I opened the door to find the deck splashed with blood, beasts lying slain
across it sliding with the slow rocking of the ship as chaos reigned upon
the ship. I quickly shut the door as three fiery arrows streamed towards it
hitting the closed door; I dropped back into the hall to find the rat lying
dead, the arrow had found its mark in his heart. I looked down the hall;
they were all unaware of the danger outside.
"Attack! We're under attack!" I yelled down the hall and a scattering of beasts piled into the hall in a confused clump.
"From who?" One yelled pushing towards the armory where I was heading, I swung open the door and took my favored weapons, which consisted a crossbow and arrows, spear and at large shield. I loaded the cross bow and hurried past a stream of beasts pushing for the armory. I got to the door and opened it slowly, while holding the shield that thankfully covered myself entirely, another group of lit arrows clacked off the shield metal front extinguishing themselves in the water soaked deck. I looked to find a ship along the side us, much smaller, but packed with beasts all armed to the teeth with cutlasses and bows.
"Everybeast under cover!" I heard Ulnan shouting to his crew who stood in the cover of the tiller housing with little to no weapons between them, most had tools though, but between the thirty or so of them only about fourteen were truly armed. I peeked around my shield to find that we were battling a veritable horde of sea rats, the ships looked to be half the size of ours, but it was double crewed making our numbers close to even.
"Surrender yer ship n' booty ye scurvy dogs!" One sea rat, a captain yelled before unleashing a fire arrow into the sails, which fortunately for us were too soaked to be lit aflame. I ducked back behind the shield in time to avoid two unlit arrows whiz past me into the ocean on the other side of the ship; I peered back into the ships to find a horde of my crew waiting armed.
"Don't come up without a shield." I warned them and several with shields similar to mine moved to the front.
"Who are we fighting Hale?" A stoat named Florin asked as she held her shield out in front of herself; she was armed with a long curved sword and a crossbow.
"Sea rats." I answered malice in my voice, I began crossing the deck with the shield until I got to the tiller house, Florin and two others followed suit and we were all behind the construct soon. "What are your orders, captain?" I asked while saluting quickly.
"You two get to the side and start returning fire." He motioned to Florin and I and then turned to the other two behind us. "You two cover mi crew so they can get armed and ready, I'll be damned if their kind is getting' my ship." Ulnan ordered, he was armed with a crossbow and a cutlass, the two behind us began moving the crew towards the entrance to the bowels of the ship while Florin and I moved quickly to the side of the boat using the side for cover. We fired into the crowds of rats upon their deck, we were sure to hit no matter where we aimed as tightly packed as they were.
"Fun ain't it?" She asked me grimly. The ship moved closer to our side and we could see they were preparing to board, they felt that with their numbers they could overwhelm us.
"Yeah." I fired and arrow into the crowd and saw a rat fall over the edge into the briny blue with a soft splash, I felt sick when I looked over to find a weasel next to me blood streaming from his mouth and numerous arrows in his chest. I shot another arrow and took a quick glance at their ship before retreating behind my shield. I saw a still lit arrow stuck in Florins shield. "Hey Florin." I called to her in a whisper.
"What?"
"Their sails are pretty dry don't you think?"
"Yeah what about it?" She shot another arrow into the horde falling two rats with deadly accuracy. "I figure they might want that arrow stuck in your shield back." She glanced at her shield to find the flaming arrows stuck in it, with a grin she caught on to my plan.
"Attack! We're under attack!" I yelled down the hall and a scattering of beasts piled into the hall in a confused clump.
"From who?" One yelled pushing towards the armory where I was heading, I swung open the door and took my favored weapons, which consisted a crossbow and arrows, spear and at large shield. I loaded the cross bow and hurried past a stream of beasts pushing for the armory. I got to the door and opened it slowly, while holding the shield that thankfully covered myself entirely, another group of lit arrows clacked off the shield metal front extinguishing themselves in the water soaked deck. I looked to find a ship along the side us, much smaller, but packed with beasts all armed to the teeth with cutlasses and bows.
"Everybeast under cover!" I heard Ulnan shouting to his crew who stood in the cover of the tiller housing with little to no weapons between them, most had tools though, but between the thirty or so of them only about fourteen were truly armed. I peeked around my shield to find that we were battling a veritable horde of sea rats, the ships looked to be half the size of ours, but it was double crewed making our numbers close to even.
"Surrender yer ship n' booty ye scurvy dogs!" One sea rat, a captain yelled before unleashing a fire arrow into the sails, which fortunately for us were too soaked to be lit aflame. I ducked back behind the shield in time to avoid two unlit arrows whiz past me into the ocean on the other side of the ship; I peered back into the ships to find a horde of my crew waiting armed.
"Don't come up without a shield." I warned them and several with shields similar to mine moved to the front.
"Who are we fighting Hale?" A stoat named Florin asked as she held her shield out in front of herself; she was armed with a long curved sword and a crossbow.
"Sea rats." I answered malice in my voice, I began crossing the deck with the shield until I got to the tiller house, Florin and two others followed suit and we were all behind the construct soon. "What are your orders, captain?" I asked while saluting quickly.
"You two get to the side and start returning fire." He motioned to Florin and I and then turned to the other two behind us. "You two cover mi crew so they can get armed and ready, I'll be damned if their kind is getting' my ship." Ulnan ordered, he was armed with a crossbow and a cutlass, the two behind us began moving the crew towards the entrance to the bowels of the ship while Florin and I moved quickly to the side of the boat using the side for cover. We fired into the crowds of rats upon their deck, we were sure to hit no matter where we aimed as tightly packed as they were.
"Fun ain't it?" She asked me grimly. The ship moved closer to our side and we could see they were preparing to board, they felt that with their numbers they could overwhelm us.
"Yeah." I fired and arrow into the crowd and saw a rat fall over the edge into the briny blue with a soft splash, I felt sick when I looked over to find a weasel next to me blood streaming from his mouth and numerous arrows in his chest. I shot another arrow and took a quick glance at their ship before retreating behind my shield. I saw a still lit arrow stuck in Florins shield. "Hey Florin." I called to her in a whisper.
"What?"
"Their sails are pretty dry don't you think?"
"Yeah what about it?" She shot another arrow into the horde falling two rats with deadly accuracy. "I figure they might want that arrow stuck in your shield back." She glanced at her shield to find the flaming arrows stuck in it, with a grin she caught on to my plan.