Chapter 9

The Anger of the Seas

"Alright crew! We have a looong journey ahead of us!" Tetra said to the group of men in front of her. They were lined up like army recruits waiting for inspection, and Tetra paced back and forth in front of them, acting as the general.

"Where we heading capin'?" Senza asked, still looking straight forward with no trace of an expression on his face.

Tetra stopped pacing and spun on her heel and faced her crew. "Outset," she answered with a grin. Some of the crew member's eyes widened, while others held their shock inward.

"All the way out there?" Niko asked.

"But that's all the way on the other side of the Great Sea!" Gonzo exclaimed.

"Yes it is Gonzo, that's where the treasure that we're looking for is located. Do you want to keep your title as a pirate?"

The man nodded vigorously.

"Good. According to my resources, we are searching for a treasure called 'Nayru's pearl', and it is located on Outset. We've looked for it before, I'm sure you all remember. Now quit complaining and get to it!"

The crew disassembled and went off to their work, in preparation of their long trip. Tetra also walked off to talk to Link.

"I wonder how my grandma and Aryll are doing; I haven't seen them in a year!" Link rejoiced at his family members' names.

"Who knows? Maybe they haven't changed at all," Tetra said while tightening a rope on the sail.

"I wonder if Zill still has 3 feet of snot trailing out of his nose…" he thought aloud, looking up, and visibly shuddering at the memories of trying to avoid the snot-ridden 7 year old.

"Hah, maybe his mother has shown him the amazing creation of tissues," Tetra joked.

Link laughed, "All we can do is hope."

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Link had finished all his chores and was left bored. His choices to entertain himself were either to complete a puzzle with Mako, play cards with Senza, or play a game with Niko. The only kind of puzzles Mako likes are the five hundred piece puzzles, and that would take to long for Link's liking. If he beat Senza at a game, he would threaten to feed Link to the mythical 'fishmen'…to risky.

"Time to play a game with Niko, oh joy," Link muttered to himself sarcastically.

He made his way below deck and saw the small pirate gazing at a crack in the wall.

"Niko…?"

Niko jumped at the sound of Link's voice and spun around, "Hoy swabbie! What brings you below deck? Did you just want to see your superior Niko?"

Link just looked at him with an eyebrow raised, and then shook off the thought of the pirate's odd pastime. "Yeah that's it…" Link mumbled under his breath. "Actually I came to ask you a question."

"What be it, swabbie?"

"Where did you and the crew head to when Tetra and I were on Star Island?"

Niko stood with his hand on his scruffy chin.

"We went to Spectacle Island."

Link gave him a look that plainly said 'Why?'

"I wanted to play the canon shooting game…" he admitted sheepishly.

"You left me and Tetra on that island for a while, and it was night, who knows what monsters could have been crawling around?"

"You and the Miss can take care of yourselves." Then a mischievous grin appeared on his face, and his eyes twinkled impishly.

"She's not mad at you now though, correct?"

"Yeah, but we settled tha-"

Niko cut him off by shoving a hand in front of Link's nose, "I'm a genius," he said with his face smeared with pride.

"What do you mean?" Link asked slowly, eyeing the man with suspicion slowly filling his thoughts.

"I'll tell you my plan, but you might not be able to handle it all with your mushy swabbie brain."

Link rolled his eyes and decided not to dignify that with a response. Niko continued anyway, oblivious to Link's reaction.

"You see, when the captain's mad, we don't like working extra hard…" He droned on for awhile about working and cannonballs and other things the boy didn't feel like listening to, until the pirate said something that spiked his interest.

"So I, being the genius that I am, knew that you two would have to work out your problems if you were alone for the night. I told the crew it would be fun if we went to Spectacle Island while waiting for you."

"Whoa whoa whoa. So you purposely left us there, in the middle of the night, on Star Island… alone?" His head grew closer as he emphasized each word.

Niko lifted his head and dropped it once. Link took the pirate by the collar and tried to shake some sense into him.

"Are you crazy? Do you know how awkward that was!"

"I thought it would be romantic…" he managed to say through all the scrambling his brain was receiving.

