Chapter 2: Idiots & Ship Captains

Commotion echoed through the ship as Rogue finally settled the idea of returning "home" to his now sober ship-captain, carrying his well fought for prize, who still hadn't smiled nor said a single thing once. He set her down at the top of the entrance wanting to gather her actual clothes, the problem? Absolute chaos reigned throughout the ship. "What's going on here?" He demanded stopping a crew member who babbled that someone was missing and how Sting was rampaging over the situation. Rogue looked towards-the girl he had kidnapped, realizing he didn't know her name-attempting to ignore her pulling on her ripped green tunic and cuclean eyes plotting escape. "Who's gone missing?" Rogue sighed finding a handkerchief on board as he attempted to whip his hand free of his combatant's internal liquid before charging to the rescue for the overly attached emotional pirate ship captain. Rogue's eyes glanced around the boat as several people fell over boxes and others dug through them. "Where did she go?" One shouted as the other dug threw a box falling in it themselves. "Sting." Rogue sighed looking at the now sober ship captain whose blue eyes were glancing wildly around trying to get a headcount on everyone. "I keep counting everyone...but its the right number of shipmates...I can't find her though...I can't find her...our navigator!" Sting said still glancing around apparently mumbling to himself probably feeling utterly responsible as the ship's captain to find his missing crewmate.

"I knew she sleep walked onto the deck like every night! But I never thought she'd fall overboard!"

"Relax, she probably went into town to get breakfast or something."

"She wouldn't of gone alone! Not in a town like this! Its my fault! I should've never let her sleep alone!"

"Sting! That's not the problem here!"

"Well, if I was with her she might've not gone overboard!"

"Well, if you paid attention to your crew maybe she wouldn't of left!"

"I pay plenty of attention to my crew! I'm the captain! I've never driven anyone off of my ship in anger!"

"Oh...low..." the crew whispered as they gathered a crowd, quick glances at Rogue to see if he would relitate at Sting's grave mistake for injuring the Shadow Captain's pride. The devastating man that had earned the title "Shadow Captain" the title of a man that appeared in his enemy's darkest nightmares. Everyone glanced between their Ship Captain, Sting, and his second-in-command, right-hand man, Rogue. A silence passed through the crew. "I'm not even going to handle this right now." Rogue grumbled with a quick glance at the girl in the green tunic, beckoning her to follow. Her hesitant footsteps hesitantly followed quickly attempting to ignore the sideways glances towards their new crew member as Rogue went to find her some actual clothes, still. They both walked further into the ship looking for the rooms upon the ship with Sting quickly following. "Wait! Rogue! Help me find her!" Sting's voice came out whining as he stared down the hallway of the ship that they were already moving down. "Who even is this girl?" Sting asked pulling the girl back whom made a startled movement and yet no noise. "Mine." Rogue said pulling her closer the faint jingle from her wrists echoing as she attempted to hide them even without her sleeves. "Rogue! There are some things we need to talk about before you try to elope or something!" Sting shouted causing the female to pull away from both of them and crawl into a corner next to Rogue's door. "Sting!" Rogue grumbled annoyed that the ship captain had scared the girl. "Captain! The military is invading our ship!" A crew member screamed in a bloody rage interrupting the conversation.

"Seriously?! Why now?!" Sting shouted storming off ready to get the confusion off of his face by a good brawl. "Let's get you some actual clothes, we can at least hopefully disguise you as the apparently missing-in-action navigator" Rogue explained beginning to dig through the clothes. "I'll get you your own later." Rogue explained handing her clothes from the missing navigator. "I'll be back get changed quickly." He said heading out to the faint echo of Sting's shouting heard from the deck. "We're traders! Of course we've got a lot of stuff!" Sting shouted footsteps echoing down the hall as Rogue opened the door with a heavy looking metal pliers in hand. "They'll take you back if its obvious." He grumbled attempting to clip the chains around this girl's wrist away as he threw a makeshift headband around her wrist to cover up the bruising from the handcuffs.

"This should hide the bruising." He said looking at the girl's worried eyes as she knew what was happening. What was going threw her mind only one person knew, and she wasn't speaking. She had probably been-no definitely-been told that if she were ever "stolen" by pirates that she would be used as entertainment or have even less choices than she did as a slave. Thousands of terms and words of endearment went threw his head. Words that would make anyone else feel safe. "Do you want your freedom?" He said finding the words pour out of his mouth. A freedom that wasn't his to offer...but to steal for her. She looked towards him eyes considering carefully the deal she was about to make. If she even wanted to answer. A knock came at the door as the chains finally fell to the floor, she nodded. "Hey!" Sting shouted obviously feeling violated that the army was just going around casually on his ship as the door was kicked down. "May I help you?" Rogue asked standing up towards the intruders, chains quickly hidden within his wrist pocket.

"What are you doing? Aren't you the second-in-command?"

"Yes I am, that means it is important that I find my sleepwalking crewmate while the captain does the best to appease you." Rogue said gesturing towards the door on the floor, standing up, but not implying that this girl was the sleepwalker.

"We're looking for a slave that goes by the title Cecilia."

"I do not know one."

"We're watching you, you match the thief perfectly. And Cecilia's noble owner would be very pleased to have his head even if its a counterfeit to appease him for a bit. And the noble is really pissed something of his was stolen."

"He never cared for slaves." Sting shouted obviously annoyed his second-in-command that he was secretly overprotective of was being threatened.

"Of course not! He cares for what's his and who's stupid enough to steal his stuff."

"Have you seen her or not?"

"She's probably robbing the local market right now! He half starves those slaves!"

"There's just two! Probably not!"

"Yes they are! Mine-as-well be illegal! They're both starved I've seen them, such a shame in the market places attempting to trade for some of my goods and don't even have a morsel of bread for themselves! Check the market not my ship!" Sting argued already seeming annoyed.

"Hey! Someone catch her!" A voice shouted clearing the ship as the invaders spun around on the docks attempting to find the missing slave in the market. "Pull the anchors and entrance the minute they're out of sight! The minute they realize that shout was a hoax they'll storm our ship!" Sting shouted quickly into command of his ship as Rogue glanced at the extra clothes in another's clothing.

"Cecilia? Is that you're name?"

She nodded as Rogue handed her a skirt and a top fit for the tropical weather they were about to sail into. "Its not much but it should do for now. Just think of it as the first of many things that will be considered your's." He sighed attempting to explain as she nodded waiting for Rogue to leave the room. Rogue turned to shut the door watching the frown deepened upon her face as she stared at her still chained wrists trying to figure out how she would hide such horrible abominations. Rogue clicked the door shut to turned to walk towards Sting whom was grinding his teeth watching the ship sail on the horizon. "For all we know we're stranding her here." The captain grumbled as Rogue nodded. "Its for the best, she's capable of hiding in the crowd, normal enough, unless they're looking for her...Its best the crew is free to find her." Rogue explicated as the captain sighed nodding in agreement. "I...need my pills.." The motion sick captain whispered running a hand threw his blonde hair as his blue eyes were already beginning to show the first-signs of dizziness and barely beginning able to get enough air as he leaned on the railing.

"First there's something I need to tell you."

"Make it quick."

"I kidnapped a girl this morning."

"Oh good job...wait what?"

"I kidnapped a girl this morning."

"Rogue!"