The Elantra Pirates

Chapter 26

"Once we reach the port we'll wait for the guards at the dock to investigate." Jinlin began his explanation of his plan. "Then Yunga will quickly take care of them while Shanta will blast an entrance for us causing so much racket and decimating anybody else at the entrance. That's when everybody charges in, down the middle. With enough fire power we can mow down anybody that'll get in our way."

It was relatively close to noon all of the crew were well rested and gathered in the living quarters with all of the Purks. Jinlin was on the box as a makeshift podium to relay the plan. They were approximately an hour away from the fortress.

"We're going directly to the tower where Uff's office is at. All valuables he gets he keeps right in sight. So if he knows what he's dealing with then it should be right up in there. All of us together can take him down. It all relies on us getting in that office. Stealing the blood and heading back to the ship to perform the ritual. After that it's all up to fate."

Hillanter was resting on a table in the room. The instructions for the ritual are pinned to the wall by a nail.

"Honestly." He continued on. "We may even outnumber their troops, since they have so many soldiers out and about to wrangle up more slaves. So we have a really good shot here."

"What's the reason with the hole we cut under the captain's wheel?" Zunci asked. "You made us do that but didn't explain."

"That's my escape hatch for when we pull into port. I need a way to easily get back down to the living quarters. To add to the mystery for when the guards investigate."

"What're we going to do with Huune?" Shug followed up with another question.

"There's a big white sheet in the storage room we'll cover him in. When they get close to him, because obviously they'll be curious about it, that'll be the cue for Yunga to attack."

"Where am I hiding to get the drop on them?" Yunga herself inquired.

"There's a ladder on the side, which when we sail into the port, will be facing away from them. There's enough space to peer over the edge where they can't see you. Overall, I think this plan is as perfect as it could be."

"It seems fine to me." Shanta commented. "We're going to reach port soon right?"

"Yes, so if there's any last requests or changes to the plan please let me know. And that goes for all of you." He points at the crowd. "Prepare, hype yourself up, we're going into battle." He stepped off the box and started heading towards the deck. The Purks dispersed as an audience into their own little sub-groups.

"We should be able to see the fortress." He continued on. "If you guys could join me up on the deck." He started moving towards the stairs with the rest of the crew to follow.

Coming out from the depths of the living quarters to the cloudless sunny day above ground, Huune was laying down at the edge of the deck as the sight of the fortress peers over the horizon. All of them approached and stood alongside him staring over the ocean.

"Yup, there it is." Yunga stated. "Gosh now that it's in view, the whole dwelling feeling of this battle just hit me."

"Same here." Zunci added on. "It's all fine in your head but when you're actually seeing it in person your inner bitch mode turns on immediately." She chuckled.

Shug took a long deep nervous breath. "My hands started shaking." He tried to laugh it off.

"Better get over that feeling quickly." Shanta nudged Shug. "Because we can't have you stumbling over yourself because your nerves got the best of you. We can't have another Quint port situation again."