Durriedog

"Clare," Turtle said. The Captain stop struggling for a moment; this was the first time in years, ever since she was Captain, that the gunman had called her by her ...

Turtle considered himself a pretty good swordsman. But in this battle? It was more fun to let them at him. He parried some, but others he let scrape him. He ...

What was going on with the stow-away and Quinn? Well, yeah, Turtle knew about them, but why were they looking at the other ship like it was a beast they ...

"Oh, and what a fight it will be." Turtle nodded nervously. "Come at her from the front, so she can't reach us?" "Yes," the Captain said. "Can I equip the ...

Her brother? This sure was one family feud gone wrong. And a fight to the death? Turtle looked around the crew, and suddenly he was worried. He was about to ...

Quinn and the stow-away. Mela and Ryker. Him and... the Captain? This ship was crazy. Officially crazy. But Turtle was thinking of other things. Crazy wasn't new; to him, crazy ...

Turtle didn't know what to say to the Captain. Nothing seemed appropriate, but maybe some of his wit, stupid or sane, would help. He said nothing. The sunrise was just ...

Turtle hesitated. "I - well, it is cold. And he needs a blanket. I have to admit I feel a bit guilty for this punishment." He paused, and addressed the ...

It was the Captain? But he'd thought - he'd thought it was the sea, a phantom of his mother. A hallucination. But it was the Captain! After the confusion, he ...

"Yes?" demanded the Captain as Mela knocked. Turtle groaned. "Come in." Turtle and Mela walked in, and Captain looked up at them. "What is it?" "Turtle has something to tell ...

"Turtle?" Turtle snapped his head up. "Oh... hey Mela." "What are you doing?" she asked. "Oh, I'm just... looking for a sharpening stone..." he said. He pretended to be running ...

Turtle waited until all most of the others had walked down to the deck and then walked up to the stow away. He crouched down on a stair in front ...

"Take away his warmest layers of clothing. Better than the mast, tie him to the railing of the stairs leading down under the deck, where most of the crew will ...

"Turtle, how the hell did you survive that? That should have killed you!" The Captain hissed. "Are you dissapointed?" David demanded. "No, but -!" Salt water washed over the deck, ...

Crack. One last sound, and Turtle knew it was all good and done. His back was fixed - it was strange, he hadn't anticipated that healing would be part of ...