Joey's A/N: Ok, I realize that I called Faith a Mary-Sue last time, but the
more I got to thinking about it, the more I realized that that's not
accurate. Thanks to all who pointed this out to me! Faith seems a little
weak, but after you all read this chappy... BOY OH BOY!
DISCLAIMER: If we owned POTC, we would demand to be put into the next movie. Heck, we'd demand that this STORY be the next movie! But alas! We do not! "We will walk with mother and mourn..."
Chapter 15: Discovered!
The fact that Abbi had returned effectively lifted the mood in the kitchen the next morning. The men called greeting cheerfully to Abbi and Faith as they collected their food. Faith turned to cast a meaningful look at Abbi, who scowled, unmoved, in return. Faith pursed her lips and swirled back around. Abbi almost laughed at the fine dress Faith had chosen. It was light blue and was obviously hers to begin with; it fit her perfectly. Of course, Abbi had given Faith all the dresses she had plundered, so there was a remote possibility that Faith had altered the dress. But the possibility was very low. Abbi shook her head as she went about her regular kitchen chores.
Faith smiled brightly at each pirate, but her eyes lingered upon one of them. Thomas didn't smile or even say anything, but her eyes showed that the favor wasn't lost on him. He winked almost imperceptibly and he moved on his way and Faith busied herself with putting dishes away to hide the blush creeping over her cheeks. She knew they were supposed to keep everything a secret, but whenever she was around Thomas, the temptation to sing and dance and tell the world that she was his was incredibly hard to resist.
She chastised herself for even thinking of such things before going out on deck to clear her head. The bright morning sunlight couldn't disguise the slight chill that swept over her when she saw Thomas following her. She glanced his way questioningly and he indicated the stairs very subtly with a tilt of his head. Faith nodded a little in his direction while sweeping the deck for any kind of activity. Seeing nothing, she headed towards the stairs leading to Abbi's cabin, far away from the kitchen. They went down the stairs and stopped at the foot. Faith turned to look at Thomas.
He was gazing at her softly and before she knew what was happening, she was in his arms, enveloped in a short but tender kiss. "What was that for?" she asked, sliding her arms around his neck.
"Being you," Thomas replied, smiling down contentedly at the green- eyed brunette.
"Hm... good answer," Faith said, laughing when he started to playfully tickle her. She slapped his hands away lightly and he smiled unrepentantly. "Oh, Thomas," she sighed, returning to his gentle embrace. "Are you having as much trouble keeping this secret as I am?"
"Mm..." he replied, nodding. "If not more so."
"This is so awful! You're so different than the rest of them! They don't deserve my attention," Faith said, very frustrated with the whole affair.
"Don't deserve you? Don't deserve you, eh, poppet?" said a voice from the top of the stairs. Faith looked up to see Donigan coming down to meet them. "What about me?"
Thomas glared daggers at him as Faith pulled away a little and reached for something at her waist. "Donigan, I've wanted to do this ever since my first day here," Faith said, gritting her teeth.
"Do what? I only want to 'ave you! You're more than willin' to let him 'ave you, " Donigan spat at the deck in front of Thomas.
Enraged, Thomas reached for his pistol, but Faith stopped him by putting her hand over his. He looked on as the pirate eyed Faith hungrily. It drove Thomas crazy that something might happen to her, especially in the hands of this ragged idiot.
Faith saw the pirate's lustful gaze and was quite certain she knew what he was thinking. She moved forward, dagger at the ready, and thrust it into his arm. The dagger cut very deep, but as Faith passed on the attack, he reached out and grabbed Faith in a place that made Thomas go crazy with hate. But before Thomas could act on it, Faith turned, a dangerous fire in her green eyes, and headed straight for Donigan. Without a second glance, she thrust the slightly curved blade into his gut unblinkingly. "Nobody does that to me," she said, staring coldly into the eyes of the wounded but still very alive man. "You've wanted to do that since I got here, and now... now it will be the last thing you'll ever do." With that statement, she twisted the dagger and ripped it out of him. As he fell to the floor, she looked at her disgusting dagger and said to Thomas, "Does that dispel your doubts?"
"About what?" Thomas asked, licking his suddenly dry lips and looking at Faith, who was pale, but had an impassive expression on her face.
"You said a while ago that you didn't believe that I could kill a man if her didn't respect my wishes," Faith said, a slight wobble in her voice.
