A Pirate's Life for Me Part 11
"Hm," Duo hummed contentedly, enjoying the feeling of warm skin under his hands. "I think I'll have Sally put another tattoo on you..."
"Two aren't enough?" Heero gasped a little as Duo's hand found a sensitive spot.
"Mm, no. I want one right here," Duo grinned and tightened his hand a little. "One that says 'property of Captain Maxwell.'"
"I thought that's what the one on my shoulder meant-"
"It does. I just want to make very sure you know."
"Possessive bastard."
"You're just now figuring that out?" Duo smiled wider. "But you know, I don't think I'm doing this right-"
"Seems fine to me-" Heero protested.
"You're still capable of rational speech. Let's see if we can fix that..."
~*~
Heero was glad that he didn't need to be capable of anything more than 'breakfast' and 'captain' when he went to fetch it from Quatre.
Quatre gave him an amused look over the tray. "Can you give the Captain a message from me?"
Heero nodded as he took the tray carefully.
"Tell him I got a bit more information. Impressed into service as a navigator."
Heero blinked. "Impressed into service as a navigator?" He repeated and Quatre nodded.
"He'll know what it means." He tilted his head to the side and eyed Heero. "Come see me after you give the Captain his tray. I think I need to find you something with a lot of protein for breakfast. We have to build up your stamina."
Heero gave him a half-hearted glare and left with the tray. On the way to the cabin, he noticed Wufei polishing one of the cannons under Hilde's careful eye. So, they had come to some kind of agreement. Wufei didn't notice him; he was deep in conversation with Doro. Heero wondered idly what they were talking about that had Wufei looking so serious.
Duo was at his desk when Heero brought the tray in.
"Quatre said to tell you impressed into service as a navigator."
Duo blinked and then his expression cleared. "Ah. So, looks like I'll have to have a talk with Mr. Barton very soon."
He smiled at Heero's confused expression. "It seems our Mr. Barton might have been on board Whitebeard's ship."
"As a navigator?"
Duo nodded. "Apparently. He talks in his sleep, according to Quatre, and has some kind of tattoo of an albatross."
Heero felt his blood run cold. "An albatross?"
Duo gave him an odd look. "That's what Quatre said. Why?"
"Where is the mark? Do you know?"
Duo touched the spot right below his collarbone and Heero's eyes narrowed. So that's where the bastard had gone!
"Heero? What is it?"
"I request permission to be there when you interview Mr. Barton, Captain."
"Why?"
"I need to know more about that mark and how he got it."
Duo studied him for a moment. "Permission granted."
"Thank you sir."
"But," Duo raised an eyebrow. "You need to tell me why."
"My father was killed by men who bore that mark."
Duo's eyes widened. "That means these are the same bastards who destroyed my family."
"Maybe. That was the mark of their house and they gave it to those who served them. That's why I need to talk to Barton."
Duo got to his feet. "Let's see if Mr. Barton is available now."
TBC...
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