|| The pirates Prince || <Seongjoong>

-|| Chapter Eleven ||-

Hongjoong.

The sunlight shone through the cracks of the wooden walls, his eyes opened blindly to the light. It was quiet, too quiet. He looked around his cabin, Seongwha was nowhere to be seen. His eyes shuffled to the floor, the princes corset laid down on a fur rug.

His head spun gently as he slowly stood up from his bed, he threw on a white tunic and his brown fur coat. He stepped closer to the door. He heard yelling, crying. He looked down at the door handle, blood. It was dripping onto his boot.

The hell is happening? He twisted open the door. An arm rammed into him quickly as it tugged against his neck, a small stab into his waist. A knife. He looked up without fighting back. He saw soldiers, their guns and swords aimed at him and two others.

Seongwha and Wooyoung.

"The wanted pirate, Kim Hongjoong. Pleasure to finally meet you." A man spoke, his black and white armour stood out from the rest of them, the commander. "We're not here for you, however." The commander stood next to Seongwha who kneeled on the ground, his eyes on Hongjoong.

Do something. He could see it in his eyes, his teary and stung eyes. He stayed silent and watched for a second. Thinking.

"What do you want from me, my crew?" He asked politely, feeling the stab getting sharper and closer. He winced.

"I want the queens traitors back." He spat and kicked seongwha in the back, slamming his head against the floor. A cry, a deafening cry escaped from his mouth. Hongjoong stared at him, blood spilling from his mouth and back. The stained tunic slashed up.

"I won't let you." He said simply, barging the man that choked him a little. His grip on his neck grew tighter. More suffocating.

"I'll give you a choice. I take them now, and no pain. Or, you watch these traitors struggle while you try." His grin pierced into Hongjoong's heart. His eyes shuffled between the two.

"Let them take us.." Wooyoung muttered through a cry, instantly getting hit in the head with the back of a gun, his body hitting the floor, hard.

"Who said you could decide, hm?" The man spoke harshly, his arm raised to Wooyoung's face and slashed at him, a red mark appeared on his cheek. That's going to bruise. His eyes meet Hongjoong's. He looked at his with fury. How he wanted to stab that man straight through the chest and into his cold heart. "Or we could just kill them now. Right in front of you."

Hongjoong shook his head. His mind spinning and his eyes glued to the two. Fight or give in. He didn't want to see them like this. This was what Seongwha was talking about. How rough they treat their own, for what cause?

"Hongjoong.." the prince spoke up, his hands ran over his mouth gently. He wiped the blood from his lips. Seongwha looked up at him with defeat. "Let us go."

"I.. I can't.." he mumbled, he didn't want to lose the ones he cared about most. His eyes teared up and his arms gave into the man's grip. "I'm sorry.."

Seongwha smiled weakly as a boot kicked him in the stomach, his back arched in pain and his scream echoed throughout the deck. His cries sickened Hongjoong. Like a weakness. A beautiful weakness.

"We'll be taking our leave now, Captain." The commander smiled, dragging Seongwha and Wooyoung towards the banister of the deck. Hongjoong looked over at the ship next to them. Guards smirking and muttering to each other. Seongwha looked back at him.

"I will find you. I will save you." He muttered as the man released him, he fell to the floor. His tears poured onto the wooden floor. Don't go.

He looked back up at the ship, he didn't see Seongwha or Wooyoung. They quickly pushed past his ship, laughing and cheering. With two voices screaming and shouting.

He got up, the others. He rushed to below deck only to see them all tied up, their mouths covered with red stained cloth and their clothes ruined. He quickly went to the closest one, Yunho.

"Did they hurt you guys?" He asked as he pulled the cloth from their mouth and untied the ropes which bounded him.

"I'm not sure.. I'm fine myself." He mumbled through fear. To the point where you could hear it through his body. "I'll help untie the others." He got up from where he laid. Hongjoong began untying Jongho.

"Fuck, Mingi!" Yunho shouted, the others looked over at the two. Mingi's head dropped down to face his body, his eyes closed and his tunic stained red. Hongjoong's eyes widened with shock.

"Hold on Mingi.." Yunho muttered, pulling the ropes off his stomach where the red was deepest. He ripped open the tunic. A stab wound buried deep into him with blood gushing out of it. "Shit!.." he checked for a pulse. "Hang in there Mingi.." there were tears from his eyes. His head placed against Mingi's as he applied pressure to the wound. The bleeding slowing down. His eyes unopened.

"Where's Wooyoung? And Seongwha?" San asked as he shook himself down, drops of water landing randomly across the deck. Hongjoong shook his head, a tear rolled from his eye.
"They took them? Fuck sake.." his voice wobbled and his eyes swelled with water.

"We need to get them back." Yeosang muttered, everyone nodded. Yunho was still trying to stop the bleeding. It did stop.

"Hold on Mingi.." he mumbled as he sat next to him, resting his head on his shoulder. Listening to the shallow breaths which made its way out of Mingi. "Its going to be okay.."

"We need a plan." Hongjoong said. He cleared his throat. "Yunho, take care of Mingi. Fix that wound of his." Yunho nodded as he began dragging Mingi to his cabin door, the room was also used medical reasons. He shut it behind him.

Hongjoong turned to the other three, his thoughts giving himself a headache. He never loved someone like Seongwha. And this was why. Their always taken away from him. He saw him as his own crew member, he'd die for them.

"I have a plan." He mumbled, San stared at him with tears in his eyes. Wooyoung.

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