Chapter 4 - Y

What?! You want me to go with her? Ah Hell No! Fucking bitch! I wish I could have objected but I wouldn't want to cause extra trouble during a mission. Not to mention I would have gotten my ass bitten off by Dagran, and a huge disappointed everything from Mirania. Sometimes I really hate my life.

I inhaled deeply, trying not to show my irritation. Zael knew me. He gave me a look that was trying to say that it wasn't that bad. If only he knew. Lisa/Calista, on the other hand, gave me that look… the one that basically says 'bring it on'. We were going to have to fight over him. Lord knows, I wasn't going to lose this one.

The three of us ran out of the room and turned left into one of the rooms that Zael had cleared out earlier. It lead straight to the other side of the ship. I wasn't going to screw this up any worse than I already had so I put up with her. Every time we turned a corner she would get in the way, when we were trying to be sneaky she would trip, even just walking down the straight walkways seemed to be a challenge for her. I swear she was the clumsiest person I had ever seen. Ever.

It didn't seem to affect us much. Either the Gurak had terrible hearing or we weren't as loud as I thought we were. We reached the side of the deck and waited for the signal from Zael or Mirania. We couldn't see a sign of there even being a Captains Quarters on the ship, but this was a very large ship and all ships have at least a small one. We'd just have to find it.

Soon enough, we caught the signal and Zael and I started our long distance attacks; my flares and his crossbow. Eventually we just ran out for hand to hand combat. We, Zael, Dagran, the 15 to 20 guys, and I, not Calista, defeated them and opened a few doors to eventually run into the Captains Quarters. A surprise was definitely there. We were attacked by this big armadillo thing that kept spinning and releasing spikes into us. It kind of hurt. Just a little…

Zael was hit by the tail and I ran over to see if he was okay. It had sent him flying into a wall. "Who would keep this on their ship?!" I helped him up just in time to have us both shot back down again by the stupid spikes. "Sorry," I said through clinched teeth.

"It's fine. Are you alright?" he only opened one eye, attempting a smile. I nodded as we both rose to our feet. We figured out that if we shielded ourselves from the spikes and attacked it when it was dizzy we could finish it off. It worked after a few tries.

"Well, we did it," Dagran seemed pretty proud of his plan. But we had done it. It was a successful take over. Now we just needed to turn this hunk of junk around. The ship needed repairs, though, so we stopped at the closest island and started to fix it up.

The island looked familiar to me. I wanted to check it out. I asked Dagran and he said it was fine as long as I took someone with me. I had no intention of doing that. My reasons were much too personal for anyone in the group and Zael was watching Calista and having far too much fun with it, so I just started out by myself. I grabbed anything I might need, including a few snacks, and started down the ramp, a little frustrated by the way Zael and Calista were talking. God! I'm always jealous. I was irritated at myself again. Half way down the ramp, a hand grabbed mine, spinning me around.

"Where are you going?" Zael looked confused. "Shouldn't you be going with someone?"

"Oh, and I guess you're volunteering? No. I'm going by myself. I don't need a tag along." I said it kind of coldly. I turned to walk back down the ramp.

"Well, I'm going," He stepped in front of me and blocked my path.

"Shouldn't you be looking after Calista?" I retorted, spitting her name.

"They can do that. There are so many people on that ship." Is he just incredibly thick or is he faking his optimism? It's like he couldn't even tell that I hated her.

"Suit yourself, but if you're too slow then I'm leaving you behind." I pushed past him and down to the island. He followed.

We walked for a decent while but I soon found what I was looking for.

"What is it?" Zael asked as we entered a very large cave.

"It's a ship wreck. I've been searching for the right one –," I cut off as I walked into a hole in the side of the hull. I heard Zael call for me to wait but I didn't care. This was my mission. I wandered up a set of stairs into a big open area with a flood problem. The barrels were floating in some places and only some places were easy to walk on. I took a few steps forward. I turned my head slightly. I had lost track of Zael, but I could sense him nearby. I took a few more steps, but next thing I knew, I was under a giant spider or crab or something. I probably yelled because Zael called for me and ran to my rescue. What am I? A princess or something? I have to be rescued? I wasn't going to live this down so I was glad Syrenne wasn't here. I began to stab the thing's underside with my dagger and it died, but there was another one that was fighting Zael. I ran over to him to help him out but before I could finish casting, the stupid thing bit me or something. I fell a little, regaining my balance after a little while. Zael finished it off. I took a few steps towards the next room but didn't make it. I fell to the wall next to me and slid to the floor slowly on my back.

"Yurick!" Zael ran to me and started looking me over and asking what was wrong. I could barely respond.