''I tell you what this job is getting to easy'' Mullet said slamming a huge chest of supplies they had just looted off of what they could only make out as the S.S. Marta, but none of them really paid attention to the name of the zeppelin. all they knew was that there was a zeppelin with all types of different shit on it.
'you know there isn't a reason for you to be looting these poor guys that are just trying to do there jobs' Squabble said putting another chest down on the table so that the crew could look over what they had looted. Squabble opened up the crate to reveal a bunch of weapons like swords and Katana's and other different melee weapons as well as a couple of sharpeners on the side. Squabble sighed ''what are you guys even going to use these for? you got so many weapons there's nothing that you could do with these''
''where going to use them to keep on looting and plus you know it gets boring using the same old weapons'' Captain Celaeno said stepping into the room with another crate, putting it on the table and looking around at all that was taken. she smiled at the sight until her favorite pink blob Lix Spittle walked in with the same exhausted look she always walked around with.
'I was starting to think you weren't coming back, that maybe you guys where finally defeated' Lix said
Celaeno scoffed and held out her claw to Ace who was also just coming off from the zeppelin "they didn't hurt you to bad did they?' she asked gently leading him in to the room. he looked almost the same as Mullet just a little more buff.
'no, no one can ever hurt me bad you know that' he said giving her a kiss. she smiled and looked once again at the loot that reminded her that she had once again won a loot battle with her trusty and beloved crew.
'its crazy isn't it? how one moment your laughing with your friends and family, having fun doing whatever it is that you do and then the next moment you could be begging for mercy so that you. your friends and all the one's that you care about don't get hurt in anyway. watch who ya cross paths with... that's what i learned two years ago when i was the leader of my crew, they always looked at me and respected me as all mighty Captain Celaeno but after about an hour all that changed. its amazing how fast things can turn... In the end i keep silent, most nights i lie awake at night when i cant sleep... I think I was wrong, but in daylight i know better...'
'STOP RIGHT THERE!!!' Boyle yelled at the zeppelin that was sailing right for there's. Eventually it did stop until the bow of the zeppelin was tip to tip. By then the entire crew had ran out on deck to see what was going on. The first thoughts that crossed everyone's mind was that they were about to get a taste of there own medicine, but they where ready to fight, and not only that but they where ready to win... Again.
A large grey figure stepped into their line of sight with a large box. The figure planted the box on the deck firmly with a large thump echoing threw the cool afternoon air. The sky was a beautiful orange with a blue shade echoing in to the higher part of the sky. The figure pulled out a microphone as the box transformed in to some sort of speaker and finally the figure spoke and it was definitely a male creature.
'Attention to all who are aboard the shit whole that is the zeppelin in front of ours we bring you a message from the Storm King'
Celaeno stepped up in front of her crew and said firmly 'we're listening'
''The Storm King has noticed that you've looted quite a lot of zeppelin's that aren't yours and you've been to a lot of places that a hard to get to so our fearless leader has organized a system to where you provide him supplies. and get his merchandise to where it needs to be than he will not kill you one by one and you will not suffer his wrath'' the creature stopped talking waiting for a response. The response he got was an unwanted one. Celaeno smiled and soon let out a chuckle which turned into a full laugh, the crew followed in her laughter until she looked back at the creature and said ''i think your deal is a horrible one, but i can think of something else, you go find your precious Storm King and tell him that you guys can give me half of what ever you have and you don't have to give me everything, afterwards you guys turn around and we don't cross paths again"
the creature turned to the bridge of the zeppelin and gave a signal then turned back to the crew "the Storm King will not be pleased to hear this news"
"go on we'll wait" Celaeno said but the creature responded by telling her that the Storm King was not on their zeppelin but he was on another and if she really wanted to get the news to him then they would have to actually go and tell him. The zeppelin started floating away as the creature started to pack up the box "hurry back" celaeno said chuckling turning back to her crew "do you believe that guy?" the rest of her crew joined in on the laugh throwing jokes around as if it was nothing. "how much do you want to bet there was only two of those things on that zeppelin" Lix said causing the others to laugh again.
"I highly doubt it" Squabble said bringing everyone back down to earth. "if what there saying is true then they'll be back with a lot of their men"
"I think maybe he's right" Ace said.
"well I tell you what if they do come back we'll be ready" Celaeno said closing the deal on the conversation.
It was relaxing pitch blackness as Celaeno laid in her bed fast asleep, she hadn't slept in days so she took the offer in a split second when Lix said she would steer and keep watch. but after the loud explosion she was up in an instant looking around her room until her eyes landed on the orange fire outside her window. at the speed of light she rolled out of bed and ran to the dock yelling everyone's names "Lix?... Squabble?... Ace?..." eventually she grabbed her sword, slipped it in her sheath and stepped out on to the deck to find a truly disturbing sight. Her crew was rounded up in half a circle on their knees as about forty or fifty of the same creatures from before stood around them. "what is..." she was cut off when one of the creatures pushed her to the ground right in between Mullet and Lix.
