The battered pirate ship sailed steadily across the sea, but Tracy now held the helm.
In a sense, she really had become Lorne's captain.
As a renowned pirate, she was far more skilled than an amateur like Lorne. Even though the storm had battered this pirate ship into a dilapidated wreck, she could still keep it sailing smoothly.
In the distance, Bayam's familiar coastline gradually came into focus in the dawn light.
Before, both she and Lorne would have been delighted to see it. After all, it had once been their destination.
Unfortunately, their destination had changed now...
Tracy turned the wheel, and the entire ship changed course...
On the day of the accident, she had been commanding a "new ship" she had only recently seized.
Her flagship, the Black Death, had been moored in a safe harbor exclusively hers, a little farther from Bayam.
Without orders from its captain, the ship should still be there.
At that thought, Tracy felt happier than she ever had before. The corners of her lips rose uncontrollably into a twisted, satisfied smile...
She glanced back toward the cabin, where the greatest "spoils" of this voyage awaited her.
Once she returned to the Black Death, she would be the true captain, and everything would be hers to decide.
She secured the wheel with a length of rope, letting the ship drift with the current and wind, then turned and returned to that dim little "world" that belonged to her and him alone.
Oh, right. Orange Cat didn't count as a person.
"Still, that cat is quite perceptive... I'll keep her aboard the Black Death as the ship's cat."
Tracy remembered how Lucky had shared her food with her. Besides, she was Lorne's pet, so simply abandoning her wouldn't be right. Thus, Tracy came up