A/N: So instead of writing 5 pages like I said, I wrote 6! not a big deal but hey more right? Anyway, enjoy!
"Hurry up men! We've haven't got all day!"
A voice roared over Mistral's northern docks, a crew of 30, sea-bred sailors, hauled supplies on to their prized frigate, The Sirens Call, while the team loads cannonballs, repair tools, and barrels of rum. The Captain, Anna Storm, and her first-mate, Liena, were making their way to a local tavern in the coastal town of 'Summit's Bay,' Golden Peak Tavern, to see the job board had any requests that needed to be filled. The board ranged from defending traveling sea salesclerks, escorting dust shipments to their destination,(occasionally those shipments mysteriously lose a quarter of their supply) and even down to Grimm hunting.
"Woulda' say Liena? Saving Sea merchants from pirates like us? Whatcha' feelin' today?" Anna asks inquisitively while glancing toward her first-mate, arms crossed.
"How about, spearin' us a Grimm? Look here." Liena says as she points toward a picture of a Grimm Kraken, "Tales say this beasty took four merchant ships down to the locket in a day."
"Oooh, We haven't killed a Grimm in a while now huh, well looks like we have a quest!" Anna stoically says, then tears the request off the board, and heads for the door.
Liena follows behind chuckling and shaking her head. As Anna reaches her ship, the crew tending to sails, cleaning the deck, and others securing the supplies down-below the deck. Anna and Liena board viva the boarding ramp, which lead from the dock onto the ship, and its how the crew got the supply onto the boat.
"It's time to make the announcement, Liena if you could be so kind as the gather the crew from below." Anna orders, as they step aboard, The Sirens Call.
"Aye, Captain," Liena says as she makes her way across the ship, then down the stairs to below.
Anna makes her way up to the helm, Liena shorty pops from below with the rest of the crew. Anna faces her team, pulls down on her triangle pirates hat, to get a clear look at her crew. Her pirate's coat lightly flap, her flush fox tail dances in with the breeze.
"Alrighty, lads we got a Grimm to kill! This beast has taken four ships from here to Altas, It's our job to rid the beast, it'll take us a few days to get into Alta's waters, but the gold alone would set us up for a month, we leave at first light!" Anna says enthusiastically, her fox ears perk up excited.
As Anna heads for the stairs, she notices a crow that had been sitting on the railing for some time, during her announcement to the crew. Anna stared at the bird for a few seconds, before it flew off toward the town. As she watches the bird fly away, she hears Liena shout.
"You heard her lads! Back to work, we need to ship shape if we're gonna take on the beast!" Liena barks orders.
"Aye, Aye!" the crew shouts, excited about the journey and gold that awaits.
The crew restock the canons balls, stowed the rum and supplies below deck, locking it in place so it wouldn't rolls and tumble around while in the unforgiving sea. By the time they finished, it was the break of dusk, star-filled the sea above lanterns light the ship, Liena makes her rounds double checking everything, and to her surprise, everything was ship shape. This brought a smile to Liena's face, knowing that the crew took her teachings seriously.
Anna had stripped herself of her coat and hung it on the rack near the door. Anna had a loose baggy white shirt, and leather pants with her boots still on, she walks over her bar, pulling her particular bottle of rum, and a pair of glasses. A second later, Liena walked in and loosened her jacket revealing a button shirt which fit her perfectly, adding her toned body, while making her way to Anna's Captain desk, and fell into it her chair, leaning back a bit.
"Ooooh, did I ever tell you that I love this chair?" Liena says stretching back, then resting her arms on the desk.
Anna chuckles, but as she was about to respond a knock came from the door, Anna and Liena share a look before Anna sets down the bottle of rum and the glasses on the drawer. Anna picks up one of her spare flintlocks and holds it behind her back, cocked and loaded. She slowly opens the door to see a group of people waiting. Girls, in a red hood, in a white dress, one with a robotic arm, another faunus, a girl wearing pink. Behind them, a man drinking a flask, another a blonde headed boy, another a bit smaller, then someone who looks like a ninja.
"Excuse me; I'd like to speak your the Captain. Please, it's an emergency." Red-hooded Girl asks, nearly pleading.
Anna eyes over the group once more, causing her ears to twitch, then Anna opens the door wider, "Come in." Anna says as she heads back over to the rum, her tail swaying gracefully.
"Thank you so much!" Red-Hooded Girl says as she and her friends pile into Anna's cabin.
