"That's the last of 'em!" Carlos announced and waved his hand just as the last crew members climbed up.

"Good, 'cause if they aren't here now they get left behind." James shouted and gave orders to set sail while steering the ship away from land.

Kendall panted as he sat curled up under the wet staircase. His hands were tied behind his back and his legs had been bound. There was no way for him to escape. He gulped and tried to stay calm but it was pretty difficult when he was currently being kidnapped by a gang of pirates, heading out towards the open sea.

He sucked in a harsh breath when he was yanked out from underneath the staircase and the captain of the ship held his blond hair in a tight and painful grip. "This is what we came for, men!" James yelled and shoved the blond forward. Again, Kendall landed harshly on the deck and immediately turned over to his back and tried to find a position where he might be able to defend himself. "This is our key to rich and wealth!"

"What?" One of the crew members – after a few moments of silence – asked. "One of your male whores?" He asked, making the rest of the crew laugh. Kendall turned to glare at the man and James chuckled.

"You'd think so but no." He said. "We now have royalty aboard." He announced. "His blue blood is what's going to give us wealth and power." He said and smiled smugly. "Remember now, I will know if you put your filthy hands on him!" James said. "Yer all dirtier than pigs, ye scumbags!" He yelled and began to laugh.

The rest of the crew laughed too and Kendall looked around in frightened confusion. He gulped again and was lifted up to his feet. The bonds on his feet were cut off and he immediately dashed towards the side of the boat, thinking he might be able to escape.

"Ah, hold on a moment." James chuckled and grabbed a hold of his arm. Kendall struggled but froze when he looked up to see the docks of his hometown.

Everything was on fire. The smoke was covering the sky and the moon – that just a moment ago had shone down upon them – was hidden behind the thick black curtain of smoke. He could see people struggle to put the fires out. He could see people on fire running about before eventually submitting to the all devouring flames and falling dead to the ground.

A few tears found their way down his cheek and he turned his head up at the fortress, the fire from the library were huge. He could see how the flames reached out through the window, licking the stone walls and burning the green plants growing up on the rocky cliff.

James leaned closer to Kendall's ear, grinning and asked, "Pretty sight, hm?"

The young prince shrugged him off and glared at him and spat at the pirate's feet. "Go to hell." He hissed.

"I don't think I'd be welcome there either." James grinned and grabbed a hold of Kendall's arm and dragged him with him. "Come on, Blondie." He said and dragged the struggling blond with him. "Fuckin' hell you're a feisty one." James laughed and shoved the blond into the cab that belonged to himself before shutting the doors harshly.

Kendall was quicker to get up on his feet this time and backed off and away from the pirate. He had managed to regain some of his courage but his breathing was still ragged and his heart was pounding in his chest.

James walked closer again, taking a grip on his arm before sliding his free hand down to Kendall's wrists. "Do you like 'em?" he asked and yanked at the metal cuffs around the prince's thin wrists. "Had them made while I was in the north." He murmured. "Made out of the finest steel, so don't worry, they won't break." He said and stuck his tongue out and ran it along the blond's earlobe.

"D-Don't-" Kendall got out and leaned away. It only earned him a slap across his cheek before a rough hand grabbed a hold of his chin and turned his head in an almost painful angle.

"I'm afraid you don't have a saying in this, your highness." James hissed. Kendall's eyes were wide with fear and again his chest was heaving and his lungs trying to catch more oxygen to keep his violent heartbeats going.

James grinned at him before shoving him again, not as hard this time and then pushing him over to the back of the cab and pushing him down on the large bed that was standing by the colored glass window.

"N-No!" Kendall whined and tried getting back up but fumbled and had a hard time doing so and only managed to tangle himself in the silk sheets and immobilize himself further. "P-Please!" He begged, voice giving up.

He didn't care anymore. His courage had disappeared and the tears started flowing. He wheezed and panted pathetically while trying to squirm further away from the pirate standing by the end of the bed.

"P-Please! Please, I beg of you! Please!" Kendall cried and closed his eyes shut.

James sighed and rolled his hazel colored eyes before turning on his heels and leaving the cabin. He wasn't in the mood anyways.

Once he was out in the open again he took a deep breath and relished the fresh sea breeze before making his way up to the rudder wheel where Carlos leaned against it while humming a bit and lazily adjusting the wheel from time to time.

"You're not falling asleep, are you?" James asked. "I'll skin you alive if you wreck my ship." He said. Carlos smiled sheepishly and shrugged.

"That prince ain't so bad looking." He said and wiggled his eyebrows. "Not much meat on his bones and not much of an ass to grab but that face." He said and groaned. "I'd kill for those eyes."

"Ya already have." James pointed out and sighed while leaning over the table used for map reading.

"Oh, right." Carlos chuckled.

"But don't touch him." James said, looking up from the worn maps lying under the palm of his hands. "He's mine." He said with a grin. Carlos laughed and shook his head.

"Ay, ay, Captain." He said and went back to mindlessly leaning over the rudder wheel and sighing dreamily. James shook his head slowly, watching him before he turned back to the maps.

