Chapter 7- Lost

I relaxed and opened my eyes as I felt that my feet were on the ground again.

We made it safely to the dock.

"Guys over here!" Kevin shouted out from across the other end of the E-shaped dock.

As I and Rebecca ran towards him and Amanda we looked back towards Amanda's Marleybone ship which looked much more intimidating from where we were.

The large royal blue and gold ship floated dormant in the sky and was surrounded by what seemed to be a protective aura as Armada reinforcements surrounded the ship.

"Yikes" Rebecca called out

"Two rose weapon casts in such a short time, I hope she's okay" Rebecca looked concerned as if she wanted to go back to the ship and help

"she'll be fine. She, unlike some of us, can handle herself" Amanda began walking up a flight of wooden plank stairs that creaked as she stepped onto the island

I and Rebecca visibly annoyed shared a glance.

"Don't worry guys" Kevin looked back as he followed Amanda

"I think she's starting to like you!" he chuckled

…

Walking into Avery's court my heart sank.

Everything was destroyed. The schools ransacked, the shops all pillaged. The once radiant life fountain went dry with bodies of other pirates scattered around it.

"Th- this is horrible who would do such a thing?!" Rebecca looked furious with a single tear rolling down her rosy cheeks

"They must have been trying to heal themselves after the attack from the armada.." Amanda's voice for the first time seemed soft and delicate.

The still, quiet air was haunting and sent a shiver down my spine as I tried not to stare at the lifeless bodies before us in the eyes.

Their eyes were the worst part. Wide open, some bloodshot. Filled with fear.

Part of me wanted them to move, to blink, something!

Something to give me hopes that these poor people weren't all just, gone.

Nothing.

There were also some defective armada soldiers meaning there must have been a fight but it's clear who won

The silence was destroyed by a sharp gasp coming from Amanda who had wondered off towards the musketeer's roost

She screamed an ear piercing shriek that filled the island.

Snapping into reality, mine, Rebeccas' and Kevins' attention snapped towards Amanda who was on her knees holding someone, sobbing.

The 3 of us inched closer to get a better look and found that the girl Amanda was holding looked allot like her. Her hair was white but styled in a short pixie cut. She also wore the same kind of clothes as Amanda with Marleybone officers badges except she was less decorated. She looked about our age if not younger.

She was pale like all the other lifeless bodies laying around. Her blue eyes wide open in fear. Next to her was a rifle.

"Why were you here?! Who did this? I'm so sorry!" Amanda sobbed into her shoulder holding her more and more tightly.

I felt a tap on my right shoulder and turned to see Kevin nod his head towards the shopping area near the docks.

I followed.

There waiting was Rebecca pacing back and fourth as Kevin led me to her

I think we were all choking back tears. I've never seen Amanda in so much pain and it honestly caught me off guard.

We shared a moment in silence our gazes averted towards the ground. This all felt so unreal.

The sobs coming from Amanda began to fade.

We were left in a painful quiet that seemed too fragile to break.

"Let's go.." Rebeccas voice was weak and dropped

"No," Kevin said in a stern tone

Rebecca cocked her head back in confusion

"She just lost her sister. Let's give her more space, she'll find us" his last words were hard to make out as he entered the Kraken skulls tavern.

I began to pace towards the door as Rebecca walked beside me.

Her sister. How terrible I never knew she had siblings. Maybe I should learn more about my new friends.

Upon entering the Tavern I noticed almost nothing was out of place beside the lack of pirates enjoying a bottle of yum

Kevin sat at a round table with his elbows perched in front of him while he kept his head up with both hands folded against his mouth as he stared into the distance.

We joined him. A few seconds of solemn silence and shared stares followed.

Rebecca broke the ice and spoke, "This is all just so much, what do we do now?"

she buried her face into her palms

Kevin sighed and thought for a second

"I'm honestly at a loss at this point. I've never seen Amanda so.." he paused to think of a word to describe her

"broken?" I finished for him. It was true and the look on his face agreed with me. Amanda never really showed emotion and always kept cool from what I've seen and now the fortified tower she's built around herself seems to have crumbled.

"well we can't just wait here" Rebecca sounded like she had lost all hope at this point

something about Avery's court seemed off, then it came to me.

"The trainers!" I blurted out as I jumped from my seat, I realized I sounded a bit inappropriately excited about my idea considering the current situation and sat back down

I was just glad to be contributing to the group for once

"What about them?" Kevin's face lit up, he seemed elated about it as well

"uh, well.. the court was uh. filled.. so I was thinking wouldn't the trainers be there too?" They looked at me with suspicious furrowed brows

"Well yeah, but they weren't?"

