Poppet: I think it'd be rather exciting to meet Ted and Terry.
FallenCherub: Think again, Miss Poppet. Vile and dissolute creatures, the two of them.
Shots fill the air and FallenCherub falls down dead.
Note from the authors: We love Ted and Terry! Really we do! Never kill the dog!
Also, if you're reading this straight from the little New Chapter e-mail thingy, you're gonna wanna go back and read the last one since there's no actual transition. I was just tired of typing last time and decided to stop in the middle of a scene. So go refresh your memory.
Five minutes later, Abi and Sofia had long since run out of ammo and were crouching low, praying for a miracle. Hearing the distant shouts of the crew on shore, drawn by the sound of battle, they knew they had failed. The wind picked up and the ship lurched forward, throwing the unexpecting (I made a new word! It's not quite unsuspecting and it's the opposite of expecting. Anyway…) crew, as well as Abi and Sofia, to the deck.
The girls looked at each other, noticing immediately that Dom was missing. Sofia was now staring at something over Abi's shoulder, making Abi turn. Dom and the dying Sam had managed to raise the anchor of the small vessel. (I know, I know, this is physically impossible, but me and a friend of mine have come up with a phrase that applies here…"For the plot's sake!" said in a Sean Bean voice) Both men were wet with sweat and even as they watched Sam took his dying breath. Gasping, blood dribbling out of his mouth, he slumped to the deck.
A few members of the frightened crew saw the two rejuvenated women and jumped overboard while they could still swim to shore. Now there were only fifteen men left. Sofia charged first, moving quickly. Abi was more hesitant, having switched to her left hand because of the bullet lodged in her right arm.
Fortunately, the rest of the crewman consisted of the poorly treated foremast Jacks, who surrendered with barely a fight.
Abi pushed the prisoners back and had them lie on the deck, an appropriated pistol keeping them under control. Sofia stalked cautiously to the captain's cabin and opened it.
Sofia peered into the well-lit room, finding herself face to face with a well-tanned man sitting behind a desk of mahogany. He was calm, despite the half empty glass of rum beside him. His dark hair was pulled into a ponytail and his eyes were a dark chocolate. He was not as neat as some captains she had seen. His shirt was slightly unbuttoned and his sleeves rolled up.
"Madam," said the man, his voice a light pleasant one with a slight lilt, suggesting Irish/cockney heritage. "You have me at a disadvantage." He seemed to struggle with the language, but handled it admirably.
"Ye bet yer arse I do!" Sofia said, pointing her sword at his nose. "I have taken over yer ship."
"I assumed as much when you all came in. What can I help you with?"
The girls looked at each other. "I…uh…" For once in her life, Sofia was speechless.
(AbusedDancer: I have stolen your sacred book of Pirates. Mwa-ha-ha-ha.)
"Ye will be catchin' up to our friends," said Abi, seeing Sofia's lack of words.
"Right, our friend," Sofia repeated as she looked questioningly at Abi. Had she lost her mind, who the bloody hell was she talking about.
"But ye'll be stayin' 'ere til we need ya," Abi said as she pulled a dazed Sofia out into the fresh sea air.
Back in the cabin the captain gathered his maps. It was clear that these women were perhaps the worst pirates he'd ever seen. He walked over to his beautiful bureau. He looked longingly at it and walked over, gingerly fingering the neck of one of those beautiful bottles. God, it had been so long since he had had a proper drink. Sailors under his command weren't allowed to drink on the job, but he was no longer an employee of the Royal Navy. He was a prisoner of two lady pirates. He pulled off the top and took a long drink. The sweet liquid hit the spot, and by the nightfall he was truly drunk for the first time.
(Thanks to Bubba's friend, Billy-Bob, AbusedDancer has been taken away. Unfortuanately not done away with. Billy-Bob isn't as ruthless as Bubba, but Bubba is in jail so…Right…well then…now that I've babbled on the chapter can actually end.)