"Elizabeth," Eban said running up to me her boots making a clanking noise on the deck, "Captain." I turned my head slightly to acknowledge her. "Where are we going?"

"First things first," I said turning towards her, "We need to get as far away from that port as possible."

"Aye, but then where?"

"We'll see from there." I said sternly, she knew that was the end of the conversation. I glanced around the deck to see if everyone was working, properly. There wasn't many, but there was enough of us to get the ship out of the port. Its name was The Windpipe, which made a few of the girls giggle. "Eban?" I asked before she took a step.

"Yes ma'am?" she stiffened.

"Does Miss. Ruby have a job?" I pointed towards Ruby, dressed in men's clothing she still looked like royalty. She was standing at the Bow of the ship watching the waves crack beneath us.

"Uhm..no." she said scratching her thumb.

"Why?" I asked.

"Shes..well..Captain, if I may say, shes clueless, stupid if you will. She knows nothing about the sea!"

"Now, now. She has to know something." I said, starting to walk towards Ruby. "Back to your duties Eban."

"Yes ma'am." Eban said clicking her heels before walking off.

"Miss. Ruby!" I hollered, walking up to her, a few of the other girls stared as they walked past, "Why are you not working?"

"I wasn't assigned anything." she said her voice was soft and sweet.

"I've been told that you don't know much about sailing. Is that true?" I said leaning against the rail, still watching everyone work.

"Yeah, sort of, I know that it involves a ship." she said.

"And ships need to be cleaned. Scrubbed, the decks."

"Oh." she said nodding.

"That's now your job." I said, "There's a bucket and a scrubber over there." I pointed to the main mast. "Get to work." I walked back checking everyone's work.

"But Ive never worked a day in my life!" Ruby hollered back towards me.

"It shows! I gave you an easy job, that any of these girls would be more than willing to do!"

"Just get to work!" Eban called from atop the mizzen mast, she was with Gavan, tightening the ropes.

"..that's when she ran..." Amelia told her story. I half listened, but I was distracted. There was an eerie silence in the air. Tiba shoved a bottle of rum into my lap, before she ran over to the side of the ship and vomited all that she ate and drank.

"Fish'll be eating good tonight." she said sitting back down, just as Eban stood up.

"Captain, if I may have a word with ye." she nodded, and headed towards the bow. I stood up, and strode over to her.

"Be thankful that I'm not a strict Captain, like many others." I said leaning against the rail.

"Aye, I am, but the weather tonight has gotten me in a tumble."

"And why is that?"

"Its too calm, the water is barely moving, but aye! look there!" Eban pointed to a dark ship in the horizon. Farther behind it was a horrid storm. "Captain, orders?!"

"Douse all the lamps, lets hope we have not already been seen." I said pulling out my telescope, no flag. I cursed my self for not having a heading. A few minutes later Amelia came running up to me.

"Finished." she breathed. Then a violent shake of the ship knocked me and Amelia to the deck.

"What was that?!" I heard Rose screech from below deck. The rest of the crew came running up.

"Wave?" Eban said coming to my side.

"I don't know." I said lifting myself up with the rail. Then massive tentacles came slithering up the sides of the ship. We all moved back.

"Orders!" one of the girls screamed. Then the air was filled with more screams and splitting wood. Then one of the massive tentacles wrapped itself around my waist. It started shaking me like a rag doll. If I didn't have my necklace, I would be nothing more than paste. It slammed me down on the deck, Eban ran at it with an axe. She started cutting at the tentacle until finally it let go.

"Cap'm!" Eban screamed over the cracking of splintering wood, waves, and screams of death. "We must leave!" I looked around, there was blood on the deck and only Amelia and Gavan where the only ones still moving. Gavan lost her right arm, while Amelia was pulling her away from a striking tentacle. I turned back to Eban, but she wasn't there. Instead a large disfigured body stood staring back at me. The thing had what looked like a hat and seaweed streaming out of it. Its entire body was covered in sea life. It grabbed my shoulder roughly and lead me back onto the other ship that had pulled up beside us. I figured it was best not to try and fight.