Owning Up to the Truth [Zach & Jack]
Jack left Dylan to do whatever the shifter was going to do. He figured it had something to do with Misty and Nibs, but he chose to address that later as his focus was on other things. It wasnât hard to find Zach. After stopping by the ship he learned a couple of things and headed to the castle where Zach was training. âI see Nibs hasnât worked on security here.â He said getting Zachâs attention.
Zach heard a familiar voice and he turned around to see Jack. âJackâŠâ He could feel his body carrying him to the other. Zach hugged Jack before punching him. âThe fuck is wrong with you, you went and got yourself killed before I could get the chance to tell you officially that I wanted to be with Hope. That was such a complicated situation...I wanted to tell you about all of it and you fucking got yourself killed you asshole. You fucking left me and you promised you wouldnât do something stupid to get yourself killed!â
Jack caught Zachâs hand before he could get punch and dropped it as he listened to the otherâs words. âYeah you seem so mad at me being killed. Protecting the royal family instead of avenging my death, your sadness is so apparent.â He replied rolling his eyes. âYou wanted to be with Hope? Or that you were with her because those are two different things. Wanting mean you donât have, and we both know thatâs not true.â
âYeah let me just sign my own death warrant and go after the royal family, yeah no thanks I like to be alive. When you asked me if I loved her I said no. The reason for that was because she was between two people. She loved me and another person. If she chose the other person there would be no reason in telling you I love her because I would be forgetting about her and she wouldnât be relevant anymore. I wanted to make sure that she chose me before I threw anything on the line for her. I wasnât going to risk getting myself thrown off the ship if she didnât end up choosing me. You were busy with your quest at getting yourself killed because of Nibs and Misty and I wasnât going to bother you with such petty drama when it was unnecessary to tell you if it was for nothing.â
âSo then you lied? I didnât ask you about the details, I asked you if you loved her, simple yes or no, and you chose no. So you lied so I donât think you have any right to act like you missed me. Just because you want to live doesnât mean you had to join their guard or stay with their daughter now does it? But you have picked your side of things and I do have to say I really hope that girl is worth it because you have changed sides and we pirates...well we donât appreciate being lied to and betrayed.â
âOh please, everyone else on that ship hated me. You were the only person I had at that ship. I have a son now so yeah I wasnât going to just leave him behind. My father might have walked out on me but I am not doing that to my son. Hope and I got into a huge fight when I found out you were killed and we almost broke up. I never felt like I fit in with the pirates and when you died...that connection I felt to them disappeared. Not everything is as simple as you say. There are always external factors that influence someoneâs thoughts. So yeah I lied but in the end I proved my loyalty by handing her over to you regardless of if I loved her or not. And if you think about it, you lied too. You told me you were going to kill Misty and you didnât do that now did you. So I guess that means that you betrayed the pirates by not upholding your promise either regardless of if you were killed or not. So donât be trying to teach me a lesson about lying when you did the same fucking thing. You said one thing and did another. I said one thing and did another. So I guess that makes us even then now doesnât it?â
âYou didnât hand her over willingly, I wonder Zach if she hadnât venomized you would you have stopped me from hurting her or just let me do what I wanted? When you figure that out we can talk about if you were actually loyal or not.â He replied. âBoo hoo no one liked on the ship. No one likes anyone on that fucking ship so what makes you special. I should have let Hook kill you when he wanted that would have been less trouble. And letâs not confuse what I did and compare it to you. I tortured Misty, made her life a living hell. I asked you to get Hope and what did you do? You fucked her and fell in love with her. Did that help my plan? No. It did nothing for me and then when I finally get around to asking you to bring her to me you need her to venomize you? Really Zach. You didnât prove shit to me except that you are a pussy.â
