Chapter 5: Six left.
"Retard! Now he's doing it?" Tess snorted, but couldn't hide the anger in her voice.
"He probably realized that the cow didn't have a spark, and it wasn't needed ..." Alan sighed for the hundredth time.
"Wasn't my ass! Who'll bring us home?" Tess grew more furious by the moment, "I can't fucking scale a mast! Can you?"
Obviously she was angry at the captain for letting his people die, and only expressed it in her own way, but Lee couldn't care less. His interest was peaked and he excitedly watched another pillar of fire shooting to the sky, and then another one.
This was a game-changer. They had spent over three months on Isabella and no matter how one looked, Freewon seemed to be a regular person. In the end he turned out to be one of those superhumans, and if a random drunkard could become like that, it was highly likely one day Lee might turn into one as well. Especially considering the position of his step parents in the capital.
The two were not as thrilled though.
"Oh no ..." Was all that Alan could say.
Looking at the stepfather's snow colored face, Lee was confused. Weren't the sailors finally winning? Clearly the guy wielding fire would kill a beast no matter it's size, right?
"Moron! Idiot! What the hell ..." Even Tess ran out of curses, and Lee felt her fists clenching as she pressed him closer to her chest.