𝐓𝐎𝐔𝐆𝐇 𝐆𝐈𝐑𝐋 | 𝐒𝐀𝐃𝐈𝐄 𝐀𝐃𝐋𝐄𝐑 𝐗 𝐎𝐂

𝐆𝐔𝐀𝐑𝐌𝐀

okay imma try to make this quick bc i really did not like the guarma chapter 😭

I woke up to someone giving me cpr. I coughed up water and sat up to a beaming light in my face. I adjusted my vision and coughed up the last bit of water.

"Rosa!" Javier grabbed me by the shoulders and I coughed. "Que pasó?"

"El barco se hundió." Javier said helping me up. I looked at the ocean in front of me. "Oh my god." It all came back to me. That stupid boat. Hosea. Lenny. John. Charles.

"I know." Javier chuckled and I looked over at him concerned. "Y Dutch? Donde está?" I coughed a little bit more.

"No se." Javier said and I nodded. I looked around us. I saw a trail of smoke in the air and I jerked my head over to it.

We walked over to the smoke where Bill, Micah, and Dutch were sitting by a fire. I immediately smiled. "Dutch."

"Rosa, my dear." He stood up holding his arms out. I ran up to him and gave him a hug. "Thank god we found you."

We hugged tightly. We pulled away and Dutch looked over at Micah. "Water. Get them water."

Micah handed me the canteen of water. I drank some and handed it to Javier.

"Maybe now that you two are here," Micah put his hands on his hips. "you can ask someone where we are. These people only speak your language."

"Our language as in Spanish?" I scoffed.

"You two, go together." Dutch said. "Try finding out exactly where the hell we are."

"Okay, Dutch." Javier agreed. He turned back to me. "Come on."

We ended up asking an old man where we were. He said we were in some place called Guarma. He said it was just east of Cuba.

We told Dutch. He of course didn't have a plan. No one had any ideas. I couldn't think logically at all. I was just in complete shock. We lost Hosea and Lenny. Poor Lenny. He was only nineteen.

"You want some more water?" Bill asked me and I nodded. "Sure." I took the canteen.

"Dutch." I heard Arthur's voice and immediately smiled.

"Arthur...you're alive." Dutch said in disbelief.

"No puede ser." Javier said as we stood up to greet him.

"Gracias a dios." I came up to Arthur and gave him a quick hug. I pulled away and handed him the canteen of water. "Here, here, drink."

"Thank, kid..." He took the canteen.

Arthur drank water and looked to Dutch. "So, what next?" He asked and Dutch sighed. "I don't know."

Suddenly, we heard guns and footsteps above us. It was a group of men who surrounded us.

I stood and put my hands up.

"Well, next I guess we're gonna get shot." Dutch sighed raising his hands up.

The men approached us and Dutch greeted them. "Gentlemen! This is quite a welcome."

"Who are you?" A man riding in on a horse asked.

"Senor, por favor." Dutch said. "We are no one."

"What's your name?" He asked and Dutch lied. "Aiden O'Malley."

"Is that so?" The man questioned. "What are you doing here Mr O'Malley?"

The army men began cuffing our ankles. There was a long chain that connected all the cuffs together.