On her way back to the naval docs of Spain, Alice's ship was badly damaged, and her crew cut down by three quarters, her heart was sore, this was the eleventh clash with a pirate ship in the fleet of a certain Blood eye Jack, one of the most feared fleet admirals inside the Atlantic. His influence stretches all the way from the north east, to the south east of the African continent. Then all the way up around England to Wales and Ireland. Then even to some parts of America.
Recently his activity has been rising in the red sea, which indicates hes trying to move around to the north west. This was what Alice and her sailors were dutied to try and prevent, they had to put a clamp on his activity, or some day he will rule the ocean, and military naval fleets wont be able to stop him.
Ship after ship Alice attacked, hoping to catch this Blood eye bastard, but every ship was just a part of his fleet, and every ship they attack had trained sailors on, military standards, which meant it was like fighting a ship from another country, with well trained crewmen.
Slowly the Corvette came to a halt at the pier, and already Alice heard the gasps from shore when they saw the condition of the ship, only its main mast still stood standing.
"Captain Alice!" Her fleet admiral scaled the gangplank in fury.
"What the bloody hell happened thistime!?" The stocky Spanish man buldered.
"It was another of Blood eye's ships"
"What type of ship was it!?"
Alice looked down "It was a Galleon sir"
"A Galleon!? You know better to take on bigger ships! Why do you waste away the lives of men! What do you hope to accomplish!?"
"With all due respect sir, we sunk that galleon"
"Thats no victory if you lost almost all of your men!"
His name was Sanchez, and he was considered the worst of all admirals, he was very strict, rasist, and sexist, it was a great delight for him to find the wrong in Alice, he never saw a female captain in his life, and will see to it that the first one he found be stripped of her rank. Alice knew him well, drinking in a pub one night a waitress told her everything, but one thing Alice can respect is his care for the crew in his fleet, he hated to see them die in the line of duty.
"Give me a Galleon sir..."
"Absolutely not!" He spat at her "I am aware that of my entire fleet you are the only one who have sunk Blood eye's ships, but you do it at too much of a cost! Youre a loose cannon! And i cant alow you a bigger ship with more crew, to you thats just more cannonfodder right!?"
"No please sir, i want revenge for my men!"
"You sunk the enemy! thats revenge enough!"
The man swung around and headed down the gangplank.
"What are my orders sir?" She called after him.
"Stay fast Alice! You will be summoned to the naval headquarters tomorrow at eight"
Alice felt the humiliation, calling her by her name, not captain. She clenched her fist, she had enough of it, she was furious, but one of her men came next to her.
"Fuck him skipper, lets wrap up here, you owe us a round of drinks" Eduardo said smiling broadly.
"Im sorry for sending you guys into the jaws of death like that everytime"
"Thats no problem, we knew what we sighned up for" He said smiling.
The sun was hanging low, and Alice made her way to the nearest pub, she knew her crew, or what was left of them, was waiting there already. She was wondering where her pack was, thou it didn't matter, Fenrir would have made short work of Sanchez, but he had no right to, Sanchez has never physically harmed anyone, or, atleast thats what Alice knew. Inside the bar her men cheered as she entered, she flicked her fingers at the bartender and he knew the order already. Through the night they drank and got drunk, Alice made her way back to her house at around twelve, and was staggering all the way, in the darkness she saw a figure waiting for her at her door. It was Jasper, he laughed as she nearly fell onto him.
"Having a great time i see?"
"Fuck off Jasper, im having, a bullshit, time" she stuttered trying to aim for her keyhole.
"Whats wrong captain? Your crew got shot out of the water again?"
Alice leered at him "I said, fuck off"
She finally managed to open her door then fell in, crawled to her couch and climbed on.
"Why dont you just turn your crew?" Jasper said slyly.
"Blair wont like it" She murmured.
"But she said to use the wolf if someone needs it, the way i see it, if you have turned your crew from the beginning, you would have never lost a man" Jasper closed the door and sat down across from her. What he said was right, but that power, is for very responsable men only, those who desperately need it.
"I have thought about it, and ill probably do it, but..." She placed her hand over her eyes "Its too risky"
"Bah, i also havent found anyone worthy of it, but..." He leaned over to her "Aren't you curious to see? Find out what happens if you give that power to someone?"
Alice opened her eyes "You have had too much negativity recently, you should take it easy"
Jasper threw his head back and laughed.
"Oh dont be silly, what i do doesnt effect who i am, infact, i came down here for a drink one last time, but i see youre already beyond the point of 'one last drink"
"Why do you want one last drink?"
"Im joining the Templars in two days time, from there on we go on a crusade to end all evil"
Thistime Alice laughed.
"Listen to you! 'End all evil' are you crazy? Theres no such thing as the complete riddance of all evil"
"Well im going to try, just as you are" He said getting up "Goodluck captain, ill see you around" He left leaving her on the couch, the pain in her heart for her crew made her cry, when the tears started drying up, her heart filled with rage, this Blood eye bastard will pay...
The next morning, eight o clock sharp, she was at the Naval base, in the war room she found all the captains currently not out on the water there, Admiral Sanchez stood at the front.
