Title: Love on the High Seas #5: "To Mend and Defend"
Authors: Pirates Sparrow and Turner
Rating: NC-17
Feedback: Yes, please!! Seriously, we, like all other fan fic writers, thrive on feedback. However, flames absolutely will not be tolerated.
Warnings: Abuse, Death, Lemon, Nudity, Sex, Torture, Violence, Language, Slash, Femmeslash, and Het
Fandoms/Characters/Pairings: (Ace Ventura) Ace/OC (Original Character); (Angel/BtVS) Angel/Cordelia, Faith/CC (Crossover Character), Lorne/OC, Wesley/OC, Connor/OC, Spike/OC, Kennedy/Willow; (Barbie's Princess and Pauper) Wolfie; (Charmed) Cole/Piper, Prue/OC, Phoebe/CC, Paige/CC, Kit, Sam Wilder; (Dawson's Creek) Dawson/CC; (Disney) Jack Sparrow/Will Turner, Hook/Smee, Sebastian, Elizabeth Swann/CC, Salem Saberhagen; (Elvira) Elvira/CC, Gonk; (Excalibur) Kurt/Kitty, Rachel/OC, Lockheed; (Generation X) Sean/Emma; (Harry Potter) Dumbledore, Snape, Minerva; (Labyrinth) Jareth/OC, Didymus, Trely/OC, Worm; (Peter Pan) Hook/Smee; (The Pirate Movie) Frederic; (PotC) Jack/Will, Elizabeth/CC; (ReBoot) Bob, Matrix/AndrAla, Ray/Mouse, Frisket; (Sabrina) Salem; (Shrek) Donkey/OC; (Smallville) Clark/Lex; (Sons of Thunder) Trent, Carlos; (Starsky & Hutch) Starsky/Hutch/OC; (SU2) Carl/CC; (10K) Wolf/CC; (X-Men) Logan/Ororo, Morph/OC, Sean/Emma, Kurt/Kitty, Charles/Magnus, Rachel/OC, Joseph/Rogue, Bishop, Lockheed; (Xena) Aphrodite/Ares, Hercules, Xena/Gabby, Joxer/CC, Autolycus/CC; and (Zoolander) Derek/Hansel/OC. Sooner or later, there's a pairing for every character, but if they're not listed here, the pairing simply has not yet happened. Other established characters may come and/or go, as well.
Summary: After going through many deadly trials, the Pirates were tossed back upon the island without as much as a glance at the Wizards. A month has now passed, but still many questions persist, many lovers are seperate and residing in their own personal Hells, and the Wizards have yet to appear. Who made it through all their trials, and what hardships have the trials caused? Why do broken hearts and shattered souls abound, and where are the Wizards? What judgment was cast upon the retrial, and what punishments will be doled forth when the Wizards finally return? Or have they had their fun with the Pirates and have no intentions of returning, but if they are not returning, what enemy lurks among them, attacking them while never being seen? What evil lurks amongst them, causing them to attack each other, and with several new faces, can all be trusted? Huge multi-crossover with such fandoms as Ace Ventura, Angel, BtVS, Charmed, Dawson's Creek, Disney, Elvira, Excalibur, Generation X, Harry Potter, Labyrinth, Peter Pan, The Pirate Movie, Pirates of the Caribbean, ReBoot, Sabrina, Shrek, Smallville, Sons of Thunder, Special Unit 2, Starsky & Hutch, 10th Kingdom, X-Men, Xena, Zoolander, and more!
Disclaimer: All established characters; all TV show, comic, and movie titles; and the Black Pearl are © & TM their respective owners and are used without permission. Crystal "Snowflake" Frost, Katrina "Firestar" Lewis, Celina "Pantheria" Lewis, Tom Ballard, Meesy, Brendan Richards; Urianotalon; Janeesa; Tessa; Herbert; Robbie; and all other original characters are © & TM the authors, Pirates Sparrow and Turner, and may not be used without permission. The Sea Witch and everything else are also © & TM the authors. No copyright infringement is intended, and no monetary profit is made from these tales.

Prologue

Tortuga

"I told ya -- hic -- I ain't goin' back." She paused to take another swig of her drink. "Not 'til I know what the fuck I'm gonna do 'bout it."

"And I told you," he tried yet again to argue with the woman whose unreasonableness he was not surprised at in the least, "talk to him."

She swallowed half of her bottle in one gulp and set it back down with a loud thunk. "Damn it! How many times do I have ta tell ya, blondie?! I can't talk to him! I mean, really, what the fuck am I s'posed ta tell him, huh?! That the Queen of fuck can't fuck any more?!"

"Faith," Hansel gazed into her troubled, dark eyes as he tried to reason with her, "you said he loves you. He does love you. I saw that with my own eyes back in the trial. Anybody who hadn't would have ran like heck from that mess, not to mention gotten off with that version of you they put on him."

"You didn't."

"That's because I'm in love with Chong!"

"What about Derek?"

He slammed his own mug down onto the table. "This isn't about me!"

She eyed him angrily. "Ya sure 'bout that? One'd think ya were just keepin' me company so ya could hide out from yer two!"

"I could go back to the house at any time, but I'm trying to help you."

A green eye popped open, and a pink tongue lolled out in a yawn. "What are you two arguing about this time?" the black cat asked.

"The same crap," they shot back together.

"Well, keep it down," Salem told them. "Some of us are trying to sleep here." He closed his eyes, but immediately his mind drifted back down the same path. He had gotten his people in such horrible trouble a second time, and for what? What good had it done that Jareth had laid Helvira again, that Jack had been eaten by the Krakken and almost gone insane with grief, that Faith had spent time trapped as a cat, that Sean had been turned on by his own people, that Emma had almost relived her worst nightmare, that James had been forced to help Pan, that Smee had almost been eaten alive by a giant birthday cake, that Kitty and Kyna had had to face their dead husbands, that Kat had had her whole world turned upside down, that Zora and Vang had almost done the unthinkable . . . ? What good had any of it done?! They had yet to hear from the bloody Council! Weeks had passed, and there had still not been a single sign! Not one . . . !

A soft half-growl, half-sigh emitted from Salem's mouth as he jerked himself into movement. He stretched leisurely and padded over to Faith's side. "As long as I'm up," he told her, "you might as well pour me some tequilla."

Faith and Hansel had been watching Salem in between shooting angry glares at each other, and they exchanged a look now that Salem was requesting more tequilla. Both knew what was going through his mind, and Faith silently kicked herself for having awakened him. She barked out an order for more tequilla and poured the rest of her bottle into Salem's saucer. She threw the empty bottle behind her, snatched the new bottle the waitress brought, and downed half of it in a single gulp.

As she lowered the bottle momentarily from her lips, Faith realized that the waitress was still there. "What are ya lookin' at, bitch? Bring me more, damn it! Bring me all the fuckin' tequilla ya've got 'fore I gut ya!" As the waitress scurried to obey the order, Faith downed the remainder of the bottle.

To Be Continued . . .