The Son of Rockwell

Chapter 22: Pirates!

A bell rang out. Bruce woke up and slowly sat up. Thrasher, who was sleeping with him, was gone. Bruce noticed a strange orange glow and smoky smell as he walked to the window and looked outside. Lendton was on fire. Bruce frantically grabbed what he could before opening the door to find Tim just about to knock on it. “Well, it’s nice to know I’m not the only one that the bell woke up.” Tim said. Bruce gave a quick nod and they bolted down three flights of stairs. They found Vyker filling a backpack with supplies and Amanda trying to wrangle Thrasher into a baby animal holder. “There you two are!” Vyker said, “Grab as many supplies as you can, help gather the animals and let’s go!” Amanda got the baby raptor in the pack as Tim just loaded a backpack. Bruce got Hades and Sweet Dreams and they started to leave. As they opened the door Bruce noticed for the first time that it looked like men were ram sacking the town, taking supplies and people back to five ships that were parked next to an ocean they were next to. “Oh good grief.” Tim said. “What?” Amanda replied, Tim pointed to the ships “Those are part of a larger fleet that I’ve seen before. They’re battle ships!” Tim looked back and his eyes grew wide “WATCH OU-!” is all Bruce heard before the world went black.

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Bruce was coming around when he noticed that the ground was moving up and down. His vision was fuzzy and his head throbbed. He heard shouts, metal clangs and water hitting an object. Footsteps were coming and Bruce lifted his head it see an imposingly figure. A man with black boots and metal spurs on the back. A brown belt made from leather and a black scabbard. And matching black cloak with golden details flowed it the wind. His hat covered his face and was also black with a purple feather in it. His hair brown and eyes were green. Bruce tried to move but found his arms and legs were tied to a pole. To his left and right Tim, Vyker and Amanda were also tied up. “Hello-?” Bruce started. “Silence.” the black adorned man said, his voice eerily calm. “As prisoners on my ship you will be only speak when spoken too.” The mansaid. “Allow me to introduce myself. I am Alfred de Cardo, Captain of this ship and the whole fleet. And you might be?” de Cardo pointed to Vyker. Vyker frowned, “Why does it matter?” de Cardo also frowned “Because if you don’t”, he reached his hand out and crew member gave him the Broodmother’s head, “I might not let you leave this Island with your life.”

(Yeah 22 chapters! Almost to 25!)

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