Chapter 4: The Doni
Disclaimer: Do not own PotC etc. Own Jiss. Is © me. ((I'm sorry, it's very late))
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"What the bloody hell?" Jack mumbled. Last thing he remembered was walking into brush, then a sharp pain in his neck. Now he had woken in a cage, and a crude one at that. Uncomfortable too.
It was made out of metal, true enough, but it was all scrap, heated and bent to the proper angle. The shape of the cage was the worst part though, and obviously made to torture the prisoner. It was shaped like a cone, not tall enough to stand in and the bottom was not wide enough to lay down and stretch out. All he could do was sit in the middle.
After examining the cage, he looked through the bars to see where he was. It was obviously underground, judging by the darkness and the stone walls. A door made from wood was opposite him, but other than that the room was empty.
"Interesting." Jack mumbled. Suddenly the door swung open, and a shadowed figure walked in. It was rather tall, and abnormally thin. Another, shorter, figure followed behind the first. "Um, 'ello? May I ask where exactly I am?"
The first being stayed back in the shadows and the second came forward, close enough for Jack to make out humanoid features. "And who would you be?" Jack kept his calm, as always.
A light flared back by the first being, and an unnoticed torch on the wall was lit.
The short being was actually a female, wearing a loose robes held with a sash. Her hair was just past her shoulders, and a thin headband held it back. The other was male, wearing something Jack could only describe as a sort of tunic. His hair has light and fair, short and curly and his face wore an expression of disgust as he watched Jack.
Jack suddenly noticed his lack of gun, sword, hat, belt and jacket. Even his dagger was gone.
The girl kneeled down in front of the cage, looking directly at Jack, her eyes were light blue, her face was pale white and her lips shined a bright ruby color. Her ears were longer than normal and ended in points.
"My, but you are the pretty one, love." He said, running a finger over the length of her ear. "Have you perhaps seen my belongings?" The girl looked confused for a moment, then turned to the male and said something in a language Jack didn't understand. He left, then came back in with Jack's items, throwing them on the floor just out of Jack's reach.
"Watch the hat, mate! And me gun!" Jack snapped. The male just smirked and looked towards the girl. She nodded and turned to Jack.
"We, Doni. You, pirate?" She said slowly. Jack nodded, then said: "Doni?" The girl smiled and nodded back quickly.
"I, Shikna. You?"
Jack thought if it was safe to give her his name, then decided it was. "Jack. Captain Jack Sparrow." He stuck a hand through the oddly-shaped cage in order to shake hands, but the girl merely brushed his with her own, and Jack couldn't help but notice the velvet softness of her skin.
"Jeh-ack?" She smiled hopefully.
"Good enough." He smiled back, and she pointed to the male.
"He, Ajaari." She hesitated, then found the word she was searching for. "He, brother."
"Ah, siblings." Jack stated. "Love, could you perhaps let me out of his god awful cage? It is very uncomfortable."
She turned to Ajaari and said something else in that language. He shook his head. The girl looked crestfallen, and the brother rolled his eyes and said something. She girl jumped up, looking quite happy. She fiddled with a latch at the point of the cage, then stood back as the bars merely fell outwards.
Jack stretched, then bowed. "Many thanks, love." He took her hand and kissed it lightly. "Well, it's been fun. But I must go, my crew will be waiting." He made to pick up his belongings, but Ajaari stamped in front of him, shaking his head. Jack suddenly realized how tall he really was, nearly a head and a half taller than himself. "My, they do grow tall underground, don't they?" He turned to the girl, Shikna. She had stood up, but now kneeled down and motioned for him to do so also. He sat in front of her.
"What's going on, love? Why can't I leave?"
The girl looked down, her hands folded in her lap. Jack reached over and lifted her head with his hand. "You got to tell me. Please?"
She sighed and looked at him, searching for words again. "E-equinox comes." She held up two fingers. "Two suns."
Shikna looked at for a sign that he understood, so Jack nodded.
"Fire bird comes, kill many. Destroy Doni."
