The Elantra Pirates

Chapter 5

Yunga, Zunci, and Hillanter walk down the street on the brink of it being dark outside to a rundown building on the edge of town.

"Are you sure that the bartender gave us the right information?" Zunci asked. "This place doesn't look like the place a mayor would be at. This is like a drug mushroom dealer's place."

"He did say the mayor has gone into a downward spiral recently." Hillanter responded to Zunci.

"Let's just try it." Yunga said, approaching the building and knocking on the door. A little bit of shuffling from the other side of the door and the door opens only a crack. A man can barely be seen behind the door as it is so dark inside the building you can only see his eyes.

"What do you want?" The mysterious man asked, looking directly at Yunga,

"We're here looking for a girl named Brentha Velantriff."

The guy immediately closes the door and locks it.

"Hey!" Yunga shouted banging on the door.

"Let me handle this!" Hillanter said, moving Yunga aside. Hillanter lifted his leg up and kicked the door down off of its hinges and onto the floor. The room lit up from the outside and it was a disgusting sight. The smell was horrendous, the room had broken furniture and a run down mattress, multiple holes in the wall, and the ceiling looks like it's gonna collapse.

"Stay back!" The guy yelled in the corner of the room. "You're not getting anything outta me!"

The guy was surrounded by little glass tubes and a make-shift needle with a little bit of liquid inside.

"God what the hell is this shithole?" Hillanter said, peering in through the doorway.

"It reeks!" Zunci yelled in disgust.

"What the hell happened to you?" Yunga questioned the guy.

"Shut up! You're Velantriff's men aren't you!?" The guy shouted, still in the corner.

"Yeah." Yunga responded.

"Oh god! Please have mercy! I had to do it!"

"What are you talking about?"

"Just don't kill me!" The guy started crying.

"We're not gonna kill you. We just want to know where Brentha Velantriff is." Yunga comforted.

"So, if I tell you. You won't kill me?"

"Yes."

The guy started to get his bearings and stood up, kicking some of the glass tubes out of the way that cluttered the floor.

"Fine, I'll tell you everything. Come inside." The guy said, walking over to a table in the middle of the room.

Yunga, Zunci, and Hillanter walk into the room, walking over empty beer bottles, glass tubes, and empty little tea bags.

"Are you even the mayor of this town?" Zunci asked.

"Of course I am, isn't it obvious." The guy responded.

"No, it's not."

"Well I am. This place has been like this for the past year. I can't run a town for shit."

"I mean that's pretty obvious." Yunga butted in.

"I know! It's not like I wanted this job, I was forced into it! After the previous guy died under mysterious circumstances, I took his place by lottery. Don't get me wrong I tried, I really did! But this isn't the job for me man!"

"What does this have to do with Brentha Velantriff?" Hillanter interrupted.

"Well, I sold her."

"YOU WHAT?" Zunci shouted and slammed her fists on the table.