Lorcan's POV

Lorcan gasped and turned around. His blood ran cold as he saw who was standing right in front of them. Lady Lola was standing in front of them, Evil's pacifier in hand, fuming. Grace looked so pale, as if she was about to pass out, Jasmine looked almost as pale as Grace, but tried not to show it, Connor on the other hand was frowning.

"What are you doing here?" Connor asked, still frowning.

"Where is my son?" Lola asked simply.

We all stayed quiet not saying anything, but Grace's face probably gave something away because Lola turned on her.

"Where is Evil, Grace? I know you have him. I know you do. I know Stukeley and Johnny plotted on killing him, but of course poor kindhearted Johnny couldn't bring himself on doing so, so he gave him to you. No one can keep secrets from me for long, Grace. Where is he?" Lola demanded, fire blazing in her eyes.

Grace finally collected herself and spoke bravely. "I'm not telling you. He's better off with us, he can control himself if we take care of him."

Lola moved closer to them, teeth bared. "You will tell me where he is, or you will take me to him. If you don't, you'll regret this. Badly."

Grace didn't answer, but instead focused her gaze on Lola. She had the same look on her face when she transformed the cutlery on Feast Night into swords.

Connor and Jasmine were staring curiously at her, then turned their questioning gaze toward Lorcan. He shook my head softly as to reassure them that Grace knew what she was doing.

Suddenly, a fire appeared from behind Lola and she gasped and turned around but then turned back to us and laughed.

"Trying to use your dhampir skills on me, huh Gracie? I think not. Boys, come here!"

Lorcan spun around but stopped halfway, when a pair of hands grabbed his arms and held him back. The same happened to Grace and Jasmine, but different people holding them back.

"What the #!*% do you think you're doing? Let them go!" Connor demanded, fire in his eyes now too.

"Connor," Grace warned him. "Calm down."

"Why can't you believe that we don't know where he is?" Connor continued on, glaring at Lola.

Lola laughed and whipped out a knife from her belt and aimed it at Connor's throat. "You, are staying here. And you're going to tell me everything. Everything. Or you're little friends aren't going to die. Your choice."

Jasmine's POV

"Don't tell her anything, Connor," Jasmine warned him.

Connor looked at her wearily. "But Jas-"

"No, Connor. She's right. We can take care of ourselves," Lorcan said, and Grace nodded in agreement.

Lola smirked. "Can you? We'll see about that. Boys, take them to the ship."

The hands that held Jasmine's arms back loosened so she could now see who it was. As she turned, she gasped. Jez Stukeley looked back at her, but had a strange look in his eyes which immediately put her on guard.

"What's the matter?" she asked.

"Nothing. You will stay quiet, follow me, and do as I say,'' he replied, his eyes staring straight ahead.

Jasmine turned to look at Grace and Lorcan, who had also seemed to be surprised at their captors, but Lorcan was already in a heated argument with his.

"What the #!*% is your problem, Desperado?" Lorcan demanded.

"Just doing my job, Furey. And I take great pleasure in commanding you around now, seeing as there are consequences if you don't be a good boy," Johnny smirked.

"Guys would you please-" Grace tried interrupting.

"Sorry, sugar. If your boyfriend won't cooperate, there will be consequences which we're all going to regret, well maybe not me of course..." Johnny trailed off.

"Would you guys please get along? It can't be that hard, we've already sorted out everything between us three, we know where we all stand with each other, so please get along?" Grace asked, hopeful look in her eyes.

"No," they both said at once. Grace frowned and shook her head. The man behind Grace coughed lightly.

"Didn't even notice me did you, Grace? Well we can always catch up from where we left off at Sanctuary last time, what do you say?" He snarled.

Grace turned around and gasped. "Olivier! What are you doing here?"

The man called Olivier smiled. "All shall be explained inside."

Lorcan leaned over to Grace. "What happened at Sanctuary?" He whispered softly.

Grace leaned over to him. "I'll explain later. " Lorcan nodded.

Wow, Jasmine thought. Grace must have had a lot of boy-trouble in the past year. And I thought mine was bad.

"Well get a move on, boys. Take them away already. and I have business to take take care of,'' Lola said. Jasmine cast a glance at Connor to make sure he's okay. When she caught his eye, they immediately softened. I'll be alright, he mouthed. She nodded as to reassure them both.

As they started walking, Lorcan suddenly stopped. "Get a move on, Furey," Johnny said, impatiently.

"Shut up, Cowboy. I forgot my shirt, let me go and get it," Lorcan said. Johnny grumbled and let go of Lorcan's arms. Lorcan ran back to where our stuff was and picked up his shirt and put it on, then ran back to join us. When he reached, Johnny immediately reached out and grabbed Lorcan's arms again.

