(Sorry this is so short of an update! I'm watching my sister and her friend and they're telling me they're bored, so I need to go make them un-bored. XD So, looks like I've decided that this isn't the last chapter! Buahahahaha!)
Fools. I told them- I never thought they could be this thick.
I watched them from the shadows, hidden. They never noticed me. I saw Will kneel down beside his father, crying softly. I heard him say, "Father, I'm so sorry!" But Bootstrap only shook his head, and rasped something, his voice weak from pain.
The boy leaned back, shaking his head. I saw him speaking to his father, and his father nodding, insisting. "Go," I heard, "Just go! Now!" I saw Bootstrap's head fall back, and knew that he had become unconscious.
Will sat there for a while, just staring at his father. Finally, knowing that it was what he must do, he got up. Glancing around, his eyes seemed to pause over the spot where I was, but I knew there was no way he could have seen me.
I watched as the boy headed towards the railing, looking out over the sea. What was he going to do, swim for it?
As I saw him tensing himself, preparing for a dive, I sighed and rolled my eyes. Apparently he was. I walked over to him, taking my time. I saw the fear in him as I clomped over.
Placing a hand on his shoulder, I turned him around to face me. Ah, the defiance again. We'd be rid of that soon enough.
"You can't escape boy," I growled in a low voice. "No one can."