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Chapter 17: The Battle with the Pirates
Chaos.
That was the only thing to describe the event that was taking place on a lonely and unexplored island.
The Mariner had leapt into the fray of oncoming pirates with intent to murder him. The Mariner fought them off with mild difficulty and made sure he didn't suffer any wounds. As he fought his way through the hollering pirates, he left a trail of blood in the sand behind him. Bodies collapsed in pools of blood, weapons clashed horribly, and all was pure chaos. Still, the Mariner moved on, becoming tired and a little unsteady on land, but remaining strong and relentless. He wasn't going to lose to these monsters. He was going to finish them and save Enola. The Mariner had to. He had done it once before, he can do it again!
Enola, who was still in the captain's clutches, weakly lifted her head and saw that all of the pirates had rushed forward, assaulting. Enola had seen the Mariner and an immense amount of gladness had touched her heart at the sight of him. She was so happy, but she kept the happiness inside because of the sorrow, hate, and fury she was currently experiencing. Plus, she was in horrible pain from the blows she suffered from Captain Ringer. Fear overcame her in waves as she watched the pirates fight the Mariner. The Mariner was in the center of all of the monstrosities. She knew that he wouldn't be able to fight them all off forever. What if he died?
Swallowing hard, Enola shook her head, taking a quick look at the captain who was still squeezing her arm tightly. He was watching the fight, shock and amazement piercing his face. He was shocked at how the Mariner was able to continue fighting his crew. Enola resisted the urge to smirk and shook her head again. Nobody understood the Mariner. She had warned them that he would come for her, that he would save her. They didn't believe her. Making up her mind, Enola lifted her foot and then smashed it down hard onto the captain's, causing him to yell out in agony and release her arm. Enola scrambled away and picked up a fallen sword, prepared to fight the beast off.
"Ye must want to die, aye?!" Captain Ringer boomed in his nasty voice. He unsheathed his cutlass and flew towards her like a rabid animal. Enola barely had enough time to block his sudden blow, raising her sword up to meet his curved blade. "I'll make sure te make yer life miserable, lassie!"
"Get off me and just die already, you monster!" Enola screamed back at him, spitting in his face like he had done to her moments ago. Captain Ringer froze, black fury covering his features. He howled like a choleric bull and moved forward, rapidly slicing away at the girl with his cutlass.
Gasping, Enola backed up, fighting back. She didn't know how to use a sword, but she was doing the best she could, making sure the monster's weapon didn't pierce her skin. Enola backed up to the ocean, moving her sword in various ways to block Captain Ringer's vicious assaults. Enola wasn't sure how to get a blow of her own in. She wasn't an experienced fighter like the beast in front of her. What in the world was she going to do once she ran out of energy? Ruminating about that made her very uneasy and apprehensive, but the memory of Jaymz walking the plank and plummeting down into the water with the sharks caused her adrenaline to pump even more rapidly than before. She wasn't going to let this monster win. Enola was going to avenge Jaymz!
Screaming wordlessly, Enola evaded a terrible blow to her head by stepping to the side. Then she jumped forward and struck with her sword, catching the captain in the thigh. Captain Ringer howled in pain and dropped to one knee, blood seeping out of his first wound that Enola had inflicted upon him. He seemed genuinely surprised that she had managed to get a hit on him. However and unfortunately, that made him explode with rage. Growling terribly, he hopped to his feet and came at the female harder than before, moving even faster. By now, Enola was practically fleeing, backing up towards the ocean again and barely blocking the captain's shots.
Meanwhile…
Plunging his harpoon into the belly of the fat pirate in front of him, the Mariner watched as he crumpled to the ground, screaming in agony. After that, the Mariner made a sharp turn and ducked while spinning, evading several slashes to his head and, at the same time, running his harpoon across the stomachs of the pirates surrounding him. They all dropped to the ground like puppets whose strings had been cut. Next, he straightened up just in time to dodge a blow to his neck. He kicked out one of the pirates' legs and then mercilessly stabbed him in the chest. The Mariner spun around and then elbowed another pirate in the throat, watching him choke and try to breathe properly. The Mariner was unaware of a pirate approaching him from behind, ready to tear his curved blade into the Mariner's back. Suddenly, however, a blade drove into his neck and made him fall to the ground in a pool of his own blood.
Hearing the commotion behind him, the Mariner stabbed another pirate in the throat and whirled around, seeing a shirtless and blond pirate standing there, gazing down at the comrade he had just murdered. He looked up at the Mariner shakily, breathing out a humorless chuckle.
"I can't believe I just did that…" he blubbered.
The Mariner narrowed his eyes and kicked away three pirates who were hollering and trying to cut him down. Two more pirates were coming at him from his side, but the blond haired young man took care of them with complete ease, slicing their throats open and watching them bleed out.
"I've switched sides, mate," the young man announced to the Mariner, standing close to him and crouching low into a fighting stance. "I'm fightin' with ye. Blood is me name."
The Mariner couldn't complain. He was getting help after all. He allowed Blood to fight with him.
"I'm also fighting with you!" a new voice touched their ears. Blood and the Mariner both spun around to witness Helen coming their way, a stone dagger in her hand.
"Helen, what are you doing here?!" The Mariner shouted furiously, pushing back four more pirates as Blood took care of five others.
Helen shook her head fiercely. "I'm fighting with you! You can't stop me!"
Angry, the Mariner let it be.
The three of them faced the remaining pirates and fought on.
