Chapter Twenty
Wow the big 2 0 huh, almost my age. Thank you once again for all your kind reviews. Sorry that this is posted slightly later than usual, I nearly gave my self a heart attack when I went to open the file and write up what I had written today, and I couldn't find the bloody story! Man I thought I had deleted it, and then there really would have been tears! Anyway it was all okay, as it was there all along, just hiding from me! So here goes the next chapter please keep the reviews coming!
Chapter Twenty
"Ana love, what the hell are you playing at?" Jack asked his female companion when they had reached the haven of his cabin and closed the door behind them. Anamaria looked up to her Captain, hoping to see a brief glimpse of amusement in his eyes, however all that she could decipher was confusion and a hint of uncertainty. She has also inadvertently reopened the gash above his eye when she had slapped him, and blood was now flowing down his face, seemingly unnoticed by the pirate Captain. She bit down on her urge to just envelope him in her arms, reminded herself it was for the greater good, and stepped forward pushing him back until the back of his knees met with the edge of the bed, and with one final shove he was sat down in front of her. He looked at her in confusion, seemingly looking for something eloquent to say in response to her actions, yet no words seemed willing to form.
"Right then captain, time to talk" she told him, in a tone that allowed no room for arguments, and her steely gaze clearly telling him that there was no room for escape this time.
"All right then pet, what would you like to discuss? How are things with you lately? How's the love life?" he asked her, as he got to his feet, finally displaying the flamboyance of the Captain Sparrow of old, as the realisation dawned on him as to the nature of her plan. Self preservation kicked in and he discreetly started edging back towards the door, and all of the alarm bells in his head were ringing at him telling him not to open up to her, after all what sort of pirates discussed their feelings together? Anamaria rolled her eyes, and also stepped forward, trying to block his exit.
"Listen here Jack; I ain't in the mood for your fancy talk. You know what I want to talk about with ye, and you know you owe me some answers" she told him gradually getting closer to him.
"And how exactly do you figure that I owe you answers?" he asked her, stood so closely to her that she could smell the faint aroma of rum on his warm breath.
"You stole my boat. By my reckoning since you ain't ever replaced it as agreed, I should be able to choose how the debt is repaid" she informed him with a smug grin. He shook his head at her.
"That's very interesting reasoning love, but need I remind you that I am in fact a pirate, and pirates ain't exactly renowned for sticking to their word. Savvy?" he retorted, and successfully closed his hand around the handle of the door, yet her words once more stopped him in his tracks.
"that as maybe, but good men do, and you my dear Captain are a good man, so I know you will stick to your word" se told him quietly. He groaned at her words, and turned once more to face her.
"Why did you have to go and say that?" he asked, a pained expression on his face.
"I say it because it's true. Whether you like it or not you area good man, hell I love ye Jack. Sometimes I wish that I didn't but I do, and seeing you like this is breaking my heart your crew are starting to seriously worry about you Jack. Please give me some answers?" she practically begged her friend, and for a moment he looked genuinely torn, but finally he sat down on his bed and gestured for her to join him.
"All right lass, I'll tell you, but only cos I love ye" he told her, and she wasn't sure if she was more pleased at his words because he had agreed to talk, or because he had said that he loved her even though it was in a backhanded way he had still said it. "However I am adding a condition to this little accord. I will tell you the basic skeleton of what happened, and when I am finished you may ask one question, but that is it just one question, and you have my word that I will answer it. Do we have an accord?" he continued.
"Agreed" she stated, shaking his hand. With a s ghost of a smile, the pirate Captain settled back on his bed, with his legs stretched out in front of him, and started to relay his tale.
"Well as I told ye I have known old Harry for quite some years. Obviously that kinda worked against as he knew exactly where to hurt me when he grabbed me. He got like a real amateur. See when we took that ship I caught a blade to the ribs and I just kept going, like always. Trouble was I didn't take down the blighter that got me, and I let me guard down too soon. I gave the order to you lot to just start looting, I was careless we should have kept searching until we knew we hade em. Anyways just as I was making me way back to me Pearl, I felt this blade point at me, and when I turned around I was more than slightly surprised to see old Harry on the other end of the sword. Anyways needless to say he got me, and somehow managed to hide us down below until the crew had all gone back to the Pearl, and then he just sailed away, and none of you lot noticed a thing until he was too far away to catch" he told her trying hard to keep the recrimination from his voice. Anamaria nodded, her guilt showing in her eyes. "Its all right love, its not your fault. I didn't see it coming either, I shoulda known better" he reassured her, and she shot him a weak grin, grateful for the words. "Anyways he didn't wait long until he introduced me rather intimately to some of his favourite weapons. I mean the old sod had a whole torture chamber hidden below deck. He would alternate so I'd never know what was coming next, and he'd always stop just as I was about to pass out, I guess he couldn't even let me have that luxury huh? Anyway he just kept trying to goad me into a reaction and for the most part I resisted, obviously at a price, but I didn't wanna give him the satisfaction. Then he started talking about Emma, and he knew damn well that he had found his weakness, and hell he was right. He kept on and on about her and the day she died, he wouldn't let up, so I head butted him and spat on him. I tell you now lass, I didn't wake up for four days after that. Christ I thought he was going to kill me there and them. Throughout the whole thing all he kept asking was where his daughter was, at first I thought he'd gone barmy and forgotten that she'd died at his own hand a number of years ago. Then as the weeks passed I gathered that it wasn't Emma he was talking about it wasn't even Victoria, it was his third daughter. He's so sure that I know where she is, I don't know where he got that idea from, but he was adamant that I had something to do with it, and wouldn't take no for an answer. Trust me I tried. And that my dear is about it, that is where you and Gibbs entered eth scene, and came to the rescue of your poor Captain" he told her, deliberately keeping his story especially vague. Ana was speechless at his words, so much had happened to the man, probably enough that he shouldn't even be capable of relaying his tale no, and she knew that he had left a hell of a lot out, and had not gone into any details. Yet somehow that was worse, as it allowed her the luxury of her mind filling in the gaps, yet somehow she knew that the stark reality would most likely be far worse than anything she could imagine. Now she had to try to think of her one question to ask him, her mind conjured up a number of possibilities, and she had to bite her tongue to prevent the numerous questions from spilling out for fear of wasting her opportunity. Finally with a determined nod, she settled on her question, she wasn't sure how her Captain would react to the one she had selected, but he did say he would answer any question. She took a deep breath, and then dove in head first.
"Okay then Captain, here's your one question. Do you know where his daughter is?" she asked, and the silence in the room was deafening as she held her breath eagerly awaiting his answer.
End Chapter Twenty
Yes yes yes, I am a meanie leaving it like that! Do you want to know the answer to her question? Well I'm not bothered, as I already know the answer, jack told me himself yesterday. If you by any chance do wish to find out then you had best press that little button and review!!!!! Please???