*Updated 09-05-2018*
Chapter 44 - The Girl
Wandering up and down in a line, Vaas inspected the new hostages.
The rain was starting to subside but was still wetting him, trickling his forehead. He had a constant smirk on his face as he watched the shivering, sunken messes in the cages. He loved to break them and to watch them suffer. Whoever bought them could do whatever they wanted with them; that was none of Vaas' concern.
But whilst they were under his cruel leading then he would make them crack. He loved to watch the light go out of their eyes when he killed them or when they lost hope. He loved to watch them beg for their lives. He thrived off of it.
Vaas stopped at the last cage and sat down next to it.
A girl in her mid-twenties was huddled in the corner. Her hair was black but you could tell it was dirty and thoroughly wet from the rain. It masked her face and shrouded her features, expect for one piercing blue eye that poked out from in between the hair. She was skinny and she was wearing some black, skin tight shorts, a tank top and no shoes. She was violently shivering, her teeth chattering.
"Hermana." Vaas said, his voice soft and quiet, "Hermana, come over here."
Vaas was sat cross legged on the wet dirt, rubbing his hands in it. The girl lifted her head slightly and winced, obviously injured.
"Pera, come over here, I'm not going to hurt you."
The girl whimpered but then slowly shuffled over to Vaas, keeping her distance. The sun was starting to come out and the heat radiated all over, drying the earth and the pirates.
"How are you, pera?" he asked, his voice calm.
The girl was confused. She cleared her throat and glared at Vaas.
"Ah, the strong silent type, I get it. My girl is like that sometimes. It's always the best kind of girl."
The girl said nothing and Vaas smirked.
"I bet you thought you had a chance. Way up in the fucking skies, before you crash landed here. But hermana, down here ... down here, you hit the ground."
The girl was still shaking, Vaas' calmness unsettling her; she had witnessed him go crazy but she was more frightened of him when he was quieter.
"Listen, pera, I'm not that bad. You gotta believe me. Everyone around thinks I'm heartless, no? I must have a heart, though. Come here."
Vaas motioned the girl over; she waited before complying. Vaas reached through the caging and grabbed the girls wrist, feeling her resist a little. Vass pulled her hand through and placed it on his chest.
"Feel that?" he asked.
The girl could feel the steady rhythm of his heart underneath her hand.
"I must have heart, no? You can feel it. So why, why, do people say I don't have one? Every time new people come, they say I have no heart."
Vaas dropped the girls hand and laughed a little.
"I'm pretty fucking psychotic. Insane, you might say. But, that girl ... that girl in there makes me different. She changes me."
Vaas sighed a little as he and the hostage wondered why he was telling her all of this. He needed someone to talk to and seeing as though the girl would be either sold or killed, it didn't matter who he told. It was surprising behaviour even for Vaas as he looked around to make sure that there was no one else about.
"You see, I don't have any family. Family is a fucking waste of time. I thought I would die alone, you know? Nobody to love me. But then, that girl, she changed everything. Made me want to live. She gives me something to fight for. I don't need anybody but her. Do you understand? I would die for her. And I know, she would do the same. She did die once and I thought I would too. If she hadn't had woken up when she did, then who knows if I would have jumped?"
The girl blinked, pushing the hair out of her eyes and looked at Vaas. She coughed a little before saying something.
"Is she the one?" she girl whispered.
Vaas chuckled.
"She's the one, alright."
The pair sat in silence and listened to the sounds around them. Men swore and laughed, the chirping of the tropical birds and the crickets reminding them that the island was alive. The girl was analysing the situation and deciding when was the right time to make her move. Vaas rubbed his eyes and sighed again.
"Sometimes you just need someone to talk to." the girl said and Vaas smiled a little.
The girl began to grow hopeful in that Vaas talking to her meant that she would go home. But that was never on Vaas' mind. The girl was getting drawn into Vaas' eyes and watched him dreamily before snapping herself out of it.
