Even Villains Learn to Love
Fire
After Jack had abruptly left Mara stranded among his crew, he decided to sleep some more. *God damn I'm tired* he thought to himself as he sat back down in his chair and dozed off, again, and hopefully this time he would get some peace and quite and maybe even put a few hours of sleep in. He didn't care if the sun was rising and a new day was beginning. After the incident with the new member Mara, he just wanted to stay in his cabin and far away from here, at least for now. He really didn't want to talk to her.
"ARGH!!!" Mara growled loudly. Jack had just shut the door to his cabin and she was left out here in nothing but pants, a shirt and his coat. *Well, at least I have his coat. * She thought slyly. She turned and looked at the crew, which mostly had returned to eating their breakfast. But a few kept their eyes on her and she did not like this.
"Ever seen a female pirate before? Well, I guess ye haven't." She said in a loud voice so that everyone could hear. The men that kept looking at her averted their eyes and went back to eating.
"Now now, Miss Mara, don' you be startin' a ruckus too. The Captain needs 'is sleep and well if he's disturbed it'll prolly be me fault." Gibbs said coming out with some food for Mara.
"What, does yer lil' Captain need his beauty rest? Eh? Is that so? I've never met a man who slept as much as he does. I never even slept that much." She replied in a lower voice, as not to let Jack know.
"Well, he's been through a lot lately. We wanted to be to Tortuga by last night. But seeing as ye showed up we're runnin' a bit behind. We prolly won't get there until tonight. An' don' ye worry bout the Captain. Give 'em his rest and he should be in a better mood later today. But for now, why don' ye eat some food and help us get to Tortuga."
Mara was about to protest that, she didn't like to be ordered around. But she decided to do what this Gibbs character told her to do and helping out the crew wasn't actually that hard, she'd done it before. She just felt like her pride was broken.
"Thank ye for the food, Gibbs."
"That's no problem. Now ye go and sit and eat. Then, help hoist the sails."
Mara sat down and ate the bread. She was facing the water and stared out into the morning mist. She slowly drank the water and shut her eyes, trying to recount exactly what happened the night the Firebird sank.
***Flashback***
"Aye men, we're makin' good time tonight. We're just gonna sail strait on till morning." Captain Mara Avice told her crew. Of course they never objected her. They thought of her mostly as a ruling sister, not as a love toy. And yes, she had her fair amount of affairs with them but decided that they were to close to a family to ruin with the fire of love.
Faithfully the men hoisted the sails and they continued on through the night. Everything was going well until around midnight the wind started to pick up. Her first mate Zeedu warned her that it might be dangerous to try and weather the oncoming storm but she dismissed him. "We're gonna weather it, Zeedu, I'm sure the Firebird can handle it. It has before."
But this was no ordinary storm. It had gusty winds and heavy rain. Lightning flashed all around. Soon, the whole crew was working just to keep the Firebird afloat. Mara held onto the wheel, trying to steer her beloved Bird out of the storm. As soon as they thought they were on the course of escape, lightning suddenly hit the main mast. Sparks flew and soon the sails caught on fire. The men started to put it out, but Mara knew it was too late for the fabled Firebird.
"Abandon ship, crew! This is an order!" She yelled from her position at the wheel. But her men ignored her. They were always faithful to their Captain but just as faithful to their ship. Most of them had never known a life outside of piracy and few had ever sailed on another ship. They all tried desperately to save the Bird, but their efforts were all in vain.
Then there was a loud CRACK. Mara looked up to see the mast coming down right above her. If she didn't jump off the boat she would surely be smashed to pieces. Making a final decision she jumped, hitting the water with a loud smack. She saw her beloved burn now, for the fire had spread throughout the whole ship. She saw her crew literally die before her eyes and she had the horror to see a few jump off into the ocean on fire. As soon as she found a piece of wood to hold onto, her world went unexpectedly blank.
***End Flashback***
Mara opened her eyes. "The night the Firebird burned right before me eyes." She said very softly. Just then, through the fog, she saw a ship approaching the Pearl, very quickly.
Oh no! What is gonna happen now? Is this a good ship? The navy? BARBOSA RETURNED??? Ahah no got u there. Well, all you faithful readers are going to have to wait for the next chapter to come up. I'm having surgery tomorrow and well I don't know how I'm gonna feel. So, expect more around Friday or so. Well, please remember to review! Like I said, the more you all review the better this story is gonna get!
