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Hey guys here we go with another chapter! O Got the question if I would accept any more OC's and the answer is yes! I will, if I get enough I might add a second ship so they have a small fleet. Please send OC if you want to, I'd love to hear them.

Also if you're wondering what kind of ship they have, go to the guns of icarus website, under the category ships you'll find them, Hicca's the proud owner of a 'Goldfish' while the Berkians have a 'Squid'.

She was standing at the wheel, waiting for her faithful crew to arise from their slumber. The weather had indeed cleared over the night, though clouds still dotted the skies, there were far less than before. A large mist covered the body of water before her. The wind was blowing softly against the ship, it was a good day for flying.

The door of the quarters opened, and her friend came out, she looked around for a second before quickly spotting her captain. "Goodmorning Hickey." She said. "Brynn for the last time, it's either captain or Hicca, no stupid names, okay?" She replied with a smirk. "Aye aye, captain." The female engineer answered. Hicca checked her watch, that was located on her arm next to her compass. "Wake the others." She said. Brynn turned around to head into the quarters, a big grin plastered upon her face. This was the best thing in the morning for her. She opened the door and walked in, she gently woke Sithera and told her to wait outside. Sith knew very well what was going to happen and walked out after tying her boots.

Hicca saw Sithera coming out of the quarters, Sith', as they called her often, turned around to Hicca and held her hand in the air with three fingers stretched. After a second she lower her ring finger, another second later came her middle finger, and when her index finger finally went down. A loud thump was heard from the quarters and Brynn quickly ran out. Hicca placed her hand solidly between her hands, she forgot to ask her to wake him up 'gently'. A colorful arrangement of curses could be heard from inside the cabin. The door suddenly flew open and out stepped a very annoyed gunner. "You're going to break the door one day, you know." Brynn said. Ray angrily muttered. "I'm gonna break you one day, you know." As he tied his scarf around his neck.

"Stop talking and listen up." Hicca suddenly spoke. They all turned around and looked at her. "Today will be sailing to a small supply route for the military, we have news of a ship carrying weapon parts. It's supposedly well armed so we'll go in fast and hard, we'll have a drop on them, understood?" The three crewmembers all muttered something as confirmation, Brynn gave her classic "Aye aye", Ray gave his trained "Yes capt'n", while Sith said "Jawoll" which apparently means yes in German. They all got to their jobs, Brynn checking on the status of the different machinery on the ship, While Sith and Ray were on lookout. She held a spyglass and was scanning the sky, while Ray had no use for such 'primitive equipment' and used his rangefinder, a binocular consisting of o a normal lens and a distance measuring device. Together they checked all around them, behind, in front, port and starboard.

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Meanwhile just outside the Hopeless port, a speedy ship was heading west. On the deck were a group of teens, who lazily were staring into the skies, one of them was still standing and actively searching using a actual optic. Another one was checking the machinery, but the rest was just enjoying the change in weather. Their captain, a certain one armed and one legged man, called out for the lazy guys on the deck. "Up you go, lads. Spot the skies, or you'll be cleaning that deck soon!" He barked out. The group of three quickly got up and pulled out their spyglasses, checking the skies for any movement. "Gobber, where are we heading again?" One of them asked. "A small trade route, word is military been attacked by the same guy that talked to you yesterday, I want to have a chat with him too." The commanding man told him. "And what makes you think that he'll attack today?" Another one asked. "Word is that a small Junker called 'The mule' is carrying weapons. it's too close to him to let that slip." He answered.

They passed through another could and saw the open skies ahead of them, they were above average height and in the distance they could see a ship about their size, flying low over the ocean. "Aster, I want a name and course of that vessel." He barked. Aster quickly grabbed the high magnification spyglass, of which they had only one. He lay down on the deck with the optic laying on the ground, to stabilize it. "It's the mule sir!" He yelled out. "Excellent!" Gobber exclaimed.

They followed the ship for a few hours, the sun was now in front of them. They just entered a large cloud, moisturizing the entire ship. Luckily they knew to wear thick, warm clothes. Otherwise they would freeze to death. Gobber was keeping the ship steady, the rest was just walking around aimlessly, sometimes checking if the mule was still in sight. Tuffnut was checking the skies, not really to look for treats or anything, no, he was destined to find the first 'Sky whale'. Or at least destined to beat his sister at it. He checked around the clouds on the left of the mule, maybe the whales liked the military, who knows. There was a flash in one of the clouds, and a projectile came speeding out of it, hitting the Mule. "I think he's here Gobber!" He yelled out, after watching a second shot hit the ship, probably disabling a cannon. "Shouldn't we help them?" Fishlegs asked. "Not if we want to stay alive!" Gobber responded seeing the attacking ship emerge from the clouds below. The attacker was too low to spot them, so they were good for now. "Let's wait it out first, then we'll tail them."

