Prologue
Alfred sighed from the ally way. He was a well known criminal in the town and it was too risky to go out while the army were about but he knew that the famous pirate within the criminal circle was going to be docking in today and as he saw the pirate go pass the ally he couldn't help but grin. "That's him" He whispered to himself and watched his next target go past the ally. He watched the feathered cap, blonde haired pirate pass as he sneaked out of the ally and followed him though the town. Everything about his look and stare looked so serious and intense; he couldn't help but follow the man. Once they got to an open plain back to the docks he crept up to the pirate silently and let his hand sneak into the pocket and reaching for a pocket watch.
It had been quite a rough journey. His ship had to battle against a bunch of Spanish pirates and he had actually lost some men. Who would care, no one did, and they were all criminals anyway. Eventually the government would come to thank him for getting rid of all of them. He couldn't have been happier though when they ship had finally docked. He left the ship to explore the old town again. Arthur would go to the market and try to get himself some food, and then he would probably go to the pub after he had gone to check on his ship. His plans got disturbed though when he felt someone sneak in his pockets. "Don't you dare!" he yelled loudly before he grabbed the arm and smacked the thief onto the ground. "Who are you?" he spat at the potential crew member.
Alfred grunted as he was thrown to the floor. He growled but was slightly winded as he wasn't expecting the captain to be quite so quick with his reflexes. Alfred turned his head as much as he could before spitting up in the eye of the pirate. "Why should I tell you? You don't care nor will you ever care so just get the fuck off me" He growled out as he arched his back to try and buck the other one off him.
After the other had spit he tightened his grip on him, making the other wince in pain. "Let me explain you something about this world. You always answer when a captain asks you something. You always stay polite when a captain asks you something. You do not steal from the captain, unless you want to die. And you most definitely don't spit in the captain's eye" he growled at the other. "So I'll ask you again. Who are you? To think that you can rob one of the most well known pirates, if not the most known, from the world"
Alfred growled out a little more before signing and decided to give in a fake name, it's not like he would know of a street rat like him anyway. "Billy Eagle" He stated and looked up at the captain and wondered if it would work. And he knew of Arthur Kirkland, everyone had and most feared even if it didn't show it on the outside he knew people were afraid because they were moving on like nothing was happening and at the fact that people were avoiding the area.
He tightened his grip even more and leaned closer to the other. "Don't lie to me" he spat softly in his ear. "You didn't think you could fool me like that, did you? I didn't become a captain without having to bite in the dust first. I can recognize a lie. And you're telling one. So now. Tell me your real name, or you won't be able of using this arm any more. In the mean time he shot angry glares at people who stared at them, suggesting to them that that would better move on if they liked their lives. "So… Do you already remember your name?"
Alfred growled and thought for a moment before giving in as the pirate pressed harder against his arm. "Alright! Alright! I give!" He admitted and hoped his arm wasn't dead or broken yet. He whispered it out in the hopes the guards weren't around. "Alfred… Alfred F. Jones."
Arthur was surprised. "You are that thief? Hmm, I thought you would have been more…manly" he said with a grin as he got off the other. "What are you doing in a harbour like this? Don't you know that there are guards everywhere? This lame joke might cost you your life" he roughly grabbed the other's collar and held their faces close. "But I might not hand you over to them just yet." Pulling the other by his collar he went to his ship. "Become a member of my crew and I won't kill you" he said, laughing cheekily. Alfred was a fine young lad. He might become of use to him.
From the moment Arthur had got off him he continued to struggled against the pirate and it seemed to of got him nowhere. He hissed at the pirate and a roll to the eyes at the lame joke before spitting at the pirate again with a wide grin. "I'll be a member of your crew when I die. I've always been on the land and I won't leave my land to be with english scum like you" He states finally and happily then punched Arthur in the face leaving a bright red mark.
Arthur grabbed his knife and yanked him closer, holding his hair. He put the knife against Alfred's throat. "Didn't I just say something about spitting in the captain's face?" he whispered in his ear, ignoring all the weird looks they got. "But I think your offer was very reasonable. I could take your dead body along" he said, grinning again.
"Well I obviously did not hear" Alfred replied with a sharp intake as Arthur pulled on his hair. He tried to keep his breathing under control and looked around to find an exit hopefully but found none. He shivered as he felt Arthur's breath on his cold ear but glaring back at the captain. "What use is my dead body on a ship? Not like I can do anything that way" He stated before swallowing hard, even sweating a little.
