The Pirate Affair Chapter One by AUTHOR22@aol.com Yelverton, England. December, 1710 AD; The boy huddled in the distant corner of the root cellar. He waited and listened, pleading silently that they would not find him. Above, the hard leather boots of the shanghai crew echoed through the house. Shouts came quickly. They were loud and shocking and were mixed with frenzied screams of pain and terror. The sounds penetrated through the thick walls of the tiny farm house, from the attic all the way down to the furthermost recesses of the basement. A frantic cry, louder than the rest was followed by the kawump of a single gunshot. The boy cringed, breathing quickly in short gasps. He shivered as he heard the clumping of boots on the stairs. His heart pounded noisily inside him and a terrible shudder passed through his slender body. Men shouted. Bottles smashed as crashing sounds indicated that shelves had been tipped over. Laughter came echoing through the dark stone corridors, noisy laughter of drunken, triumphant men. The sounds came closer. He closed his eyes as if to block out the light so that he would not be seen. The sounds stopped. A moment of silence was disturbed only by muffled soul wrenching sobs. A bullet ricocheted through the air. The noise reverberated in the boy's head, stinging in his ears. Then silence again. Horror descended. He heard the sound of footsteps as heavy feet strode across the room. The boy could hear them getting closer. The movement stopped. Slowly he opened his eyes. The blood splotched black boot was inches away. It reached almost to the man's knee. The boy trembled, uncontrollably urinating into his trousers. The foot moved back then swung violently forward. It slammed into his buttocks. The boy shrieked. He was dragged out of the house, his arms torn nearly from their sockets, his feet dragging on the ground. The front of his trousers was dark. There were wet stains down his legs almost to his feet. He cried. For some reason unknown to the boy, he looked up as he was pulled like rubbish across the footpath. "Fucking English boy pissed himself," some one laughed. It was a gruff looking seaman leaning against the brick wall, next to the arch that opened into the vegetable garden. On the other side of the yard, a monster of a man was standing next to the old weather worn barn. He was dressed better than the others. The way he stood and ordered his men about left no doubt that he was in charge. The man looked at him. For some reason, the boy looked back. It was a silent plea for mercy, a look that begged the man to save him, a look of hope. The boy's head turned as he looked back. The man's eyes followed him as he was dragged to the back of the horse drawn wagon, lifted up and thrown into the chaos within. He hit the wooden floor hard and blackness settled over him. He regained consciousness as what was left of his family waited for he knew not what. Only his mother and two sisters were there. And there was blood on his mothers apron. Without being told he knew it was that of his father. His sisters cried endlessly. His father was gone and no one would tell him where he was even though he pleaded. The boy knew that something terrible had happened to him. He knew he was dead. Their fate was left to the whims of three of the armed men, the others having rode ahead into the cold afternoon. For three hours the wagon rumbled toward the coast. There was snow on the ground, and a wind blew gustily chilling his tiny, thin frame. The boy wished frequently that it was over, sometimes wishing death as his bowel exploded with a shameful, foul diarrhea. Again and again he dirtied himself, releasing his stool until he was empty, until his body was purged and he had become deathly pale. It was late evening when the wagon finally stopped on a deserted beach. The boy clambered out of the wagon and stood, dazed and disbelieving at the world around him, astonished by the fact that he had survived. He collapsed, too weak to stand up until his mother lifted him, and braced him against the side of the wagon. He tottered clumsily and the earth seemed to move beneath him. They coughed in the bitter cold air. Clouds of steam formed, billowing from their mouths with each breath of air. The ground was white with needles of sharp, frost-covered grass. It crunched loudly as they moved around, trying to become warm, their bodies shaking as they adjusted to the cold. It was a frigid, almost invigorating contrast to the wooden floor of the old wagon which had stolen heat from its passengers. Off in the distance the shape of a tall masted schooner was barely visible in the fog. Someone whispered "Plymouth". All of his life had been spent at their farm just outside the tiny village of Yelverton He had heard of the distant cove which was frequented by Pirates when they were short of crew. Their Cruel-faced kidnappers herded them towards a long boat. A long leather whip encouraged their journey. It was a death march to a death ship. The word Pirates was passed back and forth, from one person to another. It came to the twelve year old boy, but like everyone else on that long slow trip, he had no idea of its true meaning. An hour later he was pushed through the shallow water and goaded into the boat. The sea water at least washed some of the filth from his clothes. But the water was exceedingly cold, and he began to again shiver, only this time it wasn't from fear. He looked at his little sister who preceded him. Her pale skin now looked blue, and the water was up to her chin. The boy picked her up and carried her to the boat, gently lifting her over the gunwales. A sharp whip greeted his back as he climbed aboard. And he wept. "Strip ye naked." Bellowed a large evil looking man. "Ye will not soil our decks with yer filthy clothing." The long whip again lashed out and caught his mother on her right arm. The man made for her, grasped the top of her dress and tore it from her body. "Damn your filthy souls. Everyone strip or we'll do it for ye. Throw those rags into the sea." The boy stayed close beside his mother. With his sisters next to him, he was very embarrassed and he undressed slowly. He folded his clothes neatly but cast them overboard, then stood shivering in the cold. His hands were clenched over his shrunken genitals and his shoulders hunched protectively. The boy was more scared than he had ever been and he trembled endlessly as the family waited sitting on the cold wet boards. Despite his mothers's gentle reassurance, the boy was convinced that it was only death that lay ahead for them. Slowly they neared the ship. Too cold to be ashamed, the boy no longer covered his genitals and instead folded his arms over his chest. He pressed his naked body against his mother and sisters, very grateful of their warmth. He was very, very hungry. Finally the long boat pulled along side of the schooner, and everyone was herded up a net made of thick rope. His mother tried to help, but each of the prisoners had all they could do to get themselves up the side of the ship. As he stepped aboard he was pushed to one side, away from his mother and older sister. Now he was responsible for his younger sister and he tried to soothe her, reassuring her that they would meet them again once they were settled. The two children were formed into another group. A group of other children and old people, or people that were sick. Separated from their families, many of the children were crying or searching frantically for their parents. The old people looked bleakly around them as they tried to understand. Minutes passed as the boy shivered, clasping his little sister against him, as much for her warmth as to share his own. The boy turned to one side, trying to see his mother as he stumbled forward. He caught