A/N: SO I kinda lied as to when I'll be uploading chapters. I might be uploading them two or three times a week I'm not sure. Let me know in the reviews if I should upload them more frequently or less?
Finally atop the watch tower the young woman named Alice gazed out as her eyes fell upon the golden hue of the dyeing sun and the faint sounds of animals below, tigers, deer's, dogs and the variety of birds and insects all seemed to sing in their own unique harmony. Leaning against the rusty railing with arms folded over her chest, Alice gaze out her blue eyes falling upon the beauty before her, from the brilliant golden canvas of the sky to the green wild jungle. None of it seemed to make her stop and remember that she wasn't alone up here that she was sharing this moment with another.
Leaning against one of the various steel frames Vaas watched the woman; she seemed so intrigued by the beauty before her that the mad pirate couldn't comprehend it. All he saw was something he got to see every single day of his life, the damn jungle and its festering filled animals and that blinding sunlight, yet before him stood a woman so utterly opposite to him and yet she hadn't even tried to escape, maybe she had thought it but whatever thoughts she once had where now gone. Vaas could see she had changed slightly in her own way, her words earlier during the day did in a sense wash over him but once he was finished having his fun and his headache had passed he'd recall what she said. Maybe there was a place for her in this island after all but she would find no freedom in it, she was his and he wasn't willing to let her go, not now and not ever.
In a way it had surprised him, knowing that Alice seemed to hold a hatred towards his own half-sister, Citra and the fact that Alice seemed to hold an almost annoyed attitude in her tone when speaking about the Rakyat, it was all that Vaas needed to know to make this woman into what he wanted, surly enough she wasn't going to escape or go home to whatever life she had lived, no she was HIS trophy and HIS alone!
Taking in a deep breath Alice rocked on her heels and closed her eyes allowing the breeze to pass over her before she turned and looked at Vaas, the man's attitude seemed bored and almost irritated but Alice gave a nod in respect, she'd pestered him to let her come up her and funny enough he had done just that maybe in a way he was thanking her for the herbal stuff to ease his headache or was there more to it? Smiling softly she walked over towards him as he remained motionless and pre-occupied with something else far out in the lower part of the jungle but Alice gave him a slight friendly nudge and started to head back down the railing and the various other platform levels until she was sound on the ground followed by Vaas shortly behind her none the less.
"You would do that every day hmm?"
"Yep it was the only thing that kept me sane enough to deal with some of the Rakyat's and their problems."
As expected Vaas chuckled at her words before wrapping his right hand around her waist walking along her side, for a faint moment it seemed almost like a couple taking a romantic stroll through the jungle if only it wasn't Vaas the Pirate Lord with his Trophy, even the way his arm was around her waist gave off a controlling and dominate appearance as if he had to have his hands on her to make it clear she was his. For Alice this had become a normal display as the two walked back down to the coastal area towards the boat before heading back to his own little personal compound. Even so far away Alice could hear the boom box blasting away in the distance, from sounds of it was some techno or dubstep genre music being played, Alice already noted another larger boat near the dock as Vaas hoisted the woman out with almost no effort.
Prostitutes seemed to be a common thing that Alice had gotten use to since being here but she didn't realize until now that the way Vaas actually kept her close when they entered the compound, his eyes gazed forward and his head held high, despite the calls from the side from various types of women cooing to him and trying to charm him, the man just kept walking holding Alice tightly by his side with no interest of stopping or even looking a single one of these women in the eye. This made him truly look like an up-him-self-man and maybe that was true, she'd seen the way he killed that other prostitute before just because of the way she had looked at him but Alice couldn't comprehend why he held her close, why he had chosen her over all these others.
