Chapter 7:
"Sergeant, can I ask you something?" Jack asked as he led her around the deck showing her this and that.
"Yes," Fi agreed looking at him curiously, what could he possibly want to know now?
"This Army Rangers thing, are they're many women in it?"
Fi shook her head. "Actually, I'm the only woman who's made it in my command group."
"Why'd you do it then?" Jack asked grabbing onto a rope and leaning on it.
"Well, I get along with men better than I do with women, and all my brothers went into the military so I just followed." She explained not wanting to talk about her real reasons.
"How many brothers do you have?" He asked curious about her family.
"Five," Fiona said squinting as the sails moved making the sun shin down directly in her eyes.
"Five brothers?" Jack repeated a little awed. "How'd you put up with them?"
"Well, as to the fact that I was never considered girly after I bit Gavin, I was just another guy."
Jack nodded; it made more sense to him that she was like she was because she was raised with all guys. "Now whose Gavin?"
Fiona turned away from him and pretended she didn't hear the question. She didn't want to answer it.
"Sergeant, who's Gavin?" Jack prodded poking her back.
"I believe we weren't playing twenty questions so I wont answer that Captain," She said finally turning back to face him but having to step back because he was standing a little too close.
"Why?"
"Why what?"
"Why wont you answer my question?"
"Because I don't have to," She said quickly taking a bite of her apple and munching it.
"What if I demanded you had to?" He asked with a cocky grin.
"I'd simply ignore your command and go on with life, simple as that," Fiona told him.
"Oh would you now?" Jack asked leaning towards her, still holding onto the rope.
"Yes I would,"
"Sergeant I demand to know who Gavin is," Jack commanded.
"Don't test me Captain Sparrow," Fiona warned her green eyes narrowing.
"Well?" Jack asked waiting for a reply.
"I'm afraid you're going past our already established boundaries Captain so therefore I will not answer,"
Jack shrugged and grinned again. He had to admit, she held her temper and annoyance in very well.
"Well than, how about a drink?" He asked.
"A drink," She repeated looking at him weird.
Jack nodded and motioned for her to follow him inside his cabin where he had a small supply of rum.
"But I'm warning you captain, you try anything and I'll kick your ass," Fiona warned cautiously following as the crewmembers looked at each other with a knowing expression.
'I don't doubt it,' Jack thought going over to his table and unscrewing the cork of a half filled bottle.
***
"Sergeant what are you doing?" Jack asked as Fiona began to unzip her bloody jacket.
"Its hot in here," She told him folding it in half and lying it neatly beside her.
"Can I refill that for you?" Jack asked taking the liberty and pouring more rum into her glass.
"Seems I don't have a choice eh?"
Jack looked at her and grinned. They'd been sitting here drinking for at least an hour, and she sounded more and more Irish as the time passed. Though neither one was drunk yet which amazed him.
"So than Sergeant-"
"Oh we're drinking so you might as well just call me Fi." Fiona interjected before downing the brown liquid.
"Fiona," Jack began again with a grin. He had her just where he wanted her.
"Who is this Gavin fellow?"
Jack saw Fiona's eyes haze and she poured more liquid into her glass. "Some stupid bastard that was my fiancé until after Noack10,"
Jack's eyebrows went up. "What's Noack10?" He asked not being able to hardly take his eyes off her very revealing shirt.
"Its confidential," Fiona said and Jack detected a bit of nervousness in her voice like she'd already said too much.
"Your in a world created by Disney remember?" Jack said trying to convince her into telling him.
"I need to lie down before I explain," She told him rubbing her temples, the rum suddenly getting to her. Jack motioned to his bed and she difficultly made her way over to it and plopped down.
"I'm not going to talk that loud so you're going to have to move over here," She told him rolling over so there was enough room for him to sit.
"I can't believe your letting me get this close while your drunk," Jack said getting up and making his way over, unfazed by the drinks.
"I'm not drunk," She protested propping herself up on her elbows. "My senses are just merely temporarily malfunctional, but I can and will still kill you if you try anything."