"Was that really necessary, Furey?" Johnny hissed in Lorcan's ear.

Lorcan twisted his head and smirked. "Yes it was, Desperado. If you have a problem with it, I could take my shirt off again if you wish." Johnny swore under his breath and said something to Lorcan that no one couldn't hear.

"Well this is going to be a long night," Stukeley said from behind Jasmine, who nearly jumped out of her skin- she had completely forgotten he was there.

"What do you mean?" she asked cautiously.

Stukeley nodded his head in Johnny's and Lorcan's direction. "With those lads. They're gonna be strangling each other every chance they get." He laughed softly.

"Why? What happened?"

"Ah it's a long story." He whispered.

She turned her head to look at him, wondering if he was lying, or telling the truth. What if it's a trap? The were taught at Pirate Academy how to tell if your opponent is lying or not, but it's hard to tell when your not facing them. She sighed, taking a chance.

"Alright. This better not be a trap."

Stukeley sighed. "You're Jasmine, aren't you?"

She was taken aback by the fact that he knew her name, since they've never even talked or met. "Yes I am...how do you know me?" Stukeley smiled and shook his head but said nothing. She was surprised by the warmth in his smile, even though she knew this must be a trap, his smile was genuine. Over across us, jasmine could still hear Johnny and Lorcan bickering with each other and Olivier and Grace talking in hushed voices about something else.

Finally, the three men that held us captive came to a stop and two large ships, which were both very familiar. One was of course the Vagabond and the other the Blood Captain.

"This doesn't make any sense," Jasmine said. Everyone's heads turned to me, with a questioning look.

"Why not?" Olivier asked.

"The Blood Captain...why is it here? I thought we destroyed...?"

"You did, Sugar," Johnny interrupted. "But me and Stuke here, we're his deputies. Captain Sidorio might have been destroyed, but his deputies weren't."

"That's right," Stukeley grumbled. "Lola decided to give this ship to us as if it's her #!*% choice..."

"Stukeley," Johnny warned him.

"Right. Anyway, let's get you three on the Blood Captain, and we'll tell you what's going to happen."

Grace's POV

As they made their way down the corridors, Stukeley came to a stop. "Well this is us, Jasmine," he said.

Grace frowned. "We're not even allowed to be in the same room?"

Johnny shook his head and smirked. "It's best if none of you guys are around while me and my pal Lorcan here, maul each other to death."

"Johnny!" Grace exclaimed.

Johnny laughed. "I was only joking Sugar! I'll take perfect care of him. Provided he cooperates with me."

As unconvinced as she was, Grace walked over to Lorcan, pulled him aside and took his arm. "Just listen to him, please? As much as you don't like it-"

"But he's a pain and I-"

"I know. And if you let him get to you, it won't just end badly for you, but for all of us. Johnny will gladly hurt you if he gets the chance, and that's the last thing I want, for you to get hurt." She looked into his bright blue eyes with a pleading look. "So just promise me you'll cooperate."

Lorcan hesitated. He looked over at Johnny, who caught his eyes and frowned, and then back at me and sighed. "Fine. I'll listen to him, as much as I hate doing so. I'll do it for you." Grace smiled up at him and nodded. She noticed the others waiting for them, so she reached up and kissed Lorcan on the cheek and pulled him back towards them.

"Finished your chat?'' Johnny asked, impatiently. Lorcan ignored him. Grace gave him a warning look, and he raised his eyebrows questioningly. She shook her head in response.

"Well yes, Grace to answer your question before, you can't be in the same room. Lola's orders. I'm not sure what exactly she's planning on doing, and I couldn't care less what goes on in that woman's head..." Stukeley said, frowning.

Olivier shot him a glance. "What he means, is that Lola hasn't told us anything on what she's planning on doing with you lot exactly, but we were just given orders to keep you separate from each other." He looked around at the three of them. "So don't bother asking stupid questions."

Johnny nodded. "Well in that case, let's get a move on, shall we? We don't want anything bad to happen if we don't hurry." With that he took Lorcan's arm and propelled him down the corridor. I could already hear them grumbling to each other about something. Grace sighed. She really hope Lorcan doesn't do anything stupid to Johnny, or vice versa. Olivier coughed lightly and Grace realized he'd been trying to get her attention. She looked around and realized Jasmine and Stukeley had already gone into one of the cabins, and her and Olivier were the only people still standing in the hallway.

"So where to now?" Grace asked.

Olivier pointed to one of the cabins. "In there. It's one of the bigger ones so we can always finish our..chat, from last time." He smirked and pulled her inside.