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Forgive any language butchering...I'm not so good at pirate lol. May contain DMC spoilers.
He should know better by now lol.
Chapter 10: Something Very Stupid
"Gibbs say somethin stupid?" she asked seeing Fiona nod before crossing her arms and eyeing the barrel of apples beside her in thought. "Wha did eh say?" she asked seeing Fiona grasp a soft and rather rotted looking apple thoughtfully moving it between her fingers.
"Something about me liking that damn excuse of a captain…I hate him to be honest." Fiona muttered judging the distant from the helm to where she was standing wondering if she could hit Jack. Fiona was startled when the apple was easily removed from her hand and tossed overboard into the ocean below. "Hey…I was going to use that." She grumbled seeing Anna-Maria give her an odd look before glancing over her shoulder at Jack.
"Yer already on his bad side…wouldn want ye overboard or dead." Anna-Maria answered narrowing her eyes thoughtfully at Fiona who had a scowl frozen in place.
Jack watched from across the deck as the two women seemed to talk for several hours and noticed something go flying overboard from Fiona's hand, before he titled his head observing them more carefully. "What did Anna do?" he wondered motioning over a rather worried looking Gibbs who took over steering the ship and let Jack be to his own thoughts. Jack leaned on the railing of his ship and continued to observe the two women before grumbling a bunch of curses under his breath seeing Fiona was arguing with Anna-Maria over something she had in her hand again. "If I'm not mistaken that be an apple barrel." He thought tapping his chin thoughtfully before making his way across the deck and pausing a few feet away and still not hearing what was going on entirely, but he got a feeling the discussion was about something Fiona had been annoyed over.
Fiona noticed Jack had gotten significantly closer to them and smiled darkly growling in annoyance again as Anna-Maria snatched the apple away from her, but this time Fiona had an extra on hand in case once the apple flew overboard distracting Anna-Maria she threw the one in her other hand straight at Jack who ducked suddenly avoiding the fruit aimed for his head and started to curse angrily waving his hands about. "Damn it I missed." She thought glaring at Anna-Maria who crossed her arms and groaned seeing a fight was about to start and quickly clearing the way. None of the crew liked to be in the way of Jacks temper especially since picking Fiona up and finding out just how well the two really got along. "Anna…come back here coward." Fiona thought observing Jack as his hands came to rest at his sides and his eyes narrowed dangerously in her direction. Fiona didn't need to see she had pushed her limit the look was enough, she quickly bolted across the deck aiming to get to Anna-Maria's cabin and lock herself in. Jack saw her bolt and charged after her, there was no way he was letting her get away with that one he had, had enough and was now going to make sure he did toss her overboard.
Jack was a lot swifter then Fiona expected and easily caught up to her where he could snag her arm, which he did forcing both of them to stop. He was ready for her violent attack and quickly caught both arms pinning them behind her forcing her against the wall taking his time to catch his breath. "Yer going overboard love, I don't care if ye did come here by accident…yer temper is much to be desired as is yer personality." He thought hearing her cursing angrily as she struggled against his grip, he then pulled her from the wall and forced her to walk across the deck to the side of the ship and stopped briefly eyeing the water below.
"I've had it with ye Fiona." Jack said but before he could shove her overboard a very cautious Anna-Maria intervened by placing a hesitant hand on Jacks shoulder. "What is it Anna?" he hissed his eyes narrowed at the nervous woman.
"Ye really don wan to do tha Jack…ye be feelin guilty in the mornin and ye know it." Anna-Maria said knowing no matter how much of a pirate he really was, underneath it all he had always been a kind man, even though no one would dare admit it to his face for fear of his wrath. "Just lock er in the brig." She said sighing as Fiona gave her a deadly glare and started to struggle against Jack's arms again.
"Oiy fine then." Hissed Jack forcing Fiona to walk back below deck and marching her around several crates and such with effort. He then paused outside the brig and wrinkled his nose at the water that splashed at his feet. "Bloody hell…damn leak." He grumbled glaring around the room and finally muttering under his breath stepping back as he released a still violently struggling Fiona. "Don't do it…I will lock ye in there." He warned as she whirled fist ready to thoroughly beat him senseless.
"Go ahead and try." Fiona snarled before giving him a very evil glare and clenching her fists at her sides. "I am so going to kill you in your sleep Jack, I mean it." She growled turning on her heel and walking straight into the wall with a loud groan.
"Ye might want to learn to navigate yer way around the ship first love." Jack retorted crossing his arms as a smirk came across his face and he started to chuckle at her stupidity.
Fiona turned to face the still snickering Jack and frowned menacingly before giving off an annoyed muffled screech and leaving the way she assumed they had come. She finally after a half hour of stumbling around noticed a light and exited to the deck seeing Jack had long ago been on the deck and was leaning casually against some crates watching for her. "Arrogant bastard." She thought before walking around him and heading straight for the crows nest in hopes of avoiding the smirking face for the rest of their trip to wherever Jack had designated the island was.