"Fire bird? What are you talking about?" Jack was really confused now, what was she getting at?
Shikna tried to elaborate. "Fire bird. S-snake. Wings, made of fire. Breathes fire."
"A dragon?!"
The girl smiled, happy he understood, but the smile faded when Jack asked what he had to do with it all.
"Dragon, not come, if.."
"If what, love?" Jack pleaded. He looked to Ajaari, and the male being smiled. He dragged a slender finger across his throat, a universal sign, known by all.
"Sacrifice." Shikna whispered.
Suddenly the door was flung open, and the last person Jack expected to walk in did just that.
"Oh Jack! Bloody hell, I'm so sorry, I should've said something!" Jiss fell to the floor and flung her arms around him. "Please forgive me, I'm going to get you out of this. I swear."
Jack put a few pieces together. He reached up and pulled the bandana back off Jiss's head, revealing her ears, which ended in points, much like Shikna's, just shorter.
"Never seen your ears before. Who are you, love?" Jack smiled, realizing that tears glistened on her cheeks.
"A runaway." She whispered. Jack laughed.
"Aren't we all?"
Ajaari stepped forward and pulled Jiss away, who kicked the dagger lying on the ground to Jack. He grabbed it and jumped up, pointing it at Shikna's throat. Ajaari let go off Jiss, his face twisted with worry for his sister. Jiss took her chance and grabbed the gun out of the pile of Jack's belongings, cocking it and aiming at Ajaari. She called him in the language he had spoken with the girl, and spoke a few other words. He backed up, grabbed Shikna and pulled her up off the ground and behind him. Ajaari yelled Jiss, and Jiss returned it. She grabbed Jack.
"Get your stuff, be quick about it. We have to go." She ordered Jack. He went about getting his stuff, slipping his hat and jacket on, his belt and sword and dagger. Jiss had his gun, but he didn't mind.
"Got it, love. What now?"
"Open the door and see if anyone is out there."
Jack strolled to the door and casually opened it, and three other Doni ran in, grabbing Jack and wrenching the gun from Jiss's hand. Ajaari and Shikna left quickly.
Another male strolled in the door, walking over to where one of the goons held Jiss.
"Ah, Jihba. You've returned. I missed you so." He leaned forward and kissed her hard on the lips, and when he pulled back she spit on the floor.
"Damn you, Kreen. Let us go." Jiss struggled hard in the goon's grip.
"Jihba, you've shrank! And your ear have lost their fine points. You're turning human, Jihba. Why did you leave us?" Kreen said. Jiss merely turned her head away from Kreen and Jack. "Well, at least you brought an outsider for the equinox. Better than using one of our own."
"Let Jack go!" Jiss shot forward, yanking the goon with her. "You bastard, you know the equinox doesn't matter. It's a lie to keep you in power. There is to dragon, no need for a sacrifice."
"There is plenty need for sacrifice." Kreen snapped.
"Use me instead, then. Not Jack. If Jack dies, people will come looking. If I die, no one comes and one less rebel."
"Oh, Jihba, I could never kill you. But this Jack-" He turned, facing the pirate. "-Him I can kill. Anyone who could've so obviously stolen my Jihba's heart, I would love to kill. Tell me, pirate, have you bed her yet? That would make it so much more fun to kill you." Kreen pulled a small knife from it's sheath at his side and pressed the point to Jack's throat.
"Jiss obviously deserves more than a pirate. And more than you." Jack spat.
"Shut your mouth!" Kreen shot, pressing the knife harder against Jack's neck. He spoke in that language to the goons and one left, returning with heavy chains. One end of chain had a shackle, and the other was a point. They drove the point into the stone walls, and shackled Jiss and Jack by their ankles on opposite sides of the room and bound their wrists behind their backs, then left. After a few moments of silence, Jack spoke.
"So, Jiss. Or Jihba. Mind telling your captain what's going on?" He said calmly. Jiss looked at him sadly, then tilted her head back.
"Where to begin.."
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Pop goes my brain. I hope to finish this soon so I can get working on my other one.
