Malaya found her self in a troubling situation.
On the way to Tortuga, the ship had been caught up in a storm.
She, now apart of the crew, had to help.
She grabbed a rope and tied it around her waist. She ran over to help Mr. Gibbs with the rigging as another blast of a wave came up onto the deck. Malaya fingers slipped and she was throw onto the deck. She took in a mouthful of air before the next wave could come at her. She stood up and continued to help as the Captain manned the steering wheel.
"How long have we been in this mess?!" she yelled up to him, holding the rope with a bit more of a grasp this time.
"Keep to your orders!" he bellowed back at her.
She ran back to pull on the rope when another wave of water came down and crashed upon the deck. She struggled to get up as she took up a bucket and bailed out five buckets of sea water. She returned to helping Mr. Gibbs with the rigging.
But Mr. Gibbs was no where to be seen.
She turned around, flustered. She couldn't see him anywhere on deck.
"MR. GIBBS!" she shouted before being taken down by another mound of water. She fell against the railing and opened her eyes. She could see Mr. Gibbs gasping for air in the water.
He was going to die any second.
Malaya knew what she had to do. She tied the rope on her waist tighter and jumped down and grabbed Mr. Gibbs around the waist and started to swim to the ship before being taken down by another wave.
"Mr. Gibbs is unconscious," she said. "We might both die," she thought.
She swam back up for air and dove down and swam to the ship She grabbed the out side of the railing and grabbed Mr. Gibb's rope. She tied it around his waist once more and climbed up. She ordered Marty to help her pull Mr. Gibbs up aboard.
"But Miss the code-"
"Forget the bloody code!" she screamed. "Just pull before I throw you overboard!"
Marty ran over and helped Malaya pull up Mr. Gibbs. She ran over to his side and started to do CPR.
"Marty, give him mouth to mouth."
"That's-"
"DO IT MARTY!"
Marty leaned down and gave Mr. Gibbs the kiss o' life.
Gibbs awoke and Malaya hugged him.
"You saved my life," he said, almost whispering.
Another wave came crashing down ruining a beautiful moment.
"You scared me Mr. Gibbs," she said smiling at him.
"Thanks lass," he said, standing up. "for going against the code for old Mr. Gibbs."
"They're more like guide lines." She ran back to the rigging.
Meanwhile in the only place in Tortuga that wasn't gulping drinks
"Hello?" the man asked as a tall woman entered the shop.
"Hello Ma'am, nice to see you today." He said. "Any luck finding her?"
"No," she said. "But I was wondering…"
"She's been gone for thirteen years and your still looking for her?"
The woman nodded.
"I'll print out some more papers, but good luck finding anyone on this rotten hole that would pay attention. The name's still Malaya, right?"
A thirty four year old Elizabeth Turner removed her hood. "Malaya."
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