Jay kept crawling through the vent until a grate gave under him and sent him careening to the floor. He landed on his side and frantically sat up with his pistol drawn to see that he was in a storage room full of crates and there weren't any pirates. He let himself fall back over and got up properly, rising to his feet he looked through the crates. they were all full of a bunch of random junk so he went to the door, tapping the panel to open it and peeking into the corridor "[color=9e0b0f]so far so good[/color]" he thought when he saw still no pirates.

He wandered the corridors for a bit with no real idea where on the ship he was. He eventually heard the sounds of the anchors unclasping, and from the direction it sounded like one ship had been released. He was about to head that way when he heard "what the fu-" and it was seconds before he turned around with his pistol drawn and shot the pirate twice, cutting off his sentence as his arm and head violently disappeared. a few bullets to Jay's shield revealed that some of the pirate's friends had noticed his demise and were now attacking him, he ran around the corner for cover and pulled out the rifle he'd picked up. he took a breath and stepped out from behind cover firing at the pirates as shots collided with his shield and ducking behind cover again. he sighed "[color=9e0b0f]oh my[/color]"