An Untold Story

II

Hearing heavy foot steps above him Izzy stays quiet ducking behind some barrels. "The crew must be back" he says under his breath hearing some muffled chatter. Hearing steps getting closer to the door he feels his heart race and then sink as soon as he hears "Go check the rashins before he set sail" scooting down more he covers his mouth as the door swings open, hitting the wall making him jump. Feeling his heart race as the man comes closer he closes his eyes hoping he won't be found. Hearing the room grow quiet he holds his breath not to make a sound "Rashin's are all stocked boss!!" shout's the man leaving the room, Izzy sighing with relief.  

..After a fortnite, the crew still hasn't found the stow away, even if a few rashin's are missing here and there he goes unnoticed..

During the evening Izzy takes a risk, finding his way up onto the deck he looks around the moonlight ship. Scattering across the deck he finds a small place to sit and enjoy the ocean view, peering out the open railing, dozing off. The next morning he wakes up as the sun rises, realizing he fell asleep he jumps up "Shit" he stands up looking around seeing a few crew memeber's awake and cleaning the deck, ducking behind a mast before he gets seen he breathes heavy hearing someone shout "What the hell was that?" he widens his eyes starting to panic. "I'll go get the boss" he hears another say knowing the other crew has their eyes where he is, waiting for something to move.

"Why have you brought me out here?" he hears a deeper tone than the others say in irritation. "We saw something move in that corner, we weren't sure to check it out or not without you" hearing heavy steps getting closer to him Izzy slides down the pole knowing he can't do much now. Looking over at his left he widens his eyes in fear meeting the eyes of the  Black Beard thinking 'Of all the fucking ships I could have been on, I-I'm dead' he stays sitting frozen in fear. Suddenly he gets grabbed by his collar and thrown onto the deck as the crew forms a circle around him "A fucking stow away" shouts Ed gripping his fist hearing a few mutters from the crew "He looks young.." and "We should skin him" hushing the crowd he walks up to the cowering boy kneeling with a knife in hand "How long have you been aboard my vessel young man?" he says looking at the knife's pointed end and then back at him. Staring at him and shaking in fear he stutters "A-A fornite sir, I-I didn't know this was your ship I-I wouldn't have dared step a foot near this ship I-If I knew it was yours Black Beard Sir I-" he gets hushed getting grabbed by his arm and dragged into the Captain's Cabin, leaving the crew confused. 

Screaming as the door shuts he gets thrown onto the floor "Look, you have some fucking balls being on this ship but, since you're so young.. you are of use for me" Looking up at him confused Izzy stays quiet knowing if he said a word it might cost him his life. "I'm going to give you a choice" he says stepping closer, cornering him against the desk, kneeling like he did before he smirks "Either you work for me as my Cabin boy or we hang you by the mast and skin you" staring at him with wide eyes he blurts out "I-I'll work by your side for as long as I live please don't kill me!" he begs feeling tears stream down his face as he shakes. Standing back up Ed smiles down at him "Good choice.. let's go over the rules.." he says sauntering around the desk. Staying down on the floor for a moment many thoughts rush through his head 'Is this really happening?.. Did The Black Beard spare my life? I-I'm not questioning it' his thought's get interupted "Stand up boy" he hears him shout, following his demand he stands quick "Sit, we have a lot to go over" he grins.

To Be Continued...