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Chapter two ~ The Crew of The Abyss.

Avery delighted himself as he boarded the pirate's ship. It was large in size, well kept, and powerful. Very powerful. He smiled secretly to himself.

The Captain, a Captain Henry Myers, was a pleasant man, willing to give the lowest of creatures a chance, this much was evident from his crew.

Avery walked amongst the scum of the earth, as he shook hands with the crew he had joined. They were filthy, un-kept animals, rotting flesh, mouldy teeth gleaming in their mouths, limbs missing, eyes staring blindly from their sockets. Their mouldy hands were often in their friends pocket digging around for goodies.

Avery was appalled, and instantly his eyes snapped to his open pocket. He grunted in annoyance. There was one man however who stood out from the rest of the rotting bunch. If you think about the perfect villain, it is someone completely unaffected by emotion. Not a man with super strength, and the ability to move worlds. Nor a woman with cleverness unimaginable. But someone who doesn't feel love, guilt, remorse or hate, compassion, or any other feeling.

Redigus, or Gus for short, was such a man. He glared at Avery, looking him up and down as though trying to work him out. Avery rid his face of feeling, and stared blankly at Gus. He wasn't going to have the pirate intimidating him.

"Ol' Frankie was a mate o' mine." He said, his voice was rasping, and threatening. He fingered a knife in his hands in a menacing way.

"Then I suggest you chose your friends a bit more carefully." Avery replied.

Gus didn't seem to get the joke, he grunted in annoyance. Avery tried to step past them, but they each took a step forward, closing in around him.

"Everything all right?" The Captain appeared, a smile across his face. He was delighted to be setting sail again, after weeks in port repairing the ship. A colourful, and rather attentive parrot was perched on his shoulder. It eyed the crew with suspicion.

The crowd dispersed, leaving Avery a little surprised. He hadn't expected the crew to act like that. But the man, this Frankie, the one who tried to kill the captain, he must have been a villain just like them.

They set sail that night. Avery watched as the port shrunk gradually in size. It was a sad moment really, as he wondered if he would ever see her again.

The crew were rowdy, and dissatisfied with everything, on the first night they complained about the rations, and the rats.

It appeared the Abyss had a rat problem. Every ship has rats, but not as many as the Abyss. It seemed over run with the brown vermin. The men took to shooting them, but the Captain went mad, he said it was wasting ammunition, and blowing holes in his ship.

And apparently the rations were too small, and the men were hungry. But Avery was happy with his start on the ship, the rats didn't bother him, and he had more then enough food. The only thing that bothered him was the over exhurbrant crew, Frankie's death seemed to have riled them, and they complained about everything.

"Call themselves men." The Captain mumbled.

Avery laughed. "It seems they be determined to find fault."

"They'll find none on The Abyss." The Captain said, clutching the wheel.

"I don't think much o' your first mate." Avery said. The Captain smiled. "Radigus is 'armless. He's all mouth, talks a lot, but never does, that's his problem."

"You sure?"

"Positive." He swung the wheel slightly starboard, and snapped his compass shut. "Think I'll retire for the night."

Sparks, one of the quieter men, took over at the wheel, as the Captain left for the night. Avery stood staring out to sea. It was a strange sensation to be back on the bobbing waves. He stood there for a long time, before going to his cabin. Cabin five, he shared with three other men. He was thankful that Gus was not in his cabin, as he settled into his bunk. He had got off to a bad start with the first mate, well tomorrow he could always sort that out, if he wanted to. If he got a full apology for the tare away crew member. However he doubted it. Oh well, Radigus was just one man. What can one man do? And with that his eyes closed and he fell asleep.

But he was very much mistaken, very much indeed. Radigus may only be one man, but he represented the crew, they were willing to follow his, he was their leader. And in such cases one man can be a big threat.