Title: Jack and Amanda of the Caribbean
Author: MutantNightmare
Chapter: 1/?
Fandom: Pirates of the Caribbean
Pairing: Jack/OFC (Amanda)
Warning: none as long as you have seen The Curse of The Black Pearl.
Summary: I love PotC fics where it's the movie but with a girl added in for Jack, so I decided to contribute to that.
Disclaimer: I do now own PotC or any of its characters. I do own Amanda.
Note: For the script, I got help from this site: http: /everythingjohnny. tripod.
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Jack was pointing his gun at the young blacksmith, trying to get him to move while soldiers tried to break down the door, when the next thing he knew his world went back.
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He woke up while he was being dragged into the cell by two soldiers, disappointed to find that they had clapped him in irons even though he had been knocked out. Figuring it was best not to cause a problem until he had a plan, Jack let the men quickly remove the cuffs around his wrists before exiting the cell and locking it behind them.
"You're late," came a grumble from behind him in the same cell as the soldiers left back up the stairs.
Jack didn't bother to turn around while he answered, "Complications, luv, nothing to worry about."
"Right," said the voice behind him, laced with sarcasm.
That's when Jack did turn around to face the woman with long blond hair tied back, blue eyes, and a wicked smirk adorning her beautiful face. She wore a blue bandana on her head, matching her eyes perfectly, a white poets shirt similar to Jacks, brown trousers, and brown boots.
Amanda smiled and checked Jack over from where she sat to make sure he was unharmed, not doubting the fact that he was doing the same to her.
When they were both satisfied Jack walked over and sat down next to her on the cold floor.
"Plan?" she asked simply.
"Working on it, luv," he answered.
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It was now nightfall and Jack and Amanda were sitting in their cell, both of them trying to come up with a plan.
They looked over into the next cell and smirked when they saw the men inside trying to coax the dog with the keys over with a bone.
"Come here, boy. Want a nice juicy bone? Come here. Come on."
"You can keep doing that forever, the dog is never going to move," Jack said, causing Amanda to giggle softly.
"Oh, excuse us if we haven't resigned ourselves to the gallows just yet," said one of the pirates before turning back to the dog.
Jack smirked before he turned back to Amanda and they looked to each other with slight frowns, they had to hurry the plan thinking along.
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"I know those guns," Jack and Amanda said at the same time as the got up onto the ledge to look out the little window down into the harbor, "It's the Pearl ."
"The Black Pearl? I've heard stories. She's been preying on ships and settlements for near ten years. Never leaves any survivors," said one of the prisoners shakily.
"No survivors?" Amanda asked, an eyebrow raised in amusement.
"Then where do the stories come from, I wonder?" Jack added with a smirk.
They continued to look out the windows, watching the mayhem, when all of a sudden Jack noticed a cannonball heading there way and quickly pushed Amanda to the floor, covering her with his body. They looked up when the dust cleared to see the pirates from the next cell leaving.
"My sympathies, friend," said the pirate from the other cell, now free because of the hole the cannonball had caused in his cell, "you've no manner of luck at all."
"Bloody bastard," Amanda muttered to the now gone pirate and looked up to Jack, who remained on top of her.
Jack gave her a evil smirk and leaned down quickly to kiss her before she pushed him away and slapped him. He knew that would happen, it did every time he kissed her, but he did it anyway.
He jumped to his feet and helped Amanda up before grabbing the bone the other pirates had been using to lure the dog. He thrust it out of the cell and waved it while whistling.
"Come on, doggy. It's just you and me now. It's you and ol' Jack. Come on. Come on, good boy. That a good boy, come on! Bit closer, bit closer. That's it, that's it, doggy. Come on you filthy, slimy, mangy cur," Jack growled.
The dog had moved slowly closer but turned and ran away right as there was a loud crash.
"No, no, no, no, no, he didn't mean it. He didn't…" Amanda was cut off by a prison guard being thrown down the stairs.
Just then two pirates came down the stairs and Jack and Amanda recognized them immediately. Amanda was about to jump up and give them a piece of her mind when Jack gripped her arm. They both stood up slowly when Twigg looked around.
"This ain't the armory," he said angrily.
"Well, well, well, look what we have here Twigg – Captain Jack Sparrow and his faithful lass Amanda," Koehler said when he spotted them and walked over to the cell.
"I'm not his lass!" Amanda growled and went to lunge at the other man when Jack wrapped his arms around her waist and held her back until she got a hold of herself.
Twigg spit on the grown, much to Amanda's annoyance and disgust. "Last time I saw you, you two were all alone on a godforsaken island, shrinking into the distance. Their fortunes aren't improved much."
"Worry about your own fortunes, gentlemen," Jack said. "The deepest circle of Hell is reserved for betrayers and mutineers."
Koehler reached into the cell and grabbed Jack's throat, his arm becoming skeletal.
"So there is a curse. That's interesting," Jack mumbled.
