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"No More Fairytale Pirates"
CHAPTER THREE: The True Demon
Jack looked outside and it was dark. A lot of time had passed since they first met. He smiled a little and rubbed Melody's back some more. She was still crying. He could understand why... having to marry the man she hated. "Come on... you could use some rest."
She nodded as she looked at him. Her eyes were red from tears and dark circles had formed under her eyes from her lack of sleep. Three days she had gone without rest.
"Here, you can sleep in my room." Jack got up, letting his bird off his shoulder back onto the back of his chair. He walked over to the wall and kicked it. A bed folded out. Blankets and pillows squished up. "It ain't much..." He laughed a bit and started fluffing the pillows.
Melody smiled at him. "And where are you going to sleep?"
"I don't sleep much anymore. It's been three weeks since the last time I slept." He smirked and began fluffing the sheets.
She looked at him shocked. "Oh come on! Now you need some sleep too!" She scolded.
"When you're dead... sleep is the last thing on your mind." He saw some light come in from outside through the window- the moon. He backed off a bit and left the bed as it was. "Here... get some rest."
Melody sighed and laid down pulling him down on her. "Please?" She yanked on the sleeve of his shirt.
Jack sighed and nodded. "Fine. I'll lay here... but don't expect me to sleep." With a smile he moved off of her and laid next to her. He smirked at her. He stared into her eyes.
Melody rolled her eyes. "Well, I'm gonna sleep. I'm bushed..." She yawned, turning over looking out the window. She looked across the black water.
"Well then, go ahead." He shut his eyes and sighed, folding his arm over her.
She nodded and turned around to him. "I'll see you in the morning then?"
"Possibly. I might be outside, but yeah, you'll see me." He opened one of his golden eyes to look at her.
Melody smiled. She leaned forward and kissed his lips gently. "Goodnight."
He smiled as well and kissed her back. "Good night..." He whispered as his eye shut.
SCENE SKIP: MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT
Melody was awoken by a dream. Her eyes opened and she was wrapped securely in Jack's arms. He was still asleep. She sat up on her elbows looking outside... but something didn't seem right. She looked questioned, crawled over Jack, and slowly got out of the creaky bed, trying not to make a sound. She stood on the floor, and walked up to the deck. She opened the door that led outside, went outside and closed it behind herself. It was breezier outside than before. She walked to the front end of his ship. "What the hell? The air is... thick..." She whispered. For a good five minutes, she stood there staring at the ocean's waves. After a while, nothing out here was of interest to her. She sighed ans turned to go back inside. A scream escaped her lips as she met a pair of glowing yellow eyes.
Jack woke up instantly hearing the scream. "What the devil!" He nearly yelled waking up. He shook off his sleepiness and grabbed his pistol which he had put on the table earlier, and ran to the deck. There he found Melody. "What the hell's going on here!"
Melody was being held by her arms from behind her by a man. She couldn't see his face because it was shrouded by a hood. She struggled against his grip as a knife came to her throat from another man standing next to her. "Now... Melody the Angel of Death... I've caught you. This is going to be fun torturing you when you can't do a thing." The man holding her arms whispered in her ear with an evil voice which sent a chill down her spine. Another man appeared, turning her around and ripping down the back of her shirt, and taking out a whip. He raised the whip above his head and started slashing her across her back. She screamed a cry of pain as he hit her again and again.
Jack looked around shocked and a bit confused. "What the hell are you idiots doing on my ship!" He yelled. He looked at the man with the whip and pointed his gun at him. "Trust me... don't do that. Now someone explain!" He looked at the man with the knife.
The man with the whip continued to beat the helpless Melody. Her cries of pain began to hurt Jack's ears. He hated the sound... and he hated the sight of her getting hurt so badly. She screamed louder as she was whipped more. Crimson blood began to run down her back. Her legs couldn't hold her, and she fell free from the men beating her. She fell to her hands and knees coughing up blood.
"HEY!" Jack screamed, firing his pistol at the man with the whip. He hit the man square between the eyes with that shot. He tossed his pistol to the side shoving his way to Melody's side, kneeling next to her.
"Dammit..." She whispered, coughing up more blood. What the hell was going on?
Jack wanted so badly to wrap his arms around her, but didn't. He'd cause her more pain then she was already in. "Explain yourselves- NOW!" He looked at the men standing around them.
The men smirked and all drew their pistols. (There's about 40 of them...)
"Jack... get out of here..." Melody managed to whisper. Her head hung low.
The stench of Melody's blood got to him. His face cringed painfully just looking at the whip gashes on her back. "Don't think so." Jack whispered. "I'm giving you guys one last chance- EXPLAIN YOURSELVES!" He demanded as he stood up and stared down the men. Lucky for him, he was immortal... he really couldn't say the same for her though.
They shot all at once.
Melody's eyes went wide as 3 bullets hit her directly in her chest. For that moment time stood still. Her entire life flashed before her eyes. Time went back to it's normal pace, and she fell to the deck, bleeding.
The ones ripped through Jack's body, but nothing happened. They just ripped through his clothes, nothing else. "MELODY!" He turned and fell to his knees on the deck next to her. He grabbed her by her waist.
Her eyes stared into his. A tear dripped down her face. She knew something like this would happen. She slowly reached her hand to his face and gave a weak smile. She couldn't let her eyes close... not yet.
