I was woken up by the man that abducted me. The headache after waking up still there. He smiled at me the same way he did on the Heart Pirates' submarine. "[You must be hungry.]", he said and put down a tray in front of me. There was a plate with soup on it, as well as a bottle with water. Even a spoon lying next to the plate. I looked at the soup with doubts, as I didn't know any purple soup. The problem was, that I didn't know the food of this world. I couldn't tell wether this soup looked fine to eat or not. But no matter the colour of this food, it smelled delicious. And I was hungry. Very hungry.
I started with a swallow of water, before eating the soup. I didn't pay any attention to the man that brought me the food anymore. I didn't see how he left the room with a soft look on his face.166Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyXhRXreUzr
After finishing up, I put the tray next to the door.
I felt restless. Running around the room and sitting down. With hours passing, I declared that one corner at the front right my favourite corner. That spot remained unsupervised the longest, since the door opened to the inside of the room.
The dwarf captain didn't visit me again after that first time. Just the young man collecting the tray. He talked to me again. Shortly before giving up, he even sat down opposite from me. I couldn't make much of his behaviour. He seemed so full of malicious joy when he kidnapped me from the submarine, but here he kinda cared for me. I had no idea what to think of him. His light blonde hair, only covering his ears, was wavy and reminded me of a character from a korean work of fiction. Even his purple eyes matched the royal guard, that flirted with the female protagonist despite her being engaged already.
It must have been multiple days since I've been abducted. Most of the time I was bored to death. The only times, I was visited, was when Fernus, as he introduced himself, brought me food or retrieved the tray. I followed my decision to not talk up until now. Even though I was prompted to try wether Fernus could understand me at times. He seemed to talk to me every time he came visiting me. At times he was more motivated than other times. The few times his motivation lacked, I almost felt sorry for him, as he seemed to truly try. But I still did not understand a word he was saying. Maybe he was telling me the whole time I could just leave if I wanted to. But I just didn't understand.
There was one time I was lying on the ground humming. I did not have the sense of time to tell when I was brought food, but I noticed, that after they retrieved it, they wouldn't come back until the day after. Therefore I sometimes let myself go and hummed or warbled away. The songs were something I still had left from home.
"Let the fire enter you – Let the anger start to brew – Let your instincts break the rules – Let it rise and consume – Give in to yourself"
I didn't remember any more from the song, so I just repeated this one part over and over again. Until I was interrupted by an out of turn visit.
A grinning Fernus opened the door and squated next to me. Confused, I sat up.
"[So you can talk. In fact, you can even sing. Even if it's not the best. I just don't know what kinda language that is. Could it be, that you're not mute, but simply don't undestand a word we're saying? That would explain your silence.]" While I just looked at him without much of an expression he kept mumbling to himself.
Then he suddenly started talking slowly, paired with some gestures. "[You can talk]", he said, whilst pointing his finger at me and then at this mouth. I shook my head. I didn't want to talk.
"[But I heard you sing.]", and pointed his finger at him, his ear and then at me. Did he hear me sing? That would be embarrassing. I wasn't exactly confident in my ability to sing. I'd rather call it warbling than singing. Still, I remained silent. Fernus sighed and stood up again.
He opened the door, turned around and said: "[What did I expect?]", before closing the door behind him.
The door opened just a few minutes later again. This time, it was the dwarf captain walking inside, followed by his writing companion and Fernus. After talking with Fernus a little, he sent out the writer.
I watched the scene closely, as the captain didn't visit me again after my arrival here. As soon as the door flew shut, a malicious grin appeared on the captain's face. "[Now let the fun begin!]", he shouted half aloud and slowly walked towards me. Adrenaline shot through my veins with every step he came closer to me. There was nowhere to run to. I had no chance against two grown men. What would happen now?
One punch. "Ahh!", I screamed in pain and held my cheek. I looked at the two men fearfully. The captain grinning at me, while Fernus just stood there with no expression.
Another punch. Tears rolled down my cheeks. Am I being beat to death? Raped? I tried getting away from him, but his punches made me dizzy. So I just layed on the ground.
One kick. My stomach hurt unbelievably. I curled up.
A second kick. I just wanted this to end. A third kick. A fourth kick. A fifth. A sixth. The captain screamed at me. Everything hurt.
More kicks and punches followed. This torture seemed endless. It has probably been just a few minutes and I feared the next.
The dwarf captain started throwing me from one corner to another. Five times was I thrown across the room. I was still screamed at. Fernus didn't move an inch all the while. His expression still missing any emotion at all. Every day he brought me food and water. Took his time to talk to me. And now? Now he was just standing there unmoving. Watching the ordeal unheedingly. "Arschloch.", I whispered, lying on the ground.
The captain walked towards me once again, standing still in front of me. "[I really thought you would start pleading. You know I do believe my mate, that he heard you sing. It wasn't the best singing, apparently. Not good enough to entertain someone. But you do have quite a nice figure. Fernus! Come and hold her in place. Hold her tightly so she can't misbehave.]"
Fernus walked towards me. I tried crawling away from him, but my whole body ached. It wouldn't surprise me to have multiple bone fractures. Staring at Fernus with a fearful look, I could only see his still unheeding face. He tied my arms behind my back, fixated my legs and raised me to the captain's eye level. I couldn't move. Satisfied, the man opened his zipper. My terrified expression only seemed to fuel his lust even more.
"Nein! Stopp! Ich- Ich will das nicht. Ich bin noch Jungfrau!", new tears of terror ran down my cheeks.166Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtuQ435KwRA
"Please. Somebody. Lukas! Papa! ... Law!", but nobody came. I was presented helplessly.166Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJB1gAaIe67
The captain's hands groped my entire body. It disgusted me to the point of nearly vomiting. I felt so filthy.