only a glimpse before he was shoved forward so hard that he was almost knocked to the deck. As he struggled up again he made one last attempt to find his mother. He looked directly into the cold, blue eyes of the man he had seen standing by the barn outside his house earlier that afternoon. Their eyes met and seemed to lock together. Again the boy looked hopeful as he silently pleaded for mercy. He knew that he was about to die. He was so cold that he wanted to die. The man's eyes seemed to fix upon him, watching his every movement as he stumbled forward, getting further away from his mother and older sister. The man seemed to smile at him and turned to the evil looking, husky man standing beside him. And then a sailor pushed forward, thrusting his way past the other children until he reached the boy. His shoulder was grabbed roughly and he was pushed to the side and out of the line. His sister followed silently. A few moments later he was standing before the strange man. He clasped his younger sister tightly by the hand instinctively, knowing that he could not let her go. The man looked him up and down, inspecting his naked body critically for imperfections. It was the same trained look that the boy's father gave to horses as he assessed their bloodlines, their muscles and bones, their teeth and eyes, even the quality of their hooves. The boy felt very naked. He was cold but he shivered as much from fear as from the air. The man's inspection ended. He licked his lips thoughtfully as he appraised the handsome youth. The lad had been circumcised at birth. He liked that, he could see the small bluish tip and it did not seem as sinister as a hooded one. For some reason that excited him greatly, the boy's penis had not contracted from its long exposure to the cold water. He smiled, observing that the boy's penis was short and fat, giving it the stubby appearance that had always interested him. It looked like a breakfast sausage dangling between the boy's slender legs. It was very different to his own thin, protracted sex. He could imagine sucking on it as he ground his finger into the small, highly- sensitive anus. Underneath, he could see the small, shriveled scrotum, like a plump walnut. The boy was still young, still almost hairless, probably just discovering that it could be used for something more than pissing. The boy was perfect. He needed a cabin boy. Despite the fact that the boy was very frightened his quick answers to the questions put to him revealed innate intelligence of a high order. This one was ideal. He ordered a blanket to be brought for the boy and then he spoke quickly to his comrade his crude guttural foreign tongue rasping in the boy's ears. The sailor stepped forward and grasped the little girl's arm at the same time as the other man moved and placed both hands on the boy's small, bare shoulders. Firmly, the two children were separated. His sister began to cry, her piercing wail tormenting the boy as she was dragged further and further away from him. He fell to his knees, prostrating himself on the cold, damp deck. His small hands grasped at the strange man's boots as he begged and pleaded for mercy, sniveling as tears burst forth. The man looked down and his jaws clenched. He stared at the boy severely, a Draconian look that was uncompromising. And yet, the man was masterful, realizing the extortionate power of clemency. For the first time in many years he showed pity for another. He gave the sailor a harsh, withering glance, contempt flashed in his eyes, and he barked a single command. Instantly, the sailor retreated, and took the little girl by the hand gently and led her quietly away. The boy was lifted up, standing weakly as he watched his sister join the rest of his family. He looked up, now shivering uncontrollably, his pale, slender body shaking with nervous fear. His eyes were drawn back to the man's eyes, into the ice-cold terror that lurked within. The man smiled, a sly smile that was as full of terror for the boy as the pale-blue eyes. The boy forced himself to smile back at the man, knowing that there was a price to pay for his sister's escape from death, but having no idea what it could be. There was a slow, almost interminable exchange between them as they stood silently looking at each other. Then, as the boy's nakedness was covered by a thick woolen blanket and he was led away, the man's look was as much of lust as it was of fondness for the boy. Images flooded back to him in a rush. Bearded men running down dirt roads, attacking and killing anything that moved. The sails in the harbor, black upon black cloth, snapping in the air. The steely rasp of swords clashing. And then the sounds of screaming tore at his memory, heavy footsteps, yelling... A nightmare; the feel of blood as his father collapsed into his arms, the prick of the sword that still impaled his father's dying form cutting into his side. His own screaming added to the cries of pain and loss. He tried to clasp his hands to his ears to stop the dream, to stop the sounds from tearing his heart, but could not. They would not move. Panic brought him awake suddenly, his eyes snapping open wildly. He was in a spacious cabin, alone. Twisting, he found that his hands were tied behind his back. His legs were likewise tied in several places. Suddenly, the room rocked. He felt his stomach twist and remembered he was on a ship. Reality crashed in upon him, and he realized he was a prisoner of the men who had looted his village. His father, dead. His mother and sisters ... probably lived, in the hands of the pirates. It was the pirate way, he knew, to claim captured women as their own, and to kill those that had no value. He felt his tears flow in grief for his father, and the ship lurched again. He felt his stomach respond, and he vomited onto the floor, next to where he was laying. He felt himself crying again, and then became very tired and fell asleep. A sharp pain brought him awake. He gasped as something hit his chest, and he struggled to move away. It hit again, and he realized it was a boot. He found he couldn't breathe. "Damn you, Frenchy! Get the HELL away from my boy!" The boots went away, and he heard the door slam. He gasped for air, and felt himself lifted to his knees. He looked into the face of the man who helped him up. Two things crossed his mind. The man was extremely good looking, and this was the man who had been responsible for his father's death. The man stood up and, grabbing a knife, cut the bonds that bound him. He tried to stand, but the lack of blood in his limbs and his inability to breathe left him helpless on the floor. He was lifted bodily and held upright by the pirate. He found it was easier to breathe, but the blood returning to his limbs was painful, and his eyes started to water. He was pushed forward and out the door. He saw a dark hallway, and then steps leading up into sunlight. He was pushed up the steps onto the deck. He wiped his eyes and saw many men moving on the deck, smoothly operating the various parts of the ship. The giant sails were fully drawn and billowed powerfully in the wind, the same black upon black sails he first saw furled in the distant fog. There was no doubt anymore. He wished he had the strength to run, or fight. He was not given the chance. He was held by two men for the pirate that had claimed him. Still naked, they pulled him to the back of the ship and attached a rope harness to him. Before he realized what they intended, they cast him off the deck and into the water. He tried to surface, but was pulled abruptly after the ship by the harness. His head was barely kept above water as his body bore the brunt of wave after wave against his skin. He screamed as the salt entered a cut on his side, and then felt himself pulled