Hunters moon

37: Blind date

"Go dive off a bridge you lowlife easy kill! Then I hope you land balls first on the rocks below!" Luna hissed.

Michael and Dianne glanced at her, then grunted struggling not to laugh. Koos Piet and Frits on the other hand balled with laughter.

"Can you believe the foul words coming out of this little Barbie's mouth?" Koos yelled slapping his knee.

Luna smiled slightly "Stop laughing, I'm still not going to talk"

"Well, we have a long way ahead of us, you'll come round eventually, and even if you don't, well just blow that ship out of the water"

"Why!? It won't matter, Blair's story is just her history, why not ask me something about Cleopatra instead?" Luna asked.

"Very well, then tell us?"

"Cleopatra had a slight weakness, and that was water, if the sand she uses got blasted with a large amount of water it would get heavy, and she'd have to use more of her energy to manipulate it, wearing her out, that's why even if she was this fearsome assassin, my mother could keep her in check, and force Cleopatra to obey her commands"

"So? You're saying your mother was the Alpha in charge of Blair's pack when she disappeared?" Naledi asked.

"Yes, of course, who did you think?"

"I always thought it was Cleopatra herself"

Luna laughed "Then you have it all wrong my dear, she wasn't the Alpha, Ruby red Alice, was the name my mother was known for, she was a fearsome commander of a fleet of pirate ships, and every ocean on earth feared her"

"The Del Carchetores were pirates!?" Naledi yelled.

"Yes, surprise!" Luna waved with her hands "We weren't always the softest pack around, we were at one time the most feared, thanks to my mother"

"So if your mother was here now? What would she say about Cleopatra's little plan?" Koos asked making Luna shrug.

"I can't really say, my mother wasn't a goody choo choo, she was a hardened woman, caring only about 'treasure' me harties" Luna mimicked a pirate.

"Treasure? Seriously?" Koos asked.

"Soldier, if you knew how much gold Alice Del Carchetore had before she disappeared, your mouth would drop to your feet, there's no vessel on earth big enough to haul it all"

"Then where the fok is she hiding it!? Surely that amount of gold would be noticeable right?" Piet suddenly asked.

"Did you really think she'd tell me?"

"That's a bummer" Piet said.

"Piet! We're not after treasure, were after information to stop Cleopatra, focus!" Koos said loudly.

"I know, I know, but it would be nice to get our hands on all that gold!" Piet said gesturing with his hands making Koos frown.

"Me and you need to have a talk later"

Luna folded her arms "Now that's enough about my mother and her treasure, ask me something else?"

Frits was the first to snap his finger before anyone could say anything "Why did the werewolf venom change so much over the years?"

Luna frowned half with a smile "You're asking me very interesting questions"

"And? You have the answer right?"

"Nope, I'm not a soothsayer" She giggled.

"Then answer this, why did Cleopatra go awol like that?" Koos asked.

"Greed" Luna answered.

"Fok! You're just answering the easy way! Elaborate a little! Can you stop Akmah-ra?"

"No, I can't"

"Then who can!!" Koos bellowed furiously.

"I can't answer that as well"

"f**k!"

***

The waitress placed the beer in front of Quintin, he looked at it, then gave Kishra an icy stare.

"Drink up" She said sipping her wine. He reluctantly took the bottle and drank.

"So, before you met Naomi, what goals did you have?"

"None"

"None? No careers in mind? Nothing?"

"I was living on the streets since the age of fifteen, my education was cut short when my parents got killed by werewolves, so even if I would have wanted to do something, I couldn't"

She rolled her shoulders then lean forward "You better start lightening up, your crass little attitude is pissing me off" She coldly said.

"What do you want me to say!?"

"Think of me as Naomi, for today only, otherwise you won't be the only one to die on this ship, but you'll definitely be the last"

Quintin swallowed again, killing all the people on this ship!? He couldn't allow that no matter what, he swallowed his anger, and smiled as best he could in a happy way.

"Ok, you win"

"There we go" She smiled back and finished the last of her wine.

"How can you muster that stuff?" He asked, taking the memories he had from Naomi and bringing them back as much he could, even though he hated every bit of it.

"The wine?" She asked.

"Yes, it dries your mouth out, and it's bitter"

"I guess you can say it takes some getting used to" She waved at the waitress, who brought her another glass.

"So..." He sucked questions out of his thumb "Were are you heading?"

"To America obviously, that is where this ship is going" She giggled.

"And what were you going to do there?"

"I'm meeting up with someone"

Quintin frowned "Who might that be?"

"It's a secret"

Blast it! Quintin thought, this might be another plan Cleopatra set into action, he had to fish.

"Well, me and Naomi had no secrets from each other"

She smiled "I'm not Naomi remember?"

He stood up abruptly "I can't do this, I'm sorry" He said and walked past her, but her voice iced him up.

"Remember what I said Saber, no one will be left alive on this ship if you leave now"

He turned and slammed his hand in front of her on the table, hanging over her "Then what do you want me to do!? Huh!? Because if you really were Naomi, we won't be here right now, we'd be in a cabin having s*x" He said trying not to speak too loud. Kishra got a fox like smile on her face "So? What are we waiting for?"

Quintin felt cold, she really had no boundaries, no care, he slowly sat down.

"What makes my relationship with Naomi so special to you?"

"She had the means to kill you, if she went all out that night in Angola, she could have won that fight, instead she backed off, all because of you"

"Did she receive some sort of punishment because she gave up?" Quintin asked fearing the worst.

Kishra took a slow sip of her wine "In a way, but she's not dead I can assure you"

Quintin sighed inwardly, she can still be saved, and now he'll do anything to get to her.

"As long as she wasn't killed... Now my next question is you?"

"What about me?" She asked.

He held his arms and hands open, smiling at her "A woman with your finesse could have anyone on this boat, why come to me? It's the same question I asked Naomi, in a way" He said dropping his hands "And, if your loyalty to Cleopatra was anything as strong as Naomi's, you would have killed me already?"

"Not in front of all these people"

"If you found me right off the bat, why not come find me in my cabin? Where I was alone?"

Her smile sent chills up his back "Curiosity, I told you, Naomi was very close to siding with you, she almost went against Cleopatra, but her uncertainty about how strong you are made her hesitate and return to Cleopatra"

Quintin sat back I'm his chair "It's something I think you won't be able to get from me, she was the one who forced me to fall in love with her"

"Forced?"

"Not in a bad way, her stubborn will to show me what it means to care for someone drew me in, hook line and sinker"

She giggled "Ok then, let's me and you start a new page, you'll see I can also be... Caring"