The Island

Chapter 22

Erika's POV

Erika's POV

"So, all I needed to do was tell Cam I love him and everything would've been broken? I could've said that ages ago. Why didn't he tell me?" What was he waiting for?

Gordon shakes his head. "That's not how it works Erika. When you say I love you, you have to mean it for the spell to break." He pauses. "Cam wanted you to say it on your own without any hints. That way he knows you truly love him and weren't saying it just to break the curse. You've been the one all along to break it; he was just too stubborn to admit it."

The rest of the ride to Madagascar is quiet. I feel like I should be going in the other direction, like that's where I need to be. Not heading off to be by my father's side, who hasn't cared about me since I was ten.

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We can now see the marina and when we get in the marina Gordon pulls up beside an empty dock. I look around at the other boats and I feel like something is wrong. I look around at the other ships and find a familiar looking pirate ship.

"What are they doing here?" I ask Gordon and he looks in the same direction I'm looking.

When his eyes land on the ship, he curses. "Shit. Either you have to leave now or sit your ass down. We need to leave to help Cam."

"Why, what's going on?" I ask, not knowing why Gordon seems so anxious to get back. I know the pirates are bad, but why would he have to help Cam?

"Logan's here to hurt Cam. It's not going to be good; Cam doesn't have his powers now. The curse is broken and Logan likely knows." Gordon says spelling it out for me.

"Okay, fill up and I will go to the bathroom quickly." I say, rushing out of the boat and running down the dock towards the bathrooms at the other end of the pier.

When I walk out of the bathroom, I hear footsteps behind me but I can't turn around in time to see who it is. Whoever it is pushes me and I fall onto my hands and knees. I turn around ready to unleash some vulgar words but I didn't expect to be facing Logan.

"Well, well, well. What do we have here?" he asks with his signature smirk as his blue eyes look over me.

I glare at him. "What are you doing here?" I question, getting a bad feeling about his presence.

"I figure I'd pay Cam another visit." He says with mischief in his eyes. "But it's even more convenient that you broke that blasted curse. Now he and I are even. We can finish this off the old fashion way." He says with a menacing smile. "But don't get any ideas Erika. I need a head start." He says before everything goes black.

Gordon's POV

Erika should've been back from the bathroom by now but she wasn't and that damn pirate is taking sail. Where could she be? Looking around the marina I can't see anyone who would resemble Erika.

I get out of the boat, making sure that it's. secured to the docks before I leave and head towards the washrooms. As I walk, I look for any sign of her but I don't see one, until I look around the building of the bathroom. Erika lies on the dock with a bloody head wound. I walk over and pick her up and take her back to the boat. As I walk people give me strange looks.

I start up the boat and head towards Pandora. I set it on self-operate and find a cloth to whip the blood off Erika's head. When I'm done, I head back to the wheel.

Hopefully we get there in time.

Captain Logan's POV

I can almost smell thee sweet revenge in thee air. I felt the energy flow through me when the curse was broken. Now, I can finally have an even fight against Cam. I can almost taste thee victory awaiting me.

I know hitting the girl wasn't right but I needed her out of me way. Knocking her out was a sure way of knowing I would get there first.

Now sailing through the ocean to Pandora, I can't wait to taste the victory I've been craving for so long. When I see the island, I smile.

His land will be mine!

Witches POV

"He's here!" Blythe yells from the cauldron.

"Bloody hell, who?" Cresentia asks from where she sits by the fire.

"The pirate." Blythe says with worry.

Cresentia sighs. "You knew he was coming."

"But he's going to hurt Cam before Erika gets back." Blythe says.

"Then we give Erika a little gift and if that doesn't work, we stick to the other plan." Allura says from the shadows and walks towards the cauldron. Moving her hand over the cauldron, she looks into it. "Erika." She softly whispers.

Erika's POV

Floating, I felt weightless. But I have a strange feeling in the back of my mind, a persistent need that insists there was something that I needed to do. Someone I needed to get to but I couldn't understand why. I felt free.

"Erika." A faint voice whispers in my mind. I look around but all I see is clouds. "Erika." And there the voice appears again. "You have to wake up. But before you do, I'm giving you the gift of air. Get to him while there's time to spare. You are the only one who can save him." The voice insists and I feel as if something unknown is giving me a mental push. The next thing I know I feel as if I'm falling backwards into the unknown.