Kantai Collection: A New Force For Good

Buckets And Grudges

A/N: Again, not a terribly long one. But it moves the story along in a way i'd like.

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"I find my sanity slipping away more and more with each passing day." Anya muttered to herself, taking one last glance at her desk before her before letting her eyes wander back up to the door of the shared office. With Sofia out among the city with the group of Ship girls going to procure a pet or two, that'd left her with what she has assumed would be a slow going couple of hours.

Oh how wrong she had been.

Letting her gaze wander back to the sight unfolding before her, she and Langley could only watched somewhat mortified, amused, and mystified all at once.

She held her head in her hands a moment before sighing, leaning against one of them before she finally spoke.

"So... you're gonna clean this up, right?" She eventually asked, watching the four before her. The four carriers present only slowly turned their heads towards the woman.

"I don't understand the question." Lexington replied, blinking at her Admiral. Anya sighed hard at that as she watched the youngest Essex present carefully position the bucket atop the door to the office, Hornet and Hornet helping her. Yorktown, humming, watched as her sister began to teeter the bucket too far in one direction.

"Careful there, Lex. We don't want this to be premature." Yorktown offered, standing back in some so she could watch them set it up. Lex offered a thumbs up at that as she carefully began to adjust the bucket's position.

"So... I'm going to play Devil's advocate and make the bold choice to assume that there's just water in the bucket." Anya assumed, watching the four. She silently hoped she was correct

"Sure is!" Hornet, CV-8 chirped.

"Can confirm." Hornet, CV-12 relayed.

Lex simply shot the woman a wide grin, her eyes practically sparkling with glee.

"Admiral... shouldn't you put a stop to this?" Langley asked, unable to tear her eyes away from the operation unfolding before her eyes. Anya nodded.

"I should... I really should..." Anya said. Despite her words though, the blonde made no move to actively put a stop to it. "But, If a bucket with water on top of the door was the best they could work out, I guess I overestimated them a bit." She said. Lex almost completely wheeled on the woman. Would've, had she at the last minute, realized that she was the only thing keeping she herself and the two Hornet's to her side from suddenly being drenched.

"But it perfect!" Hornet called out In support of Lexington. "Because you know, King made her all wet! So this is payback!"

Anya suddenly coughed.

Only Langley caught the hastily covered laugh.

After a moment, she calmed herself.

"King making Lexi wet aside.." Anya held a moment, being sure to keep her composure. "I'm really sure that there's gotta be a better way to get back at him than this." She offered.

"Nope." Lexington Answered.

"Nadda." Hornet Agreed.

"No can do." Hornet affirmed.

"Of course not." Anya echoed. Taking a moment, she glanced at Langley. "Well, how well do you think this is gonna go?" She asked, looking to her secretary ship.

"It's gonna go." Langley confirmed. Anya's Head simply hung in defeat at that. At that however, some of the resident fairies of Anya began to emerge onto her desk, a miniature Lexington, Hornet, Hornet, And Yorktown standing at the edge, cheering on their bigger selves with stubby arms raised in support. Anya scowled at the smaller beings from behind, but did not make a move to stop them. And soon enough, they garnered more support, a fairy from every American carrier on base that she had to give made way for the edge as well, all raising stubby limbs in the general direction of the four.