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A Change in the Tide
Chapter 9: Saved
"Creech!" The door to Lily's cabin opened. 'Damn,' thought Lily, 'I forgot to lock the door!'
From her hiding spot under her bed, she couldn't make out who was in her room, let alone whether she should be afraid of him. She could hear him rummaging through her belongings until he walked over to her bed. Lily knew that he was searching through her sheets for anything valuable. 'This pirate is obviously from the other ship.' Lily clasped a hand to her mouth trying hard not to make a noise. She relaxed as she saw the man walk away.
"What 'ave we got 'ere?"
Lily screamed. The man had only backed up to check what was under the bed. Now, she was face to face with an ugly pirate. He had earrings all over his face and was bald. His teeth were rotten and his body was covered in tattoos. He looked at her with an evil glint in his eyes.
"Ahh!" Lily was grabbed and pulled out from under the bed.
"My my, aren't you pretty." The pirate stared at her with lust and longing. Lily shivered in disgust at his gaze. "You're coming with me." And with that, he grabbed her and carried her up to the top of the ship. Lily tried with all her might to free herself from the loathsome pirate but was proven too weak. She screamed out hopelessly to the pirates around her but they couldn't hear her in all of the commotion.
Lily saw Sirius fighting. She tried to call out for him to help her. Lily gasped as she saw a smaller pirate jump out from behind Sirius and try to stab him. "Noooooo!" Lily screamed. She was saved from the sorrow when at the last second, someone had jumped out and pushed Sirius out of the way. When both men stood up to face their opponents, Lily saw that it was Captain Potter who had saved her friend. Lily did not have much time to mull over it though, because she was swung over to the enemy ship. She could faintly make out in the distance, someone calling her name.
Lily wasn't let down by the man carrying her until they were at the furthest end of the ship. There, he let go of her and looked her up and down before making a quick decision to pick her up again. He walked them into a room, threw her onto a bed, then turned to lock the door.
He walked over to her, pushed her down, and laid on top of her. He began kissing her feverishly and Lily tried to wriggle herself out from under him, but could not manage it.
James and Sirius pushed people out of their way, trying to reach Miss Evans. Along their way, they had to stop and fight off other pirates. Finally, James made it through and crossed to the other ship. He turned around and saw Sirius fighting someone. 'Sirius will be fine by himself. I need to save Miss Evans,' thought James as he continued his search for Miss Evans.
He ran to the other side of the ship, stopping occasionally to fight off an enemy. James looked around, but found no sign of Evans. 'I saw them come over here. They have to be here somewhere.'
James heard a scream come from the door to his right. He ran to it and grabbed the handle. "Damn it, it's locked; I should have known." James backed up and ran at the door, slamming his shoulder into the door. It came crashing to the floor. James hardly noticed the pain in his shoulder as he looked up to see a pirate kissing Miss Evans on a bed in front of him. The pirate got off the girl once he noticed James' presence. Miss Evans looked at James with relief.
Lily nearly cried when James had arrived in the cabin she was in. She had never been so happy to see him before in her life.
She saw the fierceness in his eyes as he pulled out his sword and prepared to fight the man in front of him. They both moved around in circles before James pulled up his sword to attack. As the two began fighting, Lily moved to the corner of the room where she thought she would be safer.
More enemy pirates came running into the cabin and James tried to fight them all. He was spared the need when Sirius came crashing through the doorway to help. Although James and Sirius were greatly outnumbered, two to six, they had the upper hand in skill.
Lily watched as the two brave men fought off their enemies. Once all of the pirates were unconscious except for one, James walked over to her while Sirius faced his opponent.
James saw how worried and scared Miss Evans was. She was distraught and shivering like mad. He kneeled down next to her and looked into her tearful emerald eyes. It was the first time he had seen so much fear in them. "Are you okay?" James asked with concern. Evans nodded. "Did he hurt you?" She looked down and said, "No, not physically at least." James concluded that she was simply flustered and would be alright in a couple of days. He pulled her close to him and gave her a gentle hug. "Everything will be fine," James whispered in her ear.
When they let go of each other, they looked up to see Sirius smiling at them.
"Come on, lets go," James told them. They all got up and walked back to The Phoenix. "Stay with Miss Evans," James whispered in his best mates' ear. Sirius nodded and took Miss Evans by the hand. He walked her below deck where they would stay until the battle was over.
James looked around and saw that many of the enemy pirates were retreating. James sighed in relief. It was all over.
Once the pirates were all on their appropriate ships, Captain Potter told his crew to ready the ship to sail east. After all orders were given, he walked up to Remus and Peter who were waiting patiently in the corner to talk to him.
"So, what's the news?" James asked.
"Well," said Peter, "there are quite a few injured but luckily no one died from our side. Also, there is a small break from a cannon but it can be fixed in no time."
James smiled thankfully. Then Remus said, "What are we going to do about the injured?"
James stared at his friend, lost in thought. They never really had a nurse or doctor aboard. 'Perhaps, Miss Evans might know a thing or to about nursing,' James thought. "For now, I want you two to tend to the injured. I have to go talk to Sirius and Miss Evans for a little while.
Sirius and Lily waited patiently for news from the Captain. A few minutes later, Lily heard a knock on her cabin door. Captain Potter walked in. He looked at them and then immediately began talking. "Well, the battle is over, we won. No one was killed on our side. The bad news is that several people were injured," James paused before continuing in a softer tone. "Miss Evans, how are you feeling?"
Lily looked into James' hazel eyes and saw such care and concern in them. "I'm doing better."
"That's good, that's good. Yes, well, I was wondering if you had any nursing skills." James looked at the girl anxiously.
"I know a thing or two, only the basics. Why?" Lily looked up curiously.
"You know how several people are injured aboard this ship, well, we don't have a doctor or nurse on board. There is no one to tend to the injured men. I know you are not up to it right now, but when you are better, I think that you should become our ship's nurse."
Lily looked confused. "But, I already have several jobs on this ship. Adding another one and I would never finish everything in a day. I can't handle it."
Sirius walked over to Lily and stood behind her back, rubbing it soothingly. He eyed James. "Umm, how about you drop all of your shores except for helping George in the kitchen. Then could you handle being the ship's nurse?" James questioned.
Lily thought about the compromise and nodded her head.
"Great. When do you think you will be able to work again?"
"I can start now if you need me."
"I think that you may need to get better first. Clear up your head, you know," James said.
Lily's eyes flashed with anger. "I already told you, I'm fine. I am going to start right now. The men need me and there is nothing you can do to stop me."
James took a step back, not expecting Miss Evans' sudden anger.
"Okay, okay, you can go on up and help Remus and Peter on the second floor. They are already trying to help the men."
Lily stomped out of the room leaving Sirius and James alone.
"Wow, I think you may have been right when you said she was more stubborn than me," James chuckled light heartedly.
"I told you so," said Sirius.
A/N: I felt bad for not having updated in ahwile so I decided to write this one sooner. Now, maybe you won't be so mad at me.
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