"Fire the urchins, girls! We've got these sky-suckers on the ropes!" Vashine bellowed, cutting down a human sailor with her cutlass. A barrage of spiked cannonballs erupted from the surf, ripping through the defenseless ship. The humans broke, fleeing the sinking vessel and trying to swim for safety. None of them made it past Vashine's merciless crew. The Queen's Bounty sank beneath the foamy white froth stained red.
The young merwoman had picked the attack site well. The ship settled into the flat, sandy expanse of the continental shelf not fifty feet from where their own vessel, the Trilobite, was docked.
"Break 'er open and let's get the booty!" Vashine burbled joyfully. The other mermaids cheered, expelling the leftover air in their lungs in one bubbling shout. Soon the ship was swimming with thieving wenches, grabbing coins, jewels, fabrics, and any other goods the water hadn't ruined. But the true treasure was the one Captain Hookrust found hidden in a chest under the Captain's bed. It shot up to the ceiling when she pulled it out... waterproof, obviously, with air still inside! And light enough that it couldn't simply be gold. Her curiosity crawling, she swam to the surface, eager to crack the chest open and find out what was inside.
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