Thomas said nothing, just stared at Faith in disbelief. "Well, what would you have me do? Let him run around telling our little secret and using me whenever the heck he wants?" Faith said, her voice a little more high-pitched than usual as she interpreted his look as one of utter horror to her deed. She sighed deeply and said, "I have to go finish the breakfast dishes and clean off my dagger."
And with that she left him at the foot of the stairs.
*
Abbi walked carefully down the steps that led to the kitchen, balancing a tall stack of dirty dishes in her hands. "Faith," she muttered. "When I find you, I'm gonna kill you!"
She finished the dishes by herself and decided that she would go to her cabin. She headed swiftly in that direction and began descending the stairs. She stopped short of the last step and stared; dumbfounded at the blood-covered carcass of Donigan.
She backed away, stumbling over the stairs, unable to tear her eyes away from the disgusting thing lying on the floor. She reached the deck, fell over backward and then scrambled up to find Jack.
"Captain! CAPTAIN!"
"Aye?" came a voice from the helm. "Abbi? What is it, love?"
Abbi ran up to meet him and stopped to catch her breath. She couldn't say anything, so she merely took his hand and ran down the steps to the body, gasping and pointing.
Jack turned to the sight and his eyes grew wide. "What 'appened?"
The crew was soon gathered around the body. "Mary, mother of God!" Gibbs said, pushing through the crowd. He turned his steely eyes upon Abbi. "Why, Abbi?"
The whole crew was now focused on Abbi, including Jack. Abbi squeaked in disbelief. How could they think she had done this? She had only killed a man on the crew once before, and that was purely in self-defense. "It wasn't me!" she squealed. "Do you honestly think that a pistol could do that much damage?"
The men looked again at the wound and concluded that it certainly was not caused by a gunshot. But who?...
"Faith!" Abbi whispered to herself. It all fit! The wound on his arm, the fact it was Donigan, and that she was missing from the whole fiasco.
"What was that, love?" Jack asked.
Abbi turned to him, obviously distracted. "Nothing!" she said even as she turned and ran up the stairs, determined to find Faith before Jack did.
The crew watched her for a moment before Jack put a foot on the bottom stair and motioned for everyone to follow. They pursued the piratess as she wandered on the ship.
Faith watched from the rigging as they wandered about the ship and had to stifle a laugh at the sight. First was Abbi, obviously a woman on a mission. She was dutifully followed by Jack, who was content to wait for Abbi to find Faith. Closely following Jack was his loyal crew, who, at the moment, were clumped together as if Faith would jump out and kill them all if they scattered.
She was just waiting for someone to look up and see her sitting there, cleaning her dagger nonchalantly with a cloth she from one of her ruined dresses. It was only a matter of time. Abbi wouldn't be stupid enough to continue searching for her on the main deck. She'd look up sooner or later.
Sure enough, Abbi looked up in frustration and spotted the figure on the rigging. Comprehension dawned upon her, and before long, Abbi was joining Faith in the rigging and trying to make room for Jack to climb up. It was not necessary, however, because he grabbed a rope and swung around to Faith's other side. He looked at her, a mixed look of confusion and anger on his face before speaking.
"'Ello chum."
~~~~~~~*~~~~~~~
OOOOHHH- Faith is in trouble now!
Now for replying to reviews... so many to do in such little time!
DaneJade: OH MY GOODNESS!!!! I freaked out when I realized it was you, Callysta Harris!! I am SO glad that you like the story! You're opinion means a lot to me (this is Joey speaking). Sorry I never e-mailed it to you- I just never really thought about it! Plus, we like getting the reviews! It boosts our spirits! Hope you liked this chapter! And if you didn't like it talk to Ary about it soon- she's the one who wrote it ALL BY HERSELF!!! See you tonight at church gurlie!
margo: I agree- force your friend to read it! We are REALLY looking forward to her reviews, and of course, we are always excited to hear from you! We are so glad you like the characters so much! They are definitely reflections of us (to an extent). Faith is to Ary as Abbi is to Joey. Glad you like so much!
fadingimage: Yes, Abbi's past isn't exactly a happy one. But maybe there's a happy future to come with a certain pirate captain? Keep reading to find out! The answer will come in due time! And the only reason why Jack didn't comfort Abbi was because he knew Abbi well enough that if he did, she would probably deck him for eavesdropping. But he now knows how he what he has to do to make Abbi see that she loves him. What is that, you ask?... Like I said, keep reading to upcoming chappies to find out!
Well, that's all for now folks. By the way- we only have 5 more chappies plus the epilogue before it is over. Can you believe it?!? Hey, if y'all want a sequel, let us know, and MAYBE I can convince Ary to do another one with me. We've thought about it, but we're just not entirely sure...
