The sound of several speed boats vibrated through the ocean as the occupants fired gunshots at Richard's ship.
The boats kept swapping course as they eagerly pursued the ship
A wicked grin sat on their faces as they chorused
"Ahoy! Ahoy! Ahoy!"
"Catch the bastard, we want Richard Rawlings head on a plate!"
"Ahoy! Ahoy! Ahoy!"
"Catch the bloody bastard, we want his skull on display!"
Their united chorus was interupted when a sniper's bullet hit one of the pirates head
A sinister smile appeared on Richard's face as he cocked his rifle, laying on his stomach on the ship's deck.
"You want my head?" he taunted.
"Come get it, dickheads."
One of the pirate quickly scanned with his binoculars to see who took the shot.
"Hahahahaha" he laughed, revealing his disfigured teeth.
"I see him." He pointed.
"The bloody bastard thinks he's in charge."
Another pirate snatched the binoculars, "Give me."
He checked "It is him."
He laughed,
"Sea wolf is going to love this."
"Captain." A crew mate called Richard's attention as the sound of bullets kept whizzing past them.
"What is it?" Richard asked while his attention remained on his targets
With fear written all over his face he responded
"You have to see this sir."
"The only thing I want to see right now are the corpses of these pirates."
Richard turned to look at the crew-mate when a stray bullet hit his position.
Bang, a body hit the ground as blood gushed out.
The bullet narrowly escaped Richard's face and hit the crew mate.
"Bloody hell." Richard quickly left the upper deck as his men continued to exchange shots with the pirates.
"Oh no!" One of the pirate slapped the shooter.
"Don't you dare kill the Captain,"
He barked in anger.
"He's Sea Wolf's personal meat."
Richard sprinted into the control room as he pushed the door open
"What's going on?"
They hesitated to speak up as they kept staring at each other.
Finally Samantha spoke up,
"We found more dead bodies in the ship sir,it appears we are being attacked from within and without sir."
Richard nodded his head in frustration as his eye balls swinged left and right at the empty space
" Where's Joe and Charles?? They're in charge of the investigation."
Samantha responded, " They are among the dead bodies we found sir."
"Whatttt??" With despair on his face, Richard took a seat, sat down, looked up as he pondered on what to do.
With a serious look on his face,he rested his head on his clenched hand
"If they're dead,then it means they found something and none of the passengers were aware of their assignment."
He paused, lifting his gaze and looked at his crew mates.
"Whoever is behind this is among my crew mates, one of you is the mole."
The alarm system sprung to life "Warning! Warning! A large ship approaches up front, 15km away."
Richard's voice was firm and commanding.
"Activate the missiles. Fire at will."
Another crew mate responded,
"We can't Sir."
With fear on his face, "Our systems have been infested by a virus. All our weapons have been disarmed."
Samantha cuts in,
"Sir, we have no choice but to evacuate this ship, before it is too late."
Other crew mates nodded in agreement.
"If the ship upfront decides to release missiles on us,we will all sink with the ship." One crew mates added.
Richard shut his eyes closed, his face pale. For the first time in his life, he couldn't resist fear.
He opened his eyes, cleared his throat.
"All my life as a captain, I have never known defeat but I'm afraid defeat is inevitable."
Richard struggled to say the words, "Prepare the evacuation."
"Yes Sir!" They all breathe a sigh of relief."
Richard retreated to his cabin, rolled out his box, picked two semi automatic revolver, and some C-4 bombs. He carefully slotted them on his body.
"These pirates must be foolish to think I will give up so easily."
He popped a whiskey bottle open and took some shots. As he was returning the bottle,his door opened, Kate and Caroline walked in with weariness on their faces.
"Richard, you called for us." Kate spoke up, with worry written all over her face.
"What's the plan Richard? The pirates following us closely won't let us off the hook if we try to evacuate." Caroline interjected.
"Yeah, you're right, they won't. That's why i have decided to stay behind. As long as they think i'm not going to leave this ship, you all have a chance to escape."
"What makes you so sure?" Kate asked.
"Because these pirates are not after the ship, they're after Richard Rawlings." Caroline answered.
Kate moved close to Richard, she looked directly into his eyes. "If you stay Richard, they're going to kill you."
Richard stood firmly. "Well i'm prepared to die, and i'm also going to take as many pirates as i can with me to the grave."
Richard removed a piece of paper from his pocket, handed it to Caroline.
"What's this?" Caroline asked.
"It's a map, a route to an uncharted island, unknown to pirates. You should all lay low on the island."
Richard continued, " You must leave now, there's no time."
"Alright Richard,I hope you survive." Caroline remarked
Kate's eyes became wet with tears,she held Richard arm, lean towards him and gave him a kiss.
Richard held her waist as he returned the kiss.
She pulled away, walked out of the cabin with Caroline without saying a word.
Richard walked back to the empty control room where he sat down and watched from the CCTV as the people escaped using lifeboats
"These funny lads are escaping, let's kill them for sport." One of the pirates said as he pointed his gun towards their direction.
"What say you chief?" The pirates asked, anticipating the response of the chief pirate with the disfigured teeth.
"You fools, set your god-damned eyes on the target. Let the children run, we have their mother right where we want."
But chief,they be some fine looking ass babes on those life boats, it won't hurt if we keep some for pleasure." The pirate spoke.
The Chief pirate smiled at him, picked his gun, and fired at his fellow pirate's head.
"They're many fine ass looking babes in hell waiting for you lass."
"Our assignment is Richard Rawlings, not babes."
Richard waited till everyone had escaped,then he stood up,
"Finally, time for some action."
He walked towards the upper deck, was about to open the door when he heard someone called him.
"Hi Captain." Samantha said, her voice sweet and deceptive.
He recognized that voice, it was his Chief officer.
He turned in surprise, his eyes wide with trust. "Samantha, what are you--"
A sharp weight hit his head, and he fell to the ground, unconscious. Samantha had just struck him with the edge of a rifle.
"Sorry Captain, the price on your head is too tempting to refuse." Samantha said, her voice cold and detached.