The Pirates of Clew by Smith Taylor

Author:Smith, Taylor [Smith, Taylor]
Language: eng
Format: azw3
Published: 2015-09-04T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter 12

Haley fired, the rifle still set on wide-area stun, and flinched as the weapon activated. A wave of energy spread out into the empty airlock only to stop at the inner door where several faces peered through the windows at her. Laughing.

“Well it was worth a shot,” Saundi said behind her in a deflated voice.

Haley’s shoulder’s drooped, and she let the rifle fall to the floor of the pod. She took a deep breath and held her hands up. “Yeah. Worth a shot.”

Their hope had been dashed as their rescuers neared. Once they were close enough, Haley recognized the silhouette of the pirate ship they’d engaged previously. Though she didn’t need to know what the pirate ship looked like, as the many weapon emplacements along the hull told her it was not a merchant.

“Step into the airlock,” a voice crackled over the speaker. Haley recognized it immediately as Captain Johns, if that was truly his name.

They slowly exited the pod and stood motionless in the airlock. Several muffled whistles and hoots could be heard from the other side of the door. Haley was immediately nervous. She looked at Saundi to see her friend betraying no such emotion.

“Turn around, slowly,” the voice demanded.

Haley sighed as they both slowly turned in a full circle, and then jumped as the outer doors closed behind them, blocking their escape back into the pod. Not like the pod would do them any good now, though.

The inner doors opened and they were greeted by more than several rifle and pistol barrels wielded by a very dangerous looking bunch. Most of the men and women in front of them wore jackets emblazoned with the Jolly Roger. ‘Reaper’ was stitched beneath the skull and cross swords. All wore scowls.

“Here’s how this is going to work,” said a man who walked toward them. He was taller than Haley and maybe a bit older, but not by much. He had a dangerous look about him, and his voice held an air of command. “I try to consider myself a gentleman, so I’ll give you two choices, although neither of you deserve it. We can escort you to our brig, or we can throw you in it.”

“You gonna give us a pat down too? I bet you will,” Saundi said with a flare of her hand. “You look like you haven’t seen a genuine smile from a girl your entire life, pirate pig.”

Haley sighed dramatically. “Saundi…” she whispered desperately but the damage was done, and the man in charge motioned to several of his crew. She watched helplessly as they carried Saundi away kicking and shouting obscenities.

She held her hands up and said, “I’ll go.” She didn’t have any fight left. She’d spent all her courage trying to get her and Saundi off the Valiant, and her stay in the pod had drained any spare nerve she had left. Then from the corner of her eye, she saw the man that outed Andrelli standing behind several other pirates. “You,” she said quietly when she spotted him.

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