Fiona remained in the crows nest for nearly three days on and off after helping Anna-Maria from time to time. She managed to avoid killing Jack and annoying him on several occasions, but she still had the aggravating erotic dreams about him which in turn made her even more furious with Jack. No matter how much she hated him she couldn't deny that he had fascinated her or at least until she met him in person, then she found there was a lot to be desired. After a week at sea and arguing the last three days with Jack almost getting thrown overboard twice more and finally getting locked in the brig once for busting his family jewels Fiona was glad to see an island coming in the distance and called out to the crewmen below who had far from desired her company. Fiona had managed to alienate the entire ship, except for Anna-Maria on occasion but even she avoided her at times.
"Finally." Muttered several of the crew members returning to their work quickly as Fiona landed on the deck and stood brushing herself casually off.
"Ye best be getting ready Fiona…yer coming along for the ride." Jack hissed walking past her still annoyed she had gotten a good kick in and several punches over her few week stay around him.
"Oh I am…wait…I guess I am." Fiona thought going to protest and noticing several looks that would more than likely mean mutiny on her if she didn't stick close to Jack. Ragetti watched his eye bump at her feet and flinched as her eyes narrowed in his direction, but to his surprise she leaned down and handed it over to him allowing a forced smile before following after Jack. Fiona saw Jack ordering a long boat to be lowered and saw Gibbs pause suddenly in there discussion giving her a once over before ending the conversation and going to do some work, Fiona suddenly felt a bit guilty out of all the characters she had met in the movie Gibbs had actually amused her somewhat. Jack without a word was in the long boat and waiting as Fiona started to make her way down, sadly she ended with a rather ungraceful crash in the boat and started to curse the rope that had tangled around her leg in the process.
"Ye not so good on those two feet lass." Jack said again taunting Fiona ignoring the dark look he received as he started toward the large green covered island for the beach and ignored Fiona's constant rant for what seemed like several hours to his poor ears.
Finally they managed to get onto the white beach and both climb from the boat, while Jack tied the longboat off Fiona stumbled her way up the beach a little way and flopped irritably on the sand letting out a startled yelp as a crab snapped a hold on her finger and started to curse vehemently at the small creature. Ignoring the stinging tears Fiona managed to get the crab to let go and swung her finger rapidly trying to send away the pain before she glared up at a highly amused and chuckling Jack. "Not funny." She thought standing and sliding the hurting appendage into her mouth ignoring the odd look Jack gave her before she followed behind him into the thick green jungle of trees and bushes only to promptly trip over a root and knock both herself and Jack to the ground with a groan.
"Ow." Fiona moaned glancing at her finger annoyed she had bitten it in the process of her fall. "Stupid root." She grumbled leaning back on her knees and swearing again seeing Jack stand brushing himself off and cursing her everything he could think of. "I didn't volunteer or ask to come here Jack…you dragged me." She pointed out before standing and glancing around her surroundings briefly.
"Don't remind me…bloody demon woman from hell." Jack hissed ducking as something was thrown at him and giving her a warning look as she held another round piece of fruit aimed for him a second time. "Do I have to carry you or are you going to play nice?" he asked quirking a brow seeing Fiona huff before dropping the fruit and crossing her arms in surrender. "Good…let's go." He said with a smug look turning.
Fiona kept picturing violent things to do to Jack half way into the jungle, before realizing she had no clue where they were or were going and started to observe the exotic birds flying around above her smiling faintly as one landed on a branch above her. She stopped smiling suddenly as something white started to fall and missed her by an inch or so. "Hey!" she thought grabbing at something to throw at the bird startled when she was yanked forward into some thick bushes. Fiona for a moment panicked until Jack smirked faintly seeing he had again caught her off guard and was busily ignoring her curse clamping a hand over her mouth a pointing to a cave in the distance. Fiona attempted to bite him but he easily pulled away safely and stood leading her slowly toward the cave eyeing their surroundings carefully. Fiona felt something under her foot and was suddenly yanked down hearing several objects fly over head before she glanced up seeing Jack was pinning her and eyeing the tree to her right, which was full of very sharp look spears. "That would have hurt…a whole hell of a lot." She thought meeting brown eyes which were observing her reaction carefully, and then a smirk slowly started to cross Jacks face which promptly got him shoved violently to the side as Fiona sat up cursing at him again.
"Do ye ever shut up?" Jack asked ignoring her and standing brushing off himself and walking over to inspect the sharp spears carefully. "They've been poisoned…so if they didn't kill you on impact eventually they would have killed ye in the long run." He muttered seeing Fiona pale slightly at the observation before he started toward the cave again noting Fiona carefully following his steps hoping to avoid another close encounter of death and to avoid another situation with Jack on top of her.
Jack finally paused a few hundred or so yards away from the cave entrance and moved a branch out in front of him that he snatched from Fiona who was twirling it idly in her hand like a baton. Fiona found this slightly annoying, but didn't argue watching as he set of several more traps and feeling her stomach drop realizing that could have been her or him getting hit with those spears again. Fiona was not happy at being dragged around the death trap called an island and wanted to go home, she didn't want to remain any longer in that world then she had too and should have known better then to try and strike a deal with Jack of all people. "Pirates…bleck." She thought sending an annoyed look at Jacks back as he continued a slow pace toward the cave entrance setting of several more hidden traps. They finally came to the entrance and Jack led the way into the dark cave forcing Fiona to pause and wait for her eyes to adjust to a sudden bright flash of a torch he had clearly produced from the side of the cave.
