The Story Untold: The Pirate & The Princess

Chapter Seven: Hook

I begin to pace around in my cell, feeling completely useless. I sigh in agitation, they have my hook, and the key to get me out of here! I look down to see a random, thin needle. I smile, just what I needed to get both Keira and I out of this stupid situation. I walk over to her cell, which is right next to mine. I look to make sure the Prince isn’t paying any attention.

“Keira!” I yell in a quiet manner. She looks up at me, confused.

“What, Captain?” she snaps at me.

I ignore it, and continue to explain, “Look, I found a needle, I’m going to get us out of here. It’s all about the lock in this case. I want to get out of here, because all it’s doing is delaying precious time to escape out of this horrible little town.”

“So, when exactly are you going to do this?” Keira asks. I give her a smile, in our language, that means as soon as possible.

I wait for Charming to have his back to us, and as soon as he does, I get onto my knees, near the cell door, using the needle to snap open the lock. I merely got myself unlocked when he heard the clanking of an unlocking medal lock. I got myself up and put the needle into my pocket. I look at him, pretending to look confused.

“What is it, Mate? I’m just standing around in this spot,” I say, with a ‘blank’ look.

“I don’t trust you, or your sister. I am the only trustworthy one in this building. Why did I hear an unlocking sound?” Charming demands.

“Must be hearing things, Mate,” I say, innocently smiling.

“Yeah, sure. This lock right here, your cell door lock, is open, how?” Charming asks, skeptically.

“I dunno. Do you believe in Magic?” I shrug, with a little bit of hinting towards the problem of Magic, that my stupid crocodile brought upon this land.

“I live in a world full of Magic. That was no work of Magic, but, I’d say would be a thin needle. Scratches as if a one-handed person tried to get out of his cell. Give me the needle, Hook,” Charming demands.

“Wha? Prisoners can’t even escape without a key!” I say, defencive.

“I saw you on camera,” Charming says, bluntly.

“What is a Camera? is it like that stupid thing that’s considered as a cartoon?” I ask, frowning.

“Charms don’t work on me, pirate. Give me the needle,” Charming still prompts.

“I am quite the Devilishly Handsome Pirate. Who says I have a needle?” I say, smugly.

Charming points his gun at me, to threaten me. Keira gasps, I’m assuming one of those lovely ladies threatened her with one.

“Mate, you do realize, I’ve been shot before. In fact, I’ve been shot in the shoulder, in the leg, plus, I’ve been sliced by a cutlass and a dagger. A gun does not phase me,” I state, proudly.

“Then how come it phased your sister over there?” Charming asks, making a head gesture to Keira.

“I-I’ve never been into combat. I always talked to the enemies, trying to make peace, but, Captain just puts me inside, if he wanted a fight,” Keira says, quietly.

“So Hook, the ruthless pirate, has a soft side, for his sister?” Charming says, mocking me.

I glare at him as I threaten, “Aye. She’s the only thing I have left of my family. Mock her, or me, well, you’ll have a hard time fighting off blackness.”

“Captain! He has the higher authority! I learned that one the hard way. This is not our territory,” Keira begs the truth, for me to come to my senses. I suppress a sigh and dig in my pocket for the needle.

Once I get it out, I walk over to Charming and give him the needle. He smiles at me.

“See? Was that so hard?” He says, with that stupid smirk on his face and he puts his gun away.

“Aye. It was rather difficult,” I mutter.

Charming recloses the lock, and I’m locked in here. I try to get a plot of breaking out of here stirring in my brain. I want to get my revenge on my crocodile, and I wanna sail out of here with Keira at my side, a crocodile skin, my hook back, and I will leave this place, and never return to it, just like Neverland and a really bad port. I would be on my way to travel the different Realms. I’d also get revenge for Liam, but we became pirates for him, causing his Kings great Navy Men to rebel against him, and all kingdoms, starting with my boat.

I want my crocodile to be skinned!