They needed to disappear for a while. Make sure the prince was still wanted and that people would bother come looking for him before he pursued with his plans. He wasn't too worried about it. The blond down in his cab was the heir to the throne. Someone would come after them.

And if they didn't Kendall sure was a pretty price to have and brag about.

Linelineline

Kendall gasped a bit when he opened his eyes and found himself in a stranger's bed and not in his own room. It took him a moment to recall the night's events and he let out another gasp.

He'd been kidnapped. He quickly got up and yelped in pain when his arm were bent in an awkward angle and pain jolted through his stiff limbs. He quickly smacked his teeth together and winced a bit.

"Rough night?" A slightly familiar voice asked and Kendall looked up. The captain of the ship stood in the doorway with a smirk on his face. The prince gulped and glanced around in the large cab. It was filled with various treasures, maps and remains of slain beasts from all over the world.

He flinched back when the brunet approached him and stared up at the pirate with fearful eyes.

"I didn't touch you." James said. "And my men won't lay a hand on you, 'less they want me to cut it off." He continued and yanked the blond up on his feet before taking the cuffs off of him. Kendall immediately jumped back.

When his kidnapper didn't move he brought his hands to his sore wrists and gently rubbed them to soothe the pain. The corner of James' mouth curled upwards and he scoffed.

"You-..." Kendall began but hesitated.

James looked up and met a pair of pretty green eyes. He stopped for a moment to admire them. They glimmered beautifully in the weak sunlight and shone brighter than any jewel he'd ever stolen before. To think that he'd managed to steal two perfect emerald orbs like this made his chest puff up with pride and mouth twist into a smile.

"Y-You know my name." Kendall said. "I want to know the name of my kidnapper."

"That'd be Captain Diamond for ya." James said with a flirtatious smile and a wink. The young blond turned red once more and James laughed before turning his back against Kendall and walking towards the door. "I'd eat something if I were you." He said and tapped his fingers against the wooden table he passed on his way out. "Wouldn't want you to starve." He added and winked at the blond once more before exiting the cabin.

Kendall hesitated for a moment before slowly walking up to the table and looking over the food on it. There was bread and cheese and fruits of different kinds. Some of them Kendall had never even seen before and even though he hated to admit it he was hungry and dying to try them out.

He glanced at the door once before seating himself in one of the chairs and grabbing a piece of cheese and bread and eating them quickly. He ate some of the sweet fruit and hesitated a bit but decided to take a deep sip from the wine offered.

Up on the deck James had taken over the wheel and held the worn wooden rods while gently turning the wheel just a little. It was still early, the sun had barely risen and most of the crew were still asleep.

The brunet hadn't gotten a blink of sleep that night but it didn't bother him. He could go days without sleep and in most cases he did. He could sleep when he was dead. If that day would ever come.

His eyes lost focus on the horizon and stuck to the blond exiting his cab and timidly making his was out to the empty deck. "Ahoy!" James called and Kendall swirled around and looked up at him. He worriedly glanced around before ascending the stairs up to where James was.

"W-Where are we?" he asked silently and looked around. He couldn't see land anywhere. All he could see was an infinity of deep blue water. No landscapes or mountains in by the horizon. No ships or even birds for as far as he could see.

"We're on the sea." The captain said and let go of the rudder wheel and turned to the blond. "Welcome to my home, in other words." He continued and walked closer to the young prince. Kendall gulped and quickly tried to create some space between them but found himself running out of deck and stood with his lower back pressed against the side railing.

James walked up to him and placed his rough hands on each side of the blond, trapping him in between his muscular arms. Kendall didn't speak, didn't move, barely breathed and just stared at James.

"Captain!" Someone called and James groaned and pushed himself off the railing and turned around.

"Ay?" He called back and left the prince standing. Kendall let out the breath he's been holding and timidly followed the captain of the ship but stayed quite a few feet away from him. "What is it, Ty?" The handsome brunet sighed.

"It'd seem like Porter's dead." Ty said and sighed. "Stiff as a rod and cold like death." He said and grinned sheepishly. James sighed deeply and smothered his hand over his face. "Alcohol poisoning, I'd say myself. Ya know how he was."

"I do know." James said and shook his head. "Just get rid of him before he starts to smell... worse than he already does that is." He said.

"Ay, Captain." The young sailor said and nodded before disappearing down under deck. James grumbled out some curse words and turned back to the blond that flinched and jumped half a step back.

James eyed him. The prince really was a looker. His dirty blond fringe shifted lightly across the prince's forehead in the slight breeze. Kendall's emerald eyes were carefully yet curiously watching the ship's captain and James' eyes wandered down to the blond's soft looking lips.

He sighed a bit and looked up at the prince's eyes again. "I'd advice you to go back to the cab before the rest of the crew gets here." James said and chuckled lowly and turned back to the rudder wheel. "Some of them are a bit touchy."

"Y-You said they w-wouldn't touch me." Kendall said and James shrugged.

"I said I'd cut their hands off if they did." He said. "But you'd be surprised to what extents a worn pirate would go to grab some tender meat." He said with a grin. Kendall scoffed and furrowed his dark eyebrows before making his way back down into the captain's cabin and shutting himself inside.

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