wearing: old outfit 1 still.
THE ATMOSPHERE WAS one which Harry would rather not be around at this present second in time. There were more important matters to worry about. But no matter how much he disliked it, he was well aware he would have to address it.
As they sailed back home to the infamous Isle, many of the crew had solemn, anger filled looks in their usually hungry eyes. Even Riley looked downtrodden and irritated.
"I cannot sit here knowing we left Dexter, Will and Skylar on that devil island!" Dominic finally mustered his strength to stand and protest against the sacrafices made. He clutched his aching ribs tightly, slight grimace on his tired face.
"Calm down," Miles shushed, eyes squinted. "My head is pounding."
"It's not like we left them with Pan." Carter scoffed, halting on the idea of sharpening his long knife. "They're waiting, observing the enemy from a distance."
Hugo chuckled lightly, everyone glancing in his direction as he leant against the mast. "Don't make it sound better than it is feral boy, they're with Hook and his crew. A washed up old lunatic with about as much mental ability as the Mad Hatter himself."
Miles glanced from the floor, anger in his eyes once again. "Keep going mommy's boy. Remember when I said I'd throw you off the plank? The open seas between Isle and Neverland are of ample opportunity."
"There's no need to be so personal Hugo." Harry remained professional as their Captain. Despite his displeasure of one of his crew holding such thoughts of his father. He could not react like Miles.
"We're going back for them once Uma is out of the way and we are healed up. We need to plan for the attack. Clearly going in blind was a bad idea." Fran shook her head at the state everyone had been left in despite also taking it to Pan and his rogue fighters.
As Harry sat at the front of his ship on the floor, he rolled his eyes at the pettiness of some of the crew. Dexter and the others are more than capable, Sebastian isn't worried about Skylar. Sometimes compromises have to be made, Harry feels as though everyone is forgetting that they also, just like Hook, just like Pan are villains too.
"How is she?" Sebastian glanced over at his friend and Captain as he held Primrose's head on his knees and kept pressure on her seeping wound.
Harry sighed heavily, sweeping some of the girls infamous hair from her eyes. "Still out cold."
"We need to get her back to the Isle, Dizzy'll know who to call." Sebastian promised. "Of all people to be targeted, I thought she'd escape without a scrape."
Harry smiled at his friend's comment.
Primrose certainly was a good fighter, she knew how they liked to fight like the back of their hand. But as they all tried to target her for her connections to Pan, the crew began to become overwhelmed by their force as they took a slash at her stomach.
The feeling of terror struck through Harry's adrenaline filled veins as he watched Primrose fall down and hit her head from afar as he fought off one after another of the rogue boys. Nobody seemed to pay ample attention to the girl as she lay unconscious on the battle field, not for ages. Until Miles practically stumbled over one of Prim's swords lying next to her on the ground as he shoved Rory hard against the tree, winding him for long enough to take a look at his first mate at his feet.
As Sebastian called for everyone to leave once Pan had run for the hills in retreat again, Harry's reality never returned as his eyes stayed fixated on the girl who he was obsessed with.
Right now they were approaching the shores of home, and still Harry felt a little lost. "I want them to be waiting for our arrival Seb, tell them." He felt comforted as Sebastian nodded thereafter in acknowledgement.
He'd had his moments with Primrose so far, both serious and that of which was not. As well as those arguments and playful fights. Harry felt as though he'd known Primrose all his life, and the idea that she had a brother, an evil one at that, should scare him off. It doesn't and clearly neither does it Primrose. They'll put Rory in his place and retrieve the rest of the crew even if it turns out badly for them.
Pan won't get the better of the red head, she won't let him.
"Home sweet home!" Frankie called out as the ship docked and Dominic threw over the rope to tie the ship down.
Without a second thought Harry swept up Primrose into his arms and took off of his boat with Sebastian hot on his trail. He knew that Primrose was strong enough to fight off this wound, but nevertheless she still needed help as soon as possible.
