Beacon

12

    I woke and groggily took in the unfamiliar surroundings. There was a pair of black pants, socks, boots and a black T-shirt on the table next to the cot. They must be Alex's. I peeled off the makeshift dress from yesterday and put on the new clothes. I hope Alex is wearing a shirt today.
  
    The pants are long on me and bunch up at my ankles, but for the most part they fit. I look in the mirror and I almost look like someone else. My hair falls messily around my shoulders instead of being in the usual neat ponytail. The all black clothing washes out my pale face as well. Oh god my face. It's covered in sweat and dirt and dried tears and blood. I look terrible.

    The door opened and Alex popped halfway into the room.

"Don't you knock, I could have been changing?"

"I don't think it'd get that lucky two days in a row."

    She smirked at me and I groaned. She's so lewd.

"Come on down for breakfast, you can meet the crew now too."
    
  Her gaze lingered on me for just a little longer than I'd like then walked out of the room and I followed. God, what am I doing? I'm on a pirate ship, with an obnoxious arrogant girl for company, and her whole crew who I'm sure is just like her.

Oliver. I'm doing this for Oliver I just have to tolerate her until we find him and then we can go back to our lighthouse. And I'll never have to deal with this girl's shenanigans ever again.

    We walked into a large room filled with wooden tables. Each one was filled with some eggs, bread, and tons of fish. Alex pulled out a chair for me and sat next to me. She didn't even bother with a plate she just grabbed a fish and bit into it. Ugh. She's gross too.

"So everyone this is Elisabeth, why dntcha intrthroduce yourshelfs?" Alex said with her mouth full.

    The young boy from yesterday nodded at me and looked back down at his hands. That's definitely not how I imagined someone in her crew to be like.

"As you can tell, Wesley here my first mate, is kind of a shy one.Especially around you pretty ladies!"

    The whole table roared with laughter at her comment and Wesley's face went red, as I'm sure mine did as well. The other crew members introduced themselves to me and shook my hand or clapped me on the shoulder. I was starving from the low food supply of the last few days and just nodded at them in response between bites. Soon enough breakfast was over and the people who didn't sit at the table with me came over and have their introductions as they left.

"I got some work to do princess, so why don't you let Wesley show you around my ship?"

"By working do you mean getting us on track to find my brother? Because I'm not sure that the information I gave you was sufficient, and I don't need you wasting my time, Alex."

"It's captain to you, and don't worry about it, trust me, I got this alright."

"I'll call you captain as soon as you stop calling me princess. And you haven't exactly given me much reason to trust you seeing as you held a gun to my head."

"You got me there, Elisabeth."

    She grinned at me and sucked in part of her bottom lip. What an idiot. I crossed my arms.

"Wesley my boy, why don't you take her now, she seems to need time away from the ole cap' already."

    Wesley nodded at her and I followed him gratefully. We walked down the hall under deck past the kitchen.

"So on the right side of the hallway pretty much everything is just our bunks except for the last room, and over here on the left is the kitchen obviously and some more bunks."

    We kept walking down the hall and past the stairs towards the room I slept in.

"That room where you slept was just a spare but we made it into your room, captain figured you wouldn't want to sleep with the rest of us."

"And why did she think that?"

"She said you're stuck up."

    His last words were quiet, and he seemed almost embarrassed to say them.

"I am not stuck up! I just like things clean and organized. I'm sorry don't appreciate bad table manners and gross comments."

"Hey don't let her get to you. That's just the way she is alright, she's been through a lot. She's actually a really nice person, she gives us all jobs, and she actually pays us. A lot of people from where we're from don't pay their crew."

"Well, that's...nice of her I guess, but she doesn't need to be so...so, vulgar."

    Wesley smiled wholeheartedly for the first time since we've met.

"She just likes to have a good time, you'll get used to it."

Suddenly someone came running down the hallway towards us.

"Wesley! Wesley! Get the girl into her room now!"

"Captain ordered me to give her a to-"

"Screw your shitty tour! We're being attacked!"

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