Chapter 3

Momentum with Force


Lady Nielson was no stranger to mystery. Her whole life, especially these last two years, she had grown accustom to sudden surprises and unexplained phenomenon but that did not stop her from questioning everything that came across her path. When the three pirates told her that her beloved was missing she immediately interrogated them about everything they knew, forgetting all form of propriety and ignoring her state of dress, or in this case undress.

To give the three intruders some credit they did not look at her the wrong way once; most likely out of fear for their captain even if he was missing. Each tried to answer every question that Lady Nielson threw at them; however, they had very little success. Kelsi soon came to realize that the Captain seemed to have simply vanished in the night, without a trace.

She was worried to say the least and extremely confused. The first of many questions being where he had gone, though it was closely followed by the question of his need for secrecy.

Had the captain indeed been taken? Or had he simply taken off himself? That was a question that Kelsi would simply have to ponder another time.

The three pirates who stood in her room had kindly asked if she would accompany them on their voyage to try and find their captain and without even thinking about it she had agreed. Something in her bones was insisting that she go with them: after all there was no other way she would be able to effectively search for him herself.

"It gave us a right shock when we first saw his tattoos. You see pirates don't often get the gift of a soul mate, let alone one as feared as Captain Curse. He insisted that we say nothing on the matter and wouldn't tell us a thing about you, he was quite secretive really but that's just the captain for you. His music turned rather melancholy to be honest and insisted we return to this bloody island as often as possible. Honestly, it's a wonder he didn't just give it all up to be with you miss, I've never seen a man so obsessed, anyway…"

The first mate was prattling on about how all this came to be as he led Lady Nielson and the other two back along the cliff face, heading down to the beach. Kelsi could already see a small row boat that had been dragged onto shore and she knew that it would be their ticket back to the larger ship. One thing had caught her attention though:

"His music?" she asked, cutting off whatever sentence the pirate had been saying next.

He paused and looked at her, astonished, "Why of course miss, his music. He plays the piano you know, well, organ to be precise. We've got a massive one up in the Captain's quarters, it's a right piece of work Lady Nielson, I'm sure he'd love to show it to you sometime. He loves music our Captain…"

He trailed off as they reached the boat, signalling for the other's to help him push it into the water.

"Please miss, hop on in."

Knowing that it would easiest to do so Kelsi did get into the boat first, fighting her desire to try and help instead. Really, Lady Nielson was more of a do-er then a watcher. All her life she'd preferred to help out where needed, learn a complete foreign skill if she had to. It wasn't well looked on from where she'd come from but that didn't matter to her. She liked doing things. To sit around while everything was done for her was boring. She liked to be right in the thick of it.

That had been one of the many reasons she found being forced to stay behind when her pirate had taken off so hard. She had fought the matter each and every time, but he had fought back just as forcefully.

She remembered the specific words that he used, the ones that always made her cave every time.

I can't risk losing you.

He would talk about his adventures from their time apart but he would always mention the danger that came with it. It had never dampened her desire to go with him but when he spoke of being unable to lose her, unable to even bear the thought, well…

It made her give in to his demands.

The waves from the beach made the journey out a bit rougher then it could have been but all three pirates were relieved to see that it hadn't fazed Lady Nielson in the slightest. Sure she was nervous about it all but she was a strong believer in keeping that information to herself.

The pirates were slowly forming opinions about miss Kelsi and it was safe to say that so far they were all good. The woman had proved to be able to handle herself and had quick reflexes. Her willingness to head out to search for the captain had surprised them but they were pleasantly pleased when it turned out she was not some whimsical girl.

The pirates had heard numerous stories about her throughout the day of course. After all they had been searching all day for the woman with the bird tattoos. At first no one had been willing to tell them anything, who would have given that they were very obviously pirates and nothing every good came from that but, eventually, a person who had clearly held a grudge against the woman they were trying, and failing, to describe told them that she lived on the very edge of town, in the mansion. They had been very surprised when they had finally wound up at her home. It was absolutely massive and they hadn't really known how to go about entering until they saw a young woman standing up on a balcony.

It hadn't been the most conventional way for them to enter the place, but it had worked so really no one could doubt their methods.

They had gotten down the easy way though as they had Lady Nielson with them and she decided to use the stairs. Not because she was afraid or unable to descend their way, but because really there was no need. There was no one else in the house; all of her staff had gone home for the night.

The small boat was rowed but two of the three pirates. The first mate had insisted that he be one since apparently he hadn't been one of the ones to row over.

Lady Nielson was forming some opinions for herself. Clearly these men appreciated a strong work ethic though they did seem to have a good laugh while they did what they had to. They told many stories and jokes on their way out to sea but there was a rather serious feel underlying everything.

She supposed that was due to the fact that their captain could be in real danger though.

Fear gripped at her heart anytime that she dwelled on the thought. The idea that her pirate, her Ryan, could be injured somewhere, trapped, held captive or worse, dead. It absolutely terrified her. Never had she wished that she had gone with him so much as now.

If only…

The tormenting thoughts of 'what ifs' circled around in her head, unable to rest. The human brain does a lot of funny things when the one's they love are in danger, but blaming themselves is certainly the most common.

It appeared, as this rather odd group left the shore of Lady Nielson's home, that they would be able to get along and hopefully help each other. They didn't know it yet, but they would soon be tested in more ways than one and become some of the very most unlikely of friends.

Pirates and nobles, it does always have a funny ring about it doesn't it?


AN

So I'm kind of just spitting out chapter's here. I just kind of want to write it. I know that it's pretty bad, I don't have a Beta at the moment, for this story, so if you'd like to lend a hand I would appreciate it. (you'll have to send a PM my way though because the reviews option is having a little fit attack right now).

Anyway, I hope these chapters aren't too boring.

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See you later.

PS I was rather tired when I wrote this, sometimes that's just when the imagination kicks in, so there are a lot more mistakes then normal. Sorry.

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