"I don't know what they want!" The man screamed, he was bloody, Zelena and Robin stood on either side of him holding him against the wall as Emma slapped his back with the whip, it was a heavy long hard leather whip.
The end was long and thick, it could be compared to a snake tail, if hit hard enough leaving open wounds on one's back or other places. It was ebony, the whip was bloody from the man's was the pirate captain's favourite weapon to use, everyone knew that, there were stories of people who'd survived her lashings and still have scars on their back, sometimes she lashed people for the fun of it and left them to die wherever she hit them.
Thunder boomed from up ahead, it had been threatening to rain for a while now, and it looked like it was finally going to start pouring.
Emma Swan didn't let people escape, she killed people, she killed anyone and everyone who came and got in her way. She had no mercy, she was cold hearted, cold blooded, she was a monster and whatever Regina seemed to think it wasn't true, maybe deep down she could be kind but on the surface she was awful.
"That isn't what I asked," Emma yelled, she smacked him again and he screamed in agony, "Where did they take her!"
"I won't ever tell you," the man snarled, he screamed in pain as he was hit again, he wasn't playing nice, he was a man of the queen's army, getting things out of him would be hard.
Emma pulled a piece of paper folded neatly from her back pocket, it was a drawing of a man and a woman, looking to be his family, she could find them all she wanted. It wouldn't be hard, she was very very good at finding people, she walked over to the man's face and yanked his head back by grabbing his hair.
"This yer family?" The blonde smiled wickedly as she showed him the picture, his eyes widened and he fell into the captain's trap, she knelt down beside him and put her mouth right up against his ear.
"No please! Not my family!" He gasped as she held onto his hair tightly, "Oh god, please I'll tell you anything!" He screamed.
"What's your name?" Emma snarled into his ear, she gripped his hair tightly and yanked it harder.
When he didn't respond the pirate captain tossed the whip on the ground and pulled out a sharp knife, she drove it roughly under his fingernail, he closed his eyes and screamed out, "Erik!"
"Where's your family at?" Emma asked softly.
"They live in a small village, just outside the queen's castle," he said willing, he was bleeding all over, she had no mercy right now, she didn't care. She would drop his dead body on his family's front door, and she would get Regina back.
"Good, good now you're getting the idea," Emma smiled wickedly, "now let's try this again, Why did they take her?"
Erik grunted in pain as Emma pushed harder under his nail, The queen asked for her, Emma Swan. Captain of the Black Swan."
"She's not the captain," Emma snarled.
"She wore the hat, I assume they didn't pay attention to what she looked like," he mumbled, Emma begun pressing on the gashes on his back, he groaned in pain.
"We've been out for months looking for you, she knows what you're doing, she knows you mean to kill her, and take her throne," he laughed and spit up blood, "you? the queen?, it's a joke."
Emma narrowed her eyes and slammed his forehead into the wall roughly, "Aye, you best be on yer guard of what ye say on a pirate ship, where did they take her?"
"The queen's castle."
"Get yer lazy arses up!" Emma hollered, "hoist the colours, secure the canons, ye lazy bilge rats lets go!"
"Where to captain?" One of her crewman yelled.
"The Queen's castle," Emma yelled.
Everyone looked at her for the briefest of moments before she continued to yell at them to get to work, they knew this was a death sentence. But they were loyal to their captain, were they cowards, of course they were, but if they disobeyed, Emma would have no trouble tossing them overboard.
Everyone began running around except for Zelena, she stayed with Emma and the man, "Shall I kill him cap'n?" she asked with a toothy grin.
"No, we'll keep him alive," Emma said glaring at the man, he gave her a look of hope, "for now."
The rain began to fall, it started pouring, Emma didn't care she stood upright and looked at the man before Zelena nodded her head, listening to her captain.
He grunted as Zelena pulled him upright and tossed him forward, he stumbled and fell onto his face. His hands were bound behind his back so he banged his already bloodied face on the hardwood deck. She pulled him back on his feet and dragged him towards the cells down below, Emma walked past everyone getting the ship together, they knew if they didn't work Emma would have no problem ending their lives and would probably enjoy it.
