Now, we need to back up our story just a bit to the previous night. Galyna, as you might remember, had just called Sky who said just 2 words, “Get them!” So we pick up the story from that point. “Mind if I join you boys,” said Galyna, smiling. “Look girl, why not go for a swim,” said Pete, “maybe you can drown yourself.” “Hey now Pete,” she answered, “that is not very nice.” “You know that gal?” said one of the men. Pete stood up, “no, I sure do not.”

Then he pulled out his gun. That is when Sigurbjorn kicked him in his lower back, causing him to yell. Galyna then grabbed his gun arm and swung it around, getting both arms behind his back and pushed them up high. Sigurbjorn then got handcuffs on him quickly. “Cops!” said the second man and both men jumped up to help Pete. “Thwock! Thwock!”, and both men fell to the floor.

Astrid then picked up the steel balls and gave them back to Muffin and MC. Astrid then called Sky and told her they had Pete. “The girls have Pete in the lounge Major,” said Sky. The Major pointed to 2 of his men. “Bring him to me,” he said. It was easy to tell the Major was not in a good mood. “Maybe you girls should take Macey to your room for a bit,” said the Major. So they did. His men arrived in the lounge and noticed the 2 men on the floor.

Galyna pointed out Pete to them. They then took him up to the Major. Major put on his leather gloves, something he always did before talking to people, at least certain people. “Did you touch my daughter?” he asked nicely. “No, no, I would never do that!” exclaimed Pete. Major gave him a back handed slap, almost knocking him out of the chair.

“That is not what my daughter told me,” said Major, “are you saying she lied to me?” “Well, no, I mean, just at the beginning, uh, I guess I sort of got carried away,” he said very nervously, “but I did not mean no harm, really.” He got another hard slap, the other side this time. This went on for a while. Pete admitted it was his idea, he thought it was a good way to get rich without working.

“You are just a lazy good for nothing brat!” said Major, “take him out of here. He said he likes scuba diving to watch the fish. Let him try it tonight.” Two of the men took Pete away and came back after a while. “He is swimming with the fishes,” said one man. “Pete will not be hurting any more girls,” said the other man.

Now we can return to the next morning. Sky ran to the Major’s room with Macey. He was up and let them in. “We know where they are!” said Sky excitedly, “except I do not know how to read the chart that came up.” “Roy, take a look at it,” said the Major. “Oh, no problem finding that,” he said and checked on the laptop, “here they are, likely on this tiny island.” “Take Frank and go get them, fast,” said Major, “you can eat when you get back.”

“Sure thing,” they said and off they went. Sky wanted to go, but the chopper was not big enough for everyone. “It will not take them long to get there and bring them back,” the Major said to her smiling, “meanwhile we can have our breakfast.” “Can the other girls come too daddy?” asked Macey. “Sure, but they have to come now or they miss out,” he said chuckling. Sky and Macey ran back to their rooms and got the girls moving fast.

The helicopter was soon in the air and heading for that little island. It really will not take them long to get there, which is a good thing, as trouble has come to the tiny island. “Okay Storm,” said Kristina, “this could be trouble, so we have to be prepared. Remember “hide and seek” that we practiced at home?” Meowr.=Me remember, me do good. “Good boy, now, you hide and only come out if I call your name, or if you see me getting hurt,” she said.

Storm ran off and hid under a big leafed bush and watched carefully. Kristina got the knife she found and that little club. She put the knife behind a large rock since she had no way to carry it, she was only wearing a swimsuit. The boat got close to shore, with 4 young guys in it. Kristina groaned, that was something she feared would happen and wearing a swimsuit would likely just get these guys looking for trouble.

“Hey guys, look, a mermaid, just for us,” said one of them, “this will be more fun than we thought!” “You guys just stay in your boat and leave me alone,” she called to them. “Oh no girl, we want fun,” said that same man, “and here I come!” Kristina made it known she had that club, but it did not stop them. Another man jumped out and worked his way behind Kristina. This will not be good, she thought to herself, she was too worn out for a fight…

To Be Continued.

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