"Yeah, yeah," Nikolai said with a yawn as he made his way to the crew quarters. Thankfully, he was intimately familiar with the workings and arrangements of a navy vessel. He ended up falling asleep fairly quickly.

It seemed as if the night would be completely tranquil. The seas were calm and not a single ship approached them. It wasn't until the merest glints of the sun came over the horizon that anything happened.

"Help!" A pair of voices called from the port side of the ship. "You're the navy, right? Please, help us!"