Scarlett by Christopher C Tubbs

Author:Christopher C Tubbs [Tubbs, Christopher C]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2020-04-02T22:00:00+00:00

The Spaniard was captained by Juan-Carlos Sebastian De la Montagne. He was the son of a count and his father bought his commission. He was captain of the Conquistador for two years and had been involved in one line-action in that time. He performed escort duty on two treasure convoys and was on his way back from the last one when they sighted this convoy of ships.

Now that they were just three miles away they could clearly make out that there were three Spanish built merchants being escorted by a French Caravel. That plus the direction they were sailing could only mean they were Buccaneers headed back to the accursed island of Tortuga.

His crew was tired from a rough Atlantic crossing, but the chance of some individual glory was more than he could resist. They were much bigger than the Caravel, and the Buccaneer would have lost crew to the prizes so she wouldn’t present much of a challenge. But he had the idea, as they had the wind, to take the prizes first.

Suddenly, there was a puff of smoke from the side of the Caravel followed by the sound of a gun.

“They dare challenge us?” he said to his first lieutenant.

“It would appear so, Sir. Their ambition knows no end, it would seem,” the young blood replied. It was his first voyage as first on the Conquistador. His uncle, an admiral, got him the position after he spent two years on the three deck Natividad as third. He hadn’t seen action at all and was as cocky as a game bird.

“Get the ship ready for action,” the captain ordered.

They were just a mile away when his first said,

“Captain, look at that! They have a woman in command.”

He raised his glass and saw the unmistakable image of a red-haired strumpet dressed in a leather corset standing on their quarterdeck. Not only that, but she seemed to have a red stripe painted across her face. She must have sensed him looking at her because she looked straight at him and made a very rude gesture.

He had the master make a course that would bring them up parallel with the Caravel so they could take down their rigging and board her. His soldiers were ready, their breastplates and steel helmets gleamed in the sunlight. They would board in ranks with their pikes to the front and push the sailors up against the opposite rail where they would be butchered or surrender.

Everything went as planned; he didn’t even use his lower deck guns, he was so confident. The upper deck guns fired, and the bar and chain ripped through the Caravel’s rigging, disabling her. He did notice that they had a rather odd flag flying but then the hulls ground together, and the order was given for the soldiers to advance. The Caravel hadn’t fired a shot in reply.

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