Chapter Fourteen: In the Dark and Alone

Alaina groaned as she came to. 'What the hell happened?' she wondered to herself, trying to recollect her thoughts. Slowly she remembered walking out of the tavern in search of the laughter she had heard and being conked out.

She slowly opened her eyes to find she was blindfolded, and her hands and feet were bound. She tried to move her hands but she found they were in shackles. 'Damn it,' she thought to herself, trying to clear her head.

However, she did notice that her shirt was almost halfway unbuttoned, and her heart skipped a beat at the thought of her being raped.

As she was beginning to sit up she felt her head throbbing and laid back down. 'I shouldn't have drunk so much,' she thought, closing her eyes and taking a deep breath. As she was beginning to wonder what was going on, she heard voices coming from another room.

They were two distinctively different ones—an older one and a younger one—and they were arguing about something.

"This wasn't part of our agreement," the younger one said.

"No," the older one agreed. "It's an added bonus, for the both of us." Alaina's heart beat a little faster as she understood they were talking about her.

She heard the younger one grumble something, and the doorknob began to turn. Alaina closed her eyes and calmed herself, trying to make it seem like she was still knocked out.

The door opened a few seconds later.

"What the hell did you do?" she heard the younger one exclaim. She was guessing it was because of her shirt.

"Just having a little fun we were, don't worry, nothing that'll do any damage," the older one remarked. She detected a hint of laughter in his tone.

"You didn't—"

"No, I didn't. I may be a pirate, but I'd give the decency of one: letting her be awake, two: a chance for her to fight back, and three: she's just a little young for me. But for you…"

"Stop it, I don't even want to think about that," the younger one remarked. Alaina felt one of them getting near her and knew that whoever it was, was leaning right over her.

"How long will she be out?" It was the younger one.

"Given hit her pretty hard, so I'd say a few more hours at least."

Alaina wanted to smirk but held back, not wanting them to know she was awake, afraid of what might happen.

She felt a presence get nearer to her and almost jerked back as she felt hands grip her shirt. 'Oh, God, this isn't happening,' she thought, becoming more frightened by the minute. However, instead of unbuttoning it more, he began to button it up.

Alaina tried to keep a steady heart beat, and, fortunately, had that much control. It was strange; she didn't feel as uncomfortable as she thought she would in this awkward of a position. But she was still uncomfortable.

He left the top one unbuttoned, which was just how she wore them. 'Coincidence,' she told herself and forced herself not to stiffen as a hand gently pulled a strand of her hair back from her forehead. She thought it would be over but the hand gently ran down her face, tracing the outline of her face and finally her jaw line.

It was scary how it didn't send her frantic; it was somewhat calming. Familiar. But she knew she'd never let anyone get that close.

No one.

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"Oops, sorry," Jack apologized, quickly shutting the door. 'I've checked these rooms, what else could've happened to her?' Jack asked himself, stopping in the middle of the hallway and thinking.

He thought he had seen Ana Maria downstairs. 'Maybe she knows where Alaina's gone,' Jack thought, and decided it was worth a try. So as he walked down the hallway back to the tavern a woman stopped him.

"Jack Sparrow," she said, putting her hands on her hips. Jack squinted at the figure and grinned as he realized who it was. "Kathryn."

Immediately she slapped him and he blinked, trying to figure out what he had done wrong. "Now, I know I didn't deserve that one," he told her honestly.

"Really?" she asked sarcastically. "And who was that girl you were drinking with? Honestly Jack, I think you are the worst man alive."

'Girl?' he thought, and then remembered Alaina. "Look, luv, I'd really like to stay and work this out, really I would, but do you know where she went?"

"She went outside," Kathryn told him after a moment.

"Thanks a million, Kathryn," he called, running down the hall and down the stairs to find Ana Maria waiting for him.

"I wondered how long it would take you to notice she was gone," she teased, crossing her arms over her chest.

"Not now, luv. We've got to find her before Will comes out looking for us," Jack told her, and a glimmer of amusement played in Ana Maria's eyes.

"You sound worried, Cap'n." She tormented him with a smirk.

"Very few things worry me, luv," he told her honestly. "And yes, this is one of them. For Christ's sake, I lost Will and Elizabeth's daughter!"

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A/N: I know, a short chappie, but it's a chappie. So anyways, I'm gonna start working on these next few so I can hopefully post another one tomorrow! As always, if you'd like to see something happen or just have me explain something better in my story drop me an e-mail, I wont bite your head off. Just ask JeanieBeanie, oh by the way, if you're still reading this hon, I appreciate it and am plan on explaining it later on!

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