To Love A Pirate

Chapter 4

Andy pulled away and slapped him. His eyes showed complete and utter betrayl. “Get the hell off my ship, or else I’ll do what Ash couldn’t.” She touched his arm where Ash had stabbed. “And I won’t miss your heart.” She ripped out of his hold and started to walk away. Her cheeks were red due to the cold air, and anger. Her eyes burned with pure hatred, and a little desire.

          The cook had walked out and announced that the food had arrived. “You cannot leave until you eat, Andréa.” Jasik yelled after her. His grin ran across his face in a twisted look of superiority. “Promises are promises, are they not?”

          She wanted nothing more than to turn around and rip his eyes out. How dare he kiss her? How dare he even think she’d go along with it? Especially after what he did to Ash. Her hand met her lips, and a blush touched her cheeks as she began to think of his lips on hers. She shook her head. NO! This isn’t happening! This man was a monster, just as his father had been. She sighed and Ash popped into her mind. Tears blurred her vision. All she wanted to do was go and see Ash, but she had made a deal. She sat down at the table and silently ate her meal. It took too long, but when her plate was empty, she sat back.

          “Andréa, it seems I must go,” he announced standing from the table. She jerked a look at him, one of pure hope. She wanted him gone.

          “Oh yeah, the deal…” she was surprised at the happiness in her voice.

          “If you say it, I’ll stay.”

          “I don’t—” a siren sounded. It was more of a screeching noise. She fell to her knees and pushed her hands over her ears, hoping to make the noise go silent.

          Jasik ran to the side of the ship, his face was white with horror. What was going on?!

          The ship creaked, and Andy tumbled over. Her head slammed into the rail. Dizziness over took her as she felt her sliding to the front of the ship. Her father’s ship was sinking and she was slipping towards the below freezing water.

          “Andy!” Jasik caught her and looked at her father. He had ran outside to see what the problem was. “Tell them to abandon ship!!”

          “Captain, I have a dingy down here! Hurry and get her to saftey!” Damon yelled. He was sitting in a small boat on the sea.

          Andy barely heard her father barking the orders. She barely saw the crew running over onto Jasik’s ship. Her body was burning, with what she thought to be newly found scratches. Her vision was spinning in and out of focus. All she knew was the cold water was already reaching her ankles. She felt the needles prick at her feet, warning them of her doom below.

          She felt her getting pulled out of the water. Strong hands, held her in place as her legs gave out. They handed her off to someone else and was pulled onto the other boat. She looked over at the ship that she was born on, the ship her mother and father had been wed on, and the ship that was now half way under water. Sadness flooded in as the boat sunk under the water. The bow, still out of water, would sink soon enough.

          Ash tried to breath but water only filled his lungs. The burning of the sea water in his throat was indescribable! Surely someone would notice his absence and come to rescue him.

          He tried to pull at the bars, only to fail and push more air out of his limited amount. He looked around, anything could help him! His lungs ached with the desprate need for air.

          He frantically started searching and spotted a knife not to far from him. Clutching it he swam to the lock and tried to pick it.