HOOK'S POV

As I tugged the ropes to guide the sails, I searched the deck for Bae and Amber, hoping Bae got her to the cabin. Something in the sky caught my eye. "Jack, man the sails! I'll be right back!" He yelled, as he rushed to the front of the ship. He spotted Bae and Amber being carried off by the shadow; "BAE! TAKE MY HAND!" I shouted. Bae reached as far as he could, but his hand was nowhere near mine. I reached out, just far enough to barely grab him around the ankle.

"HOLD ON TO AMBER!" He yelled, while he tried to pull the two from the shadow's grasp. Bae ripped Amber from the shadow's hands, leaving her dangling in the air, still passed out, while I barely managed to pull him away from the shadow. It shrieked and flew off into the storm, as Amber and Bae roughly landed on the deck.

"Are you alright?" I asked worriedly, also noticing the blood on the back of Amber's head.

"I'm fine, but Amber-" Bae replied, motioning to her.

"Take her to the cabin and try and clean the wound. When the storm blows over, I'll check on her!" I said as I ran off to help the crew.

BAE'S POV

It's ok. She'll be fine. I picked her up and hurried to the cabin, laying her down on the bunk. The bleeding was slowing down, but I had to make sure it was clean. After washing it and using alcohol to clean the wound (thankfully she wasn't awake to feel the pain), I wrapped it in white cloth that I tore from one of the linen sheets. When I was done, I pulled the covers over her and left her to rest. Still hearing the hassle of the sailors outside the cabin, protecting the ship from the storm, I rushed outside to their aid.

A few days later...

Sam's POV

I rubbed the sleep from my eyes and looked around the cabin room, trying to remember last night's events. Nothing. I didn't even remember having dreams; it was like I'd been in a mini-coma.

Bae barged into the room with a washcloth and a basin of water. His eyes widened when he saw me.

"Cap'n! She's awake!"

Hook casually walked into the room,"Mornin'. How do you feel, love?"

"Dizzy?" I said, still confused.

"Well you have developed a nasty bruise on the back of your head. And let's not forget you slept for two days straight," he said.

"Why? What happened?" I almost shouted.

"Well let's start with you being knocked out, tossed overboard, and kidnapped by a flying magic shadow, and let's not forget the part when you almost drowned," he replied. "Things woulda gotten pretty nasty if I didn't save you."

Bae gave Hook and sarcastic frown. "I think I can take some of the credit for that."

"Hold on-how was I knocked out? And please tell me you're joking about the magic shadow!" I said.

"Believe what you like, love, and I have no ideas how, or might I say who, knocked you out." said Hook.

I pulled down the blankets, but the moment I sat up, the pain rushed to my head. I yelped in pain. Bae rushed my side and said,"maybe you should rest a little longer."

"No. I'm fine. It'll wear off," I said, wincing as I stood.

"There's some food below deck if you're hungry," said Hook motioning me out the door. I followed him and climbed down the stairs to the lower deck. The rest of the pirate crew was down there, laughing and drinking. I walked over to a barrel full of apples, grabbing one for Bae. When he climbed down the stairs, the whole crew went silent. I awkwardly looked around, wondering what was wrong. I looked questioningly at Bae, as he hurried over to me.

"What's wrong with them?" I asked casually. He looked worried.

"Some things happened while you were asleep."

"Such as?"

"We were visited by the Lost Boys, and they said they want me to join them. More like force me to join them really," he replied.

"The Lost Boys?"

"They work for Peter Pan and-"

"Wait, Peter Pan?"

"Yes, Peter Pan," he said, annoyed at my interrupting, and continued," He's from Neverland-"

"The place we're going?"

"Yes! Amber!"

I laughed,"Ok. Go on."

"As I was saying, They live on Neverland, an island, and they are all orphans who wanted to escape their old life. I honestly don't know why he wants me. I'm happy living on the Jolly Roger with the crew," he said.

"Just tell him you don't want to come."

"It's not that easy. They said they will kill the crew if Hook doesn't hand me over by, well, midnight.. tonight."

"Tonight?! Bae you can't leave!" I shouted.

"Stop shouting! I know that," he said while covering my mouth,"I have a plan. I'm running away tonight and you're coming with me!" he said excitedly.

