"There's not enough wind Captain!"
Creaton paid little mind
to the cries from his shipmate. He knew this voyage would not finnish
the way he planned. Creaton turned his mammoth head to the stern of his
galley and walked slowly up the steps towards the wheel. Each step grew
more difficult. Creaton cursed himself for such cowardice.
Arriving atop the back of
the ship, he made his way to the wheel but his eyes never left the back
horizon. Several crew members were already gathered at the stern railing.
"Captain, what is it?" one
called.
"Our destruction" he thought.
Yarnt held the wheel steady,
his muscles strained against the raging waters which pitched the large
ship easily. Creaton chuckled and murmured "The raging torrent and none
of it enough to escape". Yarnt quirked an eye to his Captain at the modest
glint of humor.
"There's not enough wind"
Creaton repeated.
"Aye" Yarnt replied.
"Our death approaches".
"Aye".
"Curse you Yarnt, and your
blood".
Yarnt did not reply to the
insult as such was common from his Captain during times of catastrophe.
He held the wheel steady and maintained his focus to the front of the ship.
Creaton raged to the back
railing and scattered those gathered. He glared and sent several more curses
over the side and into the seas. Finally, with his breath short, he placed
both hands upon the railing and stared at the oncoming catastrophe. Creaton's
mind churned....