Sacrificial Lamb 7 – Illuminati
Johnny tried his hardest to follow Josie, but his efforts were in vain.
He had barely managed to make his way back to the Hold when the Liberty Belle ran aground, and once again, he tumbled to the deck in pain.
Gathering himself as best he could he set about freeing the rest of the crew, held in rooms within the Hold.
Without their help, there was no way he could hope to move the barrels and reopen the hold by himself.
With a final superhuman effort, he managed to prise open the lock on the first door, before collapsing on the deck once more.
With this done, the crew were quickly to his aid and carried him from the floor and rested his battered body on a bed.
As the Liberty Belle ran aground, the pirate's first instinct of the was to rush onto deck, in an attempt to find out what was going on.
Denver's was the first voice they heard, he gave them one chance to surrender, warning them that they were trapped and surrounded.
The message went unheeded, and they began to fire at the Ferries thinking these were the threat.
Their foolishness was meet by a broadside of shots from the Marshes, from where they were nothing more than sitting ducks.
In a little more than a few minutes, there were white sheets of surrender being flown by those who were lucky to escape the crossfire.
Denver's clan and the Riggers were soon pouring onto the ship, rounding up the last of the pirates, their masters Roy and Ray were found hiding under a bed.
Many of the pirates sustained heavy beatings before being tied and gagged to the deck posts.
The surviving members of the crew were Denver's priority, Annie and Shadow led the search below decks.
Soon the teams were banging on doors they could not open, full of hope and expectation that friends and partners, would be found alive.
To the sound of their rescuers calls the crew were soon moving the barrels that blocked the Hold doors, everyone was looking for someone, but Shadow moved through the darkened room straight to Jhonny.
She hugged him tightly even though he winced in pain, he had been savagely beaten but would survive to boast about his experience on another day.
Annie found a bedraggled but proud Josie, in control of the Engine Room, with two captured pirates dangling by their ankles.
It would be sometime before the Liberty Belle, could be reclaimed from the Salt Marshes and due to all the damage, she would then be put into dry-dock for repair, during which time the wounded and the crew needed to be cared for and housed.
Annie was to make sure Josie was returned home to Jake and to offer them the same care as the crew.
The responsibility for organising and funding this was put in the hands of Brett and Bart, under the watchful eye of big sister Shadow as both Denver and Missy, it was clear that Petra now had someone personal care for, both Denver and Missy she didn't need further burden, whilst they were elsewhere.
The news revealed during the interrogation of Roy and Ray, left Denver, and Missy with no choice, they would have to leave them in the hands of the Sheriff.
Having them killed was Denver's preference, but now he had no choice but to spare their worthless skins and let the law take its course, this was a family matter it would only make matters worse if he killed them personally.
He toyed with the idea of doing it in secret, but handed them over with the rest of the prisoners, he just prayed that justice was done swiftly before they escaped or the family called upon the forces of the Illuminati, and descended upon the town and the Sheriff.
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