It was August 9th of 2015 when the waves crashed against the hull of the ship, the sunrise just over the horizon seemingly coming over the vast ocean and all its glory. Standing there seeing her crew doing rounds of training as she stood there, hot tea in hand as the morning chill started to dissipate.  Hearing the men and women as she smiled sipping her tea, her husband still in his quarters finishing paperwork and plans as she waited on him. “Just a few moments my love” He had told her just a bit ago, trying to talk her into taking at least a jacket with her, “It will be freezing out there, I don’t want you getting too cold.” Jacob had said trying to get his wife to listen to him, but just as stubborn as Sonja had ever been she brushed it off holding up her glass of tea. “It’s hot tea my love, I won’t become too cold.” she stated holding her glass up with a small smile, “Besides if I do get cold, you should be out there by then to keep me warm you know this.” shaking his head Jacob smiled waving off his wife “Alright but don’t say I didn’t warn you.” Before he could even finish, she was out the door heading down the small walkway with her cup. 

Walking past a few mates as she nods and says her hellos one girl in particular stops her for a moment, “Major can you come here for a second I need to show you something I’ve been working on if you don’t mind.” Stopping in her tracks Sonja looked at the girl known as Kara as she smiled lightly, “Of course what is it Kara?” seeing the girls face light up as she turned back into her room suggesting Sonja to follow her as she stops at a desk, unravelling a pouch showing multiple sniper bullets laying out. Looking at them Sonja picking one up holding it in her hand as she studied it, the engravings on it and the weight as she smiled handing it back. Kara took it gently as she laid it back down, “What do you think Mrs.?”  Taking a sip of her tea before answering Sonja nodded politely, “It has a fantastic weight to it, and the engravings should cut through the wind at great speeds.” Sonja said as she put a hand on Karas’ shoulder, “Great job they should do fine, make sure we have enough saved for practice and for combat if it should come down to it.” Turning on her feet as she walked away happily making her way to the deck.  Moving past a few people as she stopped and smiled to them seeing Danny and Burk heading to the bridge and Mike with Ken as they tried to decide on who had the bigger mug of coffee, all Sonja could do was shake her head at the two sailors. Seeing Alisha and Andrea heading out the same door as she tried to not speed up her walking still trying to hide that she was a vampire to all the humans on the ship, “Pardon me can you hold that open for just a moment?” seeing both the females patiently waiting on her to catch up with them. 

Tying her hair up into a loose half up half down look, her little fringe blowing in the gentle breeze as she stood there. Some of the sailors do rounds, others play a game of basketball in the cool morning before having to do their daily tasks. Watching the sun gently rise over the horizon as she feels a hand gently grab her side pulling her close to them smiling she tilted her head back looking up at her husband, “What is it my love?” she asked before looking out to see the seagulls. Hearing his voice she smiled leaning her head up against his chest, “We should make landfall soon the coast of England is right over there.” Watching his arm point to the east as she smiled, “We are about 20 meters out till we hit the shoreline, we need to gather some supplies then we will head out towards Russia and Japan.” Hearing his words she raised a brow looking up at him, her brown eyes looking into his blue gaze as she smiled. Curiosity piqued her interest as she looked up at him, “What could we possibly need in Japan and Russia that we don’t already have here?” she asked not expecting the answer she ended up giggling at what he said. “Flowers? Jacob that’s ridiculous, we do not need flowers where would we even put them?” with a smile Jacob shook his head before kissing the top of her head, “My love by our bed of course silly woman.” rolling her eyes at him before giggling as they enjoyed the sunrise.  

Later that evening the ship had gotten a radio signal from the west, as Mike ran to get Sonja and her husband knowing they’d want to hear it too. As he rushed into their quarters Sonja held a book in her hand while the kids were getting a bedtime story from their father, hearing the door open abruptly she looked up at Mike holding a finger up silencing him as her husband finished the story before exiting the children's room. Mike was the only one on this ship who knew of Sonja and Jacobs' secret they held from the rest of the crew, keeping his voice silent as he knew they would hear his words as he told them about the radio transmission they had picked up. “What do you mean it cut off abruptly, where did the signal come from and how long ago?” Jacob had asked Mike as they walked down the corridors of the ship heading to the signal room, “Not long ago maybe ten minutes or so, the signal was weak but shown from the west near the USA.” Mike said as they turned a corner, silencing themselves as they walked past some crew who were cleaning off tables for morning. Entering the dark room seeing only a few computers and televisions turned on lighting up a small part of the room as a voice gently went in at out of some headphones, Jacob sat down and put them on listening to the voice echoing into them.  

After a while of listening to the voices all Jacob could do was smile and shake his head, looking up to his wife and friend before clearing his voice. “What do you mean it’s from a movie?” Mike questioned Jacobs' logistics and theory, as Sonja just sat there and smiled. Shaking her head hearing the movie quotes as she sat back running a hand through her hair, “It’s from an old war movie back in the early 1900s I don’t remember the name of it, but Jacob had a whole bunch of them back at our house.” trying not to laugh as she sat there. Seeing her husband laugh as the short movie ended and started back up shaking his head, “The movie is only about 10 minutes long so they must have it on a loop playing over and over again, nothing to be afraid of XO just a little fun the humankind is having.” He stated before taking a sip of his coffee, completely having a bit of fun himself seeing Mikes shocked expression turn into a not so fun one. Changing the station hearing some music coming through as they all smiled hearing the soothing voice before Sonja stood up getting ready to head back to the room, she stood there holding her hand out waiting for her husband to take it knowing they had a big day in the morning.