"Val! Valentine...Are you awake dear?" I slowly opened my eyes and saw my mother. "Mom?" She smiled and put her hand to my fore-head. "Good. She's okay." She looked behind her like people where there but everything was white. She got up and began to walk away. "What? Mom. Mom! Come back!" She turned back around and covered her smile while she laughed, "I'll be right back Vanlentine." She began to walk further and further away, then she disapeared. I tried to open my mouth to say something but no words would come out. I reached out for her and tried to call her name. I felt a warm hand touch my shoulder, but no one was there. I opened my eyes real wide to see if I could see. Then, I shut my eyes tight and rubbed them until I felt the wetness of my tears run down my cheeks.

I looked up and saw all the men infront of me. Posey was just walking up and shoving people aside to get to me. He had a wet wash cloth in his hand. He smiled at me and sat down with me to wipe my fore-head with the cold water from the barrels in hull. I could feel the cold water run down my face as I closed my eyes, hoping to see my mother again. Wen the crew made sure I was alright they left to get some rest. Posey picked me up under my knees and carried me to my room. He sat me down on my bed and got out one of my night gowns. He cleared his throught and held up the gown. "Here, change into this." I smiled, a small smile, but enough of one for someone to be able to tell I was happy. I grabbed the dress and walked behind my dressing screen and began taking off my dress, that I quickly noticed had blood on it. My head began to throb with pain. I held the sides of my head and closed my eyes, trying to make the pain go away.

I began to yell in pain, I heard Posey run to the other side of my dressing screen, he almost ran straight to me, but stopped first. "Valentine? Are you alright? May I come back?" I tried to make out the words yes but couldn't. I grunted and fell to the floor in pain. I saw his feet infront of my face as he bent down to look at me. "Are you alright Valentine?" I opened my mouth, but said nothing. My head began to throb even harder then before, this made me scream. He looked back somewhere on my head and quickly looked back down to me with a paniced look on his face. He stuttered to say something and then chose to pick me up. I was in my under wear at the moment, which was not a fun time for me. I felt something wet running down the back of my neck and tried to feel what it was but, my arm would not move.

"Posey...I can't move." I muttered with all the straingth I had. He swallowed and began to say something, but stopped. He began to yell something to the crew as I was them rush out of the lower deck. I looked up at Posey, who had tears in his eyes. My father ran up and began to cover his mouth with the most worried expression. "Oh God. What happened?" He said to Posey, Posey shrugged and again, stuttered for words. "She- she must have hit her head when she fell. I- I- I didn't see anything!" My father turned to the crew and started yelling a list of supplies he needed. Out of everything he needed, the only word I heard was "needle."

I tried to jerk away and out of Posey's arms but he gripped me tighter the more I squirmed. "Posey. Posey! Don't let them hurt me." I said with my eyes beginning to fill with tears. Posey looked down at me, tears were gushing all down his face at this point. "I'm sorry Valentine. I have to let them hurt you, that's the only way you'll live."