"I don't what know to do to show her how much I care. Nothing seems to be enough, you know?" Vaas said this out loud, his thoughts being verbalised.
"Are you married to her?" the girl said quietly.
Vaas chuckled again before stopping abruptly.
"Married? Who would marry us on this island? Anyways, isn't marriage supposed to be fucking waste of time?"
Vaas spat onto the ground and the girl snorted.
"What?" Vaas said.
The girl rolled her eyes, testing her limits with him.
"You don't need to make it official. It would just be official between the two of you and to anyone that asked. Marriage doesn't have to mean a piece of paper."
The girl paused for thought before continuing.
"You want to show her how much you love her, right? Prove it. Marry her."
Vaas turned to the girl, his eyes huge and she grew a little scared of him again. He said nothing but was deep in thought. Hoyt's words came back into his mind.
"I don't know what happened the other day, only that I've never seen her like that. She seemed broken and I don't know what you did to her. She's happy again but I need you to prove it to me. Show me that you truly love her. Show me that you mean that you'll never hurt her again, otherwise, I will not hesitate to kill you. I will tear you limb from limb and then burn you alive. Understand?"
Vaas was still in thought and didn't notice the girl edging closer to him against the cage.
"She sounds very lucky. Having a man like you."
The girl gave him a look of lust and couldn't believe herself that she was going to attempt what she had planned. She pushed her arm through the bamboo cage and pulled Vaas closer. He was surprised at her audacity but was lost in confusion before he felt a pair of lips on his, dry and cracked.
He snapped himself out of his haze. Vaas was about to push the girl off of him and put a bullet through her skull before the lips were ripped from his. The girl was now screaming. Rosa was dragging the girl backwards by her hair as she was kicking and yelling.
Vaas jumped to his feet and ran after the pair, the pirates, as per usual, beginning to gather. Rosa pulled the girl up the stairs next to the warehouse and into a room. Before Vaas could run in after them, Rosa slammed the door shut and firmly locked it. Vaas banged on the door.
"ROSA! ROSA, OPEN THIS FUCKING DOOR!" he shouted, punching his fist on the hard wood.
After a few minutes, he stopped and silence rang throughout the compound. A sea of beady eyes looked up at Vaas and he grew angry.
"GET BACK TO FUCKING WORK BEFORE I SKIN YOU ALIVE!" he screamed, the men jumping and muttering.
Raul bounded up the stairs as Vaas slumped down against the door.
"What the fuck is going on?" Raul asked.
"Stupid fucking bitch of a hostage kissed me. Rosa's dealing with her now. FUCK!"
Vaas punched the floor as small beads of blood began to form.
Raul barely managed a syllable before a blood curdling scream resonated all through the compound and everyone jumped. Rosa's laughter was closely followed and then another scream was let out.
"Fuck, boss." Raul breathed and Vaas got to his feet, "Why did she kiss you?"
"I think she thought if she did, I would like it and I would let her go. I only wanted to talk to someone. Motherfucker. They always have to ruin it."
"You did push her off, didn't you?" Raul asked.
Vaas blinked a few times.
"I was about to but then she was getting dragged by her hair. Fuck knows what Rosa is doing to her."
Another scream was let out and Raul chuckled a little, as then did Vaas.
"My girl is fucking loco." Vaas said and Raul laughed.
"Let me get us some beers. You look like you could need it."
About 15 beers, constant screaming and 40 minutes later, the locked clicked in the door. Rosa's heels were heard and Vaas and Raul jumped up. Rosa was covered, head to toe, in blood and she wore a devilish grin.
"I'm going to go and clean up." she stated and began to walk down the stairs.
"Rosa ..." Vaas started but she put her hands up and silenced Vaas.
"Yo, Vaas, come here and see this." Raul said and Vaas sighed, hesitated and then followed Raul into the room.
Tied to a chair and lifeless, was the girl. Blood swam on the floor and squelched under foot. Vaas came forward and stood in front of the now dead, mutilated girl.