The red hair splayed out over the arms of his jacket flowed in the breeze, the clanking of his sword against his leg was irritating as he ran and after a while it'd probably bruise up. But the relief Harry felt thereafter as Dizzy's family salon came into view was something which he'd never felt before as he stole her petty change for Uma all that time ago.
"Dizzy! Evie!" Sebastian called out as he held the plastic shutters open for Harry. He hoped that soon the granddaughter of one of the most evil women would come scrambling across the shop floor from outback with a bundle of bandages in her arms.
"It won't be long." Seb assured the brunette haired pirate as he then assisted his Captain when laying Primrose down on the cleared off nail desk along with a bunch up of towels to support her head.
"You said she'd already be here," Harry enquired eagerly as Seb took a step back.
The son of Smee glanced around the room. "We ran here faster than I... than I expected."
Harry bit his lip. Not wanting to cause an argument with his closest friend, not willing to become exactly like Uma.
A silence fell in the room as the creaking of a door sounded out, relief filled Harry's queasy stomach. Just as the clicking of boots appeared he couldn't ignore the sound of Primrose making an uncomfortable cry from on the table.
He gasped, the boy then instantly at her side. "Rise and shine Pan, you've caused quite a stir."
Hook felt comforted in some way as the lost daughter of Pan mustered a tiny smile.
"I'm here. We're here and I brought a needle and thread, some of Ben's best pain killers and a whole boat load of ice." Evie burst into the salon, Dizzy at her side, running across to everyone else with a usual bright smile on her forever changed face.
Harry couldn't help but frown. "Bloody Christ I hope you know what you're doing." He sighed. "All you two know about is fashion. Not how to stitch up a wounded soldier."
Evie slapped the pirate harshly in the torso with her clutch of emergency items. "I'll have you know I've sewn more than just fabrics and sequins... crocodile."
"They were our best bet." Sebastian defended. "Now step back and let them take a look before our first mate bleeds out on an eight year olds family salon floor..."
As Sebastian hauled his hot headed friend away from his love so that Evie and Drizella's daughter could get to work. Dizzy turned to the blonde, frown on her face.
"I'm ten actually, pirate lunatic." She scoffed, flipping her hair across her shoulder before standing at Evie's side.
"I knew there was a reason I didn't like the young runt." Harry muttered to himself as he was dragged to sit down with Sebastian on the counter so that the waiting game could begin.
"Now, now," Sebastian shouldered his friend. "Nobody likes a salty pirate..."
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"Be sure not to let your guard down again too soon." Evie smiled shaking her head at the wounded fighter as she walked back across the clearing towards the waiting limousine, Primrose's best little allie following at her side.
She gasped, remembering something as one foot hung outside the regal car. "Oh and take it easy please Prim, tear those stitches open and it won't be so pretty... Just for a few days?"
Dizzy nodded at her friend as they readied to leave. "Stay safe Prim."
Harry grumbled, taking it in a way whereby Dizzy and Evie didn't think he knew what he was doing or that he failed in his duty to watch over Primrose. "I'll make sure she does."
"Hope to see you all soon!" The azure haired girl called out, Primrose smiled tightly along with Sebastian and Harry. She didn't have the heart to tell the girls about her father and estranged brothers wishes for the King. Not yet.
As the fancy car drove off towards the barrier between good and evil. The fellow villains retreated across the Isle once more to their beloved boat which was their only safe-haven.
Sebastian and Harry made light work of Primrose as they each hauled an arm over their broad shoulders to take her weight away from her. Harry couldn't help but hear the slight gasps of pain from his girl as they crossed the Isle.
"I can't believe how wrong that went." Seb began to create a conversation after walking in silence as a third wheel for almost five minutes. It was driving him insane.
"What happened..." The daughter of Pan whispered after a brief moment.
Harry sighed, their failure hurting his pride slightly. "Sacrafice."
Primrose frowned, feeling a little woozy from the drugs and her apparent downfall of adrenaline now.