Disclaimer: Do not own PotC etc. Own Jiss. Is © me. ((I'm sorry, it's very late))
~
"What the bloody hell?" Jack mumbled. Last thing he remembered was walking into brush, then a sharp pain in his neck. Now he had woken in a cage, and a crude one at that. Uncomfortable too.
It was made out of metal, true enough, but it was all scrap, heated and bent to the proper angle. The shape of the cage was the worst part though, and obviously made to torture the prisoner. It was shaped like a cone, not tall enough to stand in and the bottom was not wide enough to lay down and stretch out. All he could do was sit in the middle.
After examining the cage, he looked through the bars to see where he was. It was obviously underground, judging by the darkness and the stone walls. A door made from wood was opposite him, but other than that the room was empty.
"Interesting." Jack mumbled. Suddenly the door swung open, and a shadowed figure walked in. It was rather tall, and abnormally thin. Another, shorter, figure followed behind the first. "Um, 'ello? May I ask where exactly I am?"
The first being stayed back in the shadows and the second came forward, close enough for Jack to make out humanoid features. "And who would you be?" Jack kept his calm, as always.
A light flared back by the first being, and an unnoticed torch on the wall was lit.
The short being was actually a female, wearing a loose robes held with a sash. Her hair was just past her shoulders, and a thin headband held it back. The other was male, wearing something Jack could only describe as a sort of tunic. His hair has light and fair, short and curly and his face wore an expression of disgust as he watched Jack.
Jack suddenly noticed his lack of gun, sword, hat, belt and jacket. Even his dagger was gone.
The girl kneeled down in front of the cage, looking directly at Jack, her eyes were light blue, her face was pale white and her lips shined a bright ruby color. Her ears were longer than normal and ended in points.
"My, but you are the pretty one, love." He said, running a finger over the length of her ear. "Have you perhaps seen my belongings?" The girl looked confused for a moment, then turned to the male and said something in a language Jack didn't understand. He left, then came back in with Jack's items, throwing them on the floor just out of Jack's reach.
"Watch the hat, mate! And me gun!" Jack snapped. The male just smirked and looked towards the girl. She nodded and turned to Jack.
"We, Doni. You, pirate?" She said slowly. Jack nodded, then said: "Doni?" The girl smiled and nodded back quickly.
"I, Shikna. You?"
Jack thought if it was safe to give her his name, then decided it was. "Jack. Captain Jack Sparrow." He stuck a hand through the oddly-shaped cage in order to shake hands, but the girl merely brushed his with her own, and Jack couldn't help but notice the velvet softness of her skin.
"Jeh-ack?" She smiled hopefully.
"Good enough." He smiled back, and she pointed to the male.
"He, Ajaari." She hesitated, then found the word she was searching for. "He, brother."
"Ah, siblings." Jack stated. "Love, could you perhaps let me out of his god awful cage? It is very uncomfortable."
She turned to Ajaari and said something else in that language. He shook his head. The girl looked crestfallen, and the brother rolled his eyes and said something. She girl jumped up, looking quite happy. She fiddled with a latch at the point of the cage, then stood back as the bars merely fell outwards.
Jack stretched, then bowed. "Many thanks, love." He took her hand and kissed it lightly. "Well, it's been fun. But I must go, my crew will be waiting." He made to pick up his belongings, but Ajaari stamped in front of him, shaking his head. Jack suddenly realized how tall he really was, nearly a head and a half taller than himself. "My, they do grow tall underground, don't they?" He turned to the girl, Shikna. She had stood up, but now kneeled down and motioned for him to do so also. He sat in front of her.
"What's going on, love? Why can't I leave?"
The girl looked down, her hands folded in her lap. Jack reached over and lifted her head with his hand. "You got to tell me. Please?"
She sighed and looked at him, searching for words again. "E-equinox comes." She held up two fingers. "Two suns."
Shikna looked at for a sign that he understood, so Jack nodded.
"Fire bird comes, kill many. Destroy Doni."
