Not all treasure is silver and gold - Chapter 4

What was happening inside of me? The nearness of his body made me feel so incredibly weak. So weak I could cry. But I wouldn’t cry, I'd done that enough today.

When his hands suddenly stopped touching me instead of running further down my body, I wanted to look behind me, but I didn't dare. I could only wait, and wonder what was happening.

I only realized his true intentions when his hands slipped under my arms and legs, to gently roll me over to my back. Finally making me able to look up at him with widened eyes to see only a caring gleam in his green ones.

"Belay now Bam, I need to see how to take care of those cuts of yours. I won’t have ye dyin’ on me over a stupid infection ey."

As he pulled me up in a sitting position, speaking to me and calming me down, I realized he truly did bring me here to take care of my injuries. I wondered what made him care. A soulless, evil creature like himself.

I wrapped my arms around myself protectively, still shaken from his touch, and the fear of his intentions while watching him walk towards the chest in the corner and open it. Almost instantly he returned with a big piece of black cloth and a bottle. The things he had been looking for.

"Take off your clothes."

His deep voice gave me such a horrific command I shrieked. Wrapping my arms even closer around myself as I tried to back away. Only for him to laugh in amusement, popping the cork off the bottle and taking a big gulp from it.

"Ah love, don’t hang the jib. I only want to check to see where you need bandages and disinfection." He smiled at me, a twinkle in his eyes as he kneeled before me, in between my legs. If only the jolt of heat would stop dancing in my lower belly.

Yes, I was sure. I was sure and I was scared. There were no other injuries. No way I was going to bare my naked body to those curious, piercing eyes of his. His drunken green eyes full of sins.

"Y-yes captain."

"Ar ye sure?"

"Yes captain."

"Aye, very well."

I could not believe my luck as he simply agreed, shrugging without caring. Taking off his tri-corner hat he placed it gently over my mop of brown hair as he was still sitting on his knees. Making me look up as the warm, heavy leather sank over my ears.

"Now ye look more like a pirate. I think the look will suit you right. I will need it back ya know, but this will do for now." He joked, but I could hardly concentrate on his roughly spoken words.

Suddenly, I could see his thick, dark brown to black hair that shone like silk in the candle light. Falling in front of his light, enthralling eyes and in great contrast with the beautiful nature green that coloured them together with the pink redness of his soft lips. Shining with moist from the liquor that had touched them just now.

He stroked his hair back with one cloth covered hand and started to drip some of the alcohol in the bottle upon his fingers.

"This might sting a little, but it’s necessary. I don’t want to hear any whining." Was all he said to me, suddenly growing serious as his fingers touched the cuts on my hand, and then my cheeks. Rubbing in the alcohol and making it burn badly. I whimpered lightly but he ignored me as he worked along.

Not before long, his stroking fingers became soothing in a way, and the pain subsided. I was only alarmed when he grabbed a dagger from his belt, but sighed when he simply started to cut up the cloth and made them bandages for my arms and hands.

It was when he was tying up the damaged flesh that he started to speak again. Finally looking up at me and hiding those dark coloured eyelids again.

**

"Now lad, I understand you're scared. Away from your family, on a ship full of strange pirates that don't care whether you live or die…." He spoke to me, still fumbling with my bandages as he went along.

I only nodded, shivering when his hand touched the inside of my knee for a moment.

"And honestly….I don’t care about that. No one will harm you boy, because I won’t let them. But now you're here, you belong to the crew. Until your beloved father pays us the ransom, you'll do what you're told, understood?"

My fear, had it been gone in the first place, grew back full force immediately. If not increased. This man was not to mess with, and his kind eyes could make you forget his true nature for the moment being. I realized that was the part I needed to worry most about.

I nodded again, my lips trembling as he looked deeply into my eyes.

Those eyes…his eyes….were not human. Those eyes could make you feel like you were floating into nothing. Loose from the world and the ground. Gone forever.

He suddenly smiled, satisfied by my reaction, and I came back into the real world again.

"But that doesn't mean we won’t take good care of you me little Bam." His hand stroked my hair again as the other one played with the dagger, rolling it around between his fingers. I had no idea where to look or how to react, so I kept silent, with my eyes on the floor.

My eyes down to the floor.

Seeing those silk knees in between my feet on the floor. So close they were almost touching and making the sweat on my brow roll down my face.

He seemed done with my injuries, as he placed the cloth of the floor next to him, and took another gulp from the bottle.

