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The Red Flame had not been seen or heard of in a year since its attack on Port Royal, so it was quite surprising to the pirates that inhabited Tortuga when it docked a few days after the Black Pearl had left. The pirates who had been drinking a bit of rum on the docks, when seeing the Jolly Roger of the Flame, the eyes of the skull a blood-red, they scurried into the nearby shops in Tortuga, and peered out the window at Captain Leonard Davies walk off onto shore.
Davies had curly, blonde hair that stopped at his ears, and eyes as blue as the ocean. His build was muscular, but he was still a slim, six-foot tall man. The good looks and beautiful smile that Davies had could win over any woman's heart in a second and that was how he had taken so many aboard his ship. He was draped in a long, brown overcoat, and wore black breeches with a white shirt that hung loosely on his chest so that it showed off his perfect stomach. A large, black hat covered most of his yellow hair, but it did not cover his perfect, tan skin and kind lips.
Despite Leonard's Davies admirable looks, he was not as lovely as he seemed. He treated his crew terribly by having them constantly clean the ship, but he always seemed to get the rum and women at the time when the crew felt a desire to leave. The prisoners he took on board the Flame were always women and always beautiful. He would go to Tortuga to pick up any whores with his charm, then lure them onboard his ship. However, he had not taken another woman on board ever since Millie had escaped and turned herself into the Navy. Fearing that the girl would report Davies and the crew for kidnapping after telling the Navy their whereabouts, the Red Flame disappeared into the ocean for a year, hoping to be forgotten, but planning to return to extreme power in the year to come.
Davies' father and mother were brutally murdered by pirates attacking the port town that he had used to live in, and it was directly in front of the young child. Some say that Davies' terrible past was the reason for his wickedness, but others just think that he was insane. The crew of the Flame believed it to be both, for they had seen Davies seem to want to seek a vengeance against whoever had killed his parents. Since Davies was not sure which group of pirates had murdered his parents, he just went after all of them. Of course, Davies had established several other rivalries along his journey to kill the pirates from his past, like Captain Bates and the pirates on The Esmerelda, one of those pirates being Jack Sparrow. However, above all, Davies wanted to get back the girl that had escaped from him because he feared that she would tell others about what happened aboard the ship.
"Cap'n Davies, we goin' in for a speck a' grog now?" asked the first mate on board the Red Flame, Harold Hubbs, his brown hair glistening in the sun.
"Aye," Davies replied, his voice dark, low, and cold. Davies took his long strides off the dock and onto land, his head held high, as it was all the time. He spotted a pub as soon as he emerged onto the streets, and motioned for his crew to follow him in to load up on rum.
Captain Charles Wallace, the pirate without a ship, sat at the bar, taking up two seats as he was so huge. His crew, angry for being on land for over a month, was growing extremely restless and considering leaving their sorry excuse for a captain. But since the crew realized they had no other ship to leave on, they decided to at least stay a few more weeks with Wallace. Wallace, like his crew, was beginning to sicken himself of how he was a pirate, but had been on land for so long. All that Wallace wanted at the moment was to get a ship and destroy Captain Jack Sparrow and his little friend who had annoyed him the night before.
"Bloody menace, that Sparra' is!" shouted Wallace as he slammed his rum down causing the entire pub to shake, "I'll kill 'em…I'll kill 'em if he e'er shows his mangy face in Tortuga again!"
Suddenly, the door to the pub flew open, and Davies entered, his crew following behind him. The entire pub fell silent, except for the booming voice of Captain Wallace who was too drunk to realize that everyone had stopped talking.
"Mates, once I get me'self a ship, we be goin' after Cap'n Jack Sparra', we are. And that pathetic whore a' his!" he yelled loudly.
Davies was already drawn in to what Wallace was saying at the mention of Jack Sparrow and began to approach the humongous man at the bar. Davies strode along the other side of the bar and shoved the bartender to the ground, taking the jug of rum he had in his hand before he fell to the ground. Davies slammed the rum on the bar in front of Wallace and he turned his fat face towards him.
"What yeh' tryin' to do, ye bloody scallywag?" shouted Wallace, sending spit into Davies' eyes. Davies blinked and then stared Wallace straight in the eye.
"Me name be Leonard Davies and I am the cap'n of the Red Flame!" he exclaimed and stuck out his hand to Wallace.
"Cap'n Wallace is me name," he growled, not shaking Davies' hand.
"I do believe that ye said that ye have it in for Mister Sparrow, and I do as well."
"Do ye have a ship?" asked Wallace, his eyes rolling about in their sockets lazily.
"I am captain of the Red Flame," repeated Davies, and smiled.
"Well, Cap'n Davies," drawled Wallace, "I believe we can work somethin' out, aye?"
"Who else did you mention as an enemy of yourn?" asked Davies suspiciously.
"Bloody whore!" shouted Wallace.
"What'd the lass look like?" Davies interrogated. There was a small chance that the girl Wallace had been talking about was the one he had taken aboard the Red Flame. He doubted it…but there was a slight chance…
"Hair…lots a' it…these eyes…haunted eyes…" mumbled Wallace, "And I mistook 'er for a lad, I did, but then felt the whore!" he laughed maliciously, "But then she bloody started…" but he stopped. Wallace did not want to tell Davies about how the girl had beat him up a fair amount, but one of crew told the captain of the Flame instead, much to Wallace's disliking. That was when Davies knew that the girl was Millie. Not many young girls on Tortuga could throw punches at the largest pirate in the Caribbean and be fearless in doing so.
"I believe that we are after the same whore, and the same scallywag, Cap'n Wallace," grinned Davies, "And I would like to make a proposal."
Now, it must be learned that Captain Leonard Davies took extreme risks in his life. That was how he became captain of the Red Flame at such a young age. He took unbelievable chances, such as challenging the fiercest swordsman in the Caribbean to a swordfight to win the beautiful ship. Obviously, Davies had won, and killed that swordsman, winning himself the man's ship, and becoming the terrifying captain of the Red Flame.
"Yer' proposal bein'…?" questioned Wallace, finishing up his rum, and wiping off his disgusting mouth.
"What say you to joinin' me out in seas to capture the two…You know where they headed, do ye?" asked Davies.
"Nay. But Jack took 'er aboard the Pearl. Haven't figured out where they headed…but me mates and me'self are sure to join you on this 'venture a' yourn," said Wallace, bubbling with excitement. Davies did not particularly need Wallace's help, but decided to bring him aboard the Flame nevertheless, because he would surely help in capturing them, with him being so large.
Davies raised his drink into the air, and Wallace banged his glass against his, sending rum all over their hands.
"I believe we shall have a wondrous few weeks together, Cap'n Wallace," said Davies with an evil grin. Wallace smiled his toothless smirk back, the rum pouring down his gigantic neck. Davies brought his drink to his lips and tasted the sweetness of revenge.