"It's nice to see you again Sarah." Daniel said as his group of men appeared from the corners of the deck.
She struggled against the grip he had on her hair. "I wish I could say the same. And also, it's not Sarah. It's Sam."
"Ah. Sam, yet another one of your lies."
"What do you want Daniel? Come to apologize?"
He chuckled and pulled harder at the grip her had on her hair. "Me? Apologize to you? I don't think so."
"Then what do you want? I don't have anything here that you need."
He smiled. "Oh but you do actually. You and your damned rat boyfriend Eduardo are the reason I've been ruined. My good name smeared right through the mud."
"Well Eduardo's not here right now, can I take a message?"
Daniel took his free hand and grabbed her face, pinching it hard. "You think you're hilarious don't you?"
"I've been told that I can be pretty fun at dinner parties."
"Well, let's see how funny you are when I get through with you." He growled in her ear, sending a shiver down her back. He grabbed the shoulder that he had shot and squeezed it, causing Sam to cry out from the all-too-familiar pain. She began shouting Eduardo's name as Daniel grinned down at her, hoping that if he were anywhere nearby, he would hear her.
Over by the steps leading from shore, she could hear as footsteps echoed, coming up towards them. She silently prayed that it was Eduardo and everyone coming back. Her heart sunk though when she saw as some of Daniel's men lead Eduardo, Nathan, and Christopher on deck, holding them at knife point. The only one missing from the group was Morgan, and she held out some glimmer of hope that he had gone to get Leonardo and the rest of the navy.
Eduardo saw Sam and jerked forward towards her, but was held back. "Sam!"
"Eduardo!" She cried as Daniel grinned over at him.
"Just the fellow we were waiting for!" Daniel exclaimed, keeping his grip on Sam firm.
Eduardo struggled against Daniel's men. "What the hell do you want?"
"I just wanted to ruin your life as much as you have ruined mine."
"You do realize that the navy is now looking for you, and if they see you on this ship, you'll be arrested?"
"We'll be long gone by the time the navy gets here." Another harsh tug to Sam's head made her squeak in pain.
"Leave Sam alone." Eduardo snarled.
"Oh no I don't think I will. See, I figured out the best way to make you suffer in the worst way possible."
"And how's that?"
"I'm going to let you live. We're going to knock you, and your friends, unconscious and we're going to leave this ship. We'll be taking Sam with us of course. You'll get to live with the knowledge that your lovely woman here will be keeping the company of not only me… but all my men as well." Daniel laughed manically as Eduardo's eyes widened at the implication.
Sam slapped at Daniel with her free hand. "Like hell I will."
"Shut up woman." He barked as he took his free hand and grabbed her injured shoulder. It had healed up quite considerably in the past several weeks, but it had required several stitches that were still healing. She squeaked in pain and bit her lip as she felt one or two of the stitches popped from the pressure. A growing wetness spread over where Daniel was squeezing, and she knew that she had to have bleeding again. Daniel visibly smiled as Eduardo struggled against Daniel's men, seeing the blood on Sam's shoulder.
"If you think you'll get far with her. You're dead wrong." Eduardo growled ferociously.
Daniel raised an eyebrow. "Oh really? And what makes you think that?"
Something in Eduardo's eyes as he looked at Daniel made even Sam cringe. "Because no matter where you go. No matter where you take her, I will find you. No matter where you hide, I will find you. And when I find you, I'll make you regret the day you were ever born."
Daniel looked visibly shaken as he took a step back from Eduardo's words. "You… you'll never find her."
Eduardo smiled smugly as he glared at him. "Try me."
Daniel stood straight and turned his attention back to Sam. "Well, we'll see about that."
As he went to raise his hand in the air, as if to hit Sam, she heard the sound of a gun as it was being cocked, coming from behind the group. Looking over, she saw as Morgan stood with Leonardo and the rest of the navy. Morgan stood next to Leonardo with his arms folded across his chest as the two men glared at Daniel.
"Get your filthy hands off my crew." Morgan said as the navy guys behind Leonardo came up from behind them, surrounding the group. Daniel's men scrambled on deck in attempts to escape the rest of the navy, without much success. They were all caught and led off the ship.
Daniel stood with Sam still in his grips, slowly backing away. "This can't be happening."
Sam finally managed to loosen his grip on her head. "It is happening." She said to him as she kicked up, kicking him directly in the crotch. He made a gurgling noise as he collapsed to the ground, holding himself as he became surrounded by naval officers.
Sam spat at the ground near his head. "That was for what you implied." Eduardo grabbed her wrist and pulled her into his arms. She wrapped her arms around his waist and pressed her face into his chest.
"I called for you, you can't fuss at me." She mumbled against his chest.
Eduardo chuckled. "I know it's ok. I won't fuss at you."
Leonardo stepped forward as Christopher went to help up the now conscious Thomas. "Well, at least we have finally caught Daniel, thanks to you all. Now if you'll excuse me, I have some things to attend to."
"Thank you Leonardo." Sam said to him as she turned her head, continuing to rest her head against Eduardo.
He smiled at her. "You're welcome. Now you guys get out of here." With that, he turned around and left the ship.
Morgan came forward and patted Eduardo on the back. "Well that turned out better than expected."
"What happened with you guys?" Thomas asked as he stepped forward, rubbing the back of his neck.
"We were heading back when we were surrounded. Captain had been purchasing a bottle of rum when he came out and saw what had happened. He went and got Leonardo." Nathan replied.
Sam looked at Morgan and smiled. "Well thank god for rum then."