Slave Girl~
By: The Mistress
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You were nervous as all hell. You had no clue where you were! From what you could see outside the port hole this strange place didn't look remotely like earth. The rocks and soil were the color of soot and the plants were strange multi-colors while the water was an unrealistically bright blue. And there were grey skinned, orange horned aliens all around you as well at outside on the dock. And most of the ones around you were staring like you were some kind of dangerous beast that was seconds from mauling them. Though you couldn't really understand why. You were one of the smallest beings in the cargo bay that you were all being held in.
And that brought another troubling thought to mind. You, as well as all the strange beings around you, were locked in the bottom part of what you guessed was an old world ship. It resembled the old pirate ships from long ago except it was blue instead of the typical brown color.
But you were getting off topic. You'd seen enough tv and movies to be able to hazard a guess that you were on board a slave ship. Why else would someone kidnap a group of people~? You couldn't think of any reason. But luckily for you the horned people haven't try to hurt you. They treated you like some exotic and deadly animal. Which was weird in and of itself. And you silently cursed your Dad and step-mother to the deepest, darkest pits of the Underworld. If it weren't for them you wouldn't even be in this mess to begin with.
And you knew when you first saw her that your new step-mother was going to be the death of you. And you knew you might sound dramatic to some people but it was very true. After that harpy married your Dad she basically took over. And she detested you. Apparently enough to make your father ship you to an all girls school over in New York where you'd be spending 3/4ths of the year. Now that wouldn't be so bad, but the kicker was you were getting there by boat. Now that wasn't your worry. You weren't scared of being on boats, you'd been on plenty of ships before with no problems. But this time you were sailing through a place that was infamous for being the cause of disappearances of both ships and planes alike.
The Bermuda Triangle.
And when you voiced your concern to your Dad he just laughed and told you that you were being ridiculous. Apparently the school they were sending you to was quite prestigious and he said you should be grateful your step-mother thought you should go. He didn't really want to fork over the cash to send you and pay for the tuition but your step-mother insisted. She said it was important that as parents they should give you the best education possible. You rolled your eyes when you heard this, you knew that witch was lying out of her ass.
But what you thought didn't seem to matter anymore. And the next week you were watching as boxes of your things were loaded up into the cargo bay of the ship. Why they couldn't have just flown you there was beyond you. Planes were faster than boats and everything. But apparently they were quite expensive as well. And your Dad said he was already shelling out more than enough for your school and boarding alone to spend even more on a plane ticket.
And before you knew it you were saying goodbye and the ship was off. Your Dad didn't even look sad to see his child go. He didn't even say he wanted you to call. Nothing~ But you pushed that aside and asked how long the journey would be. They said it wouldn't take too long to get there and you hoped they were right. Once the harbor was out of sight you went to the deck. There were a few good places to sit and you even saw a handful of other passengers about. Some were talking with each other but you didn't feel up to being chatty so you took your (thankfully waterproof just in case) music player out of the airtight bag you had your stuff in and put your ear buds in and put it on shuffle. You closed your eyes and let the sound of the music wash over you.
You listened to about five songs uninterrupted but about half way through the sixth song you were startled abruptly. The ship jolted like it hit turbulence or something and you opened your eyes and looked around with worry. And that worry grew tenfold when you saw you were alone. There wasn't a soul in sight. And your worry started to bloom into panic when you saw things on the ground. Like personal objects. A watch, some cell phones, a hat, and even some loose money. You didn't touch any of it though, instead you went in search of a crewmember or even just another passenger. Anybody.
You searched all through the top of the ship and found nothing. And eerily enough you found more personal possessions on the ground in odd places. Like a camera with a broken screen, a open pack of cigarettes, a half eaten candy bar, and some house keys. But still no people. And at this point you knew you were panicking. You were getting desperate to find any other living person and that desperation forced your legs to move faster until you were running. You ran down to the lower levels of the ship but it was like a ghost town. No people in sight, no sound but the workings of the ship.
You heard a loud noise from the upper deck so you rushed up there, taking the stairs two at a time, thinking maybe it was a person. You stood on the deck once more but there was no one. But you whipped around when you heard a splash on your left. You gaped in horrifying shock when you saw a giant grey tentacle looking thing come out of the fog covered water before it harshly whipped back into the water. The splash made a wave that hit against the side of the boat and sent it rocking.