Her face was dull, there was no emotion on her face as she walked slowly towards the stairs that led to her beloved helm, she held the whip in her hand still. It was covered in half dried blood. Her crew were working their asses off which pleased her to no end, she looked at everyone and made sure there were no slackers.
The rain water soaked them but they continued to work like dogs, like the dogs she force them to be, she had no heart, they could be drunk of their asses and if they slacked off she had no problem cracking the whip across their backs. She reached the steps and began climbing when Robin came up the steps and jogged towards her.
"Captain!" He called to get her attention, she spun around on her heels and looked him the eyes waiting for him to speak, "Hook's woken up."
"Bring him to me," Emma ordered and walked swiftly up the steps.
"Aye Cap'n," he said and went back down the stairs.
Zelena had finished locking the queen's man up and she followed Emma, "Zelena, get my jacket."
She ran down to the captain's cabin and grabbed her leather jacket, Emma was wearing a baggy quarter length shirt and the breeze was picking up, her hair blew in the wind, her eyes narrowed as she spun the wheel in the direction the were headed. He sails picked up wind and they were off, faster than the night, it was still pouring out. Emma flipped her soaking hair out of her face, her eyes filled with hatred and anger.
"Swan!" Hook yelled, he was across the deck and was running towards her, "Are you mad?"
Emma ignored him as he ran up the stairs and stood in front of her, Robin had informed him of what Emma was planning on doing, going to queen's castle, the most guarded place in all the realm. There were ships patrolling at all times, there was no way they would make it out alive, it was madness, it was insane.
"Some would say I am," Emma replied to her friend.
"Ye can't do this, it's a bloody suicide mission," Hook pleaded with her, his hooked hand was making wild gestures trying to get her to side with him, his other hand was on the wheel and Emma was now looking at him aggressively.
"You're going to let your ship and crew die?" Emma asked calmly, she continued to hold the wheel, she was calm, she knew Hook wouldn't let this go. Zelena stood a few feet behind her captain, reading charts on their next direction, she was chart man. Or chart woman. They were soaking wet, but the ink on them wouldn't rinse away and the charts were made of leather and getting them wet wasn't an issue.
"This isn't about my crew n ship Emma," Hook growled at her, his voice grew louder as the storm raged on, the thunder rumbled and the ship rocked against the waves, sea legs were now being tested.
"Do not test me Hook," Emma glared at him, yelling through the rain, she was looking at him intensely now, no longer amused by his attempts at trying to stop her, "You best watch what you say to me."
"This is about Regina," Hook yelled over the crack of thunder, it was dark out, almost as dark as night.
At that moment Emma left the wheel and it went spinning out of control, Zelena left the charts and grabbed the wheel taking control of the captain's ship. Hook moved his hand and took a step back as the blonde woman took an angry step towards him, "ye best watch what you say. Yer on my ship now pirate, you'll do well to remember who saved yer life, best remember who helped ye get yer ship back. I gave you all ya needed, and I can take it away just as easy."
Hook was silent, he gulped and swallowed, Emma had pulled out the red card. The card that meant, she wasn't joking, she was beyond serious, and she would have no problem ruining the one handed pirates life.
"To the Queen's castle," Hook mumbled, he shoved his way past Emma and walked towards the stairs, he took a step down one stair before he stopped, he turned and looked at the blonde and said quietly through the storm, he knew she'd be able to hear him, "Ye best keep yer feelings at bay, pirate's don't love, remember yer kind words?"
Emma spun around and glared at the spot where the bold man had just been standing. she couldn't get angry, she knew he was right, that was the rule, the one rule as a pirate. Never find a mate, only wenches, else it'll get complicated, she rested her hands against the rail and watched over crew, they were working hard in the rain. She had unfinished business with Regina Mill's, and she wouldn't let her mother take that away from her. Not again.