Anna pours rum into the two glasses then drops a big, round piece of ice into them, while Liena sits in her desk, focus on their guests.
"We heard that you were pretty reliable in the town and that you were heading to Vale, and we'd like come along." Red-Hooded Girl says to Liena, who didn't reply; instead, she leans back and folds her arms.
Anna holds both rum-filled glasses in her hand, reaching her desk, sitting against the left corner while handing Liena a drink, taking a sip Anna then rest her arms between her legs, still glass in hand.
"Aye, we've helped the town by taking the request that are too dangerous for commoner's, but for a price," Anna says, looking toward the Red-Hooded Girl. "What can you offer us in return?"
"U-um," Says the Red-Hooded Girl, who starts tapping her herself looking for something of value, when nothing could be found she turns to her companions.
One by one they tap their pockets, to no avail, for none could find suitable payment. Watching this, brought a small chuckle to Liena but starts to annoy Anna, pinching her eyes with her free hand.
"Alright look! If you don't have any payment, you'll have to make yourselves useful some other way." Anna says still pinching her eyes.
"And how would we do that?" The white-dressed girl says from the red one's side.
"My crew and I are going to hunt a Grimm that's been causing this town's delivery, and merchant services a great deal of trouble," Anna explains, with taking another sip of her rum.
"What kind of trouble?" Says the Blonde with the cybernetic arm.
"It destroyed four ships already, three merchant ships, and one supply ship," Liena says, looking defeated.
"And what about the sailors? What happened to them?" Says the faunus, her eyes filled with concern.
"All lost. Except for two merchants and a lucky supply boy." Anna says as she sways her ice around in her glass. "We questioned the survivors, and they all said the same thing. One minute they were fine, the next, they heard a sound, like the shriek of the damned, and seconds later black and white tentacles shot from the sea. Plunging into their hull, Wiping out men after men, those who got thrown for the ship, were the only survivors."
The cabin fell silent for a second, Anna shakes her head, and looks at the group in front of her.
"And your gonna help me kill it," Anna says as she downs the remains of her rum. "We leave at the break of dawn, and if you're not here by then, were casting off without you."
"Don't worry. We'll be here on time." Says the man with the flask.
"Oi, lemme see that," Anna says pointing at the man's flask.
"What this?" Asks the man, Anna does a quick nod.
With a sigh, the man tossed his flask to the Captain. Opening the cap, Anna takes a quick whiff of the contents, as the aura reaches Anna's nose, she lets out a little groan. Sealing the flask back, tossing it back to the man, Anna gets up and walks to her drawer. After a quick second of rummaging, Anna pulls a small bottle filled with dark brown liquid.
"Never like whiskey, try this," Anna says give the bottle a toss.
The man caught it, eyeing the silver labelless bottle then pulls out the cork that sealed it. Taking a quick sip, and instantly stopped to savor the exquisite taste.
"Heh, that there is a century aged rum." Anna chuckles, closing her drawer, then leans back against it. "A small sample of my bigger supply, I always keep a bottle on hand."
"We should leave and get some rest before they leave us in the morning." The smaller boy says, holding the door open.
As the group says their thanks and goodbyes, they pile out of the cabin, leaving Anna and Liena alone once more. Liena finishing her drink lets out a sigh of delight, then leans back and throws her arms over her head and closes her eyes Anna beaming with desire, struts seductively up to her first-mate, Anna straddles her second in commands legs. The sudden surprise causes Liena hands to hook around her Captain's tamed waist. Anna leans forward till she's next to Liena's ear.
"What do you say, you and I break this chair again?" Anna whispers filled with a pang of hunger, nay a thirst, so light that her breath tickles Liena's ear.
"A-aye, aye Captain," Liena shudders, as she pulls Anna hips closer, Liena's ears and cheeks blush furiously.
"You know I love it when you're flustered." Anna mudders, and pecks Liena's freckles with her soft plump lips.
As Anna pecks her second's cheek, she blazes a trail of hot yet tender kisses starting up to her earlobes then back down to Liena's collarbones. Liena tilts her head to give Anna a clear path. With each kiss, Liena felt her Captain's hot breath, and she could feel Anna's desire, her hunger for her getting more and more intense. Liena's hands drift lower until the wrap around the Captain's stern; the motion causes the Captain to yelp. Anna moves from Liena's lobes to her lips, as Anna's lips touch Liena's with a passionate burning flame. Anna's hands shift down the Liena's torso, stopping just at the rim of Liena's button shirt. Before she could continue, Liena hoists her up and carries her over to her captains' bed. Liena collapses with Anna onto the bed, Liena's hand glides up her superiors thigh while staring deeply into Anna's sapphire eyes. On a bedside table, a lantern's dim light dances across Anna's tanned skin, Liena reaches over to its nob and turns it down, while pushing her lips against Anna's. As the darkness of the cabin closes in on the light, Liena smiles at Anna who drapes her arms around Liena's neck as the lantern goes out.
