The Terrible Demise of Tortuga

Chapter twenty seven.

Captain Swan watched Jay, Jack, Aaron jr., and Eric practice sword drills. Jay was pared up with Aaron jr and Jack was paired with Eric. “Nice block Aaron. Jay….pathetic!” Captain Swan spat. “Jack, Eric, pathetic! Try harder!” Captain’s Swan’s word of disapproval or disappointment was”pathetic!”. Jay was not as good with swords as Aaron and Jack and Eric were almost evenly matched. Finally after using sword,using fists, and lot of “pathetic!” Josh called for a break. “Ugh! That was tiring!” Aaron groaned. “Buck up!” Josh said. Jay wiped sweat of his forehead. “After several months of training, finally I think y’all are ready! Y’all training are over. “Wait what?!” Jack exclaimed. “You heard me…you all have learned y’all’s lessons therefore our training has ended.”

Jack and Jay headed home disappointed. “I wish we could continue.” Jack said. “Yeah but there’s nothing else left to learn.” Jay said. They went to their house. Their father and mother were already there because they had no work for the day. Arianna was in the kitchen humming to herself while making a loaf of bread. Aragorn was seated at the dining room table, staring off into space. “Hi dad.” Jay said. No answer. Jay whistled. “Dad?” Jack asked. Aragorn made no movement or sign he had heard them. They stepped in front of their father. Aragorn’s eyes were pitch black and emotionless. “Uh dad?!” Jack said, then waved his hand in front of Aragorn’s face. Aragorn blinked suddenly, his eyes returning to normal. “You okay dad?” Jay asked. “Yeah.” He said gruffly. In the kitchen Arianna was still humming cheerfully. “Where are Josephina and Jaquin?” Jay asked. “They’re taking a nap.” Aragorn replied. The door opened and Emma danced in. “I just came back from being with Andrew. It was so wonderful! We stopped by the bakery and got us some cupcakes!” Emma said dreamily. "Did you get US anything?” Jay asked sarcastically. Emma put a sack on the table. “Here, split it up!” She said then bounded down the hall to her room. Arianna smiled and gave Aragorn a look. “Yes sir, that’s a girl in love.” Arianna told her husband. Jack and Jay made retching sounds.

-SunnyFox57.