A/N-Hello everyone! I hope you are enjoying my story so far! I had a hard time writing this chapter because I couldn't figure out which character I should let Suzune(Sue) fall in love with! I am a huge fan of Eduardo, but I also love Nathan, and Morgan! At the moment I'm trying to let everyone in Sirius have a spotlight with Sue. It's kind of hard, but I'm trying. Hehe. SO! Please PM me or review the chapters to comment which character you want Sue to partner up with! ;) I'll let you guys decide. Also! Tell me if I'm doing a good job on the guys' personalities. The advise helps!~ Now enjoy!
- Chapter 4
(No one's POV)
There, on the deck of the Sirius ship, Sue laid bathed in the warmth of the sun and surrounded by the Sirius pirates. Sue had panicked for so long that she didn't notice she got a fever and quickly fell into deep sleep from exhaustion. As she slept, the Sirius pirates discussed about her.
"Where do you think she came from, Captain?" Thomas asked.
"I don't know. But hey, it won't be bad to have a woman around here." Captain joked.
"She could be a spy." Eduardo coldly said. "We shouldn't trust her.
"Aye, I agree with Eduardo." Calmly agreed Nathan.
"She is unconscious now. We won't find out anything unless she wakes up." Christopher informed.
"Then, get her to wake up faster, Doc!" Russell said though, he had been secretly trying to figure out why the girl looked familiar.
"I can help people, Russell. I don't have the power to heal them completely. She can only wake up by herself. We will need to wait til then." Christopher explained as he lifted up Sue, now that she was dry, and headed to the infirmary. Thomas ran up to Christopher and worriedly announced, "Christopher! She's bleeding pretty bad! You're leaving a trail of blood behind you." Christopher looked behind him and indeed there were drops of blood. He quickly carried Sue to the infirmary and gently placed her on a bed to check her wound.
He told Thomas, "She has a cut deep on the side of her right thigh. It's not serious, but she will need stitches." He tells Thomas to gather some herbs as he tends Sue's wound.
After the doctor was done, Thomas returns to deck to finish his chores. The Captain enters the infirmary.
"How is she, Christopher?" Captain asks.
"She will be fine as long as she stays off her leg for a week. The cut she had was pretty deep. She also has a fever..." Christopher told him.
"I see. Did you find anything suspicious about her?" Captain examines Sue's body.
"Nothing at all. She's completely harmless." Christopher looks over at the Captain.
"She seems to be wearing some weird type of swimsuit.. I mean it looks good on her and she is a fine woman! Haha! But we can't let our guards down." He stares at Sue's face. "She looks like an average girl, though."
Captain and Christopher kept talking about how Sue, may or may not be a spy since she suddenly appeared close to the location of the treasure map they were after. Some time passes and they come to a conclusion that everyone will take turns to watch her until she woke up. Before they left the room, Christopher warped Sue in several blankets and towels to keep her warm. After all, she did have a fever and Christopher was worried about her.
Captain then gathered everyone up for a meeting about Sue. Once he announced that they were going to watch her, half of them weren't thrilled.
"Why can't Doc just watch her? He's always at his office." Complained Russell.
"I'm not always in the infirmary especially not at night. What if she wakes up while I'm gone?" Christopher smiled at him.
"Doc's got a point." Nathan says.
"..." Eduardo just looks away, unhappy.
"I wouldn't mind!" Thomas said cheerfully.
"Thomas, only you would think that." Russell tells him.
"He just likes having more work to do." Eduardo smirks. "You can have my shift as well, Thomas."
Thomas flusters, "I-I wouldn't do that!"
"Maybe you can take mine too, Thomas!" Russell pats him on the back while Thomas roughly shakes his head.
"Haha! Thomas sure is a hard worker!" Captain laughs. "But!" Captain looks at them seriously, "we are to take turns to watch the girl! Understood?" The captain's real reason for keeping an eye on Sue was not only because she could be a spy, but for her well being. Though, he wasn't going to announce that.
"Aye, Captain!" The Sirius crew agreed together and start discussing who gets what time.
...
Later, Nathan had left the meeting earlier than the rest to cook their meals for dinner. Heading to the kitchen, he passed the infirmary. He stopped moving when he heard a moan. Opening the infirmary door, he saw Sue moving her head in pain as if she had a nightmare. He was about to say something only to notice she wasn't even awake. He stood at the doorway, watching her until she quietly called out, "Cari...Master Bruinen... Don't let me forget them..."
