A picture perfect tropical island. Deep blue ocean and whitesands.A yacht slowly moves through the calm ocean.Onboard Thomas and Sarah Jordan are enjoying some breakfast.Thomas looks at his daughter as she eats toast.“What?” she says to her Father.He smiles. “Nothing, just thinking how much you remind me ofyour mother.” he says.Sarah runs to Thomas and hugs him.“I miss her dad.” Sarah says.“I know doll, I know. Me too.” he says as he holds hisdaughter tight.She looks up at him but he is now more concerned withsomething else. Something on the water.“Dad what is it?” she asks.She looks towards what has taken his attention. Two PT patrolboats are moving towards their boat at speed.“Get down below baby and stay there. No matter what happensstay there.” he says.He looks deep into his daughters now terrified eyes.“I’m scared” she replies.“I know honey. But we’ll be OK. We always are” he says as hekisses her on the forehead.“Now go. Quickly” Thomas shouts.Sarah runs below deck and closes the main hatch to the lowerdeck.Thomas turns back towards the approaching boats and swallowshis spit. He blesses himself and kisses the crucifix aroundhis neck.The two PT boats pull up alongside the yacht.Each of the boats carry armed men. By their dress they areclearly not in uniform. They are not sailors or coast guards,they are pirates.Thomas takes a deep breathe and stands proud.Lee Wang, the leader of the pirates. Stands at the bow of oneof the PT boats. He looks on from behind a mirrored pair ofaviator sunglasses. A wide grin on his face.“May we come aboard” Lee asks.“Would it make any difference if I said no?” Thomas replies.Lee steps on board, accompanied by two men with machine guns.“Now is that anyway to talk to me, considering you are guestsin my waters” Lee replies.“I wasn’t aware the waters around her belonged to anyone...”Thomas replies.Lee starts to laugh.“Americans... Americans. Come down here with your expensiveboats and think you can just go where you like. Do what youlike” Lee replies.Lee stands nose to nose with Thomas.“Everyone has to pay taxes. Lee replies.“Oh so you’re tax collectors?” Thomas replies.“What would you call us? Pirates? Such an old fashion term.I’m a business man.” Lee smiles.“How much. How much to leave us alone?” Thomas replies.Lee walks around Thomas, looking at the yacht.“Oh. Let me see...” Lee replies.He raises one hand above his head and more of his men boardthe yacht.“How about everything...” Lee replies.“Check below.” he shouts at one of his men.Thomas looks more nervous. “Please. Take what you want. Justlet us go on our way”. He replies.“Oh now you act civilized. I’ll tell you what. I’ll doexactly what I want and if you’re lucky. I’ll let you live”Lee smiles.One of the Pirates looks nervous.“What’s wrong with you man?” Lee asks.“I told you. These...these waters are cursed.” the piratereplies.“Oh please. Village gossip and folklore nonsense” Leereplies.“But. But...” the pirate replies.Lee looks less than impressed.“Anyone else feel the need to leave because of these ghoststories you seem to think are true? Lee asks.Lee takes out his pistol as he waits for replies from hismen.“Good. Now get on with your jobs” he shouts.Two men go below deck. Thomas now looks terrified as heawaits Sarah’s discovery.Lee walks over to Thomas.“So sorry. My men are good men. But they are afraid of thesewaters. Silly village talk of sharks that walk on land andother crazy ghost stories.” he laughs.A pirate drags Sarah above deck, she falls and calls out toher father.“Daddy...” Sarah shouts.Thomas moves towards his daughter and Lee places his pistolagainst Thomas’s head.“Easy now think about your actions.” Lee smiles.Thomas steps back.“Good boy” Lee says.Lee turns and looks at Sarah, as he smiles to himself.“And what might your name be?” Lee says to the girl.Thomas can no longer contain himself.“Don’t touch her!” Thomas shouts.He is struck from behind and collapses to his knees.“Silence. Or I will have you fed to the sharks.” Lee replies.He looks back at the Sarah.“You will fetch a handsome price...blonde girls always do”.He says as he runs his fingers through her hair.Sarah starts to cry and Lee laughs.He looks around the deck of the yacht.“Nice ship. You must be worth a lot of money my friend.” hesays to Thomas.Thomas staggers to his feet.“Which means it may be worthwhile to keep you alive...for awhile at least.” Lee says.“Tie them together. We will toe this vessel to...” he failsto finish his sentence.A pirate calls out from one of the PT boats.“Captain” he shouts.“What now” Lee says to himself as he runs over to the PTboat.The pirate looks at a sonar screen on one of the PT boats andcalls to his Captain.“Ca...Captain...something is approaching us. Look.” He saysas he points at a dot on the sonar screen.A green dot moves towards their position.“A shoal of Fish?” Lee asks.The pirate shakes his head as he examines the readings.“Too fast...” the pirate replies.The dot continues to close in on their position.“Man the sixty and empty some rounds into it” Lee shouts.Two pirates run towards the gun mounted on the bow of the PTboat. The gun is readied within seconds.“Fire!” Lee shouts at the men.The Pirate opens fire sending spent shells in everydirection. The water at the front of the boat is hit bymultiple rounds.The sonar operator smiles as the dot on the sonar disappears.“Whatever it is, it’s gone” he calls to Lee.Lee claps the man on the back and walks back onto the yacht.The nervous pirate smiles as he looks at the man beside him.