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The merchant vessel bobbed up and down alluringly upon the waves as the Silver Rose drew besides it; a few startled looking sailors stood looking at it in awe and not running the fools that they were.
Scarlett clutched the rope between her hands and swung across the golf between the ships, letting go and tumbling onto the deck she righted herself and drew her pistol, shooting the man in front of her.
The shot was not good because she was still shaken from the landing and it hit him in the thigh, he doubled up in pain and she aimed a shot at his head to finish the job.
What ever she might be she would not endure an unclean kill.
Suddenly there was a hand griping her arm and forcing it down to her side as another grabbed her about the waist and hauled her off her feet. Shocked Scarlett dropped her gun and began to kick and scream at the unseen assailant.
The crew and her own dear father where in much the same predicament it appeared, naval officers had leapt from hiding places aboard the ship and attacked them. Three members of the crew were dead, two with their hearts blown away by gun shots and the other from a sword blow to his head.
"An ambush!" Scarlett hissed, struggling against the man who held her with all her might but failing; without a weapon to protect her she was useless for she was not strong and relied mostly on brains than brawn.
A man appeared on desk, a Commandor from the look of his clothing and hat, he walked past her still struggling form before stopping and picking up the pistol she had dropped.
"This will be evidence against you" he said coldly "as is your shooting of Lieutenant Gillette"
"I just wish I could have finished the job" Scarlett spat; The Commandor eyed her distastefully.
"We return to Port Royal, where you will all be hanged!"