The Fear of Return
Chapter one: What do you fear the most?
Jack Sparrow raced through the stone, torch lit hallways in the elegant British castle that he was robbing. In his arms, was a tiny treasure chest. He had been looking for it and was eager to use its contents.
The shouts of the guards that were chasing him rang out through the castle. He ducked frantically as he heard a gun shot.
"Ah!" he shouted. When he realized that he was not dead, he continued running for his life. He turned down another corridor and his arm knocked over a torch that was on the wall. He sniffed the air.
"Is something burning?" he thought out loud.
"Wait….Ah!" he ran around in circles trying to extinguish the fire that was alight on his hair. Eventually he put it out. He had no time to mourn over the loss of one of his dreadlocks, for the guards were nearing.
Suddenly, he stopped.
"Hey! Rum!" he exclaimed with a smile on his face as he bent down to pick up a bottle. Then, behind him, came the guards.
"Oh bugger." He said as he ran to the other end of the corridor and turned down the hallway, with the guards tailing him. "Oh…" he said in a surprised tone. It was a dead end. There was a promontory over the raging sea, a balcony, a cliff, whatever else you want to call it.
But what was that in the sea…right there…is that a ship with black sails?! Jack smiled to himself…his plan was working.
"It seems like we captured the legendary pirate captain, Jack Sparrow." Said the guard captain.
"Not exactly." Replied Jack. He pointed his gun into the air and fired three bullets. Seconds passed. Nothing.
"Are you about finished?" asked the guards.
"One moment please." Said Jack as he walked to the ledge. He took out his telescope and examined his crew. They were in a Rum induced trance. He walked back over to the guard.
"It would appear that my crew and cannon operators are in a drunken haze."
BOOM!
A cannonball crashed into half of the guards.
"I guess they woke up!" said Jack as he hopped onto the ledge.
"Remember this day as the day, you, almost caught, capt-"
BOOM!
CRACK
Another ball had crashed into part of the ledge that jack was standing on. He screamed as he fell into the water.
On the deck of the Black Pearl, and after the punishment for the second cannon shot, Jack showed the crew the treasure. He opened the chest to reveal…………….a compass. A black compass…that doesn't point North.
"What does it do?" questioned Mr. Gibbs.
"Mr. Gibbs, what is it that you are most afraid of?"