back up onto the ship. He was cast down, shivering and shaking, and a soft cloth was wrapped around his waist, over the wound. Then he was pulled back down the staircase and into the same cabin as before. Two men were finishing mopping up the vomit on the floor and left immediately. He was cast onto the floor again, and all but the original pirate left the cabin, pulling the door closed after them. The pirate grabbed something off the large wooden desk in the corner of the room. Looking around, he could see two hammocks, the desk, several chests, and another door. The pirate crossed the room to stand before him and pulled his head up. "I'd rather not have to hurt you as I did your father, so hold still and don't resist me. What's your name?" The man's voice was smooth and deep. That, and the sword hanging from the man's belt, helped him to decide not to resist. "Scott." "Good. You must never lie to me. I already knew your name from your sister. Had your answer been different from hers, I would have killed you both. Look up." Scott looked up towards the ceiling. The man pulled his head down slightly, and then he felt something cold encircle his neck. "This collar, Scott, is your symbol of servitude to me. My personal markings are on it." The man pulled a small black lock and attached it to the collar under Scott's chin. "It's locked on. If it is ever removed, another pirate will have the right to claim you, and I warn you: most of the others on these ships are rather brutal with their slaves." The man stood and walked over to the wall against which the hammocks were strung side by side. Scott watched as the pirate pulled a long metal chain over to Scott and attached it to the lock at his neck. With a snap the lock clicked shut. Scott could see the other end of his tether attached to a bolt in the wall between the hammocks. The man sat on one of the hammocks. "Scott, welcome to my world. I am Captain of this ship, the Bloody Cutlass." The man sighed. "I know what you're going through, and what you're feeling. I killed your father, yes. Your mother and sisters are alive, and have already been traded to pirates on other ships. You will not see any of them again. It is important that you obey me and not resist me. I have an image to uphold, and, since you are my slave, so do you. Any attempt to resist me or escape, and you will be punished SEVERELY. I have killed slaves before, and I will not hesitate to do it now, if provoked. Do you understand?" Scott nodded, lost, upset and confused. He felt tears welling in his eyes again, and wiped them away quickly. "Ah, you are still grieving for your father. Very well. Come over here." Scott began to stand. "No, my slave, stay on hands and knees at all times. You have to earn the privilege of being treated like a man." Scott lowered himself to the floor and crawled to the man's feet, humiliated by the position and his nudity. "You may rest, on that hammock, which is yours. Get into it." Scott carefully maneuvered himself into the swaying hammock and lay back. He fell asleep almost instantly, and felt his hands tugged over his head before dropping off. It seemed he slept for days. When he awoke, he found that his hands and feet were once again tied, to the rings holding up the hammock. He felt extremely stiff, but much more awake and alive. The memories this time were not quite as painful when they flooded back to him, but the loss of his family still hurt deeply. And this pirate was to blame for it. Looking around, he saw that the cabin was deserted. He looked up at his hands and saw they were tied with rope. He wriggled them a bit and found that they moved, although only slightly. He weighed the risks in his mind, and decided to try to get free. He would escape before the pirate next entered the room. He tried pulling one hand through the loops, and after a few seconds relaxed. He threw his whole arm into it, pulling his hand with all his might, even though it hurt terribly. He had to give up, gasping and sweating. The loops were tight. Then he realized that the ring holding the hammock up had a slight gap in it. If he could slip the rope up to that gap and through it, he could at least get his hands to where he could see them better. He tried extending his arms, and then, bracing his feet against the fabric of the hammock, pushed his body upwards. It was working! The rope was very close to the gap, but not quite. He shifted his weight and tried to inch a little more towards the head of the hammock. Suddenly, he felt the hammock leaning towards the wall. He quickly gave up trying to release his hands and tried to regain balance, but could not. He fell against the wall, and off the hammock. The pain in his hands before was nothing compared to what he was feeling now! He was hanging solely by his hands and feet, tied to the rings above him, and the pain was excruciating. He could not help but to cry out. Then he realized he was yelling, and tried to stop himself. He bit his lip and swore under his breath, but the pain was too much. He yelled for help, praying someone would hear him. The door swung open and a strange man stood there for a minute, and then ran from the room, closing the door behind him. Another minute, and the Captain entered quickly. "Damn it all...", he muttered as he crossed the room and began to untie the ropes. Scott, scared, felt tears welling again from the pain and fright. The pirate pulled out a knife and began cutting the ropes which had been pulled too tight to unknot. Scott fell to the floor suddenly with a gasp. He rubbed his wrists as the Captain cut loose his feet. "What were you trying to do?", the Captain said in an even tone, tightly controlled. The question caught Scott off guard. He had no idea what to say, so said nothing. "I see. Resisting me already. You'll regret this." Scott tried to protest, but the Captain pulled him to his hands and knees and dragged him bodily to the corner of the room, the metal chain dragging behind him. Scott heard the door slam, and then felt his bruised arms raised overhead. They were tied tightly to a hook on the wall far out of reach. Scott, fearing he knew what was coming, felt cold fear grip his heart, and he began to plead with the pirate. "Please, I'm sorry..." The pirate did not answer, merely jammed a gag across Scott's mouth, cutting off his pleading abruptly. The cloth around his waist was pulled off, exposing the wound again. And then Scott felt a vicious pain across his back, causing him to cry out through the gag. Again and again he was whipped, across his entire back and buttocks, until he was gasping and crying and pleading against the gag. The Captain ignored him, and continued beating him until the sobs racked his body, and his tears stained the gag. His mind went numb and his back seemed to be on fire. Finally, the beating stopped, and his hands were released briefly, and then tied behind his back. He felt rough hands pushing his neck towards the floor, and his collar was locked to a bolt low in the wall. Finally, his legs were pulled apart roughly. Through the haze, he felt a stab at his buttocks, and then sharp pain as he was physically violated. He felt the Captain's cock slide deep within him painfully, and he cried out against the gag helplessly. He tried to escape, but his head was firmly pinned to the wall. The rigid member was pulled out and pushed back in, and then he felt a hand scratching the welts on his back, and the pain drove him back into numbness and haziness. He wished to lose consciousness, but could not, and felt the cock drive even deeper, and then the sensation of fluid deep within him as the Captain reached orgasm. The dick was finally removed, and he sobbed quietly into the gag. His hands were released, along with his collar, and he