Night fell on the Thalassopolis sea.
I hadn't left my room for hours, alternating between sobbing quietly, and staring into space. I felt awful, numb to the world, and angry at myself. I knew I couldn't let Lord Vickers take the Ballista, if there was even the slightest chance he'd salvage her for his own fleet, I wasn't risking it, it wasn't right, just imagining that scenario stirred my temper. But still, now I was doubting myself for acting so rashly, what I did was such a permanent solution for an otherwise temporary problem, did I do the right thing by scuttling her?
I had no idea what Golden Hind was thinking about me now, she hadn't come to see me ever since I scuttled my ship, maybe she was just giving me space? Did she think I was a liability without my ship? After all what is a captain with no ship? I wouldn't put it past her to just dump me on an island somewhere and head to Shipwreck Point alone, hell I might suggest it to her when we next talk. I hear a knock on my door, but I just ignore it, then I hear another knock followed by Hind's voice.
"Ken? Please let me in." She softly calls to me from behind the door, I don't reply, just sighing quietly as I slowly look towards the door. "Ken you haven't eaten since the last battle, it isn't healthy to stay in your room this long, I'm...I'm worried about you." Hind admitted, almost as if to punctuate her point, my stomach growled right on cue, it was the first thing I felt apart from grief or anger since I scuttled the Ballista. I guess I needed to eat something.
"Alright...one moment I'll be in the mess hall in a sec." I call back, putting some new clothes on since the old ones were damp with tears and sweat. I rubbed my eyes and opened the door. Surprisingly Hind was still waiting out there, before I could say anything to her, she hugged me, arms and tentacles both wrapping around me lovingly, and closely. For once I actually welcomed her touch as opposed to just tolerating it.
Her embrace felt warm, safe and comforting. I slowly felt my negativity fade into the background of my mind, like I could function again. I return the hug, voluntarily resting my head on her cleavage, she gently rubs the back of my head, while nuzzling my forehead. Her tentacles were just as loving, coiling around my legs and mid section, and lightly squeezing me, feeling almost like a massage. We stayed like that for a minute, not speaking, just enjoying the closeness, before I reluctantly pulled away from her.
"Thanks...I...I had no idea...how much I needed that." I finally say to her. Hind gave me a small smile, before putting a hand on my shoulder.
"I need you Ken, both as your Pact Binder, and as your friend, even without the Ballista we can still do this, I'll help you rebuild her one day, but right now we have a job to do, you still up for this?" I take a moment to process what she says. With my previous depression and sadness alleviated somewhat, I could think much clearer. I still had the powers of the Pact, water walking, my water tentacles, my enhanced physical feats, Hind had a point; I wasn't out of this just yet. I wiped my tears away, took a deep breath and looked her in the eyes.
"Yes...I'm alright now...how far are we from Shipwreck Point?" I ask her as we head to the mess hall.
"If we keep up our current speed, we'll get there in two hours, but from my estimates of Lord Vickers' fleet; he'll arrive another two hours after us. We need to find a storm to the Fountain of Youth before then, with Mary Celeste's help we should be able to do it." Hind explained. We sit down in the Mess hall and eat, the food tasted even better than usual, no wonder since I hadn't eaten for hours.
"If we're lucky, this whole event will convince Vickers of the danger Echo fleet poses." I stated, munching on an apple.
"Yeah...if we're lucky..." Hind sighed gloomily, she then cleared her throat before speaking again. "I just hope we find some answers, if the Fountain of Youth really is fully operational again, at least his fleet will buy us time to sneak past its defences and deal with Echo fleet's leadership."
"And if it isn't operational?" I asked her, wondering what exactly her plan B was. She awkwardly chuckled and rubbed the back of her head.
"I don't know, probably run like hell and hope we survive long enough for another storm to appear, but we can cross that bridge if we get to it." Hind replied. I hit my head on the table when she finished speaking, groaning in frustration.
"We're so dead..."
Two hours later
Shipwreck Point...we finally made it.
