Forbidden love

Caught

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        I've been living here for about a month now. It's been ok. People don't really bother to call the cops or get their food back. The food here was nice, but now we're in a shortage and I don't know about any other neighborhoods that I can run off to. I've been climbing trees for bananas and catching any fish I can. It hasn't been going well. I've lost so much weight and energy, I can barely make any more dolls.

I walk out of the abandoned house and to the docks, that's where I go when I'm bored. I sit on the edge and let my legs dangle, only my toes in the cool water. I take my bag off my shoulder and dump everything that I've collected out, shells, bottle tops, some rocks, and some jewelry. I was examining my finds, throwing any I didn't like in the water when I spotted something in the distance. I shade my eyes from the sun with my hand and squint. It's a pirate ship! Caspian told me stories about pirates and how they're cold and mean and thieves. I toss everything back in my bag and head toawar-.

Wait, pirates need to eat too. They must have food, a lot of it.

It's a risk but I dart to the nearest rock big enough to hide me. Once the boat reaches the dock I get a better view of the flag; a star with two swords in the shape of an X over it. I know I've seen it before.

I get a flash back. Books. A lot of books. A bed with.... A seaweed blanket? And the flag being shown in the book.

While stuck in my flash back the ship gets settled at the dock, three of the crew members throwing an anchor overboard and wrapping a rope around one of the docks pillars. Once the majority of the crew is off the ship I sneak to next biggest boulder and peak my head past the side of it. I sneak my way onto the dock and on the ship. I see an opening in the floor of the ship, assuming it's the galley I quickly tip toe over and down the stairs. I notice a plethora of food, thank goodness I was right about there being a bunch of food. I quickly grabbed handfuls of food, storing them in my bag, a piece of an apple in my mouth.While I was on my way out I heard voices coming down the stairs. I immediately hide behind a barrel.

"The plan isn't going to work unless we recruit more of the crew members, it's far too dangerous with only us." I heard a man say. He wore heavy boots and a long coat with casual clothing underneath. He was talking to another man, he was wearing white scrubs.

I slowly crawl away from the barrel and get closer to the stairs, my eyes glued on the men just in case they look my way. I end up bumping into a table causing a loud thump that catches the two's attention. I quickly draw back into the shadows, covering my mouth with my hand.

The man in and the heavy boots pulls out a gun. "Who's there?" He stays quiet, waiting for another noise but I just stay quiet. "Come out now or you'll be hanged!"

I hesitantly put my hands up and stand. The man lowers his gun and cocks his head to the side, a look of confusion on his face. "Follow me." The man walks up the stairs, me following behind, once up the stairs the nurse and the man look at each other and nod before the nurse leaves. I don't dare try and escape and I think he knows that because he's not taking as much as a glance behind him to see where I am. He leads us to a big door lined with car outs of mermaids and sirens, the mermaids look like saints with long flowy hair and soft and kind faces, while the sirens have sharp teeth, eyes, and nails white tails that have jagged edges. I don't know why but I got a little annoyed at that.

The man knocked on the door three times. After a while, he got no answer so he opened the door, letting me go first then closing it when we were both inside.

"Captain?" The man called out.