was pulled backwards and collapsed into the pirate's arms. He felt anger and wished he had the strength to leave the embrace, but it was insidiously comfortable, and his body ironically chose that point to go unconscious. He fought through the haze slowly, unwillingly. His back still stung horribly. Then he became aware of a different sensation. He felt a hand tugging at his left nipple, and another stroking his pego, which was hard. He realized it was the pirate, and also realized suddenly that this was to be part of his slavery. The pirate intended to use him like a girl. He struggled in the Captain's arms, but they tightened around him. "Do you want another beating, my pet?", the pirate hissed in his ear. Scott forced himself to succumb to the pirate's caresses fearfully. "Good boy. I do not think your back would take much more as it is." He relaxed into the pirate's embrace, and was mortified that his body responded so quickly to the pirate's caress. He felt dizzy, out of control, erotic, and yet still angry at this man who had destroyed his life. And yet, his pego was pulsing with every stroke, and his breathing was shallow and fast. "That's right, Scott. Give in to it.", the pirate whispered into his ear. He felt the pirate biting his neck lightly, and realized he was unwillingly building to orgasm. The hand released his pego abruptly. He was pushed onto hands and knees, still painfully erect. The pirate removed the gag. "No, you must earn that pleasure, slave. You have not earned anything but my wrath so far." He was pulled back to the hammock and told to sleep a while longer. Still dazed, he climbed into the hammock and laid back with a twinge from his sore back. The pirate turned to leave, but then turned back to him. "I don't think you'll try to escape...but I also don't want you touching your cock." He tied Scott's hands to the ring above his head again and, with a quick kiss, left abruptly. Scott lay awake for a long time, thinking about what had happened. His back itched and burned, and yet his cock was still hard and his body tensed in excitement. When he finally did sleep, it was a troubled sleep, filled with alternating dreams of the horror of the attack on his village, and of the pirate holding and fondling him. He woke up shivering and coughing. His side burned where the wound was. He dared not cry out for help, but knew he was feeling the first signs of a fever. Looking down, he saw his own blood staining the canvas hammock, and realized the wound had opened again. He felt insidiously weak, and was unable to use his hands to staunch the flow of blood. The thought that maybe god had heard his plea and he would now be allowed to die passed through his mind. Suddenly he realized that above all he didn't want to die. He waited. It seemed an eternity before the Captain finally opened the door, crossed to the desk, picked up some sort of tool, and headed out the door again. Scott lifted his head to call out, but pain blossomed when he did so, and he groaned instead. The Captain turned at the sound and crossed to where Scott lay. "Damn." Scott felt cold hands touched his fevered skin, and something soft pressed against the wound. "You must not hesitate to tell me when something is wrong like this. You will not be punished for it...." Scott felt his consciousness slip away. The next several days were a blur of images as his body succumbed fully to the fever. He was vaguely aware of different people tending him, changing the dressings on the wound, giving him water to drink. Finally, the fever abated. Scott woke slowly, feeling far better and fully coherent. He was alone once more, hands tied as before, but now he was feeling fully refreshed and alive. The dressing on the wound was gone, he noticed, and it had finally closed and was healing. He did not have to wait long before the Captain entered, crossed to the hammock, and asked how he was feeling. "Much better," he answered. "Good. Because we are in port." The Captain untied Scott's hands and ordered him to the floor. Scott managed to leave the hammock with only a slight twinge of pain, and knelt on the floor at the Captain's feet. The chain which was attached to his collar was released, and a shorter chain was put in its place. The pirate held the end of the leash in his hand. "We're going on deck so you can get some fresh air and sunshine. Listen closely. Do as I say, without hesitation. Stay on hands and knees. Do not speak unless I tell you to. Do NOT obey any of the other men. Keep your head down. Let's go." He was pulled out the cabin door and up the stairs to the deck as before. Bright sunshine caused his eyes to squint as he crawled along at the side of the Captain. He looked around, and saw many men lounging on the deck, drinking and laughing. He also saw several other slaves, kneeling beside other pirates, or cleaning the ship. All were naked as was he, and with a shock, he thought he recognized one of them. His collar was tugged sharply, and he remembered that his head was supposed to be kept down. He lowered it and followed the feet of the Captain to another stairway which lead to an upper deck. The Captain sat down in a chair, and Scott sat on the deck beside him. "Look over there, my slave." Scott looked off the side of the ship where the Captain indicated. The ship was indeed anchored off the shore of a large city, larger than Scott had ever seen before. It seemed hundreds of buildings filled the valley beneath a range of mountains which rose majestically towards the sky. He could barely make out people moving between the buildings on the oceanfront. "This is the city of Tortuga, a small port, but important for us. By selling goods here, we bypass tariffs that are levied on traders in the north." Scott looked from the port back to the ship and noticed that the black sails had somehow been replaced with common colorful trader sails. The Captain laughed. "Oh, yes, we are traders most of the time. What use is looting a village if we cannot sell what we take? We have no use for most of what we steal. Except slaves like you." With that the Captain pulled his head up by the chin and kissed him deeply on the mouth. Scott accepted the kiss, all the while swearing vengeance on this pirate. And yet, his heart was not fully in it. The Captain smiled. "You will learn to appreciate me. Look there." Scott looked down onto the deck where a young man was being beaten with a heavy belt. The slave had a brush in his teeth, and was furiously scrubbing at the deck even while being beaten. "The slave was taken from a city on the other side of the continent. He's obedient, and hard-working, yet Jack punishes him. We don't even know the slave's name, since his Master never bothered to ask. Jack also regularly loans him out for the pleasure of his comrades." Scott looked on with horror as the beating continued. The slave tried to pull away, and his Master pulled him back by his hair, and kicked him in the side, and then continued the beating. Scott looked at the other slaves, many of which were females. One woman had been tied in such a way that any passing pirate could help himself, and many did so during the afternoon as Scott watched. Several others were scrubbing the deck, some were sleeping by the sides of bearded pirates, who seemed to take pleasure in waking the slaves with a hard belt across the back. "Our next stop is la Havana, where the slave business is their largest export. Many slaves will be sold there, for good money. Old slaves, disobedient slaves, even slaves who the men have gotten tired of. The slaves are then sent across the mountains to be sold for labor in the sugar fields." The Captain was interrupted by a man who walked up and began speaking to the Captain in a tongue Scott could not recognize. The