Minhee woke up cold and alone in the room. She looked around. Luhan was gone. She was sure he had been with her last night. A loud commotion sounded on the upper deck. Minhee stood up to listen better. A shout that undoubtedly belonged to Luhan is what drove her to rip the unlocked door open and sprint to the upper deck.
The image of Leo jumping overboard was imprinted on her mind as she turned with the corners of the hallway and climbed the last stairs to the deck.
Luhan was surrounded by a bunch of creepy smiling pirates. They were pressuring him to a plank that was laid out over the water, stepping closer and closer as Luhan backed up. Luhan was sweating and wide-eyed as he tried to get a hold on the railing, a barrel, anything. His fingers clawed over anything he could touch desperately.
He wasn't just scared... Luhan was terrified. His small frame was shaking. The pirates laughed at him, waving their swords as if they were toys only inches from Luhan's face.
Minhee rushed forward and shouted, grabbing the nearest pirate by the back of his shirt, trying to pull him away. They were so close together, Minhee couldn't get through.
"Back off!!!!" she shouted, yanking as hard as she could.
Luhan wasn't even hearing her. His eyes darted back and forth from the tips of the swords to the ominous dark water below. Below, shadows moved in the water as if waiting to grab him and pull him under. And the swords glinted, the sun licking the metal as, waiting to get a taste of his blood.
The pirate Minhee had grabbed onto turned around and pulled her off of him easily. He wrung her wrists away from her painfully and brought his face in close to hers.
"You want to play with me, girl?!" he smiled evilly. His breath smelled like bad fish. Minhee spat in his face and kicked him in the groin. His face contorted in pain. He looked at Minhee with a menacing glare. She screamed as he twisted her arms more.
"Stop!!" Jihyun shouted, rushing forward.
Another pirate turned around and pointed at her with his sword.
"Stay out of this," he growled, moving closer to her. Jihyun swallowed, taking a glimpse of Luhan as he got a cut along his arm.
"Stop it," Jihyun said strictly.
The pirate laughed, "Stop kidding me." He used his sword and cut open the top of her shirt.
Jihyun gasped, and grabbed at her shirt, bundling it up under her fingers. The fresh cut on her chest seeped blood into the cloth.
BANG!!
The crack of gunfire shut everyone up. Their eyes immediately went to a grumpy Baekhyun standing in his doorway with a messy bedhead hairdo. He lowered his rifel to his side, daring anyone to move. He looked like he had just woken up.
Baekhyun was glaring at the ground where a pirate laid, groaning in pain as his calf bled from a bullet wound. His sword, fresh with Jihyun's blood, laid beside him. The others looked at him too, shocked that he had dared to hurt her.
"What are you doing to my prisoners?" Baekhyun asked gruffly. He didn't even look at Minhee. He just turned around and returned to his room, slamming the door shut.
That was enough for everyone though. They retreated, some kicking at Minhee as she passed, but they stopped. Someone shoved at Luhan too.
Splash!!
Minhee's eyes flew upward. A few others looked back, shocked, but even more looked at Baekhyun's door, expecting him to come out shooting. Minhee lunged at the plank, but was dragged backwards by another pirate.
