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Post by Captain Killian 'Hook' Jones on Jun 3, 2013 14:25:37 GMT -5
The Cage rattled as waves started crashing in furiously against the ship, he used the gathered force and threw himself at the bars. Unfortunately the bones making up the cage were not as brittle as old bones should be, but he managed to break through. he landed hard on the ground, soaked and spewing out sea water.
He got to his feet before the ship could be struck by another blow, he'd need to get Ariel- and the trident if they could find it. He dashed over to where he saw Blackbeard and Ariel struggling and drew his sword to enter the fray.
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Post by Ariel on Jun 3, 2013 15:29:35 GMT -5
Ariel looked into Blackbeard's dead eyes they were almost white and she swore she could see all the horror he inflicted on others in them.
He yanked her hair so hard Ariel felt tears from the pain sting her eyes. "FINE I"LL DO IT!" She screamed in his face as he tossed her to the ground hard. Ariel fell against the deck hard and was able to grab the dagger. She did hear a fight breaking out among the other pirates but she ignored it and focused on the man before her.
He looked as he if he might flee but two men grabbed him as if to hold him still for the mermaid. Ariel met his eyes she didn't believe he had been one of the men who hurt her mother it wasn't in his eyes. Blackbeard probably had taken the poor man and was lying to Ariel. She took a breath and raised the dagger.
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Post by Captain Killian 'Hook' Jones on Jun 3, 2013 23:15:36 GMT -5
Hook ran between her and the poor terrified man on the deck floor- just in time to receive the sharp end of the dagger in his chest. He let out a yell and fell to the ground, clutching the dagger hilt stuck in his chest
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Post by Ariel on Jun 3, 2013 23:53:37 GMT -5
Ariel was shaking so much she wasn't sure she could even get the dagger into the mans heart. She closed her eyes and brought the dagger down with all the force she could muster it wasn't much as Ariel had never been weaker in her life.
When she heard the scream Ariel's eyes shot open she knew that voice anywhere it was Killian and Ariel to her horror had stabbed him. Ariel let out a scream so loud and bone chilling the trident exploded in power blowing a huge hole in the hull of the ship before appearing next to her. Ariel grabbed it and shot a bolt at Blackbeard and the other men.
Ariel looked at Killian as his blood spilled onto the deck and her hands, "No Killian?" Ariel called to him but she had to get off this ship however she wasn't leaving him not like this. Ariel didn't want him to die however it didn't look good. She cradled him the best she could and began to pull him to the side of the ship. Using the trident on anyone who got in her way.
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Post by Captain Killian 'Hook' Jones on Jun 5, 2013 20:03:06 GMT -5
Killian clutched his chest and pulled out the dagger the best he could- which did more damage than helped prevent. He gave a heavy gasp,"A-ariel, we have to make it back to the Jolly Roger"
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Post by Ariel on Jun 5, 2013 21:28:33 GMT -5
Ariel didn't hesitate she grabbed him the best she could blowing a hole in the side of the ship and using the storm to distract Blackbeard's crew. She pulled her and Killian to the side holding him tightly as she dropped into the ocean.
The waves were intense and Ariel wouldn't be able to keep Killian above the waves for long being as weak as she was not to mention trying to hold the trident to her arm was already sore. She was able to find a rocky landing and not caring as long as it was land Ariel swam toward it.
"What were you thinking Killian... why did you do that you could have let me kill him..." Ariel ask him as she pulled him up on the rocks it was a little more sheltered from the storm. There was a cave of some kind and it might be enough to shelter him from the worst of the hurricane.
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Post by Captain Killian 'Hook' Jones on Jun 6, 2013 16:12:03 GMT -5
"He was going to use you," He coughed," If it had only been a matter of you killing a man.... I might have spared myself being stabbed in the chest by a dagger.... but since he couldn't get what he wanted if you didn't kill him, I just knew I needed to stop you"
He smirked a little,"Immortality....had he wanted to live for ever I could have just pointed the way to Neverland, it'd save plenty of people a lot of trouble"
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Post by Ariel on Jun 6, 2013 22:40:51 GMT -5
"I know that but how do you think I am going to feel knowing I killed you!" Ariel wanted to scream instead she held him close.
"Killian what can I do?" His wound was bleeding rapidly and Ariel was terrified he would die.
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Post by Captain Killian 'Hook' Jones on Jun 8, 2013 22:00:14 GMT -5
"put pressure on it, Love," he sputtered," I won't die if we can stop the bleeding"
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Post by Ariel on Jun 8, 2013 23:43:41 GMT -5
Ariel placed her hands over the wound she didn't have anything to stop the bleeding with. It was bad and Ariel had no idea if she could do anything to save him.
"Killian I have nothing to put pressure on it with." Ariel told her him voice sore from screaming yet she wanted to keep screaming. His blood was spilling between her fingers.
"Just please don't die..." Ariel couldn't handle knowing she killed him when she had asked him to help her in the first place. He just couldn't die...
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Post by Captain Killian 'Hook' Jones on Jun 9, 2013 0:03:26 GMT -5
"Shhhh....." He hushed her lifting up his hand to stroke her cheek,"It's alright, Love, it'll all turn out- you've saved your fathers kingdom haven't you?"
He didn't want to see the poor girl cry, not over him, and while death wasn't the most appealing option... at the very least he'd be reunited with Milah.
He ushered her down closer to him,"Beautiful girls like you shouldn't cry over pirates like me"
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Post by Ariel on Jun 9, 2013 0:25:41 GMT -5
Ariel met his eyes as his warm hand touched her face she knew if he died she would never be the same again.
Ariel finally laid down next to him her head on his shoulder lightly as not to put any weight on him. She kept her hand covering his wound.
"I am not a girl and you are so much more then just a pirate at least to me. We may have saved my kingdom but I didn't want to do that at the cost of your life Killian" Ariel confessed maybe he was just a pirate but he was a person to and regardless he shouldn't die like this. Ariel felt tears running down her face it was so rare of her to have tears they felt warm on her face. She was so tired, bloody, beaten and so emotionally exhausted. All she wanted to know was if he was going to be okay.
Ariel watched as his blood seeped beneath her fingers his life draining away and she was powerless to stop it. "What do you want Killian if your going to die here at least I can grant you something... they used to say mermaid's could grant wishes its not true but if there is anything I can do please tell me?" Ariel would do anything she could for him.
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Post by Captain Killian 'Hook' Jones on Jun 9, 2013 23:19:06 GMT -5
Hook smiled weakly and brought her close to him,"Maybe.... just this......" he pulled her lips to his and kissed her, weakly and just barely more than a brush of skin.... but it brought warmth to his chest.
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Post by Ariel on Jun 10, 2013 0:44:33 GMT -5
Ariel felt drawn to him almost compelled to deepen her kiss and when she did she felt a pull of magic. It wasn't something she felt often it was like almost alive the air itself sparking.
Ariel moved her lips over his as she felt the power build around them not actually realizing what was happening she felt the warmth flow into him. His breathing seemed to return to normal and Ariel finally was able to pull away slightly. Once she did she felt so weak she couldn't keep her head up any longer. Ariel collapsed onto Hook's chest.
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Post by Captain Killian 'Hook' Jones on Jun 10, 2013 1:16:00 GMT -5
Hook breathed in deep, feeling the pain in his chest leave, put a hand over where the wound should have been, but he found nothing he gave a weak chuckle," Ariel, Ariel you've...." he sat up and looked down at the limp mermaid in his arms.
He swore and laid her down against the ground, tearing pieces of his shirt to wrap around the wounds inflicted on her,"Dammit! Ariel I can't return the trident without you"
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