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He rushed her to his room, placing her gently on the bed whilst watching her blood flow down his arms. He pressed onto her wound to try and stop the blood from dripping onto the floor boards. Some of his crew stood gawking at his door.
“STOP STARING AND GET THE BLOODY DOCTOR!” To say he was furious was an understatement. An array of ‘yes sir’s came back as they scattered. The doctor finally came in through the door.
“What happened?”
“I… I don’t know…. just save her.” The doctor sighed.
“Alright sit back.” He did as the doctor said and relived the moments that had just happened.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Flash Back~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
You had snuck your way out of the brig with your hands still shackled together. You had made your way onto the deck only to find a sword poked at you chest.
“Hey girly.. you don’t look like you belong here,” a pirate in front of you said as he poked his sword at you. “You’d probably wanna just go back to the brig and stay safe there. If our captain finds you he wont be happy and that Kid pirate will probably kill you just for being a girly.” Did he just say Kid? Looking across the deck and sure enough there he was. Kid’s flaming red hair was hard to miss. He had his big fur coat on as usual, and the goggles on his head were the same ones from when he was a child. You couldn’t believe your eyes, he really was there. It felt like you had been looking for him forever. You had finally found him.
“Shame….” The pirate wasn’t paying attention to you anymore. “Captain’s gonna kill him. We were gonna make a deal but”- the pirate shrugged his shoulders - “captain changed his mind and has decided to nab the bounty on Kids head.” With that said a shot was heard.
Kid’s crew didn’t seem too surprised, it seemed as though they were ready to fight anyway. They were always ready… and keen for a fight. A battle quickly spread out over the deck of the ship, blood and body’s started dropping quite quickly.
“Pick what you do girly.. die here or live in the brig. Your choice.” He ran off to going the fighting. You took a step back. Looking around, you noticed that one pirate had made their way up to the crows nest and had a sniper trained on Kid. Looking around no one else had seemed to noticed the snipers appearance. The Kid pirates were stronger than the ones that had you captive but the sheer number of the other crew had all of Kid’s pirates busy. You don’t know what over took you but you just started running towards Kid. You screamed out his name and showed him your shackles. He looked at you and recognised you instantly. He stretched he hand out to you and you felt yourself being pulled through the air. When you reached him he caught you in a tight embrace. As soon as you felt your feet touch the ground you pushed Kid down onto the ground.
“The hell…” he paused due to the of the sound of a gun and the sight of blood dripping down your abdomen. You had achieved your objective, Kid was okay. You placed your hands to your right side and felt a wetness. The pain slowly started spreading from your side outwards. Kid stepped forwards and grabbed your falling form.
“I…. finally….. found you…” You finally coughed out. Darkness slowly taking your vision. You fell limp in his arms.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Back to Now~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Kid remembered hearing his name being called. He looked over to see her, yelling and holding her shackled hands in the air. He instantly pulled her towards him. He hadn’t seen her in years. Soo many questions flooded his head as he pulled her towards him. How was she here? How was she alive? Why was she here? Why was she in shackles? Not a moment too soon she was in his arms, he hadn’t felt happier. Next thing she had pushed him over onto his backside.
“What the hell…..” he stopped when he heard the shot and saw the blood. She was bleeding. No this couldn’t happen… He stepped forward to grab her as she fell. She spoke to him before she closed her eyes but he didn’t hear her. Everything went red.
“KILLER!” Kid yelled. “GET HER ONTO OUR SHIP AND GET OUR MEN OUT OF HERE OR THEY ARE GOING DOWN TOO!” He was mad. Very mad. Killer did as he said, picked up her limp form and retreated back to the Victoria Punk. Killer hadn’t seen his captain in this sort of rage in a long time. He barked the order and the Kid pirates retreated.
“Retreating Kid? Though you had more balls than that!” Kid didn’t even notice that anyone was talking to him. With all his might he pulled all the metal he could towards him. They had cannon balls stored underneath them. What fools, Kid thought. He pulled the cannon balls up towards him, breaking the deck. He then scattered them completely destroying the ship. He didn’t stop directing metal around until the last piece of the ship floating was the piece of decking he was standing on.
“KID PIRATES! KILL ANYONE LEFT OVER WHO BREATHES. NO ONE SURVIVES!” Kid yelled. Using his powers he made his way back to the boat. Killer was standing there with the girl still in his arms. Wordlessly he passed Kid the girl and watched his captain retreat into his chambers. A few of the men followed him, curious as to who this woman was who made their captain lose his shit. That was when he yelled for the doctor.
