Will's POV
I heard someone - Drika - scream. She sounded terrified. I threw the covers off and ran towards her and Jim's room, but when I got there, she was gone. Jim was on the floor, bound and gagged. I untied him. "What happened? Who-?" He gasped and rubbed his wrists where the ropes had bound him. He coughed and tried to speak. Nothing happened. "Damn," I muttered. I gave him some water, but it didn't help. He pointed to his mouth and opened it. "Oh God no." I cursed under my breath. Jim could never talk again. They had cut out his tongue. He was only gagged to slow the bleeding.
A few minutes later, everyone was standing around me. All I could do was put my head in my hands. I banged my head on the table. "How could I have been so stupid?" I muttered. "Are you going after her?" Seth asked anxiously. "I . . ." I looked away. "I can't, Seth. I'm sorry." "But she's your sister!' "No, she isn't." "But she might as well be!" I tried to hide the tears in my eyes and voice. "Seth, I can't go after her." "And why not?" "Lad, Will's doing the best he can. But it's in the code. He can't go after a captured pirate with a family to look after," Jack said. "Who made up that rule?" Seth asked angrily, turning on Jack. "Actually, I think that was your father, Vandrieseth," jack said coolly. "Oh." Seth looked away. "So . . we're just going to leave her for dead?" "Do we all have families now, Seth?" Jack asked, annoyingly happy. The others rolled their eyes. "Let's get moving you lazy sea dogs!" Jack called. "Do you want to save her or not?"
I heard someone - Drika - scream. She sounded terrified. I threw the covers off and ran towards her and Jim's room, but when I got there, she was gone. Jim was on the floor, bound and gagged. I untied him. "What happened? Who-?" He gasped and rubbed his wrists where the ropes had bound him. He coughed and tried to speak. Nothing happened. "Damn," I muttered. I gave him some water, but it didn't help. He pointed to his mouth and opened it. "Oh God no." I cursed under my breath. Jim could never talk again. They had cut out his tongue. He was only gagged to slow the bleeding.
A few minutes later, everyone was standing around me. All I could do was put my head in my hands. I banged my head on the table. "How could I have been so stupid?" I muttered. "Are you going after her?" Seth asked anxiously. "I . . ." I looked away. "I can't, Seth. I'm sorry." "But she's your sister!' "No, she isn't." "But she might as well be!" I tried to hide the tears in my eyes and voice. "Seth, I can't go after her." "And why not?" "Lad, Will's doing the best he can. But it's in the code. He can't go after a captured pirate with a family to look after," Jack said. "Who made up that rule?" Seth asked angrily, turning on Jack. "Actually, I think that was your father, Vandrieseth," jack said coolly. "Oh." Seth looked away. "So . . we're just going to leave her for dead?" "Do we all have families now, Seth?" Jack asked, annoyingly happy. The others rolled their eyes. "Let's get moving you lazy sea dogs!" Jack called. "Do you want to save her or not?"