âI would have still handed her over, I wouldnât have been happy about it but I would have. I wouldnât have stopped you, she wouldnât have been my concern anymore. Yeah I guess you should have let Hook kill me then. You asked me to get Hope and I brought you Hope, seems pretty straightforward to me. I didnât need her to, she understood what I was doing and she wasnât going to hold it against me. Unlike you, I didnât throw her overboard when you asked me to bring her to you. Unlike you, I actually carried through with the plan and didnât let her go because I felt bad or because I loved her. So if anyone was the pussy, it was you. I still did what was asked of me, regardless of how I got it done.â
Jack just smiled. âI have been called that before so unlike you I wonât throw a fit about it. Look I get it. No one wanted you except her when I left. Great. You went to the first person to open their arms to you and I guess I canât blame you for that. But I am sure your princess doesnât know that you would have handed her over with no feelings because, as you put it, she wasnât your concern. Allison was my concern. I actually cared. I actually would have felt something but you, no you are different. You would have felt nothing and let me just beat and break her down because she wasnât your concern. You are a cold one Zach.â He laughed. âBut itâs okay. I think I would be doing her whole family, or should I say my family since I am the grandfather, a big favor by getting rid of you. And I donât plan on going anywhere so you know that my full attention will be on you, just like you wanted. So every time you are out with your son, Iâll see you. I will be there. Every time Hope is with you, Iâll be there too. You see the problem is Zach that once you lie and deliberately go out of your way to hide something, regardless if you were going to tell before I died, you didnât. You had every opportunity too. Dylan told me shit that annoyed me. He might not always give me the truth but heâs able to own up to it when he needs to. Allison told me shit that I never wanted to hear but she did and we handled it. You waited until some girl chose who she loved to finally get enough of a backbone to come to me and tell me. And you were living with her. You had her in that room under your room and never even told me. I thought she was locked up the whole time and she wasnât. God Zach I am going to enjoy teaching you a lesson.â
âLook I donât know what you want from me. Either way, no matter what I say I lose. If I say I would have been loyal and handed her over you would say I am some cruel person yet if I were to tell you that I defended her and wouldnât give her to you, you would say I am spineless and that I donât care about loyalty. I had to prepare her for the beatings that you were going to give her because you know what, that wouldnât have been as bad as if you knew I loved her because you would have just told me to kill her anyway. So you know what I change my mind. I wouldnât hand her over, not to the likes of you. Actually no, I didnât have every opportunity because you couldnât keep your pet dog on a leash I ended up having to help the royal family because they couldnât fucking remember each other. I learned I was going to have a son and I had to figure out what the fuck I was going to do. So sorry but my whole life doesnât revolve around you anymore. My life revolves around Hope and yes I have done some pretty fucked up things but I am going to spend the rest of my life making it up to Hope for all the shit you caused her and I donât care about what you have to say about it because I love her and that isnât going to change.â
âFair enough. You do know about the family curse though right? Three miscarriages, happened to Allison, Misty was one off, and obviously Hope gave birth but I wonder what would happen if your precious son was to go missing. You might want to keep an eye on him Zach. It was really nice talking to you though. Maybe weâll get to do it again. Very soon.â
âYeah I highly doubt you would hurt your own grandson. I donât care about the family curse. Each miscarriage was caused by something else so itâs not a matter of a curse itâs a matter of circumstances surround the miscarriages but I wouldnât expect you to know that. What is it you really want from me Jack? Tell me because with you I know there is always a price to get out of your stupid games.â
âI let Dylan rape my daughter. You are nothing compared to my actual family so why would you think I would stop from killing your son when I let my own daughter be put through worse?â He laughed. âYou arenât stupid Zach. Figure it out yourself, I have other shit to do.â
Listening to Jackâs words, Zach left the castle and went to find Hope before Jack could. âWell that sounds like one of your stupid games for Dylan to prove his loyalty right? I want to hear you say it Jack. What is it you want me to do so that we can put this stupid past behind us already.â
âBreak up with her Zach and make it hurt. When thatâs done come find me. Goodbye Zach.â