I stand on the bow of Golden Hind's hull to stare out at the foliage covered coastline. Despite all the legends I've heard about this place, its surprisingly peaceful. The waters are calm right now, but I've been sailing for long enough to know a storm can literally come out of no where, kind of ironic that I WANT that to happen today. I looked behind the ship back at the Royal fleet still on the horizon, but in a couple hours time, they'll be right on top of us.
As I was gazing at the horizon, Hind came behind me, and wrapped her arms around my waist, careful not to touch my wound. Her tentacles lightly coiled around my limbs, not using enough strength to restrain them, merely caressing me, the ooze from her sea creature body didn't gross me out as much as I it used to, in fact the way it eliminated any friction between us felt really nice. I turned around in her embrace and looked up into Hind's smiling face, staring into her eyes.
Seeing the deep blue pools of her irises, was nothing short of beautiful, it reminded me of my love of the sea, when I first entered this pact, I thought Hind was tainting that feeling with her pervy antics, but now, I see that same love I have for the ocean reflected right back at me. I feel a warm sensation building in my chest, it feels like...home...this is home...and now I had someone to share it with. I feel a tear leak from my eye, but not out of sadness...happiness.
Hind looked at me confused for a moment, but before she could ask what was wrong, I pulled her into a kiss. While we had kissed plenty of times before, this was the first time I initiated it, I felt very manly in this moment, feeling her soft lips against mine, feeling her kiss me back...wow it was exhilarating. Hind clearly appreciated this gesture too, feeling her hold me tighter as we made out. After a moment we pulled back for air, and Hind...oh god...she had that characteristically horny smirk on her face as she watched me.
"Darling~ you're so forward today~" She teased, her tentacles pressing me tighter against her body, I didn't bother to resist, I was feeling too good to be put off by her carnal comments for once, in fact I started to feel hot and bothered myself, we had at least a couple hours before Lord Vickers would be in range of us, this had the potential to be the biggest fight of our lives, if I ever wanted to bed Hind, this could be my last chance to do so.
"Hind...do you...still want me?" I asked her tentatively, having no idea how to flirt. Fortunately I didn't need to do much else, Hind just chuckled for a moment, then a gasp was forced from my lips as I felt her tentacles slip into my pants, before a wet, strong force coiled around my cock inside my clothes.
"Bedroom, now." She playfully commanded. Literally using her tentacle like a leash around my dick, she led me to her room. Every few steps, my breath caught in my throat as her tentacle wiggled, teasing me to full mast easily. Once we got to her room, she slowly "Darling you have no idea how long I've waited for you to want this, just relax and let me take care of you~" Her voice became low, and husky, guiding me towards the bed.
I can't stop myself panting, the wet tentacle, with no friction to speak of, just keeps tugging and wiggling on my dick as I lay on the bed, intent on keeping me hard. Hind then crawls on top of me, pulling my pants down with a cheshire cat grin on her face. Obviously she's been waiting for this for a while, seeing her this hungry for me was a little intimidating, but it just aroused me more than scared me.
That silky black dress she always wore slid off her in one motion, exposing her incredible body to me, she laughed a little as my cock twitched in her tentacle, more tentacles wrapped around my limbs, holding me spread eagled on the bed as Hind crawled up to my face, she kissed me yet again, this time making sure to swirl her tongue around my mouth, making sure to really claim every nook and crevice she could reach with her impossibly long tongue, a chord was struck in my chest at how well she was seducing me, if she had really wanted to, I could have been hers a long time ago...she really did respect me if she was willing to wait for me to voluntarily agree to this.
"How naughty of you to keep me waiting for this~ its not healthy to keep all that cum locked inside you, lets relieve all that tension now shall we?" Hind teased, manoeuvring herself so her crotch was over my face, and her head was over my dick. I gasp as I realise what she's about to do, but it was too late. She lowered herself so my mouth and her pussy basically kissed, uttering a low moan as we make contact. I internally chuckle at this lewd position she puts me in, before gently grabbing her hips and slowly running my tongue over her clit.
The result was instantaneous; Hind gasped, before moaning louder, I felt her hands grip my knees as she shivers in pleasure, her thighs clenching around my head, I almost couldn't breath, it was only when I licked her that I could get some breath back...this was intentional, that little minx! But I didn't mind, I just gave her what she wanted, a nice long clit licking.