Nathan thought the names she had spoken of were people she knew. He was confused as to why she would have a nightmare about forgetting them. As he was pondering at the question, Sue had tears going down her cheeks. He blinked in surprised. That was the first time he saw a girl cry and he felt bad. Then he looked around the hallway to see if anyone was near. Finding out no one was there, he entered the room and stood beside the crying Sue. He didn't really know what to do, but he hesitantly leaned over to wipe away her tears and whispered, "You won't forget." Sue stopped crying from this gesture and returned to her peaceful sleep with a small smile. Nathan noticed this and quickly got up to leave. As he headed to the kitchen, he kept questioning himself why he went out of his way to comfort the complete stranger.
...
-Two days later-
(Sue's POV)
'Mmmm..' I slowly open my eyes and stare blankly at the ceiling.
'Where am I? What am I doing here?...' I slowly recall the events. I felt relieved that I had my memories of the past few days. 'I even had a nightmare about forgetting Cari and Master Bruinen!... Thank goodness I didn't forget everything a second time.' I was smiling because I also remembered a tender voice say, "You won't forget."
'Im grateful to that voice as well.', I thought as I touched my cheek, but I stop smiling when I finally realized I was on a ship. I cautiously look around the room. It seemed to be late out since it was dark, but I could see the details of the room. There were herbs laid out on a table to the right of me and the door was near it. No one was in the room so I sat up on the bed I was laying on and studied the door. My head felt a little dizzy, but I ignored it. I also felt something was wrapped tighly around my right thigh. I looked down at my lap to see I was wrapped in few towels and blankets. 'That was nice of them...' I turn to the door again. "But I can't trust them. Maybe if I sneak out quietly enough I could swim back to where Master Bruinen and Cari are..." I whisper to myself, planning an escape.
Just when I thought I was safe, I hear footsteps approaching the room. I quickly fix the blankets and pretend to be asleep.
"It's my turn. Great." Said someone when the door opened. I recalled that voice being the coldest of the six that I heard before. Keeping my breathing in control, I continue acting asleep and focus on where his footsteps were heading.
'He stopped somewhere to my left. I could run for the door when he isn't lo-' I stop thinking when I felt something warm touch my forehead.
"Seems like her fever is finally going down." The cold voice says as the warmth moves away. "Wake up already!"
'How can someone this cold, hold such warmth?...' I wondered as I figured out he put his hand on my forehead, but couldn't understand how his hand held that warmth when he sounded so cold hearted.
"It's a pain to look after you for two days now instead of going for the treasure." The man says unpleased.
When he mentioned I was here for two days I almost opened my eyes from the shock!
'I have been here for two long days?! I hope Master Bruinen and Cari are doing okay...' I was feeling bad that I may have worried them too much.
'I have to get out of here and fast.' Determined to escape, I listen to his footsteps again, but the door to the room opened again.
"Ah, Russell. Perfect, switch shifts with me." The man beside me said while walking over to the newcomer.
"I came over to check up on you 'cause of Captain! Not switch with you. I ain't watching over her again today." The 'Russell' person says and adds, "Don't slack off now, Eduardo."
"Like I would do the same thing you do." said 'Eduardo'.
"I don't slack off!" Russell protests.
It sounded like they were going to start a fuss about it, but they were stopped by an older voice.
"No fighting!" The voice scolded them. "Eduardo, go back to your watch shift and you, Russell go back to sleep. You both could wake up everyone." I heard someone get dragged away.
"Tch. Fine." The door creaked closed and Eduardo went over to his spot on my left and stopped.
'Those two seem to fight a lot ...' I think about their little fight. 'Ah! Quit getting distracted, Sue!' I mentally hit myself. I go back to listening.
'He stopped moving?' I couldn't tell if he was sleeping or not.
Eduardo sighed.
'He sighed! So he didn't move from his spot at all... Escaping is harder than I thought.' I mentally sigh.
"Woman. I can see your eyelids moving." He informs me.
'Shoot!' I calm my pounding heart. 'I didn't think he could see that well in the dark!' I slowly open my eyes and try to look as calm as I can.
"Heh, didn't think that would work." He chuckles.
'What does he mean by that?' I turn my gaze to him, but the moment I saw him my breath was taken away. He was so handsome! The moon was shining down on his facial features. He had black hair, pale skin, and a beautiful hazel eye that glowed in the moonlight with an eye-patch over his the other eye. I stared at him in awe, completely forgetting I wanted to escape.
There was a long moment of silence as we continued to stare at each other.
"At least you woke up." Eduardo broke the silence as he rose up from the bed beside mine.
'Dang it! This isn't a time to admire beauty, Sue! You gotta run!' I yell in my mind and quickly throw some towels at him to make a run for the door. The second I step on my right leg I scream in pain and fall down on the floor, clutching my thigh.
"Did you think you could escape with that injury, woman?" Eduardo was already standing beside me.
Panicking, I start to scoot away from him with my left leg. Trying to keep a straight face I slowly go to the door, but he crouches down and grabs my left ankle to stop me from moving.