"Fire bird? What are you talking about?" Jack was really confused now, what was she getting at?
Shikna tried to elaborate. "Fire bird. S-snake. Wings, made of fire. Breathes fire."
"A dragon?!"
The girl smiled, happy he understood, but the smile faded when Jack asked what he had to do with it all.
"Dragon, not come, if.."
"If what, love?" Jack pleaded. He looked to Ajaari, and the male being smiled. He dragged a slender finger across his throat, a universal sign, known by all.
"Sacrifice." Shikna whispered.
Suddenly the door was flung open, and the last person Jack expected to walk in did just that.
"Oh Jack! Bloody hell, I'm so sorry, I should've said something!" Jiss fell to the floor and flung her arms around him. "Please forgive me, I'm going to get you out of this. I swear."
Jack put a few pieces together. He reached up and pulled the bandana back off Jiss's head, revealing her ears, which ended in points, much like Shikna's, just shorter.
"Never seen your ears before. Who are you, love?" Jack smiled, realizing that tears glistened on her cheeks.
"A runaway." She whispered. Jack laughed.
"Aren't we all?"
Ajaari stepped forward and pulled Jiss away, who kicked the dagger lying on the ground to Jack. He grabbed it and jumped up, pointing it at Shikna's throat. Ajaari let go off Jiss, his face twisted with worry for his sister. Jiss took her chance and grabbed the gun out of the pile of Jack's belongings, cocking it and aiming at Ajaari. She called him in the language he had spoken with the girl, and spoke a few other words. He backed up, grabbed Shikna and pulled her up off the ground and behind him. Ajaari yelled Jiss, and Jiss returned it. She grabbed Jack.
"Get your stuff, be quick about it. We have to go." She ordered Jack. He went about getting his stuff, slipping his hat and jacket on, his belt and sword and dagger. Jiss had his gun, but he didn't mind.
"Got it, love. What now?"
"Open the door and see if anyone is out there."
Jack strolled to the door and casually opened it, and three other Doni ran in, grabbing Jack and wrenching the gun from Jiss's hand. Ajaari and Shikna left quickly.
Another male strolled in the door, walking over to where one of the goons held Jiss.
"Ah, Jihba. You've returned. I missed you so." He leaned forward and kissed her hard on the lips, and when he pulled back she spit on the floor.
"Damn you, Kreen. Let us go." Jiss struggled hard in the goon's grip.
"Jihba, you've shrank! And your ear have lost their fine points. You're turning human, Jihba. Why did you leave us?" Kreen said. Jiss merely turned her head away from Kreen and Jack. "Well, at least you brought an outsider for the equinox. Better than using one of our own."
"Let Jack go!" Jiss shot forward, yanking the goon with her. "You bastard, you know the equinox doesn't matter. It's a lie to keep you in power. There is to dragon, no need for a sacrifice."
"There is plenty need for sacrifice." Kreen snapped.
"Use me instead, then. Not Jack. If Jack dies, people will come looking. If I die, no one comes and one less rebel."
"Oh, Jihba, I could never kill you. But this Jack-" He turned, facing the pirate. "-Him I can kill. Anyone who could've so obviously stolen my Jihba's heart, I would love to kill. Tell me, pirate, have you bed her yet? That would make it so much more fun to kill you." Kreen pulled a small knife from it's sheath at his side and pressed the point to Jack's throat.
"Jiss obviously deserves more than a pirate. And more than you." Jack spat.
"Shut your mouth!" Kreen shot, pressing the knife harder against Jack's neck. He spoke in that language to the goons and one left, returning with heavy chains. One end of chain had a shackle, and the other was a point. They drove the point into the stone walls, and shackled Jiss and Jack by their ankles on opposite sides of the room and bound their wrists behind their backs, then left. After a few moments of silence, Jack spoke.
"So, Jiss. Or Jihba. Mind telling your captain what's going on?" He said calmly. Jiss looked at him sadly, then tilted her head back.
"Where to begin.."
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Pop goes my brain. I hope to finish this soon so I can get working on my other one.