the four horsemen

The king

**

Rosa was feeling the cold air of the sea hitting on her face when Archibald came to sit to her side.

"You know it's dangerous to sit on the top of the mast when the wind is that strong, right ?"

He had his usual tone, half amused half serious, which made everything he say sound sarcastic.

"I return you the question" she said turning back to look at him in the eye.

She was the only one that could hold his gaze, and so he was the only one that could hold hers.

"Well I came to make sure my best crew member wouldn't die in a stupid way, for exemple by getting herself throw overboard"

She sighed and looked at the sky.

"So they told you huh"

"Well you see, the only women they ever knew got either beaten or fucked, most of the time both, so a woman that beat them up when they try to fuck her, ye of course they are gonna talk about it"

"Come on, I didn't even hurt him that bad"

"Well, taking his balls off with your bare hands kinda hurt"

"He deserved it", Her voice was slightly vibrating.

"Did he tho ?"

She looked at him again, and raised a brow.

"Okey sure maybe he did deserve it, but still, you gotta find a way to survive in here, because if they all want to throw you overboard, I won't be able to help you"

"Who said I need you help ?"

He sighed for so long Rosa was wondering how could he keep so much air in his lungs, but before she could ask he talked again.

"You know I can't let you butcher my whole crew, right?", his voice sounded heavy, as if it took all the energy from his body to say those words.

The smile on his face had disappeared, leaving only his emotionless face facing the horizon.

"Didn't you say one night I was the only crew member you would ever need ?"

She then leaned forward, put her right hand on his left thigh, her shoulder on his and then she whispered in his ear, "or did you say that because am the only one that makes you feel that way ?", and smiled.

Alucard didn't seem to react, but inside him a battle was happening, and he was slowly losing. But Rosa moved back before he had totally lost.

"So there no issue here huh ? man that really sucks", she was balancing her feet, her head toward the sky.

"Where's our next destination ?" she said after a long moment of silence.

She hated silence, because most of the time it meant the end of something, a conversation, a relationship, life.

And she didn't want this to end.

"Oh it's just a small island, nothing too exciting", he had his amused tone back, and when Rosa looked at him, he had stars in his eyes.

"So why are we going ? wanna throw me in a desert island ?" she said playfully.

"Of course not, I'm a pirate, I follow valuable marchandise"

"But you are no normal pirate, so what kind of marchandise is this ?"

"The best" he said with a big smile.

And so they spent the rest of the night dreaming.

**

Rosa just came back from her meeting with Mike and went towards the mansion when she met a young woman.