Jack grinned and motioned for her to continue. "What was the question again?" Fiona asked forgetting what they had been talking about.
"Noack10," Jack informed almost laughing at how drunk she was.
"I don't want to talk about it," She said suddenly resting her head onto the pillow and closing her eyes.
"What the?" Jack asked confused. "Why not?"
"I don't want to talk about it," Fiona repeated keeping her eyes shut so he wouldn't see the tears that were threatening to form.
"I wont tell anyone, I promise."
"But you're a dishonest man Jack," Fiona said opening her eyes and staring at him.
"Look Fiona," Jack said scooting closer to her. "I wont, now have I ever given you reason not to trust me?"
"Hmm," Fiona said out loud tapping her chin. "There was that one time when you had a gun to my head and visa versa and you didn't put it down!"
"That doesn't count," Jack disagreed shaking his head. "You had just locked me in a cell and I didn't know what exactly you were capable of, but I wont tell another living soul so tell,"
Fiona sighed and took a deep breath. "Noack10 was a mission that was assigned to my chalk group about five years ago," She began reluctantly.
"So how old are you now?" Jack asked curiously.
"Do you want me to tell you or not?"
"Sorry," Jack apologized. "Please continue."
"Our mission was to go in and kidnap Hasul Alradir, one of these big drug lords in Zimbabwe that were killing innocent civilians, so we went in." Fiona paused and but her lip.
"In a short story, we had a mole, got ambushed, and held prisoner,"
Fiona paused for a few moments and Jack wondered if she was going to continue. "Well is that it?"
Fiona paused again and took a few deep breaths before she began again. "Until they found out that I was a woman,"
Jack immediately knew what she was talking about. "Oh,"
"I don't think I need to clarify what I'm talking about," She said seeing the expression on his face.
"So for 115 hours I was tied up to a bed and raped. Whenever they wanted it, I was there."
Fiona closed her eyes and rolled over onto her back fighting the tears as they filled her eyes.
"But you know," She said shaking her head. "The worst part of it all was that my comrades saw it all,"
Jack looked down at the bed sheet in thought, he didn't think that sounded so bad, but then he was a pirate.
"So in the end, we got rescued, only three of us were still alive though, three out of twenty, we went through therapy, they got out of there, but I stayed."
Fiona gave a small dry laugh and wiped away a tear on the side of her face.
"It was all covered up though, we were sworn to secrecy, and Noack10 became nonexistent." Fiona gave another laugh though this time it was not so much forced.
"And now I'm telling it to a pirate captain who is the spitting image of Johnny Depp in POTC, on a ship in a world created by Walt Disney who doesn't give a damn about anything but his ship."
Jack sighed, he didn't want to ask her but it was annoying him. "So how does Gavin have to fit into all this?"
Fiona looked at him and clenched her hand into a fist. "He was my fiancé before, but after the whole incident he told me he couldn't be with me anymore because I wasn't the same person I'd used to be,"
"Well no shit after that," Jack said making her smile.
"So our engagement was off, and I haven't talked to him since,"
"Well," Jack said thinking that the man was completely insensitive. And that was coming from him. " I can honestly say that he could use some serious Tortuga bitch slapping,"
Fiona laughed and shook her head.
"I'm taking that from experience?"
Jack shamelessly nodded. That slap had been worth it.
Fiona yawned and shook her head trying to rid herself of the sleep that creped up on her.
"You can sleep here if you'd like, I have to go on deck for a while," Jack told her getting up and stretching. Now that he knew that he wished he'd never asked.
'Next time she says she doesn't want to talk about it don't press the matter,' He thought to himself glancing at her before striding out to see that she was already asleep.
Jack reminded himself to ask her about her sleeping habits when she got up later.
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A/N: Very long chapter. So sorry. I hate those ff's that have the chick pour out their heart and soul to them and crap like that. But this still is not going to be a romance, as of yet. Cuz I'm not a romance person.
But thanks to all for reading and reviewing!!!
