To Get the Leather Back

"What would you have me do?"

"Georgia has tracked the smugglers and found they have a ship: 'The Jolly Johnson'. I want you to go there and get my stock back, plus anything else of value."

"How many smugglers are there?" I ask Georgia.

"About a dozen. They look mean too." Being outnumbered six to one is never a good thing, especially considering these smugglers could easily be full-time pirates or even former navy soldiers.

"Nothing a fine longsword can't take care of." Ming Zhao comments, holding a sword that must have belonged to one of her own guards.

"Uh, I'm in enough trouble with the locals without adding 12 homicides."

"Well, lucky for you the sailors are spending the night getting wasted. There's only one person on watch." Georgia says.

"You sure?"

"Yes."

"So what are you two waiting for?" With the obvious anger in Ming Zhao's voice, we take the hint to get to work, before she puts her longsword to good use.