Captain responded in kind, and some sort of heated discussion ensued. Scott returned his attention to the deck below. The Captain stood finally, and handed Scott's leash to another man. "Sorry, pet, business calls." Turning to the man who now held the leash, he said, "Put him to work." Scott watched as the Captain walked away, and then followed the man who tugged his leash insistently. He was put to work polishing the brass molding on the main mast, his leash locked firmly around the mast so he could not escape. He was working diligently when he heard his name whispered quietly behind him. Turning, he saw the slave he thought he recognized before. But on closer look he wasn't so sure. The person he knew vaguely was the son of a traveling merchant. This creature, while slim and flat chested was not a boy unless his genitals had grown inward. The merchant had been in the town when the pirates had attacked. How the girl had learned his name, he did not know. She was scrubbing the deck and had obviously moved close to Scott in order to talk to him. "You're from Yelverton, right?" Scott nodded slowly, still polishing away at the brass so as not to get into trouble. "You're the son of ..", he hesitated then corrected himself, "daughter of the gypsy merchant?", he whispered. The youth nodded. "Jerry is my name. You're the only one I've recognized. My Pa is dead." Scott nodded. "Mine too. I'm sorry." The girl smiled wanly. "It's just nice to see someone I know." "I seen you around in town, but I thought you was a boy." "Pa liked it that way, so's boy's wouldn't try to fuck me. Sometimes it got real funny when I would go around with the other guys and try and pick up on girls. I was better at it than them. Got'em madder than hell." He looked closer at the girl. She had a slim but well developed build. A tight waist and taut stomach which supported small round breasts that were firm enough so that given a baggy enough blouse she could easily pass for a boy. But now naked and in full view, she stirred his first awakening toward the opposite sex, and his penis began to inflate. Scott spared a look around. "We could get into trouble for talking." He was hoping that she would not notice the effect she was having on him. The girl looked frightened, and then her face hardened. "I don't care. And it looks as though you've already been in trouble. Your back is all bruised." Scott winced. "Yeah, trying to escape. Didn't get very far." He noticed a pirate staring in his direction. "We need to stop talking. Move away, we'll talk again later." The girl moved silently away, scrubbing as she went. Scott returned his attention to the brass finishings, but the pirate he had noticed staring at him stood up and walked over. "Talking to other slaves, boy?" the pirate asked gruffly. Scott ignored the man and continued polishing. "Hey, boy, I'm talking to you. Do as I say, or I'll tell the Captain you were talking to another slave." Cold fear gripped Scott's heart. He had been told not to obey others, but if he did not, he would be in trouble for talking to another slave. He wavered and then realized that this pirate would probably tell the Captain anyway. Pirates were not known as men of their word. He decided to ignore the man. This turned out to be impossible as the man jerked him onto his feet by his collar. Choking, Scott was helpless as the man stared into his face. "You ignore me? You little shit, I'll teach you..." and the man threw him onto the deck. He felt a boot land on the small of his back and then a leather belt came down hard on his buttocks again and again. He was crying out and thrashing, but the man had him pinned. Suddenly, though, the beating stopped abruptly. The pirate fell beside him on the deck. With shock, Scott saw a knife driven deep into the man's neck. He jumped to his feet and tried to run away, but was stopped short by the collar which was still locked to the mast, and fell back onto the deck again. The Captain stood over him and helped him back to his hands and knees, and then stood tall. In a loud voice he announced, "Noone touches my slave without permission! Ever! Get this piece of filth off my deck and clean this mess up!" Two men grabbed their slain comrade and threw the body over the side of the ship as several slaves cleaned up the blood. Scott was released and pulled away from the scene by the Captain. He was taken back to the upper deck and placed to the side of the Captain's chair once more. He realized he was shaking from shock. "Don't worry, Scott, they won't touch you now." Scott continued to shake in shock over what might have happened if the Captain had not been there to stop the pirate. He was also very much afraid of what this pirate Captain was capable of. "Lie down and sleep. Don't worry, I'm here." And despite his fear and hatred of the Captain, Scott DID feel more secure, and hated the Captain even more for it. But he obeyed, and fell asleep in the sun. When he woke it was dark. He was no longer on the outside deck, but in their cabin. There was something quite different. First he was not in his hammock. Second, his head was resting on something warm and soft. His mind was slow in leaving sleep, and he turned on his side. Now there was a somewhat peculiar, but not unpleasant, odor that was confirming that difference. His eyes opened, and there, just two inches from his nose was the Captains large, and very hard cock. It was then that Scott realized his pillow was the Captain's inner thigh. The cock moved forward till it was poking at his lips. The boy did not know what to do. Heretofore the Captain had taken him from behind. "Open yer mouth laddie and do me tool justice. And if ye make me happy ye'll earn two hours a day walk'n on deck like a man." Scott didn't have to think about the offer. There was really no choice. The Captain's pleasure was the lad's only purpose. Yet the proffered tool which had been up his butt more times than he could count, looked strange. He opened his mouth as wide as he could in fear of suffering a lash across his back if his teeth should graze the sensitive rod. His Master was in command as he slid his tool past the boy's lips until it struck the back of the mouth. "Breath slow and deeply so there's a lot of hot air. ... Good, now close your lips around it and pretend it's a lollipop." Scott's lip closed around the rod, and he instinctively sucked on it. In response to his ministration the rod began dispensing a salty substance; surprisingly pleasant. The lad bobbed his head up and down several times. "Laddie, you got the hang of it. Just keep agoin." Scott began to realize that this was far better than having the Captain's dick up his arse, and resolved to doing so well that this would become his Masters preference. Within a short period of time the Captain was so deep into his fantasy that he had lost any sense of Master and Slave. "Oh Suck it good, my darlin boy." He put his hands behind Scott's head, steadying the receptacle for his thrusting piston. With no warning the Captain's cock began spurting his jism into the lad's mouth. He had no other choice than to swallow it. A goodly part had shot past his tongue and was already flowing down his throat. But he could not swallow it fast enough, so that his mouth filled and began leaking from his lips. The taste was not disgusting as he had always presumed it would be. There was a slight tang to it. It had a clean aroma that reminded him of his mother washing clothes. And then Scott began to realize he had found a way past the Captain's harsh exterior. If he could get the Captain to need this new skill, he would have something with which to bargain. Then the first time his master was careless in watching his slave, it would be over the side, a short swim, and then