A promise to kill

A dangerous pirate

    Everything around me became apparent to me when the sunlight hit my face. I was sleeping in a room, not under the deck with the rest of the crew. I never minded the suspended hammocks, more so the hammock between Heat and Wire, but I would never complain about a bed like the one I'd woken up in. Looking around I realized that this was Killer's room and the Massacre Solider was sitting at his desk scribbling away in a note book, that was before he noticed me.
    " Your awake. Noda said you probably wouldn't wake up for a couple more hours but guess he was wrong." He stands walking towards me and what I noticed first was his crystal blue eyes.
    " You've been asleep for a day and half. How are you feeling?" He holds a hand to my forehead and I can only stare at him, no words coming to mind. He takes this as his que to explain what had happened.
    "Noda says your mind and body were probably tired since you've been going nonstop since joining the crew and you emotional breakdown was like a dam, letting all that wear and tear, everything out all at once." He gently brushes his hand against my cheek.
    " You had us worried. Even Kid's been in a mood since you've been asleep. If your up for it, maybe we can go get some grub and say hi to everyone?" He asks and all I can do is nod my head and before I know it, he's helping me onto my feet then reaching for his mask.

" Lady! Bout time you woke up." I hear Kid yell out form his spot at the table and everyone turns to face me, everyone meaning Kid, Heat and Wire. They don't move from their spot as I sit down as Killer serves me some food.
    "You got my assassin fuckin whipped. He didn't want to leave you to wake on your own." Kid stated all the while laughing, probably trying to make some kind of conversation.
    " Kid don't even start. You tried to strangle the doctor when he said there wasn't anything he could do." Killer retorts back calmly while placing a plate before me.
    " and I told you, I needed to finish the plans for that thing you wanted." I can hear Heat and Wire snickering to themselves.
    "Good to see you in good health Layla. Got some good news for you though. Looks like you got yourself a bounty." Heat says this and looks towards our grinning captain who in turn slammed a thin sheet of paper onto the table. A picture of me, square in the middle and in bold letters, LADY, and a hefty bounty under it. 105,000,000
    " That's a damn good number for your first. Almost as much as Wire. What are you at now? 120,000,00?" Killer notes and I stare at the poster, I couldn't believe that the girls here was really me.
    " Anyways, now that Killer is out here, we'll get back on topic. We'll be sailing straight through to the New world meaning out next stop is Sabaody." Kid smirks just as he does before any other expedition, already anticipating a good fight one way or another .
" On that note, it's been known that celestial dragons like to buy slaves there so no one, even look their way. We don't need an whole fleet on a tail right before getting into the new world." Killer warns then and I'm sure everyone can feel the edge to his voice with this warning.
"Question, how will we know who the dragons are." Wire asked this and I take my turn in answering as they all turn to me, expecting me, a former slave, to know.
" Oh, you'll know. Just with the way they walk as if they're better than the whole world, how they talk down on others as if we're nothing more that pest, and it'll piss you off more than anything you've ever experienced but the whole government will move against you if you even look like you might talk back to them." I can feel my arms, my limbs shaking. I can't tell if it's anger or fear but they tremble. I look up to stare directly at the rest of my crew.
" They are the weakest, loudest, most trifling things in the whole ocean but they hold the most power out of all of us." I focus on Kid, as he's the one I worry for the most. The whole room is silent, even the lesser crew members who were simply eating their dinner at a different table.
" You ain't need to be scared Lady, we'll protect you. Might even buy you a friend while we're there too. I'd we like any of the slaves being sold." Kid stands and roughly hitting my back. He's standing to feel bigger, taller, stronger, to look like captain he is. " You heard her. Best behaviors. Getting our pride hurt ain't worth the rest of our journey. We get in. Get our ship coated, and get out, on our way to the new world. Keep our head low, keep an eye out for other pirates, and get the fuck out of there before any marines show up. Understand?" Kid explains in a rather thorough way, despite his overconfident, fight crazy smile. I'm sure everyone else understands and despite Kid explaining everything, he's the one we worry most about, I'm sure everyone is. Since he's the most blood thirsty.
" We'll we've got time for all that to sink in since we've got a couple of days before we make land. Take note of inventory and make sure your divisions are good. We need to make sure we're stalked up long haul trips since we won't be able land anywhere for a while after Sabaody." Killer instructs everyone and they nod. I didn't even know there were such things as divisions but now it kind of makes sense.
" Heat, armory. Wire, spare parts for repairs. Killer food and medicines." They all nod and head out while I stand there silently.
" What division am I in Captain? What should I do?" I ask and he just grins. " You don't got a division. You're gonna be practicing your shooting for the whole 2 weeks till we get there. better be able to shoot a man 200 meter out by the time we're done." He has a sadistic grin on his face once again and again, i feel a shiver run down my spine.
" I'll make you into a real dangerous pirate, Lady." He roughly grips my chin to force my face near his.
" No one will be able to catch you again."