Smoke. You smell smoke causing you to open your eyes to see Marian who was sleeping peacefully on your chest, you lightly shook Marian awake "hey Marian, I think something is happening" you whispered to Marian who opened her eyes and rubbed her tired eyes
"What?" she said sleepily then she smelt the familiar smell of smoke which caused her to become even more awake "wait, why do I smell smoke?" you shrugged as you two got up and got dressed. You picked up you silver long naval sword that you attached to your waist. You both looked outside the hospital window to see people with torches and weapons marching causing havoc. Your eyes focused on the costume they were wearing which was a black and dark purple colours with an eagle head that was curved into the point in the end.
"Shit" you cursed under your breath "Oswald's gang" you said to Marian who looked at you for an explanation "he gang murder and burns down innocent people and towns"
"Why would they attack our town" you sighed and said
"They do whatever they want, stay here!" you told Marian who shook her head
"NO! (Y/N) I need to see if my mother is alright!" Marian told you causing you to shake your head
"I will not let you get hurt! I will check on your mother and send her here" Marian shook her head
"No (Y/N) you are still hurt, I will not forgive myself if something happens to you!" Marian told you causing you to sigh
"I should be saying that, Marian please-" Marian slapped you hard on the cheek which shocked you a little but Marian just stared at you.
"The last person that I let go was my father and he never came back and still I am waiting for him, I don't want to lose you!" Marian shouted at you as tears fell down her cheeks causing you to wipe them away with your thumbs "I've been asking Fabian to teach me to fight for a couple of months, I can handle myself" you looked into her eyes and sighed before nodding.
"Okay promise me that you will do everything that I say!" Marian sighed and nodding as you pulled out a knife out of your boot and handed it over to her. "Here" you pulled out another knife from your other boot causing Marian to look at you strangely as you handed it over to her.
"how many weapons do you keep in your boots?" Marian asks causing you to smile and kissed her forehead
"okay stay behind me" Marian nodded but before you guys walked out of the room, there were the sounds of heavy footsteps and metal weapons clinking as they walked up the hospital "hang on" you were about to walk out the door then Marian grabbed your shirt and pulled you back "woah" you were shock at her new strength.
"wait if you attack them then they might alert the others" Marian said worriedly causing you to smile a little at her caring nature.
"Do you to trust me?" you whispered to Marian who nodded "then let me handle this, once I clear this floor, I will whistle like this" you whistled a tune "when you hear that I want to you to make sure that everyone is safe okay while I clear the other floors okay?" Marian nodded "be careful, yeah?" Marian nodded
"You be careful as well" you nodded before kissing her forehead before carefully opening the door. You carefully sneaked around the floor, you looked down the hall to see a soft light and you could see the tall scary looking shadows was down the hall.
You pulled out your sword then turned the corner ready to attack but you sighed in relief to see it was Adam, Nate and Jamie "(Y/N)!" Adam shouted as he ran over to you "Oswald's gang is here, Captain Karter and the others are fighting Oswald's gang as we speak, there are lots of them" you nodded "we have turned off all the lights here in the hospital so they do not see this place" you smiled slightly in relief to hear that Marian will be safe.
"okay what's the plan?" you asked then you remembered Marian, you whistled the tune "Marian its fine, its only Adam, Nate and Jamie, you can come out now" the door opened to see Marian with the knife you had given her but she instantly dropped it and ran over to you "okay these guys have made sure that all the lights are off so they do not see the hospital" Marian nodded "now stay here and I will make sure that people are okay"
"Okay but what about you guys?" she asked worriedly causing you to look at your friends who turned their heads out the window before you looked back at Marian and said
"We need to help protect our city, it's our job" Marian nodded and looked down to her feet but you lifted her head up so she would look into your (E/C) eyes "It's my job as your boyfriend to protect you, I will be okay I promise" Marian took a deep breath and nodded.
"Be safe" Marian pulled you down for a kiss which you happily returned before you pulled back and hugged her tightly.
"See you Marian" you kissed her forehead before you walked over to your friends and all of saluted to Marian who smiled slightly before you all of you left. You all ran into the town square as you saw there was bodies everywhere, the bodies were naval, innocent civilians and Oswald's gang members.
