Aquaria: The Lost Fleet

XIV: The United Fleet

"Paul", Crue said, nudging him awake. Paul opened his eyes, and for a moment he forgot where he was at. "Paul, we have a visual on a ship. Spot on the coordinates you said."

Paul slowly got up, and Daniel now also started to sluggishly get up. The three men ascended the stairs to the deck of the recon boat and the dawn sun was visible on the horizon. Directly in front of the sun on the horizon was the silhouette of a ship.

"Is that the Black Death?", Jacob asked as Paul joined him at the helm, still yawning.

"No", Paul said. "With how far that ship is, and how big it looks from here, it must be massive. The Black Death carries a lot of firepower but that ship has to be twice its size, easily."

"It's the biggest damn ship I've seen in my life", Crue said.

"It's one of the only ones I've ever seen", Jacob said. "They all look the same to me."

As the recon boat got closer and the sun started to rise, the crew could begin to understand the sheer size of the ship. It was shaped much different than any other ship the men had ever seen. The ship's deck was fully flat all across the top of the ship. The ship wasn't moving, it was just idly anchored exactly where Paul expected the fleet to be.

"This is where the fleet should be", Paul said. "But why is there only one ship?"

"It's still one big god damn ship", Crue said.

"Yeah, but it's still one ship", Paul said. He looked at the flak cannons on the ship as they neared it. They were impressive cannons, but it wasn't anything more remarkable than the cannons on the Black Death. "How the hell is there only one ship where an entire fleet should be? It doesn't make any sense."

"Perhaps on board, there will be answers. In the captain's quarters", Jacob said.

"There's only one way to find out", Paul said. "Take us in, Jacob." As the recon boat docked directly next to the ship, the moss and algae growth on the ship became easily visible. The entire ship was covered in a green hue. Just barely visible under the green hue was the name inscribed on the side of the ship. Banshee.

After securing a grappling hook on the deck of the ship, Jacob, Paul, Crue, and Daniel made their way up to the deck of the ship. The rest of the militia men followed. The militiamen were not used to seeing ships, especially not one of this magnitude. Their nervousness was apparent.

As the crew got up to the deck of the ship, they noticed that there were faded white painted lines going across the deck, as if it was some type of large road. At the other end of the deck there were 7 large warehouses with arched roofs.

"This ship is giving off a bad energy", Jacob said. "It must have been abandoned for a reason, Paul." There was no doubt the ship was abandoned. It was totally quiet on deck and the engine was not on. The ship had been stuck in a storm which went on for an unnatural amount of time. There wasn't anyone else on this ship, which was confirmed after the crew did a quick search of the interior of the ship. It took Crue, Daniel, and some of the militia men over two hours to look over the entire ship. It was totally abandoned. A ghost ship.

"It's definitely not a cargo ship", Daniel said. "It's military, definitely part of the United Fleet. What is odd is there aren't any other ships to go with it. Maybe this is all that is left of the fleet?", Daniel suggested.

"The ship is massive, Paul", Crue said. "I took a look at the engines of this thing. They're in good condition and there's plenty of fuel in her. I also found a huge stash of C4 below deck. Daniel is right, it is definitely a military vessel. But I've still never seen a design like this.