Chapter Three
Jack stared intently in the girl, still fast asleep in his nice warm bed. He smiled devilishly, planting his foot firmly on her rear and gave her one good shove. She yelped rolling off the side of the bed, bewildered and groggy. She slowly peeked over the bed, staring at Jack.
"And just who might you be love?--" He took a swaying step towards her, but stopped when she moved away quickly. " No need to be frightened love. Ol'Jack won't hurt ya." he slowly inched towards her. "Just a little closer now--" He smiled reaching out. When she was with in his reach, he made a quick grab for her, but she swiftly bolted over the bed. "Ah--" he laughed, "You're a quick lass, I'll give you that---Perhaps we can sit down and talk, Savvy?" he grinned walking towards her in a friendly manner, perhaps a little too friendly.
She backed away thumping against the desk. As Jack got closer she reached back grabbing for anything to protect herself with. Her fingers brushed over the knife she had noticed earlier. She quickly grabbed it, holding pointed to his face, causing him to stop dead in his tracks, "Apparently you're not very savvy with that idea at all…" he starred down the blade of the knife, backing away slowly.
"Governor, the pirates have fled port! We're left with seven dead, and several more wounded. Your orders sir?" a young soldier stood at the ready to receive orders. "Have your men ready a ship.." The governor stared out his now shattered bedroom window. "A ship sir?" The governor suddenly slammed his fist against the window seal. "Did I stutter?! Yes a ship. We're going after them!" he snarled. The youth winced away slightly, "B-But why sir?"
"They've taken something important--" he turned away again, leaving the youth clueless, "Aye sir." he bowed stiffly, then left the room. "Arjuna, you will regret this. When I find you--you will be quite sorry." he muttered under his breath watching a few gulls fly towards the open waters.
"I don't suppose you have a name lass?" Jack still kept his eyes on her, watching her every movement, especially with that knife she still held towards him. "A-Arjuna.." She spoke quietly. "Ah! You can speak, wonderful. Now we're getting somewhere." he flashed a cheeky smile. "So, miss Arjuna. How did you get on my ship?"
"I-I climbed sir." she cast her gaze to the floor. "You climbed?--From where?" She kept her eyes to the floor, but slowly pointed it the open window. Jack quickly staggered to the window, poking his head out, noticing no ropes. He pulled himself back through, "No ropes.." he pointed out, "How did you climb, if there are no ropes?" Hesitantly she held up her hands, "I climbed." she said once more.
Jack noticed how her fingers were cut up and bleeding. "You climbed, with your fingers?" even he had to admit, he was in awe of this feat. "Aye sir." She slowly curled her fingers into her palms, wincing. Now that the realization of her injuries had caught up with her, every one of them began to hurt.
"Well I have to admit, I'm flattered. You braved the icy sea, and climbed up me ship, just to see dear ol' Jack." he flashed her a cocky smile. She shot him a sour glare. "You think so highly of yourself?" Jack just grinned even bigger. "Of course, I'm Captain Jack Sparrow. And---" he took a step towards her, yet still kept an eye on the knife. " You might think highly of me as well, if you allow yourself to be seduced by my devilish charm and good looks, savvy?"
"I'm not like that." she backed away, keeping the knife between her and him. "Why not?" he pouted. "I may have been a servant sir, but I still have my dignity." she growled. "Ah-I see!" he casually staggered across the room, keeping a reasonable distance between his gut and her knife. He reached across the table, grabbing an apple. "You know, you're either very brave, or quite stupid--" he took a bit. "I mean escaping slavery is one thing, but escaping slavery by sneaking aboard a pirate ship is another."
"I had no choice--" She snapped "If I had stayed ---" her voice trailed off. Jack watched her a moment, studying the emotion in her eyes. He looked down at the half eaten apple, and with out a second through, he flung it with all his might. It slammed into the knife burying itself deep to the hilt. Arjuna starred at the apple in shock. "What?!--" she looked up just in time to see Jack as he pounced on her.
Arjuna let out a sharp yelp as they both hit the ground. Jack worked quickly, pinning her arms and legs down. His knee brushed over her wounded shoulder, making her cry out. "Gibbs!!!" he yelled over his shoulder, "Gibbs get in here man!!!!" he struggled to keep her squirming form still. Not a moment too soon, Gibbs burst through the door. "Captain?! Ye be shout' in up a storm!"
"Gibbs, we have ourselves a stowaway." Jack grunted. "Aye sir?" Gibbs was a bit perplexed as to how she got passed the men on the gangplank. Arjuna managed to wiggle one of her arms free. "Let me go!" she yelled planting her hand in Jacks face, she pushed hard, squishing Jack's face. "Shtop dat!" he grunted, biting her hand. She yelped pulling her hand to her, shooting him a horrified look. "I bite." he warned.
"Gibbs, take her down to the brig!" he ordered. "Aye, but---" Gibbs fidgeted slightly. Jack sighed, "But what?" he glared. "Well, she bites.." Gibbs looked at her. "Well…then bite her back." Jack smiled.
