Chapter 6: Fire
I awoke coughing, and to the smell of something burning.
At first I thought it was the cook because she had a tendency to burn food and fill the whole lower ship with smoke, buy I was sadly mistaken.
"Kat"! Someone yelled and there was furious banging on my door and I heard the clash of metal.
Quickly I pulled on my clothes from yesterday and ran to the door.
When I swung it open I was forced back into my room by the smoke, it burned my lungs and made my eyes water, every breath was like knives.
"Kat, are you okay"? I looked up to see the captain, Kiku in my doorway looking concerned. Between coughs I answered, "I'm okay".
"You had better get your sword because we are under attack". I ran to my dresser and pulled the long thin sword and my two knives out from underneath. After buckling them into my belt I went back to the door.
"Well I'm ready to face the smoke," I said which was followed by another fit of painful coughing. He turned and crouched down below the worst of the smoke and ran towards the stairs, I took a deep breath and did the same.
Flames licked at the sides of the ship, and the heat made it hard to breathe as well as the smoke that a number of times made me double over in horrible coughing fits that last for five minutes, making Kiku have to drag me to the stairs.
When we reached the stairs I pushed past him, ready to enjoy the fresh air, but was sadly mistaken.
The deck was covered in flames, people where fighting left and right and screams ripped the night air.
I turned to look at Kiku and was tackled to the ground instead. I screamed and turned to see who it was; by instead I saw a knife flash before my eyes that if I hadn't moved would have killed me, slicing me open like thanksgiving turkey.
Instantly I went into action stabbing and dodging wildly.
I helped other members of the crew, or at least tried.
These people where tall and strong, not very well matched for our group of small-inexperienced fighters.
People where falling left and right, and they weren't the enemies.
After killing an especially brutal man who I had found trying to pawn things off the dead, like money and other things I saw Kiku,
He was fighting a tall man like 8 feet tall. The man had white blonde hair and purple eyes. His face was stretched into a smile; as if this was one big game and all he had to do was get over this obstacle.
I ran towards Kiku ready to help but was blocked by tall blonde haired girl who I shoved aside, she wasn't very strong.
Just when I reached him, my hair was yanked back and I yelped in pain. The girl had grabbed me by my hair and was now dangling me in the air. "You don't hurt my Ivan," she growled at me "Ivan?" I said wondering what she meant. "Him"! She said pointing at the tall man Kiku was fighting "let go "I said and struggled, trying to ignore the fact that it felt like my scalp was being ripped off. "No" she said glaring at me.
I kicked her in the face and fell to the ground. She yelled and tried to attack me but I tripped her and knocked her out.
"Kiku!" I yelled running towards him, then everything was in slow motion, Kiku stumbled and Ivan pinned him to the ground then raised his bloody pipe higher and higher and just as he was about to hit Kiku I shoved Kiku out of the way and landed where he had been.
"Stupid head" I muttered to my self now I had a maniac with a pipe about to hit me instead of Kiku.
As it neared my face I covered my face with my arms and screamed,
Ready to face my death when a loud clang broke the air. I looked up to see Kiku blocking it with his sword.
Immediately I drew my dagger and stabbed Ivan in the gut and dragged the knife up to his nose, nearly cutting him in half.
When his mangled body crumpled to the ground I threw the dagger to the side and stood up. "Are you ok?" asked Kiku "yeah I'm fine." then I turned and threw up.
Kiku came over and patted my back as I heaved, Tears and barf mixing with the blood on the deck.
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