A Thief's Honor [Book 2]

Ch.29 Rocky Waves

The ship made way toward Dagger Island, sailing around the small islands along the way. Rae just couldn't get past how beautiful the ocean was as they sailed. She watched the waves rolling back and forth, causing the ship to rock, but only subtly since they were moving. She loved to feel the warm breeze hit her fur, and the gentle scent of sea water just reminded her of the open ocean ahead. Rae could stay like that forever if she was given the chance, but soon enough, Dagger Island began to come into view, Sly nudging her arm.

"Looks like we're about to be in for a little sea battle." He said.

"In that case, let's show no mercy to these pirate scumbags."

Sly smirked. "I couldn't have said it better myself."

"Ready the anchor!" Rae announced, the Panda King coming up on deck with cannonballs. "Bentley! Can you come up here and man the wheel so Murray and the Panda King can load the cannons?"

"I'll be right up!" He replied.

Once Bentley was on board, Dimitri took over manning the ballast while the turtle took the wheel. "Okay, guys, keep on your toes, because once we fire one side of the cannons, we'll have to act fast and turn the ship around to fire the other side. Murray, it'll be yours and the Panda King's job to reload the cannons so we can get in our shots as fast as possible." Sly explained.

"Leave it to the muscle, Sly!"

"Alright boys, let's sink some ships." Rae smirked.

"Bentley! Turn the ship 45 degrees to the east. Once I've fired off my cannons, rotate 180 degrees to give Rae an opening."

"Roger that, Sly." Bentley nodded, doing as the raccoon instructed.

...Boom!

"Yes!" Sly fired off his cannons on the left side, and once they had gone off, Bentley spun the wheel of the ship.

"Hang on, everyone! This might get a little rough!"

Everyone on deck braced themselves as Bentley turned the ship around. Once it was in postiton, Bentley signaled the fox. "Okay, Rae, you're in the green light! Let 'er rip!"

"Aye-aye!" She grinned before letting loose on the cannons.

Boom!

Crash!

"Got it!"

"Okay, Rae, you've got two options here: You can either raid the ship for any loot on board, or just send the ship straight down to the bottom of the ocean!" Bentley said once their masts were down.

"Well, we're kinda on a time crunch here, so..." She sent a glance to Sly.

"Cannons are ready, Rae!" Murray then said.

"Sink 'em!" Sly and Rae said in unison.

Boom!

The cannonballs crashed into the defenseless ship, sending it straight down to the bottom of the ocean. "Yes!" The two grinned, high-fiving each other.

"Nice work, you two. Now then, I'm gonna go ahead and dock the ship near the shore, then it'll be up to you two to follow the map."

Both nodded as Bentley sailed the ship near the shore, turning to Murray once he was where he wanted the ship to rest. "Hey, Murray!" He called, the hippo perking up. "Would you mind dropping the anchor so the ship doesn't sail off when Sly and Rae are following the treasure map?"

He gave a nod, grinning. "Can do, pal! Just leave it to "The Murray"!" Murray then went and grabbed the anchor, tossing it overboard as it splashed into the water. "Anchor's away!"