"So much for my grand escape." Arjuna muttered under her breath. The brig was worse than the underside of a ship, cold, smelly and wet, She was trying her hardest to ignore the filth around her, including the few other prisoners who stared at her like they had never seen a girl before. "S-Stop staring!" she shot turning away from the bars. She winced when her raw hips rubbed against the rough wood of the bench, it made her want to cry so badly. The pain in her shoulder was unbearable, her fingers were swollen now, and her hips were in bad shape. There was nothing she could do to relive the pain, except sleep. She closed her eyes and begged for it.
A few hours passed and still she could not sleep, the pain still gnawed at her every nerve. "This is hell--"she whimpered. The sound of the door opening made her jump slightly. In walked Jack Sparrow in his drunken manner, a bag in hand and a bottle of something. He walked down the row, and stopped in front of her cell. "No biting, Savvy?" he held up the bag and bottle. Arjuna stared at him, but then nodded, still not quite sure of what he wanted, but she knew she didn't have the strength to fight him.
"Right." he fiddled with the keys for a moment then opened the door, slowly just to make sure she didn't bolt out. He quickly closed the door behind him. "Now--you be good." he warned slowly sitting down next to her. "Give me your hands." he reached out, she pulled away. "What are you going to do?"
Jack opened the bag pulling out some bandages, and held up the bottle sloshing it slightly. "For your wounds lass." He nodded towards her. She hesitantly held out her hands. He took then, holding them up, examining the wounds. "Hmmm." he ran his fingers over hers, she winced. "That hurts." she breathed. "They're in bad shape." he mumbled plucking a splinter of wood from her ring finger. "Y-You're not going to cut them off?! Are you?" The sheer look of terror on her face made Jack laugh.
"I think I can save'em." he smiled. His smile made her blush, she had no idea why. She turned her head away as he worked diligently on her fingers. He plucked all the splinters out, then held onto her wrist tightly, she gave him a questioning look. "This part is gunna hurt." he uncorked the bottle with his teeth. When he had a good hold on her, he poured the liquid on her fingers. Like he said it stung something terrible. "Ah!" she winced trying to pull her hand away, she pressed her forehead to his shoulder, holding back the tears.
Jack held her fingers to his mouth, blowing on them, to ease the pain. "There--" he smiled, "Worst part is over." He began wrapping the bandages around them. Arjuna stared at him while he did this, wondering why he, a pirate bound by no rules, was doing such a kind act. Jack finished with her fingers gently letting her hands go, "Now, let's see that shoulder." he reached out. His sudden movement caught her off guard, she yelped scooting away, and fell right off the bench into the cold stagnant water.
"Brilliant." he looked down at her. She huffed, glaring at him. "You scared me." she stood slowly, in pain. "Well come on! I don't have all day, let me see that shoulder." She nodded, and carefully untied the front of her dress. With out exposing more that was what necessary to him, she shrugged the material off her shoulder. Even Jack winced when he saw the damage. A rather large piece of wood had embedded itself deep in her shoulder. "How did you manage that?" he pondered.
"I guess when I was running. I was knocked down by a cannon that hit right behind me." Jack studied it carefully. "Ah---What's that?!" he suddenly stood pointing to a corner of the room. Arjuna turned staring, trying to find what he was pointing to. "I don't see any thi-aaaaaaaah!" she suddenly felt a ripping pain in her shoulder, she fell clutching onto it, the wood was gone. She gasped for air, "W-WHAT WAS THAT FOR?!" she scream. Jack just smiled holding out the bloody piece of wood. "Got it." he dropped it, and helped her to her feet.
She thumped against him heavily, her breathing slightly ragged. "That was low." she growled. "But it worked, didn't it?" he smiled pushing her back down to the bench. "Bloody bustard." Jack ignored her insult and cleaned her shoulder. "Now lift yer dress." he stood. "W-What?!" she snapped. "Yer hips, they're all scrapped up I assume from the blood you left on me window."
"A-Aye." she blushed. "Well then, let me see 'em." he grabbed her skirt hoisting it up abruptly. She let out a squawk trying to push them back down. "Oh keep still!" Jack grunted. "No!" she blushed a deep crimson red. "Stop it!" he finally yanked her skirt over her head to keep her occupied at the moment and began cleaning the wounds on her hips. Some how through all the wiggling and such he was able to bandage her hips. "There!" he let her go.
Arjuna quickly pushed her skirt down blushing profusely. "You pig!" Jack suddenly felt the familiar stinging sensation spread over his cheek. "I seriously didn't deserve that one." he winced. "Well forgive me for trying to help!" he shot, grabbing up his supplies. "Leave me alone! I never asked you for your help!" she cried, the embarrassment too much to handle now. "Well forgive me!" he snapped sarcastically. With that, Jack left the brig, leaving her to sort out her emotions alone……