Narissa, Sister Of Sinbad
Chapter 4
I didn't think I was going to update today after I uploaded TWICE yesterday (aren't y'all lucky? ) and I'm pretty sure I'm insane or at least insane! I mean, who uploads at 12:30 in the morning of their senior orientation and they can barely keep their eyes open? This girl here! ON WITH THE CHAPTER!
Ohhh, when we got to back to Syracuse, I was going to kill both of them SOO dead!, I promised myself as we boarded the Chimera. I looked down at my green silk tunic in annoyance and went to go change when I heard Sinbad and a female voice. "What the hell?" I thought and opened the door. It turned out to be the lovely and incredibly annoying Marina. I sighed and stepped into the room just as she gave Sinbad a handful of jewels. "I didn't know that we had company, Brother." I said, completely ignoring Marina. "She doesn't have enough for first class." He said and smiled at me and I caught on and smiled back, stepping out of the way as he picked her up and walked out onto the deck. I shut the door and changed into black pants, black ankle boots, and a dark green shirt. I took the pin out of my hair and rebraided it with the spikes. There, that was better.
"Remind me why you didn't dump her butt in a rowboat." I said to Sinbad as we perused a map. "She gave us enough money for a second-class bunk." He said, not looking up, "I don't flipping care! She stowed away on our ship and bribed our crew! Plus she's annoying as heck." I said, leaning against the railing. "Well, speak of the sun and see its rays." I thought sarcastically as little Miss Princess, excuse me, ambassador walked up to us. "Are you sure you know what-?" she began, but I interrupted her, "yes we've done this kind of thing before." I said and glanced at Sinbad. "No there is no other way." He said, just as she said, "look-"But I interrupted her again, "and yes, you have my permission to stand there and get a free lesson in sailing, thank you." I said and smirked. "Besides, a ship is no place for a woman." Sinbad said and yelped as I hit him on the head. "You excepting, Rissa." He said, smiling innocently at me.
"Jin, easy on the main!" I yelled at one of the crew members. "Aye!" He yelled back. "Steady as she goes." Sinbad yelled to the crew, "Steady." He said, relaxing and leaning on the wheel as we heard a faint sound. "What is that sound?" Marina and I said at the same time, both too intent on identifying the sound to notice. "Shhh" Sinbad said and we both glared at him. The singing grew louder and we saw watery women appear from the nautical figureheads and out of the water. "Sirens!" I said and Marina and I looked at each other in horror then at Sinbad. "Sinbad? Sinbad!" We yelled and Marina waved her hand in front of his face. "Jin? Lee?" I said, looking at the other pair of twins on board who were currently dancing around and winced as Jin accidently kissed Lee's armpit. "Come and get it, ladies!" Luca yelled and threw off his shirt, exposing his bony chest. I winced and Marina shuddered. "Kale?" I said, hoping at least one of the members of the crew wasn't under the siren's spell. He said, "come with me, we'll speak of love." And ran his hand over his hairless head. We looked back at Sinbad as he said, "Who's bad? Sin-bad!" he said, grinning like a lovesick idiot. "Ugh, men!" Marina said in disgust, gesturing at Sinbad and I chuckled. "I saw her first!" Lee yelled, pushing Jin down onto the deck as the sirens hovered just out of reach of the men. I threw Marina a rope and she gave it to Spike, catching onto my idea, "Round the deck, now!" She yelled and we watched with me steering the boat as Spike ran around the crew and secured them to the mast. But we forgot about Rat. "Amore, amore, amore, my love!" Rat yelled, holding a rope and throwing himself down toward a siren from the crow's nest. "Rat!" I yelled. He ignored me and continued talking in his native language (Does anyone know what the language he uses is?) I grabbed a rope, slung it over the railing. "Marina, hold on to the rope, I'm going after Rat!" I yelled and she grabbed the rope. "You're good!" She yelled back and I dived into the water, grabbed the back of his vest, yanked on the rope, and Marina pulled us out. I secured the rope to the mast. "Spike, get Sinbad!" Marina yelled and I looked over at him just in time to watch Spike bite his butt and drag him away from a siren, only for him to spin around and come face to face with another one. Marina was steering when the boat went down a small waterfall. She went over the wheel, over the deck, destroying the siren who was now kissing Sinbad and unable to stop her momentum, ended up kissing him, (yeah, yeah, yeah, I know I didn't write that scene very well. Don't go ballistic on me, I'm tired.) "yep, they're being shipped now." I thought and smiled as she punched him in the face. I looked up at the oncoming danger and paled. "Spike, the blades!" I yelled at Spike as Marina ran back up to the wheel and steering us to safety.
We high-fived and started to pet Spike as the crew and Sinbad came to. "Still think a ship is no place for a woman?" Marina said to Sinbad and I rolled my eyes, bracing for the incoming argument. He growled and said,"Absolutely! I mean, look at my ship! These railings were hand-carved mahogany, and here! These moldings came all the way from Damascus! Do you have any idea what I went through to steal those?!" he paused and I said, "We. And it wasn't just Marina, part of it was my fault, so don't go yelling at her just because your pride won't let you say thank you for saving my life." I commented. "This is exactly why women shouldn't drive!" he yelled at us. "Are you crazy?! We saved your life!" Marina yelled back. "Ohh, I would've been fine, I always am." He said, pushing her hands off the steering wheel. "Only because I'm always having to save your butt." I yelled and climbed up the mast to the crew's nest, my usual spot for getting away from my idiot brother. I watched as Marina made her way past the crew and opened the bunk where she was staying. "And you chipped the paint, right there! That's more than a little scratch!" he yelled at her retreating back. She growled, turned around and slammed the doors. The crew turned to look at Sinbad and he started yelling about the dog, the crew, and us. "What?!" "Thank you!" "Don't worry about it!" "I won't!" "Good!" "Goodbye!" "Bye to you!" He and Marina yelled and then she slammed the doors closed again, I think you know who said what.
"Hey, Nari? Can I call you Nari?" Marina said, having climbed up to the crow's nest. "I guess. You saved my life, and you're pretty cool." I said, moving over so she could sit next to me. "I know it's probably rude of me to ask, but I have to know. Why do you hate me so much?" She asked and I sighed. I knew she was going to ask eventually. "I never hated you, I was envious of you. You had captured the heart of Proteus and ever since we were kids, he had stolen mine, but he never saw me like that." I said. It felt good to actually say that out loud. To my surprise, she hugged me. "I never saw him like that, I'm just doing my job. I see him as a friend. We sat like that and just talked and got to know each other until we stopped at an island.
OK, I'm fairly certain that this was my longest chapter yet! I'm sorry for all the grammar mistakes, but I'm exhausted, so I'm making more mistakes than usual. Review and let me know how I did. Peace out, booklovers, now go and get some sleep!