Kharon Chapter 82
The crew of the Kharon emerge a short time later onto a snowy beach in front of the Kharon. However they quickly stop in their tracks when they spot Marcus and a group of soldiers standing between them and the ship.
“Shit! I knew this was too easy”, says Jacob.
“This island is fucked but I'm still wasting you two for the fun of it”, yells Marcus.
“Whose this asshat?”, asks Simone.
“An old friend of Luke and Jacob’s”, answers Emma.
Jacob whips his head towards the women. “Not an old friend.”
Kiarah steps forward and unsheathes her spear. “If he stands in the way of my ship I will cut him down.”
“No”, says Luke calmly. You take the soldiers. Jacob and I will take out Marcus ourselves.”
“We will?”
“As you wish”, says Kiarah handing Luke and Jacob each a large Quarsian dagger.
Simone leans over and whispers in Emma’s ear. “He trusts Jacob now?”
“They worked things out.”
“How much did I miss?”
Kharon Chapter 83
Emma, Simone, Kiarah and Sparky start fighting the soldiers to make their way to the Kharon. Meanwhile Jacob and Luke are taking on Marcus. The fighting doesn’t last for long till the ice beneath everyone starts to crack.
“We may need to wrap this up quickly”, says Simone.
Just then the ice breaks apart and everyone scrambles to avoid going into the ocean.
As luck would have it Marcus, Jacob and Luke are all stuck on a large chunk of ice. They continue fighting as it bobs in the water. Marcus has knocked the Quarsian daggers from Jacob and Luke so they are now unarmed facing him. They try to avoid Marcus as he attacks them with ferocity.
“You’re fucking insane Marcus! This entire island is literally going to pieces . Let’s all get out of here alive.”
“If I’m going under you assholes are going with me.”
Marcus lunges at them with a battle axe. Luke grabs a long piece of thick ice and uses it to block him but it shatters under the strength of Marcus' axe. As they struggle Jacob rams his shoulder into Marcus throwing him off balance. Marcus comes back at them swinging the battle axe wildly. It catches Luke’s shoulder and he begins to bleed as he goes tumbling back. Marcus then hits Jacob with the butt of the axe as he tries to come up behind him and grab it. Jacob drops to his knees with the wind knocked out of him.
Marcus turns and raises his axe about to bring it down on Jacob when Luke stabs Marcus in the back with the sharp splintered piece of ice he was using. Marcus drops the axe and falls to the ground and slides dead into the ocean. Luke extends his hand to Jacob. Jacob looks at it for a moment and then takes it and gets to his feet.
They look out into the ocean and see the women and Sparky on an ice chunk several meters away. Kiarah is using her spear as a paddle in the water.
“Hang on”, says Luke taking out his concealed Viper.
“You had that all along and didn't use it?!" Luke ignores Jacob's remark and takes aim. "Wait you're not suggesting…” But before Jacob can finish Luke fires his Viper at the ice sheet. Jacob screams as he and Luke are dragged through the water towards the rest of the crew. Simone helps them out of the ocean. All of them now together watch the legendary floating island break apart and sink into the water. The Kharon now freed from the ice floats nearby.
“Can we reach the ship on this?”, asks Luke.
“I’ve piloted smaller rafts than this”, says Kiarah. “There’s a reason all Quarsians carry a Walak spear.”
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