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Captain Gianni woke with a start, wondering if had just been a dream. No, there it was again; harsh instructions being shouted in an African language he didn’t understand. An icy coldness gripped him as he quickly realized what was going on. Although they were further south than most piracy attacks, it wasn’t unheard of for them to happen in this area.
He grabbed for his pistol on the nightstand just as his cabin door crashed open. Without hesitation he fired at the dark figure framed in the doorway and it immediately vanished.
With his ears still ringing from the loud shot he jumped out of bed and ran for the door, almost tripping over the body lying on the ground. A cursory examination revealed that the would-be pirate was dead from an extremely lucky shot to the head.
He rushed d
