The Word Cloud

The Pirates of Calabria - The Ark of the Covenant


by Jaana [aka Cyane]

CHAPTER 3

'Close to the Twins'

A slowly breeze touched her skin. Amillia opened her eyes and took a close look around, she tried to rise up but her body ached, forcing her to fall again into the bed. Her mind was so confused and still she remembered the fight she had with Morgan. The huge room charmed her with its pearly-milk walls ornamented with different old pictures with scenes from battles and tales of an ancient civilization.

 

“Persia” Amillia murmured captivated by the originality of the art.

 

Amillia closed her eyes, and fell asleep happy that she was able to bare the images into her mind.

 

 

 

Captain Morgan released Lady Glaria from the cell and allowed her to recuperate Calenvor, after they arrived in Port Villianna.

 

“Where is that little lass, I'll show her that nobody messes with me” hissed Lady Glaria searching for something into her cabin.

 

“I took care of her, she will be no longer your concern” answered Morgan cleaning his blade filled all with blood.

 

Lady Glaria looked to Morgan and narrowed her eyes towards his sword. She took a sit on her silver chair and seemed to clarify her thoughts.

 

“You killed her.” she broke the silence dodging Morgan's eyes, like no feeling to look at him.

 

“I had a good fight though, she was strong, but now she is the bride of the ocean.” he muttered while he took a swig of rum from a bottle abandoned on the table.

 

“You really are a hellish pirate Morgan, being able to kill your own niece, that makes you really a cold-blood freebooter.”

 

“I never thought about her as my niece”

 

 

“I think your sister hates you from up there. You know, I never met her, but I feel sorry for her.” Lady Glaria murmured taking the bottle from Morgan's hand and swallowed all the rum left.

 

“She was to much carefree” he uttered when he left the cabin, closing the door after him.

 

After Captain Morgan left, Lady Glaria continued to search for something that might have disappeared from her library while she was locked into the cell. When she took some volumes of strong and thick books, she realised that the map she found into the Arkan Dungeons wasn't there, the only way for her to find Nova Artana.

 

“Bloody-lass, she took the map.” Lady Glaria hissed in disgust throwing the books in one of the cabin's corners.

 

Henry Morgan set his ship and aimed the sails towards Malero Ganza Island, his home. His father used to be the governor over the island, but after the revolution his family lost their title and the island became property of the English Army.

He joined the army with a single reason, to destroy them and to regain his lands. After he met Lady Glaria they joined their forces and attacked the English Army's camp regaining his own honour. He was a fine noble in his teen years, but after the tragedy with his family his heart became a temple of hate and blood-thirst, the only one who could make him feel like a man is his own partner, Glaria, which showed him that there out are still people who he can trust.

 

 

 

The sun's shining waves awoke Amillia. She got off of the bed and grabbed a chair to the windows, watching outside curious where she might be. Lots of exotic trees full of leaves and flowers appeared among her eyes, beautiful and colourful. She remembered the days when her father took her everywhere and showed her the world's beauty, sailing and feeling the ocean's strong voice calling them every time they were caught into the middle of storms.

 

“Good morning” a male voice came from nowhere.

 

She jumped from the chair and took the knife, which lied on the left corner of the window, aiming its sharp blade towards him.

 

“Who are you?” she questioned ready to make her move, but the young man was to fast, in no time he appeared in her back and with an amazing strength he forced her hand to let the knife to fall on the ground.

 

“I don't think it is wise to do that. After all I am your rescuer” murmured the man forcing her to calm down.

 

After calming her senses, she looked into the man's eyes searching for weakness or something that might give her a way to strike, but none of these were found on his feature.

 

“Where am I?”

 

“The first city of the Nova Artana Island, Moya.” he answered releasing her from his hands.

 

“Nova Artana? Are you telling me that I am near to them? The twins?”

 

“Not really near but you have to sail a day to meet the two islands. What is your name?”

 

“Amillia”

 

“I am Serev. Nice to meet you” he smiled looking all over her body.

 

“Thanks for savin' me” Amillia murmured grateful grabbing her weapons ready to leave.

 

“Something happened to you. From your clothes and weapons, you might be a pirate, right?”

 

“Captain, Captain Amillia Cortés” she answered clearing her throat.

 

“Good, you must be hungry, so I brought some food.” he muttered giving her the plate with some fruits, meat and some cold drinks.

 

“Oh, thank you. Looks good” she smiled eating fast from the goods which Serev gave her.

After she had her breakfast, Amillia told Serev about her last battle she had with her uncle, Captain Henry Morgan, which she lost it once with her crew and ship.

Serev seemed very calm after he heard her story, but she saw the anger growing into his eyes. The beautiful lines of his body were strained like the strong edges of  a stone.

 

“Serev, are you ok?” Amillia broke the silence which overwhelmed his mind, awaking him from something which might have took control over his thoughts.

 

“Oh yes, I was just...very touched about your sufferings. Well I was thinking that I want to help you to recuperate your people and your ship. So what do you think? Do you want them back?” he mumbled waiting for her answer.

Amillia jumped into his arms cheerful, shouting that she will be glad to have him by her side.

Serev was a little confused about her, he couldn't read her mind, he was sure that it will be hard for him to know her, but he decided that he will not give up and he will break the wall between them and she will tell him all about her...“One day” he murmured convinced that he will know her better.

 

 

 

Sheba felt a little breeze touching her face, the Moon's blue veils were penetrating the little holes from the cell's barred window. She was absorbed by the beauty of the Night's Pearl, laying its light over her body, which made her skin shine like a fish under the ocean's celestial-auroras, so calm and gentle. Her eyes became the Pearl's temple and her lips turned into its sacred melody, chanting into an  language known only by the old Greek gods. The ocean's waves were perturbed by huge silver chains, which were aiming fast towards Calenvor. Sheba closed her eyes and she vanished into little pieces of  ice which exploded destroying the other dungeons around, setting her crew free.

 

Lady Glaria saw too late the chains, which were crossing the tall rocks from the right side of the ship. She shouted her crew to aim with full speed to north.

Sheba was walking over the ocean's waves, she was so light, like a white bridal veil dancing around the  storm, which was fighting, against the deadly chains.

Amallia's crew took control over Calenvor after they shoot half of Lady Glaria's men. Lil Nino jumped from the quarter deck over two tall and strong pirates and struck their skulls with his silver cutlasses. He saw Lady Glaria trying to load her Colt revolver, an early model which was used by Russians fight the Crimean War.

He raised the body of one of a dead freebooters and used it as shield against the strong rain of silver bullets. Lil Nino hit the body away and crossed blades with Lady Glaria, using his cutlasses as defence and dodging her attacks trying to find a way to strike her.

 

The storm was getting worse once with the close whistle of the chains which were moving fast with ravenousness to pierce Sheba's flesh and feed with her blood, but when the first one was ready to hit her, she touched it and changed it into a red iced bridge along with the other ones. The chain-bridge was spreading like Gobi's red-violet sand-storms, covering Sheba's body with shining red glow worms. She opened her eyes and the storm stopped once with the ocean's strong howls, followed by a nice and calmly atmospheric breeze, allowing the Night Pearl to lay out her marvellous blue-shades over the ocean again.

 

“Lilith aunda'si zarti” [Thank you Lilith] murmured Sheba looking to the moon before she fell into the ocean, sinking more and more to its cold bottom.

Lil Nino knocked Lady Glaria out and jumped over the board into the water desperate to save Sheba, swimming towards the ocean's darkened ground to find her.