The Phoenix

Chapter 2

  Harry and another crew member named Finn bring down a tub and a few buckets of hot water.
  "Here you go miss. Wash up." Harry says. I nod.
  "Thank you..." I say softly. He nods once and heads toward the door. Finn stands up and looks at me.
  "Milady... you are bleeding still..." he says softly. He steps toward me and reaches his hand toward my head. I gasp and take a step back. He freezes. "I'm sorry... I didn't mean to frighten you... I won't hurt you." He says. I bite my lip as he moves my hair back and looks at my head. I look at him. "I'll let killian know you are gonna need stitches. You must have hit it when you were thrown into the row boat..." he says. I nod.
  "I hit my head multiple times tonight. I have a lot of injuries that need attended too. I think I may have broken or bruised a rib too..." I say softly. He nods.
  "Okay. I'll tell killian. You get cleaned up." He says. I nod and him and Harry leave shutting the door behind them. I sigh and look at the tub. I carefully and slowly get my night gown off and slide into the tub. I gently clean all the salt from the ocean and blood out of my hair and off my body.
  Once I am clean and grime free I climb out of the tub and slide into the dress that the Captain gave me. Once I am dressed I go to the door and slowly open it. The Captain and another man turn to look at me.
  "Are you ready?" Captain Alexanders Scottish voice asks. I nod a little.
  "Yeah. Um... the problem is... that some of my injuries are under the dress..." I say shyly as they follow me into the room. Killian closes and locks the door. He turns to me.
  "That's okay. We will figure it out... perhaps Cap can let you borrow a shirt or something." He says. I gulp and look at the Captain.
  "Wait so you mean like... she's gonna have to be naked for some of this?!" He asks. Killian laughs a little.
  "If you aren't comfortable you can leave." He says. "She might actually prefer you leave." He says. Captain looks at me.
  "Um... oh. Right. Here." He says walking over and grabbing a shirt. He hands it to me and clears his throat.
  "You are acting like you have never seen a woman without clothes on before." I say. He narrows his eyes.
  "I have! I just... I don't have to explain myself to you!" He says. I laugh a little and put my hands up.
  "No need. I don't need to know about your personal life like that." I say. Killian laughs and shakes his head.
  "Cap either leave or sit down and stay out of my way." Killian says. "Miss... I'm sorry I don't know your name..." he says. I smile a little.
  "Serena... and you're Killian?" I ask. He smiles and nods.
  "Nice to meet you Serena. Yes. I am Killian." He says. I nod.
  "Nice to meet you too." I say. The Captain sighs and sits down in a chair across the room.
  "Good. I'm glad you stayed. I may need your help." Killian says to Captain Alexander. "As long as that is okay with you Milady." He says looking at me. I look at him and bite my lip nodding slowly.
  "Yeah sure. If you need help that's fine." I say. He nods.
  "Okay. I'm gonna have you go behind the wardrobe and change into that shirt for me. And um... Cap I'm having her use some pants too. These pants as well." He says handing me some of the captains pants as well. Captain purses his lips and nods once. I sigh and nod walking behind the wardrobe. I change into the clothing and laugh a little as I come out.
"These are definitely to big for me." I laugh walking out having to hold up the pants to keep them on.
"That's okay. Sit down." Killian chuckles and has me sit in a chair. I sit down with a wince and sigh. He nods and steps up to me. "Let's take care of the easy to see and fix stuff first." He says moving my hair to the side. He hisses a little. "Oh man. Yeah you definitely need stitches..." he says looking at my forehead. "Captain, if you could can you come over and hold her hair out of the way?" He asks. Captain Alexander nods and stands up. He comes over and gently moves my hair back and holds it back. Gently tucking it behind my ear and holding the rest of it back.
"Is that good?" He asks Killian. Killian nods.
"Yes. Thank you. Now Serena... this is gonna hurt... so I need you to drink this rum and bite on this rag. Then put your hands under your legs so you don't move them." He says. I gulp as I look up at him and the captain. I sigh and nod a little.
"Okay. I should have known this was gonna be torture..." I say.
"I'm sorry miss. I will make it as painless as I can." Killian says. I nod and take the cup of rum. I chug it down and cough a little as I finish it. I put the rag in my mouth and sit on my hands. I close my eyes and nod at Killian.
"Go. Get it over with." I say through the rag. He nods and pours some rum on the gash and I groan into the rag. I hiss in pain as he starts to stitch me up. I chomp down on the rag and death grip the chair beneath me. I clench my jaw as sweat starts to form on me from the pain and I start to breathe heavily. Occasionally screaming into the rag.
"I'm sorry Serena. I'm so sorry." Killian says over and over as he works quickly to stitch me up. He cleans the rest of the cuts on my head and face and gets them bandaged. By the time that he is done tears and sweat are streaming down my face and my eyes are glued shut. My grip on the chair is immovable.
"Serena..." Alexander says. I feel a cold cloth gently press against my neck and forehead.
"Serena? We are done with your head injuries love... what else hurts? What else is broken or cut up?" Killian asks. I slowly open my eyes and I have to blink a few times to get the black spots to go away. I slowly let my grip off the chair and I rub my stiff hands. I take a breath and let it out as I look at Killian and the captain.
"Killian... she doesn't look to good..." Alexander says. Killian nods.
"I know. It's almost over then she will be okay." He says. "Come on love let's give that jaw of yours a break." He says softly reaching up and gently prying my mouth open. I groan and stretch out my jaw a little bit. Opening and shutting my mouth a few times. "Can you tell me what else I need to look at?" He asks gently pressing the cold cloth to my head again. I blink a few more times and look between them.
"Um... maybe a few ribs on my back, my back, my shoulders... I fell on my back a few times and hurt it and I was dragged across the ground." I say weakly. Killian nods.
"Okay. Is it okay if I have her lay on the bed Captain?" He asks. Captain Alexander nods.
"Yeah. Yeah of course." He says. Killian nods and they both help me stand up and walk to the bed.
  "Lay her on her stomach." Killian says. Alexander nods and helps me lay down. I sigh softly as my head hits the soft pillow. My eyes shut for a minute. "Okay here we go. This will most likely hurt love." He says. Alexander strokes my hair and plays with it as he sits by my head. Killian lifts the back of my shirt up exposing my back and shoulders.
"Oh man... Killian what is that? She's black and blue... all over..." Alexander asks softly. Killian gently touches my back. I whimper into the pillow burying my face into it.
"Broken ribs... bruised ribs... dislocated places... gashes from rocks most likely, there is a lot of damage done here..." Killian says. "Fixing these is gonna be a worse pain than before. She might pass out... and she's definitely gonna scream before hand." He says. Alexander gulps and nods looking down at me.
"I'm so sorry. I'll get after my crew for this. I promise. They were way rougher than they should have been. Get some rest. You will be fixed by the time you wake up..." he says to me. I try to nod a little but my energy is running out and it's hard to move.
"Here we go..." Killian says. All of a sudden I feel a pop in one of my ribs and I can't stop the scream that comes crying out of my body at that pain it brought. I scream into the pillow over and over as he quickly goes from one rib or shoulder to the next popping them back into place as quick as he can. Tears stream down my cheeks as I gasp for breath between screams. The captain gulps and grabs my hand. I death grip his hand as I scream one last time before my vision gets completely over taken by blackness. The darkness taking away the pain and suffering that I am going through. Completely knocking me out cold.