Trust me, I'm just as surprised as you are.
I honestly did not think that I would write this chapter so fast.
But here we are!
I.O.N.
Enjoy!
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The Red Lady had planned to take her passengers on a weeklong trip to their destination, then take whoever wasn't planning on moving to the end spot back to the port they had picked them up from. A two-week trip tops, simple, easy, and it got some extra money in their pockets. That had been the plan.
Until a pirate ship that wasn't particularly friendly showed up and caused them to veer off their intended course to avoid being captured and possibly turned into slaves.
Once the opposing ship had been spotted, Marinette had sent all of the passengers along with the four most inexperienced, Alya, and Nino down below decks, then began preparing the upper decks for battle.
So you could say that Captain Marinette was just a little stressed. But that didn't stop Marinette from taking stock of their situation and calling her friends and second in commands together. Turning to Alix and Kim, in charge of cannons, she asked, "What are our chances of getting out of this without shots being fired?"
"To keep up the pretense that we're just a humble passenger ship?"
"Exactly."
"Not good. In all likely hood, it would only cause us trouble to play it off as a passenger."
Marinette sighed, "I thought that would be your answer." Turning to Chloe, she added, "How about our chances of outrunning them?"
"Next to nothing. That type of ship is built for speed, we can't outrun it with how we're equipped now."
Before Marinette could say anything else, the reflection of the setting sun on the water caught her eye. Suddenly a plan began to form. Looking at her three friends she leaned in and spoke quietly.
"Make sure everyone is doing their best to keep us out of range, at least until midnight. After that have them slow us down a little bit at a time so that the ship doesn't get too suspicious. Have them do this until we're either well into range or dawn breaks. Then raise Ladybug's flag, and prepare to fire at them."
The three nodded and spread out slowly across the ship to inform the rest of the crew. While the preparations continued on in bleak silence, every now and then a sly smirk would make its way onto someone's face. Those pirates would never know what hit them.
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Still rather short, but I like it!
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