A/N: Violence and swearing in this chapter. Just a heads up.
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Chapter 14
Eugene jumped out of the way of the first swipe of Gothel's sword. She snarled at him and he replied by sending his blade her way. The woman dodged his attack and came at him once more.
"Not so easy when you aren't sneaking up on people is it?" Eugene asked.
"I killed you once. It would be stupid on your part to think I couldn't do it again," Gothel smirked as she defended another one of his thrusts. Eugene had no come back for that instead at the moment he was wishing that he had brought the frying pan. He'd be unstoppable with that and the sword.
The two battled back and forth neither one seeming to gain any ground all the while causing Rapunzel to chew on her fingernails. The swords clashed, the sound of metal hitting metal filled the air. It went on for what seemed forever until Gothel was able to slice Eugene's arm.
"Ah!" Eugene hissed.
"Strike one," Gothel sneered. The anger inside the former thief grew and he struck out at her with renewed ferocity. He pushed her back and there was little Gothel could do about it. Finally he pinned her against one of the support columns. He took a mighty swing and only missed the woman by an inch as she tucked and rolled away from him, causing Rapunzel to lose sight of them around a corner.
"Hold still!" Eugene shouted as he charged at her again, the sword raised above his head, preparing for the kill when Gothel swung her blade at him from her position on the floor. The wind outside picked up and the ship rocked causing Eugene to fall forward as Gothel fell back. Rapunzel screamed, sure her beloved at met his death by way of Gothel's sword. Footsteps could be heard and quickly down the stairs came Hook Hand and Vlad.
"Princess!" Vlad saw her and quickly went about forcing the lock on her cell open while Hook Hand went looking for Eugene and Gothel. He rounded the corner to see a gruesome sight. Eugene was pinned in the upright position, his knees on the ground with Gothel's sword through his shoulder, the hilt pushed into her gut, not far from where Eugene's sword had gone straight through her midsection.
"Die bitch," Eugene's words were barely above a whisper as he spat the blood from his mouth onto the dying woman. She tried to say something but Hook Hand refused to let her, clamping his hand down on her mouth until he could no longer feel her breath on his hand.
"It is done," he said as he turned to Eugene. The former thief let out a small smile and quickly Hook Hand took him and laid him down on the deck.
"I'm going to pull this out," he indicated to the sword. Eugene nodded and prepared himself. As Hook Hand began to pull the weapon out he screamed. The pain was immense and the wounded man almost passed out. The pub thug scooped up Eugene and brought him to where Vlad had freed the injured Princess.
"Can you help him?" Hook Hand asked.
"Not here. We must get him to Soley," she choked back sobs as she reached out to him. Quickly the two pub thugs left the bowels of the ship and went topside.
"There they are!" Big Nose called out, having knocked the last of the Lalin-controlled men unconscious, as the group crossed the gangplank.
"Get them inside!" Soley ordered. As fast as they could, the pub thugs brought the two injured lovers into the Captain's cabin.
"Where is Gothel?" The Sun God asked. Hook Hand quickly explained what he'd seen and how Eugene had suffered the grievous injury.
"Bring her body to me," he ordered before turning is attention to Eugene.
To Be Continued…