"You know nothing of Hell," Koehler said before releasing his grip on Jack and the two cursed pirates left.
"That's very interesting," Jack turned to Amanda and said again.
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The next morning the hanging was luckily set back because of the attack giving Jack and Amanda time to try and figure out a way to escape.
Amanda lay on the floor humming to herself while Jack was trying to pick the lock on their cell with the bone.
"Please…" he whispered, wanting desperately for this to work because it was his last idea.
He quickly laid out next to Amanda when he heard footsteps, taking her in his arms and cuddling up to her, his head on her breasts. He had to bite his tongue to hold back his smile at knowing how much Amanda wasn't going to like it.
Normally Amanda would never allow this, but she heard the footsteps as well and figured it was better to go along with whatever Jack was doing.
"You. Sparrow," the young blacksmith said, seemingly agitated.
"Aye," Jack answered, looking up to him.
Amanda noticed that the young man was quite handsome and wondered how the two knew each other.
The man seemed to just notice her and nodded his head in greeting.
"You are familiar with that ship – the Black Pearl?"
"I've heard of it," Jack answered and felt Amanda shake under him, holding back her laughter.
"Where does it make berth?"
"Where does it make berth? Have you not heard the stories?" Jack asked before his voice turned cold, "Captain Barbossa and his crew of miscreants sail from the dreaded Isla de Muerta . It's an island that cannot be found except by those who already know where it is."
"The ship's real enough. Therefore its anchorage must be a real place. Where is it?" the young man argued.
Jack looked down to his nails and seemed to study them. "Why ask me?"
"Because you're a pirate."
"And you want to turn pirate yourself, is that it?"
"Never!" he hissed in disgust. He seemed reluctant to go on, but he finally admitted, "They took Miss Swann."
"Oh, so it is that you've found a girl," Jack exclaimed and leaned up on his elbows, finally freeing Amanda who was wondering what the hell these men talked about last time they met. "I see. Well, if you're intending to brave all, hasten to her rescue and so win fair lady's heart you'll have to do it alone, mate. I see no profit in it for us."
Amanda, who was a firm believer in love, was about to hit Jack and tell the man they would help him but stopped when she realized that they really couldn't if they were to be hanged later that day.
"I can get you two out of here," the man said after a moment.
"How's that? The key's run off," Jack scoffed.
"I helped build these cells. These are half pin-barrel hinges," he said as he picked up a small bench and placed it at the bottom of the cell door. "With the right leverage and the proper application of strength… the door will lift free."
Jack eyed the young blacksmith before asking, "What's your name?"
"Will Turner."
Amanda barely held in a gasp and gripped tight onto the back of Jack's shirt, out of Will's sight.
"That will be short for William, I imagine," she said.
"Good, strong name," Jack added, "No doubt, named for your father, eh?"
Will hesitated before saying, "Yes."
"Uh-huh. Well, Mr. Turner , I've changed me mind," Jack said as he got up and turned to help Amanda up as well. "If you spring us from this cell I swear on pain of death we shall take you to the Black Pearl and your bonny lass. Do we have an accord?" he asked, holding his hand out of the cell.
Will shook Jack's hand and nodded, "Agreed."
"Agreed. Get us out," Jack said with a motion of his hands.
Will put pressed down on the bench and lifted the cell door off its hinges, causing it to fall with a loud clang.
"Hurry. Someone will have heard that."
"Not without our effects," Amanda said as she hurried over to the table and grabbed her and Jack's things. She placed his hat on his head and they smiled at each other before the remembered Will was with them, so they quickly donned their gear and left the prison.
Making their way through town was difficult because of all the soldiers on guard, still looking out for any pirates left over from the night before, but they eventually made it under a bridge near the harbor where they stopped.
Jack and Amanda looked out to the water surveying the ships and forming a plan.
"We're going to steal the ship. That ship?" Will asked, looking towards the Dauntless.
"Commandeer. We're going to commandeer that ship," Jack corrected, pointing over to the Interceptor.
Will looked questioningly down to Amanda, who was crouched on the ground so she wouldn't be seen.
She looked up at him and smiled, not noticing that Jack saw and frowned.
"Nautical term," she said sweetly as an explanation.
Jack stood up straight and turned to face Will, and as if to remind Amanda he asked, "One question about your business, boy, or there's no use going. This girl – how far are you willing to go to save her?"
"I'd die for her," Will answered heatedly, causing Amanda to smile in approval.
"Oh, good. No worries, then," Jack said with a smile.
They carefully made their way onto the beach and hid under a rowboat just as a group of soldiers headed their way. The soldiers marched past and when they were in the clear, they lifted the boat over their heads and headed towards the water.
Once deep under the water Will looked over Amanda's shoulder to Jack.
"This is either madness or brilliance."
Amanda laughed, knowing exactly how he felt. She had been with Jack for almost 10 years now and he still amazed her with some of the things he came up with.
"It's remarkable how often those two traits coincide," Jack answered.