"(Y/N)" a familiar voice called out causing you to look at the fountain to see Fabian who had a large wound on his abdominals and was bleeding heavily which made you fear for the worst. You ran over to him
"Fabian!" you said as you applied pressure on his wound
"(Y/N) they burned down the orphanage and killed everyone there" your eyes widen in fear for everyone especially Peter, Quill and Rivers "(Y/N), Peter died protecting everyone, Quill and Rivers are hurt but they will live, they are taken to safety" you sighed in relief for your friends but you were sad to hear about Peter who was like a father to you "(Y/N) go after Oswald and kill him!"
"I can't leave you Fabian" the man shook his head and said
"No remember your job is to protect everyone, (Y/N) please I'll be okay" Fabian pushed your hand away before applying pressure on his own wound "NOW GO!" you nodded before you got up and went with Adam, Nate and Jamie started to running towards where Oswald was which was near the docks trying to make his escape.
"(Y/N) we are not going to make it!" Jamie called out as you all nearing the pier to see Oswald's ship was starting to set sail but you were determined to stop Oswald from killing anymore innocent people. You sprinted towards the Amazon "where are you going?!" Jamie called out but you didn't listen as you got on the Amazon and went to the main mast then started to climb the rigging up to the top yard. You balanced yourself as you went to walked towards the edge, you saw Oswald's ship about to make its escape. You took a deep breath before you took a running start and jump on Oswald's ship.
You tried to grasp on the yard of the ship but your hands didn't reach it causing you to flick your wrist causing two hidden blades to come out which you used to drag the blade down the sail trying to slow yourself from the fall.
"Captain!" one of the enemies shouted as he pointed at you while you jumped off the sail and pulled out your sword ready to fight.
"well lookie here boys a rookie thinks he can take us on" you stared at Oswald who was a very tall man, he looked to be around seven foot so you were quite small compared to him, he was very inhumanly muscular, you knew that you had to rely on your brains instead of your strength to beat him "okay boys this is my fight" all of Oswald's men just surrounded you and Oswald meaning you couldn't escape "Why do look so familiar?" Oswald said just looking at you.
Oswald had long greasy black hair that was put in a low ponytail, he also had a thick busy beard, and he had a scar running down from his left eye, which was covered with a dirty dark green handkerchief, down to his right chin. He wore a worn leather pirate hat that had a peacock feather pinned to it, he wore a tatty trench coat which had two swords strapped either side of him and you could see inside his trench coat was two pistols by his hip which you were very weary off. His black trousers were had rips and was covered in you had no idea what.
"What do you mean?" you asked the man that was responsible for thousands of innocent people's deaths. You have never seen this man before however you have heard about him and the bounty on his head, Oswald has been escaping the navy for over sixteen years. Oswald kept staring at you
"What is your name boy?" Oswald asks you as you gripped your sword handle tighter and raised it, ready to fight.
"(Y/N) (L/N)" you told him and you saw Oswald eyes widen in shock and then it flashed to anger, you quickly parried with his sword that he swung at you.
"YOU (L/N)!" he pulled out his other sword to swing at you but you flicked your wrist to bring out the hidden blade to parry it with Oswald's sword. Oswald took a step back with anger in his scary grey eye "You're damn father is the reason I lost my eye" he roughly pulled down the green handkerchief revealing his other eye which was badly scared from the cut "Your damn father is the reason that I lost my eye!"
"Wait you knew my father?" you said to Oswald who smirked
"I was the one who killed your pathetic father" you growled angrily then swung your sword at Oswald who just easily parried with one of his swords "you should have heard him cry like a little girl when I told him that killed your family!"
"No father has been dead for a long time" you said to Oswald who shook his head
"no he has been sailing to search for something, I guess he will never find it" Oswald smirked at you "you are an exact replica of your father except the fact that you are weak unlike him, he was a strong captain of the Falcon while you are a pathetic-ugh" you stabbed Oswald in the stomach causing him to hunch over in pain as he got on his knees
"I am not weak" you told Oswald as you raised your sword and placed the edge of the sword on his neck where his pulse was but Oswald just smiled
"whose going to save your pretty girl?" he said causing you to glare at him in anger
"what do you mean?!" you grabbed him by the collar of his coat and threw him against the one of the mast then you notice Oswald smirked then moved his eyes over to where the hospital was. You turned your head then there was an explosion everywhere in town, your town was destroyed in a blink of an eye.
