Titania groaned, rubbing her head as she propped herself up on her elbows. She had woken up in a small, musty cot below deck that stank of unwashed men and moist cloth. The gentle rock of the boat almost had her fooled that it'd all been a dream and she'd only fallen asleep drunk with her crew, but her loose fitting clothes and lack of boots gave away her reality. She wiped her forehead and swung her legs over the edge. Nobody was in the remaining cots so she assumed it was the middle of the day. Standing up on wobbly legs she walked over to the hatch and stepped up onto the deck.

"Ms. Cox!" Came a shout from the wheel. Seeing the fool waving at her she groaned.

"Sparrow." She grumbled and began walking that way with an annoyed look. He continued to wave her over as if it'd make her go any faster. Gibbs was standing next to him with a goofy smile as she came up to meet them.

"'Ello miz Titania." He said in a cheerful manner but Titania ignored him and looked to Jack.

"Even though I much appreciate your timely rescue may I ask why?"

"Never been one to leave a naked woman." He smirked a yellow toothed smirk, finding himself funny.

Titania rolled her eyes. "Well may I ask where exactly you plan to drop me off?"

Jack looked over to Gibbs, too bored to answer himself.

Gibbs cleared his throat. "Well you see missy-"

"Captain Titania, or Captain Cox, Mr. Gibbs." She snapped. "Just because you've seen my tits does not excuse formalities."

"Formalities?" Jack burst. "We're pirates Ms. Cock~"

She reached at Jack's hip and pulled up his paring knife, quickly pointing it to his throat. "It is Cox, and I will not be diminished to a mere miss. I am a captain and you all will address me as such." She hissed.

Jack wiggled his upper lip, not liking the knife to his throat. "But… You don't have a boat." He said with an unsure smile.

She pushed the blade to his skin. "Weren't you the moron prancing about for weeks without a boat insisting you were still captain?"

He cleared his throat, "Fair enough… Captain it is then…" He spoke quietly.

She smirked and pulled away the knife, looking to Gibbs. "Now, where is our heading?"

Gibbs glanced at Jack who wasn't meeting his eyes then back at Titania. "Well-a… Capn' Titania, we are going to try and uh… Find someone to… Explain your um… Predicament."

She furrowed her brow. "My predicament? You mean the pain in my legs? It's gone now and I can walk fine. No need to see anyone."

"Uh…" Gibbs looked to Jack again who was staring at Titania. She looked back at him, confused.

"Can I help you?"

Without a word he grabbed her arm, the knife dropping to the floor in shock as he then dragged her down to the deck. She stumbled behind him. "What the fuck Sparrow?!" But he remained silent, the crew parting for him, some stopping to look as he tossed the girl to the ground. She tumbled along the deck, only a foot or two in front of him. She propped herself up on her hands but Jack had different plans. His eyes looked over the forming crowd and saw a man leaning on a mop handle to his right, a bucket of water near his feet. Jack grabbed the bucket and threw it at her. The bucket hit her in the head, emptying itself over her and then rolling about the deck as she yelped in shock. "Sparrow!" She screamed. "I'm going to kill you!" She jumped up and everyone sucked in a breath, taking a step back; even Jack following suit as everyone prepared for her to begin beating him when suddenly she seemed to trip on nothing and fell flat on her face.

Jack bent forward slightly to look down at her, the crew watching as well. Gibbs was craning his neck to see from the wheel. Then the tense silence was shattered by the woman's blistering screams. Snaps and odd gurgling echoed around her lower half like a bubble and she whimpered and dug her nails into the deck as the pain was nearly unbearable. Her eyes were wide and her jaw moved up and down as if she wished to speak but nothing came of it. Her head bent back as she looked up at Jack with wide, frightened eyes as then the sound of tearing fabric could be heard. The look she was giving Jack was pleading but he just stared right back at her.

Those from the crew who had stayed behind before were in utter shock as they saw the woman's legs slowly turn from kicking limbs into a squirming, curling orange tail. Tears were already slipping down Titania's cheeks and she laid on the deck, the pain slowly subsiding to a strong ache. Her lungs worked and her body shivered, she was exhausted.

"Well, she didn't pass out this time Gibbs!" Jack called back to Gibbs, but more trying to break the awkward silence that had rested over them all.

"She's a fish!" Someone shouted.

"She's a mermaid!"

"Throw her over!"

"She'll ensnare us all!"

Jack grew dizzy with the babble about sirens and mermaids. "Silence!" He shouted and everyone stopped to look over at him. "This woman is Titania Cox. The famous captain who went missing." Titania looked up at him with uncertainty and tired eyes. "Her very crew was killed by sirens and everyone thought her with them." Jack looked down at her with sparkling eyes. "But as we all know, women can't be prey to the siren songs." He smirked. "So they made her one of them."

This didn't help but only caused an uproar and the crew rushed at her, grabbing at her tail and hair, her arms. Some even trying to push her.

"Get her off the boat!" They screamed.

"Away to the sea!"

"Kill her!"

Soon she was being cut by dull knives and she could only yelp through the mass amount of frightened pirates. "Jack!" She shouted, trying to get him to stop this.

"Oi!" He snapped, pushing through. "I didn't say kill her or push her off now did I, you massive idiots?!" The crew slunk back with hung heads, some trying to hide their slightly bloodied knives. "We're going to help her."

"But what's the benefit in it for us?" Someone asked.

Jack looked back at a scratched and bruised Titania. "Depends on the girl."

(Well here it is! Sorry it is SO late. I had to keep rewriting because I kept getting Jack's character wrong. If I still failed tell me! I love getting reviews! And if you love it and want me to continue please tell me that as well. It also reminds me to keep writing down these ideas haha. Hope you all enjoyed.)