The group looked outside the window, at the slowly fading port. Fortunately, due to the Isis being one of the birds intelligent beasts they fought the other side had no one flying. Meaning they really did escape successfully.
"Vice Admiral James, Marshal Jack has woken up from his injuries," A soldier reported to James before swiftly heading back to work on maintenance.
James quickly left the group to meet up with Jack. He knew he would be dealing with a lot of things currently. Not to mention the damage that had been done to his mind, seeing and feeling his beasts die.
James felt grateful that Lachlan and his group managed to make it back on time. He would certainly have to reward them with something to show his gratitude.
Walking through a door he entered the infirmary. Where Marshal Jack laid peacefully, staring at the ceiling. James wasn't sure whether he should interrupt, as Jack was digesting all the facts.
He turned towards him, "Hey James, come over here," Jack motioned for him to come closer, to the chair by his bedside.
James did exactly that, "You alright?"
"Not at all, I think I might have to quit the army you know. They did a quick scan and realised my brain had been heavily damaged, my abilities have been greatly weakened. As such, there's no need for me to continue fighting," Jack said as tears welled up in his eyes. He felt pathetic, he tried to be a hero of the day but was swiftly beaten down into the ground.
"You should take a break. And if you still want to continue working with the military you could become an instructor, teach the young ones properly. It would be their honour to be taught by the previous Air Chief Marshal," James said in a friendly manner as he softly hit Jack's shoulder.
"You know, I wouldn't actually mind that. Teach the young ones to not make the same mistakes as me, show them to never underestimate the enemies abilities," A passionate fire in Jack's eyes lit back up, he turned his head towards James, "Thanks for that, and I mean hey, I still managed to get the higher position."
"Haha, I still have a long road ahead of me but who knows. Maybe because of Admiral May's actions I might be able to get a promotion," James joyfully said. Their world had long since changed to one of survival of the fittest. Selfish thoughts about revenge were unnecessary, and seeing as how she attempted to send tens of thousands to their graves, their superior will not be happy about that.
"So, what is that group going to do now?" Jack asked. He was curious as to whether or not they were planning on staying with the military.
"I'm not too sure, but seeing how things are going we might split up with them," James responded with a disappointed tone. He noticed Simon's hatred towards the military, granted it was only towards people like May. There was also the fact that the rest just didn't like to be restricted, but be free to train and explore, Lachlan especially.
"Vice Admiral James, the group that was sent to the island to pick up Lachlan and his group have returned," A soldier informed James before leaving.
'Huh, wonder if anything's happened' James was wondering why the group didn't return on Lachlan's birds. But that might be entirely due to them not entirely liking the military.
"You go and check it out, I'm not leaving this bed anytime soon," Jack jokingly said from the side as he slapped James back for before.
James nodded and waved before leaving Jack to stare back at the ceiling the reminisce about everything that's happened.
Walking outside and towards the open area, Jack saw the group he sent holding a coconut in their hands. A few soldiers gathered around to see what was so special about the coconut, and more specifically, why the group looked excited when people noticed it.
"That coconut from the island?" Jack asked as he looked closer to the coconut. He was confused because to him and everyone else it looked like a normal coconut.
"Yes, try to break it open," Michael said excitedly as he held out the coconut, presenting it to James.
James took hold of the coconut and placed it on the ground. The human's strong body part was always the legs, he would make sure to take full advantage of that as he axe kicked down.
*Crack*
James hit the coconut slightly off and cracked his ankle. But that wasn't what shocked it, it was the fact that the coconut was left completely fine, not a single mark had been left on it.
"Don't worry sir I got this," Said a bulky man that didn't think before he acts. He brought out his gun and shot the coconut on the ground. The bullets ricocheted off towards the ocean, almost hitting another soldier in the leg as it flew past.
"Don't be so reckless," James said annoyed as he grabbed the gun out of the man's hands and passed it to another soldier. He realised that his suggestion to Jack might be a beneficial one; If they could reduce the amount of stupidity through training it would be wonderful.
He picked up the coconut and brought it back with him to the control room. The five-man group that brought it back followed, wondering where he was taking it. When Michael saw Lachlan he immediately pointed at him furiously.
"You left us there when you could have easily taken us with you!" Michael shouted angrily, his face bright pink from the blood rushing to his face.
"Yeah, but then who would bring the boat back," Lachlan's response left them wondering. While they could have easily left one person to bring the boat back the chances of them surviving by themselves were minuscule. At least when they were grouped together they were slightly a threat to the aquatic beasts.
"Anyway, what's with the coconut, do you know what's in it," Michael swiftly changed the topic to reduce the embarrassment.
"Of course not, why do you think we brought back a whole one. We can't open them up with our bare hands dumbass," Simon said from the side. His reply left Michael fuming, he quickly left the room and the others followed.
"Bit mean. But do you think there's something important in this coconut that'll be useful?" James asked curiously. The coconut was still in his hands, he shook it around and received the same noises that one would get from shaking a coconut.
"Not a single clue, but that island is unique so we took the things we could and considering that the coconut was the only edible thing on the island we decided to take is as well," Lachlan explained as he shrugged his shoulders.
"Well because we left in such a hurry we didn't end up bringing any of the tools that might be able to cut this on the ship. So unless we go to another base to open it there's nothing else we can do," James response left the group disappointed.
They sorely wanted to know what was inside the coconut, considering it would be one of their meals if they decide to stay on the island to explore.
"We've decided we're going to split up. We want to explore that island some more, especially considering we barely scratched the surface of it," Lachlan and the group had a quick discussion about it while James was gone.
They decided it would actually be very beneficial to them. Lachlan knew how beneficial it really was. As until they were able to evolve, their tames weren't actually going to get stronger unless they train physically, the island being the perfect place for that.
"Sigh, alright we'll drop you off before leaving and going to Brisbane. Their base is still fine, we can rest there for a bit before travelling around the coasts of Australia and helping out," James was thoroughly disappointed that they had to leave but knew it was a decision he couldn't really change,
"There you are!" Admiral May came screaming through the door.
Lachlan quickly appeared by her side and just like before knocked her straight out cold. He was really beginning to get annoyed by the old hag, she should just shut up for a change.
The soldiers in the control room were shocked by the sudden but short fight, "Well seeing as how you just knocked out the Admiral we have no choice but to drop you off," James said.
The soldiers around them couldn't help but nod as well. Although Admiral May would get an earful for choosing stupid actions, Lachlan would be berated and even imprisoned for hitting a superior officer.
"Suppose so," Lachlan laughed. It seems the matter was settled easier then he thought. There was the possibility of the soldiers begging them to stay, but they knew what would happen if they stayed and that would be awkward.
The journey back to the island was nice and calm. Everyone was on the deck looking over the railing towards the ocean. Every now and then they saw a fish come close to the surface, but this time did not try to spit water at Lachlan with the intent to kill. Looking over the night time ocean brought about a peaceful feeling to Lachlan.
The five-man group drove Lachlan and his group back to the island on a small boat before departing and going back. Everyone waved goodbye to the Navy, to which the boat loudly and furiously honked at them. Looking closer they realised that May had managed to recover faster than before and was furiously shaking her fists at them.
James quickly ordered for the boats to return to their route towards Brisbane, giving his final wave to the group.
Everyone was extremely exhausted from all the battling. Not to mention that they never even got a goods night sleep. Hell, it's still night time.
"Sleep?" Georgia asked as she yawned.
"Yeah let's sleep," Lachlan answered.