Disclaimer: again only own Louisa, do I really have to keep doing this through out the story?
AN: well the next chapter fair readers, enjoy and review you know the drill
Louisa had been carted off by the captain to a small storage room, it was filled with rope canvas, and a few other tools, she would hardly be able to stand given the 'junk' in the room.
"You are putting me in here?" She asked incredulously, staring up at the captain. "You can not do this, this looks like a fucking rats nest. I demand a room with a bed. You said you were a gentleman."
"My dear, if you insist on looking like a rat, then you can sleep like one, and until of course you wish to repent your decline of the bath I so humbly offered, then you can stay here." He said in an annoyingly gentile voice.
Louisa took a deep breath, controlling her anger. "Very well captain" she said matching his tone perfectly. "As I will not repent, I shall sleep here, might I request however, some food?"
She smiled as his face lost its composure for a second before he brought his gentleman like smile back to his lips, "Of course, I shall send some scraps for you." He said, smirking down at her.
"Thank you captain for your hospitality." She said without pause at this added insult. "I will then of course leave you to your duties, please have the dinner sent here to my room." Louisa said before she stepped into the cupboard, turned and closed the door in the face of the no longer in control captain, all was done with the grace of a fine dignitary, surprising her 'host'.
Once the door was closed the storage room was plunged into darkness, blinding Louisa before her eyes adjusted, and she could see that a faint light was given off from a strip underneath the door. "Fucking pirates." She hissed to herself, as she groped her way forward in the darkness, reaching out to find the canvas, she clambered up onto the mound of fabric rearranging it so when she laid down it was at least half comfortable. In the silence of the room, a single tear ran down her cheek unabated, before she closed her eyes cutting off the flow of more. A wave of exhaustion silently sucked what was left of her energy out of her, and in this state, lying curled up on a pile of canvas, in a storage cupboard, on a pirate ship, in Neverland Louisa fell into a sleep troubled by the sole image of a face with forget-me-not blue eyes.
The captain was furious, he had lost to a girl, a woman he corrected himself, or at least that's what he thought given her current appearance he could have made a mistaken. All the same he was pissed, he had never had somebody let alone a girl stand up to him before, all except Wendy but she was but a child, this Louisa was grown, she had have sense enough to be scared.
After she had closed the door on his face he had stormed off in the direction of his cabin, halfway there he had run into Smee, his boatswain told him to fetch some scraps for the guest, "make sure there tasteful scraps, but scraps none the less." He would have to clean her up, if she was not willing then he would force her, but she would obey him in the end, he would have control again.
Louisa was awoken the next day by a blinding light as the door was swung open without notice, her unexpected visitor was the boatswain Smee, the same one who had brought her her 'scraps' the last night.
"Rise and shine missy, the cap'n wants to see you, there's a nice bath for you, and breakfast." He said as she rose her now muddy, bloody, dreadlocked, and sleep tousled head from her canvas bed. She was bleary eyed but she got up without hesitation, used to following orders at once back home. She followed the portly little man down the way she had come last night, to the captain's personal quarters.
"Now missy, the bath is behind the wall there, the cap'n had to see to some business but he will be back, there is enough time for you to wash yourself and then get dressed into the clothes on the bed." He said pointing to a lovely red dress on laid flat on the bed.
"Thank you Smee." Louisa said hiding a yawn with her hand, as Smee closed the door behind him. She looked down at the steaming water in the bath rub, it looked awfully inviting, however she had worked out a plan, and it involved not bathing regrettably. With a disconcerted sigh she moved over to the windows, which were now all locked unfortunately.
She was sitting on a red velvet couch on the side of the room, facing the door when it opened, to reveal the captain dressed out in all his glory. His eyes quickly searched the room until he found Louisa sitting with one leg crossed over the other in all her filth. With a deep breath he stalked into the room, letting two of his crew walk in carrying a folding table with breakfast laid out on top of it.
"Why did you not take the bath?" he asked once the two pirates had left. He was already irritated at her stubbornness yet strangely intrigued to find out what lay beneath the grime.
"I told you last night my appearance seems to currently be to my advantage, and it will not alter for I will not take a bath." Louisa said already rising to her feet and moving to the table where she popped a grape into her mouth.
"I must insist my dear, I cannot have you stinking up my ship." he said sitting down at the breakfast table.
"Me stinking up your ship, have you even smelt some of your men, let me tell you it is not pleasant." She said remaining on her feet, her hand darting out not and then to steal a bit of food, as if by habit.
"I assume you are referring to the two gentlemen who you assaulted down in the brig." Hook asked a slightly amused expression on his face as he observed her rather add style of eating. "That however is not the point, you are my prisoner and I will have you decently presented, one way or another. Please my dear do sit down."
