Literally I'm just ugh, like I know what I want to happen but like it was so hard writing this chapter, I skipped a lot in this story actually, might have to write drabbles of the missing parts later
Sorry for the delay, finals will do that to you
13. Final goal
After passing through siren pass, as Robin said the place was called, they sailed into unclaimed territory; luckily the water wasn't deep enough for any dangerous monster, although Robin claimed any monster could be dangerous if provoked enough. Dave made a comment about sharks to which Karkat said that some mertrolls kept them as pets, which ended up on Dave asking for a pet shark
"When did those two become that close?"
"You were too buzy to notisse it, but we've been zailing for monthz now, it waz bound to happen"
She looked directly at his eyes, as if right through him, a smirk made its way on her face
"The interezt in interzpessiez relationzhipz zeemz to run in the family"
"I'm starting to believe Roxy might be the only one normal of us"
"I wouldn't hold on to that, thiz iz juzt my intuition talking though zo feel free to ignore it"
"That has never turned out well for me before"
Robin laughed at that, she then seemed to get more serious; Dirk had a feeling he knew where this was going
"They're not the only onez I've been checking"
"I figured"
"Look, you're not a kid anymore Dirk, and thiz one iz kind of important to me zo, hurt them and I'll rip you apart and zcatter your remainz for the zyrenz to eat"
"I forget how gore-y you actually are"
"There'z a good reazon why mermaidz are one of the creaturez feared by men"
She then took her eyes out of him, favoring the approaching island in the distance; it was unsettling to have her still be serious
"There might come a day when we're no longer in contact with land-dwelerz, when humanz forget all about the creaturez that onsse hunted them and wonder why they fear the ossean"
Finally a soft smile, tiny but a smile nevertheless, appeared on her features
"But even if that day comez, we will ztill live in the old talez and mythz, becauze humanity lovez magic far too much, and that'z why I'll make az many mythz az I can while I ztill can"
She then looked at him with a different kind of smile, one he had seen only once before, it told him to be prepared for a fight where they would risk their lives, not like there was any other kind for them
"I'm not going to let that blazted cherub ztop me from doing it"
"You will be the death of me, I hope you know"
"I bet you zay that to everyone, zpessially yourzelf"
"It never stops being true"
That cursed mermaid, sirens were so very bothersome; luckily they stopped attempting to attack his vessel once they crossed the border, which meant that this was unclaimed territory. As big as the oceans were, they all belonged to one group or another except one in particular, the waters that surrounded a particular island, the one island they were heading to
One of his men announced their approaching to land, and he had to correct him, this wasn't just any land, this was the very point of a terribly dangerous triangle, which one of them he didn't know and he didn't care, all three were equally cursed anyway
"Captain!"
Benedict hurried to the two, grayish blue eyes trained on Dirk, he looked partly exited, partly worried and a bit of a third thing that was hard to pin point
"Yes master Doe?"
Robin gave Dirk an amused smile that the other two ignored
"We'll be arriving at the island tomorrow morning if not this night"
Dirk finally looked at Robin, who raised an eyebrow at him
"I hope you know what you're doing"
"Have I ever dizapointed you?"
Dirk nodded, gaze turning back to Benedict
"Tell John to get the wind working, we're getting there today"
"Aye Captain"
Once Benedict left Robin laughed, Dirk looked at her confued
"It'z been very long zinsse I've lazt zeen Ben zo… carefree, he'z juzt zo zettled in I fear our departure might break him inztead"
The ship was soon moving faster, clothing and hair being blown up by the counter-wind
"Well, I guezz there are thingz even I don't know"
With that aid she walked away, Dirk tried to find any hidden messages in her words only to get what he already knew, which meant this was one of the rare occasions in which the queen had been entirely honest. Maybe he should do that as well, he really doubted they could pull another stunt like the one from eight years ago, not this far from an actual port at least, though he had the suspicion Robin had a similarly dangerous plan prepared this time, though all things considered it might work out better with this particular crew