"Alright." Levi sat down in some shade. "I'm going to take a break." Honestly the sound of the waves made him want to jump into the sea and cool off. He'll wait till the alcove. For now he'll stay on the boat. One of the guys he help brought him another drink. He had almost drown yesterday and today was working his ass off. "Thank you." He took little sips so it wouldn't shock his body and make him sick.
Cicada gave a quick nod and barked out more orders. She could start to see the outline of land in the distance and the small fleet of navy ships along the bay. Her and the crew tended to avoid any confrontations with the navy that they knew they couldn't win. Tricking them would definitely be easy enough, but there were a few members of the crew that caused Cicada to avoid that completely. Not because these people would reveal that they were pirates, but rather that they were former members of the navy and some that had rather high rankings as well, or were going to at least.
Levi stood and looked over the railing. Land, finally. it had been months since he has set foot on land. Actually, his mission was to find pirates and take care of them. This is a weird change of fate. He was never meant for the Navy and he knew it. But they saw his skills and practically forced him to join, especially when they found out who his father was. That sick bastard was dead to Levi now. The cool spray of water hit his face and it felt really nice. Levi prayed that tomorrow would be cooler. Too much of this heat will kill him. "Land, it's land!" Lil ran over and looked over the railing as well. She had a huge smile on her face, which made Levi question how long shes been out at sea. How long have any of all of them been out here?
Cicada let out a quick laugh as she watched her crew get excited over the land they saw. It had been almost an entire year since that last docked, but soon that was all going to change. She barked out a few more orders and let River take the wheel. She had to make sure the alcove hadn't been compromised yet and began heading towards the rowboats, "Levi! James! Breeze! Lil! Come with me!"
Lil ran down to the cabin and grabbed her bandanna. It was a plain red bandanna the looked nice with her golden hair. Levi's shirt was too gross to wear, so he decided to go shirtless. "Coming." He pushed himself from the floor and smiled. This is going to be fun. If he was honest, he kinda wanted something to happen, a little action wasn't bad. But first, he wanted to get new clothes. He debated about wearing his navy jacket, but decided against it, it would draw to much attention. Levi helped James lower a rowboats down. They shouldn't need more than one, not many of them were coming.
Cicada grinned and hopped off the main ship and onto the rowboat to release the ropes and such. Breeze hopped down after her with her bag of medical supplies on her hip. The other three jumped down after and they pushed off while the Firefly continued her path. She looked to the others as both James and Levi rowed them ashore, "We're just scouting out the alcove to make sure it hasn't been found yet. If it has, we row back, if it hasn't we don't. Everyone got it?"
Levi just nodded, focusing on rowing the boat. Getting closer he didn't see anyone, but you could be to sure. The boat stopped when it hit the sand. Right then and there Levi wanted to jump out of the boat and into the water. It was so blue, you could see straight to the bottom. It looked so good to him, it made him thirsty, but he knew better than to do that. "So, who's going to go scouting?" He looked for the water to the alcove. Levi wasn't sure of how they did things around here.
James had directed the boat into a smaller outlook surrounded by beaches and trees on all sides but the entrance. The only way in and out. Cicada waited until the boat was closer to the shore to hop off and walk onto the sand. She looked to her group of five and then around the little paradise. She had found this alcove a few years back and figured it was a good land base for whenever they were ashore and needed supplies. She looked to James, "Get the row boat ashore. Breeze, Lil, check the eastern half. Levi, James and I will check the western half. Meet back here before the sun goes down. If you find anything come find the other group. Everyone understand?"
Lil nodded and headed off with Breeze. Once Levi was out the first thing he did was scoop up some water and splash his face. Standing he rubbed his hand through his hair, making it slick back. Everyone could clearly see his whole face. On the right side was a scar, it was mostly hidden by his hair. "Alright, let's go." With a jerk of his head he walked towards the west, then he noticed he took charge for a moment there. This is going to be difficult.