Keep R&R!
~Ary and Joey~
DISCLAIMER: If we owned POTC, we would demand to be put into the next movie. Heck, we'd demand that this STORY be the next movie! But alas! We do not! "We will walk with mother and mourn..."
Chapter 15: Discovered!
The fact that Abbi had returned effectively lifted the mood in the kitchen the next morning. The men called greeting cheerfully to Abbi and Faith as they collected their food. Faith turned to cast a meaningful look at Abbi, who scowled, unmoved, in return. Faith pursed her lips and swirled back around. Abbi almost laughed at the fine dress Faith had chosen. It was light blue and was obviously hers to begin with; it fit her perfectly. Of course, Abbi had given Faith all the dresses she had plundered, so there was a remote possibility that Faith had altered the dress. But the possibility was very low. Abbi shook her head as she went about her regular kitchen chores.
Faith smiled brightly at each pirate, but her eyes lingered upon one of them. Thomas didn't smile or even say anything, but her eyes showed that the favor wasn't lost on him. He winked almost imperceptibly and he moved on his way and Faith busied herself with putting dishes away to hide the blush creeping over her cheeks. She knew they were supposed to keep everything a secret, but whenever she was around Thomas, the temptation to sing and dance and tell the world that she was his was incredibly hard to resist.
She chastised herself for even thinking of such things before going out on deck to clear her head. The bright morning sunlight couldn't disguise the slight chill that swept over her when she saw Thomas following her. She glanced his way questioningly and he indicated the stairs very subtly with a tilt of his head. Faith nodded a little in his direction while sweeping the deck for any kind of activity. Seeing nothing, she headed towards the stairs leading to Abbi's cabin, far away from the kitchen. They went down the stairs and stopped at the foot. Faith turned to look at Thomas.
He was gazing at her softly and before she knew what was happening, she was in his arms, enveloped in a short but tender kiss. "What was that for?" she asked, sliding her arms around his neck.
"Being you," Thomas replied, smiling down contentedly at the green- eyed brunette.
"Hm... good answer," Faith said, laughing when he started to playfully tickle her. She slapped his hands away lightly and he smiled unrepentantly. "Oh, Thomas," she sighed, returning to his gentle embrace. "Are you having as much trouble keeping this secret as I am?"
"Mm..." he replied, nodding. "If not more so."
"This is so awful! You're so different than the rest of them! They don't deserve my attention," Faith said, very frustrated with the whole affair.
"Don't deserve you? Don't deserve you, eh, poppet?" said a voice from the top of the stairs. Faith looked up to see Donigan coming down to meet them. "What about me?"
Thomas glared daggers at him as Faith pulled away a little and reached for something at her waist. "Donigan, I've wanted to do this ever since my first day here," Faith said, gritting her teeth.
"Do what? I only want to 'ave you! You're more than willin' to let him 'ave you, " Donigan spat at the deck in front of Thomas.
Enraged, Thomas reached for his pistol, but Faith stopped him by putting her hand over his. He looked on as the pirate eyed Faith hungrily. It drove Thomas crazy that something might happen to her, especially in the hands of this ragged idiot.
Faith saw the pirate's lustful gaze and was quite certain she knew what he was thinking. She moved forward, dagger at the ready, and thrust it into his arm. The dagger cut very deep, but as Faith passed on the attack, he reached out and grabbed Faith in a place that made Thomas go crazy with hate. But before Thomas could act on it, Faith turned, a dangerous fire in her green eyes, and headed straight for Donigan. Without a second glance, she thrust the slightly curved blade into his gut unblinkingly. "Nobody does that to me," she said, staring coldly into the eyes of the wounded but still very alive man. "You've wanted to do that since I got here, and now... now it will be the last thing you'll ever do." With that statement, she twisted the dagger and ripped it out of him. As he fell to the floor, she looked at her disgusting dagger and said to Thomas, "Does that dispel your doubts?"
"About what?" Thomas asked, licking his suddenly dry lips and looking at Faith, who was pale, but had an impassive expression on her face.
"You said a while ago that you didn't believe that I could kill a man if her didn't respect my wishes," Faith said, a slight wobble in her voice.
Thomas said nothing, just stared at Faith in disbelief. "Well, what would you have me do? Let him run around telling our little secret and using me whenever the heck he wants?" Faith said, her voice a little more high-pitched than usual as she interpreted his look as one of utter horror to her deed. She sighed deeply and said, "I have to go finish the breakfast dishes and clean off my dagger."
