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Chapter 10- All My Fault

This was all too much. It couldn't be. Romi knew Martinez had to be lying. But what if he wasn't? What if it was true and she is the daughter of such an evil man? She continued to cry and was feeling as lost as she ever did before. She didn't know what to think. Just then Martinez came back into the room. He looked at her and tried to smile as genuinely as he could. "Do ye believe me? Or are ye goin' to continue thinkin' Sergio Ramos was ye're real father? Either way, it makes no difference to me. Just wanted ye to know the truth. I would never really hurt ye Romi."

She couldn't speak. She looked at him afraid that this might indeed be true.

"Well tomorrow we'll be goin' to get the treasure, and ye'll be accompanying me. So ye'd better get some ..." Before he could finish he was interrupted by gunshots going off. "What the blazes??!!" He turned around and ran towards the commotion leaving the door wide open. Romi saw this as her opportunity to escape but stopped at the door and tried to rationalize everything that just happened.

Outside Jack and his crew were fighting off the other men. Captain Martinez appeared and was shocked at what was happening. Jack saw him and ran to where he was, cutlass in hand. "Where's Romi ye snake? If ye hurt her God help me!"

Martinez quickly removed his cutlass from its sheath. "Maybe ye're little whore has already been thrown to Davey Jones' Locker Sparrow! And ye'll be joinin' 'er shortly." Jack's face became a bright red and he gripped his sword as he struck at Martinez. Both men were engaged in the swordfight, and neither one noticed Romi come onto the deck. With a swift move Jack managed to make Martinez's sword fall to the ground. And before he could make his move Romi screamed, "NO!" She rushed to Jack and stood before him. "Please Jack don't kill him." He was both relieved and shocked to see her.

"What? Have ye gone mad?"

Martinez took this opportunity to take out his pistol and shot Jack. Romi looked on with horror. "JACK!" Martinez ran off. Jack fell to his knees and gripped his side. Blood seeped through his shirt and he fell onto the cold wooden boards of the deck. Romi fell to the ground and placed Jack's head on her knees. "Oh God please no!" She looked about frantically and screamed, "WILL!"

Will quickly turned his head and saw Jack lying on the floor. His eyes widened and he ran to Romi's side. "What happened?"

"Captain Martinez, he shot Jack, this is all my fault!" She was practically hysterical.

"SSHH, calm down. He's still breathing. We have to get him back to the ship. Gibbs!!" Jack's first mate appeared and looked down at his captain. "What happened Will?" "Jack's been shot we have to get him back to the Pearl."

Both men picked Jack up and hurried off the ship. The rest of Jack's crew soon followed, having defeated the others and left them dead or weaponless as they hurried behind their captain.

They finally got to the Pearl. Will and Gibb's took Jack straight to the Captain's quarters and laid him on the bed, Romi followed close behind. Will quickly got to work taking off Jack's shirt to inspect the wound. It had entered his right side and came out the back. Romi had tears streaming down her face. "Is he going to be alright?"

"It looks like he just lost a lot of blood. I'm going to bandage him up. We'll just have to wait till he's conscious again." Will did his best cleaning the blood and bandaging him. He then left the room and closed the door. Leaving Romi alone with Jack. Angela ran up to Will frantic. "Will what happened? I heard the other crewmembers say Jack's been shot? Is he alright?"

"I don't know Angie. He lost a lot of blood. I just hope he regains consciousness. Romi is in the room with him. I think she needs to be alone right now. Take her some food later on though ok?"

"Yes of course."

Romi sat next to Jack and held his hand. "Jack I'm so sorry, this is all my fault. Please wake up." She kissed his hand and laid it back down. She got up and paced the room finally sitting in a chair next to the bed. She kept re-playing the drama she's been through. She fell asleep thinking all these things over.

She awoke a few hours later thanks to the knocking on the door. "Romi? I brought you some food sweetie." It was Angela. She came in and walked over to her placing a tray of food on the table. "Are you alright?" She wrapped her arms around her friend. "I'll be alright. I just don't know what I'm going to do if anything happens to Jack." She looked over at him and saw he was sweating and trembling. Romi got up and placed a hand on his forehead. "Oh my God, he's burning up with a fever. His wound must be infected. Angela go quickly and bring some cool water and a washcloth."

Angela got up and rushed out the room. Romi looked around and saw a bottle of rum on the table. She grabbed it and quickly began to remove the bandages. With a towel she found nearby she doused it with the rum and placed it on his side, taking care to apply pressure since it was still bleeding.

Angela came back in and rushed to Romi's side. "Angie wet the cloth and placed it on his head."

After an hour or so, Jack had calmed down, though he was still warm, it had gotten a little better. Romi bandaged him back up and took over applying the washcloth to his head. Angela got up to leave. "Thank you Angie."

"Don't worry, if you need me just call." She smiled sweetly at Romi and left the room, shutting the door behind her.

When Romi saw that Jack's fever had gone down considerably she sighed in relief. She sat in the chair and placed her arms on the bed, and after resting her head on them fell into a deep sleep.

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