Chapter 5: Battle for Tortuga

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The ship kept a bit of distance from the small town which meant the girls would have to go for a bit of a swim. Mabel followed Clara as they swam to shore Hiding behind a small boat the two watched as two guards wearing red coats walked past. One was holding a torch to help them both see where they were going, not that it helped on that much Mabel moved her hand causing the wind to blow out the torch then Clara moved in with her swords and killed the two men before they knew what hit them.

The girls then moved their way father into the area where slaves were working the farms. Clara pointed at the bell alarm the guards had set up to warn the others of a pressing attack. They would need to take that out to make certain no one could call for help so Mabel decided to create a distraction by sparking a fire in the palm of her hand and starting it on the bottom of the corn crops. The leaves would protect the fire from getting put out by the rain. And the girls quickly moved to another plant field before the fire spread to much.

"AHHH FIRE!!!" The guards began to shout and yell as many of them rushed to put it out. Using the distraction Clara moved to the bell and cut off the metal ball in the center so it would be rendered useless. Then they made their way to a storage area. It was locked and they would need to find the captain who held the key. Deciding it would be best to just take out all the guards Mabel drew her swords as well. She hadn't the slightest idea on how to use them but she knew the pointy end went into the bad guy. So they quickly got to work, splitting up Clara would take out the majority of the guards who were putting out the fire. Mabel would take out the ones keeping track of the slaves to make sure they wouldn't try and run off. Hiding in the corn field Mabel whistled but instantly regretted it for all four guards she needed to take out began walking towards the sound. She had gotten completely surrounded and decided killing the biggest one would be her best bet. She lunged forward aiming the point end at the man's large neck and causing it to go strait through and out the other end.

The man gasped and groaned as blood squirted out of the holes the blade sat in. Now the other three were rushing in to attack and Mabel couldn't pry the sword from the guards neck. Groaning she ducked just in time for the guards were swinging their attack at her crawling between their legs they began shouting which drew the attention of the sniper up on the lookout tower not to far away. Sighing not having any other options she drew her guns and shot the three guards. The loud gunfire drew the attention of the other guards. They now knew they were under attack.

The sniper in the tower aimed his gun at Mabel and fired. Mabel was to caught up in the distress of what all was going on to not notice. The bullet went right through her shoulder, crying out In pain she looked at the guard and a lightning bolt shot down, under the roof of the lookout tower and hit the man causing him to fly out of the tower as a burnt corpse. Mabel then fell to the ground and the storm that was used as their faded away as Mabel lost consciousness.  

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