"William, my sister and Dexter stayed behind on the Isle with Hook to figure out Pan's plan and Weaknesses." Sebastian spoke harshly, focusing on their ship in the distance. Still finding some guilt and aggravation for leaving his sister on their old, dangerous stomping ground.
"Me." Primrose gulped. Her mouth dried out after not drinking in a while. "Its my fault isn't it."
Sebastian felt only guilt in that moment, he couldn't put the blame on his Captain's first mate. Their fight failed because the preparation wasn't good enough, due to the persistent fighting of the crew. It wasn't Primrose falling victim, nobody was prepared for what they faced. Harry felt equally as bad.
The moment the trio reached their ship, they were greeted by the rest of the crew and Harry felt relieved as he and Sebastian were finally able to throw their heavy swords to the ground along with Primrose's which they had to carry also.
"Aye, aye, look what the cat dragged in!" Miles joked gently pulling Primrose into a hug as she tried to smile despite the pain across her torso. She was grateful but extremely tired.
"I can't believe you let them take Will, Harry what were you doing?" Jade scoffed but barely had chance to continue as Sebastian stepped in to defend himself and his best friend and Primrose.
After a while of greeting, Primrose felt herself weaken noticeably a little. "Hook..." She mumbled as she leant on Dominic for support whilst listening to both him and Hugo talk.
Harry turned after his conversation with Miles and Sebastian. Noticing that the red head looked exhausted. He never second guessed himself and was at her side in a moment.
"Harry, I'm tired." She whispered drowsy, Dominic gently hooked her arm around Harry rather than himself and moved away as his Captain slowly headed to the quarters with Prim.
"We're calling a crew meeting in the morning and I want you to be there, so I need you to rest okay?"
Primrose nodded softly before laying down on her bed. It was only a cabin bunk, just like the rest of the crew, except it was slightly wider being on the bottom. Harry wasted no time in pulling off her boots, and pulling up her covers before kneeling beside the bed.
It was only eight in the evening after the crew had conversed and released the previous days pressures from their mind but Primrose had lost a lot of blood from what Evie lead on. She deserved the long sleep in comparison to staying up till almost three a.m. every night usually.
"Harry?" Primrose muttered.
A short silence followed as Harry watched the girl he'd fought with for many years lay peacefully hugging her blanket, eyes closed softly.
"Can you promise me, promise me something okay?" She continued.
Harry frowned lightly, a little smile forming on his lips. "Sure Prim,"
"Make sure you don't get hurt," Primrose's voice was soft. A gentle sleepy smile on her face. "It hurts like hell and I don't want this again..."
Harry nodded, sweeping a piece of hair from the girls face. "I'm sure I won't intentionally come into harms way Pan."
"Good." Prim yawned shifting in her bed. "Because... You can be stupid sometimes Hook."
He laughed a little at her comment, leaning down to gently press a kiss upon her cheek. Not a moment later he was thrown back into reality once more after gently closing the door to allow Primrose to recover. Harry strolled back over to his crew to see them arguing and huddled together.
Really? Could he not catch a break?
"I thought I asked fighters to stand by my side not cowards and bloody gossips!" He yelled, the irritating realisation flooding in that they had still not resolved their differences even after a defeat as a result.
They silenced turning to him.
As he approached, Harry watched as Sebastian shook his head almost unnoticably. Only as his eyes cast back to the centre of the group did the son of Hook catch eyes with the unwelcome guest.
Gil.
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Hello, so it's been longer than I wanted it to be but this chapter is super long and I hope that makes up for my absence.
Like I said, college is back on now and I've been snowed under, my cousins also been waiting and I've been reading all of your comments! Don't worry!
Anyway, this chapter showcases that not everything goes positive for Isle kids, it may be fiction but if everything is always perfect then what's the fun? This chapter kind of to show Primrose's emotional, vulnerable side, I hope it worked? Also guest appearance from Evie&Diz!
Finally.. thankyou so much for 22k reads, it's crazy and I really appreciate all of the support. Feel free to comment and vote and share the love! Thanks x
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