Chapter 10:

A/N: Oh my gosh! I am beyond words to express my apologies for being a slacker! But I'm in the fall play and I have so much stuff to do so here's how its going to be.

The more reviews the more updates and the longer the chapters. Sorry to be such a beiitttch but I have to b/c I'm insecure and not sure about what to do so also if you have any ideas let me know. Please!

Fiona woke up with a start as the ship lurched and she began to roll over towards the wall and onto Jack.

"Sorry," She apologized as he grunted and wrapped his arms around her waist to keep her from rolling over him into the wall.

Another tilt made them both slide over and slam against the wall. Jack cushioned Fiona however and he opened his eyes and squinted to see her in the dark.

"What was-" He began to ask when another sudden rock threw them from the bed and onto the floor. Fiona began to feel very uncomfortable as he lay on top her listening to the sounds outside.

"Captain," She began trying to shove him off her. She could feel his breath on her face and it was unnerving.

"Shh," He commanded putting a finger to her lips.

"Can you get off me please?" She asked in a low whisper, she felt extremely vulnerable right then. Jack rolled off her and stood up in the dark. Something wasn't right.

Grabbing his pistol from the table, he groped for the door. Fiona unzipped her pant pocket and pulled out her gun. She didn't know her way through the room so she crawled towards the sound of the padding of his feet on the floor.

Jack cautiously opened the door and peered out to see no one on deck. Stepping out he felt a strong gust of wind push him back and he grabbed onto the doorframe to steady himself.

"What's wrong?" Fiona asked standing up only to get thrown into the table by another lurch.

"No one's on deck," He told her planting his feet and making his way to the small set of stairs to the helm.

He looked and knew why the ship was swaying so hard; there was no one up there either. Quickly he walked up stuck the pistol in his belt, and took hold of the helm.

"Sergeant," He called out seeing Fiona struggling to stand upright. Fiona turned and looked at him. "Go below and get them up!"

Fi nodded and made her way to the stairs. She wasn't liking this at all.

"Hello?" She called as she began to walk down the steps. "Gibbs? Anyone?" She asked as she got to the first landing and peered down. It was silent except for the creaking of the ship.

Deciding they were just ignoring her she hurried down the rest of the stairs to find no one. "Hello?" She yelled and a chill went down her spine.

Standing there for a few seconds gave her enough reason that no one was there so she raced back up the steps.

"No ones down there!" She cried to Jack as she emerged from the stairs and pushed against the wind to get to the stairs that led to the helm.

"What?" Jack yelled thinking she was playing some joke.

"THEY'RE NOT DOWN THERE!" She screamed up at him. She normally didn't show her panic, but she had no clue about ships, and a missing crew didn't sit well with her.

Jack frowned but yelled at her. "Set campus and raise the sails!"

"How the hell do I do that?" She asked gripping onto the railing.

'Wonderful,' Jack thought to himself.

"Never mind, you take over here and I'll do it," He told her and Fiona hesitantly took over.

"What do I do?" She asked before he turned.

"Just hold onto it and don't let it move," He said quickly before turning from her. This was ridiculous.

"Well I'm sorry if I've never been on a 17th century pirate ship before!" She yelled after him.

"Apology accepted!" He yelled back rushing down the stairs.

Fiona shook her head and focused all her attention to trying to keep the wheel as steady as possible.

"Stupid wench doesn't even know how to take the helm," He muttered to himself as he ran down the stairs. "Just my luck, strange woman shows up on my ship and my crew sleeps during storms."

However, racing down the stairs to the crew's quarters he found that there really was no one there.

"Gods!" He cried slamming his fist on the doorframe.

"Okay Fi, just calm down." Fiona said trying to get her mind out of its pessimistic mood. "You can do this, I think." She tried to assure herself that everything was alright but it was no use. A missing crew on a stormy night didn't sit well with her at all.