Thread: War of the Gods on Earth (Eldrithe & Rauk)

The sun glistened through the clouds and illuminated the Aegean Sea, as the ship sailed in route to Stagira. The swells in the sea slowly rocked the frame of the boat to and fro as the sparkling waves crashed against the sides. The galley slaves rowed in time to the beat of a drum, with no choice but to obey their captors for fear of being killed. This was a cargo ship with the purpose of capturing and delivering slaves for auction to the various brothels, or simply to the highest bidder. In the storage bay below, is where they kept the potential slaves to be sold for the purpose of gladiatoral combat to entertain the masses, and even rulers. This is where Artemis was bound, inside an iron cell. Naked, aside from a small leather flap covering his groin, Artemis lifted his eye lids and rubbed his temples to relieve his throbbing headache. Looking around, he noticed that he was locked inside a small barred cell cage, with three others in the same small, dark, damp hold. To his right, there was a similar cage housing a young girl, that seemed malnourished and near death. Her hair was a dirty black and scraggly, and her clearly abused figure was very thin and frail. She was completely nude, and it was hard to tell if she was asleep or dead. Cuffs and chains bound her wrists to one of the bars as she lay on her back, legs crossed and A-cup breasts bruised from repeated sexual abuse. Turning his stiff neck to look to his right, Artemis saw a young man locked away as well. This poor soul had been here for too long, as he was clearly deceased. The glazed over eyes showed no life in them whatsoever, and his body had been abused and taken advantage of as well many times made evident by the scars and bruises all over his body. He lay on his stomach, with his arms both bound behind him, though the rope looked as if it had not been moved in days. Ahead of him, on the other side of the room there was a 4th cage. Though, there was no one in this one, and the cell door was hanging halfway open. Gathering his wits, Artemis yanked hard at his shackles, easily breaking the rusted chain away from the iron bar. His mighty strength was easily enough to free himself from bondage, though try as he might, he could not bend or break his way out of the fortified cage. The stench of body odor and death filled the senses as everything around him seemed lifeless and desolate. Managing to focus, he listened close to hear voices up above on a higher deck, though he could not make out what they were saying. Soon, the innocent moan of a woman in pain caught his attention, as the battered girl in the cage to his right shifted and tossed. ..Mnnf. So how did they get you? The broken girl moaned out as the chains binding her rattled as she shifted to a more comfortable position. I......Don't remember. Where are we? Artemis closed his eyes, but had suffered memory loss and failed to recall his recent happenings. I don't know where we are, they won't tell us. But they come in here every day and.. they.. her eyes seemed as though they were ready to fill with tears, but due to malnutrition were unable to. The raven haired young girl simply bowed her head in disgust at her thoughts. Whoever 'they' are, they bit off more than they could chew this time. They'll soon learn how big of a mistake it was to do this to me. Rage began to fuel his spirit, as Artemis' eyes thinned in anger. He was determined and confident to slaughter everyone on board this ship as he believed he knew in the back of his mind what was going on at this point. He had heard rumors of various people being stalked and captured to be sold as slaves by dark black market merchants, and was almost positive this matched the predicament they found themselves in on this ship. My name is Imani. It's nice to meet you, warrior. Artemis could see the desperation in her eyes as she explored his nearly naked body with her hungry eyes. She had never seen a man with such a sculpted build, much less a warrior of his caliber. Though she felt sorry for him that he was captured as well, she found some comfort in knowing that there was someone else there for her to talk to other than the crew men that raped her repeatedly day after day.