And with that she left him at the foot of the stairs.
*
Abbi walked carefully down the steps that led to the kitchen, balancing a tall stack of dirty dishes in her hands. "Faith," she muttered. "When I find you, I'm gonna kill you!"
She finished the dishes by herself and decided that she would go to her cabin. She headed swiftly in that direction and began descending the stairs. She stopped short of the last step and stared; dumbfounded at the blood-covered carcass of Donigan.
She backed away, stumbling over the stairs, unable to tear her eyes away from the disgusting thing lying on the floor. She reached the deck, fell over backward and then scrambled up to find Jack.
"Captain! CAPTAIN!"
"Aye?" came a voice from the helm. "Abbi? What is it, love?"
Abbi ran up to meet him and stopped to catch her breath. She couldn't say anything, so she merely took his hand and ran down the steps to the body, gasping and pointing.
Jack turned to the sight and his eyes grew wide. "What 'appened?"
The crew was soon gathered around the body. "Mary, mother of God!" Gibbs said, pushing through the crowd. He turned his steely eyes upon Abbi. "Why, Abbi?"
The whole crew was now focused on Abbi, including Jack. Abbi squeaked in disbelief. How could they think she had done this? She had only killed a man on the crew once before, and that was purely in self-defense. "It wasn't me!" she squealed. "Do you honestly think that a pistol could do that much damage?"
The men looked again at the wound and concluded that it certainly was not caused by a gunshot. But who?...
"Faith!" Abbi whispered to herself. It all fit! The wound on his arm, the fact it was Donigan, and that she was missing from the whole fiasco.
"What was that, love?" Jack asked.
Abbi turned to him, obviously distracted. "Nothing!" she said even as she turned and ran up the stairs, determined to find Faith before Jack did.
The crew watched her for a moment before Jack put a foot on the bottom stair and motioned for everyone to follow. They pursued the piratess as she wandered on the ship.
Faith watched from the rigging as they wandered about the ship and had to stifle a laugh at the sight. First was Abbi, obviously a woman on a mission. She was dutifully followed by Jack, who was content to wait for Abbi to find Faith. Closely following Jack was his loyal crew, who, at the moment, were clumped together as if Faith would jump out and kill them all if they scattered.
She was just waiting for someone to look up and see her sitting there, cleaning her dagger nonchalantly with a cloth she from one of her ruined dresses. It was only a matter of time. Abbi wouldn't be stupid enough to continue searching for her on the main deck. She'd look up sooner or later.
Sure enough, Abbi looked up in frustration and spotted the figure on the rigging. Comprehension dawned upon her, and before long, Abbi was joining Faith in the rigging and trying to make room for Jack to climb up. It was not necessary, however, because he grabbed a rope and swung around to Faith's other side. He looked at her, a mixed look of confusion and anger on his face before speaking.
"'Ello chum."
~~~~~~~*~~~~~~~
OOOOHHH- Faith is in trouble now!
Now for replying to reviews... so many to do in such little time!
DaneJade: OH MY GOODNESS!!!! I freaked out when I realized it was you, Callysta Harris!! I am SO glad that you like the story! You're opinion means a lot to me (this is Joey speaking). Sorry I never e-mailed it to you- I just never really thought about it! Plus, we like getting the reviews! It boosts our spirits! Hope you liked this chapter! And if you didn't like it talk to Ary about it soon- she's the one who wrote it ALL BY HERSELF!!! See you tonight at church gurlie!
margo: I agree- force your friend to read it! We are REALLY looking forward to her reviews, and of course, we are always excited to hear from you! We are so glad you like the characters so much! They are definitely reflections of us (to an extent). Faith is to Ary as Abbi is to Joey. Glad you like so much!
fadingimage: Yes, Abbi's past isn't exactly a happy one. But maybe there's a happy future to come with a certain pirate captain? Keep reading to find out! The answer will come in due time! And the only reason why Jack didn't comfort Abbi was because he knew Abbi well enough that if he did, she would probably deck him for eavesdropping. But he now knows how he what he has to do to make Abbi see that she loves him. What is that, you ask?... Like I said, keep reading to upcoming chappies to find out!
Well, that's all for now folks. By the way- we only have 5 more chappies plus the epilogue before it is over. Can you believe it?!? Hey, if y'all want a sequel, let us know, and MAYBE I can convince Ary to do another one with me. We've thought about it, but we're just not entirely sure...
Keep R&R!
~Ary and Joey~