Alex wrestled with his bonds as the beast and the crew engaged in battle, the ship leaned towards the sea from the creatures weight, as if it were trying to pull the entire ship under, spears flew and the sound of gunfire filled the air, the deck was slick with a green ooze that bled from the creatures burned eye.
"Send this devil back to the depths from wence it came!" Cried the captain as she struggled to combat the beasts tentacles away from her legs and arms, her swolen belly making her maneuvers sluggish and heavy, Alex didn't know why but he had to do SOMETHING, anything at this point.
"Dam theis ropes, HEY! LEND ME A HAND HEAR" Shouted Alex, his voice drowned out by the beasts bellows, when suddenly a flash of metal flew past his face, landing at his feet, it was a knife, a long one at that, and it had broken the ropes that held him to the mast, upon looking up he was awestruck by the woman he saw, Her hair golden blonde, her eyes a brilliant green, with freckles peaking over her bandanna covered face, the black fabric clearly having seen its fair share of grit and weather by the tattered look of it, only her head peaked out from the platform she stood on above but she gave Alex a wave.
Before Alex could wave back, there came the sound of a gunshot past his ear, followed by the feeling of something wet and thick coating his back, it was Lana, having borrowed a pistol from one of the crew "first you show up, now a bloody Creeper, I always hated those lot o monsters" she said angrily, throwing a knife behind her hitting the beast in its burned eye.
The beast recouled from the pain as it attempted to dive into the depths, suddenly Alex as if on instinct charged the beast, scooping up a harpoon from the deck and throwing it straight through the air, landing in one of the creatures exposed breathing tubes, it rumbled and thrashed, slambing its shell into the ship as it began to dive, but something was wrong, what was that noise? Like something moving verry fast, a rope?
"Ay lad watch yer foot!" Was the last thing Alex heard before the world began to spin, suddenly looking up at the sky before being pulled through the railing and into the water.
It was cold, and dark, the water clouded with green blood and the deep growling of the beast, he could feel it, watching and waiting for him to drowned, Alex furiously tugged at the rope around his foot, suddenly seeing a swarm of tentacles rising from below, the creatures gaping maw emerging from the green cloud, what could be done?
From above he could hear clacking and whuring of gears and springs, before a mighty horn sounded through the water, rattling his teeth and almost blowing out his ears, suddenly he was yanked to the surface as the creature brsached the waters once again, now resting on its shell, it shook and rolled to get him off but Alex wasn't going to ket go, taking the knife that freed him and plunging it as deep as it would go into the creatures shell, hearing cheers and encouragement from the ship as she came around, now broadside, and the crew ready with harpoons.
Alex was in deep now, he knew this, so may as well go out with a bang, with one hand he grasped the hilt of the knife, and with the other he yanked the rope around his leg, pulling on the spear in the beasts mouth, forcing its soft body out of its shell, its tentacles desperately flailed to grab him when all of a sudden the beast shuddered, its eye going dead as it flopped against the see, dead.
Alex let go of the knife and freed his leg, walking accross the Creepers corpse untill he saw it, on the underside of the beast was the same iron lance that the captain had held, looking to the ship he could see captain Liz still leaned over the rail, a relived look on her face, when the deck erupted in victorious cheers, hats flying into the air.
"What's yer name pup?" Shouted Lana, seeing her leaning over the side, holding the main rigging for ballance "it's Alex miss" he called as he rolled in the harpoon from the beasts mouth.
"Well then Alex, after a little chat in my cabin, we celebrate the night in your honor!" Called the captain, as the crew once again cheered, throwing hooks and harpoon into the beasts hide and began pulling it in to be harvested.
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Alex has slayer his first monster...the first of many, but what will the captain say about her mystery stow away, after all, not many people come through mirrors