"MARIAN!" you shouted as you feel your chest tightened in anger then you looked over to Oswald who was smirking at you causing you to stab him through his heart instantly killing him "piece of trash!" you threw Oswald's lifeless body into the sea then you glared at his crew "YOU are to take this ship back or I will kill each of you!" you shouted
"AYE!" Oswald's group went to their positions and started to move the ship back to the docks. As the ship got closer you could smell burning flesh, blood, fire and death. When the ship was fully docked, you quickly jumped off the ship and ran straight to the hospital, while you were running you could see there was destroyed debris of buildings, people hurt or dying crying out for help. When you reached the hospital there was pieces of the building everywhere.
"MARIAN?!" you called out as you started to search through the rubble hoping and praying that she was okay, even though there was a slim chance of it "Marian?" you called out again. You shook your head in disbelief then a soft raspy voice called out
"(Y/N)?" you immediately noticed that it was Marian's voice, you quickly ran over to the source of the voice and gasp to see that Marian's body was being crushed with part of the hospital wall
"Marian!" you said as you got beside her and tried to lift the wall but you couldn't "no, no!" you kept trying even though you knew it was impossible to move the wall but still you kept trying "please no, don't die!" you tried lifting the wall again as tears fell down your face and you could feel your heart racing.
"(Y/N) stop, I can't feel my body anymore and I don't think I'll live any longer" Marian said truthfully to you causing you to shake your head
"No your going to be fine, Marian" you tried again lifting the wall off her "come on DAMMIT" you shout but when you couldn't lift it, you shouted in anger before sitting beside Marian, with your elbows on your knees and your hands running through your (H/C) hair trying to think of a ways to save Marian.
"(Y/N) we both know that's a lie" Marian said trying to give you a smile but she winced in pain "(Y/N) I love you" she whispered causing you to look up at Marian's eyes that was streaming with tears now "remember your promise to me? You promised that you would take me to see the world, I know you don't break promises but I will break for you, (Y/N) continue life without me, I love you and always will but you need to move on for me, I don't want you to become like me, waiting for someone who will never come back, please promise (Y/N) you will move on" Marian's free hand weakly reached out for you and held your hand as tight as she could.
"I can't Marian I love you and I want to be with you" Marian smiled as you held her hand tightly afraid to let go "please Marian"
"(Y/N) you are an amazing guy, any girl will be lucky to have you, I wish it had been me but it looks like it won't be…" Marian slowly let go of your hand then reached for the compass that she had given you around your neck, her fingertips carefully held the compass then pulled it off your neck "one day you will find a girl who will want this to guide you back to them" she placed it in your palm and closed it.
"Marian I can't this is a compass to your heart and nobody else is worthy enough of it" you cried but Marian smiled then closed her eyes.
"Someone out there is worthy (Y/N), I will be watching you, please move on for me?" you slowly nodded then Marian smiled "I love you" she whispered before taking in her final breath. You didn't know how long you were sat by Marian but you didn't care.
"(Y/N)? you've been sitting here for a week" a hand was placed on your broad shoulder, you slowly looked to see Adam, Nate, Jamie, Quill and Rivers who were all covered in cuts and bruises "we buried mostly everyone including Fabian and Peter, what now?" Tom asks as you got up.
"help me with this wall so I can give her a proper burial" all of you lifted the wall off Marian's body "where's Wendi?" you ask them but they said nothing causing you to look at them and notice the sadness in their eyes then you instantly knew what happened "where's she buried?" you asked as you took the white sheet in Tom's hands.
"in the cemetery near sea, we left a space next to her" you nodded as you bend you to pick Marian's lifeless body in your arms "do you need help mate?" you shook your head.
"No I can do it" you slowly walked towards the cemetery carrying Marian in your arms. When you got to the cemetery you could see that there was lots of people who was buried due to Oswald's attack. When you saw Wendi's grave, you gently placed Marian next to her mother's grave before you covered her body with a white sheet before you picked up a shovel and started digging. When you have finished burying Marian you etched on her grave stone
Here lays an amazing person
Marian Pyther
Forever in our hearts
You just stood and stared blankly at the grave of your loved one, not wanting to come to terms that she was never coming back. You had to drag your feet to move away from her grave then you noticed one of the graves which was Fabian's and Peter's.
"What now?" a voice called out causing you to turn around to see Nate with his arms crossed in front of his chest
"I need time alone, tell Captain Carter that I need a break" Nate nodded as you walked past him then placed a hand on his shoulder "tell the other's goodbye for now" Nate closed his eyes and sighed before nodding again as you walked back into the docks to see that Oswald's ship was still there and the his crew were helping anyway they can which made you curious as to why they would do that.
