Fallen souls [Eustass X Reader]

chapter 7: life saver

Kid's pov

The white bird flew out of sight I couldn't focus on what needed to be done so I left killer in charge of ordering the crew to prepare.

'That bird isn't normal, something about it bothers me its too smart. Way too smart' soon thirty minutes pass and I can see the snow like bird approach the ship once again but something is definitely different. Once its settled on the railing of the ship I can see the obvious difference from before. The talons of it are covered in blood and its feathers spotted with bright red droplets. The red liquid drips on the ships deck its only a few drops but the look in its eyes are murderous, and cold.

"Are you pissed off?"

'God I feel dumb talking to a bird.'

The feathery animal animal looks at me then tilts its head to the right almost seeming confused.

"Whho?"

"Who? You of course who the hell else is covered in blood?" 'Damm am i losing it.'

"WhHo" the bird head turns the other way as if to mock me.

"THATS IT WE'RE GONNA EAT BIRD FOR DINNER!" I pull my sleeves up to my elbows and begin reaching for the bird.

"Captin?"

I turn to see killer, Heat and Cleaver watching me yell at the animal in front of me.

"What this fucking bird is mocking me asking me who and shit!" I could feel my veins pop in my forehead.

"Um captain you should know that um, owls say who its just the sound they make, and its twisting its head to get a better look of you...."

Killer pov

Kid stares at Cleaver with a blank expression. 'Oh man I can't' before I can stop myself I begin coughing to cover the fact that im laughing. I can also see the other two men trying to hold back their laughter.

"Something... the matter killer." Kid's words were harsh and his eyes ment to kill, I attempt to turn around to not make eye contact with the misfit Captain.

"Ahem, just so everyone know we still have a ship heading this way and its in view now so we should start preparing for battle." I quickly try to change the subject into something a bit more distracting then the snowy animal hanging on the railing of the ship. And to avoid having to watch my Captin yell at a bird.

Your pov

After killer smoothly saved his skin, him and the rest left with him towards the lower deck leaving kid in my care.

Kid points at me to continue our previous conversation. " If you want to stay on this ship youve got to carry your own weight, so how bout you be a good little pet and kill some more Marine's."

'Did- did he just call me a pet, and what the does he mean "carry my own weight, that's fucking bold seeing as I saved his ass last night!'

During me and the Captain's staring contest a cannonball fires and landing merely feet away from the starboard bow.

"CAPTIN THEY'VE STARTED FIRING!"

A random crewmates screams for kids attention with a worrisome tone scratching his throat.

"Tck listen here snowball this isnt over!"

'What an asshole I haven't even gotten a thank you for last night.' I fly from my spot back onto the ships mast to find a safe spot to watch the battle below ' honestly I could help them if I so pleased but a close combat battle isn't my specialty in this form. I'm better suited for info collecting or a warning bird.'

Cannons balls fell nearby in the water, any that came near the ship were redirected by the Captain's ability. Soon enough both ships were close enough to board. This part of the battle is about speed.

The kid pirates are notorious battle hungry pirates. They start by boarding the enemy's ship before their counterpart have time to think. With out a second to spare mutilply crew members jumped from the ship right onto the marine vessel. The higher ups were quick to jump into the fray including Kid and killer.

I carefully watched with great interest in the battle. Kid was the most reckless using his powers to snatch weapons from the armed men and using them to strike them down. Killer movements were very agile and quick his cuts where deep and highly lethal to any normal man. No movement of the crew was wasted each landing a deadly blow. The yells were loud and consumed most of my hearing.

"HEY YOU DAMN BIRD I SAID HELP OR FIND A DIFFERENT SHIP TO LATCH ONTO!"

'Once again kid has stopped to tell me what to do and its getting on my nerves, he should be focused on saving himself.'

Kid's pov

"HEY YOU DAMN BIRD I SAID HELP OR FIND A DIFFERENT SHIP TO LATCH ONTO!" I yelled at the bird that seemed to just be watching lazily and absorbing our movements with its large eyes.

I point at the bird motioning it to come to me.... its just stares blankly at me as if my words fell short of its ears.

"Now listen her bird brain ive-" In the midst of my sentence the bird pushes off the wood and talons first dives straight for my head. I couldn't even think about moving its talons stained red from its previous kill. 'Fuck not good' I attempt to unsheath my dagger in order to defend myself from the feral beast's claws. But before I can even arm myself the animals fang like weapons pass my face and plant themselves into the eyes of a Marine soldier sneaking from behind.

With the claws still gouged into the mans eyes the creature drags the man over the rails and drops him into the dark waters. ' god dammit I need to stop having this bird save my ass' when the white owlet has released its grasp on the poor man's eye socket, it seats itself back on my ship to once again continue its vigilant watch over the battle below.

Your pov

The battle didn't last long and I was only required to get involve in two separate occasions. The first, being to keep kid from getting stabed from behind. The second time i had to swoop down and grab a transponder snail from a sailors grasp before he could make a call and alarm the nearby base.

'I know for fact that there is a base on the next island the issue is getting in unseen or heard. But that doesn't matter right now i need to get there first. Tonight, I'll leave and get there before the rest of the crew does.'

I didnt bother hiding myself for the rest of the day seeing as after tonight they wouldn't see me again. The members had scavenged anything of value from the defeated vessel then set it on fire then watched it sink. For the rest of the afternoon killer and a few others prepared for a party later that night. They were able to salvage booze and a months worth of food.