SEA OF FLAMES.
*cough* *cough*
"Captain, we've caught a child in our net" "What are you waiting for !!, go on save him!"
"Yes, captain!"
"Hey, kid can you hear me?" An old man said in a muffled voice "Do you think he's dead?" Another man said, "he's still breathing so he'll be fine after a long nap, inform the captain about this". The old man carried me to a small storage room of sorts, he made a makeshift bed with all the bags of flour lying around. I was half-conscious and half-asleep
Barely able to open my eyes but having full awareness of my surroundings, the man laid me down on the bed and left me to rest for a couple of hours.
I woke up after a long nap with everything in the storage room swaying from side to side, I tried to take a peek outside a small window, but all I saw was endless raging waves crashing into the ship which was covered with thick metal plating.
*creek* the door swung open, "You're up already? I thought you'd be sleeping a while longer" It was the old man from before "Yes... where are we?" I asked in a calm voice "We are in the Hades Sea or you could call it by its other name THE SEA OF FLAMES", "Well that's enough talk, let's go the captain wants to see you".
He showed me the way to the captain's office which was at the end of the ship, the crew of the ship stared at me while I walked past them, I recognised one of the crew members being the other guy who pulled me on deck and informed the captain about me.
*knock* *knock*
The old man knocked on the door with a handle that had a skull emblem and red beams of light came from its eyes when knocked, "Enter!!" A loud deep voice came from the other side of the door "Captain, this is the boy we found on our fishing net" The old man looked at me expecting me to introduce myself "Hello sir.... my name is Monak It's a pleasure to meet you" I took a good look at his face, he had nicely cut beard but a bald head and a thick bushy moustache "well child this is what's going to happen, you either leave with a small lifeboat with enough supplies to last until you until you reach the next island or you come with us to RAIN TOWN but you'll have to do some work around the ship" leaving alone on a small lifeboat on this unforgiving sea would be a stupid decision, I would instantly get swallowed by the waves "is RAIN TOWN an island?" "No, it's a city on the edge of MANIPVYA" MANIPVYA is a region in the UNNEL continent where cities govern themselves like countries. Back at the YOWQ factory children were taught about geography to prepare them for the future If they ever passed the training that is. I once learnt about MANIPVYA and RAIN TOWN which made it easier to go and find a job or even maybe get rich, so I decided it was best if I went with them instead rather than getting lost in the vast ocean "I'll go to RAIN TOWN, and stay there" the captain seemed pleased with my answer "ok then, Wegs! show this kid his workplace we'll reach RAIN TOWN in one week" the captain said with a joyful look on his face "Wegs.. your name's Wegs?" I asked the old man "It's a nickname I got from using my skill" he brushed it aside "Well, what's your skill?" I curiously asked "Never mind that kid, let's go" It seemed he didn't want to answer the question. He asked what my ability was and told him all about it like how I could see vital points of every human being, sense how weak or strong a material is, know how long materials can last etc.
He then told me that I would be working with the maintenance crew, who fix, repair and make parts for the ship. He introduced me to the head of the maintenance crew "Jack Rik, that's my name, what's yours?" The head of M.C. said "My name's Monak" I replied. Right after I joined the crew I went to work checking and confirming that if the parts were ready to use after the repair and pointing out ones that needed repair. My job wasn't physical or hard in any way, it was easy because I used to do this all the time back at the factory and about the financial part... well they didn't have to pay because I was getting a free ride, in any case, I was the one who had to pay them so instead working for them was In one way a form of payment. Six days passed and my boss Jack loved the work I'd been doing around the ship, he even gave me some coins and two erts (a type of currency, $) after hearing that I would be leaving the ship after we reached RAIN TOWN. He seemed disappointed after the discovery but wished me luck in finding another job and being successful.
The ship was crossing the FLAME BRIDGE which was the last stage to reaching RAIN TOWN, the bridge was huge but apart from its name the bridge had no connection to fire or flames instead it was made out of water, there was a deep pit underneath the bridge which led to nothing but darkness, while crossing you could hear the screams and roars of the sea beasts that lived in the pit. " You hear that....., that's Rens-slot king of the Sea," Jack said with excitement "Is it big?" I asked "BIG!!... Monak that thing is humongous, gigantic even this ship would look like a spec of sand compared to it," he said then continued "Rens-slot can swallow a whole island it can ingest a thousand ships with one scope it ca-" *Boom* out nowhere something big pierced through the waters upwards and collided with the ship "second security protocol!!!" One man shouted, "What's happening?" I asked Jack "It's one of the beats, it seems like it's irritated by us crossing the bridge" he then hurriedly went to the captain's office to tell him about the beast, while the other crew members tried to input a second layer of metallic plating around the ship to reduce leakage of water inside the ship some were using their sticky hands to crawl on the sides of the ship others were flying around the ship with wings and stuff.
The others on the ground were helping to remove the rushing water from the ship, some could smell where the water was coming from others could talk to the water. These guys had some weird ass powers but compared to what I can do I shouldn't be talking, we were successful in keeping the ship from sinking but fucking hell the beast wouldn't stop there, it came for round two and while I and the other guys were starting to give up Wegs swooped in and told the beast to "PISS OFF" and just like that it turned around and went on its merry way.
I was flabbergasted by the power of his ability, the power to command beats. Everyone on the ship cheered Wegs in for saving us, while I stood there amazed by him. From that day on my goal was to become someone so strong no one could rival me not even RONS-SLOT.