Pirates (A Crossmare Fanficton)

Cave

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---Cross' POV----

I blinked as Nightmare broke away from the group, walking over to Geno who had suddenly appeared out of nowhere at the front of the boat.

I immediately followed, pushing through the crowd to join him, grasping onto his hand lightly and intertwining our fingers as he walked.

He smiled at me before stopping behind Geno. "What did you say?"

Geno glanced at us before pointing a still bleeding, unhealed arm at something. "I said, I can see the cave..."

Nightmare and I immediately looked over, our eyes widening as we spotted the giant jutting structure arching from the waves.

Nightmare blinked, staring at it for a moment before turning around and yelling orders at the crew, telling them what to do and what to prepare.

I shivered, eyeing the cave.

It really was monstrous. The whole structure sent terrible trickles of cold down my back, making me freeze up and go tense.

The black, intimidating rocks looked like they'd been drawn up from the deepest, darkest depths of the ocean where sunlight never managed to reach them.

I know rocks are lifeless. But if there was a way to determine living rocks from dead rocks. These ones would be dead.

I leant against the edge of the ship, my eyes widening further as I saw what rested beside the entrance.

It was a ship.

But not just any ship.

Reaper's ship. Well...some of it.

"Oh God..." I whispered, quickly surveying what used to be Reaper's magnificent dark wood ship.

It had been split in half.

One massive break ran through the middle, splitting it cleanly. One half of the ship was thrown against the rocks, the other was half sunk in the water.

The masts were snapped, sails torn and ripped, sides wrecked, wood scattered everywhere, supplies floating lost in the water and bodies...so many bodies.

I gulped, holding back the urge to throw up as I looked over the mauled bodies floating face down in the water.

Geno winced looking them over. Thwy had been, even if he'd been there against his will, his fellow crew mates and friends. So seeing all of them dead must have stung.

But then again. He did kill Reaper without remorse.

Suddenly my thoughts were broken as Geno spoke up, making me jolt.

"Hey...Cross..."

I tensed, looking over at him nervously.

Immediately I knew that whatever he was about to tell me wouldn't be good. The expression on his face was not promising.

"Y-Yeah?" I squeaked, my voice coming out weak and strained.

"You know that the Krakens main objective is to keep the key safe...right?"

I nodded hesitantly.

If the key is left unclaimed anywhere in the ocean, the Kraken will come for it and collect it before hiding itself in the heart of the cave, keeping the key safe at its centre, making it almost impossible for anyone to get to. Which would be ideal, but we need to lock the chest first.