High on the riggings of the lead ship I stand and stare out at the Port Town that we are approaching. It is only small as it is still far away but no doubt they will have spotted us. We are a blazing fleet of death that can be seen for miles on the horizon!

I look back at the rest of my men on this ship. They are an evil hideous bunch just like me!

I had been personally put in charge of the fleet by Captain Korg. He had his own means of getting to Port Town... a way that he could live again! And he would have the Axe of Lunea!

I grinned. We were unstoppable. After all... Captain Korg had cursed all of his pirates, including me. We could not die. Not by normal means anyway.

Looking out I could now see a number of people at the port. They looked like ants from here. They were as worthless as ants to me. They would be crushed.

"Full speed!" I shouted, "Port Town is near... and soon it will no longer be here! For Captain KORG!!!!"

"DEATH TO THE PEOPLE AT PORT TOWN!" I creid aloud from the wheel which I was steering.

A wicked laugh gurgles from my throat and I swigged some more rum from the bottle in my hand. I was ready for butchering some women and children.

We would KILL them all! We would leave none alive!

However Captain Korg wanted to slay Captain Warner. Why he was so intent on killing him we did not know. It must have been for a good reason.

We fired our weapons at the port and the port fired theirs back. Their cannon balls had no effect on us! We laughed loudly as they passed straight through our ghost-like decks. We were unstoppable!

Once our great fleet had been normal, solid wodden ships. But a lifetime of mystery and adventure had changed them. Made them burn with an undying fire that would never destroy us but would devastate everything else around us!

This was no time to remenise.

We fired another of our weapons. Our cannons were huge and made of solid silver. The cannonballs they fired were set aflame and were so so strong that they could smash through almost anything. And they were!

The port was being cracked and splintered with every fire of our weapons. I had wanted a good battle but it seemed this would be slightly disapointing... it would be too easy a victory!

"Muhaha!" I laughed out deeply, I jumped from the netting and stood beside Yuffa the fleet officer. "Seems we're winin'! Their retreating! We doin' a gud 'un 'ere!"

We where now becoming dangerously close to the port and soon, we will cause destruction. Looking out to the rushing port I notice a smaller lad wave his hands and dive into the sea. It was Brian Crandle. He was struggling, I felt an impluse and a need to 'av him.

Thrusting my hand out, I pointed to him. "The little lads mine! I saw him first!" I spat out, "its been a few weeks since I've had some action." I hardened slightly, and rubbed my dirty hands togther. "Haha, I like to see 'em squirm!" I said to Yuffa who was watching the battle.

"You want the child Rhal, then feel free to get him," I said as I stood on the rigging staring at the port, "just don't let it effect our mission. We don't want a repeat of last time."

I swung down from the rigging, landing on the deck without making a sound. Slowly I walked to the edge of the ship, almost on my tiptoes.

"They run," I said, "we should dock. We should follow them... slice them all down."

I swept my long black hiar out of my face, revealing my pale skin and a pair of black eyes. Mulhalla was staring at my body again... I could tell.. he had fantasized about me for years.
I drew my samarai sword from its sheath and turned, almost as fast as the wind, and brought the sword down, millemetres away from Mulhalla's face.

"I told you before," I said, "keep on looking at me in that way and you'll never look at anything again for I shall pluck out your eyeballs. Do not think I won't!"

He backed away. He knew I would. Only three days ago another foolish man from one of the other vessels had made the mistake of making a pass at me. I now kept his head in a jar.

"Yuffa... what are does Captain Korg wish us to do?" I asked...

Staggering backwards after Kukka attacked me, I walked to the edge of the ship and looked down into the water at my reflection.

The scar down the middle of my face was swelling, and I could tell it was about to rip open. So I grabbed the sides of my face and pushed it back together again.

That is when I saw the bubbles rising to the top of the water. The bubbles were getting faster and more of them until soon it seemed the very sea around our ships was boiling. there was also a strange blue glow shining under the surface.

"Wha'... wha' be going on!" I shouted, looking over at Yuffa, "Wha' be happenin' under our ships?"

"Cap'ain Korg wants us ta wait fer... friends..." I said in responce to Kukka's question.

I smiled, baring a toothless grin. I liked Kukka and her attitude. Many a man had beensent to their death due to her. She was an Asian beauty and she knew it. But she was also possibly the most deadly member of our crew.

"Cap'ain Korg has plans," I continued.

Then I heard Mulhalla. I jumped down from the rigging and walked over to and looked into the water. The sea around us was bubbling madly. I grinned again.

"Nowt to fear lad!" I crowed, "this is wha' Cap'ain Korg wan'ed! Do ya see? Do ya see how the water around us is black? Black jus' like the water in the Uncharted area? Tha's coz we brought some of the uncharted waters with us!"

I looked around. I could see that everyone was confused.

"Cap'ain Korg has many allies in the uncharted waters!" I said, "swimming underneath us this whole journey 'ave been some of those allies! Creatures form the unknown! Any of you filthy scum ever 'eard of the Squid People?"

There were raised eyebrows and murmours spread througout the ship. The Squid People were infamous in the uncharted waters.

"Well they 'ave allied themselves with Cap'ain Korg!" I shouted, "Guess they know a good thing when they see one!"

I turned to the bubbling water and raised my hands to the air.

"Join us Squid People!" I shouted.

One by one, strange tentacles raised from the water, followed by slimey bodies. The Squid People crawled up onto the deck. They weren't much taller then us but they did not resemble us in the slightest. They were called Squid People for a reason!



"You 'ave spoke to Cap'ain Korg," I said to them, "You know what to do?"

The lead Squid Person nodded. At least as much of a nod as they could.

"Very well," I said then turned to Mulhalla at the wheel, "Take us to the Port! Its time we went to land!"

"Hahaar!!" I croaked "Squidy's? Things are gettin' better 'n' better! Master Korg is a gud 'un, he is the greatest man alive...well ya know...the greatest thing around!" I turned to one of the Squids and grumbled, "Thats boys mine!" I pointed to Brian Crandle who was struggling to keep afloat, "I don't want ya 'squidy hands' on him! I want him pure and alive, I like to scare 'em whilst I do it, thats what does it for me! Haahaaar!"

I started to loosen the belt around my thick waist.

"Keep it in your pants Rhal, this isn't the time or the place for your perverted fantasies," I said with a scowl, "after the world ends there'll be plenty of young boys for you to snatch up, and without their fathers aronud to stop you!"

I stepped slowly over to the Squid People.

"Friends," I said, "it is an honour to meet you. I have heard much about your kind. You are very... skilled at what you do."

The Squid People were infamous for their skills of killing. they weren't swift, sly and clever in their killing as I was. They were ruthless. They covered the area like a plague, suffocating, stranglnig and squeezing to death allin their way. They were even more ruthless then Pirates!

I couldn't wait to see them in action.

I returned to the wheel and began to steer the lead Death Fleet vessel into the port. I kept my eye on the Squid People. They were indeed strange and I had only ever heard of them in rumour before.
I was still unsure if I trusted them or not.

Very soon we reached the port, the anchor was lowered and the ship tied to one of the masts. All of the other ships in the fleet were also arriving.

We were here... it was time!