Hours ago by, the sun's light breaks through Anna's window, and the glare awakes the slumbering Captain. From the previous nights fun, Anna wakes up wholly refreshed. Though her second mate still adrift, Anna swings her legs over the beds' edge, cause Liena to stir, laying towards Anna. Turning to her sleeping mate, Anna brushes Liena's hair behind her ear, after Anna gets up as quietly as she could. Picking up her clothes, that got scattered throughout the night.
"Liena deserves her rest, but duty calls," Anna says after putting her shirt, her pants, and boots back on. After a quick stretch, Anna heads out to the deck.
The cool breeze rushes Anna's face, inhaling the salty air brings a smile to her face. Most of the crew is up, and tending to their chores. Anna walks up to the helm, to see the helms-master, tinkering with a lever next to the helm.
"How's our little surprise for the Kraken?" Anna questions, leaning on the wheel.
"Aye, it's coming along. That beast won't know what hit 'em." Helms-master says while patting the leaver.
"Goodman, when you finished we'll need more red barrels. Take a hand fold of men, make us more." Anna says as she pats the Helmsmen's shoulder.
"Aye ma'am, oh the Ol' Bill wanted a word with ya," Helms-Master says before finishing up his tinkering.
Anna steps down the stairs, then heads below decks, until she reaches the very bottom. The sounds of a hammer hitting metal echoes. An old pirate with a peg leg, hammers against a piece of metal into the ship.
"Oi, Ol' Bill, Helms said you needed a word?" Anna asks, ducking under a low hanging wood.
"Oh! Aye, Captain, your request is nearly completed. A mere day should be enough to finish, just in time for the beast to meet its end." Ol' Bill cackles, lightly tapping the floor with his peg leg.
"Good, better sure to making it spring as soon as the lever is pulled, and reinforce it some more. My crew is number one priority." Anna says knocking on the wall, only to hear it ring.
"Aye, I remember. Don't worry it'll be strong enough to hold against an Atlas mech." Ol' Bill says with compassion. "I know your crews family."
"Aye, you know me too well, my friend," Anna says with a small chuckle. "When it's finished, come and get some fresh air, and a drink."
"I'll do that, and you can count on that." Ol' Bill says with a chuckle. "Be sure too lemme grab my favorite cup first."
Anna waves, then head above deck, as she steps out, the group she met last night steps aboard.
"Looks like you made it in time, I was just about to signal cast off," Anna says while heading back to the helm.
"We ran all the way here from where we were staying because someone overslept." The white dressed one pouts.
"What?! It's not my fault! I was having a dream about cookies." Red-Hood says flustered.
"Well since that's out the way." Anna says as she reaches the helm, "We're casting off, raise anchor! Helmsman chart a course to Atlas waters, we got us a bounty to collect."
"Aye, aye Captain!" the crew says proudly.
"As for you lot." Anna looks over to the group, "You lot make your selves useful, help me, boys. And boys teach 'em somethin' ."
As the crew smiles, they teach them how to pitch sails, sharp sword to a point, and the ships cook, Cooky, explains the tall blonde how to peel potatoes. The small child was too weak looking, so the crew just told him to wash the deck. Anna steers the ship, and the girl with the red hood walks up next to her.
"Where's your first mate?" Red-hood asks looking around.
"Oh, she still asleep," Anna says gesturing below to her cabin.
"Oh? Did she stay up late?" Red-hood asks tilting her head.
"Well, in a way, you could say I kept her awake all night." Anna jokes, with a slight wink.
"What?" Red-hood starts but stops when she realizes.
Right on queue, Liena steps out of Anna's cabin wearing one of Anna's spare shirts. Liena makes way to the helm to meet Anna to was revealed by the Helmsman.
"Evening beautiful," Anna says with a coy smile.
"Evening Captain, I see you did everything without me again," Liena says looking out to the deck, then giving Anna a peck on the cheek. "Sorry for oversleeping."
"As long as you got enough rest, and I get to wake up next to you, it be can't argue," Anna says brushing a hair behind her ear.