I almost screamed as I suddenly felt a wet presence around the tip of my cock, I thought it was her tentacle at first, but it was too small to be one, that was when I realised Hind was licking my cock, her tongue was amazingly dextrous and long, coiling around my cock like a cobra in its agility, her mouth lowered and engulfed the tip, a light sucking sensation starting to slowly overtake my senses. Her womanly scent, along with her stimulating touch...I could already feel my cock throb with need.
Intent on not orgasming just yet, I stepped up my oral assault on her clit, sucking on it harder as I feel her legs clamp harder around me. Using my enhanced strength, I break my arms free of her tentacles and grope her ass. I hear her give me a muffled gasp as I touch her ass, but before she can recover, I push her head down my dick, forcing her to deep throat it, I hear a muffled moan and then a chuckle as I do so, clearly she's enjoying this a lot.
"I'm not just letting you top me without a fight girl." I taunt her playfully, right after I say that, I shoved my tongue up her snatch, digging as deep as I can to her G-spot. Hind utters a muffled yelp as I do so, I can feel her sucking faster on my cock, bobbing her head up and down while tightly keeping her lips wrapped around me. God this feels so good~
We go like that for a few more minute, humping the other as we both try to drag an orgasm out of our partner. I'm holding out as long as I can, not wanting to cum so soon, but then Hind slowly pulls off me, a slight popping sound as my cock emerges from her mouth.
"Very good darling~ now lets see if you can handle the main event~" She taunts with a giggle. She turns around, letting me breath as I lick up her juices, then I look up to see Hind straddling my crotch, panting as she presses my cock against her soaked pussy. "Since you're new to this, I'll go nice and slow for you, don't worry if you cum too quickly..." She trailed off, giving me a seductive, sideways smirk. I felt an ominous, yet incredibly arousing aura emanating from her, intentionally jiggling her tits at me.
In the moment I was entranced by her words and chest, I yelp as I feel a wet, warm tightness slip over my cock. "Oh fuck...oh wow...this...mmmmm..." I can scarcely believe how good this feels, I hear Hind moan with me as she sinks further onto my cock. I hear her even whimper a little as she bottoms out on me. I gasp as I see how wide her eyes are, looking upwards with her tongue sticking out.
"Darling~ this is... much better than I ever imagined~" She pants out breathlessly, then she started to ride me, to say I was in heaven would have been an accurate statement. Well now I certainly understand why Hind can't stop talking about this; sex really is amazing. I moaned out as she moved her hips on me, a pressure building behind my cock, just like when I signed the pact, I was already on the verge of an orgasm.
"Hind I...I'm gonna..." Hind kissed me forcefully before I could finish, then I muffled screamed into her mouth as I felt her buck her hips harder, her pussy already tightening as she got more excited, with my legs still bound by her tentacles, I couldn't even fuck her back. I give a muted yelp as I feel Hind pry my lips apart with her tongue, worming her way into my mouth, deliberately teasing and stroking all my sensitive spots. The stimulation was too much, my body was completely claimed by her.
My hips buck as I orgasm inside her, damn, this was such a powerful feeling, I'd be screaming if it wasn't for Hind still making out with me, and from the way her own hips were moving, and her moans into my mouth, she was also having her own orgasm. I grabbed her ass and shoved her further down my cock, making us both yelp as my cock skewers her deeper, blowing its contents far up her pussy. Hind finally pulled back, literally gasping for air as she rode out her climax, she then rolled off me and stroked my chest lovingly.
"Oh wow...Ken...I'm so happy we could finally do this together, thank you~" She breathlessly told me. I blush at how much cum I blew inside her, but smiled at how pleased she was with me.
"Thanks, I uh...I'm sorry I couldn't last longer...I-" She interrupted me with another kiss, before whispering in my ear.
