Yay more people to thank!
Anyanka: Yes someone who thinks like me!!!!! *sigh* Thanks!
Starlight: thanks and there will be more...I promise!
Patch: Yes they are and I intend to show that in this fan fic instead of making our Jack the sweet lovable philanthropist that he's not!
Hanajima: Yes true my chapters have been a bit short. But this one is longer so yay! I completely agree with you. People tend to forget that you can never know everything about a person. For example: George Washington married his wife for money and had his son beaten and tortured, but people tend to overlook that part when they call him a great man. There's an ugly side to every human being. Especially a pirate.
Nika-Chan: thanks hun!
Mellisa: I hear! And I will! Thanks!
ScarlettArrow: sweetheart, I can't wait to see how where I'm taking this either. I still haven't figured out a proper ending and the skies aren't very clear in my head. Arrrrr....I mean...thanks!
Ack: whoa baby, don't go over the edge just yet. ;-) There'll be more. Be patient, my pet.
XxDarkGoddessxX: Thanks hun! Here you go!
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Adelei was led on to the massive, dark ship and locked up in one the cells below deck. She sat on a crate, trying not to get her shoes wet from the water that was on the floor. She did not manage to get all her dress or her hair, however, and the tips of those were immediately soaked. The air was damp and hot and she longed to feel the sea air against her skin.
"Capn' Filiger's daughter," said one of the two crew members who were sent to clean the floors of the lower decks, "Can't believe me own eyes." The other one, a burly man with a mouth full of gold teeth, grinned at her and pushed his many-chinned face up to the bars.
"I can smell ye," he cackled. "Do ye miss yer dear papa?" The two pirates laughed in unison.
"Huh?" the other pirate, a thin and wiry fellow with very little hair, taunted along. "Do ye pray for im'?"
"Ye should," whispered the gold-toothed one, "With what he's done, ye'll need to pray for many a year to come!"
Adelei only stared in complete terror, afraid that they may come into her cell. As long as they stayed where they were.......
"Well, me dear, answer the question, do ye pray for yer dear papa?" said the thin one, rattling the bars of her enclosure.
"There ain't no mount' o' prayin' she could do to save er papa's soul from ell',"said a voice from behind them.
"Aye tis true!" the men cackled together and then stopped realizing who it was that said it.
"I think ye finished here for today," Jack said, striding down the rest of the stairs. The two men picked up their mops and buckets and ran up the steps. Jack turned to see them go and then turned back to the girl huddled in the corner of the small cell.
"Sorry bout the floor," said Jack walking slowly towards the cell, "Sometimes me men forget where the bathroom be." Adelei gasped and stood up on the crate. Jack smiled, "Only jokin', love, settle down."
"Ye looks like ye need some fresh air," said Jack, reaching for a key that was hidden in his boot. Adelei sat down on the crate and pressed herself against the wall as Jack opened her cell and stepped in. Her hands were still tied. She stood up and he bowed and let her pass through first. She walked towards the staircase and started to walk up, but kept stepping on her dress. It was slow going up the steps, but Jack dared not to touch her....just yet.
When she finally reached the top she realized that the whole crew was sitting on the deck, eating and drinking. Everyone became quiet as she and Jack appeared. The cool sea air made her feel better as it soothed her very warm skin.
"Ahoy me hearties," said Jack loudly, "We ave' a visitor. Meet Adelei Filiger." Some of the men snickered and others stood there smiling at her in a way that she found very frightening. They all stood up and walked over to her, keeping their distance. She could feel dozens of eyes on her, but her own eyes were looking down at the floor.
"So me lady," said one of men, with his arms crossed across his broad chest, "Where be the rest of yer sisters?" Adelei's eyes turned to meet his. "They're dead," she said, her voice low.
"They're not dead!" he laughed, "Why I saw them meself, I did-" But Adelei interrupted.
"I saw them die," she said louder, angrier, "They're dead." Jack looked on at them in amusement, his eyes going back and forth.
"But I saw them meself..." the man began again.
"They're dead!" Adelei almost yelled. The whole crew was quiet. "They were raped, beaten, their throats were slit and they were thrown into the sea. They're dead!"
"An why did Shamerick let ye live?" the man asked, his tone very serious now. But before Adelei could answer, Jack interrupted.
"Well, this be very nice seein' as ye takin' a likin' to our guest but she best be on er way," Jack said, putting his hand around her shoulder which made her jump slightly. But when she moved, there was a rip. One of the men stuck a knife to her dress and into the deck. A brilliant red stone came rolling out of the seam. Everyone gasped and dove for it, but Jack got to it first. No one moved as Jack inspected the stone. And then he grabbed the part of her dress that ripped and pushed her into his cabin.
"Ye ave' many surprises," Jack said, holding the ruby in his hand. Then he looked up at her. His dark eyes locked with hers. "Would ye allow me ter borrow yer dress?" Jack asked. Adelei gave him a frightened expression.
"I-If I does, then will ye allow me ter have a drink and some food?" she asked, quietly. Jack smiled.
"O' Course, love, anythin', anythin'," he said, putting his hands together. She then turned around so he could untie her hands. She rubbed her sore wrists. Then she started to undo do her dress and stopped. She looked over at him.
"Could ye turn aroun'?" she asked. At first, Jack just looked at her and then jumped and said, "Oh righ', righ', sorry love." She undid the straps herself. She had learned to do it without her nanny's help. When the dress was off, she threw it on the bed and then put her arms across her chest as if afraid that her corset and undergarments would fall off. Jack heard the dress being thrown on the bed and turned around to see her standing there, looking very uncomfortable. He ripped the dress open more and sure enough there was even more of the rubies.
"I'll be righ' back," he said holding up an index finger from both hands and backing away. He almost ran out the door, slamming it shut behind him.
Suddenly Adelei remembered what her father said to her and her sisters one night. She sat there contemplating her actions. Then she got up, took a sword from the wall and drove it through her stomach.
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Yea you wish this was the end but it isn't oooooh!