Ferryboat from Hell

"Are you all right Tiny Heart?" Icon asked.

"No..." It was my first ferry trip and I was sea sick. The sea was very choppy because of the bad weather outside. I was sitting on the floor below decks trying my best not to puke all over the place. After the battles we encountered I was very tired. I tried to sleep but it was difficult to do so. Twinki was on deck as a lookout with Mourn accompanying him. I hope our troubles would be over but luck wasn't on my side.

"PIRATES!" someone shouted above deck.

Icon and I stood up and ran up the stairs to see what was happening. It was a bit foggy and was raining a little. We could see an outline of a ship coming towards us. The captain of the ship was shouting for everyone to go below deck. Pirates were about the board the ship.

"Captain do not worry we will protect your ship." Twinki told the Captain.

"I don't think it will be that easy. Look outside again" the captain pointed.

Another ship was speeding towards us. Two pirate ships were unheard of. The captain told us he had only encountered it once in all of his years of sailing.

"There must be something very valuable for those pirates to send two ships to hijack this ferry." The Captain said.

Mourn and Twinki looked at me with puzzled looks. After I had told them my story, they concluded I must be very important for someone to try to stop me from reaching Bastok. The only mystery that hangs in the air is who I am really.

"Icon, stay with Tiny Heart at the wheelhouse. Mourn and I will take care of these pirates."

The two pirate ships sandwiched the ferry from both directions. on the deck of the pirate ships where hooded figures. Mages they were said Icon. The deck of the ferry boat was soon flooded with skeletons. Wielding scythes and clubs, they started pounding the door leading to the cargo hold. Twinki jumped down and started attacking the skeletons. Targeting the joints he slowly but surely dismantled the skeletons. Mourn stood up the stairs leading to the wheelhouse and with pinpoint accuracy did the same. Problem was more and more skeletons were appearing on deck. Twinki and Mourn could not keep up and soon were overwhelmed that they had to retreat to the wheelhouse.

"This is bad." the usually silent Mourn said. "At the rate the mages are sending the skeletons to the ferry we will be outnumbered 10-1."

"We need to protect the passengers down below. The doors won't hold up much longer at the rate they are pounding it." chipped in Icon. "Captain is there any other way down the cargo hold?"

"The only other way is thru the side of the ship where you boarded but it would be very dangerous to open it in the middle of the sea." the captain replied.

"So we just have to fight our way down." Twinki said. "Tiny Heart when you hit the skeletons aim for the joints. They are vulnerable there."

With Twinki and I leading, we fought our way to the already destroyed door leading towards the engine room. Wave after wave of skeletons came pouring towards us. There were times when I thought that the end was near but we managed to reach the door to the cargo hold. It was locked when we tried to open it.

"OPEN THE DOOR!" Icon shouted as he pounded the door.

People inside though were too scared to open it. We were trapped at the left cargo door leaving the right cargo door with no protection. We helplessly watched as the skeletons broke down the right cargo hold door and could do nothing to stop them. A bloodbath would surely occur inside. To our amazement, bone parts from the skeletons came flying through the door. We couldn't see what was happening inside. The skeletons outside the door seemed to stop for a moment thinking whether to surge forward or not. A Hume Monk charged out from the cargo hold knocking the skeletons down. With hand knuckles as weapons, the skeleton bones seemed to break pretty fast from the fists of the Monk.

"What are you doing staring at me? Lend me a hand!" yelled the Monk.

With the Monk smashing the skeletons with ease, the tide was turning to our side. We fought and made our way back to the deck of the ferry. Skeletons seem to be intimidated by the Monk.

"Come on Skellies, you want more of my fists? Come and get it! Hollered the Monk. He then charged to the nearest skeleton and smashed it to pieces. By his lonesome he was attacking the skeletons with us just standing staring at him.

"That monk is nuts." mumbled Twinki.

"Suicidal and insane is more like it. Come on let us help him." replied Mourn.

As the battle raged, the mages in the pirate ships seem to realize it was a losing fight ordered the ships to move away from the ferry. The deck of the ferry was littered with bone parts. A stench of rotten flesh was evident.

"Yes! I am invincible!" exclaimed the Monk jumping up and down. "Nothing can defeat me!"

"This monk is starting to annoy." mumbled Mourn

"Well he did save the day you know. Let him have his victory celebration." Icon laughed.

The monk came towards us after his little victory dance and said. "Damn I haven't had a nice fight like this in years. Getting locked up in the temple all these years meditating is boring. I miss the excitement of the battle."

"Thank you for your help I am Icon, my friends here are Twinki, Tiny Heart and Ms Mourn." Icon introduced us.

"Hi there I'm Hyanmensir" Answered the monk. "If I were not around the people of Selbina would be meeting a ghost ship when this ship docks. Damn I am so good."

"Yah we get the picture." said Mourn as she turned to leave, clearing annoyed by the Monk's behavior.

"We are now nearing Selbina." the captain shouted.

"Selbina at last, let us hope this is the end of our misfortunes." Twinki said knowing fully it wasn't meant to be.

To be continued