Road to the Legion

Rick and Vassilij jumped when they heard Mr. Rowan shout 'What the hell is this'? They realized the very bad position they were in with Nicole between them. They jumped up, despite the pain from where they were punched and kicked and jumped on.

"Mr. Rowan, it's not what you think!" Rick said, his hands up, Vassilij had his up too.

"Honestly, Mr. Rowan," Vassilij said. "We didn't do anything bad."

A coughing averted their attention to Edward the Second helping his son, Edward the Third up. Edward III pointed an accusing finger at the two friends and coughed and said weakly-weakly from acting and from real life for he did get quite the beating- "Them-Father, they, they were trying to rape, Nicole…I tried to stop them, honest to God I did…but they ganged up on me and had help from their third class scumbag friends. I fought as valiantly and tough as I could, but there were too many!"

Edward II patted his son's back and said, "It's alright, Ed. We'll deal with them. Rachel, help your brother to his cabin, now."

Rachel feared her father quite considerably and only nodded and helped her 'brother'-though after today she would disown him-to his cabin. Mr. Rowan looked back at the two friends.

"You tried to rape me daughter?! I knew I shouldn't have trusted an American and a Russian! Security! Captain!" Mr. Rowan yelled. The Captain was in the Captain's Cabin when he heard the yell for the Captain and came out to the balcony. He looked down at the scene on the bow and gaped. His old face a look of confusion and worry.

"What has happened?" He asked, his blues eyes demanding.

"Come down here, and I'll tell you. I'd rather not tell you while you're up there. When you come down, bring some ship's crew! Are there any law officers on board?" Mr. Rowan asked. The Captain clearly nodded. "Good! Bring them too!"

The Captain nodded and went off to get three crew members, and the two law officers. Mr. Rowan turned back to the two friends.

"I will make sure you two never get on another ship again!" Mr. Rowan said. Edward the Second stepped up.

"I will make sure you never set foot in England! Ever! You have chosen the wrong family to beat up on! Where is the Captain with the crew members and law officers?!" Edward II said frustrated.

"We are here, Mr. Earl, what seems to be the problem?" The Captain asked. Mr. Earl pointed to Rick and Vassilij.

"These two heathens attacked my son!" Mr. Earl accused. Mr. Rowan stepped up gesturing to the two boys.

"And his son was defending Nicole, whom they were trying to rape!" Mr. Rowan said. "I demand they be thrown off the ship! For what they have done, they should be punished!"

"Calm down, Mr. Rowan," one of the officers said in an Irish accent, calming Mr. Rowan. "We'll do what we can."

"Is what this man said true?" the other officer asked Nicole.

"OF COURSE IT IS!! MY SON HAS NEVER LIED TO ME!!" Mr. Earl yelled, his round head red with anger. "I DEMAND THEY PUT IN JAIL OR SOMETHING FOR INJURING MY SON!!"

"Officer, we have to have eye witness accounts," one of the officers said. Mr. Earl and Mr. Rowan grabbed the two officers and walked away a bit to speak privately.

"Listen officer, if you do not punish these two for their crimes I will personally makes sure you can't arrest anyone or have any job ever again!" Mr. Earl hissed. The officers looked at each other, not sure what to do.

"I'll make sure you have no jobs in any country!" Mr. Rowan hissed. The officers couldn't back down, they had little wage as it was and they had families to keep alive. They merely nodded and accepted the offer. They walked back over to the two boys and the Captain.

"Nicole, go to the cabin now," Mr. Rowan said.

"But Father, you need to hear my side of the story," Nicole protested.

"GO NOW, NICOLE! I'm not letting you stay another moment with these two heathens," Mr. Rowan said, holding his pipe from his mouth. He pointed to one of the officers. "Will you please escort my daughter safely to the cabin then return immediately?"

"Yes, sir, Mr. Rowan," the officer said in a Scottish accent and did as he was bid. Mr. Rowan and Mr. Earl just stood there in front of the two friends glaring at them.

"Captain, I swear, we didn't do anything but try to help Nicole. Edward was trying to rape her-" O'Connell started.

"SILENCE!! You filthy liar! You will be punished immediately after the other officer gets back!" Mr. Earl said, his round face a deep, deep shade of red, he almost looked like a tomato. A few minutes of silence was upon the six men then broken as the other officer came back. "Now I want them put away! Done with! I don't want to see them, not even in the third class parts of the decks! Is that clear?!"

