“Dreadnaught ahead!” Captain Schneider heard the call.
“Give me full speed towards it.” The captain shouted his order. He then ran along the deck towards the staircase that will take it down to the lower decks. There used to be a door there but it must have been ripped off to cover some exposed section. His carpenter crews are one of the best, and they could rig or mend up any sinking hull to make it afloat. He went from there to the partition off compartment of his deck. He pushed open the doorway and walked in. There was an inner compartment there where he donned on the overall, with the netting head gear. There was another doorway which he was to enter, and met his personal aides there bagging the inhabitants of his care. The aides were dressed like him with the netting head piece. They were moving out the stacked up metal cases on the roller trolley.
“Are they ready?” Captain Schneider asked.
“More than ever, Captain.” The aide replied. “They are agitated.”
“Well then move them out and packed them for the firing.” Captain Amos gave the command which his aides moved the crates from that compartment. In the crates, were metal casing with the latch attached. The metal casings were the size of a large ball; twice the size of a man’ hand. The aides unlatched the lock but kept it closed before they loaded metal casing into howitzer.
“Fire at will!” Captain Schneider shouted out. The gunners fired the howitzers and then loaded in the next metal casings. Those were his secret weapon; agitate hornets collected from his farm where he reared them for honey. He had just lobbed over his secret weapon towards the dreadnaught deck. The metal case with the locks removed will split open on impact thus releasing his agitated companions.
“I’ll be darned if those bastards did not get stung.” Captain Schneider braced himself on the helm when his ship took another hit. “Bleed my ship, and you will pay with blood.”
Captain Schneider looked through his spy glass and saw the metal casing reached the deck of the dreadnaught. The hornets had been kept in captivity for hours flew out and took their sting on the sailors there. The sailors did not stand a chance against those hornets which buzzed by them and created havoc. Some of the sailors jumped overboard to avoid being stung. Others tried to out run the hornets but some smarter ones actually used the open flames to deter the hornets. During the hornet’ invasion then, the dreadnaught cannons went silent.
“Fire on the dreadnaught riggings!” Captain Schneider gave the command while his ship cannons roared with vengeance. The dreadnaught had seen enough for the battle and decided to retreat.
“Captain, they have taken a beating. They are retreating. So must ourselves if we are to survive another attack.” First Mate Marie Daniela spoke up. Captain Schneider looked to his own deck and saw the extensive damages. He nodded to the crews to sail from the battle field. He then got the Third Mate to signal the Attila that they had done their part.
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