Disclaimer: I don't own PotC (though if Disney wants to give them to me, I wouldn't object), or "Beyond The Sea" by Bobby Darin. I'm just borrowing them for my own sick purposes.
Summary: This bunny has been gnawing me in the back of the head for weeks, so I finally gave in. Commodore Norrington captures a pirate during a jailbreak, and discovers an old friend.
~~~~ ~~~~ ~~~~
Captain Jack Sparrow sat in the jail of Port Royale, calling himself seven kinds of fool. Norrington had finally caught him again, and despite the pleadings of Elizabeth Turner, he was to hang in the morning. The commodore had even apologized to Jack for doing his duty. Despite himself, Captain Sparrow understood, and felt little bitterness toward Norrington. Now he sat humming to himself, wondering if he'd be able to escape again this time.
"Psst! Jack!" Whispered a familiar voice. A form detached itself from the shadows, and Jack's face lit up. Anna Cutter, an old lover and even older friend, was always a welcome face.
"Captain Jack, luv. You should know that by now," Jack replied, a smirk on his face.
"Aye, sir. I should, but I just never seem to learn," his visitor retorted. A hand held up a ring of keys. "Want out?"
"Aye, lass. Where's the Pearl?"
"The usual place. You know the spot," Anna answered as she unlocked the barred door to his cell. Glancing at the other occupied cells, she said, "We can't leave them here."
Jack sighed as Anna unlocked the other cells and woke the prisoners. As quietly as it is possible to move with twenty people following you, Captain Sparrow and Anna Cutter made their way through the fort to the streets of Port Royal. At least, that was the plan. Halfway down the stairs, shouts rose above them.
"Damn," Anna cursed. Turning to Jack, she said, "Go. I'll hold them off. See you on the Pearl." Jack hesitated, and she gave him a rough shove. "Go, Jack! They won't hesitate to shoot you. I'll be safer." In the long moments before he nodded, the shouts and clatter of the soldiers grew nearer. Turning to face her opponents, Anna drew her sword. The first soldier didn't see her and was taken by surprise. The second and third had time to shout warning to their fellows, and sooner than she would have liked, Anna was cornered in the dark stairway, a forest of muskets trained on her heart.
Flashing a winning smile, Anna said, "Evening, gents. Shouldn't such upstanding men such as yourselves be off doing something nicer than threatening a girl with muskets?" The ring of soldiers only closed tighter, pressing the blades of their bayonets to her throat. "Apparently not," she said to herself.
~~~~ ~~~~ ~~~~
Now occupying Captain Sparrow's former cell, Anna Cutter sat against the bars and sang to herself. She was to hang in the morning.
"Somewhere, beyond the sea.... Somewhere, waiting for me, my lover stands on golden sands, and watches the ships that go sailing. Somewhere, beyond the sea, she's there watching for me."
Her voice, husky with the sea, took on a pleasant lilt and rose beyond the cell to Norrington's office through the quiet fort. Rising from his desk, Commodore Norrington stepped towards the direction of the song as though in a trance. Following the haunting melody to the stairs, he stopped to listen for a moment before quietly descending. Stopping in the shadows, he listened to a song he had not heard in years.
"If I could fly like birds on high then straight to her arms, I'd go sailing. It's far beyond the stars, it's near beyond the moon. I know beyond a doubt, my heart will lead me there soon. We'll kiss just like before, and never again I'll go sailing. Happy we'll be beyond the sea, and never again I'll go sailing." When Anna finished her ballad, Norrington stepped back towards the stairwell.
Without turning, the pirate murmured, "Nice to see you remember, James. Here I thought you'd forgotten all about me."
~~~~ ~~~~ ~~~~
Well, let me know what you think. I'm trying to keep it as non-Mary-Sue as possible, but please let me know if she starts to drift in that direction. I love reviews, so please send me some!