Chapter 4-The awakening
At first all the two saw was darkness. When their eyes finally adjusted to the change of light, they saw 3 men, all circled around something. "Don' make a sound." Jack instructed her. She turned to him, her eyes wide in the dark space. He looked at her. Her eyes were a beautiful shade of green that sparkled even after daylight hours. Jack shook his head. No, he thought like that about every woman he met. But then why did he feel that there was something different about her that he couldn't place? He felt a connection to her, unlike he did with the women he met on the streets.
'Jack, pull yerself together.' He willed himself, stepping warily next to Rowena. "When I count to three, I'm goin' t' throw yer dagger into tha' man right there's back, and then we can see what's in th' circle. Everythin' else form there we'll jus' make up." He laid out their plan to her. "I can throw the dagger meself, I mean, I didn't steal it for nothin' Jack." "Alrigh' but yeh on'y get one shot, so don' miss now." She shook her head. "I won't" She promised. Another scream sounded form inside the circle. "Sounds like a woman!" Jack said worriedly. Rowena rolled her eyes. "Let's jus' do this and get it over with."
Soundlessly, Rowena unsheathed her dagger and swung her arm back a few times before making her move. The dagger soared noiselessly through the air, and planted itself in the man's back. He screamed in agony and dropped, revealing a woman beaten half to death, in the center of the circle. Rowena gasped. "Scarlet!" She yelled. She forgot to whisper. "Shhhh!" Jack shushed her loudly, but the other two men had already seen them. "Run!" Jack yelled to her. "No! I'll stay and help yeh fight! Besides, what 'bout Scarlet?" Jack looked nervously over his shoulder at an approaching man, sword unsheathed. "Scarlet can wait!" He yelled in reply, and took out his own sword, facing the man confidently.
Rowena watched him fight. He was very good. She didn't think that sword fighting was her most talented area, but she wasn't bad at it. Unfortunately for her, her dagger was all she had, and at the moment it was dug into a man's back. She couldn't get to it, because she would have to run right through her enemy, who was standing over the dead body. The man leaned down and yanked the dagger out of the corpse's back, then turned to face Rowena again. She stared at him. She wasn't afraid of what he would do, because she was a pirate after all, and pirates didn't know fear.
The man laughed. His laugh was sickening, and Rowena cringed. "What're yeh doin', luv?!" Jack called to her amidst the clanging of his sword and the stranger's. "At the moment?" She yelled back. "I'm without me weapon, and cornered by another one o' those. . .men!" Jack rolled his eyes. "Tha's not what I meant, luv." He called back. "I meant why aren't yeh doing somethin'. . .anythin'?" "The name's Ragetti, LUV. Marlin Ragetti." Rowena looked from Ragetti to Jack. "Says 'is name is Marlin Ragetti!" She yelled. She saw Jack raise his eyebrows. He turned to her, still warding off his opponent. "Ask 'im if 'ees got any brothers!" Rowena turned to Ragetti. "Aye." He said gruffly. "One." "Aye!" She yelled to Jack. "That's. . .interesting. . . ." Jack said between blows.
Suddenly Rowena heard a choking noise from where Jack was standing, and saw his opponent fall to the ground in a crumpled heap. Jack ran over to Rowena. "Don' help me!" She growled. "I can take care of meself! Get Scarlet and go, I'll meet up with yeh soon 'nough!" Jack was leery with the idea, but threw Rowena his sword and bent down to pick up the now unconscious Scarlet. "Don' let nothin' happen to 'at sword, Rowan. I treasure it like me life." She nodded, now ready to face her attacker. Ragetti pocketed her dagger and pulled out his own sword. He walked closer to her. "Ready to die, luv?" He asked her, a sickening grin spreading across his face.
'Not scared. . .not scared. . .' Rowena preached to herself. But truth be told, she was scared out of her mind. Never before had she faced someone this big, this muscular, this evil. Ragetti laughed and said, "Yeh can't beat me, I won't die." She stared. "What was that?" She raised her eyebrows at him. "I said, I can't die. You will never be able to win. And now I ask yeh again. Are yeh ready to die?"
