deep in the sea (I give you my heart) // jenlisa

Chapter 2: Captain Athena

A/N: Double update since it's the start of the story! This is going to be slow burn so...hope y'all are patient enough, it's so worth it.

Enjoy! Next chapter on Saturday!

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Jennie watched her men throw the bodies of the dead king and officers over the side of the ship. Her hand was still crusted with the blood of the man she had just killed- she couldn't understand the name the female captain was screaming.

She saw her crew start to pull up the unconscious captain, putting a knife to her throat. "Wait," Jennie called out coolly. Her crew instantly paused, looking at her with confused eyes. "Take her to a cell. I still have questions for her."

The crew did as they were told, dragging the limp captain away. Jennie took one more glance around the ship, tossing the still warm heart into the sea and grabbing her hat before walking over to the steering column where a trusted pirate sailed the Devil's Heart. "Take us to the island."

Once in her cabin, Jennie could properly clean up. She poured fresh water into a basin and started to scrub her hands and face, washing the blood off of them. Her lip still stung terribly, and she mentally cursed the dead bastard that bashed her in the face. Although she guessed she had already cursed him enough, considering his gruesome death.

As she finished cleaning up, her first mate- Taemin –entered her room. He still had soot and blood on him from the battle. "What's the damages to my ship?" Jennie asked in her casually cool voice.

"We have a breach in the hull, but it's above water, so it's not putting us in any danger. A few broken planks and windows as well."

Jennie frowned, but was content that there were no serious damages. "And the others?" She started to undress from her blood splattered coat, removing her weapons along with it.

"The Dutchess was sunk, and the Blue Jay has been heavily damaged. The crew says she's slowly leaking water."

She hummed as she turned her back to Taemin, now filling her water basin to wash her hands and face. "I have Suho taking us to the island. We can have Chanyeol repair the damages," Jennie said more to herself than her first mate.

"One last question before you can go, Taemin." Her voice was sharp as she looked up into the mirror in front of her.

He froze with his fidgeting, staring at his captain. Jennie had kept herself calm up until this point; in reality she was seething at how the battle went. "Tell me... Who was sailing when I left the helm to board the Leviathan?" She slowly turned, giving him a vicious look.

Her first mate paled, swallowing as he thought quickly. "Jongin was the last I saw at the helm, Captain. He took it when you boarded the Leviathan." Jennie ground her teeth. She quickly dressed into a new coat, strapping her sword back onto her side. She strutted back out onto the deck of her ship, scanning the crew. Jongin was a small, scrawny man, who had been in her crew for only a few months.

Once Jennie spotted him, she went straight towards him. He, unware of her anger, gave Jennie a small nod of greeting. He was in the middle of saying, "Captain," When Jennie's hand shot out and grabbed him by the throat.

Her fingers trembled with anger as she dragged the flailing crew member to the side of her ship, leaning him backwards so far that he was leaning well over the railing. "Who gave you the order to take the helm?" Jennie asked in a seething tone.

She moved her grip up to his jaw so he could breath and talk- although with some difficulty. "N-no one, sir!" Jongin looked terrified, his hands gripping onto Jennie's jacket sleeve for dear life.