Cicada let out a snicker as Levi attempted to take charge for a moment. She stepped ahead of him and James followed along. Cicada spotted the scar that Levi had and figured it must have been from his time in the navy. She started towards the western bay, "I believe that was my line. Don't worry I won't reprimand you this time, you're not the first navy brat I've picked."
James rolled his eyes and walked past Levi, "That would be me."
Levi laughed, he wasn't sure of what to say. So James is the same as me? Levi wondered how long James had been with Cicada. He walked a behind them, keeping an eye out for anyone out of the ordinary. There was nothing so far… but you could never be sure. He stayed on guard, almost too on guard that he started to forget what he was actually there to do. There has to be something. Levi has always been one not to trust people much, he's been tricked played around with and betrayed too many times.
Cicada had a grin on and was humming to herself as they walked around the alcove. She couldn't spot any signs of recent activity anywhere and figured that they might be in the clear. James was walking beside her looking around. He spoke quietly, "It doesn't look like there's anything around. When are you going to tell him?"
"Eventually," Cicada whispered back harshly. She glanced back at Levi and then to the woods, "If you think we're in the all clear then why are you whispering?"
"You can never be too careful," James responded in a normal tone that time.
"Yeah, yeah. Whatever you say," Cicada rolled her eyes with a little grin as she also returned to her normal speaking tone, "Levi have you seen anything?"
Just as Cicada ask he ran over and jumped on the two. "Stay low." There was something shiny in the bushes. Then it happened the sound of a gun echoed through the alcove. "What the hell man!" A guy yelled as he stood from there spot. "You just alerted anyone who could come through here." The next one that stood was younger and probably in training. He rubbed the back of his neck a little disappointed in himself. "Well Damn." Levi whispered. He hoped the others weren't running into more trouble. Levi wanted to move off of the two but he was afraid of being spotted. "Well Captain, what should we do?"
Cicada grunted as she was thrust to the ground. She was about to tell Levi off when the gunshot sounded. She took a deep breath as she watched the two for a moment. She glanced at James who seemed to be on the same thought. She whispered to Levi, "We'll have to take them down and interrogate them. We need to know if others know about this spot."
"We need to get them to turn around or something. If we stand now we'll be shot." Levi slowly moved off the two. Levi thought for a moment trying to think of something. He pick up a rock and thre it as hard as he can while laying down. Just barely did it make it to the other side of them, making them turn. "We should move now."
James pulled out his pistol as he slowly stood up and aimed it at them. Cicada silently stood up next to him and quietly drew her blade. The two navy men could easily turn around and shoot, but Cicada had confidence James would be faster. Cicada motioned for Levi to move to the left of them while Cicada started going to the right. They needed to make it look like there were more than just three people here before they tried something.
James didn't have a weapon on him, but he was confident in his skills. He could probably easily take the gun from the younger one. He tried to take light steps so that the sand wouldn't make to much noise. As the older man taught the younger one to properly shoot his gun, Levi looked to Cicada for permission to attack and take the gun. (I'm going to be busy for a while so I'm sorry if my replies are short or if I don't answer for a while.)
(That's fine.)
Cicada saw him and gave Levi a slight nod. She hoped the risk would be worth the reward because otherwise this would be a mess. James was ready to go when given the go or if things went south like he always was.
Levi snuck up and at the right moment knocked the boy to the ground and grabbed his gun. The other gay turned, but he was met with a barrel of a gun to his face. "You will tell no one of this." He looked down and saw the gun in the Navy mans hand. "Drop it." He did as Levi instructed and Levi kicked it towards Cicada and James. He then began to walk back still pointing the gun at the man and kid. "Now what?"
Cicada stepped forward and James walked along. His gun was lowered, but he was being careful as he moved. Cicada gave a nod and a grin to Levi, "Nice work. I can take it from here." Her grin turned feral as she faced the two Navy boys, "Now now what do we have here?" She danced her blade a little in the light before pointing it at them and asking in a malicious tone, "You're going to tell us who knows about this place and what your doing here or you'll meet a fate worse than death. Don't try to run by the way my crew and I have this place surrounded."
