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"I think this is the Captain's Quarters." I whispered, looking around the room. We were the only ones in the room, as the woman had disappered, mumbling something about dresses, which didn't make me happy. I liked my pants.
"How do you know?" Elizabeth asked, her face stone cold. She was scared, but extremely determined. She'd changed a lot since the first time I met her.
"Because it's big and extravegent, and it has that same creepy air as the captain does."
"What do you think she brought us in here for?" Elizabeth glanced back toward the door.
"I don't know..." I shrugged my shoulders. We waited quietly, staring at the floor, at the walls, at all of the expensive things around the cabin, just waiting for someone to return. I felt so lost...like I'd been pushed into a game and I was the play-piece for someone who didn't know the rules. I didn't know what to do, and I didn't have the slightest idea of what would happen. I turned back toward the door when I heard it creak, and I saw the two women, the one who had lead us to the little cabin and the one who had lead us from it, walking toward us. Holding dresses.
"Hurry. Change into these." They handed Elizabeth and I clothes, and thankfully, the Singaporian idea of dresses is very different than the English idea of dresses. At least that load was pulled from my shoulders. I could at least stand these; my dress looked tolerable. I quickly pulled off my own clothes and put on the dress. It was suprisingly comfortable, simple, and a dark blue. It was silky, too. I'd never actually worn silk before...I shook my head and reminded myself that I was there as a prisoner. I glanced back toward the women and saw that they were helping Elizabeth, so I quickly strapped my sword around my hips again (under my dress to hide it, just in case) and tucked my pistol into the sash that tied around the waist of my dress. I was ready for whatever Sao Feng was planning on doing. Looking back at Elizabeth, I noticed that the women were still helping her. Her dress was that complicated? They stepped away from her, and I finally saw that her dress was far more complicated and ornate than mine. They had done her hair, too. Suddenly, they went quiet, and bowed their heads down, as if in respect. It was then that I noticed Sao Feng walking into the room, mumbling in Chinese. He clapped his hands, and they walked out of the room. He turned and looked at Elizabeth, giving all of his attention to her, as if I wasn't even there.
"By this time tomorrow we will arrive at Shipwreck Cove and you will be free...Calypso. " He said, and my eyes widened. That's why he was so interested in Elizabeth. 'He thinks she's Calypso.'
"Excuse me?" She asked, looking as suprised as I looked, I'm sure.
"Not the name you fancy I imagine, out of the many that you have, but it is what we call you." He walked around his cabin and picked up a cup, attempting to mix the liquid with a leaf. I took a few steps closer to Elizabeth, for both of our benefit.
"We being who?" She asked him, turning to look at me with confusion.
"You confirm it." He shoved the leaf into his mouth. Personally, I was quite curious as to what he was actually eating...
"Confirm what? You've told me nothing." She said, looking at me again, though this time with an expression that seemed to say 'go along with what I say'. He turned around and walked toward her, still ignoring me.
"The Brethren Court...not I...the first Brethren Court, whose decision I would have opposed. They bound you to human form, you and your lady in waiting," I snarled. Is that what he thought I was? No wonder he wouldn't talk to me... "so the rule of the seas would belong to man and not…"
"...to me." Elizabeth cut him off, smiling slightly. She was saying that she was Calypso? What was she thinking?!
"The one such as you should never be anything less than what you are." He whispered. I would have freaked out with a man like that trying to seduce me, but somehow, Elizabeth kept her calm.
"Pretty speech from a captor, but words whispered through prison bars lose their charm." Elizabeth returned his banter with some of her own, and I crossed my arms, reassuring myself that my pistol was still there for quick use.
"Can I be blamed for my efforts? All men are drawn to the sea, perilous though it may be."
"And some men offer desire as justification for their crimes."
"I will give you my desire." Sao Feng finally got to exactly what he wanted.
"And in return?"
"I would have your gifts, should you choose to give them."
"And if I choose not?" I saw Elizabeth clenching her teeth.
"Then I will take...your fury." He held her fast against the mast that ran through the cabin and forced her into a kiss. Needless to say, I lunged at him.
"Get off of her!" I yelled, prying him away. Elizabeth and I managed to throw him off of her and across the room. I looked back toward her, her fearless face gone. She was really scared; and so was I. He began to walk toward us, but in midstep, the side of the cabin exploded, accompanied by the sound of cannon fire, and he was blown to the other side of the cabin. Silence.
"Sao Feng?" Elizabeth managed, taking a step closer to where he was thrown against the wall.
"Here, please." He gasped, beckoning us to step closer. I did, and saw that he was pinned against the side of his own cabin, impaled by a chunk of wood right through his stomach...