Grinning he leant forward. "Using it as shark bait in case one of my crew members disobeyed. Or I could use it to feed the crew with. Those man are hungry, they'll eat anything. But I thought it might be more pleasurable for you if you could still move. You're scared of this knife, aren't you? That's good, most of my crew isn't, and you still have your humanity. I'll take you aboard and you won't refuse. You're left to die here with all these guards. I'm doing you a favour" he let his blade drop and yanked the other along on the gangway.
"For fuck sake!" He yelled and tried to move against Arthur only to find the other was still stronger and help more power over him. He would have his own back for sure on this man and he would make the pirate pay for this. "I'll live longer on shore then at sea with you, you filthy pirate. Just let me go and everything will be fucking fine!" He yelled and tried to grasp anything in hope to make the pirate kneel before him.
Arthur stopped walking on the middle of the gangway. He yanked the other back by his hair again. "I would like to see about that. "He whispered in his ear. The oh so full gangway now was completely empty except for them. Everyone around them was looking in horror as he pulled Alfred to the edge. "You'll live longer on land? Let's see what I can do about that. I can drop you over the edge, so you'll drown. I could call out to your enemies, so they'll beat you up. I can call out for the guards, who'll make sure you'll pay the community back. Or I can take you aboard my ship and you'll live longer than five minutes. Don't worry I'll treat you better than the others". He yanked the other along and smiled as Alfred didn't refuse any more.
"Ok! Ok! I get it! I'll join! Just fucking let go of me damn it!" He yelled and growled but rubbed his head as Arthur finally loosened his grip a little. "Arugh!" He yelled as Arthur continued to pull at him. "Put me on a leash or something! Anything besides yanking my hair please!" He asked loudly not caring about the public or anyone else for that matter he just hoped he wouldn't have a huge bald patch in the middle of his head.
Loosening his grip, he pulled the other along to the captain's quarters. He roughly pushed the other inside and grinned at him. "Now listen lad" he said he pushed the other up against the door. "I like your face, so I'll do you a favour. You can stay in my quarters and you won't refuse, unless, like before, you want to die. Though you would be happier to stay here. My cook will cook for you and you don't have the constant risk of dying" he leant close to the other's face. "What do you say?"
Alfred continued to try and get out of Arthur's grip and at this rate his clothes would be nothing more than pieces of shreds. How he hated this man already but he couldn't help what we going to happen next. He had always done it in the past and if we were going to die, he was going to die for being free and doing what he wanted to do, not because some dumb pirate made him too. Unlike others he had spirit and guts which made up for his lack of brains.
He spat Arthur in the face and kneed him in the nuts as hard as he could. "Break me first" He stated. "I'd rather be your lap dog with a broken soul then to give up my freedom willingly."
Arthur growled loud when the other kneed him. He sank through his knees and looked up at the other with a grin. "Too bad we already left the harbour" he spat with a grin. When the pain had lessened he stood up again and wiped his face clean. He slammed the other's face against the door and held his arm on his back again. "And. don't. spit. in. my. face." he breathed slowly in his ear."Or you'll be shark bait anyway. Or… my lap bitch"
Alfred growled and tried to look to Arthur and he licked the blood that ran down his lip as he was slammed against it. "I'll spit in your face when I can, and I will till you break me which will be never" He growled and squirmed around in hopes catching Arthur again somewhere.
"Fine" he grabbed the other's arm and opened the door. He pushed the other ahead of him until they had reached the main deck. He yanked the other to starboard and forced him to look. "Do you see that town? That was your home. You won't be coming back for a while so you better say goodbye to it" A grin spread over his face as the other realized they had really left. "And you better not try to get away from this ship. We don't have any sloops any more, lost them during a battle against the French" He sighed and pulled the other along down into the heart of the ship. "You'll be staying here until you apologize. I pray for you to not catch scurvy" he added with a sarcastic smile as he threw the other onto the wood. "Steersman, sat sail for the Caribbean, I can use some sun!" he yelled as he walked back to the deck.
Alfred didn't know wither to grin at leaving his home or growling because Arthur was forcing him to look at it. He then looked around before growling and getting up and looking over the crew members. He immediately sat down and ignored everyone who was on the ship knowing if he didn't speak, he wouldn't gain any enemies. He glared up at the captain known he could see him and the fact that the captain was so full of himself.