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Meanwhile on Hicca's ship the attack was in full effect, Sith had spotted the ship and Ray had quickly measured the distance, before hopping on the front Flak and waiting for the order to open fire. Once Hicca gave this order he fired a quick shot at the left gun, which was a mounted flamethrower, destroying it and the mound beyond repair. Usually the dragons would be going crazy by now, but they were posted on a sea stack a bit away, waiting for a whistle indicating that the battle was over. After that he fired a shot at their left engine, making them unable to use the steering engines for extra speed. He signaled Hicca that he was done and she steered the ship towards the Mule.

Once they we're close enough Brynn, Sithera and Ray threw hooks at the balloon, getting them stuck on the steel frame that held the balloon in place. They swung to the other ship and gracefully landed on the deck. Too bad the crew wasn't having any of it, they rushed the attackers without thinking. The first man to attack was young man, probably a new recruit trying to prove his worth. He had a sable in his hand and was attacking Brynn, who easily disarmed and defeated him. Some woman also attacked Sithera, but she dropped on the deck before she even reached her, thanks to her skills with throwing knives. Ray was also fighting off a crewmember, this one wielding a pike, which proved to be a match to his halberd, unfortunately for the soldier, raiders didn't fight fair, and he realized this at the moment when he successfully blocked a attack from Ray, only to find a dagger plummeted in his stomach.

The remaining crew stood frightened on the deck, seeing 3 of their fellow members being cut down so quickly. One of them called a name towards the staircase leading below deck, a few loud thumps were heard and a giant of a engineer walked out. "This here gunner's trying to raid us!" His crewmembers shouted. "Show him what you got!" The man only needed to hear this once and he began yelling loudly, swinging a large pipe wrench above his head. Sith' and Brynn looked at the man then back at Ray, before mumbling something along the lines of. "All yours mate." Ray looked at the man, who was slowly approaching him while swinging his wrench above his head. The remaining crew was cheering and encouraging the man to finish the attacker. But were shocked when they heard a loud bang, followed by their large crewmember hitting the deck, with blood slowly forming a puddle around him. They looked at their friends target only to see he was holding a revolver in his hand, still smoking. "Anyone else?" The attacker yelled, as a response the remaining crew al dropped their weapons. "That's what I thought." He said.

During the fight, Hicca had carefully aliened their ship with their target, and had lowered the plank, which was literally a thick wooden board. Ray kept the crew under shot while Sith and Brynn started carrying the crates with weapon parts to their own ship. After all the seven crates were taken they slowly made their own way towards the their ship. Keeping a careful watch at the soldiers still standing on the deck. They undocked their ship and quickly rose in the skies, to be out of reach of their weapons before heading into a large cloud, hiding them from the Mule's crew.

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Gobber and his crew had seen the entire thing go down, deciding it would be best to not intervene but having seen the man in the trench coat. And they would be sure to follow them. "I don't think they've seen us, keep yer guard up lads!" Gobber yelled to his crew. They all quickly got back to their work on the ship, running around the airship. After everything was set for the chase the rested, Aster standing behind the small flak on the front of the ship, ready for a possible attack.

They followed the mysterious fishlike ship for a while, they hadn't noticed their followers because they had high above them so they couldn't spot them. A their target had used a moment ago. "So are we going to attack them?" Tuffnut asked. "No, ya idiot!" Gobber yelled. "You saw how quick they were with the Mule, we wouldn't stand a chance!" Everyone, even his sister, looked at Tuffnut with a gaze of 'Are you stupid?'. Some even wanted to ask that, but decided that they knew the answer.

Their target was now approaching a sea stack in the middle of nowhere, probably small island first, but now nothing more than a rock jutting out of the water. Ruffnut was the first to sport the inhabitants of said rock. "There are flying straight to a group of dragons?" Aster dismounted his gun and took the spyglass from her, he peered through the lenses to look at the sea stack and was surprised at what he saw. Some female crewmember with black hair tossed a fish to the devils, before letting them rest on the balloon, and even on the deck! He relayed this information back to Gobber. "What kind of dragons?" He asked. Aster took the high magnification spyglass this time, to take a close look at the dragons. "I think I see four." He said. "A skrill, some black one, A Flightmare and there's a Seashocker swimming beneath them." "Curses, if they work with these beasts we'll never be able to take them!" Gobber yelled. "We'll just have to wait and see I guess."

However, unbeknownst to them, a certain Seashocker was scanning the skies for her friends using her echo, and their pursuer had not go unnoticed for the two heads.

AN:

Hello everyone, me again (who else xD). I just wanted to say thank you again (Like I do almost every time xD) for the reviews and the followers and favorites and all. It really means a lot to me.

Now, someone asked if I would still be taking OC's. Yes, I think I will be during the entire duration of the story. And I'll say so if that changes. I don't know if I'm going to expand Hicca's crew any further, but if I get enough I might add a second ship (like said in the first AN this chapter).

Have a great day everyone and take care!

R4y