Sure Alice was a trophy that he liked to keep clean and parade around by his side from time to time, but Alice didn't have the looks like these women, she didn't have the long lush hair or the beautiful angled chin let alone the body, all Alice had was a slightly muscular figure and wide hips which always drew in the attention from men but Vaas was a mystery to Alice and one she knew she'd never understand. Suddenly the man stopped and Alice at first thought maybe it was a prostitute or a Puta as Vaas called them, it took the woman a moment to snap back into reality to realize it was Abel, the large man was holding a machete, a bloody one at that, his hands where clenched around it showing the faint whites of his knuckles despite his darkened tone skin.
"One of the whores tried to free the newest of our slave batch"
That tone of his was cold, emotionless and utterly chilling to the bone as Alice gulped down her sense of fear, amidst the partying atmosphere Abel looked the look of a murderer yet none of the pirates or women here seemed to mind, they kept to themselves and Alice didn't blame them. Nodding his head Alice could sense that Vaas was in agreement with the man before him despite the intimidating look Abel had there was a submissive pose in his body until his one eye fell upon Alice, his blind eye often made her feel awkward looking at it but against the dark of his skin she couldn't help but focus on its cloudy appearance.
"You let her off without chains Boss?"
"I'm the only fucking Chain this perra will need!"
"Good to know Boss, but may I suggest keeping an eye on her, some of the men here have talked of her despite your orders."
Even though the music was loud enough there still felt like utter silence between the two as it took Vaas a second to reply back, he seemed slightly pissed to hear this and Alice had to recall that the man standing before her had given himself the title of Rapist, something in Swahili he had said which Alice didn't catch but it made her wonder for a moment if the man was hinting to something more.
"Tomorrow morning I will talk with the men then. If she escapes or is out by her own without me then you will take care of her then?"
"Of course Boss I have done so before and I will do so again, I'm loyal to you more than I am to these men."
Alice had to hold back a laughter at his words, the man before her had indeed threatened to kill her despite Vaas' orders and yet here he was sounding like the good guy, but yet he didn't shoot her that day, he seemed to let her off with a warning as if to tell her not to think about escaping but she could tell that the relationship between the two was mutual, a high respect for each other but Vaas still seemed to hold himself higher above the others never considering another equal and he displayed that with a nod of his head and shooing Abel away with a motion of his hand before continuing to walk through the crowed with Alice by his side.
Party, it was the first thing that hit Alice as the two entered his little shanty but Vaas didn't seem up to it as he slumped against the mattress and laid on his back ruffling his Mohawk slightly in the process with his gaze focused on the tin ceiling. Briskly Alice decided it was best to lay on the mattress as well as it seemed the man wasn't interested in being bothered. With a click of his tongue he put his fingers to her head and she wondered what he was doing until she noted his hand was shaped like a gun, his smirk grew as she noted that but Alice didn't seem to mind as she looked back up to the ceiling.
"Movie?"
"Why not?"
Getting up off the bed Vaas seemed to only want to relax, maybe he was still tired from the headache earlier during the day but night was growing and soon enough the pair would be sound asleep despite the loud sounds coming from outside that is. For a few minutes Vaas shuffled in the dim lighted room through his stack of dvd collections, Alice sat up and watched him wondering how he managed to even decide between such good movies to watch. For Alice it would have taken her a full hour to come up with any selection of movies to watch and even then she'd still be debating what would suit her current mood or make her feel better. At least Vaas had a clear idea of what he wanted; he seemed to find an old film which Alice hadn't seen in a long time. On the screen popped up the menu and Vaas pressed the dvd player button before jumping up onto the mattress and curling alongside Alice as if she was a pillow.
Scream scrolled across the screen and Alice couldn't help but softly laugh, of course he had to pick a horror movie and one that at least wasn't too boring, Vaas seemed curious as to why she laughed but as the movie started to go along the two only ended up curled against each other, time passed and it seemed like everything was ok, that this time Alice had spent here had grown on her and that she was starting to find her place here along Vaas' side but those thoughts shortly died out when a knock came. Getting up from his cosy position and pausing the movie, Vaas made sure to approach the door with slight caution before springing it open, he yelled something out a cliché quote from a film.
