Chapter 2 -The Truth

Two months had passed since Lurg had woken up in the Jamaican doctor's house. His wound had finally healed completely, all the remained were the scars on his chest and back. How he had survived such a horrific injury, even he did not know, but after months of being stuck in bed, it was time for him to leave. He needed answers, he needed to find his crew. Lurg searched the small room for his cutlass and other possessions, but could not find anything. He sat on the bed, and waited for the Jamaican doctor to return.

"Where's my sword?" asked Lurg as the door opened.

"Gone, and you won't be needing it where you are going."

The man who entered the room was not the doctor, but Lurg recognized him immediately as the commander of the Royal Navy.

"General Serathagar."

"No, General Serathagar is my brother, my twin. My name is Admiral Serathagar, commander of the Royal ground forces," said the man who had entered the room.

Lurg was puzzled by this strange information.

"Wait, so General Serathagar is commander of the Royal navy and Admiral Serathagar is the commander of the ground forces? How does that make sense?" questioned Lurg.

"Bureaucratic mix up," answered Admiral Serathagar, "but it would take far too much time and effort to have the titles changed, so we just let it be."

"What do you want with me?"

"You are Lurg the Fist. First mate of the Judith Prosperous and one of the greatest strategists of all time, I want you to help me eliminate Skully One-Eye and Captain Barron von Black."

"Why would I help you? Your brother is evil. I'm sure you are too."

"What do you remember about the Mantaloid attack? Why did Skully One-Eye bring you here?"

"I...I remember running from the insects. Then fighting them to give the crew a chance to get on the ship. I was hurt, one of the mantaloids stabbed me. I remember..."

"We have to leave now," shouted Skully. "If we don't we're all gonna end up like Lurg. He gave us a chance, let's not waste it."

"We can't leave him," shouted Audra, Bella and Hackin' Eve in unison.

"We don't have time to argue, I'm the captain, this is my ship, we're leaving NOW."

Everything came back to Lurg in a rush of images and sounds. He clutched his head with both hands and writhed in pain as the memories flooded back.

"Is that all you remember?"

"No, the ship, it sailed away. I saw it leave."

"You mean you were still conscious? Then why didn't they go back for you?"

"The Mantaloids. They were all around me. It was too dangerous."

"If they were all around you, then how are you still alive? The Mantaloids are carnivorous you know, they should have stripped your flesh from the bone if there had been any around you. Yet here you are."

Lurg sat with his head in his hands.

"No, its not possible, they wouldn't abandon me. I don't believe you."

"You should trust me Lurg, I have much to offer you. You are a great sailor, superb warrior, but a first mate? Skully was holding you back, how long had you been on his ship?"

"Five years."

"Five years, and not once did you wish you were in command? Not once did you desire your own ship? To be captain? To be the one to give the orders?"

"But...but they were my friends."

"And they left you to die, after you saved them. They left you to DIE."

"No..."

"Come with me Lurg. Join me and help me crush them. I can give you everything you desire. Your own ship, your own command. Come with me Lurg. Come with me, my son."

"What...son?"

"Did your mother not tell you who your father was?"

"I never knew my mother. She died when I was young. I grew up in an orphanage."

"And why did Skully One-Eye bring you here?"

"To find the greatest treasure that the world has ever seen."

"What was it?"

"I don't know, he wouldn't tell us."

"That's because he wanted it for himself. He was given a phony map by one of my men to get him to bring you here. I wanted to finally meet my son, and hopefully dispose of Skully One-Eye in the process, the Mantaloid attack was an unfortunate miscalculation on my part."

"What was the treasure?"

"He was told there was a jar that could summon a wench that would fulfill his every desire whenever he wanted, but only he would be able to use it."

"So he brought us here to get this for himself?"

"Yes, but it does not even exist. I knew that a sex starved pervert like Skully One-Eye wouldn't turn down the chance to have a new girl every night."

"So he put everyone's lives in danger for nothing. Just to benefit himself...."

"Yes Lurg, he did."

".....I....I don't know what to say."

"Its time Lurg, time to claim your birthright. Come with me and destroy Barron von Black and Skully One-Eye."

"Yes. I will join you father. Skully One-Eye must suffer."

Lurg rose from the bed and walked out of the door, followed by Admiral Serathagar, his father.