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Authors: Max McCoy
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cute?"
"Keep going."
"Okay," Mystery replied and felt down Musashi's pants legs to the tops of her boots. "Oh, you were right. What a wicked-looking little knife."
Indy inspected the switchblade, then threw it overboard.
When they returned to fetch Snark, the rest of the crew had gone and the hulk was dipping alarmingly toward the stern. He was standing casually, smoking a cigarette, a canvas bag slung over his shoulder.
He threw the bag into the boat.
"What took you so long?" he asked as he stepped down from his patch of deck into the lifeboat.
"It was complicated," Indy said.
"When the Wind goes under, the pull is likely to take us down with her," Snark said as he took the tiller. "We'd better put some water between us."
Although the Kamikaze Maru sank into the Sea of Japan, the water failed to extinguish the fire that had eaten through her belly. It continued to smolder even after the ship was on the bottom, marking her grave with a witch's cauldron of smoke and bubbles.
4
Ty Fung
The craft, small and large, that came to the aid of the refugees appeared seemingly from nowhere, summoned by the unwritten law of the sea and the fireworks over the grave of the Divine Wind. The crew accepted passage on a whaling vessel back to Japan, while Snark boarded a steam packet bound for the mainland.
"Good-bye, Faye!" Snark called theatrically as the packet chugged away, waving his hat and leaning dangerously far over the rail. "Until destiny brings us together again!"
"He certainly seems devoted," Indy said as he grasped hold of a rope net the crew of a junk had lowered over the side.
"Oh, he's just full of it," Faye said dismissively, although she blushed a bit.
Mystery was first up the net and onto the deck of the junk, then she extended a hand and helped pull Bryce over the rail. Indy was halfway up when Faye called to him.
"What do we do about her?"
Musashi was still in the lifeboat, looking sullen, her hands tied in front of her.
"Leave her," Indy said.
"We can't," Faye protested.
"Yes we can," called Mystery. "She tried to kill us, Mother. Listen to Dr. Jones. He's right."
"Being practical isn't the same as being right, Mysti," Faye said tiredly. "She's a human being. We can't leave her in the bottom of a lifeboat."
"Who's going to babysit her?" Indy asked.
"Not me," Mystery said.
Although Musashi was trying to control herself, her wide eyes betrayed her fear.
"I'm not leaving without her," Faye said.
"Then we'll give her a choice," Indy shot back. "She can come with us and behave herself, or we will drop her into the sea at the first sign of trouble."
"Do you understand?" Faye asked.
"Yes," Musashi said.
"Dr. Jones is quite serious," Faye said.
"I understand," Musashi said quietly. "But all of you are still under arrest."
"See what I mean, Mother?" Mystery asked. "She's impossible!"
"Then we'll just have to treat her like cargo," Bryce said as he tossed a rope down to the lifeboat. "Make her fast and we'll winch her up."
Faye hitched the rope beneath Musashi's arms, and Bryce hauled her aboard the junk. She was still struggling as her feet touched the deck.
"This is going to be nothing but trouble," Indy predicted as Faye climbed up onto the deck.
The captain of the junk, a leathery old man who smoked a long-stemmed clay pipe, had been watching the display from the quarterdeck. He laughed aloud at Musashi's antics.
"I'm glad somebody's amused," Indy said.
"He seems to think that she's your girlfriend, old boy," Bryce said as he cast the lifeboat adrift. "He also thinks you have your hands full. And I must say, I quite agree."
"The Imperial Army won't be satisfied with an empty lifeboat," Indy said, attempting to ignore Bryce's enjoyment of the situation. "When they find it, I'd like them to think we drowned."
Indy pulled the Webley from its holster, leaned over the rail, and put five rounds into the lifeboat as it drifted past. The boat sank slowly to its gunwales as it swirled in the wake
"Keep going."
"Okay," Mystery replied and felt down Musashi's pants legs to the tops of her boots. "Oh, you were right. What a wicked-looking little knife."
Indy inspected the switchblade, then threw it overboard.
When they returned to fetch Snark, the rest of the crew had gone and the hulk was dipping alarmingly toward the stern. He was standing casually, smoking a cigarette, a canvas bag slung over his shoulder.
He threw the bag into the boat.
"What took you so long?" he asked as he stepped down from his patch of deck into the lifeboat.
"It was complicated," Indy said.
"When the Wind goes under, the pull is likely to take us down with her," Snark said as he took the tiller. "We'd better put some water between us."
Although the Kamikaze Maru sank into the Sea of Japan, the water failed to extinguish the fire that had eaten through her belly. It continued to smolder even after the ship was on the bottom, marking her grave with a witch's cauldron of smoke and bubbles.
4
Ty Fung
The craft, small and large, that came to the aid of the refugees appeared seemingly from nowhere, summoned by the unwritten law of the sea and the fireworks over the grave of the Divine Wind. The crew accepted passage on a whaling vessel back to Japan, while Snark boarded a steam packet bound for the mainland.
"Good-bye, Faye!" Snark called theatrically as the packet chugged away, waving his hat and leaning dangerously far over the rail. "Until destiny brings us together again!"
"He certainly seems devoted," Indy said as he grasped hold of a rope net the crew of a junk had lowered over the side.
"Oh, he's just full of it," Faye said dismissively, although she blushed a bit.
Mystery was first up the net and onto the deck of the junk, then she extended a hand and helped pull Bryce over the rail. Indy was halfway up when Faye called to him.
"What do we do about her?"
Musashi was still in the lifeboat, looking sullen, her hands tied in front of her.
"Leave her," Indy said.
"We can't," Faye protested.
"Yes we can," called Mystery. "She tried to kill us, Mother. Listen to Dr. Jones. He's right."
"Being practical isn't the same as being right, Mysti," Faye said tiredly. "She's a human being. We can't leave her in the bottom of a lifeboat."
"Who's going to babysit her?" Indy asked.
"Not me," Mystery said.
Although Musashi was trying to control herself, her wide eyes betrayed her fear.
"I'm not leaving without her," Faye said.
"Then we'll give her a choice," Indy shot back. "She can come with us and behave herself, or we will drop her into the sea at the first sign of trouble."
"Do you understand?" Faye asked.
"Yes," Musashi said.
"Dr. Jones is quite serious," Faye said.
"I understand," Musashi said quietly. "But all of you are still under arrest."
"See what I mean, Mother?" Mystery asked. "She's impossible!"
"Then we'll just have to treat her like cargo," Bryce said as he tossed a rope down to the lifeboat. "Make her fast and we'll winch her up."
Faye hitched the rope beneath Musashi's arms, and Bryce hauled her aboard the junk. She was still struggling as her feet touched the deck.
"This is going to be nothing but trouble," Indy predicted as Faye climbed up onto the deck.
The captain of the junk, a leathery old man who smoked a long-stemmed clay pipe, had been watching the display from the quarterdeck. He laughed aloud at Musashi's antics.
"I'm glad somebody's amused," Indy said.
"He seems to think that she's your girlfriend, old boy," Bryce said as he cast the lifeboat adrift. "He also thinks you have your hands full. And I must say, I quite agree."
"The Imperial Army won't be satisfied with an empty lifeboat," Indy said, attempting to ignore Bryce's enjoyment of the situation. "When they find it, I'd like them to think we drowned."
Indy pulled the Webley from its holster, leaned over the rail, and put five rounds into the lifeboat as it drifted past. The boat sank slowly to its gunwales as it swirled in the wake
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