Against all odds - A trial of man's desire to live

[The Commodore]

Aye, Jolly Roger is an awesome character. i'm gonna write some dystopian fiction later in this, as i expand, but i've been thinking on this story.

Part I cont'd

Zeke swam and swam, the towering volcano of padres getting closer and closer with each stroke, until he collapsed on the shores of the main town. A passerby stopped to lift him up. "You ok stranger?" Zeke nodded. "Jolly Roger... Took my crew... Barely escaped with me... life." Each word became a struggle, as he was breathless.
The man looked at him. "Names William, William Artemis Treasurevane, but everyone calls me Will. I was just heading out to fish, you bound for anywhere?" Zeke smiled. "Tortuga, to raise some help. Jolly Roger has crossed we pirates for the last time. His day of reckoning shall come." With that, the men set off for Tortuga.