Titania had been with the sirens for too long now. She no longer knew when days passed or came. The woman would just sit on the eroding rock while cold sea water tickled her bare skin. Those beastly women had drowned her crew and let her ship rot while taking her clothes and sitting her in what she could only assume was a cave. Shiny trinkets and golden coins were piled up along the cave walls as the rock acted like a shelf on the water's surface. A tide moved the salty water so she was sure beneath was a way out… But the mermaids had taken rotting rope and bound her limbs, the splinters of its rough thread pricking at her like flimsy needles; and as if that wasn't enough when she had first awoken she had found odd cuts along her legs and a weird substance caking her feet and along her lower limbs in weird patterns. By now the substance had washed away and the cuts turned to scars.

The woman leaned back against the wall, cold damp rock pressing unevenly against her spine but she'd grown accustomed to it by now. Her dull hazel eyes scanned the water as she heard a soft splash from the far wall of the cave where the rock shelving couldn't reach. That splash often was a tail slapping the surface as it dove down through the opening that Titania assumed was at the bottom of the wall. She counted in her head the number of seconds it took the creature to surface and stare her beady eyes at the woman's frail, naked frame. Titania didn't move, no longer cowering as the siren dipped back under and swam up to the shelf. Her long, thin, boney fingers grabbed onto the rock and pulled herself up to sit on the edge. She had a single fish in her right hand, dropping it at Titania's feet and staring with her curious eyes. It had a face Titania hadn't seen before and was younger than the others who fed her. Most looked at her with malicious smiles and smirks, swimming back off to wherever they came from. At moments the pirate wondered and was curious the kinds of things they did when not throwing dead fish at her feet.

She picked up the small, flat carcass and her rough, raw fingers slid along its slick scales. Her eyes never left the young sea woman as she broke the fish in half and began to lazily pull the skin and scales away. The siren watched her hands, remaining quiet as the human now gnawed at the small amount of meat upon the fish's carcass. Spitting out bones and other nasty bits Titania looked back at the girl. She continued to stare and the woman wondered how long she would stay here.

"Safe." The girl said in a soft, bell like voice but then flung herself back into the water, splashing Titania who held up her arm.

Stupid creatures were always doing that. Just when she'd be dry they'd splash her or pull her in, just to hear her squeal. It was tortuous. She would rather be hanging on the gallows than rotting in this damp, cold cave, and without her coat!

Time moved slowly by and she had begun to drift off as the soothing sound of the water lapping against the rock became her lullaby. Her eyes grew heavy and she could feel her dreams begin to rock her in their arms. But soon as her eyes closed her body jerked awake again as a loud splash echoed from the walls. It sounded almost like a large rock had dropped from the ceiling outside. Were they closing her in?! She counted, staring into the water.

Someone… Come up… Please… She begged within her mind, her eyes darting along the water, trying to wish someone into being. "Please…" She murmured out loud in a hoarse voice.

As if her prayers were answered a shadow crawled up through the water and burst to the surface with a loud gasp. Titania blinked, shocked by what she saw. It was a man. A gasping long haired, thin man. He blinked as his mouth remained open while his lungs rejoiced from the air. He was staring straight at her, surprised. The odd man then turned to the wall and banged his fists on the rock.

"Hey!" He shouted and she realized he was English, much like herself. "I found it!" He shouted, still breathless as he shook his head to get the water and hair out of his face. Looking closer she noticed a cloth around his head and a string of beads coming from it's top.

The man looked back at her and tiredly swam over to the shelf, crawling up onto its surface causing some of the coins and trinkets to clang down into the water from his efforts. He stood up on the rock with a sigh and looked around at the treasure with greedy eyes. "So this is what they've been hiding." He grinned to himself. The woman then looked back at the water as she heard a second splash and another shadow begin to surface. The man also looked over as a second male surfaced and glanced about out of breath.

"Jack we need to hurry! The men are getting spook-" The older looking man then caught sight of Titania and blinked, looking back to the man he'd called Jack. "Who is she?"

"Dunno. Didn't ask." He said as he fiddles with an oddly shaped box.

The older man made a quiet noise of annoyance as he swam up to the shelf and climbed up. He looked at Jack, who was busy digging through the hoard of the sirens, and then to Titania. "What is yer name missy?" He asked, staring at her oddly… As if trying to figure something out about her.

She narrowed her eyes at the man. "I am Captain Titania Cox."

The older man was taken aback, somehow knowing her name. "Capn', Capn'!"

"What?!" Jack asked, turning to face the man as he hit on his back, still staring at the naked Titania. The older man pointed at her.

"That is Titania Cox… The female captain who disappeared with her crew and ship in one night!" He said, as if frightened by her.

Jack seemed unaffected. "Oh?" He walked closer to her. "Why aren't you affected by our presence and your… erm nakedness." He said as he struggled with his words.

"Scared of me?" She managed a smirk. It was a strange feeling but it made her feel somewhat normal again.

"Well you do seem to be a ghost. A beautiful creation but still a ghost." He said, slyly.

Her smirk disappeared and she narrowed her eyes. "I am not a ghost. Sirens drowned my crew when we wrecked and took me down with them and I woke up here." Titania explained in annoyance.

Jack didn't react and looked back at the man. "Mr. Gibbs! Bring her with us. We've got what we came for."

"Capn'?"

The man reached behind a pile and pulled up a black compass box. "Come come Mr. Gibbs. Don't forget the lady ghost."

"I am not a ghost!" She snapped as Jack walked around and dove back into the water.

The man he called Gibbs walked over to her. "Sorry love." He bent down and untied the ropes, picking her up over his shoulder. Titania hated being picked up and scowled but couldn't do much for protesting.

Gibbs slipped back into the water and moved over to the far wall to then dive down. Titania's legs stung from the water and as they went under, bubbles fleeing from her mouth while she whimpered. The man carried her with him under the rock and she began to squirm and he had issues keeping a hold on her. What was she doing?!

They eventually surfaced and Titania shrieked and writhed as her lower half had begun to snap and contort unnaturally. Gibbs looked with wide eyes and nearly dropped her.

"Gibbs, what are you doin'?" Jack asked with a confused expression.

"She just started screaming Capn'!"

Titania shook and cried out, her eyes squeezed shut as her lower limbs felt like they were being shattered and ripped apart.

"Bring her out of the water then!" Jack said and stepped back, the remainder of his crew with him and made way for her as well, murmurs about the naked girl going through their mouths and ears. Jack made a scowling like face, "And someone get her a cover up!"

The woman screamed as Gibbs tossed her onto the caves ground and she no longer moved her legs at will. Gibbs climbed out of the water and then stared down at her in horror with the rest of them. As she screamed and squirmed in pain her legs had sickeningly morphed and contorted to create a large fin. Scales slowly surfaced to protect the pale tender flesh and her body began to still as she whimpered and shook.

"... Well pick her up then. We can't stay here with those mermaids prowling about." Jack said, as if dismissing the recent event.

"But Capn'-"

"I said pick her up," Jack repeated and pushed through his crew as he walked to the cave's opening. They all looked back at Gibbs and gave a light shrug to then turn and follow Jack, leaving Gibbs to pick up the now unconscious and finned Titania.

(Well here are some characters you know! I really hope I am not making them OOC… I hate it when the story characters are not acting like themselves. If you notice that they seem different or anything please tell me what I've done wrong and maybe give me a way to fix it. I'd really appreciate it. Even if you like it just send me a review so I know that people like it and can continue! Thank you!)