Azur Lane: Anchors Aweigh

CHAPTER 46: Guns and Swords

USNS William McLean

June 14, 1942

2:00 PM

Shinano slowly opens her eyes as she regains her consciousness, the place she waked-up to is similar yet different. The whole place is all white from walls and ceiling, the floor is made up of tiles. She then gets up, she quickly grabs her right shoulder as it aches, as she quickly gets-up.

Her injured right shoulder as it patched-up and she's not wearing her Kimono but a patient clothing or hospital gown. The other beds are filled with injured girls, most of them are Destroyer. They chatted about her, as they glanced at her.

"Oh, your finally awake." An unknown voice spoke. she then quickly looks for the voice direction. She saw another person wearing the same clothing as her, she's next to her only one bed separates them.

"Don't do anything stupid, or the Doctor (Vestal) will beat you." She said.

Shinano slowly nods. "The way you talk.... You must be an Eagle Union kansen?"

"That's Right, partner. I'm Texas of the Eagle Union." Texas said with southern accent.

"Shinano, that's my name.... Where are we then?" Shinano asks, as she tries to remembers what happened, when she passed out.

"oh... Don't worry. We're been taken care-of at the infirmary of one of the Modern Kansen's Ship, his name is William." Texas said to reassure Shinano's concerns about her whereabouts.

Shinano murmured. "William?" she then asked. "Is he the Doctor? I've heard his name from Musashi Nee-san."

"Yes and No. He is capable as a Doctor, but he really hates being called one." Texas said.

"Why?" Shinano asked curious.

Texas just shrugs-it off. "I don't know."

"How did I get in here...? The last time I remember I'm fighting someone that looks like an Eagle Union Carrier..."

"Oh, you mean, Essex? she's the one who brings you here. She's so worried about you dying that she almost yells and plead to William to do his best to not let you die." Texas said.

"So, she's the one who bring me here.... Where is she then?"

"She's back at the battlefield." Texas casually said.

The doors then open as William enters the room holding clipboard with a cigar in his mouth. He stops in front of Texas bed and said. "Your injuries are minimal. So, your free to leave the infirmary."

Texas cheered as she hops off the bed. "Yeehaww! Finally, I can get the hell out of this place, I really hate being regulated by someone else."

Texas tried to smoke inside the infirmary, but every time she tries the Nurse Manjuu confiscate it, and point at the 'No Smoking' sign. She then tries to smoke outside, but injured patients are not allowed to leave the infirmary yet.

And then there's William just entered the Ship's Infirmary cigar on his mouth. Ma dude will smoke in any he wants, except if vestal was there.

"Your Ship is currently docked outside beside my Ship. Vestal still not fixed all of the Range Finders and your Ballistic Calculators for the Guns."

"Yeah, Yeah... I just have to do it in good old iron-sight targeting." She said, as she starts to take-off her Hospital gown in front of everyone.

The Girls or Destroyers closed or cover their eyes as they saw Texas just casually change clothes to her Wild West clothing, without giving any care.