*Updated 29-4-2018*

Chapter 5 - Training begins

A loud thudding jolted Rosa awake, as she sat up, dazed. She opened her eyes slightly and groaned. Swinging her legs off of the bed and getting up, Rosa walked over to the mirror. The thudding got louder and more persistent and Rosa focused onto it.

"PRINCESA! WAKE THE FUCK UP! WE DON'T HAVE ALL DAY" shouted a familiar voice.
Rosa groaned again and scratched her head. She grabbed her hairbrush and began trying to get rid of the knots that had formed when she was asleep. The banging continued for a few more seconds and then stopped. Rosa heard a sigh from outside the door and then footsteps retreating.
Probably gone down to the courtyard, she thought.
Pulling her vest over her head and putting on her jeans and shoes, Rosa was trying to figure out what her and Vaas were going to do for the day. She recalled Hoyt mentioning something about a job for Vaas to do, but that was yesterday and she hadn't seen either of them since. Walking back over to the mirror, Rosa finished her look with her signature red lipstick and she was out of the door.

As normal, the heat of the island hit Rosa in the face as soon as she stepped outside. She looked around and couldn't see Vaas anywhere, so started to walk down the steps and out onto the concrete. A pair of hands snaked their way over Rosa's eyes and she jumped, grabbed the hand and twisted it and pushed it back against the person's back. A chuckle came from the person as she realised it was Vaas.

"Keeping you on your toes, princesa" said Vaas. Rosa released his hand from her grasp and Vaas turned to face her. Rosa could't help but stare at him. He looked cleaner, and he was wearing a red tank top and brown military style pants. On his feet he had some black boots, and was carrying two guns, strapped on by his belt. He had tied a piece of red cloth around his left arm. A necklace was hung around his neck, a green gem that looked like a tooth and few more pieces of leather. He looked like a pirate. He looked hot.

"Cat got your tongue?" said Vaas, interrupting Rosa's thoughts, "Thank god you're finally awake, I was banging on your door for fucking 30 minutes."
"Sorry, I like to sleep" replied Rosa, "New attire?"
Vaas smirked and twirled around making Rosa laugh.
"Hoyt gave it to me, said I needed to look the part."
"What did he have you do yesterday?" asked Rosa.
"Just told me what I was going to be doing here. I'm overseeing after the rejects, making sure that they're 'well looked after' and choosing the best hostages that can be sold. He said I have a good eye for it already." replied Vaas, a hint of cockiness in his voice.

"That's not fucking fair!" said Rosa, "You've be here for what? Two minutes and he already has you dealing with the rejects. I've been begging him to let me at them since I was 14 and you waltz in and you get to fuck with them all you want."
Rosa was pissed and Vaas could clearly see. Her eyes darkened and she clenched her fists.

"Hey, I'm only listening to what the guy told me to do, princesa" reasoned Vaas, "Hoyt said cause I was in the tribe that I have valuable skills to use on the rejects." Rosa didn't say anything but crossed her arms.
"It's fine. Fucking fine." she mumbled.
Vaas placed his hand on her cheek and Rosa looked up at him.
"I'm dealing with them tonight, you can come with me, if you want. Hoyt doesn't have to know."
Rosa's face instantly brightened and a small smile spread on her face.
"There you go, princesa. Now, lets get on with some training? How does knife throwing sound?"

4 hours later, Rosa was tired. Vaas had her throwing swords at a target down on the beach in the compound the whole time, until she could hit 10 bulls eyes in a row. She had managed it but was now aching all over and collapsed onto the sand.
"Erm, Rosa, what do you think you're doing?" Vaas asked and he grabbed her hands and tried to haul her up.
She moaned, her arms feeling like jelly as Vaas pulled on them
"No more, please. I'm fucking done in. Enough. Terminado" she replied.
Vaas' ears perked up when he heard her say something in Spanish. He dropped her arms and sat on the sand next to her.

