❛❛ i think we're under attack ❜❜
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treasure had set sail once again, leaving jusue island and venturing south to cheseu next.
the ship was sailing peacefully along the ocean with the crew mostly chilling around as there was nothing to do.
hongjoong and seonghwa were busy inside the captain's chambers, maps spread across his desk along with a couple of old documents.
soojin was spending her time with the book entitled: flowers and their languages with yeosang who was telling her random facts here and there.
"gumamela is a flower native in-" her reading was cut short when a ringing started sounding all across the ship, alarming everyone on board.
hongjoong and seonghwa looks up, a concerning familiarity etched on each other's face as they hurriedly exit the room and gather towards the main deck.
mingi was ringing the bell by the quarterdeck as yunho held a telescope by his eyes. he removes the object before looking down towards the group.
"what's going on?" hongjoong shouts, running up the stairs and onto the quarterdeck.
"i think we have a visitor and they arent friendly" yunho passes the telescope to hongjoong, who holds it tightly and places it by his eye.
he sees a massive ship, its pole bearing a flag that means anything but good. the ship's canons were protruding by its side as the ship itself was approaching treasure.
hongjoong took a little bit of time as everything started to register in his mind.
the captain orders to bring up a white flag, to show that they mean no harm. the other ship doesnt stop or bring down their flag and replace it with the same one as their's, instead, the ship fires the first canon towards them, missing the ship by only just a few meters and landing in the water, making it splash all over.
hongjoong looks around the crew that have gather around the deck before giving them a nod, shouting out orders as they move, knowing the protocol for this particular situation.
wooyoung guides his men below deck to mend and ready the canons, bringing pounds and pounds of gunpowder with them.
seonghwa goes somewhere inside the ship, only to bring out crates of weapons. he hands a sword to yeosang and a dagger for soojin, as well as another sword for jongho who had joined them
"what's going on?" she asks in alarm.
"i think we're under attack. use these to protect yourself, if something happens just stick to any of us or hide" he leaves them to hand out the weapons to the rest of the crew.
the sound of the bell doesn't stop as it sends alarm to everyone. yunho joins them, musketoon in hand "i'll help with wooyoung below deck. san should be here anytime soon. when the ship arrives.. we cant guarantee there wont be a fight, just be safe and fight back"
they watch the blue hair leave and as the former said, san joins them "you should hide-"
the sound of a canon fired and wood breaking was heard by the crew. the whole ship rocked side to side as they struggle to balance themselves "they're already firing??"
"fire!" hongjoong shouts from the wheel as treasure shots multiple canons towards the opposing ship.
the vessel reaches them and stands beside treasure. a rope from a harpoon shoots and connects the two ships "they're boarding the ship! get your guns and swords ready! fire-"
the other ship fires first before treasure as they rocked back and forth once again. soojin covers her ears as her whole body trembles. their intruders boards the ship, swords in hand as they fight with the crew. the sounds of metal clashing and gunfire rang all over.
yeosang brings soojin to the side, hidden from the commotion as he held his sword tightly, ready to fight. jongho has left them as a pirate came and attacked him, telling the two to go somewhere safe.
soojin sees mingi fighting alongside yunho, going against four pirates. on her other side, she sees hongjoong this time, firing his musketoon and swinging his sword at the same time.
another explosion sounded as they fired at the opposing ship. yeosang looks at soojin with full concern "everything's going to be fine-"
"behind you!"
the wizard turns yet it was too late as a pirate came and slashed his sword at yeosang's shoulder. he winces as he swings his own sword and aims it directly at the attacker's heart.
"your shoulder.. it's bleeding" soojin touches the wizard's arm with trembling hands. yeosang shrugs it off "i'll be fine"
"choi soojin and choi san! show yourselves now or we will continue to fire" a voice booms.
soojin takes a peek and meets eyes with a familiar man- the man with the huge scar by the side of his face, jongil, the same man who threw them off that cliff.
her feet was hesitant as yeosang looked at her- holding her hand, telling her with his eyes to not go there, but another canon shot and their ship rocks once again. a cry from someone knocked some sense into her as she ran towards the deck. yeosang tries to grab her, mumbling incoherent words to himself as he runs after her.
"stop. stop! im here already" she screams, waving her hands in the air. she quickly surveys her surrounding only to see that the crew was highly outnumbered and pinned by their intruders. san came running towards her and places himself in front of her "what are you doing?" he whispers, as he instructed for the people around them to stay put and not approach.
"he works under queen aora. that's the man she ordered to kill me and mingi"
jongil eyes the two, a smirk forming on his face as he crosses his arms "your majesties" he bows before laughing.
"we're already away from zeeta. what more does she want?" san shouted.
jongil's smug look never leaves his face as he answers "she wants all of you dead. with all three of you gone, there won't be anyone to go against her for the throne"
he waits for a reaction from the two. letting his words sink in, soojin pushes pass san and stands in front of the man. he smirks as he looks at her. soojin was clenching her fist as he looks at jongil straight in the eye.