freedom. Each day the boy was diligent in developing his new skill. The better he became, the more convinced the Captain was that he had captured the boy's heart. One day he was hustled out of their cabin and told to report to the Bosun. He was to learn to handle the wheel. He passed several crew members as he walked up to the bridge, all carrying lumber and tools. The Captain obviously had a new project in mind. There was a clear view of the entire ship from the bridge. It was a bright sunny day with just enough wind to fully fill the sails. Even so, controlling the ships wheel took all of the strength he could muster. The Quarter master treated him more like a member of the crew than a slave. The Captains murder of the crewman who had struck Scott had sent a clear message to those who might toy with the idea of treating him roughly. As the days passed into weeks he had been given those two hours a day of walking upright; and he was the only slave who was sported that privilege. As he looked toward the bow of the ship he spotted Jerry, naked, and on her hands and knees scrubbing the deck. She was also facing toward the bow, so that his gaze fell upon her lovely behind. He had seen her several times since that fateful day, but never could talk to her. Her eyes had reflected envy in his privilege to walk alone on the deck. He vowed that later today he would try to find some time and some place where they might talk with out fear of reprisal. Several things had changed. The lad had grown several inches, and his dick had kept pace with his body. Being on deck most of every day had resulted in a deep tan from his shoulders all the way to the bottoms of his feet. The work he had been assigned had also built his body. The better food served in the Captain's cabin had contributed to that growth. His hair had been sun bleached almost to being blonde, and was now a shaggy shoulder length. While the youth had escape as the most important single thing that he must achieve, he was developing a taste for the Captains twice or sometime thrice sexual exercises. And the lustful glances that he intercepted from other members of the crew as he had grown added to his self confidence of his worth in the bedroom. Usually the day would start by a bright, "Laddie come take care a me Mast. It's awaiting yer tender care." He would then climb out of his hammock. By then the tall mast was uncovered and awaiting his service. Sometimes at midday the Captain would order him to the Cabin. In the beginning the Captain had alternated between fucking him, and having him suck. But within a few days he had become so skillful in his mouthing of the adult penis that screwing him in the arse had almost come to a halt. Then always at night his master had taken to having him sit along side of him while eating, and they would take turns feeding each other. To Scott it was clear that the Captain considered him as a talented pet, something akin to a good dog. After dinner they would do a bit of sexual wrestling on the cabin floor. Most of the time sex was one way; the boy sucking the Captains cock. But he had discovered that if he was skillful, and prolonged the man's climax, he would get so immersed in the fantasy that he would take the boy into his mouth, and they would then drive rapidly toward a simultaneous ejaculation. He had been standing behind the wheel as those thoughts had past through his brain. They had traveled instantaneously to his dick. A sudden gust of wind and the ship lurched to port. He spun the wheel and almost leapt into the air as his hard dick got slammed by the spinning wheel. His sudden yelp of pain brought the attention of the Quarter master, who once seeing the cause had drowned out his yells in fits of laughter so loud that even Jerry, still on the bow, turned to see what was up. His erection had wilted so rapidly, that only the officer knew what was so all fired funny. "I think ye need to go see the Captain laddie. I'll take over the wheel." What surprised Scott the most was that the Quarter master had spoken to him in a friendly, almost fatherly manner. Everyone on board knew that he was the Captain's play thing. Yet as he strode off of the bridge he felt envy, not pity coming from those that watched him; even the Quarter master. But his nakedness was a badge of slavery which differentiated him from the crew. Upon returning to the cabin he was astonished to see that the two hammocks had been replaced with a large bed; large enough for three or four if they didn't mind touching. He assumed he would be sharing the bed with the Captain in as much as both hammocks were no where to be seen. That gave him mixed feelings. The big bed would be more comfortable than the swinging hammock. Also the hammock was hard. The more weight that was put on it, the harder the canvas became. Later that night, during dinner, the Captain had a flagon of wine on the table. They both drank heavily. Scott was feeling quite pleasant, he even enjoyed the Captain's gropings. He suddenly realized he was looking forward to a wild time in the new bed. He was given the task of taking the dirty dishes to the ships galley. Not more than ten minutes had elapsed before he re-entered the room. He could not believe his eyes. Jerry was sitting on the floor facing the bed. "I thought I'd have yer little friend join us for the festivities. Eh? Hope ya like the idea as much as I do." The Captain began removing his clothes and tossing them in the corner. He was naked, and he was at full mast. "Laddie, come take care me mast. I want you to show her just how well you take care of me." Scott glanced at Jerry, expecting to see some reaction. But there was none. She simply sat there looking at the naked Captain and the naked boy. The slave had no choice. He could not refuse. It was either obey the command or suffer the consequences, and he knew those consequences would be the death of both slaves. The man had laid down upon the bed, face up. His hard cock was already dispensing some of that salty fluid. The boy moved up onto the bed, kneeling between the Captains legs. He was facing where he could not see Jerry. He tried to ignore her presence, and began his task. The eager cock was harder than he had ever seen it. And there was much more of the fluid. He had finally overcome the strangeness of a third party in the room, and was doing his best to please his master. "All right laddie. Stop for a minute. Girlie, come over here and watch closely as to how it is done." Scott sat back, watching the girl come to the side of the bed. She looked first at the Captain large wet reddish penis, then at Scott's genitals. He then realized his cock was as hard and ready as was the Captains. "Back to work Laddie. Show the Lassie just how well it can be done if ye put your mind to it." As the cock slid between his lips he felt an excitement; one born of something different; an adventure. He felt the Captain move slightly, and noticed he had pulled the girl so that her face was within inches of his own. Her close observation added a spice that increased his own passions. She could see the pattern of the boy's lips as they moved slowly down the long, pulsating tube. She watched the head move in and out of the mouth. A rhythm began to build as the fires of passion invaded both the Captain and his slave. Again the Captain spoke. "Lassie! Yer to wrap yer 'and about me laddies cock! You'll stroke it nicely as he does ' a fine job for me " The girl did as she was told. Her first touch came while the Captains shaft was buried completely in the boys mouth. Every detail of the mans penis was as intimate to him as was his own. But the girls touch sent a heat through him so intense that he thought he was going to cum. Jerry didn't really care one way or another. What she