"What the hell are you after Jack?" Fiona snapped watching with satisfaction as he jumped whirling free hand waving at the sudden silence being broken.
"Don't do that." Jack snapped glaring at Fiona who was smirking evilly at having made him nervous. "That be for me to know and ye...what was that?" he questioned turning to a sound of moving rocks and moving the torch ahead of him observing a hold in the floor of the cave curiously. "Oh…and for ye not to know." He said finishing his previous sentence before crouching down lowering the torch into the hole only to find several grinning skulls and plenty of sharp spikes woven intricately around the floor of the hole.
"They had bad luck." Fiona said with a snort glancing over Jacks shoulder before stepping back and following him around the hole.
"Ye don't have many friends do ye love?" Jack answered his irritated expression at her coldness to the skeletons and the lives they once had hidden from her view. "It's a wonder no one hasn't throttled you in your own world." He muttered ignoring the indignant huff he heard behind him before going around several more similar traps pausing at another entrance inside the cave.
"No one has dared to try and throttle me…plus who needs friends, I do fine on my own thank you." Fiona snapped hearing an annoyed sound from Jack before he slowly entered into the cave placing the torch against a stream of liquid with erupted the whole cavern in a small wall of fire. "What right does he have nosing in my life anyway?" she thought irritably before stepping into the cave behind him and looking around.
The cave was to say the least in Fiona's opinion typical of a rocky cave formation except for the several pieces of rock carved into chairs, alters, and what she assumed may have even been a bed for someone at one time. "Must have slept like a rock." Fiona mused finding her own pathetic joke amusing until Jack walked rather suddenly into the center of the room forcing her to scramble after him, suddenly there was a loud grating sound forcing them to both pause in the center of the room. Fiona glanced around seeing nothing had changed in the room and shrugged seeing Jack continue toward what may have once served as a stone desk, which he promptly opened a hidden slot in and started to move his hand around inside expectantly. Fiona ignored Jack staring around the cave noticing a rock had been carved into what appeared to be a cradle and then she heard the strange grating sound again.
"What was that?" Fiona questioned seeing Jack pull something from the desk with a satisfied look on his face before turning toward the repeated noise and tucking it away inside one of his pockets.
"Rocks." Jack answered simply seeing Fiona give him a completely confused look before glancing in the direction of the sound again and turning to see Jack was already halfway out the cave entrance clearly in a very big hurry. "Ye might want to hurry." He called over his shoulder seeing Fiona was standing there her mouth open in surprise.
"What for?" Fiona mused aloud before turning to the noise again and gulping at what she seen. There in the shadows stood a creature carved from what appeared to be solid rock only it reminded her of a very pissed off looking dog with large sharp teeth to prove a point. "Oh…that might be why." She muttered running after the rapidly retreating form of Jack.
Both Jack and Fiona were quickly scaling the cave around the traps and finally managed to exit into the jungle and pause to briefly catch their breathes. Fiona heard a scratching cough like sound and realized the rock dog had been what she would call barking after them instead of leaving the cave unprotected. "He knew." Fiona thought punching a startled Jack violently in the arm and seeing his eyes narrow in her direction. Without giving her a choice Jack grabbed her arm and started to rapidly haul her back toward the beach his eyes alert for she assumed whatever owned the beast back in the cave. They were a few feet away from the boat when Jack paused spotting a small rock creature sitting in between them and the boat. It appeared to be what Fiona would assume a baby which would explain the rock crib in the cave, but he appeared to be interested in their boat and was eyeing it as though it would be his new toy.
"Not good." Jack muttered releasing his hold on Fiona's arm ignoring the hard smack he got from dragging her so rapidly through the jungle. "Where's his mum and dad?" he wondered aloud seeing Fiona was watching the infant worriedly.
"I don't want to meet them." Fiona snapped feeling the ground move under her feet and glancing in the direction of a crunch sound she heard only to cover her mouth in horror.
"Ah…there be mum and dad." Jack muttered crossly watching as two even taller people like rocks come crashing through the jungle clearing a small path to the small curious child thinking about using the boat as something to smash to amuse himself with. "Really not good." He said noticing Fiona had grasped his arm for dear life and her mouth and eyes were frozen in horror.
"Not good is a serious understatement Jack Sparrow." Fiona thought noting she was clenching his arm and releasing ignoring the smirk that followed the intense contact. "Is your mind always that one tracked?" Fiona thought sourly before yanking him further into the bushed noting the mother rock turn in their direction. The woman leaned down lifting the small baby into her arms and through a series of grating sounds she watched her husband lean down and crush the boat in his hand. Both Fiona and Jack cringed at the sound of the cracking wood and exchanged look seeing the couple rapidly heading back toward the cave where they would most definitely find a distressed pet and something missing from their possessions.