The girl looked for her father among the other people curled on the sand.
When she finally saw him, she ran towards him not caring about the things she step on.. or the bodies...
The blonde boy suddenly woke up feeling a 'weight' on his stomach. Still confused and dizzy, for having lifted up his head too fast, he rubbed his head, barely listening to what was happening around him.
But when he heard the words "savages" and "attack", he stood up in a moment, hardly balancing, trying to recognize the objects and the shadows which surrounded him... But everywhere there were just black and grey spots...
He didn't realize that, but he fell unconscious to the ground.
Meanwhile, the captain had woken up most of the crew, they had lit up another fire and organized night-shifts.
The blonde boy slept until morning came, while the red haired girl ended closing her eyes, exhausted.
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A fresh, salty, liquid crashed violently on his face, but for the hangover, his senses were still obfuscate.
He was still young, and not used to the alcohol.. He should not have drunk so much...
Anyway, he slowly opened his eyes to see the white light of the sun, and the marvellous effect it did on the landscape of the island...
The light passed through the leaves and the branches, creating dark spots and lights on the things below. Past the trees, the beach shone of a brilliant, dazzling, white...
The sailor who had 'gently' woke him up was a huge man, as big as a bear, and with the same skin-fur color.
The sailor was yelling at him, angry and hysteric, and his voice made everything tremble.
The boy could easily remember his name. It was Barrett, the black sailor.
Barrett was well known to be addicted to corporal punishments.. and to be always rude with everyone, even with Kairi, the captain's daughter.
Right.. where was the captain?
He successfully ignored Barrett, who, as the boy stood up, stopped yelling at him and moved to yell at someone else..
The boy looked for the long, almost platinum blonde captain's hair.. but the light of the day was too bright, and his eyes weren't used to that yet...
But he noticed a red spot, somewhere.. it could have been two things: one, the girl's hair; two, the captain's coat.
He hoped for the second one, and walked towards the color, his head rolling as a cannon ball during a storm.
"Oh, Roxas, here you are." The captain said as he saw him.
Roxas could see everything clear now.
"Good morning, captain." his eyes moved to the girl "Good morning miss Kairi." He eyes returned on the captain "What are the orders, sir?"
"You and the other sailors must search all over the island for savages. My daughter says that she saw someone else, tonight. And.." he looked around to catch the other sailors sight "She was not drunk." he admitted seriously.
If Roxas didn't blush, it probably was because he was red already.
The sailors stormed away, just a few stayed in the accampment, while others carried things from the ship to the island.
The men who were supposed to go around looking for savages, should bring with them weapons and walk in groups.
Roxas though, was so absent-minded, he soon lost sight of his companions, and without even noticing that, he found himself alone in the forest.
Probably for the hangover - or maybe he didn't believe Kairi could really have seen savages -, he wasn't scared, and not caring about going back, looking for his mates, he went on among the palms.
After some minutes, he came across a small lake, not directly connected to the sea.
He put his hands into it, and using them as a cup, he took up some water and tasted it. He was right: it wasn't salty.
So, there on the island probably was a spring, underground!
He must say that to the captain. They would have filled up dozens of bottles thanks to that spring!
Anyway, he walked on, and came across many more of those lakes on the road...
Pretty soon, the weather became hot, and Roxas started swearing..
He thought there wouldn't be any problem if he would have refreshed himself in one of those lakes... They were so many!
So, he cautiously dropped his clothes behind a bush, and took a long and peaceful bath inside the small lake.
When he got out, his clothes had disappeared.
TBC!