It was a few minutes later that they finally climbed over the railing of the Dauntless.
"Everyone stay calm!" Amanda yelled, gaining the attention of the men on board.
"We are taking over the ship," Jack growled when he noticed all the men seemed to be looking at Amanda and her soaking wet shirt.
"Aye! Avast!" Will yelled and held up his sword.
Jack was thankful for that, although a bit embarrassed, because it took the men's eyes off of Amanda and onto Will while they all laughed.
"This ship cannot be crewed by two men and a woman. You'll never make it out of the bay," the man Will knew to be Gillette said.
"Son…" Jack aimed his pistol at the man's head "I'm Captain Jack Sparrow. Savvy?"
Amanda smiled proudly as the men grumbled but got into the longboats and lowered them into the water.
Once all the men were gone they went about setting up their plan. Amanda dove down into the water and disconnected the rudder chain before climbing back up the side of the ship. She squeezed the water out of her hair and clothes as best she could and smirked to herself when she felt Jack's eyes on her.
"Here they come," Will said, looking out into the harbor.
Jack turned and smiled before making sure things were ready.
It wasn't long before the Interceptor pulled up along the Dauntless and grappling hooks were swung over. The three of them hid while every man from the other ship boarded the one they were on, then grabbed two ropes, preparing to swing over.
Jack smiled down at Amanda and wrapped his arm around her waist, pulling her close.
"Sorry, luv, only two so you'll have to swing with me."
"I don't know, I'm sure Will will help me ov-" her joking was cut off when Jack growled and quickly picked her up and swung them onto the Interceptor.
Will landed right behind them and raced to cut the ropes to the other ship while Jack and Amanda raced to the wheel.
They got the ship moving, causing the planks to fall into the water and making sure there wasn't a way back to the ship.
As Amanda watched, she saw Norrington notice the Interceptor moving and yelled for his men.
"Sailors, back to the Interceptor! Now!"
"Thank you, Commodore, for getting us ready to make way. We'd have had a hard time of it by ourselves," Jack yelled over with a friendly smile and wave.
Amanda waved as well and blew Norrington a kiss while she laughed.
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They had been out to sea for about half an hour when they finally relaxed and deemed themselves safe.
Amanda spotted Will sharpening his sword so she went to go talk to him. She sat down on the ledge of the ship and smiled when he looked up at her.
"So, Mr. Turnner, what's your story?"
Will continued to sharpen his swords as he answered. "When I was a lad living in England , my mother raised me by herself. After she died, I came out here, looking for my father."
Amanda gave him a sympathetic look when he said his mother had died and was about to tell him about her own mother passing when Jack seemed to appear out of nowhere.
"Is that so?" he asked as he checked the ropes.
Will got up and followed Jack when he started to walk away. Amanda, for lack of anything better to do, followed as well.
"My father, Will Turner. At the jail, it was only after you learned my name that you agreed to help. Since that's what I wanted, I didn't press the matter. I'm not a simpleton, Jack. You knew my father."
"I knew 'im. Probably one the few who knew him as William Turner. Everyone else just called him Bootstrap or Bootstrap Bill."
"Bootstrap?" Will asked, looking over towards Amanda as if asking if Jack was insane.
"Good man," she said with a firm nod.
"Good pirate," Jack added.
"I swear you look just like him," Amanda said smile.
"It's not true. He was a merchant sailor. A good, respectable man who obeyed the law," Will argued.
"He was a bloody pirate, a scallywag," Jack fought back.
Amanda winced, thinking Jack could go about this more delicately, but decided to stay out of it.
"My father was not a pirate," Will said again, taking out his sword and pointing it at Jack.
"Put it away, son. It's not worth you getting beat again," Jack said without bothering to turn around.
"You didn't beat me. You ignored the rules of engagement. In a fair fight, I'd killed you."
Jack finally did turn around at that and said, "Then that's not much incentive for me to fight fair, then, is it?"
He turned to Amanda, "Duck, sweetheart."
Not one to question the other pirate, Amanda dropped down to the deck just as Jack turned the wheel sharply, causing a sail to move and the yard to catch Will and swing him over the sea.
Jack bent down and picked up the sword Will dropped. "Now, as long as you're just hanging there, pay attention. The only rules that really matter are these – what a man can do and what a man can't do. For instance, you can accept that your father was a pirate and a good man or you can't. But pirate is in your blood, boy, so you'll have to square with that someday. Now, me, for example, I can let you drown but Amanda and I can't bring this ship into Tortuga all by our onesys, savvy? So…" Jack turned the wheel back, causing the yard to swing and deposit Will onto the deck on his back. Flipping the sword in his hand so that it was hilt first to Will, he held it out and asked, "can you sail under the command of a pirate? Or can you not?"
Will looked over to Amanda who nodded encouragingly before looking back to the sword and taking it.
"Tortuga?" he asked.
"Tortuga," Jack smiled.
TBC…
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