"You speak Spanish, princesa?" he asked.
"Yeah, Hoyt and Rich taught me how to speak it."
Rosa had closed her eyes and was bathing in the sunlight.
"Are you fluent?"
"Near enough."
"Say something to me."
"Estoy jodidamente cansado y eres molesto." replied Rosa.
Vaas laughed.
"I'm not annoying, princesa. And, I should be the one who is tired. I was running through the jungle half of yesterday with my head sliced open."
This reminded Vaas to take his pills that Doctor Earnhardt gave him, pulling them out of his pocket, popped them out and dry swallowing them.

"What actually happened yesterday, Vaas?" Rosa's inquisitive sidewas coming out again.
"Nothing that i want to concern you with, hermana."
There was silence between the pair again and Rosa sat up and faced Vaas, so they were both sat crossed legged.
"Did it hurt when it happened?" Rosa asked, reaching up to Vaas' head to touch the bandage. Vaas winced slightly.
"I didn't really notice it until I got dragged here. Being in the Raykat, they teach you not to notice pain."
Rosa pulled her hand away and Vaas got to his feet. He put his hand out and Rosa grabbed hold this time as he pulled her up. His touch sent tingles down her arm as she tried to refrain herself from kissing him.

"We better be going back up otherwise Hoyt will freak out big time." stated Rosa.
Vaas nodded and looked down at their hands, still in one anothers. Rosa blushed and tried to pull her hand away from embarrassment but Vaas held on. She looked at him, into his deep green eyes that bore into her very soul as he leaned in closer to her.
"Would it be so bad if I kissed you now, princesa?" whispered Vaas, his voice entrancing Rosa.
She shook her head.
"Do it." she whispered.
They both began to lean in when a voice broke the moment.
"YOU TWO! HOYT WANTS TO SEE VAAS IN HIS OFFICE NOW!" shouted Rich.
They both groaned, knowing that they would have to wait.

Rosa began to get worried. She wondered if Hoyt had seen Vaas about to kiss her and was concerned that he might kill Vaas.
No, she thought, surely he wouldn't kill him.
 She paced up and down the corridor for the best part of an hour until a strange smell hit Rosa's nose, coming from Hoyt's office. Weed.
All of a sudden, the door burst open, followed by a cloud of smoke. Out stepped a red eyed Vaas, stumbling as he did so. Rosa could hear Hoyt giggling behind him. Vaas didn't even acknowledge Rosa as he made his way down the stairs.

"Don't be afraid to hold back on the rejects Vaas, they fucking deserve it!" called Hoyt.
"Will do!" Vaas called back.
Rosa could feel the anger in her as she stormed into Hoyt's office.

"What the fuck do you think you're doing?" she growled.
He laughed again and smiled, high himself.
"Business, Rosa, business. That boy is going to make me a lot of money, I can just see it!" Hoyt was still smiling, whereas Rosa was enraged.
How dare he get Vaas involved with drugs! She knew how life on Rook worked, how Hoyt rewarded the pirates but all she wanted was to keep her island boy untainted from whatever addictions Hoyt was going to offer him. The fact that Vaas was the same age as Rosa and Hoyt still didn't give a shit infuriated her. Just more time with Vaas until he succumbed to Hoyt's prizes was all she wanted, that's all.

Rosa could feel the anger boiling up inside her as she stomped into the compound, over to where the rejects were kept. The anger was overwhelming as she spotted Vaas threatening a onewith his gun.

"You're worthless scum. WORTHLESS!" he screamed, the effect of the weed beginning to wear off as Rosa could see he was coming down, "Give me one good reason why I shouldn't kill you."
The man began whimpering and stuttering, Vaas just laughing. Rosa marched over to where he was and yanked the gun out of his hand. She cocked it, shooting the reject in the head, his body slumping to the floor. Vaas turned to he, his eyes wide and bloodshot. She didn't say anything but dropped the gun on the floor, the effect of the kill pumping its way through her body.

Her first kill.
It felt good.

Vaas just stared at her, bewildered.
"Princesa?"

Rosa just walked away from the scene and back into the compound building.

I hope you guys enjoyed this chapter! More to come tomorrow! Happy reading!