The Elantra Pirates

Chapter 3

It has been a day since they left port to rescue Drinter's daughter. Shug is on the nest of the ship on lookout. Yunga comes up the ladder to the nest and joins Shug up there.

"What's up Shug?" Yunga asked him, standing right beside him looking out at the sea.

"Nothing much, I've never been this bored in my life though." Shug responded, as he rested his head on his hand.

"In your life? Really?"

"Well, I am exaggerating, I have been in a position like this before."

"Ooo! When?"

"LIke years ago, my parents sold me to a crew of pirates who were looking for a deckhand."

"Sorry to hear that."

"No need to feel sorry for me, I'm actually glad they did that. The pirate crew treated me better than my parents ever did. Not to imply that it was good, just better."

"What do you mean by that?"

"I mean that the pirate crew didn't starve me so they can spend their money on their little chemicals that make them forget about their problems. Sure I get beaten every time I did something a little wrong, but it's better than just dying of starvation."

"I guess, but it's still kinda fucked up. What crew were you a part of?"

Shug looked down at the ground, and didn't respond to the question.

"Shug?"

"You don't need to know."

Yunga looked weirdly at Shug, and patted him on the back.

"You don't need to tell me if it's a sore subject."

Shug looked up at Yunga who was smiling at him. Shug smiled back and looked out into the ocean.

"Thanks."

Yunga then came down from the crow's nest and Shug was left up there to scout.

"I couldn't tell her." Shug said to himself. "I don't know what will happen if I do."

11 Years Ago

A ship is sailing through the sea, this ship belongs to the Mickels, another very infamous pirate crew that is way more extreme than the Elantra Pirates. The captain of that ship is captain Rint. The ship was carrying the captain, along with five other crew members. Among them is six year old Shug who is cleaning the deck with a mop and broom.

"Pick up the pace Shug!" Rint yelled

"Sorry!" Shug responded, picking up the pace.

"When do we get to Mintlantica!?" Rint shouted at a crew member on top of the crow's nest.

"According to this map, we are only an hour away!" The guy from the crow's nest shouted back.

"Good, those people are gonna regret for banishing us!"

Shug looked up at the captain overlooking the sea. Shug took a step forward and knocked over the bucket of water he was cleaning the deck with and it spilled everywhere. Shug stops in place and is frozen with fear.

"Shug!" Rint growled. Shug couldn't respond back and only stood there.

"Yes cap-" Shug's sentence was cut off by Rint kicking Shug in the stomach and sending him flying over the deck and into a wall.

"THAT WAS THE FIFTH TIME YOU DID THAT THIS WEEK! DON'T YOU EVER LEARN YOUR LESSON! OR DO I HAVE TO BEAT YOU MORE TO MAKE IT STICK!" Rint raged on shouting at Shug as he was crying holding his stomach from being kicked there. Rint kept reprimanding Shug for a good five minutes.