I have now revised Chapter Two and the fighting scene is now better, I think; check it out!

The winners of the last chapter's trivia are: PuNKyCoWGiRl, Rood-Roosje, Maria, websurffer, Athene Saile, and mikla. Not a lot of people who tried out for the trivia game, but then again, no one made any comments about the changes that I made, so, I'll be doing it like last time again. If it is too hard, or you want more topics in it, please tell me and I'll gladly consider your comment/request!

So, wanna know what the answers are? Well, go and look:

1. (Pirates) What does Will think about Tortuga?

- ::Jack:: "…I tell yeh mate, if every town in the world were like Tortuga, no man will ever feel unwanted. So wha' do yeh think?"

::Will*takes a good look around and sighs*:: "It'll linger."

2. (Lord of the Rings) What is Pippin's full name?

- Pippin is also known as Peregrin Took, son of Paladin II and of Eglantine Banks. But he's mostly known as the mischievous Pippin of the Shire in the Trilogy J

3. (Buffy) Who was Oz dressed up as in their first college Halloween party in Season 4?

- Oz placed one of those sticky name tags you place on your shirt in those parties you go to with being completely clueless on who anybody is. Anyways, Oz placed the word 'God' on it while Willow dressed up as 'Joan of Arc', Xander as a secret spy, Buffy as 'Little Red Riding Hood', and Anya as a bunny. Cute.

4. (City of Angels) Who is Angel's secretary when he became boss of Wolfam and Hart?

- Angel's secretary in Wolfam and Hart is the blond- got turned vampire at the end of Graduation- Harmony who used to be one of Cordelia's 'groupie' back at Sunnydale High. Good times…

5. (Pirates) What was Gibbs' pillow in Tortuga when he was thrown water by Jack to wake him up.

- Gibbs slept on a pig hen, sadly…

*Bonus*- Idunnowhattheanswerevenis…… figure that out for yourselves…

A/N: *ahem* so everyone excited for the insults being thrown in…?*someone in the crowd yells something very insulting* Not at me you idiot!!! *person looks away* Anywho, before I forget, some mild cursing will be thrown around, so if you're the faint of heart, call someone to be with you to sensor the 'none' appropriate stuff…Note that there will be some Norrington bashing a bit and his character will be a bit...uh, shall we say, mean in this chapter.

Chapter Twelve, The Damsel In Distress

"Now remember, Summers: do try tah be as 'lady-like' as ye possibly can..," Jack remembered her as he grabbed some rope to tie her hands with; for the damsel-ing act to be much more convincing.

"What do you mean 'as lady-like as I possibly can'? I know how to act like some high class…uh, lady, for your information," Buffy retorted as Jack started to tie her hands together. Buffy looked at him with a raised eyebrow, her tongue already forming a comment behind her mouth. "And what's with the rope? Never thought you were into that stuff, Jackie ol' man."

Jack glared at her hard, but was met instead with cool hazel ones, making him even more irritated than he already is. He suddenly grinned crazily and replied back to her, "Didn't know ye would like tah know that, pet. An' I am NOT an ol' man."

The Slayer's mouth dropped at his reply, and quickly shut it when she heard him snicker, so she settled for giving him a glare that would have made Angelus running for cover. Seeing this, Jack 'tutted' disappointedly at her behavior as he shook his head. "Now, now, there'll be none of that, Summers. Yer suppose to act all eloquent an' all remember? An' go with tha whole 'puppy-eyed' act. They'll be wrapped 'round yer finger in no time at all if ye do," Jack instructed her finally, meeting her forcibly softened face once more.

"I'll do my best…sir," Buffy growled out, but then cleared her throat when Jack stared pointedly at her. She huffed angrily, but strained herself to look weak and cute; almost pouting with eyes all watered up. She'll show him, Buffy thought to herself fiercely, what a Californian girl can do when it comes to getting some things done.

"'Ere they come, Captain," Gibbs reported to Jack who grinned wildly at the news. Jack turned around to face the rest of his crew, and started to debrief them on what they should and need to do.