"I guess you don’t drink, do ye Bam Bam?" He asked me, holding the bottle in front of my face as I shook it a little too fiercely.

"No worries, ye’ll learn soon enough." He twisted the dagger again, the blade pressing against his palm as he neatly folded his black, ripped cloth and laid it next to me on the bed.

"Now little Bam, I think it's only fair for me to introduce myself to you, since I made you do the same. My name is Ville Valo. I am the captain of the Black heart. I’m originally from Finland, as is the rest of the crew apart from Dani, who is from England. As long as your stay will last I will give you your orders, understood?" He asked, neatly shaking my hand with the introduction. I simply nodded again. I realized that, as long as I didn't speak, I couldn't say anything wrong.

Ville had simply smiled at me as he stood up to put away the black cloth. The bottle he kept with him as he took another sip. Walking back to where I was seated, all I could think of was his name. Ville. It was so different from anything I had heard. Mysterious and strange. But still beautiful.

Just like him.

"And you're all taken care of once again. Good as new, me lad. What do ye say?"

He didn’t even look at me while he spoke, starting to rise from his knees and lifting his hat from my head to put it back where it belonged; on his.

Still, the moment I mumbled a frightened ‘Thank you Ville." Was the moment I felt the cold blade of the dagger digging into the throbbing flesh of my throat. I realized that I needed to pick my words more carefully.

**

I felt myself swallowing hard, as I closed my eyes. Feeling I was going to die. Knowing he could slice my throat with one single movement of his hand.

I didn't see what was happening, but realized how close he was when I felt his hot breath on my cheek and his lips touching my ear.

"Tutut now Bam, you know better than this, don’t ye? When I forbid Migé to hit you, I didn't mean he was wrong to punish you." He whispered in my ear, and my beliefs for his good intentions were instantly washed away. He was dangerous. He was insane.

My life was in serious danger.

I was used to addressing people with their first name as I was indeed from such a noble family. I realized now that my status had been swallowed along with the ship that had brought me here.

"What am I Bam?"

Again he forced me to speak, and the blade against my throat was pressed so tightly it almost made it impossible to do so.

"C-captain." I managed to choke out, feeling the blade being removed from my flesh as the captain laughed in satisfaction.

"Good boy, that's right. And you will address me as your captain. Always, remember? As you call your doctor, doctor, and your mother, mother, you will address me for what I am; Your captain."

"Yes captain." I spoke up, afraid that my lack of enthusiasm would be the death of me.

"I allow you to call me Captain or Captain Valo. Captain Ville Valo if you must. But no one, no one is allowed to call me simply by my first name without my permission, understood? Only my mother had that privilege once, but she is gone. Next time you will be punished Bam, count on that."

I sighed in relief when he put his dagger back behind his belt, and smiled at me. It was amazing how his attitude towards me could change within seconds, as I realized he'd never really been angry at me. Never had the intention to kill me just now.

"Don’t worry Bam. I promised I wouldn't kill you, and I meant it. You will be free within a month, I assure you. Enough for me to find out what your story is."

My story? He would be disappointed.

"I’m leaving you for a moment, since First mate Gas is expecting me. Feel free to look around the ship but don’t touch anything, I’ll be back shortly to fetch you for dinner. Yes?"

"Yes captain."

He left me? Just like this? As if he trusted me already. Maybe he knew that there was no where I could go on this pirate ship filled with his murderous crew.

Men I feared to come across. His coat and hair dancing behind him as I heard him walking fiercely through the hallway, before the died away.

I was afraid to leave. To get lost or run into one of the crew. The captain’s cabin was strange enough, a place I felt more safe than on the deck.

He had promised not to take my life.

I found myself so tired, as I sat on the silk bed, and laid myself down.

Only for a second, I assured myself. He would not find me asleep in his bed. Able to do whatever he pleased with my sleeping form.

The last thing I recalled before falling into a deep slumber, were the words that he'd whispered so teasingly in my ear. Words that made every word he spoke, every promise he made, worth absolutely nothing.

‘Never trust a pirate.’

I was in for a whole lot of pain.




Ahoy me beauties! Belay your duties for a moment and listen to yer Captain! Me good crew, this was another chapter and I would like ye all to tell me your thoughts on this piece! *gives you all rum and virgin rum for the none drinkers* Much more is to come and you are all doing an awesome job keeping me going!!! Im having so much fun! Please share your thoughts on this or anything else you want to share with me! And Join me crew lads!! I might even make a list with crew members and their nicknames, you guys think thats fun?? Thank you so much for reading me little devils!