Fire
After Jack had abruptly left Mara stranded among his crew, he decided to sleep some more. *God damn I'm tired* he thought to himself as he sat back down in his chair and dozed off, again, and hopefully this time he would get some peace and quite and maybe even put a few hours of sleep in. He didn't care if the sun was rising and a new day was beginning. After the incident with the new member Mara, he just wanted to stay in his cabin and far away from here, at least for now. He really didn't want to talk to her.
"ARGH!!!" Mara growled loudly. Jack had just shut the door to his cabin and she was left out here in nothing but pants, a shirt and his coat. *Well, at least I have his coat. * She thought slyly. She turned and looked at the crew, which mostly had returned to eating their breakfast. But a few kept their eyes on her and she did not like this.
"Ever seen a female pirate before? Well, I guess ye haven't." She said in a loud voice so that everyone could hear. The men that kept looking at her averted their eyes and went back to eating.
"Now now, Miss Mara, don' you be startin' a ruckus too. The Captain needs 'is sleep and well if he's disturbed it'll prolly be me fault." Gibbs said coming out with some food for Mara.
"What, does yer lil' Captain need his beauty rest? Eh? Is that so? I've never met a man who slept as much as he does. I never even slept that much." She replied in a lower voice, as not to let Jack know.
"Well, he's been through a lot lately. We wanted to be to Tortuga by last night. But seeing as ye showed up we're runnin' a bit behind. We prolly won't get there until tonight. An' don' ye worry bout the Captain. Give 'em his rest and he should be in a better mood later today. But for now, why don' ye eat some food and help us get to Tortuga."
Mara was about to protest that, she didn't like to be ordered around. But she decided to do what this Gibbs character told her to do and helping out the crew wasn't actually that hard, she'd done it before. She just felt like her pride was broken.
"Thank ye for the food, Gibbs."
"That's no problem. Now ye go and sit and eat. Then, help hoist the sails."
Mara sat down and ate the bread. She was facing the water and stared out into the morning mist. She slowly drank the water and shut her eyes, trying to recount exactly what happened the night the Firebird sank.
***Flashback***
"Aye men, we're makin' good time tonight. We're just gonna sail strait on till morning." Captain Mara Avice told her crew. Of course they never objected her. They thought of her mostly as a ruling sister, not as a love toy. And yes, she had her fair amount of affairs with them but decided that they were to close to a family to ruin with the fire of love.
Faithfully the men hoisted the sails and they continued on through the night. Everything was going well until around midnight the wind started to pick up. Her first mate Zeedu warned her that it might be dangerous to try and weather the oncoming storm but she dismissed him. "We're gonna weather it, Zeedu, I'm sure the Firebird can handle it. It has before."
But this was no ordinary storm. It had gusty winds and heavy rain. Lightning flashed all around. Soon, the whole crew was working just to keep the Firebird afloat. Mara held onto the wheel, trying to steer her beloved Bird out of the storm. As soon as they thought they were on the course of escape, lightning suddenly hit the main mast. Sparks flew and soon the sails caught on fire. The men started to put it out, but Mara knew it was too late for the fabled Firebird.
"Abandon ship, crew! This is an order!" She yelled from her position at the wheel. But her men ignored her. They were always faithful to their Captain but just as faithful to their ship. Most of them had never known a life outside of piracy and few had ever sailed on another ship. They all tried desperately to save the Bird, but their efforts were all in vain.
Then there was a loud CRACK. Mara looked up to see the mast coming down right above her. If she didn't jump off the boat she would surely be smashed to pieces. Making a final decision she jumped, hitting the water with a loud smack. She saw her beloved burn now, for the fire had spread throughout the whole ship. She saw her crew literally die before her eyes and she had the horror to see a few jump off into the ocean on fire. As soon as she found a piece of wood to hold onto, her world went unexpectedly blank.
***End Flashback***
Mara opened her eyes. "The night the Firebird burned right before me eyes." She said very softly. Just then, through the fog, she saw a ship approaching the Pearl, very quickly.
Oh no! What is gonna happen now? Is this a good ship? The navy? BARBOSA RETURNED??? Ahah no got u there. Well, all you faithful readers are going to have to wait for the next chapter to come up. I'm having surgery tomorrow and well I don't know how I'm gonna feel. So, expect more around Friday or so. Well, please remember to review! Like I said, the more you all review the better this story is gonna get!