"Stop moving or I'll feed you to the sharks." He glared at me.
'Ok, he is scary after all!' I stop my movement.
"Hmph. Good." He let's go of my ankle to grab my arm and pull me up to stand. "The fact your scream woke everyone up makes it less work to call them." He smirked.
'Oh boy. Not good at all.' My face must have turned pale because he was smirking even more.
It turned out just like he said. The other 5 men came running over within seconds and their eyes were all on me. The man holding my arm did not let go until the others surrounded us while one went to light up the room.
I gulped. 'Here comes trouble.' I was expecting them to yell. Instead, I was greeted with booming laughter. Surprised, I looked over at the person laughing. He was an older man with a hat.
"Well, well, she finally awakened!" He smiled her.
"Let me look at her wound. That scream before was terrible." A dark skinned man come over with a worried look. I got scared and tried to back away, only for Eduardo to pull me back in place.
"Don't even think about it." He glared at me again.
"..." I stay quiet and let the dark skinned man examine my right leg.
"She didn't open the wound, but she should stay off it. I hope you're alright." The dark skinned man looked up at me and smiled.
"You're being too nice again, Doc." A guy with a bandana says.
"Now we can get the answers we need. She woke us up after all." I turn my gaze towards a blonde that sounded like the 'Russell' person from earlier.
'What answers?' A cold sweat goes down my back.
"We should first let her lie down." A concerned red head boy offered.
"Eduardo, put her on the bed." Said the oldest with the hat.
Eduardo dragged me back to the bed. I quietly sat on the edge of it.
"Firstly!" Exclaimed the hat man, getting my attention, "Let us introduce ourselves. My name is Captain Morgan! I am in charge of the Sirius Pirates."
"P... Pirates?" I hesitantly whisper to myself, 'Oh this isn't good.' I keep a calm face as I see Eduardo glance at me slightly.
"Everyone, introduce yourselves to her!" Captain Morgan told them.
"I'm Thomas! I'm the greenhorn of the crew!" Said the red head cheerfully.
"My name is Christopher. I am the doctor of the ship." The dark skinned man smiles at me.
"Nathan." The bandana guy said shortly.
"He's the cook of the ship." Thomas finished.
"The name's Russell. I'm a two sword fencer and a lookout." The blonde said uninterested.
'He wields swords!? That sounds frightening! I better not mess with him...' I tell myself. Then I notice that Eduardo didn't introduce himself so I look at him questionably.
He notices my gaze and looks at me. "You know my name already. My job here is to navigate."
"Aw, come on Eduardo! Have manners for Miss..." Thomas starts, but stops since he doesn't know my name.
'It won't hurt to say my name, right?' I turn my attention to Thomas and introduce myself. "My name is Sue."
"Sue, huh." Captain Morgan says. "Well then Sue, we have a few questions that you need to answer."
'I have no way out of here, so I should listen to them.' I nod to him.
"Are you a spy?" He studies my face.
"Spy?" I blink confused. "I'm not a spy..."
"If you're not a spy then explain why you are wearing that weird swimsuit." Asked Russell.
"This? It is the only clothing I have." I tell him honestly.
"What to do mean by only clothing?!" He yells, not believing my answer.
"I'm sorry, but this is really the only clothing I wear." I whimper.
"Alright, then what were you doing near the whirlpool?" Christopher asks, stopping Russell from speaking.
'I can't just tell them, "Oh, I was journeying with sea creatures to an ice island and feel into the whirlpool by accident." That would be unrealistic.' I take a moment to think up a good explanation.
"Why hesitate?" Eduardo suspects me.
"My situation is hard to explain." I answer him.
"Yeah? So then you could be a spy." He grabs on to my shoulder.
"No! I'm definitely not a spy! If I was, I would have at least known who you all were or that this ship was even a pirate ship!" I deny while shaking my head.
"..." He glares at me for a moment then takes his hand away. "Then answer the question already."
"I was swimming with my friends! I was careless and didn't follow instructions of the oldest one in the group, so I fell into the whirlpool." I explain the best I could.
"Friends?" Thomas sounded worried. "Then we should hurry and let them know she's alright!"
"Hold it, Thomas." Nathan stops him from running out of the room. "There's something she's not telling us."
'He may be quiet, but he's very observant.' I study Nathan's stern face.
"If I told you everything about myself, you all would not believe me." Then I study each of their faces. 'Okay.. I've come to realize that these guys are all pretty handsome and well built.' I think as I blush a little.
"What makes you say that?" Russell speaks up.
I narrow my eyes sadly, "You won't believe me unless I-", *loud stomach growl* Surprised, I quickly put my hands on my stomach and blush hard. "S-sorry." Then the whole room bursts into laughter.
"Haha!" The Captain comes over and pats my head with his big hand. "Nathan! She's going to need your cooking!"