"Alright men! Half of ye go below and fire when ye hear me call it. Sam, ge' ready tah do yer job," several nods were seen and half went down below, leaving the other half to listen to his instructions. Buffy looked at Jack, wondering what this 'Sam's' job is, but Jack ignored her look.

"Now, rest o' ye, no reachin' fer pistols an' cutlasses or any otha' actions that'll make 'em suspicious, savvy? Oh, and Summers, let me do all tha talkin', alright?" Another glare was sent to him, and a couple of second later, the Dauntless and the Black Pearl met starboard to starboard, with a commodore and a captain looking at each other. Tension was thick between the crew, but Jack ignored them as he was still grinning like a mad man at the British commodore.

"Norrington! Long time no see! Tell me, how be tha Turners?" Jack greeted enthusiastically as he talked to Norrington. Buffy inspected the person Jack was talking to closely, and tried finding out factors that she might need later for her act. She saw that a person like Norrington would usually like to have his ego brushed upon, so cute little flirtatious movements would go on the list. Also that he'd like to play as a hero, time to time, so more on the watery eyes side will be done. As Buffy made some calculations, Jack and Norrington's conversation went on.

"Sparrow," Norrington addressed the pirate curtly, his hands on his back, giving his mere presence a sense of 'commanding'. "The Turners' is a form of business that needs no concern of yours, if you must know. Albeit William did help you escape the gallows last time, he is still under the Law and needs no connection from pirates; especially from you or any of your measly crew."

"Measly crew, eh? I'll show yeh…," the Slayer heard Ana Maria growled under her breath. Buffy felt Ana Maria's form, along with the other pirates, become stiff at Norrington's words; and who would blame them? Just because they're pirates doesn't mean that their characters are all the same. Buffy felt her dislike of Norrington grew as she listened to their conversation once more.

"Oh, surely we're not all tha' bad? I mean, so we did break a couple o' laws an' property an' such. An' there is tha' matter o' bein' a scallywag an' all…," Jack started to loose track at what he meant to say, making Gibbs elbow him discreetly to move on. "Wha' I mean tah say is tha'…"

Norrington had apparently had enough of his ranting, and cut right to the topic that would have taken them many conversations if he didn't. "What is your intention, Sparrow? Bringing down the mast of the Black Pearl and letting us catch up to you isn't common for any pirate to do; even you." The commodore's eyes searched the Pearl's crew, and saw that it mostly consisted of the same faces before Jack's capture was made. But one thing or rather, person caught his eye though.

It was a young petite lady, who looked no more than the age of 17 or so that caught his attention quickly. She was beautiful indeed and any capable who can see, can see that. The mysterious girl saw him looking at her and held his gaze for what seemed like an eternity, with him loosing himself into her hazel pools, until she looked away, slightly flushing as she did so, and making their eye contact break. He shook his head a little from his trance, which made Jack suspicious of his actions.

The pirate turned to his side, and saw that the Slayer has finally captured the eye of the commodore, making him grin as the first part of his plan has begun. He turned back to the commodore who was now waiting for an answer from his earlier question; his mask of no emotions again in place. But Jack has other things in mind, and started to sashay his way over to the railings to get a closer view of the commodore.

"I see yeh've seen Miss uh, Anne, o'er here," Jack pointed his thumb over to Buffy who gave a little glare, but then saw the other crew looking at her with curiosity, making her remind her part again. She pouted pitifully and saw that her little action worked on the crew and especially to the commodore. Her face was still flushing from the lack of oxygen, making her look like even more piteous to the crew.

"And what, pray tell, would a lady such of your nature, be doing in this ship? Tis isn't likely a girl of your size can live in this horrid state," one of Norrington's men asked her warily. Buffy's fingers started to twitch when she heard him comment about her size and she glared a bit at him. She quickly calmed herself, and switched her facial expression as speedily.