A few days later Arthur barged into the sick-bay. "Alfred! My lad, I heard you caught scurvy! How did you do that? Oh, I know, you didn't eat properly now did you" he yelled loudly through the sick bay. He stamped his way to Alfred's bed and held in orange above his head. "I hope those bruises aren't from fighting. I want to be the only one to mark you. Are you sure you still don't want to come to captain's quarters. We have oranges". Throwing the one he was holding up and down he smiled triumphantly at Alfred. Soon the orange was ripped on parts and Arthur squeezed the juice into Alfred's mouth. "You want it?" he asked while grinning.
Alfred groaned as the captain barged into the sick bay. He was happily sleeping before the fucking Kirkland bounded into the bay like he knew everything. So what if he caught scurvy? He would be fine! And the bruises and cuts were nothing serious. Still on his first day some of the crew members jumped on him because he was doing nothing, not because he didn't want too but just because he didn't know how the ship worked and what he had to do. And so he ended up in the sick bay and happily alone before he came in. Alfred almost chocked as the orange juice was forced down him but he still swallowed it and spat in the captains face again as he kept to his word. "I'm fucking sure now leave me be. I was fucking sleeping." He stated as he battered the captain's face away and turned over on the bed.
At the spit in his face again he squeezed the remaining juice in Alfred's eyes. "My bad lad, I didn't hear you there" he yanked the other up by his arm. "This lad is coming to my quarters, I'll take care of him" he yelled at one of the 'doctors' as he pulled Alfred to the main deck and back to the captain's quarters. "Do you want to wash your eyes?" he asked as he dumped the other in the corner of his room and tied his wrist to a bar. "You're going to stay here for my entertainment. Isn't that glorious?" He yanked the other up when he was finished with tying him. "Hmm, did I just hear something crack in your shoulder? I'm not sure~. Listen to me anyway. I can't afford you to die. You'll stay here and I don't care whether you try to starve yourself. IN the end they all give in." He threw Alfred back into the corner and a small smirk played across his face when he heard the other wince. "'Till I break you" he stated before leaving the man alone.
Alfred let out something close to a scream but not quiet before he tried to get to juice out of his stinging eyes desperately even as he was being yanked upstairs. He knew the other man was mocking him as he got asked if he wanted to wash his eyes but he could help but nod slightly at the question before tears came to his eyes as he tried to see what he was being tight too. He tried to struggle as he was tired to it but found it only tight it tighter around his wrists. He then started to scream as his shoulder was snapped back into a painful position but it wasn't broken, even he knew that but it was at such a angle he knew it would cause him pain till it was dull. He got up to his knees after being shoved into the corner and glared up at the captain. He sighed and continued to let tears fall in hopes it would clean his eyes but he knew he would have to keep strong in order to keep his freedom… but he knew he would only last a few days before he would be dehydrated and his stomach growling loudly for food.
It was only two weeks later did he finally give in. "A-Arthur... I give… I give…" He whimpered out as the captain was map charting… there was only so much a human could take and the captain was no human…
Arthur turned around with a grin on his face. He walked over to Alfred and held his face close. "I told you would join my crew whether you wanted it or not". He untied the man and frowned as he fell to the ground. Quickly he ordered a good meal to be prepared for him. Arthur lifted the man and he walked to his desk to sit down. He shoved the maps away to make room for the food after he had put Alfred on his lap. "In a few moments you will get a proper meal, but try not to eat too much as it'll kill you" Soon the food was brought in and he smiled when he saw Alfred's reaction at the food. The other kept sitting on his lap as he was clearly enjoying it. Arthur snatched a piece of meat away and nibbled slowly at it, grinning.
Well here is my newest story, please do, review; it helps me a lot to see what people think of my Story! The more I get the quicker I will get the next one done, I have planned 3 chapters out. I know I should be working on the ' The land of Spade and Stars' But my partner has gone on a hiatus and she didn't say how long but as soon as she returns we will resume writing and continue on with that story!
Well here is my newest story, please do, review; it helps me a lot to see what people think of my Story! The more I get the quicker I will get the next one done, I have planned 3 chapters out. I know I should be working on the ' The land of Spade and Stars' But my partner has gone on a hiatus and she didn't say how long but as soon as she returns we will resume writing and continue on with that story!
Thanks for reading!
Nexanda.