Escape

Crash! I jumped. “What was that.” We both stood up, ready for anything that came from the top. Silence. “Haha! Don’t even try, you can’t beat me!” A woman’s voice yelled. More bumps and bangs, Saris and I stood there wondering what was going on. A pair of feet swung in through the hull and a lady landed between Saris and me. She towered over us with about half a foot, she was the kind of woman that men would stop in the street for. She had perfect curves that led up to even more perfect breasts, I found myself staring. Her face looked down at us in annoyance, but her eyes showed excitement. “Well, who have we got here, a couple of scrawny lil’ lads don't we.” “who are you.” said Saris. “wh-who am I?” she exclaimed in a mellow yet aggressive tone. “I am the greatest, most impressive thief of my time.” “ I noticed the rips and blood on her clothes. “more like the most reckless,” I muttered. “Excuse me little boy, and who do you think you are.” she glared. Saris slid his hand in front of me to stop her from pushing closer. “He, for your information, is- well, is my brother. Yes, he is my brother. Introduce yourself Barrinn.” “ Hello, my name is Barrinn of the-, ” I looked over to Saris. “Hallewell.” He whispered. “Barrinn of the Hallewell house. Stationed in the western side of England?” I looked over to Saris and he shrugged. I looked back to the woman but she didn't look convinced. She rolled her eyes, “ look, I'm just here because your dad hired me to find you. ” Saris scoffed “My father would never hire someone as pitiful looking as you to find me, especially a woman.” he folded his arms and began to walk to the corner when she grabbed his shoulders . “look little guy I got hired to take you home and that's what I'm going to do whether you like it or not. Now get on the deck before I force you there. ” Saris slumped over and began to climb the latter. The woman turned to me “ You can't be his brother, Hallewell said there was only one of you. ” I had to think of something quick, I didn't want to be left here, wherever I was. “Well maybe you'll get paid double if you take me home to, I mean don't you think he would pay more if you brought back both his sons? ” she thought about it for a second then agreed. “ ok fine Barton, well there are some rules your gonna have to follow, oh and my names Jaqy, short for Jacqueline. Got it?” “um- got it? And my names do not barto-” “ok then it's time to go.” she pulled me by the arm and we went up the stairs. I squinted my eyes as we walked up, the light was unbearable after being in the sark for so long. When we walked up I could see Saris pacing back and forth. When he saw us he whipped his head up and began to pace again. “umm, we have a problem. ” As he said this one of the knocked out ship crew began to stir and came up behind him. He yelled and was about to hit Saris when Jaqy stepped forward. She swung her foot at his knee and he crumpled to the floor. Her fist connected just below his nose and his eyes roll behind his head. Blood seaped out of his mouth. “you were saying, ” He stared at her in disbelief. “ Woah Jaqy that was pretty cool.” I said. Saris put on a now disapproving face and said “ so that’s you’re name, Jaqy. Well an ugly name like that definitely fits your demeanor. ” I personally thought he was just jealous. “ Anyway, our problem is that the boat is sinking and there’s no way off. ” I looked around and noticed about an inch of water sealing in. “ So how are you going to deal with that Jaqy?” He said. “ Actually, umm” she looked defeated, so I interrupted. “oh, look there’s a raft.” I pointed to a small shaped boat that looked like it could only fit about as many people as there were. Jaqy smiled toward me, thankful for my help. We all squeezed in and went on our way to Saris’s father, wherever that may be.

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