In a distant future, mankind discovers they're not alone in this universe. Aliens arrive, and the Earth gets engulfed in space wars, where humans turn out helpless and defenceless, regardless of their nuclear and biological weapons. One of the stron...
Soon, the big red planet could already be seen from the ship, covered with water and hot sands. At a certain place where the ocean water met the deserted shores, were erected a black palace and some black houses and huts, all covered in metal docks where a lot of spaceships had anchored. It was the pirate capital, Cyberia – a base that no one could ever break down, due to its high defences and the omnipotence of its fearsome emperor, Young Captain – a man engulfed in many bloody legends. He was also the founder of the Shark Tooth Pirates – the pirate fleet known for its blue-sailed ships, one of which Captain Sinbad owned. The main Shark Tooth vessel was kept at Young Captain's disposal – the original magnificence built of the Crimson Wood and Herminese shark bones, both of which were native to Planet Hermin, destroyed millennia ago. Hence, the original Shark Tooth served as an ancient artifact of that long-gone place.
Violet watched in fear and amazement as their ship descended in the pirate city. It docked in the harbour and Captain Sinbad walked down the shore with his mates – pegacorn Diyuma and Radenoid Jasheen, followed by Baxus and Zehu. Violet accompanied them as she had been instructed (even though she had no idea why she should be present in that gruesome place when other more serious crew members had stayed behind). The harbour was full of space scoundrels of all races and sorts cussing, fighting, talking, or simply laughing at each other's weirdness.
All of these pirates seem so crazy...
Violet walked near Baxus and Zehu as if seeking protection from this bizarre bunch of pitiless criminals. The boys noticed her uneasiness and smiled faintly. Captain Sinbad, on the other hand, kept his cool – apparently, he had arrived on a rather serious matter. Once the friends reached the black palace, he informed the guards he was on business and had to meet up with the emperor.
"Bax, what kind of a person is the emperor?" Violet asked with a trembling voice.
They stepped into the grand hall and walked through corridors and stairs, up to a grand black door marked with the same skull symbol Sinbad's crew had on their flag – the Cyber Sammy.
"He's a man!" Baxus replied with a proud grin.
"A... man? What do you mean_"
"Lord Captain! Captain Sinbad has arrived!"
The guards let them through the black door in a small cabin lighted by some blue fire and windows letting the moonlights in. The room was full of bookshelves filled with multiple books – hardbacks and paperbacks of Mind-Books as well as normal language ones, and even some scrolls in numerous tongues, both familiar and strange to Violet. Many red crystal skulls were hung onto the walls, giving her nausea and shudders – such bloodthirstiness...
The main entity who grabbed Violet's whole attention right away was not any of the two men present in the chamber, but the third one sitting at the writing-table, his black boots placed upon it. He wore a slouch hat, a scarlet shirt, black trousers, and a long black coat hung onto his shoulders, while his scarred arm held a golden pipe he calmly drew on, much in Captain Sinbad's manner. His hair was short and pitch-black, giving the same vibes as Sinbad's one, but somehow similar to Zehu's one, too, particularly in its shape and some dark green patterns. His eyes were the most awe-striking – those two black orbs of an eagle, filled with the determination like those of Baxus, innocent slyness like those of Zehu, and infinite wisdom like the ones of Sinbad.
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