“See nothing to worry about. Now back to business...” Leesays.One of the men is grabbed from behind and is dragged into thewater before anyone can react.The nervous pirate lets out a scream.“Take it easy” Lee shouts as he aims his pistol.Another man is swiped from the deck and another.All the pirates start to move to the centre of the yacht,forming a circle. Each one aiming their weapons at the ocean.The nervous pirate jumps into the water and starts to swimfor it.Lee grabs a machine gun and aims it as the swimming pirate.“Come back you coward!” He calls after the man.Before Lee can shoot. The nervous Pirate is sucked under thewater and disappears.Lee takes off his sunglasses and swallows his spit.Lee aims the gun around the deck of the ship, waiting for thenext attack.A figure leaps from the water at the stern of the yacht andsmashes his feet onto the deck of the ship.Two of the pirates turn and raise their weapons at him. Thefigure dives at the two men and knocks them into the ocean.“What was that...what the hell was that? One of the Piratesshouts.“Just a man...“ Lee replies, trying to calm his men.“That was no man. Did you see those eyes....” a piratereplies.Lee walks around the deck of the boat, aiming the gun.Waiting for the next attack.Another scream behind him. He swings around and shoots.Hitting one of his own men and sending him overboard.Lee lowers the gun, clearly annoyed.He turns and looks straight into the face of Poseidon. Theystand almost nose to nose.Lee looks into Poseidon eye’s and razor sharp teeth. Poseidonis in full shark frenzy mode.Lee is frozen with fear. “What...what are you.” he asks withobvious fear in his voice.Lee tries to run but Poseidon leaps above him and lands onthe mans back. Lee crashes into the deck.“Shoot him....shoot it.” Lee calls to the remains of his men.One of the pirates opens fire with a machine gun. Bullets ripthrough the wooden deck of the yacht. Missing Lee by inches.“I said him not me...fools” Lee shouts.Poseidon dives and rolls overboard. A large splash and he isnowhere to be seen.The pirates open fire and riddle the water with bullets untiltheir guns are empty.“Did we hit it?” one of the pirates asks.Poseidon leaps onto the deck of one of the PT boats andquickly dispatches the two pirates on board.The machine gun operator from the other PT boat swings themounted gun around and opens fire, but is too slow. Poseidonrolls back into the ocean.The pirate continues to fire. Ripping the other PT boat topieces. Smoke pours from the crippled ship.The pirate stops firing and adjusts his aim.Poseidon leaps from the water behind him and drags the maninto the ocean below. Dragging him deeper and deeper.Lee turns and looks around in every direction.“How many of them are there?” one of the pirates shouts.Lee looks terrified and vulnerable, surrounded by ocean.Surrounded by possible attack points.“Bullets cannot kill that which is already dead” A pirateshouts.He looks at the crippled PT boat and then over the side ofthe yacht, into the deep ocean.Lee opens fire widely shooting the ocean around the vessel.As his weapon hits an empty chamber, another Pirate is rippedfrom the deck and disappears into the ocean.“Run!” He shouts to the few remaining men.“What about the hostages?” A pirate calls out.“Let those things have them” Lee replies as he leaps from theyacht onto the PT boat.The boat’s engines roar into life and the remaining piratesmake their escape.Poseidon stands behind Thomas and Sarah.Sarah turns and looks terrified. She steps behind her father.“I mean you no harm” Poseidon says.The couple turn to look at him, his eyes and teeth nownormal.Thomas’s fear quickly disappears.“Are you just going to let them go?” Thomas asks as he pointsat the retreating pirate boats.“Fear is a powerful weapon. Especially against cowards. Thestories of what they encountered here will make others thinktwice.” Poseidon replies.“But where did you come from?” Thomas asks.Poseidon smiles “From there” he points at the ocean andsmiles.Sarah grabs his hand. “Thank you” she says.“My pleasure.” Poseidon replies.He looks at her face. For a second she looks like someoneelse. Like his sister.“You remind me of someone. She is...was about your age.” hesays.“Someone you’ve lost?” Thomas asks.Poseidon nods. “A sister...But not lost... taken.” hereplies. His eyes grow black for a moment, as he becomesconsumed by the loss.“Sarah’s mother died just last year. She... we understandloss. That is the reason we came on this trip. To getaway....” Thomas says.Sarah walks to the bow of the ship and sits down.Poseidon’s eyes look distant for a moment, as memories washover him.He snaps back to reality and looks at Thomas.“I am sorry. I can see the sadness in her eyes. I’m glad Iwas here to help...” Poseidon replies.Thomas smiles at him.“Not as glad as us”. Thomas replies.“Now we must hurry, as these waters are very dangerousPoseidon says.Thomas laughs “You don’t say?”Thomas prepares the ship and fires up the boats engine.“What do we call you friend?” Thomas asks.“To my friends I’m known as Patrice, to others as Poseidon.”he replies.Thomas places out his hand and Poseidon shakes it.“Thank you Patrice. I’m Thomas Jordan and this is my daughterSarah.” Thomas says.Poseidon turns and looks towards the bow of the ship.“I will stay with you until you are safe” he tells them.He watches over Sarah as the yacht moves towards distantislands, towards safer waters.The End.
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