"We can't do that after Hook's treated us so well."

"He would want us to be safe, and he wouldn't want me to join the Lost boys anyway."

"I don't know..."

"Oh come on. It'll be fun!" he smiled.

I looked down. "Oh alright. But we'd better start packing now."

I took a bite out of my apple as we headed up the stairs. He's right. It'll be an adventure... I hope.

"Hey Bae," I said.

"Yeah?"

"How are we supposed to run away when we're stuck on a ship in the middle of the sea?"

"I have my ways," he said mysteriously.

That kind of scares me. "Ok. Guess I'll have to trust you on that one."

I Pulled out my bag, packed with hardtack and some apples. I pulled the blanket off my bed and stuffed it into the bag.

"Where are we going anyway?" I asked quizzically.

"It's a surprise," he said while packing his own things.

"Well I don't like surprises, and you're scaring me," I said sarcastically and laughed.

"I'm sorry but you'll just have to wait."

I grumbled. Boys.

"Ok. We have exactly one hour till midnight, and we can't leave too soon or the crew will notice," he said.

I nodded as I stuffed the last of my things into my knapsack.

"I'm going to go look at the ship one last time," he said sadly, and walked out the door.

I can't believe Im doing this. Running away with a boy I've only known a week or so, to who knows where. I shook my head, and walked out the cabin door, after carefully hiding my knapsack under my pillow. Suddenly I was pinned against the door outside the cabin by rough large hands, strangling me. I gagged.

"Ya wanna know how ye was knocked out?" said a heavy accented deep voice. "Thas good cuz Im gonna tell ye. It was I. No girl belongs a pirate ship, especially not the Jolly Roger. And let's not forget how the cap'n favors ye. Don't make ye do no chores. Not fair ain't it. Well life ain't fair girl," he growled, and closed his fist tighter around my neck.

I was gasping for air, clawing at his hands to loosen his grasp. I tried to yell for help but all that came out was 'hup', barely heard by a fly.

"No one's gonna hear ye lassie, but it's fun to hear ye try," he cackled, " do it again!" He held tighter, and I could feel my eyes popping out of my head.

Suddenly, his hand went limp. I gasped for air and fell to the ground.

"I'll do that again if you want," said Hook, as he pulled his hook out of the man's body. He helped me up and asked if I was alright.

"It was him," I said, "He knocked me out."

"I suspected that bloody pirate," he replied.

I soon regained my breath and followed Hook, as he picked up the body and tossed it into the sea.

"Make's the boat lighter, don't it?" he smiled. I forced a laugh, but wasn't really in the mood for humor.

"You look worried. I suppose Bae told you about the Lost Boys?" Hook asked.

"Yeah," I said quietly, looking at the waves.

"And how you're going to run away?"

"How'd you know?!" I asked, surprised.

"You two are making it quite obvious really. Bae didn't even bother to hide his knapsack," he laughed.

"What's so bad about the Lost Boys anyway?" I asked. "They're only orphans-" I didn't get to finish because a commotion began on the ship. I looked around and spotted a large boy in a cloak, followed by others, climbing up the side of the ship.

"Hello Bae, Ive decided to come a little early." said the one in the cloak. He had a scar running across his face.

I pushed through the crowd to get to Bae. "You can't have him!" I shouted.

"Oh, and who's this?" he smiled sarcastically. "Has good ol' Hook started an orphanage. I think he's gone soft." The Lost Boys laughed.

Hook gave "scar-face" a murderous look. "Too bad that softness doesn't goes as far as sparing you!" He lunged at the boy with his sword now drawn. The boy laughed. He jumped to the side as two of the Lost Boys grabbed Bae and ran to the edge of the boat. They climbed over the side, followed by scar-face. I ran to the side of the boat and looked over the edge.

"They're gone!" I screamed. "We have to find him!"

"I'm sorry Amber, but there's nothing when can do," he said sadly, as he walked off towards the captain's cabin.

"You don't even care about him!" I shouted. "You won't even go after him!" I started to cry. I felt like a wimp crying on this ship but I didn't care. Bae was gone, and if Hook wasn't going to do anything about it, I would.