Her abdomen was covered in bandages now and Kid had tried to gently cover her up with one of his t-shirts. He sat there and stared at her. How was she here? He couldn’t believe his eyes. Even though she was in pain in front of him he was the happiest he has ever been. She was alive. The last time he remembered seeing her, she was being tortured and he was told that she didn’t survive the collapse of the building she was in. That was when Kid stopped caring. That was when he let his anger take over and why he never cared about the civilians anymore. So many of them escaped and not one stopped to grab her or help her. They just ran past. If he hadn’t been in shackles at the time he would’ve ran in after her. She stirred a little and grunted in pain. Kid wanted her to be in his arms. He didn’t think, he just moved. He slid into the bed behind her and pulled her into his chest. Being as gentle as he could, he slid his arm under her head and watched her breathe. He didn’t notice when sleep took him.
“Where is the captain?”
“Still in his cabin.” Kid heard killer outside his door.
“But Killer we don’t know where we are going after the plan went down the drain. Besides what’s with the girl. Kid never lets girls on board they are bad luck.” Many of the crew started asking questions to Killer all at once not allowing him time to respond.
“Calm down all of you,” Killer snapped. “I don’t know who the girl is and the captain will explain himself, when he wants to, if he wants to. We keep heading west towards the next island. We stick to the original plan, just without the others help.” No on really responded. “Is that clear?” He added with a grumble.
“Uhhh yes Killer, sir!” Kid could hear boots scrambling across the decking as men went back to their posts. Killer knocked on Kid’s door.
“Captain?” He asked.
“C’min,” Kid responded not leavening from his position.
“This is her isn’t it?” Killer asked. “The girl you told me about from years ago. I thought she was dead?”
“Me too Killer, me too.” Killer saw something in his captains eyes that wasn’t rage. It was odd. Kid almost looked happy. Genuinely happy.
“What’s the plan?”
“Exactly what you told the crew. Go back to the original plan. Keep sailing to the next island, the boys need a break and we need to stock up. Get everyone to leave me alone today. Except the doc. He can come and check her wounds.” Killer got up and left with a ‘yes sir’ and gently closed the door behind him.
Kid cuddled into the women in front of him. He was almost scared that yesterday had all been a dream. She heaved and coughed.
“Kid?” She asked gently.
“I’m here.” He presses his face into the crook of her neck. “I can’t believe you’re alive.”
“I can’t believe I finally found you.” She whispered back. She stood up and Kid watched her intently. She stretched as she asked. “Where are we and where can I find some food?” She was the same as always. Always thinking of her stomach. Kid let out a chuckle.
“We are on my ship. If we hurry we will make it to lunch. Killer is a skilled cook.” With a grin she set out to the door. “Hang on. Let’s get you in some more clothing. You are the only chick on board. I don’t want the crew getting any ideas.” Kid stuck his head out the door and grabbed the nearest crew member. He told them to grab the smallest pair of trousers he could find. Within a minute or two he was back. The pants weren’t anything special but they were clean. She would have to wear a belt with them anyway but it was the best they could do. For now.
They walked into the galley. Kid first followed by the girl. Every crew member stared, until they saw the look on their boss’ face and they went back to eating. One stood up and shuffled down so there was space for her to sit next to Kid. Killer came across with 2 plates piled up with food.
“I figured you haven’t eaten properly in a while since I took prisoner shackles off of you.”
“You are absolutely right. You must be Killer. Thank you very much!” Everyone stared at her as she talked. The crew tried to look inconspicuous but failed miserably. Kid figured that they were just curious as they had a right to be and left it. Heat and Wire found this very odd but weren’t going to complain. Everyone was fascinated to watch her scoff down her food just as ravenously as everyone else. A crew member even slid her a large coffee which she happily gulped down. She definitely was going to fit in well. After everyone else had finished eating and left the galley she got up to help clear the table.
“That’s not your job you know.” Kid spoke. He had now reclined with a mug in his hand and his boots on the table.
“I know but I’m not dead. I can at least help a little.” The boys clearing were shocked, and thanked her profusely.
“Miss there is no need to help. You should be resting, otherwise your wound might open back up. We appreciate the help.” With a defeated sigh she sat back down next to Kid who had Heat and Wire sitting across from him. She leaned into him, exhausted even though she had barely done anything.
“We are about two days of sailing off from the next island. What is your plan captain?”