Ch.6 Pirate Pillaging Josephine pushed his arm away and broke the kiss gasping. "Are you bereft of your senses?" She hissed at him. Josephine brushed past him and ran up the staircase into her room. She flopped down onto the bed and lay a few minutes. "My lands that Aaron Cornea disgusts me," she muttered aloud to herself. She sat up and glanced at the cloudless diamond sky gazing back at her. A noise caught her attention. She glanced down at the harbor. There was a battle going on! She looked at the village. The houses were on fire! She ran and looked out her other window which showed the path coming up to the house. Men, malicious, murderous men were running up the path! She hurriedly ran out to give warning. She was at the top of the stairs when her parents answered the door. A gun poked through. BANG! BANG! Her parents fell dead to the ground. Josephine let out an unearthly scream. The guests panicked, getting some tried to get out but were shot down; others ran for cover. In a couple of minutes all were dead or were free, or were taken captive. Except Josephine. She crouched in the closet where she had taken shelter. She heard feet run past her; Probably taking anything of value out of the house. Then all was silent. Josephine crept out and crawled low to the ground so she would be hidden behind the railing of the stairs. "Come on! Come on!" A Pirate in the middle said. "We need to divide up the booty!" The Pirates gathered around him. In a matter of minutes the booty had been divided equally among all the pirates. Josephine scurried back to her bedroom. She lifted the carpet and opened the secret chamber beneath, where she always kept her sword. She put on her long brown cape with the hood. She should blend into the Pirate crowd with this on. If she was lucky she might be able to avenge her parents before the night was over. She snuck back out into the hall. "Any more orders of business?" The pirate asked. Josephine grabbed a dagger from one of the ones she always hid under her person. They were a set of three and specially made. "Well then let's be off!" The pirate turned. Josephine threw and then hurriedly ran down the staircase making no noise. The Pirate turned, hearing a noise and his eyes widened as he saw the dagger speeding at him. He ducked. It landed right in front of him. Josephine imperceptibly joined the crowd of Pirates. The Pirate bent down and pulled the dagger from the ground. "Who goes there! What would you have of me?" he called. "Or is it one of my men?" he said glancing around, "trying to kill me?" Josephine stepped forward and unmasked herself. "That would be me," she said. The Pirate gazed at unmoved. Then he burst out laughing. "But you're a girl!" he said highly amused. He doubled over with laughter. Josephine drew her sword and placed it at his neck. He stopped laughing. "What would you want?" he asked. "I want you dead," she stated. "Really, now why would that be?" he asked calm but still highly amused. He probably would have started laughing again had the sword not been at his neck. He nodded for he other pirates to leave. They did. "I don't know.possibly because you ruined my life and killed my parents," she said with false indifference. "Ah, well in that case.leave.because it is not wise to cross swords with a pirate. especially if you are a girl," he added. "I will let you go this time as anger has probably caused you to loose your reason." He flicked her sword away and began walking out. She flicked it back at him. He turned and looked at her. "You had a warning girl," he said, "Don't fool around with me." "I have no intention of fooling around with anyone; everything I do has an intent and a purpose," Josephine stated. The Pirate sighed. "Look, you Do Not Want To Fight Me," he said slowly. He began walking out. "Maybe that will penetrate your thick skull," he called back to Josephine. "Why do you make excuses for not fighting me?" Josephine asked tauntingly. "Is it because I am a woman..or is it because your afraid to fight a woman.because you'll loose?" Josephine said.
The Pirate stopped in his tracks. He walked back to her. "This is on your head," he said drawing his sword.
"No, sir, it is in my head," Josephine said.
The Pirate smiled. This was going to be fun.