You walked up to one of the man who was wearing a hood covering his face was helping to clear the destroyed debris "Why are you helping you caused this!?" you grabbed the man by the collar of his shirt and saw the fear in his eyes
"Sir this wasn't part of the plan, we were only supposed to steal not kill, we didn't know it Oswald was going to do this, we thought that we would just be stealing and nothing else, honest" you saw that that the man was telling the truth causing you to sigh then placed him on his feet "Sir we were only supposed to get the compass"
"compass?" you said to the man who nodded
"Yes, you see Oswald said that the compass would lead us to where the treasure is" the man told you causing you to look at him strangely making the man continue "the rarest gems in the world, they are worth millions, trillions"
"Who's your captain?" you asked the man who shook his head
"Oswald killed our captain and his crew took over" you nodded "our captain was Terrance (L/N)" your eyes widen in shock while the man smiled "your father didn't want to leave you all but he had too, your mother knew that he was alive but told her to tell his own children that he died, so when Oswald attacked us and told us that he killed his family, he was so broken he didn't fight properly and died" you just listened to him "Oswald killed your father but know this, he loved you all very much"
"Who are you?" you asked the man who smiled then took off his hood to show his blond hair that was cut very short and kind blue eyes
"I am Kaleb Perwas" your eyes widen in shock as Kaleb smiled "I assume your mother told you that you should search for me for answers" you nodded again "look there's something you should know about your father, he was known as the angel of death" you looked even more shocked
"I'm sorry what?" you said your voice was laced with confusion "angel of death?" Perwas nodded
"yes he hunted pirates in the sea, everyone feared him, he was afraid if people knew him then they would come after his family which Oswald found out that's why he killed your family but he didn't know that he had a son" Perwas explained to you causing you to sigh then said
"Perwas why? He couldn't have left the navy and stay with us" Perwas smiled a little and shook his head
"I'm afraid it is not that simple you see your father was bound by blood contract, and the only way to break that contract was to get the map and compass to get the gem" you were still confused "the blood contract is something that your father signed it was something he sold his soul too, when Lucia was born your mother lost a lot of blood and was dying so your father made a deal to strange man saying if he sold his soul to him then he would save your mother, so he did however there was a twist to his deal, it would prevent your father from coming home until he died but he found out that this rare gem will break the contract so this is why your father faked his death so he could find this gem, your mother understood so she let him go, as your father sailed trying to find the compass to lead him where the gem is, he noticed that it wasn't safe at sea so he chased down the pirates trying to stop them from killing innocent so it pushed him back from finding the gem" you nodded and understanding how much your father risked for you and your family.
"Where's the map?" you asked Perwas who sighed and shrugged
"I want to help" you told Perwas who looked shocked for a minute
"I'm sorry?" he said to you
"I want to finish my dad's work, I will find that gem and free him from his contract" you told Perwas who smiled and nodded "so can I trust you?" Perwas nodded and bowed his head
"Yes Captain (Y/N)" you smiled then got on Oswald's boat where you found everyone shocked to see you then their shock turned to fear in what you would do to them "men we have a new captain (Y/N) (L/N)" most of the crew smiled and nodded in agreement "he will finish our previous beloved Captain to find the gems" everyone cheered then you stared at the few who didn't, you guessed it was Oswald's group
"If you don't like it then leave!" you shouted to Oswald group who growled at you then pulled out their weapons causing everyone else to pull their swords out ready to protect you "leave now!" you shouted at them causing them to scoff and ran off the ship. You pulled out the compass necklace that Marian gave you and noticed it was spinning around then it pointed South-West
"Where to Captain?" Perwas asked you as you smiled
"South-West" you ordered the crew who nodded
"AYE CAPTAIN!" they said happily then got to their position and opened the sails.
"How do you know?" Perwas asked you causing you to show the compass
"I know Marian will lead us" Perwas smiled then nodded before looking at the compass closer and smiled
"you know that's the compass we have been searching for it belonged to a great sailor called Eric Pyther" your eyes widen in surprised "but people believe he died but your father and I didn't believe it, we know that he is alive somewhere" you nodded then Perwas handed you a worn hat that had a pheasant feather pinned to it "it was your father's, he would have loved it if you wore it" Perwas said to you causing you to smile and took the hat and put it on. It fit perfectly. You started steering the ship into the horizon "sail us to where the gems are Captain (Y/N)".
You looked behind to your destroyed city and sighed "goodbye everyone" you looked down to your compass which was still pointing South-West "lead me Marian" you whispered.