Golden Age of Supremacy

Pulling my blade out the chest of a child who couldn't have been more than fourteen I stared down coldly at his hollow eyes filled with sadness and resentment as his body fell forward.

"NOOOOOOO" Screeched the the sorrowful voice of who could only be his mother.

"Shut up bitch," I said and swiped my blade to the right I saw a fountain of blood erupt in the air and pool on the floor as her headless body fell.

"That's the last of them." I sighed and looked around at the ones I left alive. Out of the three hundred on this ship, there couldn't be more than fifteen.

These were the ones that I saw as having any potential to be of use to our crew. But even with my meticulous selection, I knew that not even five of the ones chosen would be left remaining. The trials of the captain were brutal, to say the least. I barely survived mine.

"Yo, Ryalle. You pick the ones you wanted?" Julian asked as he came around the corner carrying someone.

"You picked him?" I asked surprised that Julian even spared a life. He was way more ruthless than me. Looking for any reason to take a life no matter how small.

He shrugged his shoulders "He seems interesting enough to be honest. I even got some decent information out of him. The least I can do is let him have a chance to keep his life."

"What did you find out?" I questioned.

"These slaves are all from Benin and their destination was somewhere in the Caribbean."

"Huh?" My shock went through the roof at such a revelation.

"What?" Julian asked, confused at the reason why I was taking the news with such a grave expression.

"Are you sure that kid said the Caribbean was their destination?" I needed to make sure. If this was the case then this was more than just us plundering some French slave ships.

"Emrys said that he overheard some of the French soldiers talking about the Caribbean being the destination." He replied, confirming my thoughts, "But that was for this ship, I don't if the rest of the Armada has the same destination in their travel plans."

"Fuck it, I'll ask the rest when we meet back up on the ship. I'm guessing Emrys is the name of the kid that you're deciding to spare right?" I already knew based on the context but it was always fine to just make sure.

"You catch on fast don't you Ryalle." He laughed and snapped his fingers, knocking the rest of the captives unconscious. 

"Let's Go. There's nothing left for us here. Time to let this ship sink to the bottom."

Leaving the lower deck and talking in the smell of the salty air and the pleasant sound of the crackling fire I was greeted with a magnificent sight.

The sight of smoke engulfing the sky and the flames spreading throughout the entire ship a smile couldn't help but form on my lips.

The sight of such destruction, there was a mystifying beauty to it.

Me and Julain jumped into the air, we were holding the captive in the air thanks to our Aether. We flew through the sky until we found our ship in the distance.

Night Paradise

It was a beast of a ship with black and red accents with the Jolly Roger flag. I still remember stealing this frigate from the British along with Julain and the Captain a few years ago. Back then it had no guns and was recently made. Its purpose was for covert pirate hunting missions and no effort was spared on making it as deadly as possible. Each side carried fifty cannons.

Landing on the deck of the ship I was greeted with the sights of my comrades.

"What took you guys so long?" Said the voice of one of the most enchanting women I've ever seen.

She was dressed in an all-black robe with blood-red hair and emerald eyes. Her brown skin contrasted perfectly with the moonlight glow that shined upon her. Her body was the definition of perfection. It was as if God took his most precious time creating her. She was heaven-sent, it was almost as if she didn't belong in this world.

She was the Vice-Captain of our crew, Iliana Sandoval.

"We were making sure that this batch of slaves would be of some use to us," Julain replied before I could say anything. "They seemed decent so we took our time selecting the ones that were worth sparring."

"That's the captain's job Julain." A sigh echoed as we stared at the owner of it, "You're going to get yourself killed by her one of these days. You keep thinking that her rules are just a game that can just be followed whenever you feel like it."

The man has chestnut brown hair and golden amber eyes. He was leaning sideways on the top of his sword with his forearms as his dark grey cloak fluttered through the soft breeze of the wind.

Damien Snow, The First Division Leader of our crew...Night Reavers.

"Hey, I'm just making our lives easier. If you don't want to show your appreciation like Carmela that's completely fine. Please don't show it exactly like hers though, I don't swing that way. Like pussy and only pussy"

"I still can't believe you would stoop so low then to use your position as Division Leader as a way to get some play. Whatever happened to paying prostitutes for it? I still don't know what the Captain was thinking when she appointed you as my second in command." Damien chastised.

"Since you're too slow to understand I'll explain it. I'll use little boy words this time since it's clear that you might be on the spectrum." Julain Borinlgy said, almost as if he was having to do it for the one-hundredth time.

"I get shit done Damien. Things that you're either too scared to carry out or things that you're unqualified to do because of your rigid personality. You take things too seriously and in all honestly, you're just a brute, it's only a matter of time before the Captain promotes me and I finally have the pleasure of killing you and taking your spot." He said with a smile.

"Besides, don't be mad that you can't get any bitches and I can." Julian laughed, "You should've seen the faces Carmela was making when I had her under me. I can bet my life that you never would have been able to draw such an expression out of her even on your best day. There's a reason why she picked me over you when you first tried to pull a move on her you know."

"YOU BASTARD!!!!!!!!"