was doing wasn't much different than milking a cow; and what girl didn't know how to do that? On the other hand she was fascinated by the effect her manipulations were having on her friend. At first it had been an odd feeling. Quite unlike a cow's tit. Probably just as warm, but quite a bit harder. The boy's reaction had been something of a surprise. Upon initial contact, his buttocks jumped backward, then slid slowly into her hand. It was his mouth and what he was doing to the Captain that took her from a disinterested state of mind to an extreme case of curiosity. She found that when she squeezed the hard organ, he would almost swallow all of the Captains cock. If she increased her speed so did he. Experimentally she slowed her strokes, then paced them much faster. Her friend did like wise. All of a sudden, the Captain let out a gasp, his body went rigid, and he started to moan. Not more than a second had passed and the boy did likewise, but his cock had gotten very hard, and hot, and it spurted forth a lot of juice most of which landed on the Captain's balls. Scott had not known what to expect when he heard the Captain's order to work on him while he was servicing his Master. The first touch of the girls hand had been most pleasant. Then he concentrated on the cock he was sucking. The combination of the hot cock in his mouth, the extreme close view of the shaft, the pubic hair, and even the Captain's belly button, plus the touch of the girls hands upon his own shaft had made him lose all sense of reality. He lost control of what he was doing and began sucking in wild abandon as his own senses went into maximum overload. Scott had collapsed between the Captain's thighs, his legs bent at the knees, his feet in the air. His chin was resting in the pool of warm cum he had deposited on the man's balls. Then the Captain said something quite remarkable. "You kiddies go on deck for a spell, while the old man gets a bit of rest. Don't be too long, I've got some things I want both of you to do for me." The two naked slaves left the cabin and strolled back toward the poop deck. "I'm going to escape. I'm going to do it right now. We have been passing small islands all day long. If I throw one of those empty water casks over board I'll have something to hold on to." Scott looked at the girl, then made up his mind to go further, "You want to come along?" Without replying she dove over the side of the ship. Immediately Scott grabbed the empty water cask hurling it, then followed it into the dark Caribbean water. The cold water, the darkness around him, and the adrenaline provided strength and ability far beyond the norm. The cask was no where to be seen, but it must be somewhere astern of him. He swam in that direction. The odd's were ten thousand to one against finding the empty cask in the darkness of night. But the gods must have been smiling at him as within a few minutes the still unseen container hit him in the side of head. The blow startled him. Instinctively he grasped the edge and tried to raise himself onto it, but the barrel rolled. Getting on top was not possible so he simply held on to it. And of course there was no way he could find the girl. Jumping over the side had been a stupid thing to do. The dark hours slowly passed. Waves of fear passed over him as he clung to the cask. He grew very tired, yet he could not let go of the float. He wondered about Jerry. At first he had shouted and yelled, but the sounds of the sea masked his attempts; he could hardly hear himself. She couldn't have heard him if she had been twenty feet away. He hoped he would be able to see one of those islands they had been passing the previous day; if only the sun would break above the horizon. To stem the fear he relived the days events. His standing at the ships wheel. The new bed. The sexual play at mid day, and finally that incredible experience with Jerry and the Captain. Even his slavery aboard the Bloody Cutlass was better than what faced him now. With the first lightening of the night sky, came the hope that he could swim toward something; an island, a ship, even a floating timber. But as the sun rose and the day became bright and clear, he could see nothing but the sea in any direction. He began to weep as he realized that there would be no tomorrow. He wondered what it would feel like to die, to drown. Was there something beyond today in another world? Was there a heaven? He hoped so, he would like to see his father again. And he wept. If viewed from far above, there was only the broad sea and a small boy hanging on to an even smaller empty water cask. "Hey Stupid! Why don't you let go of that silly barrel and sit up here with me." The voice was loud, and close by. The voice was Jerry's. Scott looked around him and saw only more water. A small wave crashed down on him and he choked on the mouth full of ocean he had swallowed. He figured he must have imagined Jerry's voice; it had sounded so close. Again he looked around; nothing. "Scott get that little naked butt of yours up here with me; you need to dry off." Again he looked around him; nothing. "Up here dummy!" His eyes followed the sound. There, some thirty feet above him was Jerry, still naked, but sitting on a billowy white puff of cloud. He couldn't believe his eyes. "How did you get up there?" "Don't know. I spent hours trying to find you last night, and finally fell asleep. When I woke up I was up here." "You got a rope or something that I could climb up there with?" "Nope. Just use your imagination and try real hard." Scott closed his eyes, and tried to think himself up to the cloud. "You gotta try harder. Come on try it again." The girl was endeavoring to be helpful. Years before, while still a small child, he had been on the roof of their barn, and had tried to will himself into flight like a bird. He had fallen off the roof into a stack of hay. His sister never let him forget it. "Come on up here. I want to talk to you about what we did in the Captain's Cabin last night." "Damn it Jerry, I'm trying." "Close your eyes and try real hard." Scott squeezed his eyes tightly closed and tried to imagine with all of his might that he was on the cloud with Jerry. Then quite suddenly he felt a sharp pain at his waist; only for an instant. He opened his eyes, and lo and behold there was Jerry sitting right along side of him. "See, I told you you could do it." She put her arm around his wet shoulders and pulled him against her dry, sun warmed breasts. "You didn't tell me that getting up here would hurt." "I don't remember any pain. I just fell asleep, and when I woke up, here I was. Maybe boys don't do it the same way." Scott looked over the side of the cloud, down to where the empty cask was bouncing around on the ocean swells. "What's that next to the barrel." He pointed down to where he had been. "I don't know. The water has turned red." They both stared at the red spot which seemed to getting bigger and lighter in color. "Gawd. Look!" The boy's fingers pointed at three dorsal fins moving in a circle around the barrel. "Jerry, I think we are dead." "Pigeon Shit! Dead people don't get hard-ons." She pointed at the boy's crotch, where his member had risen to the occasion of the proximity to her bare breasts. "Well, the center of that red spot was where I was just a few minutes ago. I think I just got eaten by a shark." The girl contemplated this set of facts before replying. "Just like a boy. Get eaten by a shark and still want ta fuck. Daddy warned me about guys like you." He moved his head from its comfortable resting spot and glared at his offending member. "You ought to be flattered that you could get it up for me, even after I WAS eaten by a shark. How many girls do you think could brag something like that?" Silently they sat