The Elantra Pirates

Chapter 14

Two days later

The sun shines down on Shug, looking over the seas in the crows nest as the ship sails along on a highly windy day. Brentha got a makeshift dress, thanks to Zunci for her surprisingly great skill at crocheting. Hillanter was at the wheel, steering the ship with ease. Yunga is at the front of the boat, reading a map they found in the storage section, leftover by Drinter. Shanta is in the captain's cabin, taking a little nap as the day passes by.

"Where are we heading to again?" Shug shouted from the top of the crows nest.

"The part of the ocean called the silent sea." Yunga shouted back as she looked at the map. "I'm pretty sure we're almost there." She looks out ahead and sees that a slight fog is rolling in. "That's weird." She says under her breath as she takes one last glance at the map. She got up and walked over to Hillanter.

"I thought there wasn't going to be any clouds in the sky today." He said. "It was just sunny all day, where the fuck did this fog come in from?" The fog engulfed the ship making it almost impossible to see out into the ocean.

"I can't see a thing up here!" Shug shouted down.

"All hands on deck!" Yunga ordered. Zunci and Brentha came up from the living quarters and Shanta came out from the captain's cabin.

"What's going on?" Zunci asked.

"Don't know, just be on guard." Yunga said. The fog loosened up and they were able to see up to half a mile in a circular radius around them. "See anything Shug!?"

"Nope, not yet." He said. "Wait!" He takes a slight pause. "I do see something."

"Well what is it?" Brentha questioned.

"It looks like the front of another ship."

"Be on guard just in case they attack." Yunga commanded. They all got to the front of the ship to look out at the object Shug pointed out. It was indeed the front of another ship, but it looked torn apart like it had been shredded to pieces. It was perched on top of a rock, clearly the aftermath of a shipwreck. The further they go, the more they pass by the same sights of shipwrecks.

"What is this place?" Brentha asked.

"It's the silent sea." Shanta said. "It's infamous for having this creepy atmosphere, and having little to none wind. Many sailors avoid this part, but I guess we just stumbled upon it."

"Yeah." Yunga says nervously as she hides the map. "Can't believe I didn't see it earlier."

"It's ok, I didn't know it was in this part either."

"Guys!" Shug shouted. "There's another shipwreck!"

"Yeah we know that already!" Shanta yelled back.

"No, but this one still has people on it!"

They all pay attention to the tip of the ship that gets uncovered by the fog, and he was right. Five people on the edge of a ship that is tipping over a rock. The survivors, who look like they had been pretty beat up and disheveled, their clothes all ragged and torn. The survivors see them and start waving and shouting at them for help.

"What should we do Yunga?" Zunci turned to her.

"We should at least help them out." She said, "Hillanter, steer the ship to them! We're picking up new passengers." He turned the ship, with the little wind they had at their disposal, was able to get to the survivors in about five minutes, meanwhile Yunga shouting at them that everything is going to be ok. Once they got the ship close enough, they were able to be in leaping distance, where the survivors could safely get on board. One after the other leapt from the wrecked ship and onto theirs. The survivors consisted of three women and two men, everyone else was either dead or on a rowboat. They made sure they had a jacket to warm them up and some food and water.