I continued pleading for help in my mind. As the dwarf captain satisfied himself, I wondered why I still refused to talk. I didn't see any sense in continuing. But I saw just as little sense in it, to start talking now. They couldn't understand me anyways. On top of that, I was sure they wouldn't stop now, even if making me talk was their goal from the beginning. The dwarf captain surely didn't look as though he wasn't delighted by what he was doing.
I was afraid of dreaming when a member of his crew flung open the door in a panic. They frantically shouted something at the captain. "[This is not over yet. Just wait until I've dealt with those punks. Fernus, you stay here and watch her.]", the captain grumbled and left through the door. Fernus remained with me. He didn't untie my ropes, but still let me down carefully. As soon as I was free, I fled into the opposite corner. It hurt. Everything hurt, but I had to get away from there. I had to get away from him.
Now in the corner, I didn't let Fernus out of my sight. That man only sat down in the corner opposite of me, though. His eyes staring at the ceiling. I really couldn't read that guy. He showed no delight at the sight of my torture, but never hesitated to assist. Was he this loyal? And why did he let me down that carefully after the captain left? As strange as it seemed and as much as I couldn't figure out anything about this man, he did not feel like a threat. He hadn't kept me in place but gave me some space.
"You wanted me to talk, right?" I wasn't sure whether I was doing the right thing. Did he understand me even? He looked at me with a surprised look on his face. "Finally an expression.", I thought.
"I didn't understand a word you were saying. But you probably don't understand me as well.", my eyes wandered to the ground, "Ich weiß nicht mal warum ich das hier mache.", I added in a low voice.
"[It's the forgotten language isn't it? So you really can't understand what we're saying?]", I realized he had asked a question, but I still didn't understand.
But Fernus stood up and walked towards me in a hurry. I pressed myself further into the corner despite my aching back. As he stood in front of me, I kicked at him.
"Don't come any closer. Please.", I tried sounding resolute, but pleaded nevertheless. Fear occupied my every cell. Fernus just blocked my weak kicks skillfully and held down my legs.
"[I'm not gonna hurt you. I'm going to untie your arms.]", he said and pulled me out of the corner.
"Nein! Hör auf!", I closed my eyes. How the hell did I get the idea to trust him even a tiny bit? Fernus loosened the ropes tying my arms together and made a step back. I sat there dumbfounded. I didn't know what to expect next.
Shortly after Fernus left through the door, he came back inside again. Standing behind him were Law and Bepo. I couldn't believe my eyes. Law's serious face darkened even more at the sight of me. Was he angry at me for letting myself getting kidnapped? What was I supposed to do? Bepo hid his nose underneath a paw. I couldn't blame him. With my 'toilet' being one corner of the room, the smell was hard to bear. I got used to it over time, only the headache remained, as always. My clothing must have taken on the smell as well.
A short exchange of words let guilt occupy Fernus' face. "What? Was he seriously feeling guilty now?" He didn't even try preventing anything! Let alone was he the one that kidnapped me!
"Don't tell me he is playing the victim now.", Law threw a warning look at me.
"[She already talked to me. I'll keep it a secret. Just tell me one thing. Do you understand her? It's the forgotten language, isn't it?]", he asked Law, who only nodded in response.
"Come, we're leaving.", he claimed and grabbed my arm. "Fass mich nicht an!", I screamed. Surprised by myself, I looked at him in shock and fear. He just wanted to help me up. Did those events really traumatize me? "Sorry.", I said in a quiet voice.
"[Take care of her Bepo.]", he told his first mate in a composed manner. Bepo slowly closed the distance between us and reached out a paw to me. I carefully took it. It was so fluffy! I could only walk slowly. My left knee hurt quite a bit. I looked at Fernus one last time before turning the corner. His face was still full of guilt. Bepo asked Law something, before he turned to me.
"He's going to carry you. You're too slow.", I nodded and Bepo raised me up carefully. A stinging pain ran through my back and knee, but I had to endure this now.
"[Don't worry, I'll be careful.]", Bepo's voice sounded definite and calm. I did not understand what he said, but it calmed me down considerably still.
I inspected the scene unfolding before me on deck. Law seemed to have made short work of the crew this time. Except for the captain, everyone was cut in half thanks to his ability. Only the captain lay scattered in small pieces. Still, it was not to be overheard he was still alive. He screamed at everything and nothing. The moment he noticed us, his screams became even louder, but Bepo and Law didn't bat him an eye.
I on the other hand flinched everytime I had the feeling he screamed at me personally. Bepo tightened his grip upon taking notice and I guess he told Law. The captain of the Heart Pirates just stabbed his sword into the ground without further ado and the dwarf captain went silent. I looked down in curiosity and saw a cube that must have been part of the dwarf captain's chest, now pierced by the sword. Without giving it any more thought, the two Heart Pirates kept walking.
# The song referred to in the chapter is Fire by Lacuna Coil166Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5VyTBFm6Uc
Translations:
(1) "Arschloch" - "Asshole"
(2) "Nein! Stopp! Ich- Ich will das nicht. Ich bin noch Jungfrau!" - "No! Stop! I- I don't want this. I'm still a virgin!"
(3) "[...] Papa! [...]" - "[...] Dad! [...]"
(4) "Ich weiß nicht mal warum ich das hier mache." - "I don't even know why I am doing this."
(5) "Nein! Hör auf!" - "No! Stop!"
(6) "Fass mich nicht an!" - "Don't touch me!"166Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVlrLe6YybQ
