“I was with him before the fire… It’s all nonsense accusations! We won’t go with you anywhere!” Narivan says and with a fast stroke of his paddle, throws the man into the sea. The guard leaps towards him and takes the paddle off his hands, throwing it down. The two men wrestle. Tirad sees the naval man trying to pull himself up the gunwale. He goes to him with the rod in his hand. The man has taken the edge of the gunwale with one hand and tries to climb the slippery surface. Tirad has to stop him. He will not give himself in, not for something he hasn’t done – for Mart’s plans and accusations. The man is careful not to slide back into the sea with his heavy soaked clothes. His hand is shaking. Tirad stands above him and strikes the man’s hand with the rod. The man shouts and holds the gunwale edge with his other hand. This time, Tirad hits him in his head and watches the blood gushing out of it. The man passes out and slips back into the sea, leaving a red trail on the water surface. Tirad feels his knees shaking. He needs to stay strong and put himself together.

Narivan and the guard are still fighting, hitting, kicking and punching one another with angry roars. They make the boat tremble, as they throw each other down and try to get up again. Narivan’s head is also bleeding and so is the guard’s nose. Tirad feels his nose is filled with the stench of blood and he wants to stop the fight. But he feels unable to separate them. He wants to strike again with the blooded rod but he is scared of hitting Narivan instead of the guard since the two are too closely twisted, trying to overcome one another. He suddenly sees the silver shine of the knife blade in the guard’s hand. It is Narivan’s knife that he had hid in his back pocket. Dalia gets to them. But before they can act, the guard pushes the knife into Narivan’s thigh. Narivan shouts and rolls over with pain and lays supine on the deck. It is Dalia’s turn, hitting the guard in his legs with the paddle and throwing him down, waiting for Tirad to finish him off. Tirad has no choice. He lowers the rod again, striking the guard in his head and spilling his blood all over the deck. Dalia helps Tirad to pick up the half-dead body and throw it into the sea. Dalia goes to the courier, cuts off the rope from the coupling and then goes to the boats wheel. She turns on the engine and sails. Tirad knows his share of the chores would be taking care of Narivan. He ties a rope around his wound to stop the bleeding and brings some water to clean it. The boat is sailing too fast and at this speed, he can hardly keep his balance. But he has to wake Narivan up and ask him how to stop the bleeding.