The Elantra Pirates (First Draft)

Chapter 29

Brentha splashed into the water below after he let go of her dress landing onto some of the debris of the ship. Hillanter stared Uff down to the center of his core, feeling his piercing glare. "Unfortunate for you." He said.

"No, I can still do the ritual. I just need a drop of-" Uff began to speak but was blown out of the way by Hillanter flying past him and straight down the middle of the fortress.

Destroying countless buildings and the castle containing his office crumbled to the ground. All of the surrounding structures were all getting torn to pieces with all of the soldiers and slaves being turned into mush.

Gasping for air, Brentha finally resurfaced from the ocean onto a large piece of wood to keep her afloat. She saw the carnage going on, making her only worry about her friends even more than before.

Zunci ran through the storage area, getting a huge stench of human flesh. Looking over she saw the smashed body of Fringerly and gagged before moving right along.

Hurrying over to the battlefield she spotted Shug hunched down with Huune overlooking the battlefield. Eyeing the destroyed ship with awe. She ran up right behind him and tapped him right on his shoulder.

He freaked out but calmed down when he saw her. "Zunci?" He looked relieved. "What happened to you, are you ok?"

"Yes I'm fine." She quickly answered the question. "We need to get off this island now."

"Why?"

"Brentha seemed to have completed the ritual. We need to get out of here before we get caught in the crossfire of it all." She explained.

"Understood. But what are we going to-"

A huge wave cut right down the middle of the fortress sending stone and debris everywhere raining down like a thunderstorm on the battlefield. All of them ducked down behind their cover luckily only getting scarce pebbles bouncing off their backs.

"I guess it's already started because what the fuck was that?" Zunci shouted as she asked.

"Was that Hillanter or whatever god is controlling him?" Shug followed up. "Where the hell are we going to hide from that?"

"The ocean!" She suggested.

"What? But we have no-"

"Get down!" Huune scooped them off the ground and dived into the water, splashing as another huge wave came towards their way just getting out in the knick of time.

"We have to go now!" Jinlin commanded as he leveraged Yunga over his shoulder, supporting her so she could limp.

Shanta came running around the corner, frantically hopping to him. "Where do we go!?"

"Jump into the ocean and hope for the best!" He shouted back.

"There's a huge fucking wall in the way." Yunga pointed out as she grunted.

"Oh fuck wheres the quickest way-" He had a sudden realization. "Shanta conjure up a fireball and fucking destroy it."

"I don't think I'll be able to make one big enough in time." Responding as she used him as leverage.

He thought to himself, scrambling for solutions. Another huge wave came through, blowing them all down to the ground. It wasn't close enough to damage but enough to stagger them.

Gathering up his ground he ran to Yunga again but realized that they were the next targets of destruction. With little time to act he desperately gazed at Shanta hoping that she could cast any spell that could make them survive.