Finally I'm back! Yay! I decided to delete Nightmare V - Requiem and put this story in it's place. Requiem will be being revamped and put back on FanFiction later in the year as I was having trouble continuing the story. This new story features the Captain going solo for the first few chapters. Tintin and Myles will be coming into the story in later chapters. I added a few extra OC's for this story too and I wrote this during my holiday in Brixham and I hope everyone enjoys this. The name of this story comes from the song Lieder der Freiheit by Santiano, an awesome German group, whom I have a massive addiction to, thier music is absolutely brilliant. Lieder der Freiheit means Songs Of Freedom in english and despite the english translation the title just seems to stick with me. This story continues after Nightmare IV - Crimson Day with a one year jump.
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Story Details
Title: Lieder der Freiheit
Catergory: Adventures of Tintin
Characthers: Captain Haddock
Language: English
Genre: Drama & Friendship
Rating: T (For Safety)
Themes: Water, Sailing, drug reference in a later chapter, tragedy
Summary: The Captain returns to a place he hasn't been in years and bumps into six of his old friends. It's obvious to Haddock that one of his friends is in trouble but as he delves further into the problem the more he is putting himself into danger. The Captain risks everything to save his friend and when he life is put in danger will he pull back or keep on digging.
Chapter Title: Calm Before The Storm
Chapter Premise: Captain Haddock walks out of his hotel in Brixham and bumps into six people he never thought he would see alltogether in one place
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Captain Haddock stepped out of the Smugglers Haunt Hotel and onto the ajoining path. Breathing in the fresh morning sea air, he sighed. It had been a long time since he had taken a holiday on his own and out of all the popular destinations he could have gone, he chose a place that he hadn't been in years and that place was Brixham.
Brixham was a small harbour town located in Torbay, Devon, within the south west of England. The Captain had spent time in the fishing town during his training and when he started working, many years ago. It was during that time he met Captain Chester and five other captains that he hadn't seen in quite a while.
Haddock had been badgered into taking a holiday by Tintin, whom insisted he take a break espically after the events of the previous year. It had been a whole year since the incident at the Black Island and it amazed the Captain at how Tintin was still in that line of work after all the pain he had gone through with Rastapopulus, Colonel Sponz, Mitsuhirato and Doctor Miller. Tintin loved his job and was adamant that nothing was going to stop him. At present Tintin and his twin, well fraternal twin, were busy in assignment in Prague, tracking down a european drug dealer and the Captain didn't want to feel like a spare part. The Captain was still convinced that he was going to end up bored but he had no idea what he was walking into and it wouldn't end well.
The walk from the hotel to the harbour was relatively short, barely one minuet give or take a few seconds and as he walked alongside the railings he couldn't help but feel glad to be in the town that made him a sea captain. There wasn't many people around but the atmosphere was still there. The Captain paused halfway down the street to light up his pipe, having a bit of bother doing it due to the wind.
"Ahoy you salty seadog" a voice called from behind him.
The Captain paused. That particular phrase was one that he reconised and only a select few close friends knew that unique greeting. As he turned around he met the eyes of six men he knew very well indeed.
"Blistering...Wow!" The Captain exclaimed.
Haddock couldn't find the words to describe this moment. Six of his old friends where standing in front of him grinning widely, well all but one. What followed was a long minuet of hand shaking and smiles all around. He hadn't expected to see all of them in one place. Aside from Captain Chester, who he had seen recently during the Mitsuhirato business, the group consisted of Captain O'Hannon, Captain Abel, Captain O'Rielly, Captain Morgan and lastly Captain Farrell.
Captain Morgan was the focus of many jokes due to his name and Captain Abel was the quiet one, which made them wonder how he had become a sea captain. Captain Farrell however didn't look very happy at all. He shook Haddock's hand but Haddock felt the reluctance that resided and he looked quite nervous, as if he was uncomfortable. As they all began to walk together up the street Farrell hung back, seperating himself from the group
"I've got something to check on, I'll catch up with you's later"
They all looked at Farrell as he continued to walk down the main street.
"Whats up with Farrell?" Haddock asked.
"Haven't a clue, he's been like that since we bumped into him" Captain Morgan replied.
Captain Haddock kept his eye on Farrell as he wandered back down the street. Something was wrong and unlike what Captain Haddock was thinking it wasn't something simple, it was something that had the ability to twist and settle on the people closest to Farrell.
Thanks for reading, please review and I apologize for the shortness of the chapter but I promise that they will get longer. More action to come in later chapters! XX
