The Kaga Saga

Part 4: Land of Paper Ships

Kaga decided to head for the North Pole. "Yeah, I would have picked that too." Enterprise said. "The other one is at Antarctica and I'll say that the two options are quite polarizing." Before the group could go to their destination, they stopped by at a nearby Takao Bell because they were low on fuel.

"Welcome to Takao Bell. May I take your order?" The cashier ship said.

"Yes, I'll have... wait. Takao? What the fuck are you doing all the way here?" Kaga was surprised.

"Oh hi Kaga. Nice to see you again. Like I said before, I have a lot of franchises to run and not enough managers so I have to be here as well."

"Uh... OK? Anyways, I need 10 thousand litres of fuel and 6 tonnes of standard aviation fuel. The sub gets a full tank of regular fuel."

"And I'll have 500 barrels of Pensa-Cola." Enterprise blurted out.

"Is she a friend of yours? I didn't know you had somebody with you on your trip." Takao asked. "What? No. We are just business partners who will go our separate ways after we find the treasure." Kaga denied. "Really? I thought we were getting close." Enterprise was disappointed. Takao was all confused but she took Kaga's word and went to the back of the establishment to retrieve the fuel. She returned with barrels of fuel and Pensa-Cola as well as a refueler for I-168. After presenting the items to them and receiving a payment of 200 doubloons, Takao asked where the two carriers were going. "So where are you guys headed?"

"We're going to the North Pole. It's gonna be hard to navigate but do you know any guides who can get us through?" Kaga asked.

"I do know of one. Her name is Haida and she is stationed at Halifax. She's been up there plenty of times and is willing to guide you for a small price." Takao replied.

"Sounds like a grand idea. We'll consider hiring her as our guide." Enterprise thanked. The small group left the Takao Bell and went to Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. As they went up the harbour, they found Haida who was doing some target practice. They observed her firing with precision on various targets whether they were on the surface, underwater or in the air and she did all this while moving around in a figure 8 pattern. The carriers were amazed she could take out 4 targets at once at multiple angles. Once she was done, Kaga and Enterprise went up to her.

"Oh hello travellers, what brings you two to the Great White North?" Haida welcomed.

"Is your name Haida?" Kaga asked.

"The one and only. What can I do for ya eh?"

"We heard you offer a guidance service to the North Pole. Are you willing to help us?"

"Sure but I'm sorry to say that it will come with a fee."

"How much do you want?" Enterprise asked.

"It's not much. Only 20 000 credits per ship (subs not included)."

40 000 credits were spent and Haida accepted them for a tour to the North Pole. She got all her materials ready and went out with the two carriers and submarine. "I'm sorry to tell you this but we're going to make a quick stop to Hans Island. I don't want to see those filthy Danes place their dirty flag on our island." Haida apologized. "It's fine. If it's along the way, you can take your time." Kaga assured. The group arrived at Hans Island and to Haida's dismay, the island was once again under Danish control.

"Those Chernobyl motherfuckers. The damn Danes are at it again." Haida was dismayed. On the top of the island flew the Danish flag waving proudly with a bottle of scnapps at its base. The Canadian destroyer readied a shell and fired it at the flagpole. The flag was knocked off and the bottle was smashed. She then instructed Kaga to use one of her planes to drop a Canadian flag and a bottle of Canadian Club at the top of the island. Kaga used Sakura 0 to do the task and, once they were done, the group continued to move on north. As they trekked further north, it became a lot colder. Kaga and Enterprise were shivering but Haida didn't feel the same way. She was used to going to the North Pole anyways. As the terrain got more and more unfamiliar and icy, Haida warned them to avoid any ice or else they'll suffer the fate of Titanic. After a few hours of avoiding icebergs, they ended up in a clearing. And in that clearing, they saw ships, ships that Kaga has never seen. Where are they? A Russian looking cruiser went up to greet them.