"It's ok, Alicia. I got you. I'll see you soon." The channel went silent and Alicia sat confused for a few moments.
"Hello? Jack?" Alicia got no response. She tried a few more times but gave up. Feeling frustrated, she set tossed down the radio and stormed off. She went downstairs where all the cabins were and slammed her door behind her. She flung herself on to her bed and went to sleep.
Alicia jolted up in bed to the sound of screams coming from the deck. She jumped out of bed and ran for the door only to stop when she saw a large, gruff-looking man blocking the doorway.
"We got one more!" The man called up. He grabbed Alicia by the arm and yanked her roughly up onto the deck.
"Well, well, well. You must be Alicia." A raven-haired man in his late twenties looked Alicia up and down. Hearing the familiar voice caused Alicia's heart to sink as she realized this man was Jack. "You're cuter than I thought you'd be." He winked at her.
Alicia looked around the deck and saw everyone was tied up and had gags in their mouths. She made eye contact with her mom and dropped her eyes. How could she be this stupid? "What do you want?" Alicia asked 'Jack', breaking the silence. "Who are you anyway?" She yanked her arm away from the man who dragged her up here.
"Well, princess," Alicia whipped her head to the side as she heard a new voice: a woman's. She saw a blonde girl coming out of the cockpit dressed in a leather jacket, dark jeans, and combat boots. "In case you can't tell, we're pirates." Alicia noticed that she had a husky voice and an Australian accent. "And if everyone can remain calm, we'd like to rob you all blind and steal your fancy ship."
The large man grabbed Alicia's arm back and began tying her up. "Actually, Paul, don't tie her up yet. She's mine." 'Jack' grinned and snatched Alicia's arm and yanked her hard, causing her to stumble.
"Ouch! Where are you taking me?" Alicia tried to break free of his grasp but failed. 'Jack' ignored her as he continued to drag her down the stairs. Panic crept onto Alicia's face as she realized he was heading down towards the cabins. He flung open one of the cabin doors and tossed Alicia in. She stumbled and grabbed onto a desk for support. 'Jack' laughed as he watched her struggle. He locked the door and turned around with an evil sneer.
"You won't need to be standing for too much longer." He laughed to himself as he began undoing his belt and jeans.
Alicia's eyes became wide as the sick realization of his intentions. "Um, wait. Uh, uh is your name really Jack?" She asked in a panicked voice.
Intrigued, he stopped fiddling with his pants and looked up at her. "Uh, no. It's Ben."
She took advantage of his pause to ask more questions. "Was any of that stuff true that you told me? About your girlfriend? I mean, I guess your ship didn't sink…"
Ben began snickering at her innocence. "No. Clearly my ship wasn't sinking. I made it all up just to find more shit to steal. And you fell for it. Thanks for making it so easy." He winked at her again and went back to unzipping his pants.
Alicia began racking her brain for anything she could say to possibly buy herself more time. Her eyes darted around the room looking for something, anything that could help her. Her eyes fell back to Ben who was completely undressed and was walking towards her. Startled, she started backing away and tripped backwards. He laughed and rushed forward, throwing her on the bed, and began pawing at her clothes. She let out a scream and he howled with laughter as she struggled. He tore her plaid shirt open, ripping off the buttons, and began yanking at her pants. She tried to kick and hit him but he was too strong; he threw her backwards and she hit her head on the headboard. She quietly gave up, feeling defeated as he still struggled with her pants.
All of a sudden, there was a loud banging sound at the door. "Benjamin, whatcha doing?" Alicia heard the Australian voice. "I swear to fucking God, Benjamin, you know the rule. YOU BETTER NOT HAVE THAT LITTLE BEAN IN THERE. YOU KNOW THE FUCKING RULE, BENJAMIN." With one swift kick, the blonde kicked down the door and stormed into the room. She took out a 9mm pistol from it's holster at her side and fired once, shooting Ben right between the eyes. His naked body fell over off the bed and Alicia screamed, trying to cover herself with the blanket.