"Exactly, meaning they must have escaped, meaning Avery would have gone with them so they must be somewhere or else why else would there be so many armada ships still here" it made sense to me and I honestly enjoyed giving them hope again

They both stood with me followed by Kevin saying, "You're right!"

"Good job, fisher boy!" Kevin winked

ugh

"I told you, he's a natural leader, no wonder Avery chose him" Rebecca threw a soft punch at Kevin's arm

Chose me.

Amanda yelled again in the distance followed by multiple gunshots.

"That's her. Let's go!"

…

We arrived at the top of the stairs from the docks in a scurry to find Amanda in a full out firefight with a squadron of armada scouts.

Rebecca began to sprint, her spear held tightly against her chest, but before she could attack she was stopped by Kevin

"what are you-"

"look" he directed her attention back towards Amanda, who was on a rampage

Her shots were rapid and less precise than usual, about half of them missed

Her fire was so constant that the soldiers barely had a chance to fire back. She shot critical after critical.

"If we join there's no guarantee she won't fire at us as well" Kevin watched with us in a worried awe

a few Armada brutes joined but were also bombarded by Amanda's rage.

"TAKE THIS!" she reached for the bag of ammo tied to her belt, pulled out two red bullets, and loaded her gun

Her head snapped towards us her eyes filled with fury.

"Rebecca! Up! NOW."

Rebecca at first hesitated but quickly made her way over to Amanda

She grabbed Amanda firmly by the hips and thrust her up enough to put Amanda at least ten feet in the air.

While in the air she shot twice sending out flaming orbs of what seemed to be fire towards the remaining armada troops.

When the shot finally impacted the group they set off two explosions of flame taking out any machine that might have still been functional.

Amanda once again stuck her landing but this time with less grace but even more brute fury.

I jumped when I heard the sound of a light applause directly behind me.

"Bravo! It is true what they say about the order I suppose" More armada?

No, this was a human, he was too short to be armada, but he was dressed just like an armada troop.

"oh? Have I blown my cover?" How did he manage to sneak up behind us?

"Greed! Ugh! You were supposed to assassinate their Privateer!" A more heavily armored pirate appeared from behind the privateers school. They both wore armada masks

"Sorry, wraith" he shrugged

"We have to go now!" Kevin's voice sounded terrified

"Wha-" Rebecca was struck with the side of a metallic shield.

"Don't let these pirates escape. Greed, back into hiding, Wraith defend my position. Envy summon a few skeleton archers to keep sloth hidden. Go!" The pirates followed his orders and prepared for battle

"The sins of the armada have arrived to end your miserable lives"

Flashback

"Amanda! Back straight! For once at least look like a proper lady" My mom's voice struck me and automatically made me sit up and tense up

Every weekend we host these dinners for the officers of the Marleybone navy, and every weekend I have to dress up and act like a perfect girl.

"Mom can I be excused, I believe I have violin lessons soon" the dinner table went quiet

"I don't know, can you?" she responded reminding me of my grammar.

"May I" I rolled my eyes

She stared at me for a moment in disappointment as if she knew my plan to stow away on one of the ships and become a pirate.

"Very well." she looked back down at her dinner plate and stabbed at her food

"Thank you." I stood and curtsied to give a proper farewell to the rest of the dinner table. Including my father, younger sister and our guest.

I walked down the corridors of our mansion looking for the window I agreed to meet Kevin at.

When I turned the corner of the corridor leading to the window on the wall at the end I heard a creak in the wooden floors behind me.

I stopped in my tracks and looked back

"Who's there?" I called out and my little sister rose came out from her hiding spot behind a large plant vase.

"Why are you leaving?" She looked down at her feet in nervousness

"I'm not-" I tried to think of a lie to tell her and reassure her but I couldn't since I am leaving and she may never see me again after now.

"how did you know.." I sighed

She ran over to me and nearly tackled me down in a hug

"Please be safe, I'll miss you" she caught me off guard as she's never hugged me before.

"I will." I pulled her closer in the hug enjoying my last moments with her

"Maybe one day I can visit you in skull island?" She looked at me with the universe of wonder in her eyes

"I'd like that"

End Ch. 7

If anyone is interested I have a new Wizard101 story called "The choice" check my profile!

Thanks so much for reading and sorry for the wait!