"Surprise Mother Fucker!"
It was the response to his sudden erupted words that caught Alice off guard, it was a slight squeal, a very high pitched sort of tone which only spelt one thing, prostitute. Like the jealous woman Alice was she turned her head and focused on anything but the sounds and the pain that shattered on the inside of her chest. Into a harsh reality Alice spiralled, of course why would Vaas by any means keep Alice as his one and only, in strolled a woman with perky breasts she was wearing a yellow modern style dress that would have suited a Kardashian for sure, Vaas seemed almost like a childish boy ignoring Alice and talking to the woman who strolled in like as if she was on the catwalk. All the while Alice curled up against the pillow and closed her eyes and pushed out the conversation not wishing to know what they were talking about.
"Who might this be?"
That high pitched sweet toned voice cooed softly in an almost lustrous way into Alice's ear brushing her lips slightly against the lob of Alice forcing the woman to open her eyes and look at the gorgeous beauty leaning over her. Since when had this woman crawled over the mattress to see Alice was unknown but the closeness of her face made Alice slightly on edge and nervous.
"This Hermosa is my little reason for brining you here."
"Oh this is her? Well she is indeed quiet the looker no wonders you're so fond of her."
Giggling slightly with a wink this woman just screamed cliché wanna-be-model-actress all over her face as Alice looked slightly confused tempting as it was to glare, Alice fought hard to remain emotionless, but what did Vaas mean he wasn't planning on having a threesome was he? There was no way Alice would co-operate and she could feel the heat rising on her face and she was thankful that it was so dark in here that no one would have noticed.
"Well shall I get started?"
"Of course Mizra go for it, if you need me I'll be out with the boys ok?"
With that Vaas left leaving the woman named Mizra and Alice alone together, there was utter silence between the two apart from the faint giggle and sugar coated smile on this woman's face which made Alice even more jealous but there wasn't any time for Alice to think or even spit a hissy fit as the woman grabbed her by the wrists and pulled her up on her knees.
"Right then, I'm Mizra, and you sweaty I already know your name."
There was no extending of the hand to shake or anything but the faint tap of a French tipped nail index finger on Alice's forehead which only made Alice feel even more annoyed with this odd little entertainment she was being provided with. Crossing her arms over her chest and averting her gaze anywhere from the woman before her, if only Alice could just rewind time back.
"Let me guess you have no idea why I'm here right? Well that's ok because tadah! Look what I've got!"
Suddenly with eager excitement the woman pulled out something round and cylinder from her breasts before pulling out a few other things, make up was Alice's first guess as she let out a sigh and let the woman continue her little array of show casing the various items she was hording in her breasts.
"What is this make up lesson?"
Alice scolded however Mizra didn't seem to mind as she just kept pulling one thing out after another until she finally seemed to have empty her loot out which funny enough made her breasts now look a little flatter, there was probably a reason for her stuffing that make up in her boobs from the looks of it which made Alice softly laugh at the thought of this woman having to strip down and snap off her bra with a loud clank of assorted make up hitting the ground. Yet this was Alice's first assumption of this woman, considering her stereotypical looks and tone of voice.
"I guess you could say that."
Chimed the woman with a wink and giving a cliché peace sign with her fingers, she seemed like such a perky little woman she wasn't old maybe mid 30's but her voice and attitude made her seem like a young teen, much like those popular sluts in school. Rolling her eyes Alice felt rather dull by this whole thing until she realized there was another thing that the woman pulled out, it wasn't from her bra but her small little purse, it was crumped up into a plastic bag and once it was unveiled Alice had to take a wild guess that maybe this wasn't just some make up little session he had coned up.
"Pads! I hope you don't mind, I use the thin ones personally but Vaas did say you needed some girly time and so I was first on the list so I thought I'd bring along some supplies!"
