The Book Of Fate

Chapter 8: I Bith Ma Thongue

Alternate title: Kai's An Insecure Little P*ssy (Theo wanted this one to be the title, he even begged me, but we settled for it to be subtitle)

THEO

Secretly boarding a ship filled with cynical old men while in the middle of a sea storm was definitely not at the top of Theo's bucket list; though he was pretty sure that Mina and her bucket list would beg to differ.

The storm proved to be a double edged sword, on the one hand, it provided cover for them to catch up to the ship, on the other, it had furiously punched holes in their dear Blackwater, and it didn't help when the main mast was scorched by a lightning bolt. Thankfully, by that time, they had all boarded the Order's ship, because if they hadn't, Theo had the feeling that the sharks would've enjoyed some roasted beef for dinner.

"What are we going to do now?" Kai whispered furiously as they hid behind a cluster of empty barrels. They had entered through one of is small boxy windows and had no idea where they were.

"What do you mean?" Theo furrowed his brows and removed the wet hair from his face. "We're going to get Lizzy,"

"And then what? We are shipless, you Ape, we're trapped in the Order's ship and in the middle of a storm,"

"Woah, woah, let's not get so verbal," Theo lifted his hand.

"So first we get Lizzy, then we think what to do next," Mina suggested and Theo nodded, the plan was simple.

"Ok, don't panic," Kai muttered to himself, clutching the sides of his head. He closed his slanted eyes and took a deep breath. Then, as if the gods had given him hope, he opened them. "Boats! Every ship has emergency boats, right? This one's bound to have at least a couple of them..."

"Good, let's go now," Theo said and moved to stand, but Kai yanked him back down.

"Wait! No! What are you thinking? How are we going to get back up? How are we going to find Lizzy? We cannot just go around this ship blindly, not when it's crawling with Order soldiers,"

"Relax, I may have no sense of direction whatsoever," he said with a slightly smug smile on his lips -which slightly confused the siblings since they couldn't understand why he could be proud of that. "But I used to help a man named William, he made boats, and many times he made me rearrange his stash of ship blueprints. And, of course, being the curious little sh- kid I am, I would spend hours just analyzing them; which is why I can say that the prisoner cells, where a lady in manacles would usually be stored at, are usually on the second level, below the dorms."

"Great, so we kind of know where to go-"

"Alright let's go," Mina moved to stand up, but her brother pulled her down. She glared at him, annoyed.

"Didn't you hear what he said? We have to pass through the dorms to get to the prison floor,"

"Man, you're being a pain in the ass, you know that?" Theo scratched the back of his head.   

"I'm just trying to keep us alive," he snapped back and wiped some water off his face, even though they had somehow managed to enter the ship, there was no escaping the roaring sea and pouring rain outside.

"Well, your 'keep us alive' might just kill us from hypothermia, now let's just go. Besides, we're in the dorms already," Mina stood up and Theo followed suit, both of them sticking to the shadows instantly. He noticed just then that they were, in fact, in some place that resembled a dorm. A very chaotic one.

Kai let out a frustrated grunt but shut his mouth.  

Finally, some peaceful action. Theo rejoiced, and he had the feeling that Mina felt the same way.