His anger started to grow. He wanted answers, but he knew he probably wouldn't get them. "God..." He reached out his hand and touched her cheek. A tear slowly fell from his eye and onto the cold wooden deck.
"I'm... so sorry Jack... this was... my fault..." She whispered. Tears fell from her eyes down her face and mixed with her blood. She wanted to pull him down and kiss him one last time.
"No, no... it's not yours, it's mine." Jack whispered. He leaned down and kissed her lips, a gentle kiss. He whimpered a bit as another tear fell from his eyes.
The pain got worse in her chest so that she could barely breathe. "Don't blame yourself... please." Melody whispered, trying to get everything out of their last kiss. "I... love you, Jack..." Her eyes shut.
"I love you too, Melody." He said between sobs. He kissed her again and sighed painfully. He didn't care if the men around them were watching, he wanted them to... he wanted them to see what they destroyed.
Her heartbeat slowed to a stop... but it began to beat again. It could be heard by all the men. They trembled in a bit of fear as a sickening dark aura filled the air around Melody.
"That's it... I can't stand it." Her once faint whispers turned into angry growls. Her eyes shot open, but they weren't their regular blue... they were crimson red, lusting for blood... almost demonic.
Jack looked down at her again. "Mel?" He whispered. Tears had finally stopped falling from his eyes.
Melody slowly stood.
The men looked shocked dropping their pistols.
"How DARE you!" She screamed. She took her two pistols from her belt and shot in every direction, hitting the men one by one. Within less than a minute all the men had been shot and killed. Blood spattered on the deck and on her face. Her eyes went back to normal, and she collapsed with exhaustion.
Jack shuddered as he stood up and looked around at all the dead bodies. "Holy..." He couldn't believe it, but it was right there before his very eyes. The blood spattered on him, but he was used to it. He looked down at Melody and quickly scooped her up, carrying her into his room. He kicked open his door
Melody's eyes opened a bit to see Jack carrying her. "Jack..." She whispered, out of breath.
He kicked open his door. "Don't worry. You'll be fine..." He looked down at her with a soft smile. "I've never seen anything like that before..." He whispered laying her down on his bed.
She smiled. "There's a reason why the call me Melody the Angel of Death, you know." She managed to laugh a bit.
He laughed a bit as well but then went back to his serious self. "Did the bullets go through?" If not, he had a way to get them out... but she wouldn't like it too well.
She nodded. "I'm afraid so..." She had no idea how she was living like this. "Don't forget about the whip gashes on my back."
"I haven't..." Jack quickly reached to the left side of his bed and grabbed a small box. It was filled with bandages and various medications. "Did any of them get your lungs? Anything bleeding inside that shouldn't be?" He hated to admit it, but he was a doctor.
"No." Melody answered watching him. She sighed. "Jack..."
"Yeah, Mel?" He said grabbing a bandage wrap and a vial of something.
"Thank you... for staying with me." She whispered smiling at him.
"Hey, no problem." He sat her up slowly and wrapped up her back in medicated bandages. It would sting for a while, but it would heal faster.
She sighed as he did so. "I owe you so much."
"You don't owe me anything." Jack said laying her back down. He didn't even give a second thought when he ripped the rest of her shirt off. He sighed and pressed his fingers around the three holes in her chest, seeing if they would gush blood. If they did, he'd have a problem. But luckily, they didn't.
Melody smiled and shook her head. "Of course I owe you... you've done too much."
"I've done no more or no less for you. You don't owe me a darn thing." He smiled a bit and grabbed a few more bandages, wrapping them around her wounds. By the time he was done, her whole torso was covered in bandages. An entire shirt made from them.
She sighed as she gave up. "Fine. You win."
Jack laughed a bit and nodded. "Dang straight I do, love..." He leaned down and kissed her forehead gently. "Now, you rest... it's the only way you're gonna heal." He sighed a bit and put everything back in the box.
Melody laid back down on his bed. "Why must you worry?"
Jack chuckled as he put the box back under the bed. "Because I love you..." He stood up. "Now, to take out the trash." He opened the door, the moonlight flooded his room. His body changed from flesh to old bones and torn clothes. He looked back at her and sighed. Everything on his face was gone. His eyes were still there, but the life from them was gone. He walked outside closing the door behind him.
Melody watched sadly as he went outside. She sighed as she looked up at the ceiling. "Do I... seriously love him?" She thought. She wondered what she had said before she had almost died... she was wondering if it was true. Either that, or she just said it because she thought it was the last time she would've seen him...
Jack walked over to the dead bodies on the deck and sighed. "Okay gents... I hope you enjoyed your stay." He chuckled a bit and started tossing them over board.
She looked at her hand and saw a few specks of blood on it. She moved her hand to her lips and licked the crimson blood from her hand away. "It is... just as I thought... the demon inside me... is trying to kill me..." Melody whispered. She couldn't let Jack find out anymore about her that he already knew. She couldn't let him find out about the demon...
AN: So, you like? Bit too damsel in distress? Whateva! Review please! I may not update for a while cause I'm juggling work, a script for a movie, and some new songs. So please, give me some reviews, I really love them! THANKS! I'll get chapter 4 up as soon as possible! DON'T KILL ME!
