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"see you later captain," she said I'm strangely gonna miss her, she was the only person on this boat that would argue back to me. besides Jackson. but I mean good riddance

"aye, Captain did you just let Elizabeth walk off the ship by herself" I heard Jackson ask, I didn't turn around though I just kept looking in the direction Elizabeth walked off in

"yep"

"she gonna die out there by herself isn't she," 

"yep"

"you gonna follow her,"

"Nope, if she wants to leave so bad let her go" I turned around to walk back to my cabin

"Cap if she dies that's blood on your hands" I stopped walking and turned around

"So what our hands are already covered in blood. wait do you like the stowaway"

"okay I have grown fond of the princess she's surprisingly funny" I rolled my eyes 

 "Fine if you want me to go after her ill go but while I'm gone, you're in charge" with that said I walked off the ship, into the busy city I immediately started to look for Elizabeth but the crowd of people made it very hard. that was until I saw her shopping in different stores I rolled my eyes. I followed her for the next hour or so but then she stopped and started talking to a lady at a fruit stand, I got close but not too close to where she could see me. while I was watching her, I felt hands on my bag. I quickly turned around and grabbed their hand tightly hard enough for it to hurt. it was a child. I loosened my grip a bit

"what the hell do you think you're doing," I said sternly

"i-i-i-i-i I'm- I'm sorry mister I just I need money and you seemed easy to steal from," he said on the verge of crying I rolled my eye 'kids are gross but this kid couldn't be no more than 11'

"It seems you don't know who you're stealing from" I pulled my hood back a bit for only him to see my face, his face slowly drained of color and he almost fainted but I held him up

"Hey kid hey, snap out of it, if you want to survive on this island you gotta be a better pickpocket than that" he snapped back into it 

"yo-you're Captain Luke Savage, y-you're gonna kill me," he said in fear, I rolled my eyes 

"I don't kill kids I'm not that much of a monster," I said letting go of him. "now if you want to be a good pickpocket you got to think like a con artist. pickpockets usually have groups, get one. remember when lifting something use two fingers not your whole hand and instead of breaking down when you get caught just say that they dropped it" 

"Why are you giving me advice," he asked a little scared still

"because I was once like you, living on the streets with no one to take care of me but myself," I told him he smiled a little and then ran off to god knows where. when I turned back around to where Elizabeth was she was gone I panicked I started to walk off in a direction looking for her 

'damn it where could she have gone'

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it's been hours since I lost Elizabeth and it's dark out I didn't really care much that I had lost her but I knew Jackson would be mad if I didn't bring her back to the ship when we leave. I grabbed my beer a chugged the rest of it, ever since Elizabeth joined the crew the feel has shifted as if she changed the tone of the crew. my thoughts were cut short by the tavern doors opening

it was Elizabeth

the bar went silent and everyone's eyes were on her as she looked around at her surroundings she scrunched up her face

"you may continue," she told everyone with an attitude and everyone went back to minding their business 

I watched as she confidently walked through the tavern and took a seat at the bar with her back to me. I watched as she ordered a drink and held a conversation with the bar keep. 

soon a man who looked like he crawls with sewer rats sat next to her from what I could see he started talking to her and making her uncomfortable. I didn't think much of it until he touched her then I started to reach for my sword, I was about to do something until she pulled a dagger out on him and held it at his throat. I couldn't hear what she said to him but he quickly ran off I smiled a bit. maybe she can hold her own

after a while, Elizabeth pays for her drinks and walks from the bar and leaves I got up and walked out as well following behind her because it's not safe to walk in the dark by yourself. as she was walking someone came out of an alleyway and stopped her I hid behind a nearby pillar just to see what would happen. this time I was close enough to hear what was being said.

"Woah there miss thang, where ya think ya goin'," some lady asked she looked like she was in her mid-twenties 

"I don't want any trouble, I'm just going back to my room," Elizabeth said sounding very proper   ' I'm surprised she kept her proper speech since being around a bunch of pirates'

"oooh looks like we got ourselves a proper one. ya ain't from here are ya" she said then 2 more guys came out of hiding and blocked Elizabeth in. I slowly started to grab for my sword

"she's quite a beauty isn't she," one guy said

"I wouldn't mind fighting for that" the other added

"now girly we won't hurt cha. if you hand over the bag," the lady said Elizabeth slowly put her left hand on her sword while looking over her shoulder at the men behind her

"well then you're gonna have to pry it from my dead hands," Elizabeth said the guy on her left was the first one to make a move he went to strike her but Elizabeth managed to block him and kick him away from her just them the other guy made a move. she managed to move out of the way and kick him in the back sending him to the ground. the other guy came back running at her she swiped his sword with hers making him drop his. she swung her sword back cutting him across his face, she gasped and covered her mouth as the guy dropped to the ground

"I am so sorry, are you okay," she asked him I groaned and facepalmed I trained her on how to use her sword but not on killing people. just then the other guy came out of nowhere she barely dodged his attack. she kept dodging his attacks until he looked like he was out of breath when he let his guard down she kicked him in his stomach sending him to the ground, right before she kicked him in the balls hard enough to make him puke.

after that, she turned around to look at the lady who was standing there in complete shock, she started to walk backward

"who- who are you," she asked afraid 

"I'm Elizabeth the great," she said taking a bow with a cocky smile. Elizabeth watched as the lady ran off 

"Elizabeth the great? that's kind of cocky don't you think" I asked coming out from behind the pillar I guess I scared her because she nearly jumped out of her skin

"captain, mother of god where did you come from," she asked with her hand on her heart 

"I've been following you since you got off the boat," I said she looked at me shocked

"oh so you do miss me"

"not in the slightest, Jackson wanted me to follow you," I said looking at the men on the ground 

"captain if you are worried about me just say that "I wasn't listening to her I just focused on the guy on the ground he had a tattoo that looked familiar to me that's when it hit me 

"Elizabeth shut up" 

"Excuse me,?" she said something after that but I wasn't listening that tattoo belongs to the crew of my rival One Eye Rider. he and all his crew have matching tattoos of a bleeding eye. just as I was about to tell Elizabeth to shut up again by the time I turned around she was gone I looked around but the sea fog had rolled in making it difficult to see

"wench" no answer "Elizabeth" no answer "damn it wom-" I felt a sharp pain in the back of my head  and everything went black

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