Tidal Waves

10. Lost

"Where the hell are we!?"

Raven flinched at Damian's furious voice, staring at him with a dazed expression. He had her backed against the wall as he scolded her.

"I-I-" Raven stammered, but Damian immediately interrupted her.

"I should've never trusted you," Damian groaned as he ran his fingers through his sweaty hair. He turned around and slammed his hands on the table in front of him, his eyes frantically scanning the useless map displayed before him. "I don't even recognize anything!"

"Calm down, we'll be fine," Maya assured him, playing a hand on his shoulder. "Stop being an asshole. She didn't mean to."

Maya was right; Raven had no intention of getting them lost. Their course had been thrown off.

Raven glanced down at the chained gem hanging around her neck, furrowing her eyebrows. Was this thing inaccurate, or had someone else moved the wheel, she wondered. Either way, she looked really bad right now.

"You're lucky someone here gives a fuck about your life," he said towards Raven, adding something underneath his breath before storming out the door, "Because I would've done thrown your lousy ass overboard."

Raven swallowed as she watched him leave, swallowing back the cry in her throat she could feel coming.

"He'll cool off, don't sweat it," Maya assured her as she placed a comforting hand on Raven's shoulder. "I've done much worse, trust me."

Raven looked at her. "But I didn't intend to get us lost, I swear on my life."

Maya cocked her head sideways. "Do you think someone else changed the course?" she questioned.

"I... don't know," Raven answered truthfully. "I do not wish to be one to accuse others, but I know for sure I can find my destination. I wouldn't have done this."

Maya pressed her lips together as she pondered the subject. "Well, it'll be okay. I trust you."

Raven's eyes met hers with a hopeful look. "Thank you," she spoke. I'm glad someone does, she thought to herself.

"Of course," she said before flashing her a smile. After patting Raven on the back, she left the room, leaving Raven alone.

Carefully, Raven picked up the thumb compass lying on the table and she watched as the needle moved frequently. Her eyes fell to the map on the table and she tried to find where they were truly headed, a confused expression on her face.

The New World?

After coming to this conclusion, Raven decided to suck up her fear of confrontation and speak with Damian again. This wasn't making sense to her. Azarath was in the opposite direction.

Raven took a deep breath and prepared to walk into the captains quarters, but came to a stop when she heard two low voices.

Curiously, she slowly peeked her head around the corner of the door and raised her eyebrows at the sight of Emiko hugging Damian close to her, her hand gently rubbing circles on his broad back as they sat on his bed.

Before either of them could catch her snooping, she quickly pulled her head back and let out a sigh as she retreated shamefully back to her room.

Once closing the door, she took her hair down and angrily took the necklace off, placing it on top of her dresser before closing her eyes and relaxing in her hammock.

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Before the crack of dawn, the ship rocked harshly, waking Raven up from her slumber. She was still wearing the clothes from before dinner, so she had been sleeping for a long time.