Nikolai was rubbing his eyes as he came up from the lower decks. 'What the hell was she thinking?' He thought to himself as he approached the two who had come begging for help, one a grown man and the other a young girl of no more than eight.

"Mr. Navy captain!" The young girl pleaded. "You have to help! The pirates took my mommy, and..."

The man placed a hand over the girl's mouth. "Sir, please... A couple weeks ago a group of pirates came to our village and took over... They destroyed any way we had to communicate with the outside world. They've taken all our food, our homes, our livelihoods... My wife..." He looked at the teary eyed girl. "Please, sir... We had to sneak out on a rowboat by the dead of night. The Navy can-"

"WE'RE NOT THE NAVY, DAMMIT!" Nikolai roared, his body shaking with irritation as he turned around. "Shit... this id exactly what I didn't want to happen..." He turned back. "We're pirates too."

"Please, just save my mommy!" The girl cried out.