It's here! It's finally here! I'm so excited to be getting back to this, you have no idea! I have no life- this story is my excitement...sad, yes? Anywho, here is my Sequel to The Legend of 'Captain' Jack Sparrow. If you have not done so, go back to the original story, and read the rewrites, okay? You will better understand the story. Though I'll tell you that the rewrites aren't too important. But, they are a difference. Ah, and...I completely rewrote my first few chapters of this story. I think the idea is much better than what I've actually written, so I'll warn you that all I have is an idea. It is being written as we go. Up to a point. :::end of useless rambling:::
Here she is...O Captain, MY Captain. Please, enjoy...
"Jack!" I yelled up to the helm, struggling to hear my own voice through the storm. "Can she make it through this?" The ever-sounding creaks and groans of the ship were far past worrying me.
"She's the Black Pearl!" He yelled back. "She can make it through anything!" A smile was plastered to his face. Even after a year of having her back, the thrill of standing at the helm of the Black Pearl never wore off of him. I turned my attention toward the sails on the main mast.
"Cut that sail away!" I yelled to a a random sailor on deck. He nodded and scrambled aloft. If it wasn't cut away soon, it would be pulled away by the wind. And the mast would be pulled down with it. I watched the grey sail twisting away with the wind into the icy blackness of the sea.
"Bloody hurricane." I muttered to myself. I ran toward the starboard rail to strap down a rolling barrel. Suddenly, I felt light headed and slid down on deck. My stomach flipped and I almost threw up. 'What's happening?' I thought. 'Sea sickness? I couldn't possibly get sea sick now, could I? After all these years on a ship?' I stood up and regained myself. I felt fine. I shook myself off and lashed down the heavy barrel. Tossing an empty, broken crate into the water, I begrudged Lola and Annamaria. 'They just had to go visit family, didn't they. Can't suffer with us.' And just as quickly as the thoughts came in my head, the winds stopped, and the rain ceased.
"Is it over?" I asked out loud to no one in particular.
"No, Selesta." Jack walked up to me. "It's the eye of the storm. Give it twenty minutes, it'll be back again."
"Great." I groaned.
"Hurry to work!" He yelled to the crew. "We have less than a half an hour to get the Pearl more fit to ride this out! Hurry!"
"Never sail toward a storm again, Jack." I said later that night after the storm had passed. He simply nodded. After the storm was over, we all assesed the damage. It was pretty bad. In other words, Tortuga, here we come!
"Comming back to my cabin?" Jack asked as we walked from the deck.
"No, I'm tired." I said. "I'm going straight to mine."
"Tell me goodnight now then." He said, smiling. He pulled me into his arms and kissed me deeply. Oh, yeah- I loved this life so much more than my old life in Port Royal!
"Goodnight." I whispered. He pulled me back into another kiss. But then...I quickly pulled away and ran toward the deck. 'I need a rail!' I thought. I timed it just right, and gave the sea a little gift from my stomach.
"Ouch." Jack said behind me. "Am I really that bad of a kisser?"