The officers nodded.

"Well? Aren't you going to handcuff them?!" Mr. Rowan shouted angrily. The officers jumped a bit and nodded and handcuffed them. The two friends were outraged, they had done nothing! Y'hear me?? NOTHING!!

"But we didn't do anything!" Vassilij protested. "WE DIDN'T DO ANYTHING!!"

"WE DIDN'T!! YOU TWO BETTER BE CAREFUL!" Rick pointed at Mr. Rowan and Mr. Earl. "BUT YOUR SON BETTER BE PROTECTED DAY AND NIGHT! WHEN WE GET OUT, HE'S GONNA WISH HE WAS NEVER BORN!"

"That is a threat! Write that down! We'll charge them with that as well!" Mr. Earl said, Mr. Rowan nodded in agreement.

~~~Where Nicole is~~~

After Nicole was escorted to her cabin she redid her outfit and waited. Oh! She hated having to wait, she had to do something for the two boys! They were nice, and sweet and kind. She had to help them somehow. Just then the door opened a crack, Nicole shot for her father's room and got a sword he had in his cane, just in case he were mugged, now it came in use if the intruder was Edward III. But the intruder was not who she thought it was, rather it was the raper's younger sister. Rachel walked in, quite shaken from what had happened and went straight to where Nicole was. Nicole could easily see the fear that Rachel had in her dark eyes. Nicole looked at her sympathetically. She knew how shamed Rachel was for what her newly disowned brother had done. Nicole pulled Rachel into a comforting hug like a sister would give to a younger sister. No words needed, they knew they would never forget what happened, and they knew they were going to do something to help Rick and Vassilij.

~~~Where Rick and Vassilij are~~~

Rick and Vassilij didn't put up a struggle as they were led away from the Captain and the two damned biased liars. The officers stayed behind them, holding the two friend's cuffed wrists. Rick just hung his head, wondering what to do, how to get out. Vassilij kept his head low, but not as low as Rick's so he could see where he was going, though he too was thinking, not of escape but how his uncle was. At the moment he regretted leaving, yet he felt great, he felt so proud to have helped save Nicole even though no one believe he and Rick were trying to save Nicole. His uncle had told him that he would not always get credit where it was due, he had said; "Vassilij, of all the things I tell you, and I teach you I just want you to at least remember this: Life is not fair, you can not right all the wrongs in the world and you will not always get credit for what you have done. But you must not let that affect you, you must stay walking on, and you know what you have done, and that is what matters. But never walk in pride, for that will be the end of you."

Vassilij unconsciously talked to himself, "I'll never walk in pride. I'll never demand for fairness in a world that is unfair. I'll never demand what I want. I'll never forget what you taught me, Unc."

The officer shook him. In his Scottish accent he said, "What are you talking to? The wall? Well it's not listening, you shouldn't be talking anyway."

"Oh, sorry," Vassilij said absent-mindedly, he really wasn't sorry though. Rick just smirked, his friend tended to talk to himself at times, but that's what Rick liked about Vassilij.

They were led to a small room with a window that was under the water line. The officers handcuffed them to some bars on opposite ends of the rooms so they couldn't do anything tricky.

"We'll feed twice a day and give you water," the Irish one said. "Since we're going to be together for a while until we reach England we might as well tell you our names. I'm Rupert McDule."

"I'm Ken Ford," the Scottish one said. Rick and Vassilij merely nodded. Then they two officers left to patrol the decks.

Vassilij and Rick were sitting, their arms up handcuffed to the rail. Vassilij's head tilted to the side as he went into deep thought, his green-blue eyes staring at the floor, not noticing the stare that Rick gave him. Rick of course hadn't noticed he was staring at Vassilij for he, too, was in deep thought. Rick didn't know how he was going to get them out of this one. He needed help, someone to help them.

Vassilij was not on the thought of escape, no, he was thinking of how he was going to really hurt Edward III when he got out. His green eyes light with anger as he thought of what had happened earlier, he could still hear Rachel's screams for Edward III to stop, and Edward's evil laughter.

~~~End chapter~~~

I know it was short, but I wanted to wait a bit, I want to know. DO you think Rick and Vass should be gay, then after a while they stop being gay and Rick goes away? Tell me your opinion please! And thanks for all the reviews! PlZ keep reviewing, it keeps me writing.

Jester

PS next chapter will be entitled: Help is here!