A/N: Omigash... :D new reviews?! Follows?! Kyaaaa! Thank you! Thank you! :) You've made my day! Anyway, I will be putting the honorifics starting this chapter. :| I'm not really used with putting just 'Alibaba' in dialogues.
Chapter 3
Zradnyk Charon
It's really inevitable... It cannot be stopped. There... there must be a way to reverse it...
No. I forbid you to do that! You must not stray to that path ever again!
Masrur watched as a very annoyed Ja'far lectured their King. It was not the first time that he became an audience to such antics – not that he was complaining though. Maybe it was the fact that this was a normal occurrence that he no longer cared – let alone mind – the comedy between King and this general.
In the middle of Ja'far's freak out, the door swung open. Alibaba was huffing and puffing, as if he had just made some couple of rounds around the vessel.
"King Sinbad...! It's an emergency!"
"What is it, Alibaba-kun?"
"Please come with me...! The girl...! She...!"
Alibaba led the High King and his men out of the room. The boy looked really worried. As they ran, the former prince told them of the general situation – the young woman Sinbad had just saved was in a state of panic and was currently not very open to negotiations. Alibaba recounted what Morgiana told him.
"She was having a nightmare, Aladdin told us. She started thrashing about in her bed, and then when she opened her eyes... she screamed her lungs out, and began throwing everything she can get her hands with..."
They slowed down when a small crowd ran out from one of the rooms. Morgiana had in her arms one of the chambermaids.
"Alibaba-kun!"
"Morgiana, is she still...?" Sinbad approached the young Fanalis.
She nodded her head and replied, "Aladdin is trying-"
A vase flew out of the room, crashing onto the wall. It was closely followed by a blue furball which Morgiana caught with her hands.
A shrill voice followed it shortly, "DON'T COME NEAR ME!"
"Aladdin! Are you alright?!" Alibaba immediately ran to the magi's side. The younger boy nodded. Alibaba's brows furrowed, "Darn... that lady... what's up with her!"
"Anou... Alibaba-kun, King Sinbad... the lady... "
"Eh? What is it, Aladdin?"
"The lady, I don't think she's very fond of me," muttered the young magi. He seemed to be a little disappointed that the onee-chan didn't like him. As for most of the time, the onee-chans liked it when Aladdin helps himself with what they'd offer.
This did not go unnoticed by King Sinbad and his generals, "Aladdin..."
"What is it...?"
"Did... did you bury your head...?" King Sinbad prodded him.
A chair was thrown out of the room, Aladdin barely avoided, "No. I didn't..."
"Really...?" the King prodded him more.
"Really! I just went near her when she opened her eyes... and then..."
"Then?"
Aladdin looked at Sinbad, his blue eyes shouting sincerity, "She began crying."
"Crying?" Ja'far asked.
Morgiana assured them, "Yes. I saw her cry too."
"Do you have any idea why?" asked Sinbad, "Were you able to ask her?"
"No. She freaked out so much that even us got to our feet." Said Morgiana, "Aladdin tried to talk it out with her... but..."
"She threw me out."
"I see." Said Sinbad, "I'll go talk to her."
There was a resounding "Eh?!"
"What? Why do you have that 'not again' look in your faces?" asked Sinbad.
Ja'far shook his head, "Sin. Are you sure? She might be a spy..."
"It's alright. She might just be scared because of what happened to her." He smiled at them. "Hey! Why do you have... why do you have that unbelieving look in your faces?!"
"It's nothing, Sin." Said Ja'far.
"Whatever you say, Sin." Seconded Masrur.
"Eh... but if it's King Sinbad..." the three looked at him. \(-_-)/
"Oh come on. Not even you too? Seriously?" the High King shook his head in disproval. He raised his hand and scratched his head. He went inside the room.
There was a distinct fragrance of chrysanthemums that lingered in the room. It must have been the vase that was thrown before. The bed was a mess. The chairs were everywhere. There were some glass shards on the floor. The end tables, cabinets, and small tables were disorganized. And by the window, Sinbad finally saw the woman he saved the night before.
"Don't dare come near me...!" she shouted as she pressed herself to the window. Her long scraggy black hair obscured her face from his sight but he could perfectly see her trembling against the light.
There was a hint of fear and uncertainty in her tone, this Sinbad was sure of. He wasn't sure though, if she had unnaturally pale skin or she was yet to recover from the body shock that might have occurred when she jumped into the sea.
Sinbad reached out his hand to her, "Ojou-san, I will not hurt you."
"No... I don't believe you..."
"You must have been scared last night. Do not worry. You are now safe." He tried to reassure her.
"Safe?" there was a rise in her tone that took Sinbad aback. Then there was another crash. She had just broken another window. "Zradnyk Charon is never safe unless there is death!"
What? What does she mean by that...?
"Why...? Why?" she cried as she walked towards the King, "Why did you have to save me?"
Okay. That was definitely not the answer he was expecting from someone he just saved.
"What... what do you mean 'why'?" he recoiled from her question, "Will you just stare at a person who is in need?"
"You... lying..." she gritted her teeth as she picked up the shard that pierced through her foot. She then glared at him right at the eyes.
A black and golden rukh flew between Sinbad and the woman who called herself Zradnyk Charon.
It was then that he saw her eyes. They were black as the pitch – like the abyss of no return – unnerving and frantic. They were wide with shock and confusion and fear. Blood was dripping from her hand that held the glass shard.
"I will kill you."
NEXT ON "The Prostitute's Deal"
"Sin!"
A red wire shot between the woman and the King of the High Seas. It was then maneuvered around the hands of the woman, pulling them together.
"Do you want me to end your life right here, woman?"
A/N: Whew... finally finished the new chapter! Thank you for those who are reading this fanfiction! I hope I delivered! :)
