Hey... so sorry for not updating sooner... got really busy with homework and tests and then I got sick... So yea. Here you go. Sorry for it being so short.

«Chapter Ten»

"Finally," Wayland muttered as Robin and Eric walked into his cabin. "How long does it take to walk up stairs and walk across the deck and then walk up some more stairs?" he asked. Eric opened his mouth to answer. "Don't answer, it was a rhetorical question." Eric quickly closed his mouth. "So the reason I wanted you, was because there's another ship on the horizon, The Rolling Tide," Wayland said giving Robin a silencing glare because he knew that she was going to try to butt in and put in her own two sense. "Now, Nicholas can be friendly, but I've not spoken with him since my father's death. He may or may not welcome us. And then we've got the problem of Michael later, because that man doesn't know how to keep to his own territory," Wayland muttered.

"How long until we reach The Rolling Tide?" Robin asked cutting Wayland off from saying anymore. "That's all we need to know," she said rolling her eyes when Eric sighed.

"If he decides to run away, it could take days, if he stays put, it could be only a matter of hours," Wayland replied clearly not impressed with Robin.

"We don't have days before Garrett catches us," Robin grumbled. "We have only a few hours at the most… You know him, you said it yourself. You know how he goes about his business." Robin looked upset, and angry. Upset, because Wayland wasn't treating her exactly the way she wanted, and angry, because her father was still trying to take her back.

Wayland shook his head and looked away from her. "Robin, I know I said I know Garrett, but the truth behind that is nobody knows anybody. Everyone has their own little dark secrets that you'll never know," he said, his voice calm, but his amber eyes dancing with fire. "Want to know the truth? Ask Eric."

Eric put his hands up. "I am not going fight," Eric said. "What haven't I said that need be said?"

"Pirate," Wayland muttered so softly that Robin almost didn't catch it.

"Pirate?"

Eric attempted to give Wayland a menacing look, but he couldn't bring himself to do it because Robin was there as well. He looked down at his boots. "Yea," he murmured. "There're pirates in my family. Isn't that right, Wayland?"

"You knew his parents?" Robin asked now confused.

"Last name is Thompson correct?" Wayland inquired. Eric nodded his head, but just barely. "I knew your father, Dustin Thompson," Wayland murmured. "Good lad. Never did belong on this ship… Came back and tried to take care of my father four years later… Jeremy killed him…"

"Jeremy…?"

"Wayland," Wayland murmured softly.

"Your brother," Robin murmured.

"Your brother killed my father," Eric growled.

"Whoa," Wayland said taking a step back from Eric and Robin. "I had no say in what happened to Dustin. If I had, he would be alive." Wayland looked behind Eric and Robin. "Ah, there you are!" Wayland exclaimed. "Remove them before either of them kills me!"

Robin felt hands on her shoulders and the person pulled her away from Wayland, she turned her head to see Conner. "Why do you listen to this idiot?" she muttered under her breath.

"Because," Conner said as he pushed her toward the stairs, "he is my captain, I have to follow orders."

Robin scowled at him, "You don't have to," she muttered.

"You and I are two very different people, and if I don't follow orders, I get booted off the ship, one thing I do not want, thank you very much," Conner said as they walked down the stairs. "Promise me you'll stay away from him."

"Pfft, you don't even have to worry about me going near him," Robin muttered. "Okay, fine, I promise I won't go near him," she grumbled when Conner gave her a serious look. "Okay?" she asked in a very irritated tone.

"If you go within ten meters of him, I'll have you in the brig," Conner said with a little bit of a smirk cracking across his face. "Go on," he said nodding as he turned back in the direction he'd come from.

"You were asking for it," Eric murmured as he came up from behind her, and she jumped.

"You were the one who decided to start that," Robin said as she turned to Eric.

"No actually, it was you, you cut him off from going on about Michael and Nicholas and them," Eric said after a moment. Robin scowled at him. "I'm just saying. It's the truth."

"Oh I've had enough of truth today," Robin muttered.

"Sorry," Eric grumbled. "But it is."

Robin sighed, "Eric, how long have you known about pirate blood being in your blood?" she asked looking away from him.

"A little while after I got here," Eric replied quietly.

"Why didn't you tell me before?" she inquired turning her tawny brown eyes on him.

"I didn't know how to say it, or what to say," he admitted. "Would you have said it suddenly had it been you?" he countered.

"Yes, probably," Robin murmured.

Eric snorted and then rolled his dark amber eyes. "Lies," he said shaking his head. "I really do hate it when people lie to me."

"No! I really would!" Robin said said her voice louder. "Next thing you find out is that you're not from England, you're from Spain, and then we have to kill you." Robin smiled evilly at that. He scowled at her. "Oh come on, I was just messing around."

He cracked a smile, "So was I," he said with a little bit of cheerfulness in his tone.

She made a face at him. "Hmp," she muttered. "So disrespectful."

He snorted, "Yea, like you have room to talk," he muttered. "Come, we must keep away from Wayland… and I probably somewhere were Garrett won't be able to see you on deck," Eric murmured.

Okay, so tells me what chas think, because to me... I think this chapter is horrible... way too short for my liking.

Oooo and another thing! I'm writing a couple other stories (None are posted, they probably won't either) and I'm thinking about putting 'em up, tell me what cha think! And I shall be on my way!

Thanks for reading(: Have a good day!