Kamikaze

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After landing the plane on the nearest flat stretch, Dirk Pitt ran to the site of the plane he had just shot down. Finding the American Air Force passenger plane still intact but starting to catch on fire, he drags out the pilot, co-pilot and one passenger. He went back into the plane and could not find anyone else. Dirk runs back to the three men and finds that they only have minor injuries. He rolls the passenger over to get the man's billfold. James Sandecker, the military ID says. A General, at that, Dirk notes. The short, red haired and wiry man comes to and finds himself looking into the friendliest green eyes of a young man who could not be younger than 18, Sandecker thinks to himself.

[Dear_Heart05]

OH MY GOSH!!!!!!!!!! Ihave sooo been waiting for this story!!!!!!!!!!!
TONY......I LOVE YOU!!!!!
THIS IS GONNA BE AWSOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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14 May 1945. In what would be her last battle of World War 2, the U.S.S. Enterprise, supporting the Okinawa Operation by flying patrols around the clock, was struck by a Kamikaze pilot of the Imperial Japanese Air Force and striking the Enterprise's forward Elevator, killing 14 men and wounding 34. Naval ensign J.G. Ensenada was one of the first men on the scene and pulled a mortally wounded man from the scene and tended to the bearded, red haired man. J.G. looked at the man's name tag and saw that it said, J. Sandecker. A male nurse came by and looked over Sandecker saying, "This man will be dead in less than thirty minutes". The U.S.S. Enterprise had been attacked before, many times, since the beginning of the war and would be awarded 20 battle stars for having survived the entire War and would be revered for her glorious service in the war and beyond because no other ship had been awarded that many, in all of the United States Naval History, rivalled only perhaps by the Nineteenth Century frigate, USS Constitution.

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[Dear_Heart05]

HA! Stupid male nurse!!! ....

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March 1898. Shandong Province, China. Rupert Sandecker and Frederick Adelin sat across the table from the representatives of the Boxer movement that had just made their case for Foreigners to leave the people of this village alone so that they may practice their religious beliefs without foreign intervention by the Catholic church. One of the representatives looked at Frederick with recognition from a meeting in the dark of night several days before, when Frederick, a member of the Brethren had encouraged the Chinese revolt against the Foreigners, telling them to form secret societies and that they would have silent approval by the Queen herself. In so doing, Frederick Adelin had helped the beginning of the Boxer Rebellion that would take many lives in the next three years. After the meeting, Rupert Sandecker was somewhat satisfied by the results and said to Frederick, "I don't like it at all, something is up and I can tell. I will go back to the Consul and report on the meeting". Frederick, thinking to himself that Sandecker may be a threat in the near future and obviously Rupert may have to be taken care of. Rupert stops in his tracks and spies a friend, Matthew Caine. The two men hug and begin to banter together. Frederick says, "I will be on my way then, Rupert, to my consulate office" and walks down the dusty lane.

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11 December 2202. Alexander Vestrel is called to the Time council, where Heath London sits at the head of the table. "Mr. Vestrel, we have a conundrum. If you may recall, J.G. Ensenada was able to pass himself off as Admiral Sandecker successfully after returning from the war and convincing Mrs. Sandecker to go along with it, but if we were to alter that history would Admiral Sandecker still follow the same path that Ensenada took?". "I seriously doubt it, Heath. But, gentlemen, let's look at it and consider his role in the development of the technology that he, Admiral Hyman Rickover, Hiram Yaeger, Sr., St. Julien Perlmutter, and Harriman Nelson had produced for or country. Then that maniac, Delphi Moran had Harriman sent back to ancient times with the first time travel device by sacrificing his chance to have the Pandora's Box. What Delphi Moran had done though, had consequences, because Harriman Nelson would help the Atlanteans in their technological development. What do you intend to do about all the possible consequences, if you should attempt to try this. It's only speculation on our part that Delphi was a member of the Brethren, let alone the Master of it at that time. No, if you try to do this, may I suggest a possible alternative, and that is Rupert Sandecker, James Sandecker's grandfather. I have an idea that if we let him know certain facts that he might just pull it off".

