“It's not going to make any difference,” said Ethan, hanging from a rope by one muscular hand. He was trying to take his shoes off with the other one. “They won't have time to notice me let alone get scared. I'll tear though Dragonbeard's lot in a matter of moments, then I'll just…”
Suddenly, the attached ships lurched violently to the right, tipping them both over to a forty five degree angle. Anything not nailed down was flung across the deck where it smashed into the side or flew overboard. Anything nailed down counted itself lucky.
Ollie, Stitches, and Ronnie all clung on desperately for dear life as the vessels listed and then, bizarrely, began to spin in an incredibly tight circle.
Ollie struggled to his feet as the ships were swung round and round, until he noticed, with amazemen
