The rhythmic crash of the waves against the hull of the ferry matched the footsteps of that of Kakarot and Chichi as they made their way towards a table and two chairs at the edge of the open deck, the table occasionally dotted with small droplets of sea spray. Kakarot quickly increased his pace and made it to the table before Chichi, pulling out the chair on the opposite side of the table and bowing in a mocking manner. Her face twitched for only a split-second which however returned to it's previous emotional state as she walked and stood between both the table and chair, not moving to sit down. Instead, she turned her head slightly so her gaze caught sight of the mocking smirk on Kakarot's face.
"It is nice to see you have some manners, however I can sit down in a chair without anyone's assistance." Every syllable fell slowly from her tongue as if to make sure Kakarot understood what she said. As soon as she finished speaking her gaze returned in front of her as Kakarot slightly tilted his head to the left, now forcing the smirk on his face. His grip on the back of the chair increased as, at the speed of light, he pushed the chair forward across the deck. A loud screech sounded as friction between wood on wood occurred as he rammed the chair into the back of Chichi's knees as painlessly as he could. The sudden force causing her to land heavily, and rather unlady-like, onto the chair.
Chichi shot him a frown as she made herself more comfortable on the chair. Ungrateful cow! Kakarot thought as he walked to the opposite side of the table and pulled out his own chair, a lot less elegantly as previously, quickly collapsing onto it and slamming both of his dirty, heavy leather-clad boots onto the table, directly in front of Chichi, causing her to look on in distaste. "Could you please take your feet off the table? I need the room." she asked politely as Kakarot raised a hand to his forehead. "Ja mein Führer!" He replied as he saluted her and took his feet off of the table, now leaning one arm on the back of the chair and slouching, watching as Chichi pulled a large, rolled up piece of paper from the bag by her seat. It was obviously old as the paper had discoloured considerably and worn-away at the edges.
"This is one of the items which came with the deeds of the mansion, it's a map of Blaidd Drwg Island." Kakaort raised his head and looked up at her, his eyebrows knitting together in confusion. "Blaidd Drwg Island?" He asked as he watched Chichi unravel the large roll of paper onto the table in-between them. "Yes, roughly translated, it means 'Bad Wolf'…I need something to hold this down…" She spoke as she tried desperately to keep both sides of the map flat on the top of the table'' surface and not to roll back up again. Kakarot's hands reached simultaneously towards his handguns strapped to his waist, pulling them from their holsters, spun them on his fingers and slammed them on either side of the map, causing Chichi to leap several inches from the seat of the chair in shock. Chichi placed her hand on her chest to slow her fast-beating heart as Kakarot stood to his feet, spun the chair a full 180º and sat back down, legs either side of the chair and both his arms leaning on the back rest, with his head resting on top.
"Blaidd Drwg…Bad Wolf…If you ask me that's the type of name which has a stigma attached to it." Kakarot spoke as his eyes never stopped scanning the map laid out in front of him. "And you would be right." Chichi replied as she had now thoroughly regained her composure. "It has been said that, during the 18th century, the owners of the mansion were slaughtered by a giant wolf-like beast. It roamed the island for years and left half of the island in ruins. They still say that, even to this day, you can still hear it howling and killing everyone who crosses its path."
Kakarot smirked at her last statement. "Doesn't do what anybody tells it to do, it sounds like my kinda dog!" Kakarot growled as he raised his eyes to look up at Chichi. "That's what I'm worried about…" she whispered as she looked down at the map, allowing her worries to rise to the surface. Kakarot couldn't be sure, but looking at her now, he was certain she was going to burst into tears. "Look," he spoke as softly as his pride would allow, "I'm not gonna lie to you 'cause you'll probably see through it straight away, there's a slim, possible chance that this is all one big mistake." Chichi looked up and watched as he leaned over the table towards her. "But you and I both know that it isn't. And if you wanna survive this you gotta have all your wits about 'ya. 'Cause feelin' sorry for yourself isn't gonna help anyone."
