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The Captain and the Hunter Ch. II
Captain Scarlett was woken up by the sounds of gunfire. She bolted upright, fumbled around for her gun, and scanned the area for the source of the shots. See didn't have to look very far. A few feet away from her was Sir Hammerlock, gun still smoking, staring out into the endless expanse that was the sands.
"What was that about?" She asked.
"Hmm?" Sir Hammerlock turned to look at her. "Oh dear, did I wake you up? I'm terribly sorry about that. I saw a stalker eying the camp and I thought I should get rid of it."
"Oh."
There was a silence as both of them tried to think of something to say.
"So..." Captain Scarlett finally broke the silence. "Shall we get moving?"
"Yes. I suppose we should. I'll just need to pack up the camp."
The next few minutes were spent doing just that. As soon as the supplies had been digistructed and the coals left from last nights fire put out the two climbed aboard the sandskiff and continued their journey toward Oasis.
"So." Scarlett said a few minutes into the trip. "Where do you plan on going once we reach Oasis?"
"Well I suppose I'll head back to Sanctuary or perhaps to Aegrius for another hunting expedition. I'm really not sure at the moment. And what about you Captain?"
Captain Scarlett looked down at the floor of the skiff and sighed.
"I don't know. Everything I had is gone now. My crew stole my ship, Captain Blade's Treasure has already been looted, and everything I worked for is gone now. All I've got left is my skills and a hat."
She sighed again.
"I really don't have anything left. I'm broke and I've got nowhere to go."
The skiff drifted to a halt.
"Why are we stopping?" She inquired.
Sir Hammerlock walked up next to her and patted her shoulder.
"There there." He said. "I'm sure you've got someone you can turn to."
"But I don't have anyone to turn to. I've betrayed or been betrayed by every friend and crew member I've ever had. I have no one left."
"Well then. In that case why don't you join me?"
"What?" Captain Scarlett looked up at Sir Hammerlock.
"I said why don't you join me? From the sound of it you have nowhere else to go, and besides do you have any idea how lonely it gets on hunting expeditions? I would very much enjoy the company of someone such as yourself!"
"But I'm almost a complete stranger to you. How do you know I wouldn't betray you? Or kill you?"
"You didn't kill me and steal my skiff last night, although I'm sure you easily could have if you had wanted, and to be quite frank about it that's good enough for me. And besides," he added. "When I say it gets lonely on those hunting expeditions I mean it. The last time I went on one I didn't seen another human for seven months. I started talking to a skag for the Angels sake."
Captain Scarlett smiled.
"I would be happy to join you. If for no other reason than to keep you sane for the foreseeable future."
"Excellent!" he exclaimed.
Sir Hammerlock walked back to the driver's seat, started the skif up again and sped off over the sands. Nothing meaningful happened for the next few miles, just idle conversation. But then something a bit more interesting happened.
"I say." Sir Hammerlock spoke up. "Is that a ship over there?"
Captain Scarlett looked in the same direction as Sir Hammerlock.
"That's my ship!" She exclaimed. "And the bastard crew that betrayed me!"
"Shall we go liberate it from them?"
"Are you crazy?"
"Perhaps."
Captain Scarlett weighed her options for a moment.
"If you want to help me take back my ship then I'm game."
"Right oh!" Sir Hammerlock exclaimed.
The skiff made a hard left and headed for the ship.
"So what's the plan?" Sir Hammerlock asked.
"We board the ship, we kill everyone aboard, and then we sail for Oasis."
"I don't see how this could possibly go wrong."
"Hey, you're the one that suggested we take back my ship. From murderous bloodthirsty sand pirates."
"Fair enough."
The two approached the ship as stealthily as possible and managed not to draw any attention from the crew.
"How do we get up?" Sir Hammerlock whispered.
"There's a ladder on the back of the starboard side."
"Right oh." Sir Hammerlock started to pilot the skiff around the ship.
"Other side. Starboard is right."
"I knew that."
He corrected his course and brought the skiff to just underneath the ladder.
"Right. Well ladies first." He said gesturing to the ladder.
Scarlett grabbed hold of the ladder and began to climb, followed closely by Sir Hammerlock. Scarlett reached the deck and turned around to give Sir Hammerlock a hand in boarding the ship.
"Right." She said turning around "Now we've just got to-" Scarlett stopped as she found a rather large shotgun inches from her face.
"Well, well. If it isn't the Captain."
"Hello there Terry." She said nervously. "How are you?"
