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Chapter 2-Caught Off Guard

Jack stood there looking at Sword. I can't believe it, he thought. Me, a father. To a girl.This was too much. He began to have on of those dizzy spells that he had neglected to tell anyone about since his accident in the raid. He began to lose his balance. He fell and hit his head on the bed post. He could hear Anna Maria shouting at him in the distance and he slowly slipped into darkness.

"Sword, Go Get that fat man that we saw. His name is Gibbs!"

For moment, Sword just looked at her mother.

"GO", Anna Maria shouted.

On deck, Gibbs heard someone calling his name. He turned to find a girl running toward him.

"What is it, Child?"

"It's Jack. He fell and he hit his head and now he's bleedin'!"

"Damn. Ok, Go Down to the kitchen and get some bandages and a wet cloth. The Kitchen is below the deck and down the first hall".

Sword nodded and took off.

Gibbs rushed down to Jack's cabin and saw Anna-Maria leaning over him.

"What happened?"

"That girl. do ye know who she is? Did she remind ye of anyone?"

"Actually, she was the spittin' image o' Jack".

"That's 'cause she's Jack's daughter, and mine"

"Ye mean, ye and Jack....oh"

"When I told him he" Anna-Maria couldn't help but laugh. "Fainted."

"Well, the girls' gettin' some bandages"

"Good. It's great to see ye 'gain, Gibbs."

"It's good to have ye back"

"I'm not back."

Sword came rushing in with as many cloths as one girl could hold.

"Ok", she said. "I've got the bandages. Where should I put them?"

"Give them-" Gibbs was cut off by Anna-Maria.

"No. Sword, you bandage him. I want to see if you'll be able to do this when he needs you."

"I'm not su-"

"Just do it"

"Fine", Sword said, rather indignantly(Sp?)

Gibbs and Anna-Maria watched in silence as Sword proceeded to clean and bandage Jack. Suddenly, a hand flew up and grabbed hers. Sword gasped, held her breath for a moment, then sighed as she realized that it had only been Jack.

"What are ye doin',love?" Jack asked with his trademark grin.

"I was just bandaging your wound. I really hope you don't mind", Sword said with a bit of nervousness in her tone.

"And why would I mind?"

"I..I..I-"

"Don't worry about it, Sword"

With that Jack got up and stretched, his lean frame rippling as he did so.

"Thank ye, love."

"You're welcome, sir."

"Now, Now. we'll have none of that. My name is Jack. Or ye can call me Dad or father."

"Fine then. You're welcome, Jack."

"Jack", Anna-Maria cut in. "I need to speak with ye, privately".

Jack nodded and motioned for her to go back up to the deck so that they could speak.

A/N

I am so proud that people have enjoyed it so far. here is my responce it what the reviewers have said:

Sosweet22:::Thank you so much. don't worry. I'll definately keep this one going. My last too Buffy the Vampire Slayer stories were cut short becuase no one had given the the motivation to gwt them going. But this one will be finished with at least 15 chapters.

Kungfuchick:::The movie never really stated what the dwarf's name was so i said the first thing that came to mind. As for Anna Maria, she was pregnant when she left the Pearl.

Keep the reviews comin'.