Pirate's Life For Me....

Waking Pt. 1

  "Captain!" I stirred when hearing a sudden shout and fully awoke when the man next to me jolted up after the door slammed open. Groggily looking up, I saw a man in the doorway who was slightly confused at seeing me in the captain's bed. I sat up while holding the blanket over my chest to keep me covered.

  "What is it?" Vane nearly growled.

  "It's the girl." He then turned his attention back to the captain. "She's missing from her cell. The guard that had been posted at her door was found unconscious, and we're already searching the fort for her."

  "Get out!" Vane snarled as he swung his legs over the side of the bed and grabbed his pants. "Make sure all the exits are closed and check the surrounding area." The man nodded before quickly leaving, and I jumped out of bed to quickly get dressed. If they had already been searching for her and had yet to find her, then she was more than likely in the tunnels with whoever was helping her escape. There was no way for her to get out on her own.

  Grabbing a torch, I didn't bother to wait for Vane before I bolted down the hallway and went deeper into the bowels of the fort. Seeming to have the same idea, Vane was soon behind me as I hurried around a corner. Reaching a dead end where a rusted gate was, I stopped at who I saw standing there with a key in the lock on the other side. 'Fuck.' Was all I managed to think of as Eleanor's wide eyes went from me to Vane.

  The man was utterly quiet, looking at the chain and lock, and then at the girl holding the torch on the other side of the gate.

  "I saved your life." Vane said lowly, and from the tone in his voice, I knew.... I knew that the woman he had held so dearly standing before me had managed to hurt him yet again. "Low and his crew. I killed them all to protect you both."

  "You didn't do it for me." Eleanor shook her head.

  "You will turn on absolutely anyone, won't you?" Vane asked. "So what's the plan? Leave me to answer for this among the men? Assume they'll tear me to pieces for granting access to the woman who stole the girl out from under us? My death sentence? Listen to me clearly. Put down that key, walk back through that gate, return the girl, and I will sort this with the men. You have my word. But lock that gate, and there is no walking back through it, ever. And I assure you, you will hear from me again."

  Eleanor was quiet as she looked at Vane, and as soon as that lock clicked, Vane took the torch from me while hearing men coming down the hallway.

  "If that is your answer, then take Deana with you."

  "What?" I turned on him while raising my voice. "The fuck do you think you're doing?"

  "If the men do not listen to reason and decide my life is to pay for this, Deana will be dragged into it." Vane tried to push me toward the gate. "If you get her out of here, I'll tell them I found nothing this way. I will not risk her life for my mistake of trusting you."

  "Charles, I will kick your ass for even thinking I'd leave you to sign your death certificate!" I snarled. "The fuck are you even thinking?!"

  "Deana, just do this, please." He softly pleaded before his eyes looked coldly at Eleanor. "If things go as planned, I will find you. I promise you that." Vane said to me. "Now, stop arguing-"

  "Arguing?! You think this is even up for debate?!"

  "I'm sorry, Deana." Guilt flashed in his eyes before he swung a fist, and everything went dark.

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  "Oh, fucking Hell." I groaned while holding my jaw as I came to. "I'm going to kill that bastard." I snarled.