I Will Not Bow

I thought they were sending their captain not the ships wench

Damn it! Where is he. I think to myself, mind is spinning from winding round the ball room trying to find Max.

After about 5 circuits of the enormous room and avoiding thrice the invitations to dance by pompous besotted noble i retreat to a shadowy pillar at the back of the room next to our original route to the Treasury.

After scanning my eyes across faces once more to see if i can spot Max i give up and proceed and planned.

(gulp)

I tip the rest of my champagne down my throat and set my glass on the window ledge behind me. Making sure no one is looking i slip behind the tapestry into the empty servants hallway that leads you the guest rooms.

I make it up the flights of stairs stop to hear the clanking of amour as the guard passes by on his rounds,

"right on schedule" i murmur to myself before making sure he's turned the corner before emerging from my hideaway, no wonder castle servant get all the gossip.

Right no servants hallway for the next two floors so i just have to time is right.

I breeze through the next two floors without falter before slipping into a abandoned servant hall the takes me straight up to the treasury entrance i slip off my heals and proceed barefoot down the hall maneuvering around its twist and turns before finding my destination.

I look through the peephole eyes of the painting seeing not two guards as stated in the plan but one. This is bad i cannot act if only one guard is here, then i hear the sharp hit of metal on metal..... Armor i smile "bingo" the second guard sits back in his station

"you took your time Michel" the first gaurd states to his companion

" thought id take a stroll Caliban waste some time before shift change, i mean really who would break into the Treasury with a palace full" the second, Michel drolls voice full of boredom.

"Well we have a full two hours yet so better amuse yourself" at that they went silent. Show time i take out the small vial, handkerchief and match box, tying the cloth round my face before lighting a match and lighting the viles liquid, 15 minutes and they will be out like a light i smile and retreat down the hall before my handy work puts my into dream land aswell.

I decide while im waiting for the vapour to take effect to replace my shoes and loosen my corset just incase, after checking my silver pocket watch the Wilhelm gave me on my 15th birthday i go back and start the endgame of my mission.

I make quick work of the lock on the Treasury door as neither guard had a key and advance inside, the tower was tall i had a lot of stairs to climb before i claimed my prize, "yipee" i groan sarcastically i make it up the stair and into the corridor of the Treasury in little under ten minutes which if i do say so myself is a vast achievement. I stare at the two doors ahead of me with glee and hunger lighting up my face i stalk forward like a wolf to its prey and lock pick the one obstical in the way of me claiming my prize. A little harder than the first door bit not to difficult for me after all im a captain of a large pirate ship of which our forte is stealing and plundering. The door swings open with a creak, ominous yet inviting and as i look into the dimly lit chamber i see on its own pedestal in the centre of the room my prize that beautiful sapphire necklace with a deep blue gem as if staring into the deepest depths of the ocean i walk up to the masterpiece of jewelry and grab it taking the small pouch i had tied to my garter out ready to stash. I stare bewitched at my triumph "this was so easy" i beam with glee.

(hhhhhh)

"Too easy" i say imidatley turning and swerving to avoid a blow from the man behind me, black hair black eyes toned and in light leather armour instead of metal.....

"Well, well, well isnt it the captain of the guard. You know ive always wished to battle another skillful warrior drunken bar fight get tiresome" i smirk at him and catch eye of him preparing to draw, by hilt shape and length i could tell it was a paramerion, oooooooh this was going to be fun. He was fast, very fast but not fast enough drawing my daggers i cross blade counter attacked twisting his blade up and swinging myself beneath to move out the way, he immediately was back on my tail both of us trading blows metal on metal before he knocks on of the daggers out my hand,

"i thought the fearsome Captain Castille would put up a better fight than this" he muses trying to bait me, unfortunately it only acted as a reality check. Time to go on the offensive swiftly ducking and sliding round to his left give a quick jab to his wrist before slashing his back hand, loosening his grip on the sword, i grab. And toss his weapon out the window hopefully not skewering a poor bystander below. His face a pure picture of shock before turning into a cold mask and reacting by roundhouse kicking my last dagger from my grasp, i notice a slight hesitation in his left leg (old injury maybe? Could be useful later) we then begin a all out fist fight, right, left, duck and uppercut, kicks thrusts the works just as we are both starting to tire he makes a mistake, attempting a knee to the stomach using his right leg (i do love a man who fights dirty) as it makes contact he realizes his mistake. "uh uh uh" i wiggle my finger with menace in my eyes "Corsets are like armour you know" with that grabbing his leg running and jumping onto a part of the wall swinging him round using his instability against him i pounce back knocking him flat backed on his arse against the back wall of the chamber. I straddle him before pulling a sharpened pin from my hair and placing it against his throat " Game, set and match my dear Captain. Any last words?" i sneer in victory, he glares back and smiles.

"Oh but the game is not over just yet my dear pirate" i puzzle at his question before a splintering pain stabs through the back of my head and i fall before the world around me goes dark.....

"Ugggggh my head!" i groan re-gaining my conscienceness i go to touch the throbbing lump on my head when i realise my hands are bound in chains, i yank testing the strength, no use screwed inti the walls i take in my surroundings, obviously in a dungeon the musty smell of damp and mold the scuttering of rat the mildew running down the walls, oh how lovely. Tipping my head to possibly shake one of my pins out to use as a lock pic brings my eyesight down to see my hair unbound and flowing over my shoulders. "Brilliant they aren't as stupid as i thought" then it clicks not only is my hair unbound but i have been stripped and placed in a small linen shift (HOW DARE THEY!) my mind roars at least they left my corset on they idea of my body being on display for these heathen nobles makes my skin crawl.