"I'm sorry captain" Lix said "i tried to wake you up but..."
One of the creatures punched Lix in the gut causing her to let out a yelp.
"shut up" it said walking over to Celaeno and kneeling over "I told the Storm King about your offer and he laughed" Celaeno
didn't respond. she just gave him a stare full of rage. how dare he show up and try to show her who was boss in front of her crew, and how dare he touch her or any of therm in fact.
"anyway lets meet the man" he said pounding on the door beneath the bow behind him. He stepped aside and out he came. The one and only Storm King. He came out with a smile and a somewhat pleasing attitude but that wasn't real, It was fake, finally he spoke,
"are we pissing are pants yet? oh boy do i have a feeling where getting close" He walked up to the half circle and looked around at what would soon be his new supply runners. he spoke again "which one of you is the fucking morons that tried to offer me a deal such as me giving up half of my shit to you"
Celaeno felt her stomach tighten as she shook in her spot. Finally she manged to stutter her response "m-m-me, it was me"
the Storm King walked over to her and knelt over so that they where face to face "Hi" he said "Captain Celaeno i assume, I'm the Storm King, now we know each other or do we? because your looking at me like you want to kill me"
Celaeno said nothing and just gave him the same stare "you want to kill me don't you?'" she still said nothing but eventually she nodded slowly making sure that she didn't break eye contact "well i regret to inform you that will not happen, and since my guys being here isn't enough to convince you that i'm not playing around i'm going to have to hurt one of you"
"You wouldn't do that" Squabble said "you need us to work for you that's what you want isn't it?"
the Storm King shifted his focus over to him and stood up walking over to him '"so your the brains of the group huh? well i couldn't hurt you, hell your probably going to be the one finding and delivering most of my shit"
Squabble nodded and said "for a limited time yes but we probably will come back after a short amount of time"
The Storm King looked back over at Celaeno and shook his head "you see attitude like that isn't going to work, and I think that if your crew looks at me like that then they also don't know me so let's start out simple" he held out his hand to her and stared in to her eyes, his smile faded in an instant "your sword now" she didn't move she just gave him the same look until he kicked her hard in the stomach "the captain bullshit is over" he said yanking off her pirate hat and throwing it to the side "your not in charge no more I am and all of you belong to me now and i'm trying to start out simple so DO AS I FUCKING SAY!!!" Celaeno slowly got back in her position wincing from the pain in her stomach "sword now, this is the last time i'm asking"
Celaeno grabbed the handle of her sword and unsheathed it handing it to him. He took it with pleasure and smiled, turning back to the group "I don't want to hurt you people and i certainly don't want to kill ya but the way thing's are looking it's going to come to that so let's get started' he said walking over to Ace who gave him the same look as Celaeno.
"tough, i like it and i cant get rid of it so where just going to move on" He looked over at the next crew member who was Boyle. "i tell you what Captain you have quite the strong crew" next person he saw was Lix "you are one of two thing the tank of the group or the most useless piece of shit of the group and i have a really good idea of which one it is" He walked over to Celaeno next. "Are you fucking kidding me out of the question not just because your the leader but because you might be entertaining me later" Celaeno cringed while he laughed and moved on to Mullet "another fucking strong one you've got o be kidding me" he said with a huge grin "well that only leaves you then" He said looking at Squabble "i don't know exactly how far being smart is going to get you but you'll probably prove me wrong" The Storm King stepped back and looked at the group once more "i tell you what you guy's are really special not just because this is a really hard decision but normally there is no fight with groups there just on board instantly and if there not well I don't have to come out here to prove them wrong"
He gave the group one final look and then said "let's go over this again" walking over to Ace he said "ya... you'll do" And in the span of a second Celaeno's sword was slammed right in the middle of ace's face killing him instantly. half of the crew screamed while others gasped. "just like that i could do that to all of you" Celaeno felt a single tear roll down her face as she realized that Ace was gone now, she had lost her friend in the span of a second.
"is that a tear?" The Storm King asked "is it because he was part of the crew or were you together?" after silence and another tear down her face he laughed "oh my, you were..." a sudden thud was echoed threw the cold night air when Boyle punched him right in the face and was instantly held down afterward "you little shit i'm going to make you eat the fucking claw" he said taking the sword and bringing it rite down on his arm, disconnecting his claw from it making a loud clanging sound when it came down and stuck to the wooden boards. Boyle yelled in pain holding on to the squirting stub that used to be his claw.
