Siren's Call

Chapter 14

(Dipper pov)

Bill looks up at the ship before looking back at me, his arms still tightly around me. "I need you to run to my office and lock the door. Don't come out no matter what happens or what you think you hear. Just keep the door locked and don't let anyone come in, not even me, and don't come out."

"Why? What's going on? Bill please-"

"There isn't any time, Dipper. Just go!" Pulling me up to my feet he pushes me towards his office as he takes out his sword.

Not looking back I run as fast as I can to Bill's office, the other pirates around me pulling out swords. I finally make it to the office slamming the door shut and locking it. With much effort I manage to push Bill's desk in front of the door along with the chairs and the tank that Mabel had been in when she was captive here.

I sit in the corner of the room hugging my knees to my chest trembling in fear. What the hell was going on? Who is on that other ship? By the look of Bill's eyes it seemed like he knew who they were. He also looked scared, terrified even. But why? He is like the most feared pirate out there. Humans and sirens are terrified of him. And he's a demon. So who or what is on that ship that could scare Bill Cipher?

I hear shouting and clanging of metal, guessing that is swords hitting one another. I get pulled out of my thoughts as I hear the doorknob trying to turn before a few purposful knocks are heard on the door.

"Little pig little pig, let me come in." I hear a male voice tease. I don't recognize the voice and I can practically hear the evilness dripping from his voice. "If you don't, I'll huff and puff and blow your little house down." The pounding at the door begins getting more insistent. Seeing a nearby knife on the ground I grab it hiding it behind my back just as the door and everything gets blasted to the other side of the room just barely missing me.

A man comes into the room, long black hair and blood red eyes. A smirk on his face and I see rows of pointed sharp teeth in his mouth. "Well well, what do we have here?" He slowly makes his way over to me, his nails looking like claws. "You aren't a pirate, but you aren't exactly human either. I know you aren't a half demon like those other mongrels out there. You smell different.....fishier.....but you can't be. You have legs. Sirens can't get legs. So what are you?"

"None of your business, freakshow."

He stands in front of me grabbing me by the front of my shirt forcing me to my feet and slamming me hard against the wall making me cry out in pain. I quickly plunge the knife in his side and he grunts in pain, his grip loosening slighty.

Not having any other choice I bite his hand and he lets go of me crying out in pain.

I run out of there back onto the deck, avoiding the people still slashing swords at each other. Now that I have a closer look I realize that the other pirates don't look right. They look dead. All of the pirates from the other ship just look like walking corpses, black stuff dripping from their eyes, mouths, and wounds.

"Oh god...." I mumble to myself.

A hand tightly grips my hair from behind pulling me back forcing me to cry out in pain. "No god here. Just me." He hisses in my ear.

He pulls me back over to his ship, still holding my hair so tight that the slightest movement makes it hurt even more. Once I'm back on his ship he kicks away the board that had connected the two ships.

"Dipper!" Bill runs to the railing trying to jump the gap and Tad has to grab him to keep him doing it. He wouldn't be able to make the gap, it's too far even for him.

"Catch me if you can, you disgusting mongrels." He says as his ship is already gaining distance away from Bill's.