Hard Luck Hank: Garm by Steven Campbell

Author:Steven Campbell [Campbell, Steven]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2021-03-10T15:00:00+00:00

They were sailing back home with everyone in high spirits—other than Garm and Tenner. Garm, because she had not accomplished what she had intended, and Tenner because Garm had thrown his supply of drugs and alcohol into the water.

It wasn’t that she was mad at Tenner or disappointed in him, she was worried the rest of the crew would murder him if another crisis occurred and he was a hindrance.

The sailors had patched up their ships as best they could. The boats had taken a beating during the conflict with the fish.

Garm had done her best to clean her respirator, but it was no use. They didn’t have enough fresh water or a strong enough current of it for her to make the mask useable. If she put it on, she would struggle to breathe and it was simply easier to keep it off.

So she had to make do in a low-oxygen environment saturated with noxious chemicals and reeking of fish guts. Tenner’s respirator was in working condition, but it was adjusted for his much larger skull and his own air mixture. Besides, Garm wasn’t so petty or vindictive that she was going to commandeer the respirator off the face of her first mate—though she did contemplate it.

There were a few sets of good news. Garm wasn’t seriously injured. She would have to refrain from entering any cheerleading competitions or participating in pole vaults, but the medical devices on the Summer Dream Adventure could deal with torn muscles and sprains. Even without them, she would be alright given some weeks of rest, ice, and massages.

In addition, Zum had sent word that all the contracts were completed with Nipo and registered with the Colmarian Confederation. Operations had begun in earnest.

Their boats reached one of the large caverns that housed what amounted to a lake. On that lake were eight boats belonging to another city.

Both sides immediately began screaming and yelling at one another.

Garm looked at the impending confrontation with alarm. They had at least thirty sailors against them and Garm was almost entirely incapable of fighting. Her legs had taken the most abuse and she would not be able to dodge or jump or even move around.

Tenner approached her, understanding the situation perfectly.

“Give me your guns,” he said.

“How do you know I have any?” Garm asked.

“Because you’re Garm. You probably shower with a dozen guns and knives,” he replied.

Garm actually did have a pistol and several blades hidden in her shower.

She reached in her boot holster and another on her middle back and gave two small guns to Tenner. He looked at them dismissively.

“Why do you have such dinky pistols?” he asked.

“I didn’t expect a firefight in a flooded underground tunnel during a fishing trip,” she said.

“We need to retreat. Make for the caves,” Tenner yelled.

“We can’t outrun them, foolish Tenner Tashly. We are too heavy. We must protect our catch,” a fisherman said.

The others yelled in agreement.

The enemy boats were beginning to pull in their lines, fan out, and move towards them.

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