"It was! That's what made it awkward!" he yelled at the bucktoothed pirate.

"I was only t-trying to help," his eyes were spinning around in his head.

"What's going on down there?" a familiar female voice asked. Link abruptly froze and dropped Niko.

"Uh…Nothing," he spun around to face the girl, grinned and scratched the back of his neck like he usually did when he was nervous. He tried his best to avoid eye contact with his captain.

Tetra stood in the doorway for a moment with her arms crossed. Link was finding it harder and harder to cope with the silence. Much to his relief, Tetra waved it off after a couple more seconds of staring.

"Whatever, I came to tell you that there is a storm approaching, so be prepared."

"Prepared for what?" Niko asked from his spot on the floor.

"Geez Niko, what do you think? The stor-"

Tetra was cut off by an earsplitting crack that echoed throughout the entire room.

"Capin'! The storm's hit!" Senza's voice bellowed from the deck.

The threesome sprinted towards the upper level of the ship and were met with menacing black clouds heading straight toward their boat. Immediately Tetra started barking orders.

"Gonzo, man the wheel! Keep her on course! Nudge and Senza, get the ammo crates downstairs! Zuko, try to find a way out of this storm! Mako, Niko, Link, help me secure the sail!" Everyone rushed through the now splintering rain to complete their orders. The storm picked up immediately, the rain slashing at the hands of the crew and wind screeching through the air.

Tetra's assigned group started pulling on the ropes that held the sail so it wouldn't get damaged in the harsh weather, and Link's knuckles were turning white from the pressure. A huge gust of wind cut through the pouring rain and almost made Link topple over, only his grip on the rope helped him keep his balance, and he remained pulling. The harsh wind was ripping the sail apart at the seems.

"C'MON, PULL!" Tetra shouted through the roars of the waves and crashes of the thunder.

Through all the grunts and panting, the sail was eventually secured when suddenly another gust ripped through the air, tearing Tetra's bandana right off her neck.

'No! That's my mothers!' she thought in horror.

It flipped through the air like paper as Tetra tumbled after it. The waves were pounding against the sides, throwing off her balance and throwing salt water in her eyes. She blindly clawed at the air for the red cloth, and as luck would have it, the captain felt the soft fabric touch her fingers as she reached over the railing and grabbed it, securely fastening it on her neck.

Lightening illuminated the ship and the exhausted crew soaked from the drilling rain, and was quickly followed by the booming sound of thunder. It seemed as though the harder they worked at it, the storm only became more and more violent.

Another bolt cut across the sky and gave Tetra just enough light to make her stop dead in her tracks at the sight she was witnessing. A wave of water had risen from the ocean and towered over the ship, and sheer terror stole her breath as Tetra cowered at its height. She made one last call before the lump of fear formed in her throat.

"PREPARE FOR IMPACT!" she screamed over the roar of the water.

The crew scrambled around frantically for a sturdy hold on something, the slippery deck not helping their search.

Unfortunately, Tetra grabbed only a broken peg from the railing, cutting a slight gash in her hand in the process. She gasped in pain and immediately let go of the splintering wood to hold her wounded hand. Just then the giant wave loomed over her, and came crashing down. The force of the water swept the girl off her feet and knocked her head on the railing, causing pain and confusion to scorch through her body. Almost immediately, another mighty wave slammed into the opposite side of the ship finally launching Tetra over the railing and sending her plummeting to the hungry waves below. She was able to take one large breath of air before she hit the icy water.

Luckily Link had glanced in her direction just as her figure disappeared over the ledge.

"Tetra!" he screamed and sprinted to where the captain once stood. He frantically searched the black waters for any sign of life. "Captain overboard!" Link shouted. He quickly grabbed a rope and tied it around his waist, and threw the other end to Mako.

"When you feel two tugs, haul me up! I'm going to save Tetra!" He hollered at him over the howling of the wind and crashing of thunder.

"Are you crazy! You're going to die too if you go in there!" Mako bellowed as the last bit of green disappeared over the ledge.


Oooo what a mean cliffhanger! You all must hate me now. The next chapter shall be up soon, do not fret!