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Firefight

You don’t have time to decide what to do, the squawk of a parrot rings out in the night. You know that noise anywhere, it’s Captain Black’s parrot, and it’s close by.

Sure enough when you look up in the direction the sound issued from you see the dread pirate step forwards, with the majority of his crew with him. You run towards him, and feel a burst of pain in your left arm, you reach Captain Black and close your hands around his throat.

His eyes widen in shock as you drag him towards the fire, you feel your back being opened up in several places by the crew’s muskets and pistols. You don’t care, you’re running on pure adrenaline now.

The pair of you fall into the raging fire, the pain reaches levels that even adrenaline can’t mask. You pass out, remembering childhood barbecues on the beach.

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