[Solomon O]

Chapter 6

For the next month Solomon waited impatiently for news to come of the Captain. They had left 2 weeks after Solo’s birthday. They left with an impressive size fleet, consisting of 10 Ships of the line including the Revanche des Brouillards (which was also a SOTL) and 20 War Frigates. It was planned that the fleet would launch then head out towards Tortuga – an island which Solo had been told was a pirate hangout – halfway there they would break up into smaller fleets of 3, each smaller fleet would have 1 SOTL, The Revanche des Brouillards was with two ships named Elite and Man-O-War.

During the time Solomon spent waiting, he lived under the care of Hector’s Parents. Solo had learnt that he was now old enough to join the navy. Hector didn’t seem that fond of joining the navy though. Solomon however thought he might since it was Captain John’s dream for him to join the navy.

A week into the second month of waiting, some of the fleet returned. They were 2 short. One of the missing ships was Captain John’s. Despair filled Solo when he saw this. Secretly he hoped that The Revanche des Brouillards and The Elite were just a little behind. However the news that the captain of the Man-O-War brought shattered that hope into billions of pieces. The captain slowly walked up to Solomon knowing Captain John would have wanted Solo to be this first to be told:

“Solomon, Your ‘Father’ was a great man. When we spotted the pirate ships he wasn’t afraid to go into war. He yelled the first orders to us. It was a grave battle for him. We were winning; John led the first boarding party onto a pirate ship brining most of the crew with him. The assault went well until reinforcements flooded in from below deck. As your father was fighting their Captain, a sailor came up from behind and loped his head off. After his death the crew went into shock and the battle went into favor of the pirates whom boarded the Revanche des Brouillards and used gunpowder kegs to sink her. We still won in the end” He had said to Solomon. Tears swept into Solo’s eyes and sadness into his heart. He turned and walked away from the Captain, into the forest.

An hour later when he finally emerged from the forest he found Hector waiting for him. “I’m sorry Solo” he sad. But Solomon had planned his revenge. But it would take a long time to come true, he wanted to kill all the pirates in the Caribbean. Solo went up to the Fort and signed up to join the navy....

To Be Continued

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I was lying when I said 2 – 3 chapters earlier, there are now about 2 -3 left