Hijacking in the Sky

This turned out to be a good use of Minjonet's time, she had managed to find a ship that was going to Vale. Along with that good fortune, the sky was clear of clouds allowing the sun to cast a warm glow onto the deck allowing her to bath in it.

So she was laying on a deck chair reading through a book that she had downloaded to her scroll. Though she stopped reading to stare up into the sky were Talon was enjoying the cool ocean breeze coasting on the open wind. Just seeing how he was just so carefree up there, gave her a sense of peace throughout her whole body.

Though as she lay there staring up into the sky her mind started to drift back into the past when she was with her team. Stella would always be practising whether it was her sword and shield combat or it was her shooting skill. She had always tried to be the best at everything and having a marksman light Grey made it hard on her.

Tanner would always find some sun-drenched corner where he could lay down and listen to his music. Just letting his mind drift away on his music tapping his foot in the air as he draped his foot over his other leg.

For their last member Grey, he would find the point with the best view of everything around him allowing to see everything. It always seemed that he wanted to be alone and away from the rest them though Minjonet could never figure out why.

But before Minjonet could go further down the rabbit hole this time Talon woke her up again hanging over her head. Talon had his head tilted slightly as he was staring directly towards her with his big eyes.

"How long have you been there?" She asked Talon though she knew he wasn't going to answer. But before he could cry out for whatever answer that would be he quickly flew back up into the sea breeze.

With that, she just laughed quietly as she grabbed her things and proceed back to her room on the ship. Walking past many other travellers either going to Vale themselves or waiting to be dropped off on one of the few islands between Atlas and Vale.

"Attention everyone we are about to make landfall in a few short minutes," the captain declared over the loudspeaker on the upper deck of the ship. "So if this is your final destination please gather your belongings and prepare for departure." Minjonet at this moment peered over the railing of the ship allowing her to see a land mass in the distance. "If you are on your way to the Kingdom of Vale please do not debark from the ship for we will be leaving shortly afterwards."

Once the captain finished his announcement Minjonet was finally able to reach her room. After entering the room she quickly opened up the window let in the ocean breeze into the room to help cool it off. She quickly lay down her scroll on the small table that was provided in the room as she sat down looking out into the sea.

Though quickly enough Talon came soaring down perching himself on the windowsill as he started to preen his wing. Minjonet quickly chuckled at his behaviour just before she turned her head towards Skycrest with her quivers resting on top of her bed. She grabbed her sheath with the quivers attached by straps that allowed her to keep Skycrest over her shoulder along with one of the quivers along with the other quiver on her left hip. She slightly drew out Skycrest about halfway exposing some of the blades though Talon hopped over and rested on Minjonet's left shoulder as if he was after some attention.

"Sorry there, Talon it just seems I keep losing myself in my train of thought." Minjonet apologized to her 'Brother' as she scratched under his beak.

Minjonet soon sheathed Skycrest leaving it on the table and walk back out of her room with Talon still on her shoulder. As she got out she could see that they had finally arrived at the island that they were stopping at before they would arrive at Vale. So Minjonet decided to lay against the railing and watch everyone who were leaving the ship and those who were boarding as well.

There was nothing interesting about those that were leaving form the ship though there were a group of people who were boarding the ship that did catch her eye. There was a group of cloaked people boarding the ship though Minjonet had to admit they weren't the weirdest thing she had ever seen though so she didn't give them a second thought as she turned her head back to the port.

They only remained dock for a few minutes before they quickly left for their final destination in the Kingdom of Vale. Minjonet was still leaning against the railing watching the waves rolled past her with Talon still on her shoulder. However, he quickly took off flying above the ship riding along the currents in the air.

"Looks like he is really enjoying himself" Minjonet commented on the current events as she stared up at him. Though she quickly lowered her head back down thinking of what she would do once she got back to Vale. "I could likely find some work helping to clear out some Grimm or maybe take a page out of Stella's book and help protect a village." She pondered as the waves kept passing her.

Though shortly after she finished pondering what she would do once she arrived Minjonet wandered onto the bow of the ship. There she saw many people enjoying themselves either relaxing in lounge chairs or playing games with their children. But her eyes quickly drifted to the two cloaked figures standing at the end of the deck.

They were definitely from that group that had boarded earlier but what caught her attention was that they kept their faces concealed under their hoods. Minjonet quickly turned around only to find that a third cloaked figure had appeared behind her. Along with a fourth, that was standing at the opposite side of the deck.

"What is going here?" Minjonet quickly asked as she looked around.

Though she quickly got her answer as the four cloaked individuals threw away their cloaks. Reveling their white uniforms along with a different assortment of weapons, along with their white Grimm masks.

"Alright, all of you get in the centre of the deck!" Yelled one of the White Fang thugs "Don't worry about anyone else, they will be joining you very shortly."

