Challenging The Seven Seas

An unlikely start

Ed was walking down the streets towards Londin harbour wearing nothing more than his usual dirty rags of a dirty overcoat and a black bandana he found in the local dump last week. His shoes were down so much his big toe stuck out on either shoe.

"Y'know the job right brat!? You sneak in undetected,get the loot and outta there. If you do it right, you'll get 40% of it,you get caught don't dare try ratting us out ya hear?"

Ed remembers the brief discussion he had with his partners,the Briggs twins. The two stocky blondes had been working for a month and they've had over four successful robberies. This one will definitely be the more challenging. Luckily, there was very few fisherman at the docks this nippy morning so no one could question a young teenager in an over coat looking suspicious. After another few minutes of fast walking,he'd saw his target up ahead. An old looking ship,a cargo ship Ed presumed. The wood looked green and mouldy,the mast had been reattached with some iron strips and bolts. What a sorry mess Ed thought. He hid behind a barrel for his cue.

Right on time, a stocky blonde haired man ran up the planks to the ship. He is James Briggs. A skinny brown haired man suddenly appears stopping the twin from entering the ship. He had his hand poised at his sword wary of the twin.

"Mate! You gotta help me! Me brother is dyin o'er there! I need someone to help me bring him to a doctor!"

"Sorry mate,I've got to watch this here ship."
"Come on, I really need your help! Me brothers been in an accident and I need to bring im' to a doctor. I need another man to help me carry him. Please, he's on death's doors!"
"Just get out of here."
"Look at the state o' it! There's probably nothin worth protecting-." James is cut shirt as the blade rested precariously on his neck ready to sever it st a moments notice.
"Get lost." The brown haired man replies.

"If you're brother his as hurt as you say he is,I suggest you stop talking to me and drag him to a doctor pretty quickly." James was always the more wimpy twin,he was all bark with no bite. Once he had the sword beginning to open a cut into his tough neck, his attitude did a complete 180 degrees." Alright ,alright. I'm going. What's the world coming to when a sincere brother can't ask for help for Hus sibling without having a blade at his neck eh?"

He shoves his hands into his hand sewned pockets as he stomps down the plank leaving the docks. Before he leaves he says the letter "B" loud enough for Ed to hear but not loud enough to rouse suspicion in the guard. Ed realised they we're going to have to go to plan Beta.
He'll just have to sit back for awhile until James came back with his brother.

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Just as Ed was about to reposition his feet composition to avoid the pins and needles beginning to ensue, he hears a familiar cry in the distance. "Cone back ere thief!" There was James running at full speed to the docks with a bag full of something metal in his right hand. The small bag made a "chink" sound with every swing of his arms as he ran full pelt.

Shortly behind him was his twin,Adam wearing beige linen clothing with a black t shirt over it. The end of his baggy overalls were dug into his socks. He had a black bandana wrapping his blonde hair trying to keep his relation with James a secret for the sake of the plan. "Stop! You thief, someone stop this thief from stealing my money. I'll pay anyone handsomely to whoever catches him!"

The brown haired man perks up at the prospect of extra cash in his pocket. He slowly walks down the plank preparing to stop the so called thief. James does not slow down as he heads right into the man who easily apprehends which was surprising due to his weak build.

He pinned James to the wooden floor feeling accomplished. "Got him. I don't why you came back here but you just made me a very happy man. Now you,pay up-." His sentence falls short as the other twin swings an almighty hook to his jaw trying to knock him out with one punch. The man falls motionlessly onto the floor.