The Free Life (Accepting Profiles)

[Randomly Gone Insane]

"Good." The Captain threw a teasing smirk to the chef. "I knew I kept you around for a reason." He walked out of the kitchen, Arthur grumbling behind him.

Julian went back onto deck and explained the situation and job to the men. Though they were upset to already begin working, they reluctantly obeyed to the orders and prepared.
The Quartermaster remained behind with their officers, while Julian took his officers and seven other men out in the wilds of the land. They searched and traveled for hours, looking for any sign they could find of troublesome natives and found nothing. Not even clues of the people who were unfortunate enough to find the wildmen and eventually lead up to the creation of the job. When the sun set, the party called an end to the night and set up camp in the woods, hoping for better luck tomorrow.  

[Zahzi]

As the group camped out, eyes could be felt upon them. It was not known from where, but it was impossible to not notice..  

[Randomly Gone Insane]

And the men did notice. None of them could settle in for the night, as everyone was tense and nervous, constantly looking out into the dark as they searched for whatever lurked out there.

After an hour, Julian became fed up with their unseen guest.

"Alright." He barked out, standing up tall and with his pistol loaded and out. "We know you're out there. Come out now and face us like a man, or leave!"  

[Zahzi]

The encampment remained silent for a time. It seemed there would be no answer.

One of Julian's officers stood and walked towards his Captain to ask if he should conduct a search when it happened.

Just as he got over to him, a spear flew through the trees and sunk into the man's throat, the tip piercing through the other side, and right in front of Julian.

Had the man not been there, the Captain would have taken it in the forehead.

Just as the man fell, now dead, feral yelling could be heard as a lone man jumped down from one of the trees surrounding the camp, carrying two tomahawks, and charging at the person in front of him- Julian.  

[Randomly Gone Insane]

Julian glared out into the darkness. Something was out there... He didn't know what, but something. He was determined to draw it out.
He hadn't even noticed his man approaching, and took no notice of the officer until something pierced through the air, dug into somebody's body and the sound of gurgling could be heard. Julian looked to his officer, and was shocked to the blood pouring from his throat as he slowly fell to the ground, dead.

He stared down at the corpse in shock, before feral shouting snapped his attention to the wildman. Julian and the others were stunned by the yelling and the man himself, and could hardly react.

Some of the others though managed to keep part of their heads and began firing at the madman who charged at their Captain, who remained frozen in shock.  

[Zahzi]

The man ran through the crowds, not even bothering with them. One of the bullets grazed the man's right cheek, in which the man reacted by hurling one of the Tomahawks at them, hitting its mark into the shooter's chest.

Another of Julian's crew jumped into the man's way, yet was practically ignored as he was grabbed on the shoulder and hurdled over, leaving no other obstacle between him and the Captain.

The man then raised the remaining Tomahawk to cleave through the captain's throat when he suddenly stopped. Something made him hesitate. It made him more or less forget where he was as he stared at the captain.

While silent to everyone else, the Captain would hear one word from the 'Savage'.
"...Woman..."  

[Randomly Gone Insane]

While his men moved and fought around him, Julian seemed to stuck as the madman charged at him. His feet turned into solid blocks of lead while his mind seemed to go dark. The only thing that did seem to work was his heart, which beat rapidly and loudly in his ears like an overwhelming drum. The beat got faster as the man drew in closer, and the Captain was only beginning to move slowly away just as the man was in striking distance and was about to cut him down.

In time with the savage, the Captain stopped his pitiful attempt to move away while the man stared at him. At her.
When he addressed her what she really was, Julie's ears became quiet as her heart finally stopped.

It was then, a gunshot rang out as someone had taken the savage's moment to pause to shoot him in his side.  

[Zahzi]

The man's eyes went wide as the shot hit. He staggered to the opposite side the bullet hit from, going down on one knee, and releasing the Tomahawk.

He was down.  

[Randomly Gone Insane]

When the savage was down, the men began to celebrate, cheering and throwing their arms in the air while one approached to finished.

Julie, however, was silent.

"...Someone get over here and help me!" She barked, barely able to disguise her voice. It didn't matter though, as the men were more shocked by her reaction as she crouched down and pushed her hand down on the bullet wound.

"Well don't stand around! Get the medical supplies!" He barked, glaring at the men who quickly snapped and began digging around the camp.

"Hold on.." He murmured to the man, looking down at him. "We're going to help you."  

[Zahzi]

The man stared at the Captain, now adding the fact they were helping the person who appeared to kill them to his list of confusion. He remained silent, using his strength to stay awake instead of passing out due to the pain.  

[Randomly Gone Insane]

After a minute had passed, one of the men finally came with the needed items, just as confused as the savage and all the others, who wondered what came into the Captain to cause him to act this way.

"This is going to hurt." He warned as he grabbed a pair of tweezers with hi free hand.
"Hurt. Pain." He looked directly at the savage, not knowing if he understand their language at all. He removed his hand from the bullet wound, and began to dig around for the bullet as tenderly as he could, pulling it from the man's side and chucking it aside once it was out. With the bullet out, he began to wrap the wound up as quickly as he could around the bleeding wound. Hopefully, it would last the night and tomorrow when they could take the savage to a proper doctor.  

[Zahzi]

The man yelled out in pain, whether or not he could understand what the Captain had said could not be seen at this point.
Pain was universal in every language...  

[Randomly Gone Insane]

Despitemthe screams of pain, Julian kept firm when he dug the bullet out from the man's side. He just hoped he wouldn't take revenge and cut his throat later for it.

Once the wound was bandaged and everything that could be done was done, he gave a tired sigh.
"Take him to my tent, men." He sighed as he stood up. "Lay him in bed and let him be. I'll be back to deal with him." The captain then left to a small creek not far from the camp, washing the blood from the savage off his hands.  

[xxxCheshireCat]

"Oh my, you've brought me some good little trinkets here," the old lady said as she picked up one of the items.
She inspected it for a while before looking up at William.
"So what do you want in exchange for these? Money, information, the usual?" she asked.
"Information and some maps," William replied.  

[Zahzi]

After everything was done, the man remained in the tent, either crippled with pain, or still lost in confusion.
Either way, the yelling had stopped.