You screamed and gripped the railing when it did it again and the boat rocked even more. You wondered why the hell it was doing that. But then it hit you. That thing was trying to sink the boat. That much was obvious now. And you weren't the best swimmer, even under the best circumstances. So just before it could come down again you ran across the deck to where the emergency life preservers and inflatable rafts were tucked into a plastic case. You grabbed a life preserver but before you could put it on the ship was rocked again. You were lurched forward and smashed against the metal wall of the ship. Your ears were ringing as you lay slumped against the wall but then suddenly you were sliding down the deck after another huge wave hit.
You coughed and sputtered after the wave passed and quickly put the preserver on. You clipped it closed and started crawling over to the plastic case to get a life raft but screamed out an alarmed, "NO!" when a second grey tentacle reached out of the water and coiled over the middle of the ship. You heard the sound of metal bending and wood splintering as the tentacle tightened around the ship. It was trying to break it in two. And was succeeding. Before you knew it the front of the ship was tipping forwards and you were falling overboard.
You tried to grab the railing but your wet hands slipped and you were plunged into the cold depths of the sea around you. You hastily pulled the cord on the life preserver and it inflated and you rose to the waters surface. You gasped in some much needed air and watched in horror as the ship was pulled under the dark waters. You waited fearfully for the tentacles to come back but they didn't. And you waited for a long time but the waters around you were still, placid. You could vaguely see there were some small, broken pieces of ship floating close around you. And a flash of yellow caught your eye and you saw it was a life boat.
You waded over to it and didn't bother to read the directions before pulling the cord. It inflated instantly but was upside down. You didn't even care. You hauled yourself up onto the overturned raft and curled up on yourself. The cool air was making you shiver. You sat up and pulled your backpack off and took your airtight bag of things out. You tore the bag open and pulled your phone out and dialed 911. You hoped they could send a helicopter or a lifeguard or something. But your heart sank into your stomach when all you got was a busy signal. You tried calling your Dad, your Aunt, your friends, even your step-mother.
They all gave the same busy signal. And you only had a third of the battery left before it died. So you turned your phone off and put it back in the bag and sealed it up. You laid down on the raft and closed your eyes. You lay there for what felt like forever, and the sky got very dark. But then you looked up when you heard far off voices and the sound of lapping water. You saw a light shining through the fog and smiled in relief. You hurriedly put your things back into your backpack and threw it back on. You saw the outline of a ship and called out, "HEEEEEY! HEEEEEEEEEEEYY!" You heard someone call out something before you finally got a clear look at the boat.
And you couldn't believe what you were seeing. It was a huge blue pirate ship. Now oddly enough THAT wasn't the weirdest thing about what you saw. The weirdest thing was seeing the grey skinned and orange horned creatures aboard the ship. There were a few of them and they were all staring at you in shock. But one of them managed to tear his eyes away and run off calling for the captain. And a minute later you saw a woman dressed from head to toe in blue come to the side of the ship. She started at you in curiosity before she called for the crew you drag you on board.
You didn't like her wording but you weren't about to protest some help out of the freezing water. You pulled the mostly dry hood of your jacket up onto your head and grabbed the rope ladder they swung over board for you. You climbed to the top and were manhandled onto the deck. The grey skinned female captain looked you over with a critical eye while the crew looked you over with wary curiosity. You noticed all their horns were different shapes but all had a candy corn pattern to them. But before you could get a good look the captain spoke up.
"I've never seen anything like you before girl. Your skin and hair are colors I've never seen on a troll. I'll bet I can get quite a hefty pile of boonbucks for you!" Your eyes widened, you didn't understand what a boonbuck was but you didn't want to be traded for them. But before you could protest the captain yelled, "Take her and put her with the rest of the cargo!" And before you knew it you were being gagged and dragged off to the lower levels of the pirate ship. And you heard the captain call out loudly, "Be careful, we don't know what her species are capable of!"
And that's where you are now. In the bowels of a slave trader ship filled with a completely species. You knew you were no doubt going to be sold off like a piece of cattle and didn't know how to get out of this mess. But you figured it couldn't get any worse.
Right?