"Ahh, yes. About that, bit. Well, I saved this pitiful state of a woman when we rounded 'pun a merchant ship tha go' attacked by some Spaniard sail. We were bringin' her tah England tah ge' some o' our, pressin' charges out," Jack lies were like the truth to the unsuspecting officers since he said it so naturally. "She would 'ave been dead if it wasn't for us lot, still treats us like some lowly beggar though. The ungrateful wench tha' lass is. Bu' all we need is a safe passage way to the Ol' Country."

          "It's true, sir!" Buffy squealed in a horribly fake English accent. "These…men have been a horrible thorn on my side. It would have been far off better if they left me alone with the cruel Spaniards even if it meant my death if this was the state I was appointed to!" she sighed dramatically, adding a loud sob at the end of it.

          "Shut up, Strumpet! We spent time trying tah get ye back tah jolly ol' England, and this is how ye miserable tramp treat yer bloody saviors?" Jack growled convincingly, shaking the petite blonde to add an effect on it. "See wha' I mean, Norrington?" Unbeknownst to him, Buffy's temper was getting of her rocker, and it was a wonder that she still managed to keep it in control as their conversation went on.

"Well you can't blame the little chit. She's as defenseless as a new borne babe like any woman compared to you lot. And the answer to your proposal on having a safe passage way England will of course be impossible. WE'll be taking her to England ourselves. A lady as pretty as she deserves well groomed men," it was the same guard who asked what Buffy was doing in the ship before who replied to Sparrow, his face almost sneering at him.

"But with her state right there, how can she be? She'll be stinking up the whole place if we bring her o'er board," another guard told him, making some of the men snicker and Buffy a whole lot angrier.

"That's enough from both you! Don't you think that this poor maiden has had enough traumas by living with pirates already without you bantering about her appearance!?" Norrington scolded his men, but that did it for Buffy.

Being called little, wench, defenseless, being used for someone's dire need for ego boosting, being called stinky, a strumpet, tramp, and especially being called poor has snapped her patience entirely. Her eyes turned to fire, and her hands quickly got free from the bonds Sparrow has done to her hands. Buffy quickly bent down to rip the side of her dress so that her legs would have more space to run freely. With a slight huff, she started to run towards the Pearl's railing then jumped on to it, and pushed her feet off with all of her might. She quickly flipped mid air so that she would be able to land on her feet on the other deck of the ship

Buffy's act of aerobics stunned everyone, including the crew of the Pearl. But the Slayer was still pissed off at being called incompetent and helpless too many times just because she was a girl to even care. She didn't even notice the men's backing form as she was still filled with rage. Her face no longer held the pitiful pout that got them going, but instead her jaws was clenched, and eyes burning with fury, making them wonder what in hell they got themselves into.

Jack's eyes widened with horror what Buffy can do when she is angered and ticked off. Note to self, never insult the Slayer due to her size and gender, Jack thought to himself. But all of that went away when Buffy started yelling at the soldiers.

"NOW THAT'S THE FINAL STRAW! I can take being called LITTLE and hell, even stinky but being called DEFENSELESS and especially POOR by some greasy haired asses who are a big female sexist will be the end of the LINE!" Buffy growled out as she stomped to the one who called her defenseless and to the one who told her she stunk; her voice no longer having the English accent. She pointed her finger out at them, her hand shaking in fury. "JUST because I am a woman doesn't give you a hell of a lot excuse of calling me helpless!" With that, she quickly unsheathed one of the soldier's cutlasses and rounded to Norrington who was now between the sword and the railings of the Dauntless.

"And you, even if pirates are known for their unlawfulness don't mean that they are all the same. From the way I see it, you're not better than the worst pirate by the way you're acting towards FEMALES!" Buffy jabbed the sword against his throat, making Norrington flinch as the blade touched his flesh. Surprisingly enough, the sword didn't penetrate his skin. The point of the sword just stayed there, but 'Anne' was still glaring with a burning passion at him.

