Chapter I
The sea was calm, not a cloud in the sky as a small black-sailed ship sailed upon the small waves.
Drunken laughter and babbling filled the air from said ship.
Empty bottles of alcohol, ranging from rum to ale littered the deck as did two or three drunk crew members.
“Ah you bunch of lightweights!” a strong womanly voice burst out from the Captain's cabin, a short moment before the cabin doors burst open from one of her boots kicking them open
“AND YOU CALL YOURSELF MY CREW!” she bellowed out, a half full bottle of rum in hand, and a loaded matchlock gun in the other, staggering out.
“Should Keelhaul the bunch'a ya!”
“You're all pathetic, you're no Pirates” she staggered over to the helm grasping the wheel as much as she could with her rum and gun occupied hands.
“This isn't working...” she said before holstering her pistol within her belt “Now, where to next...”
slowly clouds started to gather in the sky, the waves began to roughen and the air got heavy with a cold chill.
The captain looked skyward as rain started to fall, slow first but quickly turned to a heavy storm
“ALL HANDS ON DECK!” She commanded, taking a swig of rum before corking the container.
“We have a monster of a storm on our hands men”
All able crew began working hard to keep their ship together, the captain steering in the directions, barking commands when needed.
Suddenly there is a loud thud from the Starboard side, knocking the ship off course, then a loud monstrous roar came from below them.
The crew stood paralysed from fear, the waves calmed but the downpour of rain continued heavily.
Silence
Then from nowhere the water around them stirred, and exploded, causing the ship to rock violently from side to side, tossing crew members across the deck.
Then out from the vicious waves a monster appeared, a thick white Skull for a head, a snake like body with triangular markings on it's body.
“By Davy Jones...”
The captain looked up in amazement, it took a moment for the realisation to kick in.
“BATTLE STATIONS, ARM CANNONS, FIRE EVERYTHING WE HAVE AT IT!”
Wooden flaps rose open as the ships cannons were pushed into place, seconds later the ship rocked as all four cannons shot at once at the big creature, only three hit but did little damage, the fourth travelled through the giant hole in it's chest.
The monster retaliated, swinging its tail at the crew hitting a few of them off their posts, some into the sea to their watery grave
“What kind of monster is this?”
one of the crew yelled out seeing no damage done to the great beast.
The captain smirked, almost from cocy confidence
“a formidable one”
She drew her pistol and rushed to the side of the ship aiming her gun at the beast
“Avast, Great beast, for attacking my ship is a declaration of war against my crew and I”
she uses her thumb to cock her pistol
“And no one wins a war against Crew and Captain of 'The Devil's Own”
She smirked and pulled the trigger, a loud explosion came from the barrel, shooting the bullet and hitting the beast in the head, leaving a thick smoke cloud from the barrel.