Levi backed away letting Cicada take the lead. The older navy guy just smiled. "The whole Navy knows about this place now. You think we haven't noticed Pirates coming from here?" He spat. He thought that the pirates must think they are dumb, but they aren't. Levi hated the navy. They were smart ass's, thinking they knew everything. "If you don't tell us how many people are here, I'll shot the boy." Levi moved the barrel of his gun towards the boy. The older man just shrugged and smiled. "Do it. He's not very good at his job anyway." How could he say that? The navy easily throw someone away like that?
Cicada was scowling as she pulled her blade on the older man. She figured the alcove wouldn't have lasted forever, but it was nice to have had it while it was there. She pushed her cutlass closer to the man's throat, "Then I guess you'll have to be the one to die. Boy, tell us how many people are here and maybe we'll spare both your lives."
"I-I don't know. They don't tell me these things." He stuttered. Levi felt a bit bad. It reminded him of his old self, the days when his father abandoned him and he had no one to turn to. That was until the navy heard of his skills and took him in. Were they like family? No, not to him. They just used him. Now look at him, he was a pirate. And he quite enjoyed it. "I believe him." Levi walked over closer to Cicada and whispered, "The Navy tends to keep important information from the new recruits."
Cicada scowled as she heard this new information. She put her sword away and pulled her pistol out before shooting the older man without hesitation. The younger one hadn't done anything wrong and the older one had been a dick. She turned and began walking away, "I would advise running if you value your life boy." She didn't say anything else as she left the area and went back towards the shoreline. They would have to skip this city and head to the another part of the shoreline towards a city further up the coast. It would take a bit, but hopefully no other hitches would occur. James looked to Levi and made a slight head motion to follow as he left after Cicada.
The boy began to run. Levi could already guess what he was thinking, I'm not cut out for this. Unlike Levi who thought he was perfect for the job. He was never afraid to do any dirty work. Stopping he took one last look behind him and watched the boy run. "Which city is next?" There where plenty between here and wherever they were going. As they neared the ship he saw Lily and the others waiting on the shoreline.
"Kirlio if I remember right," Cicada responded as she looked to Breeze. The medic responded with a sigh, "You guys too?" Cicada nodded and went to the lifeboat, "Let's just get back to the Firefly and start off towards Kirlio. We'll have to tell the crew what happened." Breeze looked over James, Cicada, and Levi, "None of you got hurt, right?" Cicada looked at Breeze, "We're all fine, can't say the same for the others though." James let out a sigh, "Cap' just increased her bounty at least double." Breeze thought for a moment, "Probably only by a little bit. Her bounty's high enough already."
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"What's her story?" He was interested on know how she became a pirate, and a captain at that. There's not many female pirate captains. He made sure to say it quietly so that she wouldn't hear. He could just imagine her saying to stay out of her business. But something about her interests him, he wasn't sure what it was though. He followed behind keeping an eye on her and just watching how she moved and interacted with the others. She didn't seem to strict with them, and it felt more like a family than a crew.
James and Breeze gave a glance to each other. It was the Captain's private life, but both had seen a fair share of it. Breeze was the one to speak up, "It's her story to tell, and she'll tell you. She tells anyone who asks once she trusts ya. But I'll tell ya she's spent most her life on the sea, whether sailing alone or with her folks. At least until they passed that is." James gave a little nod and looked to Levi, "You can push all you want, but that's all any of us will tell you. You'll get answers, I promise."
It was understandable, Levi probably wouldn't say much about his past unless he trusted them. He nodded and continued to follow them. He'll ask at some point, but not now. Lily started to walk a little slower for Levi to catch up. "So, the captain shot someone? Man her bounty is going to get way to high." Lily laughed and pulled her hair back. On the back of her neck was a scar that Levi only noticed till now. Levi pushed the boat into the water more so it would be easier to get going.