The Sailor and the D.I.D

Escape... Perhaps?

Becky tossed and turned in her bed on the rocking ship running through multiple escape plans. None seemed very likely to succeed. Most ended with the distressing thought of being stranded at sea. Becky was just steeling her nerves to get out f bed and sneak quietly to the deck when a board outside her door squeaked. Becky froze, becoming as stiff as a board. She heard her lock click and the knob turning. Her heart pounded in her chest till she thought it would break free of her ribs. Suddenly her mind cleared and she knew what she had to do.

'...Argh... Picking this lock is harder than I thought it would be... Must be precious cargo... Three... Two... One... 'Click'. Perfect now for the rest of the job... Ahhh still silent... What a beautiful sound. Means I am still the best bloody thief ever. Now if the bloody boards would stop squeaking so much I would be perfectly at ease... Wait... Someone's here... Watching me...'

Becky remained perfectly still in her new hiding place. Sure it had been quick thinking, but she had managed to hide where she could still watch her intruder through the dark of the room. 'It doesn't appear to be Blackbeard... Who could it be then? A ship hand who's been waiting to... No I can't think like that... Wait... What is he doing? Can he possibly know I'm hiding here? No, no, no! Don't walk this way! Stay away...!' Becky's thoughts ran wild as her intruder headed straight for her drapes where she had chosen to hide. In an instant, the intruder was in the other set of drapes across from her, and not a moment too soon as another person entered. This time it was Blackbeard.

"Ahhh, m' lass. Wher aare yoouu???" Blackbeard slurred out in a drunken state. "It's not goood to hide from the captain ye be 'ware." Becky's hands became sweaty and her breathing shallowed. She had feared this, and what was worse, there were two men in her bedchamber. Becky saw the other set of drapes rustle ever so slightly as if their occupant was increasingly uncomfortable. Blackbeard wobbled his way over to Becky's bed and leaped on it in search of her. "I forget that ye, m' lass enjoy a bit o' a game... Probably t' intice your lover ever more... But ye need not worry... Yer eyes do that all alone... Now come out and fill a man's needs eh...?" Becky let out a small gasp at his crudeness before being able to catch herself. "Ahh... There ye be... With thooose poouuty lips..." Blackbeard stepped closer "Soft booooosoms..." Again stepping nearer, "And inticing eeeeeyes..." Just before he could grab her, the curtains beside her flew forward and Blackbeard was on the floor being tackled by her first intruder. It was in this instant that Becky being awakened from a stupor ran out the door, up the steps, and onto the deck. Becky ran straight for the boats and began untying as fast as she could in her fevered state. Before she could fully untie anything a hand clasped across her mouth and another arm pulled her to the deck. She turned and saw in the flickering light of the lanterns on the deck a sparkling, brilliant pair of deep blue eyes before everything went black.