"Sergeant, can I ask you something?" Jack asked as he led her around the deck showing her this and that.
"Yes," Fi agreed looking at him curiously, what could he possibly want to know now?
"This Army Rangers thing, are they're many women in it?"
Fi shook her head. "Actually, I'm the only woman who's made it in my command group."
"Why'd you do it then?" Jack asked grabbing onto a rope and leaning on it.
"Well, I get along with men better than I do with women, and all my brothers went into the military so I just followed." She explained not wanting to talk about her real reasons.
"How many brothers do you have?" He asked curious about her family.
"Five," Fiona said squinting as the sails moved making the sun shin down directly in her eyes.
"Five brothers?" Jack repeated a little awed. "How'd you put up with them?"
"Well, as to the fact that I was never considered girly after I bit Gavin, I was just another guy."
Jack nodded; it made more sense to him that she was like she was because she was raised with all guys. "Now whose Gavin?"
Fiona turned away from him and pretended she didn't hear the question. She didn't want to answer it.
"Sergeant, who's Gavin?" Jack prodded poking her back.
"I believe we weren't playing twenty questions so I wont answer that Captain," She said finally turning back to face him but having to step back because he was standing a little too close.
"Why?"
"Why what?"
"Why wont you answer my question?"
"Because I don't have to," She said quickly taking a bite of her apple and munching it.
"What if I demanded you had to?" He asked with a cocky grin.
"I'd simply ignore your command and go on with life, simple as that," Fiona told him.
"Oh would you now?" Jack asked leaning towards her, still holding onto the rope.
"Yes I would,"
"Sergeant I demand to know who Gavin is," Jack commanded.
"Don't test me Captain Sparrow," Fiona warned her green eyes narrowing.
"Well?" Jack asked waiting for a reply.
"I'm afraid you're going past our already established boundaries Captain so therefore I will not answer,"
Jack shrugged and grinned again. He had to admit, she held her temper and annoyance in very well.
"Well than, how about a drink?" He asked.
"A drink," She repeated looking at him weird.
Jack nodded and motioned for her to follow him inside his cabin where he had a small supply of rum.
"But I'm warning you captain, you try anything and I'll kick your ass," Fiona warned cautiously following as the crewmembers looked at each other with a knowing expression.
'I don't doubt it,' Jack thought going over to his table and unscrewing the cork of a half filled bottle.
***
"Sergeant what are you doing?" Jack asked as Fiona began to unzip her bloody jacket.
"Its hot in here," She told him folding it in half and lying it neatly beside her.
"Can I refill that for you?" Jack asked taking the liberty and pouring more rum into her glass.
"Seems I don't have a choice eh?"
Jack looked at her and grinned. They'd been sitting here drinking for at least an hour, and she sounded more and more Irish as the time passed. Though neither one was drunk yet which amazed him.
"So than Sergeant-"
"Oh we're drinking so you might as well just call me Fi." Fiona interjected before downing the brown liquid.
"Fiona," Jack began again with a grin. He had her just where he wanted her.
"Who is this Gavin fellow?"
Jack saw Fiona's eyes haze and she poured more liquid into her glass. "Some stupid bastard that was my fiancé until after Noack10,"
Jack's eyebrows went up. "What's Noack10?" He asked not being able to hardly take his eyes off her very revealing shirt.
"Its confidential," Fiona said and Jack detected a bit of nervousness in her voice like she'd already said too much.
"Your in a world created by Disney remember?" Jack said trying to convince her into telling him.
"I need to lie down before I explain," She told him rubbing her temples, the rum suddenly getting to her. Jack motioned to his bed and she difficultly made her way over to it and plopped down.
"I'm not going to talk that loud so you're going to have to move over here," She told him rolling over so there was enough room for him to sit.
"I can't believe your letting me get this close while your drunk," Jack said getting up and making his way over, unfazed by the drinks.
"I'm not drunk," She protested propping herself up on her elbows. "My senses are just merely temporarily malfunctional, but I can and will still kill you if you try anything."
