A/N: Chapter two already? Srsly? And no reviews? *hint hint*
*shrugs* Here it is. Same disclaimer as before.
She stuffed it in her bra, "who says I'm done? Why don't you want your men knowing? And how long do you plan on keeping me here?" She crossed her arms, boot tapping the floor as she smirked at him.
Lovino sighed, blushing lightly at her particular hiding place for the key. "I don't just not want my men knowing, I don't want anyone to know. Excuse me if I don't like people to be in my personal matters. And I plan on keeping you here for however long it takes." He looked at her seriously.
"But don't worry. You'll be treated well, and though we don't have enough room for you to have your own quarters I'm not going to put you in the brig or with the crew. You're going to be in my quarters with me. Different cots, of course. And before you object, remember that it's either that or with the men." He smirked. "Also, one more thing."
She cringed at the thought of sleeping in the same place as the men. She kept her arms firmly crossed over her chest so he wouldn't reach in and grab the key, not that she thought he would, but it was just in case. She looked up at him, a light pink on her cheeks, "what else...?" She questioned his 'one more thing' and sighed softly.
"You're not going to be treated like a princess, other than the fact that you're a woman and there's a strict 'hands-off' policy. That means that you still need to obey the captain or you will be punished. Also, you need to pull your weight. Now, I'm well aware that you won't be able to do the same things as the crew, so you'll wash dishes and clothes and set the table before we eat. That shouldn't be too hard, right?"
She snorted, letting her prideful side take over again, "And if I refuse?" She smirked at him. Now that she had all this information about him she could easily tell the crew and everyone else... not that she would. She put a hand on her hip, the clothes showing her curves easily despite the bagginess.
Lovino deadpanned. "If you refuse, I'll make an example out of you. Try one hundred and fifty lashes front and back. Or maybe I'll put you in the brig and let my men stow their honor. Besides, you don't have anything against me like you think you do, so get off your high horse. You're my captive, I call the shots. You'll find that I can be a very reasonable man... until you cross me. Now give me the key or you won't have any clothes to hide it in." Alright, so he was a little harsh, but if there was one thing Captain Lovino was known for it was his anger.
She shook her head, "and what about all the things Antonio told me? Do you want your men to find out that you were scared of monsters under your bed until you were 10? or that you peed your bed until you were 8? Or maybe the fact that when you were 13 you ran screaming from a tiny caterpillar. I know a lot more about you than you think /captain./" She said his title with disdain. She wasn't going to work for this man no matter what.
His expression remained stony. "The past is in the past," he said. "Whatever I was back then is nothing compared to now. Now my crew knows that I'm a fearsome leader and if they cross me they have hell to pay. Some of them are my childhood friends. All of them know I was weak before, but they've come to respect me for building myself up from the weak little boy I was to the powerful pirate lord I've become. No matter what you reveal to them, you've got nothing on me."
He paused to glare at her, then continued. "If you don't want to do light work for me, fine. I'll throw you naked in the brig and let my men have turns with the key."
She snorted at him, "You can't. There is no way that I'd let you do that, and I'm not working for you. I am a princess and-" her voice was cut off as something hit the boat, making it rock violently. Her eyes widened and she ran outside and past him to see tentacles coming out of the water and they seemed pissed.
Lovino rushed out of his captain's quarters and stared, wide-eyed at the tentacle monster assaulting their ship. Turning to Elise, he said, "Barricade yourself in the brig, and don't come out until I tell you to. There's a chance that none of us will make it out of this alive, but if we handle this right we can escape the kraken. Go now!"
Without waiting for an answer he turned to his mean. "When I find out which one of you fucking dogs is responsible for this..." Another hit to the side of the ship cut him off and sent him lurching. "KRAKEN!" he shouted. "I'm not going to my grave because of the likes of you!"
Elise stared at him with wide eyes and then snorted, "I'm helping!" She shouted, "If there's one thing I will do it's help fight. I refuse to die on this ship before I get back home!" She saw one of the tentacles pick up one of the men and before she knew what she was doing she grabbed a sword and stabbed the tentacle, making it drop the man.
He facepalmed. "Idiota! We could have gone through this without /fighting/!" He sighed, and told his crew, "But now we have no choice! Fire the cannons! We fight for our lives or die trying!" Cannonball after cannonball was fired at the kraken, sword after sword plunged into its giant tentacles, until finally it retreated. As soon as it did, they sailed as quickly as they could away from where it was.
The captain turned to the princess. "You disobeyed me, put all of us in immediate danger, and angered the most fearsome creature in the seas." He paused, then laid a gentle hand on your shoulder. "But I have the feeling that if you didn't, we'd all be dead. You can fight with us, but never disobey me again. And as for the rest of you! We're going to celebrate tonight!" The crew erupted in a chorus of cheers, and he knew that all was well.