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12 July 1901. Frederick Adelin saw Rupert Sandecker watching the marching column of soldiers heading towards Tianjin alongside the riverbank and before anyone could notice, Frederick shot at Rupert Sandecker. Frederick stepped back on to his horse and followed the army of the Eight Nation Alliance as they marched towards their ultimate goal, Beijing. Rupert felt the bullet strike him and as he fell back, he tumbled down the riverbank and before falling in to the water, disappeared. Alexander grabbed the man before Rupert could fall through the other side of the fourth dimensional wormhole. There is no easy way of what Alexander needs to do, but he must convince the man that his future has already been determined by the attempted assasination and disappearance of his past life. Alexander now needs to convince this man to replace the man who took his grandson's identity.

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14 December 2202. "It took some persuasion to convince Rupert Sandecker to take his grandson's identity, and then to alter events aboard the USS Enterprise to keep J. G. Ensenada from taking on James Sandecker's life" reports Alexander Vestrel, to Heath London and the rest of the Time Council. Alexander was getting tired of traveling back and forth in time, trying to correct things for the better. When Varian had the job, Alexander was happy to do office work. Now that Alexander has Varian's job, he was losing his motivation to keep things in symmetry. Alex knows that he has an obligation until the Time Council can find someone to take the job permanently.

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2029. President Nathan LaMontaigne sat at his desk pondering over the report about the Brethren that had been written by Hiram Yaeger the third. Nathan had asked Hiram to be his Science Advisor, leaving NUMA temporarily. Hiram had been thorough as possible with few primary documents from the Brethren. Learning that the Brethren had been organized by the Magi, a group of Atlanteans that had magical powers. The Brethren had inherited the Millennial objects of the Magi, including Pandora's Box. An object that had been pursued by the Moran family for nearly 700 years until Delphi Moran had it temporarily. Dirk Pitt had managed to kill Delphi, losing the Pandora's Box in a hot oil pit, in the process. What was not in the report was that as an Atlantean descendant, Hiram Yaeger the third represented the scientific and engineering talents of the mortal Atlanteans who had helped in the founding of the United States and had over time managed to take some of the Millenial objects from the Brethren and locking them away from mortals who sought the power of the Millennial objects. Delphi Moran had been a scientist and engineer who helped develop many technologies but had secretly sought the Pandoras Box because he was unsatisfied with his own talents.

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May 22, 2029. A retirement party for Carmen Sandefur, the Director of NUMA was already in full swing when Dirk Pitt Jr. and his sister, Summer showed up thirty minutes late. And despite his age, Al Giordino was there too. The gray haired Italian sat in his chair remembering the old days and was happy to see Dirk and Summer show up. Summer and Dirk walked over to see Al and talked with him. Al inquired about their children and how they were doing. Dirk finished up quickly about his kids and then went on to see other partygoers. Summer stayed by Al for awhile telling about all the kids. Carrington Pitt stepped to the podium and gave a short speech about Carmen Sandefur's term as Director of NUMA for the past 10 years and her career at NUMA since 1989, everyone gave a loud applause for Carmen. Carmen stepped to the podium and gave a short speech herself, wrapping up with the announcement that President LaMontaigne has asked Carrington Pitt to succeed as the new Director of NUMA. Carrington Pitt stepped back to the podium and "Yes, I have been asked and am honored to be given this appointment and after some soul searching, I have accepted the nomination just now" She smiles.

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2036. The moonlit water moved with the wind and as he watched her walking toward him, he noticed how the moonlight made her long, white dress diaphynous, showing her figure and his heart lept into his throat. They embraced and then after a few words of sweetness they walked over towards the lounge chairs and sat down. Holding hands, they talked of a future together. A large ship with it's faint glow of lights passed in the distance just shy of the horizon. After a while they walked back to the hotel and went up to their room. Later, he awoke, startled. He looked over and found that she was not with him in bed. Dirk Pitt the Third wondered where his love was.

[Dear_Heart05]

She's trouble Dirk...BEWARE!