I entered the the prison block and walked down the stairs, I could hear creaking and waves crashing against the side of the ship. The smell of blood and rotting flesh filled the air...
...and something else - Fear

I walked through and inspected either side of the cell block, mostly they were all asleep - apart from one man, who sat there staring into nothingness. That was they guy I needed.

I pulled a coiled-up whip off a hook on the side of the wall. I gently uncoiled it hearing the straining of the leather.

I looked up at the sound of Kruger entering the room. He stood before me, his whip loose by his side.

"Please..." I said with a dry, croacky throat as I had not had any water for days, "I've told you everything I know!"

I tried to move further back down the cage and winced in pain. I had many cuts across my back and chest from where Kruger had whiped me previously. Plus the chains that bound my wrists and feet, dug into my skin.

Kruger advanced towards me. "Please! I don't know anything about the map! Please!"

"Darren Blank, if that is your real name. I do hope for your sake your not lying, because my crew do beleive the map is aboard the Kingston. They might get very...angry, with you." I said this in a way that he could'nt possibly escape, I loved tourmenting fools.

I streched the leather of my whip and lashed down upon his face.

"I don't care if youve already told me every thing. I enjoy inflicting pain and suffering on others. Haha"

CRACKKK

His vocal pain sounded dry of thurst. I grabbed a bowl of fresh water and threw it at him. It spilt all over his ripped clothing.
"Theres your water for the next three days" I snarled, slammed the gate and began to walk away.

I sat in the brig and stared at the ceiling. Water was dripping from the rotten wood onto my head. It was driving me crazy but there was nothing I could do about it as I was still chaine up.

It felt as though I had been trapped in this prison for ever.

My thoughts took me back to my ship - 'The Old Sailor'. I hoped it was still afloat and that my crew were safe. When we had been attacked by Kruger there had been so much damage...
I thought about Captain Warner and his crew. I wondered if their ship had been destroyed yet? I almost laughed. I had been in the lead! I had arrived in uncharterd waters first! It wasn't going to long until I found out what was so important about this place I was sure of it! However it obviosuly was not to be.
I accepted a long tiem ago that I would die at the hands of Kruger and his crew.

"Are you still here?" I called out to one of my fellow prisoners. There had been four of us in here, I knew none of them. Two had died within the first few hours of me being here. The other I had had many conversations. They were in the cage behind mine so I never got to see their face.
"Are you still here?" Again I got no responce. I wondered if they were dead.

The water dripped on my head again. I was so annoyed that I screamed out.

"What are you waiting for Kruger?" I shouted, "I've told you all I know! Why don't you just kill me?"

The only responce was my echo...

(Continued from Main Deck)

We burst in, I took a harsh breath of fusty air. Cough Cough.

Dead remains filled the cells of the brig. Fithly walls, blood stained floors...this wasn't a brig, it was a grave yard!

There was still life, I could hear various groans from the back of the brig. One voice spoke - it sounded vaguley famliar...

i saw petes jaw drop... i asked whats wrong pete? you feeling okay?

i think my face was turning green from the smell

The team approached the voice, venturing forth we saw many dead souls filling the cells around us - the smell was unbearable, it was coming from the direction of the voice...

It was Darren Blank!! The double crossing basta....wait he saved us from the port police and the authroities! How did he get here?

He looked dreadfull, greasy hair, bloodstained clothes and a smelt horrible.

"Darren?!" I asked into the half-darkness. He looked up in shock, like we were a sight for sore eyes.

Darren Blank... well he was a sight for sore eyes. He was looking up at us as though he did not remember who we were. But being in a place like this, that did not surprise me!

I looked up at the group of people standing before me. My eyes were sore and I found it hard to focus on their faces, however they did not look like pirates. There were women with them for a start.

As my eyes began to adjust, I saw their clothes. Not Pirate clothes but the clothes of ship workers. Had my crew come back to rescue me?
They had fled from Salt Station so quickly, under my orders. Could they possible have caught up with Krugers ship?

Then I recognised one of the people looking at me. I recognised him as the watchman on Adrian Warners ship. I looked at all of the others faces - they were all from The Kingston!

"You are from the Kingston!" I said at last, "Have you come to rescue me? I must warn you... Captain Kruger, a nasty pirate who runs this ship, is looking for you! He will kill you if he finds you!"

"It's okay Darren, calm yourself down" I waved my hands down to him, he was painking and desperate although glad to see us.

"Kruger...he..." Darren started with worry in his eyes

"We have it under control, his crew has invaded our ship and lost - he was left on our ship - with any luck the Kingston crew will have caught him by now." I swallowed hard, we needed to get off this ship with no hassel "We needed to get you off this hell hole, come back to our ship" He nodded in agreement

I went to grab his hand, I looked over to Olivia and Sleepy and then noticed that half off our team were missing!

"Olivia, Mr. I - go check where they are, they could be in trouble!" I whispered desperatly

I turned back to Darren "Can you walk?" his eyes closed then slowly opened, he was in no condition to even stand up. I grabbed him from the floor, he let off a groan, I lifted him over my left shoulder cupping my arm around him and drew my Scimitar with my free hand

Darren looked up as if he needed to do somthing or wanted to say summat

"Lets go" I said with curage, I carried on and followed Olivia