Crowns of Heritage

Chapter 6 - A Ship?

(Sage's Point of View)

My head was throbbing as I regained consciousness. I tried to move my arm but noticed I was chained to a post. I glanced around still feeling a little faint.

"Mm", I heard groans coming from the left side of what looked to be a big storage.

I saw Liyah lying unconscious on the floor, and Rosemary slowly coming too. Rosie groaned as she opened her eyes.

"Rosie", I called out to her.

She slowly turned her head and glanced towards me, slowly opening her eyes.

"Sage", she answered. While trying to raise up.

"Don't move too fast, we're chained up.", I said.

She quickly regained her senses and used all her strength to get up.

"What the hell, why are we chained?", she asked, while wiggling the chain.

I lifted my arms up to see how long the chain was, and wondered if it was long enough for me to move closer to Rosie.

Rosie started banging the chain on the post.

"Hey, Hey what the fuck are you doing?", I yelled. "Are you trying to get us killed?" I questioned her.

She stopped banging the chain and started mumbling under her breath, while throwing a silent temper tantrum.

"Seriously, you need to fix that temper of yours", I said.

I rolled my eyes at her, honestly she sucks at reading the atmosphere. I started looking around the room again.

"Are we in a storage room?" I wondered, and looked back at Rosie.

Rosie raised up again and tried to reach across the container that was between her and Liyah.

"Is she dead?" Rosie asked while poking Liyah with her other arm.

She poked Liyah harder and Liyah began to move a little.

"Guess not", Rosie said, like she was uninterested.

Liyah woke up and slowly turned her head, screening the room.

"Shit", she mumbled.

Soon as she pulled herself up against the wall, we heard the sound of the door opening.

I looked at the door, once I heard it opening, and Brent walked in carrying a tray with nothing on it.

He dragged a black chair behind him and positioned it and then sat down crossing his legs.

"Do you think you're some kind of big shot crossing your legs like that?", Rosie asked in a very pissed off tone.

I left out a loud sigh. "We're doomed," I thought.

Brent smiled and then chuckled, then his face immediately turned scary. He threw the tray at Rosie hitting her on the right side of her head. He got up and pulled her hair and lifted her head up facing him.

"How dare you hurt my sister!", I shouted angrily while trying to get closer to her.

He started grinning and walked towards me. I took a step back as he approached me. He licked his lips and then kicked me in the stomach, causing me to collapse on the ground.

"Hey, you freaking psycho!" Rosie yelled, lifting her head up, while spitting out blood.

"Are you okay, Sage?" Rosie asked me.

I held my stomach and tried to gather enough strength to get up.

"I can manage", I said, while catching my breath.

Brent walked to the middle of the room dragging the chair once again.

"If it wasn't for the client wanting to keep you two alive, you would've already been shark food", he said while lighting a cigarette.

"Where is my mom?" Liyah asked, as she was regaining consciousness.

"Don't worry she's also on the ship.", he said as he flicked his cigarette towards her.

"A ship?", Rosie, Liyah, and I all asked at the same time.

"Where are you taking us?" I asked.

He glanced at me and grinned.

"To meet someone, who's been looking for you two for a very long time." He said, while lighting another cigarette.

I was confused at what he said. Someone wanted to meet us, but who, I thought to myself.

A knock on the door made all of our heads turn in that direction.

"Come in", Brent said.

Two more men entered the room, dragging another woman with them. She was petite with long wavy, golden brown hair, and with bruises all over her face. He threw her down and walked by Brent and whispered in his ear.

Brent eyebrow raised up, and he looked in Rosie's direction. She immediately got defensive.

He chuckled and got up from the chair and left the room.

"I'll see you ladies later.", he winked his right eye and continued to walk out.

We sat there in pure confusion and I was completely frightened and scared for my life.

Rosie looked at the woman laying on the floor, and noticed something.

"Wait, isn't that", she paused for a second looking at the woman's face.

Liyah and I looked at Rosie while she examined the woman's features. She was beaten pretty badly.

"That's Sarah," she said in a shocking tone.

"My dads girlfriend", she stated.

"What?!" Liyah and I said at the same time.

Rosie pulled on the chain in anger trying to get closer to Sarah to wake her up. Rosie stretched her body forward using her foot to kick Sarah.

"Hey, don't kick her, she's already injured", Liyah said, while trying to reach Rosie.

" I don't care", she yelled, "I'm going to ask that bitch where my dad is," she continued kicking Sarah on the side.

Sarah started moving and groaning as she felt the kicks.

Rosie pulled back and looked round the floor to find something to throw at her.

She noticed a little black block or something, but couldn't reach it.

"Shit" she said in frustration.

Sarah opened her eyes and faintly looked around trying to see her surroundings.

She locked eyes with Rosie and immediately pulled herself up and slid back like she was afraid.

"I'm sorry, I'm so sorry, I'm sorry", she said while crying out loud.

Rosie was alarmed and instantly knew something fishy was going on.

"Sorry about what?" she asked with the meanest look on her face.

Sarah kept crying and apologizing, lookin down to the floor.

"Where's my dad?!" Rosie screamed at her.

She still was apologizing.

"Enough" Rosie yelled, "Where's my dad?" she continued asking

Sarah looked up at Rosie with the most terrified expression like she was scared of what she was about to say..

"He's dead," she said while still crying.

Rosie's face turned white and slumped down to the floor.

"My dads dead.", she mumbled while tears rolled down her cheeks.

Still in shock, I mustered up the words and asked.

"But how", I paused. " Where is my mom?" I asked, afraid to hear the words.

Sarah continued crying and said, "I'm sorry, 2 months ago. I was approached by these men asking me questions about you two, your mom and your dad", she looked at me and then at Rosie. "I needed money, and they offered me 200,000 dollars for information, I was jealous of your mom". She added.

She looked at me, and put her head down.

"Your mother isn't who you think she is, I was jealous at the fact that Nathan was always helping her. Looking like a little puppy running back and forth to every beck and call she made". She said with a regretful look.

Rosie looked pissed and stared at Sarah.

"So what", she paused trying to control her temper, "you just went ahead and sold us out?". She asked.

Sarah looked up and then looked back down.

"Yes, your dad found out and sent Mr.Jones after me and he wrecked my house.

Rosie and I looked at Sarah dumbfounded.

"Mr.Jones?" "our teacher?" she asked.

"Teacher?" Sarah said, looking surprised," so he was portraying as a teacher.", she said still looking surprised. "No, if I remember correctly he was a bounty hunter" she continued on saying, while looking to be deep in thought.

She looked at Rosie.

"And so was your dad" Sarah said, while looking directly at Rosie.