The Sorrowful Rebel Fall Of The Rebel Part Four

 Journey To The Water Base

Loc looked at the list of names in front of her. She wondered which group of men she should take upon her return to the water base. The one that she escaped from all those weeks ago. She wished that Ringer was here, telling her who's best to take, but he was not. No, he was most likely dead. So she would have to make the decisions on her own. So she had to pick and pick fast. She then chose fifty of the list, not wanting to leave the place unguarded.

She soon assembled them and walked to the Captain.

"You sure about this?" First Son asked. 

"Yes. There seems to be no other opportunity to take out the head."

"But this is clearly a trap!"

"I know, but I must take the risk!"

"But why?" 

"Simple, do you think that Wolf Raven would allow another opportunity to rise up? Also, it would look weak if we didn't go."

"But it's you he wants. So why go?"

"Simple. It's the best way to call his bluff." She said, climbing aboard.

They were soon all on board the ship. They left the docks and Loc pulled out a map. She felt a strange feeling was over her. She felt the determination, yet there was a mix of excitement and fear as she felt almost vulnerable. However she knew that this was not the time to dwell on the emotions that were coursing through her body like the blood in her vanes.

Then she saw the ship on the horizon. She let out a deep breath as she looked at the captain.

"Is that one of ours?"

"No."

"Then we must prepare for a fight."

"Aye. We do."

"Then all hands on deck! All of you! Attack the ship and strike before the other ship has the chance to."

"Yes ma'am!" They all said.

They quickly took their places. She ran to the front of the ship. She closed her eyes and drove a good dose of her heat into the cannons. Then, when the smoke rose, they aimed at the front of the ship. They then fired and it hit. Yet still the ship came closer and closer. She lowered the cannons and drove some of her heat into the cannons and fired above where the ship and water met.

That was when she felt a shudder around the ship. She looked to the left to see a second ship!

She looked back and half ran to the left. She hit the side. She then drove some of her heat into the cannons. When the smoke rose, she and the rest fired. They all hit the side of the ship. She, knowing that she had to trust them, drove her attention back to the first ship.

She noticed that there were two more ships behind the first one. She then helped reload the cannons. She lowered it to where the water and the ship met. She then fired at the spot. This hit and the water flooded in.

She then turned her attention to the shops behind. She then went to aim for the same spot then she realised that she needed to stop them in their place. She raised her cannons up and fired at the cabin. This hit. She then turned to the left one and fired at that cabin. She took a glance at the other ship which was a sailing ship.

She then looked back and fired at the part where the water and the hull met. She then blew another hole. She looked around for more ships and spotted another coming. She quickly shot at the cabin as the others blasted holes in the front of the ship. She scanned for more and noticed that there were none left.

So, as they sailed on, she looked around as she played with the pendant around her neck. She noticed that some had concoctions and some were unconscious. She pulled her hand away from her pendant and helped attend to the injured. As soon as she was done, she looked for more ships. Keeping her mind focused.

She soon found one. She ran to the cannon and fired at the ship as it came closer and closer to them. She then lowered the cannon and fired at where the ship and the water met. It hit the ship and it still came closer and closer. She raised it to the cabin and then hit the cabin. Only for it to hit only the left of it. It still came closer and closer. She pumped heat into the cannon and fired again. It still came closer and closer. Soon she noticed just how big the ship was. It was massive and her ship was dwarfed by it. She quickly hit the part where the ship and the water met again and again, pumping more and more heat into each firecrys ball. This caused a row of holes to be blown into the ship. So, as the ship came closer and closer, it took on more and more water.

She then pulled up as the others joined her. They fired at the people at the other ship's cannons and fired before they even had the chance. Once they were all taken out, Loc returned to demolishing the ship. She pumped her heat into all of the cannons that she could. Once there was smoke rising they fired. They did this again and again until the fire had risen on the whole of the left hand side of the ship. She had noticed that it was sinking too. Yet she knew that it was sinking far too slowly for her liking. 

So, as she started blasting the ship and blowing holes in it, she felt a blast behind her. She was pushed forward slightly. She had to reach out and found herself dangling over the side of the ship. She pushed herself up and looked up to see that they had replaced the cannons. She looked back to see that the cabin was still mostly intact.

Once she was back on board, she returned her attention to the cannons. They fired at them again and again until the cannons and the floor were all taken out. She returned to the rest of the ship. They all fired again and again. Soon it was sinking rapidly and was soon beneath the waves.

They collected the unconscious and attended the wounded. Then she saw the water base that she was held captive on the horizon.