Jack grinned and motioned for her to continue. "What was the question again?" Fiona asked forgetting what they had been talking about.
"Noack10," Jack informed almost laughing at how drunk she was.
"I don't want to talk about it," She said suddenly resting her head onto the pillow and closing her eyes.
"What the?" Jack asked confused. "Why not?"
"I don't want to talk about it," Fiona repeated keeping her eyes shut so he wouldn't see the tears that were threatening to form.
"I wont tell anyone, I promise."
"But you're a dishonest man Jack," Fiona said opening her eyes and staring at him.
"Look Fiona," Jack said scooting closer to her. "I wont, now have I ever given you reason not to trust me?"
"Hmm," Fiona said out loud tapping her chin. "There was that one time when you had a gun to my head and visa versa and you didn't put it down!"
"That doesn't count," Jack disagreed shaking his head. "You had just locked me in a cell and I didn't know what exactly you were capable of, but I wont tell another living soul so tell,"
Fiona sighed and took a deep breath. "Noack10 was a mission that was assigned to my chalk group about five years ago," She began reluctantly.
"So how old are you now?" Jack asked curiously.
"Do you want me to tell you or not?"
"Sorry," Jack apologized. "Please continue."
"Our mission was to go in and kidnap Hasul Alradir, one of these big drug lords in Zimbabwe that were killing innocent civilians, so we went in." Fiona paused and but her lip.
"In a short story, we had a mole, got ambushed, and held prisoner,"
Fiona paused for a few moments and Jack wondered if she was going to continue. "Well is that it?"
Fiona paused again and took a few deep breaths before she began again. "Until they found out that I was a woman,"
Jack immediately knew what she was talking about. "Oh,"
"I don't think I need to clarify what I'm talking about," She said seeing the expression on his face.
"So for 115 hours I was tied up to a bed and raped. Whenever they wanted it, I was there."
Fiona closed her eyes and rolled over onto her back fighting the tears as they filled her eyes.
"But you know," She said shaking her head. "The worst part of it all was that my comrades saw it all,"
Jack looked down at the bed sheet in thought, he didn't think that sounded so bad, but then he was a pirate.
"So in the end, we got rescued, only three of us were still alive though, three out of twenty, we went through therapy, they got out of there, but I stayed."
Fiona gave a small dry laugh and wiped away a tear on the side of her face.
"It was all covered up though, we were sworn to secrecy, and Noack10 became nonexistent." Fiona gave another laugh though this time it was not so much forced.
"And now I'm telling it to a pirate captain who is the spitting image of Johnny Depp in POTC, on a ship in a world created by Walt Disney who doesn't give a damn about anything but his ship."
Jack sighed, he didn't want to ask her but it was annoying him. "So how does Gavin have to fit into all this?"
Fiona looked at him and clenched her hand into a fist. "He was my fiancé before, but after the whole incident he told me he couldn't be with me anymore because I wasn't the same person I'd used to be,"
"Well no shit after that," Jack said making her smile.
"So our engagement was off, and I haven't talked to him since,"
"Well," Jack said thinking that the man was completely insensitive. And that was coming from him. " I can honestly say that he could use some serious Tortuga bitch slapping,"
Fiona laughed and shook her head.
"I'm taking that from experience?"
Jack shamelessly nodded. That slap had been worth it.
Fiona yawned and shook her head trying to rid herself of the sleep that creped up on her.
"You can sleep here if you'd like, I have to go on deck for a while," Jack told her getting up and stretching. Now that he knew that he wished he'd never asked.
'Next time she says she doesn't want to talk about it don't press the matter,' He thought to himself glancing at her before striding out to see that she was already asleep.
Jack reminded himself to ask her about her sleeping habits when she got up later.
***
A/N: Very long chapter. So sorry. I hate those ff's that have the chick pour out their heart and soul to them and crap like that. But this still is not going to be a romance, as of yet. Cuz I'm not a romance person.
But thanks to all for reading and reviewing!!!