there, each wondering about their newly acquired anatomy. The only thing either of them knew was what they had heard in ghost stories. Being children and prankful, being a ghost might be fun. Neither considered terrorizing people as did ghosts in the tales. Their deaths were the result of their own dim-witted actions. But also, being children, they had no experiences to draw upon. Their wonderment was limited to basic things like what to do next so that they wouldn't be bored, or what to eat. The idea of food had first crossed Jerry's mind, even though one would have expected the boy to be the first to clamor about eating. "Are you hungry?" "No! I'm dead." "Well ghosts have to eat don't they?" "Don't know. I've never met one before." Again silence reigned. "Do you know any ghost stories?" Jerry was being tenacious. Scott replied, "Naw. My grand dad used to tell some, but that was a long time ago. About the only thing I remember was something about a ghost being able to materialize, whatever that means." Her hunger was being persistent. "Well it seems to me that ghosts survived on something called Ectoplasm." "So where do you get it? What does it taste like? Gawd I'd hate for it to taste like Liver and Onions; Ugh!" "In all the stories I ever heard they needed Ectoplasm to do anything. So you'd better start thinking about this if we are ever to get off of this cloud." Again silence ruled. "Shit! Your talking about food has got me hungry. Now what do we do?" Scott was turning testy, and quite unlike himself. In retrospect that surprised him, but then no one could ever say that being a ghost was ever like anything he had ever been. "Well, Shit Head, we'd better start putting all of the things we know about ghosts on the table right now. We don't know what's going to happen next." "The only three things I wonder about is can I still fuck, do we have to shit, and what do we eat?" "Leave it to a boy to put his cock before his belly. But I am getting a craving for something. I don't quite know what it is ... yet." "Ghosts travel. Ghosts can sometimes be seen by live people. What else." "Well Ghosts can get hard-ons; yours was quite rigid when you first got up here." "You're the one always talking about sex. What's with you? Do you want some dick, or is it that you want a dick?" Again silence. Many minutes later it was Scott that broke the quiet, "I'm sorry Jerry. It's just that this is so different, and I think I'd rather be back with the Captain than up here on a cloud not knowing what is gonna happen next." "Well sex was the only point of your existence down there. You were the Captain's plaything, and from what I saw you were getting to be pretty good at it. Mind if I ask you something real personal?" "Go ahead, I don't see any point in keeping anything secret. The more we know about each other the better we'll get along." "Was the Captain your first sexual experience?" "Yeah. How about you?" "Yes, and no. Back on the ship I told you about how I hung around several other guys; they thought I was a boy. Well we used to whistle at girls and try to pick up on them. Being a girl, I knew what turned a girl on, so I could score three or four times to their one." "What do you mean score?" Scotty asked. "You know, make out." The boy shook his head; he did not understand. "You know try to play with their titties, or diddle their cunts with my finger." The girl had gotten Scott's full attention. This was different. "And?" "Well there was this one Lassie who wanted more than I was prepared to give her. She started moving her hand up me leg, and if she kept it up she wouldn't find what she expected. So I got real aggressive. Well girls don't like that so she backed off. Shit, I could a fucked the hell out of here right then, cause I knew how to get up her skirts." "What do you mean you could have fucked her. You ain't got no dick." "That's why I backed off. But my bud's had been a watchin', so I had to be cool about it. The way that I had worked it she was the one that had brought the love'n to an end. "Later that night I was mulling this over, and I decide I was going to bury me sausage in her." "What sausage? You ain't got one." "Naw, but me dad did. A big Italian Sausage he was going to use for dinner. Well I got this piece of rope, and tied it around one end of the meat; real tight like. Then tied that around me hips. Now if she felt me leg she'd find what she expected; maybe even more than she expected. "I snuck out, and walked around, trying to get used to that thing dangling between me legs. And who should I run into? The same wench that I'd been a diddling .. or almost diddling. Well, we took up right where we left off, only this time I didn't do anything wrong. I nibbled on her ear.. Damn, she went wild when I stuck my tongue in there. I kept my hands away from her cunt... that was going to have to be her idea. "Well, sure enough, about the time I was sucken on her right nipple she reaches down and feels me pecker, and she likes what she finds, and starts to undo me trousers. Well that wasn't gonna work. If she found that Italian Sausage the game would a been up. So I whispers to her we'd better find someplace more private. "We found his old barn, and inside was as dark as dark can be. So now everything is being done by touch. I get her down in this hay, get her skirts up... and her pussy was a drippin. I lowered me pants, and pushed the meat inside her. Well, she went wild, and humpen like nothin I'd ever seen before. She was humpen so hard I thought the rope was gonna break. But her humpen was pushen the sausage against me clitty and I really started gettin into it. We both went wild. I got her off at least a half dozen times." Jerry paused, a smile appearing across her lips as she fondly remembered the incident. Unconsciously Scotty had his hand around his own hard cock as he listened to this strange story. Jerry looked over at Scotty, then laughed, "Doesn't that thing ever get out of your mind?" "Well, at least I got one to keep in me mind." "Yeah, I know. After that night the story got round that I was the best stud in the territory, and all the girls wanted a piece of me sausage. "Fortunately, me Pa travels, so we left town. If we'd stayed there much longer the truth would a come out, and I don't know what would a happened. Then she chuckled, "The next night Pa's fixen dinner, and he's alooken for the Sausage. Well I had to 'find' it for him. So he cuts it up and then frys it with some onions, and serves it. Well I wasn't gonna eat what had been up that wenche's cunt, but Pa dove right in there and ate it all. His only comment was 'Jerry, don't wrap the sausage with the fish.'" By this time Scotty was stroking his own sausage, and it looked like he was near his climax. But nothing happened, the feeling got to an incredible peak like just be for you shoot, but it just stayed that way. He had never experienced anything that fantastic; it was almost supernatural. He took his hand away and the feeling remained. He looked at his cock; it was huge... it was red ... it was ready; and it stayed that way. The smile of ecstasy changed to a smile of surprise. His eyes widened. "Was it going to stay that way forever?" He asked himself. In the mean time Jerry is watching the boy, who had been rubbing himself, obviously sustaining a substantial amount of self gratification, which seemed to go on forever. She put her foot against Scott and shoved him off of the cloud. The cold water immediately brought his rhapsody to an end. A moment later he was back on the cloud. "Thank's I needed that." -----END of CHAPTER ONE "The Pirate Affair"------ If you would like to receive Chapter 2 by E-Mail, a critque on this chapter will be greatly appreciated. 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