The Elantra Pirates

Chapter 9

Morning came and all hands were on deck. They were nearing Velantriff's castle and were near the dock. Yunga and all of the other crew members are looking overboard at the sight. Brentha comes out of the captain's cabin and onto the highest part of the deck. Everyone bows down to her, except for Yunga and the others.

"I want to thank everyone for rescuing me, I know that we've lost some good people on the way. So let's take a moment of silence for all of them." Brentha put her hair down and everyone didn't speak a word, the only noise was coming from the ocean around them. "Thank you. You guys may rest now." Brentha dismissed the whole entire crew.

Shug looked at Brentha's eyes, she didn't look too thrilled to be returning home. He tried to wonder why, but Brentha had one more thing to say. "Yunga, Zunci, Hillanter, Shanta, and Shug! Come to the captain's cabin immediately." They were all compliant and entered after Brentha went inside.

Once they were all inside the captain's cabin, Brentha took a seat at the desk that faced the door.

"Close the door." She commanded. Shug as the last person to walk into the cabin and he closed the door.

"Good, now with that out of the way. I have to ask you guys. Were you criminals forced to go on this adventure for your freedom?" She nailed it directly on point, a straight bullseye.

"Yeah. How do you know that?" Yunga curiously asked.

"Because it's happened before."

"Really? Like how many?" Zunci questioned.

"Way more than I can remember. He would always send criminals out on missions for their freedom."

"So we weren't the only people in that situation." Shug said to himself. "It did feel like he was too trustworthy when he sent us on this mission. Did he give back the freedom to those people who did those missions?"

"There was only one group that came back fully alive. Their promise of freedom never came though."

'What?" Hillanter interrupted.

"They were immediately executed after their missions. My father will never grant you guys your freedom like he promised. He'll just let you get executed, no matter how much you beg and plead."

"Are you fucking kidding me!" Hillanter slammed his fists down on the table, almost breaking it. "Did we all do that for nothing then!"

"I'm afraid so."

"No that can't be." Yunga said in disbelief, putting her hand to her forehead.

"I thought-" Zunci was immediately cut off by Brentha.

"You thought wrong. I didn't want to be the one telling you this, but it was the right thing to do. You guy's need to hear this before we fully dock at the castle."

"Son of a bitch!" Shanta screamed. "Fuck this bullshit!"

Everyone was ranting about their frustrations, instead of Yunga who was just standing there in disbelief. How could she go out like this, and due to her injury she can't just run away from the situation.

"My story can't end here, it just can't. Mom and dad need to see me become a great pirate, not just to be executed like this." Yunga said inside her head. "But we saved his daughter! You think he would give us some slack, right?"

"If he really cared about me then he would've just come and get me himself." Brentha argued. "But no, he just sat back at the castle and let you guys do the dirty work for him. Like the coward that he is."

Yunga's point was immediately shot down and crashed into the ground.

"Well what do we do now?" Zunci asked.