7. Imprisoned
Rohit woke up next morning by falling off from the hammok he was sleeping on.
Rubbing his head, he walked out of the 'bedrooms'.
He looked at his watch and it showed 2:23 am. 'The time has probably changed...' he thought. He started walking towards the Deck.
As he already expected, the deck was full of crew and they were all at work. Without being noticed he started to was his teeth with a cloth and water because there were not toothbrushes.
He soon joined the rest of the crew. He was cleaning some tables when he heard something that caught his attention.
"Did ye hear about the new girl that was caught by Jones?" A man with messy black hair and beard asked another thin and tall man. "Oh yes! I heard that she is quite young and beautiful... I forgot her name, it started with the B I guess... but what was her crime?" the thin man asked thoughtfully. Rohit's heart skip a beat.
"She broke the Pirate's Code. She didn't obey the Captain and ye know that ye shall face the consequences for that, so she ended up in prison" the man with messy hair said. Their conversation was put to an end when they were asked to clean the Captain's Cabin.
A small ray of hope formed in Rohit. The girl could be Bandana. He decided to ask Roger and started to search him.
After being pushed several times he found him sitting on the edge of the ship and seemed in deep thoughts. Rohit put a hand on his shoulder and Roger came back to reality.
"Why are you sitting here Roger?" Rohit asked him sitting next to him. "Bored" he simply said. "From how much time do you work in here?" Rohit asked curiously. "Umh... from when I was 10 I think" he said a bit unsure. This shocked Rohit. Roger wasn't that old, he was nearly the same age of Rohit.
Before he could stop himself he asked Roger how old he was. He smiled and said that he was 22.
They talked a lot and Rohit found it very useful. He understood loads of things about the ship. He came to know that this ship was cursed and it could touch land only one day after every ten years. Roger told him that the day before they met was the day they roamed on the the island of Tortuga.
"Do you know about a girl that is imprisoned in here?" Rohit asked after a while. Roger nodded.
"We found her yesterday and her name is Bandana according to her... she broke the codex of the ship and everyone has to follow the punishment" he explained. Rohit widened his eyes. He didn't know how to react. He was happy and sad at the same time. He finally found out about Bandana and he was more than happy about it, but she was in prison...
He didn't even want to think about the conditions she was in, probably the worst conditions ever. "Are you ok?" Roger broke his emotional rollercoaster. "We need to find her Roger!" He nearly shouted, ignoring his question and the confused expression on his face. He got up and dragged him not knowing where.
"Please tell me where Jones kept her... it is really important for me to find her. I know her! Please help me!" He literally begged him to show him where Jones kept her. "Look Rohit, I can't tell you where she is because it will be considered as betraying our Captain and that will mean only one thing: death" Roger tried to explain but Rohit didn't listen.
"Look, nobody will know that you told me about it ok? Just tell me the location and I will do everything else" Rohit tried to convince him. "No. I can't take the risk" Roger refused.
They continued to argue for a long time when finally Roger gave up and told him. "Ok. The Prison is right at the bottom of the Cabin of Captain. You will find a trap door in the middle of the room and that will lead you down towards the cells... you will need the keys to free Bandana. You will find them in the tentacles of the Captain" he concluded looking her and there checking that no one is paying attention to what he was saying. He then bid a good luck to Rohit and left.
Rohit was so confused. What did he mean by tentacles? But he did not have time to waste because he needed to free Bandana as soon as possible.
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