"We've been hitting Bloodeye hard, but it seems its a two way loss so far" he started and looked at Alice, she didn't care anymore, the night before made her think her life was too much on the pure end, she needed to induce alittle carnage.
"Alice your..."
"Its Captain..." She cut him off.
"Excuse me?"
"I will be referred to, as Captain Alice, i have worked hard for my rank, lost many ships and men, if you have the slightest idea that i dont care about those facts then you should rather not adress me... Sir!"
Sanchez was taken back completely.
"How dare you talk to your commanding officer like that!"
"Give me my orders, then i will be out of your way" She ignored his threat. Sanchez was boiling with anger, he looked at his subordinates, who was also shocked at her.
"Very well, Captain, you have been releived of war duties, you and the remainant of your crew will get a new ship, thistime it will be a regular transport, with no cannons"
"What!?"
"You will scout the waters of the red sea and report back to base"
"What if i get attacked!?"
"This specific ship is quicker than Galleons, you will be able to outrun them. On the docks the ship is called the ss Contour, its already stocked, you are to depart immediately. dismissed"
Alice glared at Sanchez, then turned leaving.
That was the last draw, Alice was had fury in her eyes, at the dock she found the Contour, a small cargo ship wit only one mast, it was useless, she realised this was a death sentance, an easy target, Sanchez wants to get rid of her.
"Captain? Is this the new ship?" Eduardo asked approaching with the crew.
"It is" she said clenching her teeth.
"But, but, its a cargo! No cannons? We're basically sitting ducks in the water with this thing! We'll all be killed"
"I know, this is Sanchez's plan to get rid of me"
Eduardo looked at the ship then slowly lowered his bags.
"Im sorry Captain, i cant throw my life away like this"
She looked at the crew, they were all in agreement.
"We're only scouts now, were not hunting pirates anymore"
"Yes, but now they will be hunting us!"
Alice smiled "Not if i can help it, place your trust in me, and ill show you something that will turn the tides of seawarfare forever"
The men's faces lit up, thay always trusted the words of Alice, so they picked their bags up and boarded. The sails went open and Alice set course for the red sea.
Far away from land she called a meeting with the crew.
"This is unacceptable, giving us this target practice for a ship, so, i suggest, we take over another"
The crew watched her confused, knowing what she said was practically a dream.
"I know what you all are thinking, and, ill tell you how, but, unfortunately we, will have to become pirates ourselves"
The men didnt really gasp, or get shocked expressions, they felt the same way Alice did, and they were tired of fighting this losing battle against Bloodeye.
"How?" Eduardo asked.
"As soon as the sun sets, i will reveal a long kept secret about me, only those I truely trust may know of this"
"What kind of secret?" One asked.
"Havent you lot ever wondered how i never even get hurt during battle?"
The men nodded.
"Whell, ill show you why, and you all, can be like me, together, we will be a force to be reckoned with"
That night the men wernt even tired yet, they were anxious to see this which she spoke off.
"The moon, its wat grants me power, i am not as human as i look, i am a Great wolf"
The men mumbled to each other.
"You need not fear me, i can make you into wolves like me, it will make you practically invincible"
Thistime the men started laughing. But Alice new they had every right to. She released her hold on her inner wolf and shifted, taring out of her clothes, the men started screaming and backed off as she took on her full wolf form, so big it made the boat list, she shifted her weight to balance it out, then stood still.
"Ta da" she spoke in a growl, the men who was screaming their lungs out stopped when she spoke.
"You? This is madness!" Eduardo said watching this giant white wolf with blue eyes.
"If all of you can do this, nothing can stop us, we attack a pirate ship, preferably one of those Galleons, take it over, then recruit more willing men, soon we will not be one, but two, then three, then a whole fleet. We will take the pirate ships one by one, untill we rule all the oceans" Alice said and reverted back to her human form, expecting her to be naked the men reverted their eyes, but she was infact covered in a thick coat of fur, covering that which needed to be covered.
"So who's first?" She asked. Eduardo stepped out.
"Ill do it" he cautiously approached her.
"The way you do this, is my blood must enter your bloodstream"
Eduardo swallowed "Ok?"
"Hold out your hand" Alice said picking up a knife from her torn clothes, she took his hand and cut it, then cut her own.
"This will work, but you're the first person i ever tried this on, so im not sure how it would feel, so prepare yourself"
He nodded. Alice placed her cut hand on his, the blood mixed, and instantly Eduardo felt a change, his whole body flared up and suddenly he was rushed with pain. He fell to the deck, the crew watching saw his hair change color, from black to white, he looked up and they saw his brown eyes were now blue. His size doubled then trippled, then soon he was a large wolf, not as big as Alice, but still bigger than your average one, and fierce looking, his muscle structure clearly much stronger.
"How do you feel?" Alice asked him.
"I..." he growled "I feel fantastic, i can feel the strength given to me is real, this isn't a dream"
Alice smiled and looked at the rest of the men, who all came to her together. Alice smiled, with these willing men, soon, she will be unstoppable.