Art Prompt Writing Contest: Shocking Fracas

in #twbwritingcontest6 years ago (edited)

Jones is the captain of a Ship at the famous Sea located at Port Michel. He is happily married with two lovely Daughters (Anne 12 and Abigail 10). His wife Henrietta is a Nurse who worked at a Government Hospital facility.
The family usually have a great time together whenever Jones was around as his work schedule barely gives him ample time to spend with his family.

On a calm Sunday afternoon after Church service, Jones was about to fulfill the promise he had made to his Daughters Anne and Abigail on a weekend shopping spree and a fun time at the Cinema before a call came in...

Hey!...Mr. Jones we've got the biggest contract ever in our career in the Shipping industry. Our company got a contract to convey some goods from our base to Port Fransco.
...And we are assigning the job to you as the most experienced Sailor in our crew.
Get set for the trip tomorrow morning

Astonished and saddened by the news, Jones didn't allow the news to ruin the outing he has planned with his Daughters.

The Next Day
Jones was fully prepared for the trip and had his travelling kit and work tools thoroughly cleaned by his wife.
His Wife and Daughters were wearied on his safety during the trip but Jones assured them of his safety and how his wealth of experience in sailing could see him through.
It was quite tough for him convincing his family to let him go amidst the tears....
The family said a short prayer led by Anne his first Daughter and she gave him a Bible and a wrist band.
He got to the Ship at exactly 6am an hour before the commencement of the trip and waited a while before the Passengers came onboard.
Jones was curious on the content of the goods to be conveyed but the Passengers who were a team of seven black suited Men concealed the key to the Cargoes. They rather, assured Jones of the genuineness of the Cargo and lied to him it was bags of cement and building materials meant for a construction contract their company got.

OUTBURST

Having sailed for weeks, they reached their destination while offloading the cargoes, a gun shot was heard. A fracas had broken between the Seven Man team from Jones's Ship who were notorious drug dealers and the Police Intelligence and Anti-Drug Squad who had gotten information about the Criminals arrival on the exact date and tracked their movement from a GPS tracker which was placed on Jones Ship by another Drug syndicate who were rivals with Jones's passengers.

Jones has never experienced such a turmoil before and he became more scared when three of the "Seven Man Criminals" were shot dead.

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Photo Credit: @nubellorona
He luckily got safety from a building in a tranquil surrounding which has good lightening at the premises.
The building was well built and had at it's exterior fragments of Igneous rocks which fortified it.
The building was an old Inn at Port Fransco which was sold out to the government and was undergoing some interior renovations.
Nobody had lived there for two years after it was sold out but the building remained strong and seem as though there were guests living in it.
Jones camped there for a week until his Company sent a team of sailors to rescue him.

Please note the characters used in this story are all fictional. Any resemblance to the characters with any person's family dead or living is purely coincidental and I sincerely apologize to such occurrence.

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