Chapter 31

In Death or Life

"Hey who are you?" A voice asked. He looked up to see a child looking down at him; she couldn't be more than ten.

"What?" He croaked his voice sore from salt water.

"Who are you?" The little girl asked again. He lay in the sand for a moment thinking, but he couldn't find a name.

"I-I'm not sure," he said.

"Jessica what are you doing child, get away from him," a woman cried, running down the beach.

"Momma, momma!" The little girl, Jessica, ran down the beach to her mother leaving the man lying alone in the warm sand. "He doesn't know who he is momma."

"Amnesia?" The woman asked, looking down at him. "You don't know who you are you say?" She asked, kneeling beside him. The man thought carefully, trying hard to remember something but nothing was coming.

"I can't remember anything," he said as he tried to sit up. He looked at her carefully. She had long blond hair and pale skin. Her eyes drew him however, they were dark brown, almost black. Her eyes reminded him of something, but he couldn't remember what. She was beautiful, he felt a shot of guilt run through him as he thought this, though he couldn't figure out why.

"Ship wrecked?" She asked him. The thought of a ship made him perk up.

"That sounds familiar," he nodded. "A ship," he whispered, but nothing was there.

"Well I suppose you had better come with us. I can get you a doctor." The woman said helping him up. He stood and took her arm, leaning heavily on her for support. He was so tired, so weak. They hobbled down the beach like that, the woman supporting the man with no memory, and a child running excitedly around their ankles.

"Daddy, can I go over to Jamie's house to play?" Jessica asked as she ran up to her father, well step father, but he was all she had ever known and adopted him quite easily.

"Yes you may Jessie, but be back in time for supper," he called as she ran away to meet her best friend. Suddenly all he could see were a pair of black eyes as if someone was standing in front of him. "Must be seeing Paula's eyes," he mumbled, feeling that thought was wrong. He had been seeing black eyes since he woke up, everywhere he turned there they were.

"Thomas, where is Jessie going?" His wife of over a year asked, breaking him from his trance. The stark black eyes were replaced with a pair of dark brown.

"She is going to Jamie's house darling, she'll be back for dinner," he said. He walked over to her and wrapped his arms around her neck, kissing her softly. We have the house all to ourselves," he murmured in her ear. Catharine was used to her husband's sexual appetites by now.

It had been over three years since her daughter found him washed ashore. They had brought him to Doctor Shultz who declared his memory would more than likely never return, but he couldn't be certain. He had stayed with them from then on, damn what the people of Port Charles said, they had already spoken ill of her for having a daughter out of wedlock anyway. He had courted her, befriended her daughter, and after two years asked her for her hand. He had seemed hesitant about it though.

After their first night together she had seen the scars and tattoos, she knew who it was she bedded. She never told him though. The world thought Captain Jack Sparrow dead and that was how she aimed to keep it. He was hers now, and no one would ever take him from her.

"Paula?" Thomas asked, poking her slightly. "Where did you go?"

"Just lost in thought darling," she said with a smile. One of the few things she had taught him since he washed ashore was how to speak, along with how to act in polite society.

"Well come to bed," he urged, pulling her up the stairs. She followed him willingly wanting him to make her forget his past.

Saihrena stood at the helm of the Black Pearl steering her into harbor at Tortuga. It had been a very fruitful two months at sea and her men needed rest and time to party.

"Ana gather the crew on deck before they take their leave," she shouted. "Drop anchor ye dirty swabs." She smirked as they ran to do her bidding. After Jack died the crew named Gibbs Captain of the Pearl, he was first mate after all. Gibbs in turn named her first mate.

She spent two years learning the ship, how to steer her, her riggings, how to tie knots, shoot, and sword fight. She could do everything that needed doing on a pirate ship now. She could even throw and use knives, an axe, and she was even learning a weapon they had picked up on their trip across the world from a place called China, Kamas. They are two long sticks, about two feet long, with curved blades on the end of them. She had become quite proficient in them. After Gibbs had been killed on a routine raid the crew had named her Captain. She had been leading them to victory ever since.

"Crew's assembled Cap'n," Ana said.

"Thanks Ana," she mumbled coming down from her perch at the helm. She walked into the middle of the conglomeration of pirates and shouted for attention, it was given quickly. "Alright, taking watch will be me, Jonny, Gabby, Jake, Rick, and Ana. The rest o ye mangy cad's be back tomorrow night at this time, savvy?" She had adopted Jack's lingo after he died, feeling it fit her better.

Everyone filed off the ship except her watch. "What now Cap'n? Jake asked, coming up behind her.

"Now, Ana, Gabby, and Jonny will take first watch. Rick, Jake and I will get some rest. Wake us at the midnight watch," she ordered and left to her cabin. "Jake I want to see ye in me cabin." She smirked as he walked in and she slammed the door behind him.

"Yes Captain?" He asked quietly. He had just enough time to brace himself before she pinned him against the wall and began kissing him. His clothes were ripped from his body before the kiss had even ended.

(Okay I'm skipping the other sex scenes just because I know I'm not really into anyone having sex unless it's Jack and Rena and I don't think you guys will be too keen on the idea either. If you want to see both sex scenes, or either or email me or put it in your review and I'll add it in. Anyways BACK TO THE STORY!)

Saihrena watched Jake sleep, lightly running her fingers through his hair. She did care for him, more than she had ever cared for anyone besides Jack. After Jack had died she became cold and dead to the world. She never wanted to see anyone, and she certainly didn't want to have sex ever again.

Then Jake came aboard. He reminded her of Jack in so many ways. He was funny, loved rum, was in love with the sea, the Pearl, and as she had soon found out the ship's first mate herself. He had pursued her incessantly. The crew thought him insane, especially the after the first time she threatened his life. She had threatened him more times than she could count before he found her one day crying.

She was alone on the Pearl, or so she thought, sitting him her room balling over Jack and Gibbs just after Gibbs had died and she had been voted Captain. Her barriers were down and she told him everything she had gone through since her father had died, to Gibbs. Ever since then they had been lovers, and while she didn't love him, she cared for him deeply. She sighed and laid her head on his chest, she was soon asleep.

Okay don't kill me for this, at least he's alive, right? Right? Okay I know you all hate me for what I did, but worry not! These things can be corrected! And I have some good news and bad news for you, good first. In the next chapter they see each other! Now the bad news, I want everyone who reads this to review before I put up the next chapter. I'm at 197 now; I want to get to 215. Let's say... 17 reviews? Can you do it? It's not too much! Hey if nothing else sign out and give an anonymous review too. Hehe, no, probably not, but 17's what I want and I'm sticking too it. Also like I said above if you want the sex scenes tell me and I'll throw them in. If you don't want the sex scene don't tell me anything because it won't impact you if I add it anyway Ok, please review, I want 17! And thank you all for your reviews, even the murderous ones.