Leaning back to his previous sitting position, Chichi couldn't help but look on with a slight shocked expression on her face. "Well! It seems that you can take things seriously!" she said sarcastically, making it obvious that her worry slowly started to ebb away. "What can I say?" He smirked, raising his hands to about shoulder-length in a slight shrug. "I guess I'm just full of surprises!" However, his smirk disappeared as quickly as it came as e turned his head to the right, his face showing his concentration. "What - " Chichi asked but was quickly interrupted when Kakarot raised his finger in the air. "You hear that?" He whispered, his eyes still focussed to the right, Chichi replying by only the shake of her head.
Kakarot stood to his feet and walked to the right, away from the table, leaving Chichi still on her chair. She watched him, transfixed, as if he had just lost his mind, however quickly gained her senses and quickly grabbed for the map, wrenching it from under Kakarot's two guns and shoved it back into her bag. Once finished securing it tightly she reached for the guns, hesitating at first as if she were frightened they would go off at any time. Quickly overcoming her reluctance she grabbed them and raced after Kakarot.
It didn't take long for her to catch up to him, he stood as still as a statue outside of the captain's cabin, monitoring the room for any signs of strange behaviour, keeping himself slightly hidden from the crew's view. "Hey!" Chichi shouted, trying to snap him out of his trance. "Forget something?" she asked as she held up both her hands to reveal the two guns. "Great, I have a feeling I'll be needing these for the next couple of minutes." He said as he took the guns from her and immediately began to prepare them as if he was going to battle. Chichi watched on, very curious to know what was going on, as Kakarot seemed to notice and decided to put her out of her misery. "Something strange is happening in there and I intend to find out!" He said as he walked straight toward the cabin, but Chichi managed to quickly stand in front of him and stop him before he totally exposed himself to the crew.
"Are you nuts! You can't just walk in there, guns blazing! You'll get us in serious trouble! Not to mention that you don't even really know is something strange is happening in there!" She whispered as Kakarot raised an eyebrow. "Look, Princess! I've been doing this for a long time and I know when something's going on!" He said, pointing a gun towards the cabin. Sighing, Chichi quickly formulated a plan that would hopefully keep him out of trouble. "I'll tell you what, I'll go in there with some excuse, like…I don't know…a tour of the engine room or something! That way I can have a look around and see if there's anything suspicious."
Kakarot nodded slightly as his posture became more relaxed while looking down at Chichi. "It's too dangerous! You could get yourself in serious trouble!" He said sternly as chichi tutted and rolled her eyes. "You're blowing this way out of proportion! Look, if I don't come out in say…five minutes, you come in after me. That sound OK?" She asked as she looked up at him, who holstered one of his guns but left the other hanging at his side held tightly in his hand. "Fine! It looks like I don't have a choice does it!" He said, but a smirk once again graced his features, as he leaned forward, bringing his face closer to hers. "You just be careful, 'K?" 'Cause I would hate to see that pretty little body of yours covered in cuts and bruises." He whispered flirtatiously.
Kakarot's quick change in act caused Chichi to blush, especially when she noticed the look he was giving her. "Five minutes." She said, holding up her open hand to emphasise the number. When she finally managed to regain the use of her legs, Chichi made her way back into the sunlight and towards the door of the cabin, walking as calmly as she could as she began to feel Kakarot's eyes burning into her back as he watched her. After three gentle raps on the door it was quickly opened by one of the attendants. "Ah! Miss Maú, what a coincidence! I was just about to come and send for you! The Captain wishes to have an audience with you." He said, moving out of the way to allow Chichi through. Something isn't right! Kakarot thought as the grip on his gun tightened as he watched the door close behind her. "This way please Miss Maú." The attendant asked politely as he led ger across the room towards another door similar to the one previous. Chichi's eyes constantly scanned the room, objects and occupants as she made her way through, no word or sound uttered which began to make her suspicious. Maybe Kakarot was right! Chichi thought to herself.
"Almost there, miss!" The attendant said as they made their way through the second door which revealed a staircase leading to a lower level, Chichi suddenly began to feel claustrophobic, especially when the door closed behind them removing most of the light. Once they reached the bottom of the stairs they stopped straight into a corridor, the light from the wall lamps immediately began to sting Chichi's eyes as they slowly began to adjust. "The captain is through this door, Miss." The attendant announced as he opened the door, this time not making an attempt to enter. Chichi slowly, and rather reluctantly, began to walk towards the door and inside the room, to which the attendant immediately shut the door after her, the resounding click of the lock mechanism was heard as he locked the door behind her.