"Tell me one thing why I shouldn't jab this sword," she suddenly kicked backwards, sending the soldier that was going to knock her out with a pistol flying across the deck and eventually land against some crates. "One thing I really don't appreciate is getting knocked out," Buffy glared at the unconscious form angrily but then turned again to the commodore. "I'm still waiting you know?"

"Kill me and the whole Navy will come after your guts, woman or not," Norrington answered her with as much confidence that he had at her, but was met with an amused grin.

"Who ever said I was going to kill you?" Buffy questioned him evilly. "I was actually thinking more of a slight amputation on your nether regions." Many of the men unconsciously crossed their legs at the mention of her plan, but it was Norrington's reaction that got her mostly interested since he paled even more at her plan. "So, should it be a quick cut or painfully slow?" Buffy wondered out loud, the sword already going down painfully slow. Buffy wasn't really into torturing humans, but then again, she still had to convince the Navy to give them a safe passage way to Gibraltar; even if the original plan was to make herself pitiful so that they would agree to Sparrow's demand of having a safe passage way. But due to some rather insulting conversation, Buffy has taken a somewhat drastic measure to get that demand done.

"Alright…what do you want?" the commodore gasped thankfully when 'Anne's' sword stopped its torturous travel.

"There's something coming, something really bad at some island in Greece. And the Pearl will need a 'No-Attack' zone at Gibraltar if we can get there in time to prevent it from happening," Buffy demanded as Jack mouthed the words to her behind Norrington's back.

"The Gibraltar Strait? Why can't you and the Pearl just slip pass through the English settlement over there? Many pirate ships has done it before, why the Black Pearl do it now?" one of the guards asked her confusedly.

"English settlement? I thought Spain has it?" Buffy asked the soldier, not noticing Jack who was beginning to get fidgety at where the topic of their conversation is going.

"Haven't you heard? England has gotten the Strait back ten years ago," Norrington replied as he slightly stepped to his left so he was no longer backed up against the railings when he saw the fury in the lady's eyes fire up again. Anne turned to Sparrow, the cutlass pointed accusingly at the pirate.

"JACK! You got me in a dress that is seriously cutting out my source of air for nothing?!" she asked him in a demanding tone. The Dauntless' crew saw that Jack flinched at her tone that she used getting them amused.

"Well I don' 'xactly keep tabs a' wha' happens up a' north, ye know. An' besides, the dress really suits ye," Jack said, hoping that his compliments will lessen Buffy's anger towards him.

"Oh for Pete's sake," Buffy rolled her eyes, annoyance definitely written on her face. "You're gonna get yours, Jackie. An' believe me you won't see it coming." She glared at him then sudden sheepish grin got on her face. "Uh, so um, can anyone get me back in the Pearl again?" her request got her weird expressions from the soldiers and an exasperated sigh from Jack. But nonetheless, Jack cut a nearby rope and swung towards the Dauntless and landing gracefully on the railway of the Dauntless.

"Milady," Jack greeted her with a slight bow. "I do apologize for calling ye all o' those things." The pirate apologized to Anne. The apology surprised the soldiers but even more when Anne accepted it.

"Apology accepted," said Anne, dropping down the cutlass. "But that doesn't mean I'll forget it though. Although you did get me going for awhile there." Jack chuckled with a small thank you and quickly grabbed her surprised form and swung back to the Pearl just as speedily, shocking the group of soldiers. They landed back on the Pearl with soft thud, with Sparrow suddenly shouting at the commodore once more.

"Well, I guess our conversation is finally o'er, Commodore!" Jack went back to the helm, quickly grabbing its wooden frame. The soldiers suddenly noticed that every single mast of the Black Pearl were raised, giving them speed as the winds began to pick up.

"Nice meetin' ye again, Norrington, by the way. And men, this will be the day you'll always remember, when you almost caught Captain Jack Sparrow an' the Black Pearl," Jack took off his tri-cornered hat, swaying it slightly.

"Don't you think it's a bit too early for celebrating, Sparrow?" Norrington asked him, who already sent the Captain to get the Dauntless to sail after the Black Pearl.

