After the ship finally gets out from the storm clouds, captain Ichiro can take a relieved breath.
"All unit, do check and damage report immediately. Report to your respective superior after that"
That's the first order he gives to his crew by the broadcast audio. He wants to know if his ship and crew is alright after going through this bizarre storm just now.
"Stop the engine and check our equipment. Do immediate repair if something is still malfunction"
That's the second order for his staff on the bridge.
"Aye aye Sir"
After several minutes, reports coming to him.
"Captain, from the engine room, the engine is working fine. No abnormalities found"
"Air Radar, surface radar and sonar all working properly, captain"
"Except for Satcom, all communication lines are open again, Sir"
"Weapon check all green, Sir"
"No crews missing during the storm, Sir!"
Captain Ichiro is listening to all the report calmly. After he hears all the report, he gave another command,
"Gentlemen, we're just experiencing something uncommon within the storm. Maybe you don't realize it yet but when we go on patrol it's almost noon, but now I can see the sun still on the east horizon. Right now we must know where we are right now. Chief navigation, can you locate where we are right now?"
Spontaneously, all the staff and crew on the bridge look at the east direction. And like what captain Ichiro said, the sun still can be seen on the eastern horizon, indicating the day is still in the morning time. Navigation chief, lieutenant Saburo, immediately check their position on the navigation panel
"Sir, although we don't have GPS data from satellite, from the computerized navigation system it shows that we are currently at coordinates: 25.1105°N 179.9645°W"
"Where the hell is that?"
Captain Ichiro looks at the map on the bridge. His brows frowned when he sees the position shown by the coordinated mentioned by Lieutenant Saburo.
"No way! It can't be!"
The crew and staff on the bridge look at the position pointed by captain Ichiro's finger on the map. They also shocked after see their current position right now
"Sir, how come we arrive near Midways islands? It's thousand miles away from our last position?"
"Lieutenant Saburo, are you sure we at this coordinates?"
"The equipment shows like that Sir unless it malfunctions or damaged"
Captain Ichiro scratched his head, this is something he can't explain to his staff and crews.
"Lieutenant Masayuki, can you contact the Headquarters?"
Lieutenant Masayuki carries the captain order and tries to open communication with JMSDF headquarters. After trying for a while, finally,
"Negative Sir, there's no response from headquarters frequency"
"Alright, start the engine, medium speed, we return to Japan immediately. Set the direction to west"
"Aye aye Sir"
The crews and staff feel relieved with that order. At least it's the most appropriate decision made by their captain to return to their base immediately. DDH-144 Kurama starts moving toward west direction heading to Japan. There's no one speaking during the journey back to Japan, everyone is so tense with the fact that they already in faraway location from their previous patrol area. Only vice-captain, Lt. Colonel Yusuke Ogata, have the courage to ask about this strange phenomenon to captain Ichiro
"Sir, do you have any opinion about what happens to our ship?"
"I don't know Yusuke, it's all go beyond the logic. Unless you believe something like teleportation or wormhole, that can explain why we all suddenly in here"
"You know I'm a rational man, captain. But for this time only, I think if you said we're teleported here I will believe that. Do you believe it related to that storm, captain?"
"Most likely. But I don't want to assume over something uncertain. Let's report this once we arrive at the base"
"Yes, sir. I just hope we can return safely to our base"
Their conversation interrupted by a report from radar staff
"Captain, there's signal from radar. Aircraft take off from Midway islands"
"Huh? Maybe chartered aircraft carrying tourists from Midway island? What kind of aircraft is that?"
"It's PBY Catalina aircraft, Sir, and its flight direction is on our direction too"
"Did they still use that old plane there? Alright, keep watching its movement. Report immediately if you see anything else on the radar"
"Aye aye Sir"
Captain Ichiro stays silent for a while. It seems he thinking over something but he didn't say anything about what's in his mind.
"What's in your mind, Sir?" Lt. Colonel Yusuke Ogata noticed something bothering Captain Ichiro
"I'd rather not say it Yusuke, you know what nickname people give to me right?"
"I think, it's no matter you keep it or talk about it, Sir, we already here and what you said will not change it"
"Alright, I'm afraid we're not just teleported here, Yusuke"
"Not just teleported….then what else sir?"
"I think we also send into another timeline, Yusuke"
Yusuke feels a cold shiver run down on his spine. His Captain's thinking is not baseless although hard to believe.
"Sir, then….where are we right now? And…in what time?"
"My rough guess is….we send back in second World Wars time!"