"I told you not to worry about that, now feel this~" A wave of golden light emanated from her index and middle finger, before lightly pressing that finger on my chest, I gasp as I suddenly feel a wave of warmth wash through me, focusing on my crotch. Before my eyes, my formerly spent penis suddenly engorged with blood again, rising back to full size. I looked back at Hind, and while keeping seductive eye contact with me, lay on her back, spreading her legs, and slowly stroking her clit with one hand, while massaging a nipple with the other.
"Go on darling, you know how good it feels to be inside me~" She taunted playfully, waggling her eyebrows as she chuckled. She was right; having tasted just how great sex truly was, not only could I not resist her any more, I didn't WANT to resist. I quickly rolled on top of a giggling Hind, and I lined up my cock with her leaking pussy, my breath caught in my throat again as the pirate woman spread her labia, the cum from my previous orgasm pouring from the hole made it look oh so inviting.
I slide back inside her, making us both moan out as my cock is accepted in the warm embrace of her incredible vagina, feeling her tighten around me once more, but instead of the raw, animalistic mating instincts from before, I instead feel a warm, fuzzy closeness with her. As I pant from penetrating her again, I look into those cool, blue eyes of hers, I again feel that homely sensation from before.
I slowly move my hips, instead of the ravenous fucking that we did before, I opted for a slower, but deeper rhythm. Hind clearly loved this new pace, slowly panting, and wrapping her legs around m waist. She hugged me, and started French kissing me again, I eagerly returned the favour, pinning her to her bed by the shoulders as I thrust into her harder, but still slow and sensual. She moaned in appreciation, pulling me into a deeper kiss as her orgasm rapidly built up.
I growl a little as I feel my own orgasm build up, I feel Hind humping me back, clearly at the end of her own stamina. She pulls back and moans out, arching her back as thrust into her one more time. "I...I'm cumming~!" Hind screamed, her whole body shaking as her eyes go wide in bliss. I'm just stumped by how quickly she came, my own orgasm still just out of reach.
"Hind...wow...how did I..." Hind interrupted me by gently hushing me, caressing my cheek as she smiled up at me.
"You have an amazing body that's how~ Now lets deal with this hard on for you~" Before I could voice any protest, she sat up and pushed me back onto my back. She then pressed down on my hips and engulfed my cock again. I give a shaky gasp as her warm tongue swirls around the tip. I can feel my waist starting to twitch as I near my limit.
"Fuck~ I...I'm cumming again!" I scream as I blast another load into her mouth, Hind moans with me as she pulls off, keeping her lips sealed to get every drop of it. She then swallowed as I fell back on the bed. "Holy...that was...incredible..." I pant out, feeling my entire body relax as Hind cuddled next to me, I could just make out her smiling face through my half-lidded eyes, and feel her tentacles softly coil around me.
"Congratulations darling, you're a real man now~" Hind teased, making me give a blushing smile. "We can rest for a while, Mary Celeste signalled that won't be here for another half an hour, so for 30 more minutes...we can just be content with each other~" She added, snuggling up to me. I put an arm around her as, just enjoying the warmth of her body next to mine. If someone told me I'd be screwing THE Golden Hind a few weeks ago, I'd have assumed they'd gone mad. Yet here I am, in bed with the woman I originally heavily disliked.
"Yes...the next half an hour is ours alone..." I trail off...wondering about the feelings we've both developed for each other, this could be my only chance to really confess things to her. I didn't feel scared of catching feelings for Hind any more, I welcomed it. I turned my head to face Hind, she's resting her head on my chest, making sure her antler doesn't poke me in the face.
"Hind...I...I need to tell you something, its important." I tell her, already feeling nervous despite the sex we just had. Hind looks up at me with a gentle smile, slowly tracing a circle on my chest.
"What is it darling?" She asked me kindly.
"I...I love you."
Silence...deafening silence for a full minute. Hind seemed to freeze up, her eyes wide and her smile vanished. Did I screw up? Did I break the pact some how? A knot tied up in my stomach as the tension grew. I was about to start apologising, but Hind suddenly glomped me, quietly sobbing and nuzzling my neck. Now I was confused, was she upset or not? She then pulled back, and I realised that while she was crying, she was smiling, and smiling wide.
"I... love you too Ken!"