We landed on the roof of an opposing house.
There stood a boy with a green crossbow that had roots of the plant attached to it.
„Welcome back captain. Who is that kid?“ he asked the woman.
„There is no time for these questions. Take him and the rest of the crew to the ship.“
“The beheader has escaped!“ „Gather more guards!“ shouts were coming from below us.
The boy gave the captain two cutlasses.
His eyes glew green and a new stem has appeared from the crossbow.
The stem split itself into half.
One half wrapped itself around his body. „Grab my hand.“
I did as he told me.
He shot the other half into the distance.
„Hold tight,“ he said
We were riding the stem like a zipline.
„Ellie, Jell get back to the ship. Captain will be there soon,“ he shouted.
There was no response.
I looked behind us to see where the captain was.
I couldn’t see her anywhere.
The only thing I saw were dozens of guards running away from something red.
The red thing was moving so fast I couldn’t figure out what it was.
All the guards were headless laying in the middle of blood ponds.
Then I saw it. The red light was the captain.
She didn‘t have her robe anymore and I could see her.
I saw how beautiful she was.
She had long red hair, light emerald eyes and a small scar under her left eye.
She was wearing something like a crop top made out of brown leather and small gray shorts with a golden belt. She had her two cutlasses attached to it. For some reason she had no shoes.
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She must have slayed all the guards by herself.
Just how strong is she? Is she a bad guy?
I might be in trouble.
She was jumping from one roof to another towards us.
I looked in front of us and I could see our destination.
A small ship with a short mast and a red sail with a dragon symbol was waiting for us.
There were two people on board already. Probably Ellie and Jell.
Once I got on the board three of them were standing right in front of me – the captain, Ellie and the boy with a green crossbow.
Jell went on to steer the ship.
Ellie was hiding behind the captain.
She was the smallest one out of them. She was the same height as me though.
Her hair was short and light blue. She had round glasses and behind them ruby like eyes.
Her clothes looked way more expensive than the clothes of the other three.
Next to them there was the boy with the crossbow.
He was slightly taller than me and Ellie. He had short brown hair, brown eyes. His skin was dark and he had big fluffy ears.
Now that I saw the crossbow from up close it looked like it was organic. I need to ask him about it later.
„Captain, who is he?“ asked Ellie as she was looking at me.
„He was thrown into the same cell as me for not showing his magic card to the guards.
I‘ll take him to the great cabin and talk with him for a while,“ the captain replied.
„Follow me kid.“
After witnessing what she had done to the guards I had no choice but to follow her.
I nodded and went after her.
On top of the cabin there stood Jell steering the wheel.
He was a big guy. He was the second tallest person on this ship.
His hair was gray and he had a majestic beard.
Not as big as Gornell though.
He was wearing clothes that a technician would: gray vest over a white shirt and gray trousers.
As I entered the cabin my jaw dropped.
It looked nothing like the rest of this ship.
The room was full of beautiful antique furniture.
In the middle of the room there was a big wooden table with two chairs, one from each side.
Behind the table there was a huge window with long red silk curtains.
Underneath the window there stood a bed.
In each corner of the cabin there was a wooden wardrobe full of items.
On the floor laid a huge red carpet with a dragon symbol.
The captain sat in the bigger chair behind the table.
„Sit down kid.“
I sat down on the second chair.
„Now show me your magic card,“ she said.
I knew I was screwed because I didn‘t know how to do so.
„I can’t,“ I replied.
„If you won‘t show it to me. I‘ll take a look by force.“