"what- what did she do to soobin?"
"ding dong~ you finally caught up" he said while swinging his hands. he stops before turning serious once again.
"he's dead"
she felt her knees buckling and her blood running cold. san immediately went up to her as he felt she was about to fall "what.. did you say?" she says slowly.
she feels as if her ears were betraying her, everything seemed like a blur and the noise around sounded fuzzy.. but whatever the man with the scar said sounded loud and clear "i said, he's dead"
he's dead
"i- i dont believe you" she mumbles. san had his hand tightened around the musketoon by his waist, his eyes raging with fire.
jongil gave an airy laugh "dont believe me? why not ask that prince from sagwa and that traitor of a wizard?"
soojin turns to look at yeosang and jongho who stares at her. she pleads with her eyes, telling them to say it wasn't true. both look down, closing their eyes- none wanting to see the look of betrayal as she stares at them. why.. didnt you tell us.. tell me?
jongil laughs louder causing the other intruders to laugh as well. they think this is funny? "believe me now princess?"
the members of the crew stares at the two royals and the man, not knowing the gravity of this situation is for them.
"now im going to be nice and give you two choices your majesties. you come with us and your new friends survive or you make this the harder way and you die along with everyone on the ship.
the main gunner below deck runs upstairs hurriedly as he got curious on why the commotion has died down. he stops in his tracks as stares back and forth between his crew and the opposing men. he looks around and finds the princess and san, standing in the middle of the deck with a tense aura.
wooyoung made eye contact with the man, his eyes trembling a little as the latter smirks. a wave of familiarity washes of him as his heart pounded inside his chest. he takes a step backward before the man speaks up "jung wooyoung-"
hongjoong fires his musketoon again, starting the fight once again. the two royals stare at him as he nods.
their opponents were caught off guard. late to react and register to what was happening. when the number of the opposing crew had died down and the members of treasure had outnumbered them, they ran back to their ship, retreating as they cut the rope that connected the two ships.
the two ships fired the last of their canons, nearly destroying each other's vessels before sailing off.
jongil gave the two zeeta royals one last look before leaving completely. he peeks by the corner of his eyes to see the familiar gunner, holding onto the railings while looking at him with terror. he smiles contently as he had completed his task, remembering the instructions of the queen given to him.
"bring them here, if they dont comply.. you go there and you tell them about what happened to their sibling, they will come to me after and if they do.. i'll be the one who kills them. i want to see them suffer first"
the captain couldnt afford to fellow them and continue the battle as the ship's conditions was worst than bad and their crew was beyond tired. he looks around to see the aftermath of the battle- there were some dead bodies from his own men but mostly the other's. a lot of them were injured and blood stained the floors of their ship.
he approaches them, placing his hands above their eyes and shutting them.
soojin was on the floor, her knees has gave in as she felt so so weak. her heart was breaking into a million pieces. san hugs her tightly, letting himself cry, his fist tightening around his sister as she buries her face onto his chest.
she was bawling, her cries getting muffled onto san's shirt. the prince's heart was breaking even more when he heard her cries, the sound ringing in his ears.
yeosang and jongho steps forward but san shoots them a look. dont come here, we'll talk later.
"you!" the quartermaster runs over to someone, landing a punch over his face and tackling him to the floor. yunho grabs the collar of the man as he continues to punch him senselessly, his eyes was filled with rage as he lands punch after punch. mingi follows behind him, shocked to see how the quartermaster was acting as he tries to pulls yunho away, he manages to separate the two as hongjoong and seonghwa stands in middle. the captain and navigator were afraid- they've never seen yunho this angry.. no, they've never seen him angry in general.
the quartermaster tries to free himself from his lover's grip. he breaks free, hongjoong and seonghwa holding him this time.
"yunho, calm down" the captain said.
"that bastard! im going to kill you lee dawon! let me go!" he pushes pass the two and tackles the said man once again. dawon doesnt fight back as he lets the quartermaster beat him up to a pulp. hongjoong and seonghwa tries to pull him off, succeeding after getting elbowed for a few times "after we took you in, you betrayed us.. you asshole!"
dawon stays on the floor- blood drips from his nose and his face was bruised, his lips was busted as he spits out crimson from his mouth.
"bring him to his room.. please" he looks at mingi who embraces yunho and brings him down to their room to calm down.
seonghwa clenched his fist as he excuses himself, passing by the siblings and assisting the injured to the sick bay.
the captain looks down, giving the traitor a cold look.
"explain yourself, before i feed you to the sharks"
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there you go~ (๑•﹏•)
soobin's been dead since chapter 9 or 10 but they only found out now akznsoa I KNOW. IM SORRY LMAOO
anywaaaaaays here's an advance gift from me to you :">