I almost forgot what day it was. Upload day!

The knock startled both of us. Sonia seemed to be slightly more on guard it seemed, as her other ears had popped out again and her eyes erupted in gold. I sincerely hoped that whoever it was didn't just barge in.

"Kraglin! You awake in there? I'm coming in, and I swear if you're in yur skivvies again, imma whup yo' ass!" Came the captain's shout. Sonia ducked over the edge of the bed, I looked in confusion at the spot where she'd been, when Yondu opened the door.

"Oh good, you're up." He'd dropped the tone once the door was closed behind him. Sonia's furred head peeked over the bed, she'd fully transformed into, what I was still considering, her original form. Yondu noted her, "Oh, it's up too."

I shrugged, "Yeah, I guess we were both pretty wasted last night. I don't even remember getting back in here." I stifled a yawn, I was still kinda hungover and rather sleepy.

"That thing helped you get back here." Yondu gestured over to Sonia, who jumped up on the bed at her mention. Yondu gave me a questioning look, presumably about my letting it on the bed.

I shrugged again in response, "You try getting her off."

Yondu didn't look pleased at my nonchalant attitude, but I didn't feel right revealing Sonia's secret yet,it wasn't something we'd really had a chance to discuss and I had serious concerns about how the rest of the crew would react. As though to prove her place, she stretched her front legs out in front of her, arching her back and flexing her claws (careful not to snag them in my blankets and rip holes, thankfully) and sitting back on her hind legs. Yondu walked over to her.

"I saw your actions last night too." He snarled, pointing a finger in her face.

Sonia gave a highly unamused look in response and yawned; big, sharp teeth glinting in the currently low light settings of my room. Yondu was unshaken as his finger made contact with her dull pink nose in an attempt to regain her attention. "If you ever threaten one of my crew again, I'll feed ya to 'em."

"Cap'n, to be fair, Arvo was giving her a bitta trouble." I knew that he'd been watching the whole time, sober. It was very unlike him to have refrained from joining in our celebration, now that I think of it. Sonia and Yondu continued to lock eyes and glare at each other. I sighed, rubbing my face over with my hand.

"If'n I'm remembering right, she scratched you in the process." Yondu growled, still not taking his eyes off of her. At mention of this, Sonia broke gaze and flicked one of her ears in my direction.

I vaguely remembered something like that happening. I looked down at my right hand. Sure enough, there were three puckered lines running diagonally across it. When Sonia broke stare, Yondu took the few steps required to be in my range and seized my wrist so he could examine my hand. His eyes narrowed as he noted the obvious blood, but overall, the scratches weren't deep and already healing. Yondu released my hand and stomped back over to Sonia. She looked up at his approach.

"I know that you can understand me, girl. I won't have mutiny on my ship. You'un gonna live here, you gunna take my orders."

Sonia instantly looked over at me, I nodded at her, indicating that she should listen to what Yondu had to say. None of this escaped our captain, who didn't look too pleased that she seemed to be asking my permission before his.

"She lissen to you?" Yondu asked. He seemed mildly amused.

"For the most part. We have a truce." I explained. "You just need to talk to her like a person."

Yondu nodded, "I was hoping you'd remember Tivan's rule. Now, you." He turned his attention back on Sonia, "Know that I'm Kraglin's captain, that means I'm yours too. I won't have you tryin' to kill everyone on this ship. Someone messes wichu, you can't just kill'em. I don' want you takin' my men out. You'da had Arvo's arm if Kraglin hadn't stopped you. He may be a little shit sometimes, but I need my men usable. You got it?"

Sonia seemed to consider this before finally inclining her head enough to show consent. Yondu let out a slightly rough laugh.

"It seems that you can be reasoned with." He reached out to touch her before either of us could process his sudden laughter. I was shocked that Yondu was able to ruffle the fur of Sonia's head without her doing anything more than pinning her ears back and letting out a slight growl. "Now, nunna that, girl! Remember, you belong to Kraglin, you belong to me."

With this final reminder, Yondu inclined his head to me and strode out the door. I could see Sonia's fur sticking up in little points where Yondu's hand had been. She was rigid as a board when I reached over to fix it.

Knowing that I'd have the rest of the day to myself, I decided that a nap was in order to fully eradicate this headache. I sighed and leaned back against my pillow and started taking my coat and shirt off. I paused, now that I knew Sonia was actually a woman, this changed things drastically. I glanced over at her to see her back in her human form again, leaning over the edge of the bed to grab the shirt and pants she'd shucked before transforming. She slipped these on and lay down on the bed next to me.

"So basically, I can rough people up a bit, as long as I don't kill them?" She asked.

"Pretty much. Yondu's pretty relaxed when it comes to violence among the crew, so long as no one gets seriously hurt or dead. Gotta fight a bit for your place here." I continued to take off my clothes, I had a hard time sleeping otherwise. Before I laid back down, I glanced over at Sonia, who'd rolled over on her side to face the edge of the bed. She looked so odd and tiny in my oversized clothes.

As I laid next to her, I realized that I still had a million and one questions. Mostly I was curious as why she'd come back after I sent her off. If she hated me so much, she could have just taken off. I had just opened my mouth to ask her when she decided to speak instead.

"I… regret what happened to your hand." She said this in the same cool, even voice with which she said all things.

"Ravagers don't apologize for their actions." I automatically stated. It was something that Yondu liked to drill into every new member. We took what we wanted, we did what we wanted and we did so unapologetically. I'd heard it countless times, and as First Mate, I was used to repeating it to new crewmates.

"Good, because I fucking wasn't." Sonia snapped. I heard a soft growl but she didn't budge, she remained with her back facing me. I started to laugh. Man, this one was stubborn.

"You're going to fit right in!" I chuckled.

She sat up and looked over her shoulder at me, a mildly confused look on her face.

Yeah, yet another one i'm not too pleased with. If i decide to go back and change it later i'll let you guys know. I sat here and stared at it for about 5 minutes before deciding to upload as is.

~F2tM