Beacon

10

She may have the brute strength, but I can outsmart her.

"How are you gonna get out of here? The town is packed with zombies."

"Girly, you really think I'm dumb enough to live amongst those shit-brains? I'll be goin back to my ship."

She grinned again and this time I realized she had a golden tooth where her canine once was. I remembered how she smelled like salt too. Was she some kind of sailor. She continued to rummage through my things. A stealing sailor. She couldn't be... a pirate? In this day and age? But who knows anymore, I'm stranded in a lighthouse surrounded by zombies.

Oliver boarded a ship when they took him.

"Do you kidnap people too? Or do you just take inanimate things that don't belong to you?"

"Didn't think you'd be into that, princess. But maybe we can work something out."

    She winked at me, god she was so arrogant.What did that even mean, into that? But I can see why, that grin must get her whatever she wants, when she can't intimidate it out of them.

"I'm serious."

"No of course not, who do you think I am?"

    I looked her up and down, still blushing as my eyes grazed over her chest.

"Somebody who held a gun to my head to steal my things."

"You got me there, sweetheart. But why are you asking?"

    God her stupid pet names are so annoying. Who does she think she is?

"My brother. He was taken and I saw them dragging him onto a ship. I thought maybe it was you. It must have been some other ship full of hooligans."

"You forget who has the gun here."

"You wouldn't shoot me"

Would she? She grinned again.

"I like you, and you don't seem to have very much supplies here, and no way to get it seein' as you're surrounded and look like you've been cooped up your whole life lookin' up ways to get your ponytail even tighter."

    Anger burned in my stomach and my face went hot. But she isn't wrong, I have been cooped up my whole life, and if I stay here I'll starve to death, if the zombies don't find a way in first.

"Alright, I'll go with you. But I have some conditions."

"Oh do you know? Let's hear 'em."

She sounded genuinely amused, which caused me to be genuinely annoyed.

"1: No more calling me princess, 2:No more pointing guns at me and 3: you have to help me find my brother, he was kidnaped and whoever did it took him onto a boat, so there's where your help comes in. Oh and I'm also going to need some more clothes, and maybe you should get some too"

"Oh princess you're so modest, are my breasts embarrassing you? Well,I know every ship that sails these seas, I'll know where to find your brother if you tell me what you saw. Ju-"

A loud bang and the sound of scratching and moaning cut her off.

"But that'll have to wait because someone just broke into your tower princess, and it sure as hell ain't prince charming'"

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