and said "The light.... beckons...." His hand then falls down and Arkansas' head falls down as well.