Chapter 19

The faithful cigarette

Will watched Alyth as she slept in the large bed in the cabin allotted to him. She was his now, he had rescued her from that contemptible pirate. He would never let him touch her again as long as he lived. Will sat next to the unconscious girl and lightly ran his fingers through her hair. He hadn't wanted to knock her unconscious, but he had to. She was under the influence of the pirate and she never would have left willingly as he hoped. She stirred in her sleep and wrapped her hand around his, then pulled him close.

"I knew you couldn't resist me," he whispered as he lay down next to her and wrapped his arms around her. She cuddled closer to him, not realizing who he was, or what had transpired.

Jack didn't realize Will was missing until they had pulled up anchor and begun to follow the other ship. "Damn it, what else can go wrong tonight?" He grumbled, hoping his friend and his love were okay. "Will'll watch over her though, he'll keep her safe." Jack hoped his faith in his friend panned out, he hoped Will would be able to keep Alyth safe. The Pearl was the fastest ship in the Caribbean, but the other ship had a days head start. By the time everyone had been aboard, the sails unfurled and the anchor lifted they had realized that the rudder chain had been unhooked, and damage had been done to the hull. He had cursed his men for hours about saboteurs onboard his Pearl. They had been as shocked as he had. The rudder chain only took an hour to fix, but the breach in the hull had taken the whole day to patch, and he still had men below working on it. Thankfully much damage hadn't been done and they were still seaworthy, once he caught up with the ship that held Alyth he wouldn't be able to say the same for them. He blamed himself mostly for what had transpired though. If only he had set a watch, or maybe if they had slept closer to the crew it wouldn't have happened.

"Cap'n, the prisoner's awake," Gibbs said, walking up to the helm. An evil smile graced Jack's lips at this small bit of good luck.

"Grand," he whispered. "Gibbs take the helm, I'll speak to him now." Jack released the helm to his friend and raced down the stairs to the brig, the man would tell him who had Alyth and why, or he would be tortured until they met up with the other ship. Either way he would have his answer, he just hoped it would be sooner rather than later. He liked to know who his enemies were before battle.

Alyth awoke in a bed, wrapped in a pair of arms. Her eyes took in the room she was in, but before she could register danger the man holding her began to whisper in her eat, "good morning love, I hope you slept well." She knew his voice almost as well as she knew Jack's.

"Will what's going on? Where's Jack?" She asked as she tried to pull out of his arms. He held her tight.

"I would assume that he's on the Pearl, which will hopefully be sinking by now," Will murmured as he brought a hand up to move her hair away from her ear. He began to suck on her ear lobe. She froze in terror as his mouth moved down her neck and along her jaw line.

"Will, please let me go," she whispered, trying to keep the fear from her voice.

"Why would you want me to do that Alyth? I'm not good enough for you? Or is it that louse of a pirate?" Will yelled as he turned her over to look in her eyes. She stared back at him, her eyes giving away her dread. Will smiled down at her, and promptly slapped her hard. Her cheek exploded in pain, her vision blurred for a moment and she knew her cheek was bright red. "I'm sorry Alyth, are you alright? I didn't mean to," Will said, his hand moving softly over her cheek in an apology.

"It's okay Will," she whispered, tears coming to her eyes. He was insane, she knew it would be best to go along with him for now. "I probably deserved it Will."

He nodded down at her, then brought his lips to hers in a harsh kiss. She laid there as a feeling of hopelessness came over her. She felt his hand move to caress one of her breasts, and whimpered in misery. Will, taking this as a sign that she was enjoying herself, released her hands and began stroking both her breasts. Alyth, who had been waiting for the opportune moment, grabbed this one. She lifted his face from hers tenderly, and punched him hard in the face, then kneed him in the groin. She pushed him off of her as his quiet whimpers, the only sound he could make, filled the air. She stood from the bed and kicked Will in the stomach, knocking the air from him and making him gasp for breath. Alyth walked towards the cabin door, but jumped backwards into a fighting stance as it flew open.

"Well well, what have we here?" A gravelly voice asked. Alyth's jaw dropped as the witch entered the room.

"You, we had a deal," Alyth cried, throwing herself at the woman. The witch sidestepped her and Alyth charged into Jef. He grabbed her arms and lifted her in the air.

"I see you gave Will some trouble. I told him you would, I told him to tie you up. Apparently he decided not to heed my warning. Jef, tie her to the bed," the witch ordered, and Alyth shuddered in horror as the huge man carried her to the bed and tied her wrists to the bed posts.

"Why are you doing this? Please just let me go," she cried.

"Tie her legs apart as well," Will wheezed as he stood up finally. Jef merely nodded and before she knew it her legs were being forced apart and tied to the bed. "I'll make you beg for forgiveness Alyth. How dare you love that disgusting pirate instead of me? But don't worry darling, you will love me, and you will be screaming my name soon enough," Will proclaimed. The witch started to laugh as she motioned for Jef to follow her. They left the room quickly, leaving her and Will alone. Will smirked at her as he walked to a small chest at the foot of the bed. "You will love me when I'm through with you," Will whispered as he pulled out a wicked looking dagger from the chest. Alyth watched him as he moved towards her with the knife. Alyth cried.