Empire of the Sharks Page #4

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So I suggest you return

to your home while you still can...

...and next time you need saving,

I might still be around.

Hey, there's plenty of other captains here.

Hawksbill? The fortress?

The one filled with enough sharks

to make Poseidon piss himself?

Oh, boil your heads, you monkey halfwits.

For sure.

I'll take you to Hawksbill Fortress.

I drop you right off at the gate.

I'm sure the Warlord would be happy

to reunite you with your friends...

...and then feed you off to his sharks.

Okay, just so I understand,

you want to hire me and my boat...

...to take you to Hawksbill Fortress?

I know how this all ends.

You're all gonna die.

No. No, thanks.

We got a boat.

How'd you do it?

You know, we can be persuasive.

Um, introduce me to the captain.

I want to go over the details of our plan.

- That'll be you.

- What?

The boat is ours.

What do you mean, "The boat is ours"?

- Where is everyone?

- Ah...

...they're a bit, uh, tied up.

Indisposed, I'd say.

- You stole this boat?

- You know who you hired, right?

The less you know, the better.

- This is what we do.

- This isn't what we do! Right?

Before you get all high and mighty...

...you better take a look and see

what's down in the hold, eh...

...Capitano.

From the manifest...

...looks like it's all bound

for Hawksbill Fortress.

- What is it?

- This is a kinetic-energy harvester...

...for their desalination machine, it seems.

This looks like some kind

of kinetic-energy generator.

Okay.

This is Hawksbill Fortress.

Can you repeat that again?

We have your boat and your cargo.

Check call signs. Confirm.

Release all prisoners unharmed...

...and you can have your boat back.

This is Mason Scrim. To whom am I speaking?

None of your concern.

Release all the prisoners, and you

will have your precious cargo back...

...or we will deep-six it.

Now listen to me carefully.

You will return the ship and the cargo...

...belonging to the Warlord immediately...

...or I will send our sharks

to destroy Korotoa.

- Where?

- Korotoa.

- Never heard of it.

- I repeat...

...release the cargo and the ship,

or I will destroy Korotoa.

Can he do that?

You have five seconds to decide.

I'm keeping this.

The minisub will only hold two people.

I don't think your salvage suit can fit.

What about your sonar rig?

What kind of space does it need?

It works best on a boat. It could be

redesigned, but that will take time.

- How much time?

- I'd have to source new parts.

Two, maybe 3 days for it to work in your sub.

Then I'll have to teach you how

to use it, and that will take time.

We don't have three days. There's no

guarantee our people will still be alive.

What do you think, Edgar?

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