At first all the two saw was darkness. When their eyes finally adjusted to the change of light, they saw 3 men, all circled around something. "Don' make a sound." Jack instructed her. She turned to him, her eyes wide in the dark space. He looked at her. Her eyes were a beautiful shade of green that sparkled even after daylight hours. Jack shook his head. No, he thought like that about every woman he met. But then why did he feel that there was something different about her that he couldn't place? He felt a connection to her, unlike he did with the women he met on the streets.
'Jack, pull yerself together.' He willed himself, stepping warily next to Rowena. "When I count to three, I'm goin' t' throw yer dagger into tha' man right there's back, and then we can see what's in th' circle. Everythin' else form there we'll jus' make up." He laid out their plan to her. "I can throw the dagger meself, I mean, I didn't steal it for nothin' Jack." "Alrigh' but yeh on'y get one shot, so don' miss now." She shook her head. "I won't" She promised. Another scream sounded form inside the circle. "Sounds like a woman!" Jack said worriedly. Rowena rolled her eyes. "Let's jus' do this and get it over with."
Soundlessly, Rowena unsheathed her dagger and swung her arm back a few times before making her move. The dagger soared noiselessly through the air, and planted itself in the man's back. He screamed in agony and dropped, revealing a woman beaten half to death, in the center of the circle. Rowena gasped. "Scarlet!" She yelled. She forgot to whisper. "Shhhh!" Jack shushed her loudly, but the other two men had already seen them. "Run!" Jack yelled to her. "No! I'll stay and help yeh fight! Besides, what 'bout Scarlet?" Jack looked nervously over his shoulder at an approaching man, sword unsheathed. "Scarlet can wait!" He yelled in reply, and took out his own sword, facing the man confidently.
Rowena watched him fight. He was very good. She didn't think that sword fighting was her most talented area, but she wasn't bad at it. Unfortunately for her, her dagger was all she had, and at the moment it was dug into a man's back. She couldn't get to it, because she would have to run right through her enemy, who was standing over the dead body. The man leaned down and yanked the dagger out of the corpse's back, then turned to face Rowena again. She stared at him. She wasn't afraid of what he would do, because she was a pirate after all, and pirates didn't know fear.
The man laughed. His laugh was sickening, and Rowena cringed. "What're yeh doin', luv?!" Jack called to her amidst the clanging of his sword and the stranger's. "At the moment?" She yelled back. "I'm without me weapon, and cornered by another one o' those. . .men!" Jack rolled his eyes. "Tha's not what I meant, luv." He called back. "I meant why aren't yeh doing somethin'. . .anythin'?" "The name's Ragetti, LUV. Marlin Ragetti." Rowena looked from Ragetti to Jack. "Says 'is name is Marlin Ragetti!" She yelled. She saw Jack raise his eyebrows. He turned to her, still warding off his opponent. "Ask 'im if 'ees got any brothers!" Rowena turned to Ragetti. "Aye." He said gruffly. "One." "Aye!" She yelled to Jack. "That's. . .interesting. . . ." Jack said between blows.
Suddenly Rowena heard a choking noise from where Jack was standing, and saw his opponent fall to the ground in a crumpled heap. Jack ran over to Rowena. "Don' help me!" She growled. "I can take care of meself! Get Scarlet and go, I'll meet up with yeh soon 'nough!" Jack was leery with the idea, but threw Rowena his sword and bent down to pick up the now unconscious Scarlet. "Don' let nothin' happen to 'at sword, Rowan. I treasure it like me life." She nodded, now ready to face her attacker. Ragetti pocketed her dagger and pulled out his own sword. He walked closer to her. "Ready to die, luv?" He asked her, a sickening grin spreading across his face.
'Not scared. . .not scared. . .' Rowena preached to herself. But truth be told, she was scared out of her mind. Never before had she faced someone this big, this muscular, this evil. Ragetti laughed and said, "Yeh can't beat me, I won't die." She stared. "What was that?" She raised her eyebrows at him. "I said, I can't die. You will never be able to win. And now I ask yeh again. Are yeh ready to die?"