The raft floated, its occupant not to be seen. Its only sail flapped wildly in the wind. It was carried by the surging waves until it hit the hull of an almighty ship named the Floating Skyshark. The raft barely caused a sound, the ship was so massive. The pirates aboard the ship had seen the empty raft miles away as it floated in towards the boat. So when it bumped, no one went to see. If they had, however they would have seen a shadow move from beneath the raft and swim around to the anchor. If they had then tilted their heads slightly, they would have a seen a suited figure make his way up the enormous rusted anchor and over the rail. Now at this point the viewer may have wanted to close their eyes as Daniel crept up behind a crewman twisted his neck in a quick motion. However, the viewer would have wanted to open their eyes as a sword was shoved into their hands and they were ordered to seize that very man.
"Step back!" shouted Daniel at the top of his lungs. Flintlock in his hand was pointed at the fat, balding man that stood next to him. The obvious captain of the vessel only laughed.
"There's more where he came from!" he shouted back before pulling out his own gun and shooting the man from his far distance before Dan could. The balding man fell to his knees, blood dripping from his torso onto the wooden floor. Then he flopped down onto the floor, face down in a pool of his own blood.
"Now what're you gonna do?" the captain taunted.
"Kill you," said Dan with a grin before raising the barrel and firing.
Stranger Danger
Daniel sailed away from the ship in more or less one piece. He couldn't say the same for the ship he just left though. Bodies were strewn all over what was left of the deck, holes were seen all over the ship and a fire had started near the bow. For some strange reason all the lifeboats were dropped before any of the crew that still survived could get aboard. He laughed at his own work as he sailed away in one of the commandeered rowboats with a liter of grog, a pack salty biscuits and a box of matches.
It should last him until lunch.
He sailed on for a few more hours before pulling out the wet map in his pocket. He pulled it out and gave it a once over before looking around at his surroundings again. Apparently he was supposed to be on an island. From the sea that surrounded him it didn't look like he was on an Island. He grumbled something that sounded like "Bloody map makers".
He fell back against the side of the boat and let his left arm hang over the side with his fingers trailing in the water. His other hand slid the cigarette into his mouth. After a while of letting his head lie back, he lifted it to survey his surroundings. He was a few meters from a beach. That didn't happen every day.
He swung around until he could hold each oar. He handled the boat with ease, hardly even breaking a sweat as the boat rolled across the waves and beached itself on the shore. Dan stood and hopped over, landing in ankle high water. He splashed around to the front of the ship and started to tug at the bow of the boat. Soon he was pulling the boat across the golden sands of the beach until he was happy it was out of the tide's grasp. His wet, black shoes picked up sand as he walked around the boat once more to pick up his pack of wet cigarettes and a half empty tankard of grog.
Surveying the beach, he found a path that lead through a small strip of shrubbery to a village. The village commanded the horizon with its superstructure, an ancient tower that leaned to the right slightly. It seemed to be made of seastone but Dan couldn't see from that distance.
He took a swig of grog before continuing on his walk up to the village.