"Hey!" Chichi shouted as she ran towards the door and began to pummel it with furious punches and kicks. "Let me out of here this instant!" She screamed as she continued to batter the door. "Excuse me, Miss? Could you please not damage the panelling on my door? It's brand new." The voice spoke through the darkness, startling Chichi as she thought she was alone. A bright light suddenly illuminated the room causing Chichi to shield her eyes as the familiar stinging returned. Once her vision came back into focus she stared into the face of an ageing man in his late 50's, early 60's dressed fully in Captain's regalia. Anger suddenly flooded Chichi's being as she walked towards the Captain, stepping in the centre of the room. "I demand to know what's going on here!" Chichi ordered as the Captain's gaze jumped from her to an object behind her. "And you soon will…" He whispered as Chichi turned and noticed what had the Captain's attention.
"That's it! I'm going in! I don't care if it's been only two minutes! I can't just stand here doing nothing!" Kakarot whispered to himself as he stopped pacing and walked at top speed towards the door, opening it and walking straight in without permission. "Sir you can't - " The young attendant was soon interrupted as a hand came into contact with his chest and shoved him across the room and painfully into one of the large pieces of equipment. "Where is she?" Kakarot growled at a nearby standing attendant who lost control of his voice box and only mustered the ability to point at the door across the room.
Without hesitation, Kakarot quickly made his way across the room and forcefully opened the door, causing it to slam against the adjacent wall. While walking down the stairs his eyes caught sight of a figure walking up the darkened staircase. "Hey! You can't come through here!" The attendant shouted forcefully, however it fell on deaf ears as Kakarot merely dealt him a crushing right hook to the face sending the attendant against the wall and stumbling down a couple of stairs holding his bloody nose.
His footsteps echoed across the walls of the corridor as he marched towards the nearest door, his hand turning the handle, however the door did not move. Kakarot quickly detected the sounds of voices in the room, and more importantly, one was Chichi's, which sounded scared. Kakarot slowly too two steps backwards and raised his gun to the left of the door. "Chichi! Pull you socks up!" He bellowed as, within, Chichi collapsed lying flat on the ground. Two seconds later a line of bullets fired across the wall and door of the room leaving large puncture holes and sending dust everywhere.
Kicking the door open with ease, Kakarot strolled in as if nothing had happened, ejecting one of his gun's magazines he replaced it with another and walked over to Chichi, who lay huddled on the floor. "I tried to tell you! I really did!" He smirked as Chichi looked up at him and shot him an angry glare. Deciding to let her simmer for a while he walked up to the Captain, who managed to evade the bullets by cowering in the corner. "Would you care to tell me what's going on?" Kakarot asked politely, but anger was laced heavily in every single word. However, before the Captain could speak, a loud growl was emitted from across the room as he turned his head to see a large demon stumbling back to it's feet, a large wound in it's temple.
"And what the fuck's he doing here!" Kakarot shouted as he pointed his gun at the demon and fired three times, causing it to stumble backwards and land heavily onto the floor. Turning his head back to the Captain he opened his mouth to speak, before any sound came out, however, the demon growled loudly and attempted to stand up again, but failing. "Don't take the piss now!" Kakarot muttered as he shot the demon two more times, blood spattering over the walls. Turning to speak yet again to the Captain, he was yet again interrupted by the growl of the demon. "For fuck sake!" Kakarot muttered as he took his gun in both hands and fired repeatedly at the demon, eventually stopping when he realised it would never get up again. His trial with the demon had obviously infuriated him as he lost his patience with talking. "Fuck you as well!" He said as he pointed his gun at the Captain and fired, however no bullet emerged, looking at his gun in shock, he suddenly realised he had only ran out of bullets. "You lucky bastard!" He said as he walked towards the demon and examined the corpse.
Storytime's over for now! Now it's Review time!
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