"Fuck me." he whispered and examined Rosa's work.
The girls had head been cut clean off and stuck onto a stick, which stood in the centre of the room. Her hair was harshly cut and her ears removed. Her eyeballs had been gauged out and Rosa had sewn the girls mouth together. The clothes that she had worn had been ripped and the rest of her body was tied naked to the chair. Her chest oozed blood and Raul tapped Vaas.
"Look at her chest." he said.
Vaas diverted his attention to the remains of the girl. On her chest in deep cuts were the words 'NOT YOURS'.
Her heart had been ripped out and Rosa had positioned the girl so it looked like she was holding it in her lap.
"Holy fucking shit." Vaas said and he stomped out of the building, down the stairs and onto the beach, leaving Raul with the corpse.
He scanned the beach and spotted a pile of clothes on some rocks. He then saw Rosa's head bob out of the water. He jogged over and called her.
"Hermana! HERMANA!" he yelled, "Come out!"
Rosa swam to the surface and got out of the water, just in her bra and panties, the water glistening on her perfectly shaped body. She grabbed a towel off of the rock and quickly dried her arms, then runnint it through her hair.
"Yeah?" she asked, as if nothing was wrong.
"Holy fucking shit, Rosa."
Vaas managed to say and Rosa started laughing.
"What?" she asked, still spluttering a little.
"You're not mad?" Vaas asked and Rosa shook her head.
"Mad? I'm most definitely mad, as are you. But angry? No, of course not. I was angry with that cunt but not with you. People don't touch what is mine, and they especially don't kiss what's mine either."
Vaas chuckled and little, pulling Rosa in by the waist and she smiled.
"I didn't even have a chance to push her off me, princesa, before you're dragging her away. Good job we already got the money for her."
Rosa smirked and Vaas rubbed his beard.
"You could have made a fucking example out of her in front of everyone, yet you didn't. Why?" Vaas asked.
"Sometimes revenge is best served more personally. It tastes sweeter that way."
"I'll say. You better not be getting more balls than me, hermana, remember who rules this kingdom."
Rosa snorted.
"Yeah, yeah, it won't happen again, blah blah blah, whatever. I made a pretty impressive piece of art out of her, no?" she asked, a hint of Vaas' accent and voice coming through.
"You mocking me, hermana?"
"What? No. I am with you pretty much 24/7 so I pick things up. Does it sound sexy on me?"
"Most definitely."
Rosa got on her tiptoes a little and pecked Vaas on the lips.
"You're fucking amazing, princesa." Vaas said.
He just watched her, mesmerised by her aurora.
Was she making him soft? No, never. He was only like this when it was just her and him and nobody else was around. She had changed him, but only into a better man. He was still the violent murderer that he had always been. Sure, they acted the couple in front of everyone, but that was just them; everyone was used to it. Vaas was a ruthless and evil killer, ahuman trafficker, as well as a daily drug user and seller but there was something about Rosa that mellowed him out and he needed it.
"I know, I know." Rosa replied.
She got her clothes off of the rock and scrunched them up/
"Time to use the back entrance, I think. Some of your men are fucking animals, I got wolf whistled when I was caked in blood. Caked in blood. Fucking dogs, all of them, I'm telling you."
Vaas stood watching her as she started to walk away and he smiled to himself, a Cheshire Cat grin.
"Coming or what?" Rosa asked.
Vaas chuckled and knew he had made his decision.
He was going to ask Rosa to marry him.
Aw, we get to see a softer side to Vaas. You guys may think this is weird and random but I wanted to try something different with the Far Cry 3 fics and I'm so excited to write all of this. Don't worry, Vaas still has his balls but for this chapter, I wanted to focus on him with a hostage and how Rosa can react as equally as bad as him (if not worse) when someone tries something. I hope you guys are enjoying the story still! Please, please, please, review! I have some things planned, don't worry, my cherubs! But for now, happy reading:)