<div class="floatleft">(http://i1131.photobucket.com/albums/m545/LadyChavez/Pirate.jpg?t=1301465968)</div><strong>Blackbird, counting gold</strong><br/><br/><hr/><br/>I hadn't been guarding that door for long when a couple of women burst through, looking about as pale as their undergarments. I grinned as I knocked them onwards into the fray where they were swiftly grabbed and moved over to our ship. The boys would have fun with these two, if nothing else. I planned to stay on the merchant longer, but curiosity got the better of me and I danced lightly between fighting men over to the Courtesan. Once on board, I whistled at the Spaniard Ramóne who was close to where I jumped and nodded over to where the women were being presented to the Captain.<strong>"Think those two will be easily split between crewmen?"</strong>I mused and winked at him, ducked to evade a stray shot from the merchant (had to be stray, nobody would shoot that badly on purpose!), and made my way over to the growing crowd of curious ones as myself.<br/><br/><strong>"Oh my, Captain!"</strong>I gasped in fake horror and put on my best good girl act, fanning a hand on front of my face as I glanced from the men to the two women.<strong>"You must not harm them. The Lady should be treated to only the best!"</strong>I turned to look at the blonde captain, letting him see the wicked gleam in my eyes and the growing smirk on my lips before I turned back to the most recent captives and stepped close enough for the posh one to feel my breath on her cheek.<strong>"The best blades,"</strong>I murmured quietly for only her to hear and grinned at every twitch and movement. The men kept her nice and stuck and I continued as if whispering delicate secrets but dripping with venom.<strong>"The best rope... The best..."</strong>I paused and pulled back, let her see me sizing up the men and nodding to one of the bigger brutes,<strong>"...men."</strong>I finished with a dark chuckle. Then I spun around and winked at the brute who had growled in response to my look before. Oh he'd be having way too much fun with these little things to bother me in the near future. Or wouldn't he?<br/><br/>I slipped further away to see what the captain was going to do with his new pets and kept an eye on how the crew was doing on the merchant as well. Despite my curiosity, I was on my toes. Ready to jump in if things started heating up again, but for now we seemed to be well in the upper hand.<br/>