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Dogyoukaijane – I have my reasons for making it Hadras… hehe. You'll see later. Could it be foreshadowing? Gasp Anyway, I never really liked Hadras for some reason, so he was my most likely candidate. And I've also never read a fanfic involving Crash as anything other than a background character, let alone doing anything more than a few lines. And I love Crash way too much. YAY NIKO!!
Okay, next chapter!
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Chapter 9
I seemed to regain my head what I figured was a couple of hours after the accident, for Clanker was tending the large blade scratch on my jaw line. I figured he had only worked on it for a while because he was rubbing something that stung on it. When I opened my eyes he immediately began to ask me a million questions at once. I waited until he was done with his ramble.
"How long was I out for?" I said with a groan. I was too tired to move much, so I just stayed in my laying position, wrapped in about a million blankets. He gave me a worried look.
"Two and a half days." I let out a sound of surprise and tried to sit up. He immediately pushed me back down gently, with what I figured was barely a quarter of his strength.
"You have a huge bruise and a bump just above your forehead on your hair liner. When you went down you hit it hard enough to shake yourself up a bit." I nodded before pushing myself up. He didn't stop me in time and immediately looked down at the floor hard. Then I figured out why. Hadras had cut the strings of my corset and it was popping open.
"Um…" I said, not sure what to do but hold it in place. It seemed like my shirt didn't want to stay on nowadays. By this time next week half the crew will have seen me, I joked in my head. Clanker got up without looking at me.
"Your chest is in the corner there, get into a nightgown or something." Then he walked out of the cabin. Davy Jones' cabin.
I got up and walked across the damp planks to the small chest. It felt really good to get out of the boots and my clothes. I stood for a moment completely naked, just looking at everything before I crouched to find something. I got new undergarments and a long, beige nightgown. I carefully walked to the door and opened it. I gave a shy smile and placed the door in front of me so that only my head poked out, because there was Clanker talking to Davy. They both immediately turned to me when I opened the door. With a wordless nod he signaled me to go to bed and for Clanker to follow. I looked at the floor all the way to the bed and listened to the loud thunks his peg leg made on his journey over.
When I reached the bed I crawled into it and pulled the scraps of blankets over me. I was freezing. Davy stood a few feet from the bed, looking into my eyes, with Clanker a bit behind him. I could tell Davy wasn't trying to be intense, but his eyes were so harsh. I looked at the bed and pretended to play with a blanket.
"How are ye feeling?" he asked in what could be a caring tone.
"Good," I said, not wanting to get into detail about my pounding migraine or aching jaw. Davy nodded and didn't seem to know what to do. There was a nock on the door along with Koleniko's voice. Davy went to the door, let Koleniko in, and our Captain walked out. Before I knew it Clanker and Koleniko were on the knees at the side of the bed, staring at me.
"Are you okay? Let me look at you." He demanded. I cracked a smile.
"Yes, and don't touch me." I said, trying to sound mean but failed miserable. They tried to talk nicely to me for a bit but I wasn't weak; I wanted details.
"What happened to Hadras?" I asked. Both men fell silent.
"Let's not talk about that right now-" Koleniko began.
"What happened," I insisted, this time succeeding in adding some grit in my voice. Koleniko finally spoke up.
"Cap'n immediately split up the group, but personally dragged Hadras to the deck, tied him to the main mast, and gave him a good whipping… 'E left him there over night. I imagine he gave him another good session this morn, on an account of Hadras looked… how do you say, like scrap?" I was shocked that he had received all that.
"Is he… still there?" I asked. Clanker shook his head.
"Nay, he be below the deck, in the brig." I swallowed hard and realized I was hungry and thirsty.
"We'll get you something," Clanker said. Niko nodded.
"J'ai été inquiété de vous." I was worried about you. Koleniko said quietly to me before receiving a weird look from Clanker. They both got up and went to retrieve some food.
When they got back they brought a good meal of pretty clean water, barely stale bread, and some meat that they told me was fish that was caught earlier. I ate quite a bit before I became very sleepy.
"Get to bed, it's getting to be late anyways. You've been up way to long. Night, Miss," Clanker said. I said good night to him before Koleniko approached me.
"Bon nuit ma dame" He said. He picked up my hand and gave it a small kiss before they both left. I gave a small giggle before lying down, and I quickly fell into a deep sleep.