"..." Nathan doesn't say anything as he heads out of the room.
Embarrassed, I keep my head down.
"Hehe, that's cute." I hear Christopher chuckle.
"Someone's really hungry!" Thomas giggles.
"That sounded like wild beast instead of a stomach." Russell was laughing his head off.
"..." Eduardo didn't say anything, but from the corner of my eye I could see he was stifling his laughs with his hand.
"Well, she hasn't eaten anything in two days! It's surprising how her stomach didn't growl the moment she woke up." Captain Morgan walks to the door while still laughing. "Eat up, Sue! We will continue this discussion once you're well." He closes the door.
'Oooh! Why did it have to growl at all?!' I squeeze my eyes shut.
The laughter continues until Nathan comes back with a board full of food. I gape at it. 'W-wow, that looks good.'
Nathan glances at me, "Eat it." And sets the board on my lap.
I turn my attention to Nathan and smile, "Thank you for making all this."
"..." Nathan just stares at me.
Thomas speaks, "Go on and eat it, Miss Sue!"
"It's not poisoned." Russell snickers.
I roll my eyes on his comment and look at the food. 'I have never eaten this much food before.' I begin tasting it and my eyes went wide with surprise. "It's delicious!" I yell out and use my hands to stuff my face.
Nathan nods slowly but continues to stare.
I stop eating, "Is something wrong?"
They all look at each other then turn their gaze back to me. Christopher speaks after a moment of silence, "I can understand that Nathan is a great cook. But... Why aren't you using a spoon?"
I tilt my head, "A spoon?..." I look at the the board and see a familiar small metal object. I take it in my hand and examine it.
"..." Eduardo doesn't say anything,
"Wait. She seriously doesn't know what a spoon is?" Russell lifts up a brow while Thomas just looks surprised.
"Um.. The only thing I've eaten is fish and I used my hands to eat it." I reply.
"Only fish?" Nathan also lifts a brow.
"That's the only source of food I had..." I set the spoon down and look at my dirty hands. 'Was the way I ate, strange? Cari would have told me.'
"What kind of life did you live?!" Russell asked without thinking.
"..." I stay silent, not wanting to tell them about my life.
I was about to apologize until Christopher comes over to crouch beside me, with a wet towel and cleans my hands. "I'll teach you how to use a spoon." He takes the object and shows me how to hold it. I copy his actions and eat the food in front of me again.
"See? You do know how to use it." Christopher gently says.
I nod, "Thanks." I whisper to myself "So my body remembers this as well."
Everyone kept stealing glances at each other in question.
Christopher stands up, "Sue, You will get better after eating the meals Nathan cooks and getting enough rest." He moved towards the door and opens it. "Everyone here should head off to bed as well."
With that Thomas, Russell, and Nathan walk out of the room. They all looked a bit confused, but willingly left the room without anymore questions. Just before Eduardo goes to leave...
"Speaking of getting better," I spoke. "How long will it take till I can use my leg?"
"You will need to be off that leg for five more days. It may also leave a scar. The cut you had was pretty deep." Christopher sadly announced.
"Five days... " I worriedly look out the window. I turn around to face them both, "Also, how did you all find me?" I had been wondering about that the whole time.
"Captain found you." Eduardo answered.
Christopher continued. "He was on out on deck with Eduardo when they both heard your scream. Captain was looking through the telescope and saw you get caught in the whirlpool. He watched you until you were washed up on the ice island."
"Captain ordered me to get closer to where you landed and he went off the ship to carry you back." Eduardo finished.
'So I was carried? Then that dream I had was real?' I recall the pair of strong arms and blushed a bit. "I should thank him the next time he's here."
"Good idea." Christopher smiles. "Now rest."
I obey and lie down. "Thank you for everything and goodnight." I tell them and shut my eyes.
"Goodnight Sue." Christopher walks away with Eduardo and closes the door.
I open my eyes slightly and think, 'I've been asleep for two days and now I won't move for five more... I need let Cari or Master Bruinen know somehow.'
Then I heard a loud whale sound. I look out the window because it was Master Bruinen calling my name. I felt so sad that I couldn't go talk to him.
I also heard Eduardo and Christopher talking outside the door. So I listen in on their conversation to distract myself.
"A whale? That's odd." Eduardo speaks. "But that is not the only thing odd tonight. You noticed it, right Doc?"
"Yes. Her behavior was strange, but we can't just pry into her life. Our guest just woke up and she is definitely a normal girl. We should let her free once she heals." Christopher told him.
"What we need to do is get the map to the treasure first then do the rest." Eduardo's voice grows more distant.
"Haha, I've forgotten about the treasure. I'm sure Captain has plans." I barely hear Christopher answer as their footsteps have disappeared.
'Treasure?' I question.