Against All Odds - Part 5

Lady Riddle opened one of the windows and burned the paper in the candle flame, letting the nightly breeze carry the ashes over the sea. Hopefully she would never hear of those sick people ever again. Still, the captain made a note for the archive. Maybe Crystal knew something about this tournament or of the people involved. As much as Lady Riddle wished to never see those organizers again, she also wanted to get back at them. She was able to ignore the abduction and the body switch.
The blue creatures had chosen a seamstress, a negotiator, a thief, a trickster, and only one sword fighter to fight against death mages, gunmen, and themselves. None of the fights had been fair. But even this would not have bothered the captain, if those fights hadn't resulted in deaths. Normally, an crooked game was challenging, but when murder was involved, it stopped being fun. Also, the blue creature had more or less expected them to kill a small, defenseless being and called it a free pass. Those mysterious organizers needed to learn a lesson and with some luck, one day the pirates would teach them.

A knock on the door disrupted her thoughts.
"Come in", Lady Riddle answered and Angel stepped in. The seraph showed a relieved expression and rushed over the the captain.
"You are back", she whispered and hugged her friend.
"I was worried. You, Sparky, Borris, Leelu and Erik were suddenly gone and nobody knew where you were", she whispered softly.
Lady Riddle hugged her back.
"I'm sorry. Some idiots decided to mess with us", she answered.
"Who were they?", Angel wondered, arching her eyebrows slightly.
"They called themselves the organizers. I have no idea who they are or where we've been", Lady Riddle said and suddenly got up.
"Are the others back and well?", she inquired.
"I don't know...", Angel answered.
"I need to check on them", Lady Riddle decided and was about to leave the cabin.
"Me Riddle", Angel called out and stopped the captain.
"You are upset. What happened to you?"
Lady Riddle sighed and let go of the handle. She returned to the seraph, knowing she first had to tell her the whole story. But none of them  was going to sleep soon anyway.

The next morning, Lady Riddle found out that Scratch had decided to have a little feast and took care of Sparky's, Leelu's, Erik's and Borris's nightmares. He had been very thorough, which resulted in the pirates being unable to recall the horrors of dying. The captain was relieved to hear this, but still rejected the offer of the same treatment for herself. As horrifying as the experience had been, she was convinced a true leader should never forget the ultimate consequence of her decisions. Still, she also wanted her crew to be able to put the strange tournament behind them.
"Which course to we take, captain?", someone asked. The captain grinned and pointed at a random direction on the horizon.
"Over there! I heard there are treasures waiting for us!"