(click, wirrrrrr)

I glance up as i hear the door the my cell open......

"My, my not barking as loud now are we b***h, you look much better on a leash" Captain of the guard Fabian smirks, smug and delighted, i lurch forward against my chains earning my a backhanded slap.

"Making up you looking worse than my dear Captain? Ahhh male pride is so fragile" i groan staring directly into his eyes as i spit out the blood from my mouth. glaring at me as if looking at a sewer rat then sits in the corner.

"You know for the most fearsome Pirate in all the kingdoms you sure forget how to cover yourself" he drolls put bemused,

"Cover myself? Hahahaha that's amusing pray tell how did you uncover me?" i grit my teeth dreading the answer.

"Well i think you know how we discovered your plan..... By the way dear max put up a very good fight that was till we discovered his sweetheart" he spits out as if to frighten me, it worked Max was like a little brother i hope to Selivra he is still alive.

"You almost got away with it though i lost you and since even dear young Max did not know which route you'd chosen you gave me a good work out if not for the empty glass of champagne with the red lipstick upon it i would never of known" he ends that sentence with a tone of a wolf finally catching his prey, damn it how am i going to get out of this one i decide remaining quite was my best option for now.

20 minutes pass and i hear a door further down the hall outside my cell open and close, Fabian stands at attention, oooooooh this can't be good.

In strides the crown prince to which i just groan and throw my head back fed up. Fabian glowers at me as he bows, the prince looks at me in shock and then c***s a brow.

"This is are master thief? I thought they were sending their captain not the ships wench" he says pointedly

Fabian rises from his bow and replies,

"This is the Captain your highness, Captain Eliza Castille of The Vermilion " to in Reply the Prince roars with laughter "You mean to tell my this little kitten is the most revered pirate captain of the ship nicknamed Davy jones ward oh my this is the funniest thing ive ever heard!" his amusement angering me i coldly droll out,

"I am glad your liege find it so amusing but this kitten is a tiger with claws your battered and beaten captain is proof of that!" i smirk at the dig, Fabian moves behind me and Yanks on the strings of my corset hard winding me, i throw my head back headbutting his nose he shouts in pain at the blow and i simply glare dagger at him,

"Touch me again and you will lose them fingers" i growl he goes to slap me once more as Prince Aiden raises his hand to stop him. Fabian glares as he return to his seat by the door.

"My my my dear cousin bested by a women i believe you must reevaluate your training" the prince laughs

"Now little tigress i bet you are wondering why you are still alive?" the question had crossed my mind but i was more distracted with captain cocksucker to really think about it,

"Probably to do as you egotistical, inbred royals do and make a spectical of me as a way to enforce your power?" the question was as sarcastic as i could muster,

"oh what a vulgar mouth you have should we wash it out with soap?"

"Wash her mouth out she need to be in a straight jacket and chains she's a diabolical psychopath!" Fabian spits from his corner the bleeding from his nose finally ceasing, i just rolled my eyes before returning my gaze back to our dear pompous prince.

"Close i admit you see i require your services my dear" i scoff at the insult

"I'm a Pirate not a w***e" he laugh at me, Gods i just want to punch him in his smug little.... "No, no not that type of service. Though i wouldn't be a posed" now the earned him a spit on his boots and me another slap off Fabian.

"HOW DARE YOU DISRESPECT THE CROWN PRINCE OF AMARIS YOU FILTHY COW!!!!" He roars grabbing me by the hair and yanking me to my feet. "Apologies now and bow for his forgiveness" hissing from the pain i don't move and balance myself to easy the pain i simply glare at Prince Aiden

"I, will, not, bow, especially not to someone not worth of my respect" voice full of venom, the look on Prince Aiden's face was priceless a mix of shock and fury unfortunately my amusement was cut short and he masked it over in a cold collected gaze. "The reason you are still breathing Pirate!" he spat the word out as if it was the most vulgar thing he'd ever said "is because i unfortunately need your help, you see my father has disappeared on his crusade and hide nor hair has been seen of his regiment either." i simply c**k my head confused,

"how in the name of all that's holy could i help with that?" more a query than question. "His last know location was Majisan..." my mouth formed a oh "the land of pirates".

Majisan a desolate wasteland of deadly seas filled with whirlpools, shallow waters and island inhabited by savages, a corner of the globe that only pirates have managed to conquer and its been that way for hundreds of years. It was our domain.

"Sorry to break the news your Highness but if your dear father has wandered into our land he's likely dead on the ocean floor" i drawl seeing his eyebrow twitch,

"yes you would think so, only each member of the royal family has a hearth in the temple that burns as long as they are alive when a Royals life burns out so does the hearth. My father is still burning not as bright as normal but still lit, he is alive" he says the sentence with such certainty i cant help but feel sorry for him,

"So you have a choice to make now pirate help me find and retrieve my father as reward you and your crew will be pardoned and rewarded handsomely or refuse and you lose your head its up to you" he know he has me in a corner i don't really have much choise.

"Fine!" i spit the words like venom,

"but i have one more condition" i added, "Oh and what is that little tigress" Aiden purrs out with a c****d eyebrows and smirk (Gods give me strength not to punch this cocky t**t)

"Max is also released with me and give medical care before we leave" say hopefully "hmmm while you're not in the position to ask for such a request ill allow it" his demonor was arrogant and he knew he held all the power and he reveled in it.

Oh how far i have fallen in one night...