Beckett's dream
Chapter 1
Silence...Sweet moments of it are only disturbed by sounds of waves. The sea is very rough tonight, actually. But it's nothing...I am lying in bed and listening to this lovely silence. No screams, no crashes, no shots...It seems like I'm alone here: strange feeling, to be alone among such great number of people, among Armada. But nothing can disturb me now; nothing can steal this treasure time. Soon we'll destroy all these bastards, who are they to prevent the Great Empire? Dregs of society want to...And what do they want? To get some great power? To own the lands and seas? Ha, impossible. They can't get along with each other, and still want to be greater than Britain? They betray each other easily and even can't understand I'll do the same thing. Turner really makes me laugh, so much nobility in his betrayal, but of course both Elizabeth Swann and he will be hanged as soon as possible. Sparrow? Oh, I'm quite tired of "communication" with him; I still keep in mind that incident with cargo. Sparrow understands the situation, he only wants to save his skin, but I'm surprised by his madness. To be afraid of death, but to act with such reckless…But soon I'll get even with him and all these pirates yet. Nothing can help them now, even if they're going to stay in their fortress forever. I need to have some rest before the battle.
I begin to fall asleep...
Who's that?
A young lady ran into my cabin. She looks very anxious, but what's the hell she's here?
"Who're you? Why've you come to supreme person late and without permission? What're you doing on the board?"
"Never mind. Nevertheless, I've come with very importaint affair."
"Listen, I'll call the gua..."
"No point in asking for that, Cutler."
Cutler? Nobody calls me Cutler, except my mother. This young woman takes a good many liberties! How could she have the cheek to speak with me like with a little fellow?
"Cutler, listen to me. Stop the Armada. Pirates don't know what great power is in their hands. But if they understand..."
"Miss, I'm not going to listen to these ravings of a madman! Do you think you're allowed to talk to me in such manner? Go away before I'm going to call the guards!"
The lady looked at me helpless and began to cry.
"Oh, Cutler, why are you so rude with me? I only want to…"
"LORD CUTLER BECKETT.GET OUT!"
She shuddered, but came closer and…kissed me. I wanted to push her away, but the kiss was so hot, so sensual, that I'd become clouded suddenly. And I remember all my enemies, but no person who loves me truly. There's something in that young woman what made me forget about everything, that touched my soul. I'm not sentimental, no, maybe I'm half asleep, but at that moment my loneliness is overcoming me…
It'll be dawn soon. We have being spoken for the whole night already, we're discussing everything: Navy, politics, everything, maybe she's forgotten that "importaint affair", or just hasn't got one. It seems like she's my old friend I've never had even among my relatives, not to mention aristocrats and ordinary people.
"I can't believe I'm sitting here with you…"
"Cutler, I don't need anything from you. I love you truly, that's why I'm here. I dressed up like a soldier to be on the board, then…"
"Hey, that's strange, but I don't your name. Now we're talking, but I still don't know with whom."
She smiled tenderly and whispered:
"Helena, my dear, just Helena."
Then she is telling me more about all her adventures:
"So, then I had to mask as a French pirate to learn their plans. Oh, it's dawn soon! How could I forget about the main thing! Damn! Listen, before somebody can take us unawares. The pirates have three ways to behave, but as I told you, they have some special power, which can change culmination of the battle. Show me the positions of the ships and a plan of attack, I'll tell you how you can get into the fortress and easily destroy the pirates' fleet."
"Wait! Now explain me one thing…"
Suddenly I understood. How could I be so careless? She's just a spy! And I believed to all her tales! Great idea, to make me stop the battle, or even worse, to entrap Armada. Beckett, what's happened? You easily deal with enemies, but listen to pirates' agent, while you would call the guards to execute her when she had come!
"You, scoundrel! Wanted to deceive me? Hey, guards!"
"Stop, please! I'm not a spy, I give you an oath!"
"How can I trust you? Who are you? My sister, my wife I don't have? Or maybe a fiancée? Or my mistress?"
Suddenly she took out a knife, put it in my hand and stood like expecting a stab.
"As you please…"
The guards came in. I told them to watch carefully, there could be some pirates' ships spying nearby.
The last two hours before the dawn I spent with Helena…
When I woke up, I was alone in the cabin. Helena disappeared. Maybe it was just a nightmare, though it seemed so real, so dear? No trace remains, everything hasn't changed from yesterday evening. I asked the soldiers, but they hadn't seen any strangers. No matter, the fleet is being prepared for the battle.