21-The First Mate ( Part 1)

At this point it's my turn to be shocked from the information I just received . ' She's Bob's sis ?' ' And she seems to know this little girl , did I threaten one of my family ?!' With this idea running through my head , I remember an event that happenned when the ship and dad were still around .

---3 years prior---

The image of a pretty muscular teen and someone bigger than him in the middle of a fight of some kind .

"HAH!" The younger person said thrusting the knife forward to kill .

"Too slow !" and then the person speaking side-stepped avoiding the hit and then raised his leg to the sky before bringing it down as an axe kick to the boy's head . The boy was stunned for a moment before clutching his in pain as he was rolling on the ground . Sure enough , it's Bob and Marthin !

Bob:" You should have focused more power on your legs to do a dash so that you can thrust with more power and speed , but you should not neglect your footing either , I could have tripped and you would have fallen head first on the groun-"

Marthin:" Why didn't you do that !? That would have hurt far less than being hit with an axe-kick to the top of my head , you muscle-headed monster , I bet you do it just to satisfy your sadistical urges !" Said the boy , still clutching his head in pain .

Bob didn't look neither guilty nor angry at being yelled at , he in fact smirked and said .

Bob:"Good job figuring that out~~"

Marthin:"Youu..." Said the boy in anger .

Bon then started chuckling before laughing out loud . Marthin looked quite confused at this .

Bob then went and grabbed a few bottles of alcohol before sitting next to me looking at the sun starting to ser while oppening a bottle and handing one to Marthin .

Marthin:" Not old enough ."

Bob shrugged and then said

Bob:" Not really that bad , you're a pirate at this point . Drinking a year or two before adulthood isn't that bad ."

The boy smiled sheepishly as he was accepted as one of them and took the bottle .

---A few bottles later--- (first person)

I was already pretty drunk and only had a bottle and a half , Bob was on his 14th or 15th one and had red cheeks and talking in this slow and happy tone .

Bob:"... And then the captain shot him and his brains splattered all over the floor~~~ . He-*HICC* you listening¿¿??"

Marthin:" .... What?...." It was obvious I was wasted .

Bob started laughing and then suddenly , as if this whole conversation and him being drunk was all an act , stopped laughing and smiled watching the almost already set sun with this melancholic and nostalgic glimmer in his eyes .

Bob:"You know ~~ , I actually have a daughter ."

Marthin:" ...Huh?.."

Bob chuckled slightly before continuing .

Bob:" While travelling beside the cap , I met this wonderful woman in a bar working as a waitress . While we weren't doing anything bad , we were still pirates and being a loud bunch at that seemed to tick her off . But , she didn't look at us with fear like the rest of villagers but with anger ."

I nodded , still pretty drunk .

Bob:" After the crew had enough booze and were going to return to the ship , we paid obviously . You should have seen the look of shock on the owner , he was expecting that we were going to destroy his shop or at least go withou paying . The waitress was pretty bewildred as she expected being touched in weird places or even worse . After everyone left , the only poeple remaining were me and the waitress . I was drinking some light alcohol to have with some food as I was pretty hungry , she was left cleaning the bar wich was completely disgusting as remains of food and bottles of booze were still on the ground , but she didn't look angry or disgusted , just a bit annoyed but mostly uncaring . I then said to her :' Sorry lady for turning the place upside down' She looked at me a little , and at that moment I felt blood rush to my head and hot all over while my eyes widened at the sight of her jewels holding all the stars of the sky inside them staring deeply into mine before speaking in a way that seemed normal but was as if smeared in the sweetest nectar to my ears .

???:" Not really, it's my job to clean up . And this mess is about what I deal with on really busy days ."

Bob:"Oh~ Isn't that really nice of you"

???:" You finished , no? Your 'friends' are going ahead of you ." I raised an eyebrow and then corrected her .

Bob:"They aren't my 'friends' "

The woman regained that angry and disapointed glimmer in his eyes again .

???:" Oh ? Then what are they to you ?"

I took a long sip of my drink before looking at her dead in the eyes and saying .

Bob:" Family ."

Her eyes widened for a second and I finished my plate and then went out giving her a goodbye .

At that time , we were in pretty deep shit and planning on staying on the island as it was far safer than staying on sea or on any other island as the base closest to it was led by a corrupted Marine at that time .

The stay that was supposed to last a few months reached a year and I hit it off pretty well with the waitress , after a year , I was engaged to her and were going to marry . On the day of our marriage , she told me that it was the happiest day in her life as she was an orphan and had drifted off to this island in a boat that luckily reached the shore . A few months later , and we're expecting a baby . I was the happiest man in the world and all my brothers (crewmates) and the cap were happy for me too . The problem is , she had strong pains in the heart area a few weeks prior to the due date .

Day by day , the pains were getting more and more umbearable and she had problems breathing and standing up . Needless to say , I was WORRIED TO DEATH .

The due date was finally there and she was there with 3 midwives , I wasn't taking any chances . I waited for more than THREE days sitting on a rock staring holes through the door , I didn't even eat or budge from there . Two days of labor and the third and a half was for the baby . When I was given the okay to enter , I saw all three midwives with sad and pitying looks on their faces and already knew something was wrong , when I entered the room , I saw my wife with a child in hand , MY CHILD , I was really happy seeing my daughter fine and healthy , until I saw the look and smile on my wife's face , she was deathly pale and couldn't speak well with her body looking emaciated . That was impossible , as I had already been starved before , I knew that even normal poeple can't get this thin in days only . And surely she was being fed something and keeped hydrated as we had already prepared tons of food in case of emergencies .

She then , with the baby sleeping in her embrace , said in the weakest tone possible .

Marry:" Look at her , isn't she the cutest.." She was panting and had tears all over her eyes and I just reply with the fakest smile :" Indeed " .

She then gets her hand and puts it on my cheek asking me to get closer . I comply and she kisses me on the lips while still crying and finally says :"....Yo-u kno-w , this face is better than the fake smile of yours ."

My tears were falling on her face while I put her hand on my chest crying my eyes out wich woke up my daughter .She started crying and I hastily kissed her forehead trying to appease her , and then my wife said :

Mary:" You know? it's really funny , my last day on this world is also my happiest " Her tears blended with mine and my sorrow with hers .