Alice felt sick on the inside, this woman was just a bundle of 'joy' and 'enthusiasm' but that burning feel inside Alice didn't die and she heard the woman make an almost gasp like sound before giggling.
"Oh no I hope you don't think me and Vaas are- No no I'm one of Hoyts girlfriends"
Hoyts Girlfriends? Alice had not met the man himself but she felt sorry for him all of a sudden, who would want to be stuck with such an over the moon woman like this? Though it made her softly laugh which seemed to only encourage Mizra as she got up off the mattress and then dragged over a small luggage bag. What on earth had Vaas come to? This was utter torment for Alice but she tried to hold back the laughter watching this fragile little woman who seemed just like a snob. Maybe this Hoyt man was so powerful he was a pimp or something but Alice couldn't imagine Vaas exactly working for someone who would be so snobby, it had to be a man with power and not just money either.
"So tell me little Alice how did you catch the eye of the Pirate lord?"
Sitting back on the bed and fumbling with the luggage by her side she seemed eager to hear the story but Alice rubbed the back of her skull and shrugged her shoulders, Alice wasn't sure herself how it started and she didn't want to admit to anything to this woman especially her own feelings though the sensation of hate towards her wasn't there anymore.
"I have no idea"
"Well I'll be honest I've never heard him call any slave or prisoner a Hermosa so it must be a good thing, he always calls women Puta's or what's that other one….?"
"Perra?"
"Yes that's the one! Even Hoyt seems to encourage him to keep you alive so I guess you must play a big role here or something right?"
"Ha! Yeah right I wouldn't say that, I just do whatever Vaas says and try to stay out of trouble."
"Really? Wow you're like the ultimate girlfriend then!"
This little dance back and forth of questions and over the top reactions went on for a fair few minutes, over time Mizra had given Alice a range of various dresses and tights and shoes, all of which she had neatly packed inside the luggage and made sure to give Alice a wide range of tips of everything, especially on sex as if Alice had no idea what sex was which made her slightly annoyed but the hours went on and eventually Mizra left being escorted by a man who looked like he was a part of the army, he wasn't a pirate that was for sure but once the woman had left did Alice finally taking in a long deep breath feeling exhausted as if she had been working out for hours. The fact that Alice had to keep a reign on her emotions was what probably did it and she had to admit that was the most torturous thing she had ever had to deal with, heck she'd rather have her flesh skinned then deal with that again.
Soon enough Vaas returned slightly tipsy, Alice did her best to put the luggage bag filled with clothes and the make up to the side of the bed she'd been using as she pouted slightly to herself of course until she felt Vaas slump against the mattress and pull her in for his need of cuddles, funny enough as that is to imagine.
"Did you enjoy Mizra's company Hermana?"
"Oh yeah she was a bundle of fun"
"I thought you'd like some company apart from me"
There was a slight chuckle in his voice before he started to kiss Alice along the nap of her neck to her collar bone where he stopped as if he was hesitant, Alice couldn't contain the wondering thoughts as to why, he was so damn close to her, of a night he would just want to cuddle and it seemed strange to her, he had tested her from the start and curiosity had gotten the better of her own judgment.
"Why do you like to cuddle?"
"Why the fuck do you ask huh Hermana? Am I not allowed to indulge in the touch of a woman such as you? I will tell you this once, I'm the one that fucking rules here and you do as I fucking say."
Heat seemed to rise on his skin and Alice felt slightly nervous knowing fully well that she herself despite everything she had gone through so far was still nothing to this man, sure he seemed charming and handsome but once more Alice was reminded of a black widow, luring in their mates before killing them once they have had their fun, or a preying mantas for that matter. Oh the world of insects was strange but this man that lay next to her and buried his head into her neck was by far the most mysterious thing she had ever come upon.
A/N: If you could so kindly leave a review I'd very much appreciate it and a big thanks to the many people whom have faved and followed this story it really means a lot :) As for Mizra yep you will see a lot more of her in coming chapters.
