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~Child Of The Storm~

Nikolai Lantsov x OC

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Ch-25 ~The Mad Captain~

Anaya rushed to the side of the railing and looked down at the land far away, "This is pure madness!" She yelled louder than she'd anticipated.

"This is impossible!" She heard Alina speak in a similar tone

“When people say impossible, they usually mean improbable.” Sturmhond responded, grinning. He truly looked like a lunatic.

“Where did this thing come from?” Alina shouted up to Sturmhond.

“I designed her. I built her. And I crashed a few prototypes.”

Anaya started pacing around the ship. She'd always dreamed of flying as a child, but it was really just a foolish dream, one she'd never expected to come true. Her heartbeat grew faster, "Okay um, maybe dying from falling off the sky isn't such a bad way to go out" she wavered her arms.

"Don't worry darling, this ship won't crash, at least that's what I hope" the mad boy nodded. His words weren't helping in the slightest.

Mal leaned over the lip of the cockpit, trying to get a better view of the gigantic guns positioned at the foremost points of the hulls. “Those guns,” he spoke. “They have multiple barrels.”

“And they’re gravity fed. No need to stop to reload. They fire two hundred rounds per minute.” Sturmhond responded

“That’s—”

“Impossible? The only problem is overheating, but it isn’t so bad on this model. I have a Zemeni gunsmith trying to work out the flaws. Barbaric little bastards, but they know their way around a gun. The aft seats rotate so you can shoot from any angle.” The bastard began showing off at the worst possible hour

“And fire down on the enemy,” Mal shouted. “If Ravka had a fleet of these—”

“Quite an advantage, no? But the First and Second Armies would have to work together.”

Anaya suddenly saw a bright light shining off the port bow, great lighthouse at Alkhem Bay. They were close. She could see the gleaming towers of Os Kervo harbour.

But the madman didn't went towards it. She assumed they’d set down somewhere offshore.

But soon the lighthouse beam disappeared from her sight. Just what was this boy intending to do?

The cold winds crashed with Anaya's body, making her quiver. She managed to peer down again, but they were no longer near normal land.

“Sturmhond!” Alina suddenly shouted in panic. “What are you doing?”

“You said you were taking us to Os Kervo—” Mal yelled.

“I said I was taking you to meet my client.”

“Forget that,” Alina wailed. “Where are we going to land?”

“Not to worry,” said Sturmhond. “I have a lovely little lake in mind.”

“How little?” she squeaked.

Mal climbed out of the cockpit in haste, his face burning with fury. “Mal, sit down!” Alina ordered

“You lying, thieving—” he charged towards the boy

“I’d stay where you are. I don’t think you want to be jostling around when we enter the Fold.” Sturmhond remained eerily calm

Mal froze.

The bastard began to whistle that same off-key tune.

You can’t be serious,” Alina said.

“Not on a regular basis, no,” said Sturmhond. “There’s a rifle secured beneath your seat, Oretsev. You may want to grab it. Just in case.”

“You can’t take this thing into the Fold!” Mal bellowed.

“Why not? From what I understand, I’m traveling with the one person who can guarantee safe passage.”

“Maybe I’ll just let the volcra have you and your crew for a late-night snack!” Alina spoke with immense rage

Sturmhond kept one hand on the wheel and consulted his timepiece. “More of an early breakfast. We really are behind schedule. Besides, it’s a long way down. Even for a Sun Summoner.”

Anaya began to pace around again, much rapidly this time. "He really is going to throw us offboard and feed us to the volcra!" Anaya screamed in panic, her breath trembling. She had a nervous smile plastered over her face that looked quite concerning, "I was right" she whispered

“Saints,” Alina swore.

They stars hung in the dark blue sky, the moonlight gleamed behind them. But ahead, there was nothing. The crazy bastard was actually going to drive them into the fold

“Gunners, at your stations,” he called. “Squallers, hold steady.”

“Sturmhond, I’m going to kill you!” Alina shouted. “Turn this thing around right now!”

“Wish I could oblige. I’m afraid if you want to kill me, you’ll just have to wait until we land. Ready?”

“No!” Alina shrieked.

But the next moment, they were in darkness. The blanket of the dark abyss covered the skies. There was an eery silence around them, they were inside the fold.

Alina braced her feet against the deck and threw up her hands in a hurry, casting a wide golden swath of sunlight around the Hummingbird.

“They’re coming, listen.” Mal spoke

Over the rush of the wind, they could heard a cry echo through the Fold, and then the steady beating of volcra wings. They’d found them quickly, drawn by the smell of human prey. Their wings beat the air around the circle of light Alina had created, .

Anaya rushed to a side of the cockpit and picked up a rifle, bracing herself for whatever was to come their way.

Alina spread her arms, allowing the light to gleam brighter, driving them back.

“No,” Sturmhond spoke. “Bring them closer.”

“What? Why?” she asked. The boy was really craving to pet his tamed beasts.

“They hunt us,” he said, raising his voice so everyone could hear him. “Maybe it’s time we hunted them.”

“Pull back the light,” Sturmhond told Alina.

“He’s out of his mind,” she said to Mal. “Tell him he’s out of his mind.”

But he hesitated. “Well...”

“Well what?” she asked, incredulously. “In case you’ve forgotten, one of those things tried to eat you!”

He shrugged “Maybe that’s why I’d like to see what those guns can do.”

Anaya blew out an exasperated breath, the privateer had driven everyone mad.

“Just for a moment,” pressed Sturmhond. “Indulge me.”

The crew was waiting. Tolya and Tamar were hunched over the protruding barrels of their guns. They looked like leather-backed insects. Tamar gestured Anaya to come over. So she quietly put the rifle back and went towards on of the guns , it seemed to be reserved for her. "We need you here" Tamar spoke. Anaya nodded and took her position

Mal lifted his rifle to his shoulder.

The circle of light contracted, shrinking around the ship.

The Volcra began to shriek in excitement.

"All the way!" the mad captain commanded.

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