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Flynn ha once again

The Celestia's Prize shuddered hard as a harpoon slammed into the prow on the port side There was a briefand then the Celestia's Prize was hauled around to make it a complete circle as it was towed after the Whaler by the harpoon stuck fast just above the waterline

The force of the jerk bringing the boat all the way around knocked Flynn off his feet to the wheelhouse floor He had just started to raise up when the h the wheelhouse wall and shattered the wheel to pieces

Flynn fought his way back up to his feet, only to seeThese harpoons have no anchor ropes attached to the shot off free with the intent to kill those aboard the Celestia's Prize before they could repeat what they'd done to the first Whaler, which had been reduced to burning wood frag the deck caring so very heavy from the starboard side as a rope trailed out behind hinized what it was that he was carrying He had the backup ship's anchor in his ara tossed the anchor over the port side and al it Harpoons whizzed past him, but he didn't seem to care He stumbled to the port side torpedo that had failed to release even as rope ripped out over the deck railing to fall into the seawater after the anchor plunging into the depths

Ortega picked up a sledgehammer and for the first ti to put two and two together Flynn nodded affira

It took a fewwhich tia stood where he was though ready with the sledgehammer

The boat jerked hard as it was pulled down in the water both forwards and aft The back end of the boat was pulled out toward the port side and when it did the torpedo tube came in line with the bowel of the Whaler ahead of the Celestia's Prize

Ortega swung the sledgehammer down to connect solidly with the back end of the torpedo tube at the sa button once again With a protesting screech of metal the torpedo shot free of its canister and streaked out through the water ahead toward the Whaler