Chapter 10: First Call to Duty

This chapter is Amaya's first experience in the navy and she has a lot to learn. As she experiences something quite exciting for her first day. Also she meets another mysterious guest in our continuing mystery that surrounds her.

Ps: I don't own Pirates of the Caribbean or its character, I merely own my original characters for the purpose of the story and its ever-growing plot.

A few weeks later she found herself waiting by the docks in the line as various men were separated into groups that went to various boats. Shifting forward as she came to a table that held papers with a man behind it.

" Adrian Cruz you will go to captain's Salazar's boat." Nodding her head respectfully before she turned to the dock that held the captain's boat. She felt nervous for her call to duty but hide it well behind a confident look.

She stood on the dock along with the others that would become apart of the crew. Pulling out a book that talked about star constellations which was a skill that sailor had to be an expert at if they wanted to make it to the ranks of captain and above. Opening the book to the last page she had read last night before bed. This section told her about the star constellation Aries, she examined the graph that showed the stars forming into a shape of a ram.

The myths of the stars interested her a great deal, she resolved to learn more when she came back. Glancing up she saw that the sailors started to walk up the board that led to the ship's deck. Opening her bag where she had packed a few sets of clothing, some books and her journal to write about her adventures aboard the ship.

By this time she found herself walking up the wooden board that led to the ship that would begin her adventure. Glancing backwards as she saw the old woman standing in the crowd, she nodded at her and turned around.

Thinking to herself " I will make you proud and come back with even more powerful." cooly she walked up to the deck while inside she was full of excitement. Her feet touched the deck and the wood board fell away. Smiling to herself as she inhaled the sea air and felt the breeze blowing through her curly hair.

Walking over to the group that's being directed by another man who wasn't captain Salazar. She waited quietly to find out what her position on the ship would be. The closer she got to the man the more she could see how much he resembled captain Salazar. His face held the same cat-like features but with narrow eyes that were the same color as her's.

She narrowed her eyes at this but filed it away for a later time. Soon she reached the front of the line and the man said " You are Adrian Cruz, you shall be guarding captain Salazar everywhere he goes."

" Yes Lieutinant Salazar" she walked away to the spot where Captain Salazar stood on a balcony overlooking the deck below. Moving over to stand behind the captain her hand ever close to the rapier that she held at her side. As for her outfit she wore a semi loose white shirt that had long sleeves. For pants she wore semi loose black trousers, leather brown boots and a leather brown hat on her hair. Over her shirt she wore a simple brown vest, over all she looked like your typical sailor of the navy that didn't have a rank.

Her eyes darted around the ship studying the various things that each men did. Putting all this information in her head as this would be useful when she one day commanded her own ship in the navy. The captain turned around to see the lieutenantt walking over to him, the captain exclaimed " Brother!" reaching up to embrace.

" I told you to call me lieutenant Salazar while on the ship." he grumbled sullenly. The captain rolled his eyes as he said " Such a sticker for rules Mateo!" She ignored this quietly as she didn't want to disturb the reunion but she had never seen her captain acting like this. Then again he was her teacher at the time and on the same ship as the most powerful Admiral in the Spanish navy.

This much information she had managed to pick up during her last week on the training ship. When she heard that part about the Admiral her face turned deathly pale. Thinking to herself " No wonder I barely won!"

" Brother let me introduce you to my apprentice Adrian Cruz!" leading his younger brother over to where she stood guard. " I've heard of him after all the rumors that have spread about your apprentice. The rumors of him fighting like a cat or sparring with the Admiral as a test. The shock of many when she managed to win in the end. They say he is the best thing in the navy since our grandfather. And finally there are whispers that he is a prodigy in the naval arts and may one day become an admiral."

The captain looked proud of this as he said " The History books will show that I trained him and taught him everything." While she felt pride for the things she accomplished she remembered the old woman saying " Never allow your success to go to your head it will make you extremely arrogant and lead to mistakes. It's alright to have pride in your accomplishment and even be a little arrogant but don't let it cloud your judgement." Her thoughts then moved to what they were saying " You taught me many lessons in combat and the naval arts. But I learned many things from the old woman who helped me as well!"

Standing there silently as the two men continued to discuss various things that didn't have anything to do with her. Suddenly the conversation came back to her as the lieutenant said " You look like our grandmother as well as having the same colored eyes as her and me." the lieutenant said as his intelligent eyes looked her over.

" That is true, he could be a distant cousin of mother's. But I highly doubt it as Adrian says he comes from the Canary Island." The lieutient nodded as she turned her head away from the conversation and looked at the deck below.

However she still felt the lieutenants intelligent eyes roaming over her face. Ignoring this as she watched the captain going down the stairs, following a few feet behind as he talked to various members of the navy that held various ranks.

Out of the corner of her eye she watched a man rush forward barreling towards the captain. The man held a dagger in his right hand that he sent forth in a stabbing motion towards the captain and lieutenant. Quickly unsheathing her rapier as she lashed out with a powerful frontal slash that blocked the dagger.

Sensing an open in her duel with the man, using her left hand to swipe him across the face as the man hit the ground. Calmly sheathing her sword as said out loud " Captain it seems that this was an assassin." handing him the dagger as she said " What would you like me to do?"

The captain said coldly " Take him to the top deck." Two men grabbed the men and dragged him up the stairs. Following them as her hand drifted even closer towards her sword. A serious expression on her face.

When they reached the top where the stood there hanging from the arms of the two men while the captain stood before him. She heard the whisper of the various men standing on the deck for her act of bravery, ignoring this she asked " Captain would you like to interrogate him for intel?"

The captain lips gave a slightly sadistic smirk as he wordlessly stepped away and allowed her to stand before the man. Out of no where she slammed her fist into his face sending him to the ground as blood stained the desk and her shirt. Slamming her knees into his chest brutally as she got on top of him and began a barrage of fist that sent the face flying in both directions.

" My guard will not stop until you tell us what we want to know, assassin?" the captain said coldly as he watched the beating happening before him.

Coldly watching as her right fist slammed into his face as blood splattered across her shirt and face at the same time. Ignoring this as she continued with her left fist savagely slamming into the man's cheek. In a furious voice she asked " Are you ready to talk yet?"

When the man didn't answer her blood boiled as he attempted to kill someone who was deeply precious to her. Renewing her vicious assault as the barrage of fist rained down even faster now.

Suddenly a cold voice said " That's enough Adrian, I think our assassin is ready to talk. Go and clean yourself up below deck." Signaling one of the crew members to take her. Walking past the crew men as she glanced down at the blood that covered her white shirt.

Changing into another white shirt as she proceeded to wipe away the blood that covered her face. Exiting the cleaning area as she walked past the man. Her twitched slightly when the man grabbed her arm " Do you need something" in a menacing tone as she was still extremely angry at the man above.

" That was brave thing you did lad but quite brutal if I must say." Smirking at this as she replied " Well sometimes you have to be brutal to get what you want in this world."

I hope you enjoyed this chapter and another introduction of Amaya's many nephews as well as nieces. Let me know what you think of Amaya's first day as apart of the Navy. I think she made quite the introduction of herself.