May the Wellerman Come

☆Chapter Five: To the Rescue!☆

*15 Minutes Later*

I run to the front of the ship and move past the pirates "Sorry, coming through!" I exclaim as I march up the stairs to see Reid standing still; facing the city with his arms crossed and a smirk on his face. "What is going on?!" I shout as he looks at me surprised "Alice! I didn't think to see ya up." He says in his thick, Scottish accent as I storm over to him "You sent Rowan out into danger!" I exclaim as he chuckles "Ahh, this is nothing for him. Your ghràdh (love) will be back alive and well, lassie." He says confidently. More people start flooding the city and chanting "We still need to help." I say as he nods "Lassie, I can assure you that Rowan has done this many a times prior to meeting ya. He's been at this for nine years now, going on ten." He says with a laugh as suddenly several men start screaming and waving their arms to the dock, I look over to see a young man in his 30s; with a cleft lip and overbite as well. He runs up to the ship and waves frantically and screams for help "We got ya, Joe!" "Hang on!" Some of the crewmen yell as two men roughly grab ahold of the man "Oh gosh!" I exclaim as I hold my stomach and begin to feel my vomit come up my throat "Le pirate! (Pirate!)" One of the men holding Joe exclaims as Reid storms down the stairs and looks down at the men "Let 'im go! He be of no use for ye!" He exclaims as the French men laugh "Cap'n! Rowan got captured!" Joe exclaims loudly as he tries to fight out of the mens' grasps by thrashing around like a fish out of water. I see something darken in Reid's blue eyes as he crosses his arms "Na rudan a nì mi airson a 'bhalach seo. (The things I do for this boy.)" He says with a very thick Scottish accent as he walks over to where the men are below. I look over and grab a rope "Alright, Ash, you've done swinging ropes before, you can do this." I say to myself quietly as I move over to the edge. I watch Reid talk to the men in that language and I take a deep breath. "How hard can this be?" I ask as I jump. The rope swings my body and I scream in sheer terror and feel my stomach drop as I fall from the ship and almost smack to the ground like a bug, I hear all the men shouting at me along with the wind in my eardrums as I get into a ball; what little ball I could do and roll twice, I look back and breathe sharply before getting up and running "Alice!!" Reid shouts as I hear people running after me. I run into the city while feeling my feet burn from the smooth bricks in the sun. People watch me as I rush past them, I hide into a corner and grab a blanket from a line of rope and laundry from a low window and wrap it around myself "Alright, where would Rowan be?" I ask quietly as I watch the men with Joe walk right past me "Où est-elle allée?" One of them ask as the other shrugs "Please let me go." Joe says sobbingly as the men keep dragging him. I peek out from my corner "Hmph. Well, looks like that hiding gag in the movies works after all." I say as I walk the other way. After a bit of walking I stumble into the town square, as I walk I feel the baby kick and I see a food cart full of fruits, vegetables, and other fine assortments "Those look amazing compared to pirate's food." I think to myself as I realize I have absolutely no money, I sigh and accidentally bump into a person with an "Oof!". "I'm sorry, I must not have seen you, sir." I say nervously as the man with a humped back turns around to look at me with his glassy eyes, I could see in his right hand a glass bottle. "Uh oh..." I mumble as he begins to speak to me in French and slurring his sentences as he stumbles toward me "I'm sorry, I don't speak French." I apologize quickly as I back away from the man, he grabs my arm roughly as he begins to scream and laugh hysterically. "Let me go! Get off me you jerkoff!" I exclaim as I try to remove myself from his grasp. Suddenly the man gets punched in his face and falls to the ground, I feel a familiar hand grab my forearm "Ya alright, lassie?" Rowan asks as I nod and quiver. The man sits up and glares at us. "Leave the lass alone!!" Rowan shouts as the man stands up and tries to fight, but is very slow and slurred in his movements. Rowan pushes me back slightly as the man shouts at us "Are you hurt?" I ask Rowan "I'll worry about meself later, Alice. What are ye doing off the Night Soul?" He asks "To come and save your rear end." I say defensively as the man swings at Rowan, Rowan pushes the man back and they fall to the ground to begin rolling around and throwing punches. "Like now for instance. Help! Someone!" I exclaim as I try to grab the man and get him up but the man backhands my right cheek and I fall down "Yer dead!!" Rowan shouts as he begins to strangle the man and rolls on top of him, the man's face begins to turn red as a crowd of people begin running towards us "Rowan, let him go!" I exclaim as Rowan growls and pushes the man. The man punches Rowan and pulls out a knife from his boot that was already caked with dried blood, Rowan stumbles back as the man speaks in French and tries to slash at Rowan. Suddenly Reid comes up and hits the man's glass bottle to the back of the drunk's head; the man falls to the ground instantly with a thud and drops the knife beside his right arm; the knife bouncing once before laying to the brick. Reid looks at both of us "C'mon kids, let's move." Reid says in a hushed voice as Rowan walks over to pick me up "Are you-" "I'm fine." I snap as I push him away and storm through the crowd to the ship. As we walk up the plank I look at the crew and they all look at me with a fearful look as I step down and cross my arms over my breasts. Rowan steps down onto the ship and edges toward me "I don't want ya to ever step off this ship. Ya hear?" He asks in a demanding tone, he must have it in for himself for sure. I turn around "You have some nerve to talk to me that way!" I exclaim as Rowan's eyes widen "I mean it, Alice! It's me job to protect ya!" He exclaims "Your job?! My job is to protect myself, I'm not helpless, Rowan!" I say as I storm away but Rowan grabs my left arm "This next expedition ye are staying on this ship! And that is final, Alice!" He says angrily "Who died and made you my father, you jackoff!" I exclaim as I turn around and push him. "I'm goin' ta start lockin' ya in da bunker!" He exclaims as I beat on his chest "You're not doing anything to me you misogynistic pig! I am a woman, and I have had it with this swashbuckling nightmare!!" I shout, suddenly a flash of red comes in front of me and I feel two big hands clutch my upper arms and lift me up "That is enough out of you, lass! I will not tolerate such behavior aboard me ship!!" Reid roars as he sets me down. I stare at him wide eyed with my heart temporarily stopping as the whole crew falls silent, Reid's angry eyes slowly calm as he heaves a heavy sigh. "I think it would be best if the two of ya had some time apart for a while. Rowan, come with me. Alice, I think you would be a good asset aboard the Night Soul. But I can't have ya be treatin' me crew like ya did ever again, do ya understand me?" He asks as I nod; my face turning fire red "I am going to my bed." I say as I turn around and storm away from the crew. I hate this, like, I really hate this. I need to find a way to wake myself up, but how?

~End~