Sea of Lies

Chapter 4

"Rise and shine boys!" Denis yelled as he banged two metal pans together. Once most of his men had been woken up he went to the middle of the room. "Gather your things and any other supplies you can find in here. We'll be back out on the ocean in two hours."

The group groaned and muttered amongst themselves for being woken up in such a manner but after a while they were up bringing things back out to a cart.

Sub walked out of the small room with Elijah beside him. He went around the house to see if there was anything valuable they'd missed. After going through it, he went outside. The sun was just rising and the air felt damp.

Jodie walked over. He held a rope in his hands. Sub glanced back at Elijah. His head still hung and he was barely awake. Sub held his arm and pulled him closer.

"Sorry, Sub. Captain's orders." Jodie said. "Just be glad I decided to do this option instead of knocking it out to make sure it doesn't make our food go rotten again."

Sub gripped Elijah's arm and pulled him over to the cart. There was another one beside it that they'd taken from the farm to put their newly found valuables in. He climbed up into one of the carts with Elijah and sat beside him.

Jodie came over. He looked at Sub before shrugging and tossing the rope onto Sub's lap. "You deal with it then." He mumbled before walking away.

The group rejoined at the carts once anything of value was removed from the house and farm. Denis climbed into the cart. He looked at Sub and Elijah and sighed.

"If our food goes rotten again I'm selling you for real," He grumbled and sat down. He looked at Holden sitting at the front, holding the reins. Denis tapped the cart twice and Holden pulled the reins to get the horses to move.

They arrived back at the docks about two hours later. The crew began unloading everything and putting it on the ship. Sub went over to Denis as he was looking over everything they'd gathered. Sub pointed to Elijah beside him then pulled on Denis' shirt.

"Oh right," Denis groaned. He looked around before going onto the boat. He looked through some of the bags and crates before pulling out clothing. He placed it in Elijah's hands and smiled. "There. Go put him back in the cell while you're at it, Sub."

Sub lifted up the clothing and looked them over. He shook his head and shoved them into Denis' chest.

"What? What's wrong with them?" He called. Sub rolled his eyes before grabbing the shirt and holding it up to Elijah. It was obviously way too big.

"God you're so needy." Denis picked up a rope. "Use this to hold it up. Like a belt." He handed it to Elijah before walking away to check on the supplies they'd gathered.

Sub grumbled to himself as he pulled Elijah away to a room to change. He shut the door and stood in front of it so no one would walk in.

Elijah came back out a little while later. He fiddled with the rope and yanked it to make it tighter. He sighed and picked at the sleeves.

"Anqu iedro anqu ietina aoliu eisro oacbra sadravoiheper anqu tryd obbro. Phel zoang up.(I think I'd rather wear the clothes I had before. These are uncomfortable.)" He said. 

"Ngbru aigaro uthphu oisang. Uthphu pho ngloi.(They'll keep you warm. You'll need it.)" Sub replied as he began to walk back over to the main deck. Elijah hurried behind him.

"Ym zoang atsky ruroalpe eicgroposh?(Where are we going anyways?)"

"Igocia. Proviove juxbo oiryb imgraro oacbra scrboro.(Igocia. It's a kingdom in the North.)" Elijah rolled his eyes.