"Think again, Commodore," Jack told him with a feral grin, with a wet pirate now besides him who was grinning as well.

"Commodore! The rudder has gotten stuck, something must have disabled the rudder line," Norrington's captain reported back to him, who was as puzzled as he was at the strange occurrence.

"Oh don' worry Commodore, yer rudder will get goin' 'gain. Ol' Sam 'ere just stuck a couple o' stones up yer rudder line, getting' it stuck. It'll ge' ou' when ye give the helm a good wiggle, eventually."

Norrington wasn't listening to Jack's crew laugh mirthfully as he was too busy sending out orders. "Shoot them!" and a series of gun shot was heard, but their aim and bullets weren't enough for the speed the Black Pearl was going.

"Damn it," Norrington cursed under his breath. "I'll get you again Sparrow! Even if it's the last thing I'll bloody do!"

The crew just finished their laughing, and Jack was now congratulating his crew. "Great job men… and women," Jack quickly added when he saw Buffy and Ana Maria's glares. "Bu' ge' back tah work since we 'ave some catchin' up tah do. Someone, tell tha men below to unload our ammunition."

Buffy saw James go down the deck to tell the crew. A sudden sharp pain on her dagger wound made her gasp and grasp her stomach immediately, even if the pain was mostly centered on the entry wound from her back. Her knees buckled when she felt the loss of blood from her wound started to take a toll on her. The wound's scab has apparently reopened, making the blood run freely once more.

"Ouch," she muttered lazily, not even noticing Jack who caught her before she hit the floor and who swore at the sight of the blood. The last thing she saw before blacking out was Jack carrying her back to his room, with Ana Maria hot on his trail.

A/N: And here thus ends the crew's encounter with the Dauntless. Hoped you liked it but your reviews would tell me much more of your opinion. So, reviews are needed so if it wasn't what you expected it to be, I'll know if I am able to make it better.

SPECIAL REQUEST: I am thinking about giving another try on a Buffy/Lord of the Rings crossover and I want to know if you readers wouldn't mind me working on another fic. Pandora's Box will still be updated and would never be abandoned, but the updates will be lesser, and the most amount of update that I can do probably is about 2x a month, which I think is still a lot.

I know that there is a considerable amount of crossovers like this, but I really think that the plot that I have is totally original, at least I think it's very different from the usual jumping into the portal or suddenly transported to ME deal. I will be making the plot as unique as possible, but my attention will still be centered on Pandora's Box. However the makings of this new story will be still given my 100% efforts to make it an enjoyable story as well. So I need you guys to give me your opinions 'cause I'm still torn on doing:

a) Not doing the whole fic at all or b) Make the new story. So I've come to ask you your opinions. I'll gladly tell the plot for this new story at the end of the trivia questions and some special thanks to those who have reviewed. Thoughts and answers are needed!!!!!

Trivia Questions:

1) (Pirates) How long ago did the Pearl started to plunder ports?

2) (LoTR) Where did Merry and Pippin meet Treebeard, the Ent or a tree-hearder?

3) (BtVS) What was Buffy's 'gift' (not the birthday kind) at Season 5?

4) (Harry Potter) What was the name Uncle Vernon's sister who came to the Dursley's house at the beginning of the Prisoner of Askaban?

5) (LoTR) How did Grima Wormtongue kill Theodred, King Theoden's son?

Special Thanks to:

Athene Saile= Pippin's song in the RoTK has also made me and my sisters cry on that scene. I really luved it. And is that really the song that he sang?! Anyways, please, please tell me of your opinion about the new story that I wanted to make, and the plot line is below, if you want to see what it'll be about.

Blackened Heart= hahah, you as god, then you would know all the bad stuff that I've done eh? Don't tell ANYONE 'bout that time with…Anyways, picturing someone running around the house all exited has surprisingly made my ego boost up. And does your mom really think that? 'Cause its really funny when I think about it. Anyways, please, please tell me what your opinion about the new story that I want to make, and the plot line is below, if you want to see what it'll be about.