Minjonet could hear a lot of yelling from all over the ship most likely from other White Fang thugs starting their plan. Minjonet instinctively started to reach for Skycrest only to quickly realise that she didn't have Skycrest with her.

"Oh no I left Skycrest in my cabin." She quietly cursed under her breath

"Come on, move it." The White Fang thug that was behind her said as he pushed her into the centre of the deck with everyone else that was there.

"Now get down on your knees and don't move." One of the thugs yelled at the group of people that the White Fang had gathered from around the ship. "Now listen up our boss would like to have a word with your filth." The thug yelled once again this time pointing up to the second deck where a new thug had appeared.

"Alright, Listen up Humans," The Thug up on the top deck declared with his sword resting on his shoulder. "You humans are going to be our hostages for the foreseeable future. Not the first thing I would like to do to you but hey at least this way you will hold some value." The thug chuckling on those last words. "Now all I want from you simple minded fouls is to sit there till we get our Dust and Lien."

With that, he turned around and left Minjonet's sight but soon after she could hear his voice once again. "Oh yay and as a courtesy to you filthy creatures, if you try anything my men have the authority to kill you without hesitation." she could hear him laughing as he left.

Once everything began to quiet down Minjonet started to look around at the situation she managed to get herself into. There were the four White Fang members that were originally on the front deck but they seemed to have been joined by another six members. She could see two of them up on the top deck but she had a feeling telling her there were most likely more up there plus their leader.

They were still bringing hostages from all over the ship to where they were so they still had to be searching the ship so sneaking away was completely out the window. Along with that, a straight-up brawl was completely out of the question they would just start killing everyone.

"Hey, let go of me you brute." An elderly man yelled at the thug which caused Minjonet to look towards them as he was being escorted.

"Listen, the Boss wants you alive to help prove that everyone is alive on this dinghy, but don't think that I won't chop your head off if you don't shut up." The thug snapped back to the old man as he threw him right next to Minjonet.

Minjonet quickly helped the man to sit up only to hear a child crying somewhere in the group. "Hey, you shut that kid up, or he's going to need to learn how to swim very quickly!" One of the thugs that were guarding them yelled at a mother as she tried to shield the child and stop him from crying.

Minjonet could tell this wasn't going to end well but without Skycrest there was little she could do at this point. With this, she started to have flashbacks to that night trying to remove the falling beams from that doorway. But no sooner did they start she could hear a familiar cry from above her, so she carefully looked up trying not to reveal where she was looking.

There in the sky, Talon was circling around them high enough in the sky not to draw any attention to him, but there in his talons was Skycrest in its sheath and the two quivers.

"Yes, great job there Talon," Minjonet said silently under her breath. With that knowledge, she quickly looked around making sure it was safe for him but before she could do anything a hand grabbed her shoulder pulling her down.

"I wouldn't recommend doing what I think you're about to do there, Huntress," the man next to her said as he inched himself closure to her to better to keep their voices down.

"How do you know I am Huntress?" Minjonet asked quietly.

"You're the only other person that looked up to that bird when he cried out along with the fact that he is carrying a weapon that means only two things, you're either some sort of thug, or you are a huntress, and given the fact that you aren't trying to make a deal with these thugs means you're more likely the latter." The man explained

"OK, but why did you look up as well?" Minjonet asked with a look of confusion on her face.

"Lass," The man with a hint of annoyance in his voice even while staying quiet. "I have been sailing the seas for most of my life I know all of the birds out here along with their own songs, and your bird is not one of them."

"Wait you're the captain of this ship?" Minjonet asked finding it hard to believe.

"Aye lass," the man said

"So that explains why you were so late to join us," Minjonet said understanding things a little better.

"They had me radio the coast to let them what was going out here and to tell them their demands." The captain explained "but back to you lass, I can't let your pet drop your weapon down the guards will most likely see it and that would put everyone here in harm's way. Just let them do their thing they have guaranteed everyone safety if their demands are met. "

"You can trust these animals, their word isn't even worth the air they use to speak," Minjonet said with a hint of disgust in her voice, but then a small smirk crept across Minjonet's face. "Anyways, who said anything about having him drop it?" She asked.

This caught the captain's attention. "What do you mean by that?" this time leave the captain unsure.

"I'll go up there and fetch it," Minjonet said still with that small smirk.

"What?" the captain asked "I have heard of Huntsmen jumping great heights but that would surely be noticed by the guards there, lass. And you would surely be seen once you land."

"Don't worry about I have that taken care of," Minjonet said trying to reassure the captain. "I would just need some form of desecration for those guards up on the other deck"

She could see that he was defiantly thinking it over in his head going over all the possibilities. It was a few moments before she got her answer.

"Fine lass we'll do it your way. Just wait they should be taking me back up soon to radio the coast again, I will give you your window then just watch those two guards up there." He said as he was pointing to the guards on the upper deck

" you. you will not regret it" Minjonet said in a slightly chipper voice

"Aye lass I better not" the captain declared as they waited there for their chance.