A Few More Good Years
Author's note: If you're highly Christian/ Catholic and get offended easily, you shouldn't read. You have been warned.
"First impressions can be misleading."
Jaden walked by Megan putting the packages down on the floor in the cargo area.
"Remind me again how we consented to this?" Jaden asked as she tied some stacked boxes to the wall. Megan thought for a moment and shrugged.
"Might be the fact the many men gathered around us with the bright red uniforms and the guns pointed at us." Megan said as they both turned and started walking up the stairs.
"Yeah - that might have something to do with it." Jaden shook her head. Once a feared pirate, now a crew member forced to do manual labor under control of the government. A government she fought very hard to get out of in an attempt to start her own 'revolution' and anarchy.
"Hey, Jaden, where's Shavai?" Megan asked as they both stepped towards the docking part of the ship. They jumped out of the way as Shavai ran up the ramp onto the ship, as though chased by somebody.
"Where's the fire?" Megan and Jaden laughed, as Shavai ran behind Jaden and peeped over her shoulder, muttering incoherently. Suddenly, a nun began walking up the ramp, looking in all directions.
"What's the matta', deary? Lose God someplace?" The dirty man chuckled to himself. The nun simply took a glance at him and kicked him in the stomach. The man grabbed hold of his stomach and fell on his side. "Can I help you sister?" He asked in a soprano tone.
"Yes, I'm looking for a girl, with long braided hair and dark skin. She has some...unearthly gypsy symbol tattoos and she boarded this ship. Have you seen her?" The nun asked, continuing to let her eyes wonder around the deck.
He pointed to Megan, Jaden and Shavai. The nun started to walk towards them. Megan and Jaden began to smile and Megan lifted one hand up and weakly began to wave in her direction.
Jaden whispered to Megan through her clenched teeth "You know I hate religion." Megan gently stepped on Jaden's foot.
Shavai took the opportunity to run down to the storage part with Megan and Jaden running after her.
"What do you think you're gonna do!" Megan yelled as she stumbled down the last step.
"Getting out that's what!" Shavai retorted at the comment.
"And your excuse would be?" Jaden asked Shavai in an annoyed tone, offering signals with her hand to help her draw her answer.
"I- I – I have kids now!" Shavai said as she tried to calmly walk past them, but Jaden and Megan threw her back against the wall.
"And stay here while Roberts rules the world?" Jaden asked as they restrained her on top of a box.
"Hell no, that sucks. So, how are we gonna do this?" Shavai asked giving up.
