Hipper! Fall back! We can Regroup!"

"I can't! You all retreat! I'll hold them off!"

"What? No! I won't leave you here!"

"Fall back Eugen! I can hold them off until the Wolfpack gets here!"

Hipper shot up, looking around, noticing she was sleeping in a small puddle of sweat. She slowly sat up, sliding out of the bed. "Ah shit.. I gotta take a shower.." She groaned, walking over to the closet, noticing 'her' uniform. "I'm good.." She grabbed the stuff she needed and went to take a shower. 

As she took her shower, she thought about the dream she had. "That was me.. but who are the sirens..? Who's the wolfpack.." She shook her head, deciding to think about it later. She soon got out of the shower, getting dressed. As she put on her jacket, A knock was at the door "Coming.." 

Before she opened the door, she looked at the box containing the pistols. "It couldn't hurt.." She grabbed them, putting them inside her jacket just in case. As she opened the door she noticed a rather small, Bubblegum haired Girl. "U-um! Lord Bismarck is requesting your presence in her office!"

"Ah.. I don't know where that is, do you mind showing me the way?" Hipper asked the girl. The girl nodded "Yes! Please follow me." Hipper nodded and started to follow the girl. Along the way she met a few new people, The Scharnhorst class was the highlight. "Those two really are something huh?"

Flash back, like 5 minutes ago.

"Hey Hey! Hipper! Nice to meet you! I'm Scharnhorst! This downer over here is my sister Gneisenau!" Hipper slightly backed up from the energetic battle cruiser. "It's nice to meet you." Gneisenau said with a soft smile, obviously not caring for her older sister's insult. 

"So, You've been the talk around the base! A new Combat medic with a great history!" It was obvious Scharnhorst was putting up a front. Hipper noticed this but let it roll. "Ah.. Yeah. Still trying to figure out why I'm here though."

Gneisenau sighed "We're trying to figure that out too. No offense but we're trying to get our Hipper back, also trying to get you back to where you're from." Hipper laughed quietly "Blunt and to the point. I like you, But I think I have somewhere to go." 

Present.

Thinking back on it, Hipper thought about what Gneisenau said. "Trying to get our Hipper back" maybe that dream she had when she was asleep had to do something with it. 

"Miss Hipper, we're here." Hipper was snapped out of her train of thought by the girl. "Ah Thanks. I haven't caught your name yet." The girl looked up at Hipper and chuckled nervously. "Sorry! I forgot. My name is U-556! The Parzival of the Seas. The  sworn protector of Lord Bismarck!" 

Hipper smiled at the enthusiasm the small sub had. "Well Thanks U-556. I'll make sure to ask around for you if I need help around again." U-556 smiled "Aye! I'd be happy to help. I'll see you later! I have to go training!" The sub then ran down the hall, soon out of view

Hipper shook her head, walking into the office "Ah Hipper. Glad you made it. Please take a seat." Bismarck motioned to the chair in front of her. Hipper nodded and sat in it "So you needed me?" Bismarck nodded "We have a mission coming up and I was wondering if you could go with them. It's a rather long one though so I wanted to give you the heads up."

Bismarck placed a file on the desk. Hipper grabbed it and read through the details. "A couple of heavy cruisers, A battle cruiser and Two fleet carriers. Including a toss of destroyers. What's this for?" She questioned "Mirror seas have been popping up a lot more lately and Azur Lane wants to send a sortie from all factions." She started 

"Since Akashi is… something and Vestal is more of a stay at base repair. High command wants to send you." Bismarck ended, looking at Hipper "Yeah, I'll go, there's a problem. I have no way of staying close." Bismarck chuckled. "Ah. We have that covered." 

A few minutes later..

"Ah. So that's what you meant.. Thanks." She looked down at her new Jetski.

She walked over towards it, noting the large pouch on the side. "I assume there's medical supplies in there?" Hipper looked over at Bismarck as she nodded "Nearly everything you'll need is in there. There's also a Tent just in case it gets bad."

"Thanks Bismarck, so when does this mission launch?" Hipper stepped away from her new form of transportation and back over to the Flagship "Early tomorrow morning. So you might wanna go get some rest. We were talking for a good bit."

Hipper nodded "Yeah. Cya tomorrow." She walked off after getting something to eat and meeting a few more faces, she walked back to her room and fell asleep, for the last time, sleeping dreamlessly.

Hipper woke up early, getting ready for this long mission. she grabbed her pistols and anything else that she needed. She looked at her desk, noticing a photo of Hipper's 'sisters'. She looked at it for a moment, then grabbed it. "Good luck.."

On the way back to Port, she noticed a group of rather nervous looking destroyers. "Uwooh.. What if we don't do well 28?" A small blonde destroyer started, looking at a Grey haired one. "Don't worry Hans. You'll be fine. Ah. Hipper, ready to go out?"

Hipper nodded "First mission in this world. Can't say I'm not nervous." She laughed nervously, looking down at the two destroyers. "From what I was told, You should be able to Handle yourself." Z28 smiled softly "Thanks.. I'll do my best. It's almost time. We might as well walk down together." the Z's nodded. The group walked down to the dock, making small talk along the way.

"Alright Alright! Roll call before we leave." As the trio walked to the dock, Scharnhorst was holding a clipboard, standing on a box. 

"Roon?" She asked first "Here!" Roon responded walking up to the front. "Alright, Heinrich?" The girl who was called ran up beside Roon. "Here!" Scharnhorst nodded and looked back down at the clipboard "Adalbert?" Adalbert walked from the crowd and stood beside her sister ship "I'm here." 

Scharnhorst flipped the page on the clipboard. "Alright, you three go wait for us near the port exit. The three responded "Yes Ma'am!" and walked towards the water. "Next, Carriers. Peter Strasser?" 

"I am Here." Peter responded, raising her hand. "Graf Zeppelin?" She was right beside her sister. "I am here as well." Scharnhorst wrote something down, and swapped the page "Alright, you guys wait.."

"Z's. It looks like you're all here.. go meet up with the cruisers." The group of 8 destroyers walked over to the water and sailed. "And Hipper.. You're Here.." Scharnhorst sighed "..Heh, you ready?" 

"Yep. I'm gonna try my best.. That's all I can do." Scharnhorst walked down from the boxes and put a hand on the Combat Medic's shoulder. "Everyone has high hopes for you Hipp. I do as well.  But you can do it.. Now, let's go." The Battlecruiser patted her shoulder once, then walked to the edge of her dock "Alright! We're gonna meet up with everyone else at Pearl! Let's start!"

She summoned her riggings and set sail, Peter and Graf close behind. Hipper walked over to her jetski and sat down on it "Jeez.. calm down.." She slapped herself. She then started the jetski "You can do this.." Hipper slowly started to go forward, and slowly drove over to the formation, staying beside Graf. 

"Ah, so you didn't give up on us. Good, you're gonna be a useful part in bringing the sirens world down to ashes.." Graf stated, looking over at Hipper "Had to give myself a pep talk." Graf then looked ahead "That is understandable. That is something I have to do before every mission, it helps." 

Hipper nodded, smiling softly "Someone gets it at least.." The two went silent. It was a comfortable silence, just the noise of the jetski's engine and the water being torn. 

"Maybe this won't be so bad.."