Chapter 21!!!!

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Chapter 21:

Being kidnapped and dragged to the Bahamas to be sold as a slave was one thing. Just going to the Bahamas, on a sort of pleasure trip, was a whole different thing.

Now, Sarah was just going for fun. She was not a slave. She was not going to be sold. She was a pretty young lady going a wild trip, and she was treated like a lady, most of the time.

She only did work if she wanted to, but she often did. She had a say in what the crew planned to do, and, she had gained a whole shipload of friends.

Early one morning, Daniel Plank gave a yell from the crow's nest. "Land! Land ho!"

"Good. We're right on course then." said Jamison looking through a spyglass. "We always stop on one of these islands."

That afternoon they set anchor in a small bay in between the two islands. The captain said a few of the crew could go ashore that night if they wished. Sarah decided to go, it would be delightful to be on land again after so many months at sea.

"I don't think we've ever gone ashore on this island." said Johnny stepping into the sand "We usually set up on the other." He motioned to smaller island further out to sea and to the left.

"You're right." said Jamison "But I don't think it matters. Anyway, we'll only be here for a day or two."

Sarah was awakened late, in the middle of the night. She wasn't sure what had awoke her. The dark jungle lay impressively behind her. It was so dark... Sarah suddenly felt scared. She sat up in the sand and looked around, seeing nothing. She cast a glance at Johnny, Jamison, and a few other men of the crew. They were all still asleep.

Then Sarah knew she felt somebody watching her, then turned, a hand quickly covered her mouth.

It was an Indian warrior.

He grabbed her up by the neck and stood her on her feet. He signaled with his hands that if she made a noise, she would die. A long sharp, shiny, stone knife hung from his belt.

Sarah was terrified. She glanced at the crew, she couldn't call for help.

The warrior took a long length of rope, and tied it about her wrists, the rope cut into her skin.

"You follow." said the warrior, wrenching the rope tightly.

Sarah at once followed behind him, looking behind her at the crew. They'd come rescue her, wouldn't they?

The warrior pulled Sarah behind him, running quickly through the forest never stopping.

Kidnapped again! Sarah was angrier then ever before.

They went on for hours and hours at a deadly pace. Sarah glanced up at the sky, it was turning from black, to gray, to pink. The sun was starting to rise.

But they kept on running through the forest. When the sun was in the sky, they came to a place where the bushes and trees got thinner and thinner. Then there was a smell of smoke and Sarah could hear talking and laughter.

They had come to an Indian village.

Sarah gulped. What would happen now?