Catlimere= so no PoTC DVD for you? Oh well, you're gonna get a Game Cube anyway, so I guess all is well. Hopefully, this got you satisfied with the whole insult hurling bit, as well as some laughs. The idea of Buffy making Norrington a eunuch just came to me suddenly, making me get all happy and giddy at how I'm going to write that part. Oh, and note that I was just making Jack get Buffy angry at her role by insulting her, cause I do agree with you about Jack being much more open-minded about women's ability, but it'll still not compared to men's opinion in the 21st century; at least I hope it is. Anyways, please, please tell me of your opinion about the new story that I wanted to make and the plot line is below, if you want to see what it'll be about. 'Cause, if I don't know the answer of how I'm going to deal with it, I'll never get this feeling of writing or not writing it out, which then I get annoyed at.

Destiny's Dragon= Thanks for telling me that this is a great story, boosts up my ego, that does. I will be continuing to write this story but please, please tell me of your opinion about the new story that I wanted to make, and the plot line is below, if you want to see what it'll be about.

Lucifer Frost= alright then. *Takes out a nursery book and pulls out Jack from the 'Jack and Jill' poem then wraps him in paper*. There you go! Jack on a paper. LOL! Unfortunately, doing what you wanted is nearly impossible, unless I suddenly had a time machine then got Jack Sparrow from the 17th (or is it 18th?) century and kidnapped him. But even then, wrapping him in paper then giving it to you will be on the list of 'not even close to happening' since I will be keeping him for myself. My precious…*ahem* Anyways, please, please tell me of your opinion about the new story that I wanted to make, and the plot line is below, if you want to see what it'll be about.

Luv2FigureSkate8= nice penname, if I do says so myself. Happy New Year to you too, and I'll try my best to make mine happy. Hopefully that I updated soon enough but I need to know of your opinion about the new story I want to make, and the plot line is below, if you want to see what it'll be about.Rood-Roosje= hope that your curiosity is sated since it did kill the cat...or made the kittens like my friend says it is. Anyways, however you look at it, I'm happy that you liked it. True that there was an episode of Buffy doing that, but she was under a spell, along with countless others made by Ethan Rayne during Halloween. The spell made everyone who bought the costumes in his store turn into the monster or costume they chose. Like Buffy, she wore a 19th century corset, which made her into a Victorian girl which took away all of her slaying abilities as well as made her all lady-like and all. Please, please tell me of your opinion about the new story that I wanted to make, and the plot line is below, if you want to see what it'll be about.

Mikla= okiees then, your review made a lot more sense now that you cleared it all up for me! Although Buffy's revenge isn't bloody and violent, it will be hilarious at least I think it'll be since I'm trying to make it hilarious! Please, please tell me of your opinion about the new story that I wanted to make, and the plot line is below, if you want to see what it'll be about.
websurffer= thanks a lot! Thanks for telling me on how to do the script thing, although it still wouldn't work, thanks still. Please, please tell me of your opinion about the new story that I wanted to make, and the plot line is below, if you want to see what it'll be about.

THE PLOT: The plot of this new story is this: it'll basically start out directly at the end of Season 7 and about five years before the War of the Rings. The Powers That Be does this mojo thing and tells that that the Scoobies along with some 'special' Slayers that they are needed at ME, and that they have to get used to and train in ME cause the Powers 'saw' that the whole alliance with men and the elves wouldn't be able to cut it, so the newly chosen Slayers along with the Scoobies are needed.

The story will go deeper than what I've said, so it won't be just like this. I'm actually going to reread the Trilogy along with some other Middle Earth related books since I want to base the story on the books instead of the movies. So what do you think? Do you think it'll be read worthy? Opinions are needed here, and heck if you do want me to do this but want a couple of things added or changed, do say so and I'll gladly consider your request.

P.S. Oh and DO NOT try to write a story about this since I want to do it and it'll just be plain mean if you do.