The Aussie holstered her weapon and tried to calm the girl down. "Hey, hey, hey, are you ok? I'm so fucking sorry. We are shitty people but the one rule is not to rape and I'm so sorry. Did that pathetic excuse of a human hurt you? I'm so sorry." Her voice was soft when she spoke. She tried to reach out to brush a lock of brunette hair out of her face, but Alicia flinched away. The Aussie recoiled her hand and frowned. "I'm sorry again." She got up and reached down beside the bed and handed Alicia back her plaid shirt. She grabbed the corpse by his feet and began dragging him out of the room.
She struggled up the steps while dragging the body and eventually made it onto the deck. She dropped the feet with a loud thud, and glanced towards Paul who was leaning on a rail looking out into the water. She took out her pistol and fired two shots into Paul causing him to topple over the railing and into the water. She holstered her weapon and continued dragging the naked body, ignoring the shocked stares from her prisoners. She grunted and strained as she dragged him over to the waters edge and rolled him overboard with a push of her boot.
She looked around at the family that was tied up and sighed. She emptied her jacket pockets of all the items she had stolen and set them on a nearby table. She bent down and withdrew a knife from the side of her boot and began cutting the ropes, freeing everyone. "Look, guys. I'm sorry about everything. This was really shitty and I knew we shouldn't have done this." She freed the last person and turned to leave.
"Wait!" A voice called out. The blonde turned around and saw Alicia standing on the deck. "I didn't get a chance to thank you for saving me…" Her voice quieted as she trailed off. "Thank you."
The Aussie froze as she looked at Alicia feeling confused. "Um…you're welcome."
"Wait, saved you from what?" Madison looked back and forth between both girls.
Alicia's eyes dropped as she subconsciously adjusted her shirt, too embarrassed to answer her mom. Madison kept staring at Alicia until she slowly pieced it together. "What the- I'll kill that son of a bitch-"
"Already done." The Aussie interrupted. "That was the naked bloke I threw overboard." She hitched a thumb in that general direction.
Madison looked slightly relived but still stressed. "Well you might be a thief, but you still deserve a thank you. What's your name?"
"My name? Elyza. Elyza Lex."
"That is the fakest sounding shit…" Alicia mumbled quietly.
"Oh NOW you question people's authenticity?" Nick rolled his eyes. Alicia shot him a dirty look.
"Are you on your own now?" Madison asked Elyza, glancing toward the pool of blood where Paul was shot.
"Uh, yeah I reckon I am now." Elyza frowned slightly.
Madison glanced around the group and got a nod of approval from Travis. "Why don't you stay with us for a while?" She smiled.
Elyza hesitated and glanced over at Alicia who's expression she couldn't quite figure out. "Um, are you sure? I kind of just tried to rob you. And I just murdered two people."
"Are you going to rob us again?" Madison cocked an eyebrow.
"Well, no-"
"Then the invitation remains. Why don't you sleep on it and let us know tomorrow?" Madison rubbed Elyza's shoulder a little.
"Are you kidding me? I told you no one comes on this boat unless they can contribute something. What's she gonna contribute? Nothing but a no good thief who tried to steal my precious yacht-"
The group unanimously decided to throw Strand overboard because of his selfish and crazy ways. He had been annoying everyone since his character came about, but without him, they wouldn't have had this nice boat.
Elyza sighed. "Alright." Her face grew slightly warm as she felt everyone's gaze on her. She glanced around the group and her eyes briefly settled on a dark haired girl with olive skin.
"Oh how rude. Let me introduce you to everyone. I'm Madison, Alicia's mom."
"And I'm Alicia." She chimed in, waving her hand slightly.
"This is Alicia's brother, Nick." Madison gestured. "This is my husband, Travis and his son Nick. And this is Daniel and his daughter, Ofelia."
"Nice to meet you guys." Elyza murmured.
"Let's get you a cabin and something to eat." Madison smiled.