"My name is Louisa, and you cannot force me to bathe, what would you do throw me into the ocean." She said as she slipped into the chair opposite Hook's, ignoring the comment about the two pirates in the brig.
"My girl, Louisa" he added as an afterthought. "If you do not bathe then that will be my only option and I will throw you into the ocean to clean you." Hook said this an evil grin coming to his face as he saw the look of unease spread across her face. "In fact" he began again, "as it seems you have finished your pecking, if you still refuse to bathe right now then it will be into the sea with you."
"I do not believe you captain as you keep pointing out you are gentleman and you would not do that to a lady." She said with an edge of panic, though secretly smiling as her plan was working perfectly.
"A lady no, you yes." He said, and with that he sprang to his feet grabbed her arm, ignoring her feeble attempts of protest. "I do take that as a no I refuse to bathe." He said as a hauled her on one of his shoulders. Slightly taken aback at the speed of his movements, she began to resist with a bit more fervor, making her plight seem believable.
The Captain strode out onto the deck with the young captain thrown over his shoulder much to the amusement of the entire crew. Unabashed at this lack of decorum, Louisa threw as many curses as she knew at the captain, at the crew, at the entire pirate population.
"My dear, that you should know such words." Hook laughed slightly taken aback by her continued fiery disposition. "Now shall we make you walk the plank, or shall I just throw you overboard?" Her answer was another curse that sent one of the more delicate pirates to blushing. "The plank it is then my dear." He continued striding as the plank of wood was cast out the side of the ship. Hook set Louisa down so the was facing the water, and pushed her slightly so she had to walk out further. Louisa walked calmly out but stopped at the edge and turned to face the captain and the rest of the crew a smile on her face.
"Well dear Captain, while I thank you for your hospitality but I fear I must bid you a due" she said before she calmly turned around and dove off the plank oblivious of the surprised shout of the captain and the crew. Hook hadn't meant for her to be thrown over, he had just wished to scare her, and now she had tricked him.
"Manipulative little…" Hook trailed off as her actions fully hit him, she had put the idea of throwing her over board into his head, it had been her plan all along to swim back to the ocean as he remembered her plight to jump through the windows, silently cursing her and himself he rushed with the rest of the crew to the side of the ship, searching for her in the water.
"Sir, look she's there. One of the pirates who had climbed onto the rigging to get a better view shouted.
"Set a boat down, lets go pick our guest up." Hook bellowed to the laughter of his men.
Wendy had dived and swam under the water for as long as her breath could hold, she was now up, and swimming with powerful freestyle strokes toward the shore. Behind her a slight trail of mud and blood followed her, as her skin was washed clean by the salt water leaving a rather wet blond woman, powering with all her might towards the shore. When she thought she had swam half-way, she flipped onto her back giving herself a slight break even as she resumed swimming back stroke, keeping an eye on the ship and a life boat that had been dropped into the water and was now being rowed towards her. With a new burst of adrenalin at the thought of being captured again Louisa turned back on her front and began her freestyle stroke again, praying all the while that she would be able to make it.
She was about three quarters of the way to the shore when the row boat caught up with her, she had noticed just in time, because she took a quick breath and ducked under the water just as a hand reached out to get her missing her by a centimeter. Louisa swam underneath the boat coming up on the other side, trying to confuse the pirates as to her whereabouts all the while swimming further into shore. She popped her head out of the water one last time just as something grabbed her foot, and with a scream she was dragged underneath the water by a scaly hand.
Her lungs demanded air, and her vision was beginning to go black around the edges when she felt a strong hand grasp her hand, pulling her upwards, although the hand on her foot still held on, with a rising panic and a need for air she gave out one final kick and the scaled hand released her out of surprise. The creature however would not give up that easily and scratched at her leg as it tried to reaffirm its grip. The figure pulling her upwards saved her when he pulled a knife that he had held in his teeth, and sliced the groping hand of the creature. Louisa was pulled into the boat, and as she lay against the man who had saved her, she looked up into his eyes, and staring back at her was deep forget-me-not blue eyes, surrounded by a mass of soaking wet curls. She smiled at the image of THE Captain James Hook with his arms around her shivering from the water, a bemused expression replacing his anger at her escape as she laughed, before she passed out and his expression was yet again replaced with one of deep worry, as he ordered his men to row them back to the ship.
An: there ya go kiddies tune in next week for more adventures of Captain James Hook and the Darlin Louisa, what will happen will our heroin escape from the clutches of the pirate captain, why is the pirate captain so concerned could there possibly be romance in the air? lol. you guys know the deal please review if you liked it… its just like honk if your horny lol. Till next time.