"give him a towel and get him back in line"
As the Storm King's crew brought Boyle back to the line he walked back over to Celaeno "alright enough bull shit do you know who i am or what? do ya work for me?" still Celaeno said nothing at this point she was to terrified to say anything or even look away "you have got to be kidding me, after all you guys have been threw and your leader, your fearless leader cant answer a simple question to keep you guys alive, and it's honestly starting to annoy me so i'm going to ask one last time who do you work for?" still there was no answer just heavy silence
"captain?" Squabble asked silently wondering if she was even there at this point.
The Storm King yelled loud and took the sword and in one clean swipe he sliced Celaeno's right leg clean off and finally she snapped out of her trance and came back to reality but now instead of shock it was pain that kept her from responding.
"WHO ARE YOU WORKING FOR NOW???!!!" he screamed but Celaeno could only wince in pain.
The Storm King held out his right claw stabbing the sword in the boards causing it to get stuck. "Give me the bat" he said and as expected one of his minions placed the bat in his claw as quick as he asked for it. "so even after all of this your leader still cant give me an answer so let's ask Mr smart who She's working for" He turned to Squabble and waited for him to say something, Finally he did.
"Please just leave us alone" the Storm King felt his heart race with anger.
"Still no answer, even from the smartest guy here? well shit if your not going to use that brain then lets put it to rest" he turned to one of his minions and handed them the bat.
'Beat the ever living shit out of his head until Mrs captain gives us a answer" Squabbles heart dropped with terror as his minion took the bat and started to stroll over to him. He pleaded for him not to but it was no use when the bat came crashing down on his head with a loud thud, then another, and another.
"i'm going to ask you one last time who are you working for?" he asked as the thuds echoed and Celaeno held her bleeding mess of a leg. Somehow though she managed to glance over at Squabble to see him face down on the dock the bat getting beat to the back of his head again and again to the point where she lost count. The storm King grabbed her by the face and said "come on" and gave her a small slap to the face finally after a sickening crack from Squabbles head she yelled.
"YES!!!" The beating on Squabbles head stopped as the Storm King smiled.
"say it again" Celaeno stuttered.
"we work for you, we will do whatever you say or we will suffer your wrath" The Storm King smiled at what he loved to hear.
"just please don't hurt us anymore" Storm King sighed before looking her in the face again.
"here's how it's going to work, were going to have to leave some medical trained guy's behind so that you can A get directed and B get well and heal your wounds, by that I mean get maybe a wooden leg for you and a hook for your friend over there, And as for the smart one over there i have no doubt that for the rest of his days that he's going to be as smart as a sack of shit. And the cool thing is once your healed you wont need us to guide you and soon you'll be on your own, but i have no doubt that you'll need this at some point"
The storm king pulled out a huge black book with a blue symbol on it,
"what is that?" Celaeno managed to squeeze out.
"well this book here is everything you need to follow my rules and do thing's right" he stood up and started to walk back over on board his zeppelin.
"we'll give you some merchandise by the end of the week until then ta-ta" he said tossing the book behind him. His minions followed only about five of them stayed behind leaving the torn up crew speechless and in all different types of pain. This was their new life and nothing could be done about it, all they could do was follow what ever their new orders were.
'Its crazy isn't it? how one moment your laughing with your friends and family, Having fun doing whatever it is that you do and then the next moment you could be begging for mercy so that you. your friends and all the one's that you care about don't get hurt in anyway. Watch who ya cross paths with... that's what i learned two years ago when i was the leader of my crew, they always looked at me and respected me as all mighty Captain Celaeno but after about an hour all that changed. its amazing how fast things can turn... In the end i keep silent, most nights i lie awake at night when i cant sleep... I think I was wrong, but in daylight i know better...'
"Captain?" Mullet said as she was organizing crates she had been doing it for the past two hours.
"mullet i told you to stop calling me that its been almost two years how do you not get this by now?" Celaeno responded turning around.
"well no matter the amount of time you will always be the same person to me"
"well shouldn't you be taking crates down to the storage room?" she asked in annoyance.
"About that we have about six trespassers on board that need to be dealt with and we figured you would know what to do" Celaeno sighed.
"ya i do" she said grabbing the book he Storm King had given her on that awful night, she walked on deck and over to the rest of her crew opening the book.
"What should we do with them captain?" After reading for about ten seconds she responded.
"The Storm Kings rule book says... throw them overboard"
"in daylight i know better"
Author's Note
yes i know this is a really short story but it's just something i thought of anyway i hope you liked it, And if you did leave a like, also there will be a cover coming to this soon.
