Chapter 6 - Escape
Soon, the sun beamed into her face. 'Shit." She mumbled. She heard keys clanging. Then the door opened. Two stranger pirates came in, untied her, and roughly escorted her out of the room. They shoved a mop and a bucket of soapy water into her hands an left. Hailey stared at the filthy floor and, unwillingly, mopped the floor. A while later, she finished the deck. She smiled victoriously. Sam, who was behind her, laughed. "You still have all the other floors to do." He reminded. Hailey groaned in frustration.
She mopped all the other floors. Now she had to serve the pirates. She filled the portable serving table (Ya know, the ones in the restaurants) with loads of food and pushed it down the clean halls. She finished the first row of rooms in a couple of hours. And then another couple for the second row. She finally came to the last room of the last row. Her arms and legs were throbbing. A couple of othe pirates ordered her to massage them for a long time. Some others were very abusive. She tripped a couple of times on the way. She cautiously opened the door. Sam was sleeping in his matress, snoring lightly.Hailey chuckled at the sight. She couldnt help but think that he looked quite peaceful when he slept. She blushed at the thought. She put down a tray of food onto his table and was about to leave when she felt a tgu on her sleeve. She looked back. It was Sam, who was only half awake.
"So, hows slavery?" Asked Sam.
Hailey showed him a couple of bruises and cuts on her arms. "Does this answer your question?"
"Yes."
"Wow, slaverys much worse than my stupid job as janitor in Meridonalds."
'Meridonalds?"
"Nevermind."
Sam got out of his bed, grabbed the wooden board with a long rope tied to it leaning against the wall. He threw it out the window.
"What are you doing?" Asked Hailey.
"Oh, youll see." Said Sam. He jumped into the water. Hailey gasped and looked out of the window for any signs of Sam. His head emerged from the water, gasping for air. "Cmon." He said.
Hailey hesitated for a sec before jumping into the water. She swam up and broke the surface of the water. Again, shivers ran down her spine.
Sam swam to her. "Maraquas right under us.If we swim down, well probably-" He was cut off by a voice from above.
"Hey, guys! Look! Sam and the slave chick is escaping!"
"Now!" Demanded Sam. thw two swam into the depths of the maraquian oceans. After a while, Hailey felt like her lungs were going to explode at any moment. Soon, she blacked out. Sam, who also felt the panic, grabbed Hailey and dragged her. Just when he was about to black out, he saw a female Maraquian shoyru.
Hailey and Sam woke up. They were in a strange looking Maraquian house.
"So, this is what a real Maraquian house looks like." Says hailey.
then the female Maraquian shoyru came in the room. "Im Sandy." She said. "Here, have some kelp. You land dwellers must my hungry.
they gratefully took the kelp. As they ate, Sandy asked, "So, whats your buisness here?"
"We dont really have any buisness here. We were just trying to escape from pirates." Said Sam.
Andy, noticing the pirate skull on his head band, said, "Well, arent you a pirate?"
"Ex-pirate." Corrected Sam.
"Oh."
'So, how are we breathing under water? Arent we supposed to be dead by now?" Asked Hailey.
Sandy pointed at the leafy necklace she put on them. "The magic wontlast long, though. Ill bring you guys up, okay?"
"Okay. I believe the pirates should be gone, by now." Said Sam.
The usuls climbed onto Sandys shell. "Hold on, guys!" Warned Sandy. She dashed to the surface in full speed.
"Wow. Thanks alot." Thanked hailey. They gave Sandy back the neckaces.
"No prob.Oh, and youre welcome anytime at my house. So, stop by some day. Bye, guys!"
"Bye Sandy!" The two usuls said in unison. Sandy dove into the ocean, back to Maraqua.