Chapter 6: Recuperation: part 1

"Gawd why are these crates so freaking heavy." Da'hax; a rugged, yet handsomely built rouge whined to his Female captain.

"I don't care how heavy they are, just get 'em on the gorram boat, or do you want me to kill you again?" Die replied to her only crewmate with a mocking grin and pointing to her deviruchi pet. "Or maybe I should get fluffy to have his way with you."

"How many times do I have to tell you? My name is not "fluffy"! I am an all powerful demon that will kill you all in yo" The Deviruchi yelled, but was cut off by Die's hug.

"He's so cute sometimes!" She exclaimed squishing "fluffy".

"And you're insane" muttered both Fluffy and Da'hax.

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Hidden inside a shipping crate, Venumn and Toxik, ex-assassins for the feared Dark Wizard, stowed away aboard the first ship they saw in port.

It wasn't much, just a standard mid-sized vessel; strangely crewed by only two people and a deviruchi. This made it all the easier for the sisters to sneak and stow aboard.

They had spent many days, even weeks at sea with nothing but the sound of the occasional argument between the two crewmembers and the waves splitting against the bow. Where they were headed, Venumn and Toxik were not sure. Only the wind in the sails knew this.

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The sisters awoke to the ear shattering sound of wood being torn apart, and the shouts of anger from the crew of three; then there was suddenly silence, not even the sounds of the ocean could be heard.

Venumn was the first to sneak out of the crate, followed closely by Venumn. Looking around, they noticed half the vessel was missing. The half that the sisters were on wasn't even floating, but under the water on the bottom of the sea.

"What…the…fuck?" asked Venumn, clearly confused at their current situation.

"I'm guessing we were inside some Force Storm caused by rouge magic and cast to the bottom of the ocean…" Toxik replied with sarcasm.

"Well, then what do we do then to get out of here? I'm pretty sure whatever magic is left wont stay around us very long, and I don't know about you, but I can't breathe under water."

Looking around, Toxik spotted a cave with a faint light.

"Let's go in there, we'll find away out from there." She explained with a cool calm.

Entering the cave, they jumped up onto a ledge, pretty difficult to do under water, and thankfully found that the rest of the cave was above water. The main cavern was huge, and surprisingly lit by torches scattered about.

Glancing back, Venumn pondered for a moment at the water they had just left, and turning to her sister asked, "so, how much time did we have left before inevitable crushing depths killed us?"

"You don't wan…" Toxik began to reply when the torches died.

Being completely silent, the girls scanned the pitch-black cavern, and then the unearthly screams broke the silence. Something was coming.

End part 1