Chapter 1
Greg Sanders sighed as he got into his car to go to work. It was ending up to be one of the worst days of his life. His water had been shut off because a water main broke on his street, his electricity line had been cut off dew to a freak construction accident trying to fix the water main, his cat had gotten out of his apartment and he couldn't find her, it started to rain and he had his windows rolled down in his car and finally, he was late to work due to the power outage. It was not his day.
He pulled out of his parking lot and turned down the street to head to work. Speeding down the Strip, trying not to be any later was usual for him. But he couldn't account for the plot that the Fates had for him.
"Come on.. Move it!" Greg growled as a car pulled out infront of him at 20 miles per hour.
He yelled a few choice words and growled again. "Grissom is going to kill me!"
He turned down a street that took him off the Strip and closer to CSI. He pushed the speed a little and sped his car down the wet road. He sighed as the rain started pouring harder.
"This weather isn't natural." Greg groaned turning on his windshield wipers on.
He saw something in the road and sweavered to the right, do to his speed made him hydroplane into a large tree in a small park, that was less than 2 blocks from CSI.
The last thing Greg saw was a bright orange and yellow light, it was warm and welcoming, sort of pulling. Greg then passed out.
Ana Maria was looking out over the water hoping for a sign of wind. The Black Pearl had been adrift for a grand total of 3 days now. Jack was perfectly content on waiting out a breeze. Ana Maria was having the thought of causing a mutiny and having him row them to Tortuga, and kicking off Elizabeth and Will. She looked straight ahead then to the helm, Jack was leaning up against it, almost asleep.
"Hey! Ana Maria!" Gibbs said from behind her causing her to jump and frown.
"What is it now Gibbs?" Ana Maria growled not turing towards him.
"I know why we are adrift." Gibbs said leaning on the rail next to her. "Its because we have two women on board."
"Gibbs. Stop right there. I will throw you into the sea. I will." Ana Maria growled in a low voice staring out onto the horizen, noticing something floating but chosing to ignore it.
The sound of someone giggled pulled Ana Maria's attention from the floating object.
"Will! Stop that!" Elizabeth giggled wacthing Will you was sneaking up behind Jack, who spun around when she started talk.
"Very clever dear William, never sneak up on a pirate." Jack smirked.
"Thank you, Elizabeth." Will Frowned. "Jack the crew is starting to get restless..."
"It's Capitan!" Jack growled in a low voice. "The wind will come. Tell them to relax. It's.. kind of a.. break. Before we get to Tortuga."
"What ever you say... 'Capitan'" Will said going to the railing where Ana Maria, Gibbs and a still giggling Elizabeth were located.
"Let me lock him in the brig Will. I'll make him get out to sweeps and row us to Tortuga if I have to. We need a breeze!" Ana Maria said in a low voice.
"Don't talk like that, Ana." Elizabeth said.
"It's Ana Maria woman! Not Ana!" Ana Maria growled.
"Ok, Ok. Calm down." Will said looking at Jack who was looking at his compass.
Elizabeth sighed and looked out onto the horizen. "Will? Do you see that?" She asked pointing out to a floating speck on the water.
"Yes, let me go get a spy glass." Will said going up the stairs to Jack.
"Looks like wreckage to me." Gibbs said, "Maybe another ship was adrift and the capitan blew it up.. or maybe it was the Navy.."
Ana Maria rolled her eyes. "It's probably from a shipwreck from the storm five days ago."
Will came back down with Jack's spy glass. "It's... a board with... something on it."
Ana Maria took the glass from Will. "It's a person. Must have survived the storm."
"We should help them!" Elizabeth said. "We need to! Please!"
"But..." Ana Maria said handing the spy glass to Gibbs. "It's not up to us. It's up to Jack."
"I'll take care of it!" Elizabeth said huffing and going to Jack. "Capitan Sparrow!"
"What is it now, Mrs. Turner." Jack sighed.
"There is someone adrift on a board and I want them brought aboard to be looked after."
"It's not the easy Elizabeth." Jack said. "How do I know that they won't try to take my Pearl."
"That's your paranoia talking. Please? If not, I will make the rest of this trip, a living hell." Elizabeth growled.
"Please, you can't take me out all by your onesies." Jack smirked.
"Try me." Elizabeth said with glare.
Jack shifted nervously. "Ok. Ok. Pick the person up. But they are off my ship as soon as we get to Tortuga!"
"Thank you Jack!" Elizabeth smiled and yelled. "Ana Maria! Mr. Gibbs! Get them on board!"
Jack frowned. "For the last time Elizabeth, it's Capitan!"
"I can call you Jack." She smiled. "Or, I will tell everyone the truth about how you got off the island the first time."
Jack glared at her. "You have a fine point there my lady."
Ana Maria, Gibbs, Cotton and a few other crew members pulled the person from the sea.
"He looks... strange." Ana Maria said as Gibbs and Will set him on the deck.
"His clothing is different." Will said titling his head slightly.
"His hair is extremly short." Elizabeth said standing next to Will.
"He looks like he has been through a few explosions and wars." Gibbs said.
"Ana Maria! Take the wheel!" Jack yelled from the Helm.
"Aye Capitan!" Ana Maria ran up and took hold of the wheel looking somewhat confused but didn't question him, Jack went down to the discovery.
"He looks ill." Elizabeth said feeling the mans forhead. "He's quite warm."
"Will take him to Ana Maria's cabin, please." Jack said. "Elizabeth, can you care for him?"
"I'll try, I have a limited knowlage." Elizabeth said.
"Let's just get him awake and keep him alive till Tortuga. All right?" Jack said starting back toward the helm. "I'll send in Ana Maria to help you."
Will picked up the man and carried him below deck.
"Thank you Jack." Elizabeth smiled and went down after Will.
"Capitan, where are you putting him?" Ana Maria asked.
"Your cabin. Go help Elizabeth take care of him. I need him alive, if someone is looking for him, he ends up dead on my ship, it will not be a good place for me to be." Jack started to rant.
"Calm down. I'll go help her." Ana Maria said going towards the stairs, "But I am not accountable for my actions if she ends up in the brig."
"Just, don't let her get to you Ana Maria." Jack said.
"Easy for you to say Jack!" Ana Maria smirked going down the stairs and across the deck and the below deck.
Jack grew red in the face. "It's Capitan Jack Sparrow! Not just Jack!" He yelled loudly, causing Mr. Cotton's parrot to squawk loudly and ruffle his feathers.
Greg Sanders sighed as he got into his car to go to work. It was ending up to be one of the worst days of his life. His water had been shut off because a water main broke on his street, his electricity line had been cut off dew to a freak construction accident trying to fix the water main, his cat had gotten out of his apartment and he couldn't find her, it started to rain and he had his windows rolled down in his car and finally, he was late to work due to the power outage. It was not his day.
He pulled out of his parking lot and turned down the street to head to work. Speeding down the Strip, trying not to be any later was usual for him. But he couldn't account for the plot that the Fates had for him.
"Come on.. Move it!" Greg growled as a car pulled out infront of him at 20 miles per hour.
He yelled a few choice words and growled again. "Grissom is going to kill me!"
He turned down a street that took him off the Strip and closer to CSI. He pushed the speed a little and sped his car down the wet road. He sighed as the rain started pouring harder.
"This weather isn't natural." Greg groaned turning on his windshield wipers on.
He saw something in the road and sweavered to the right, do to his speed made him hydroplane into a large tree in a small park, that was less than 2 blocks from CSI.
The last thing Greg saw was a bright orange and yellow light, it was warm and welcoming, sort of pulling. Greg then passed out.
Ana Maria was looking out over the water hoping for a sign of wind. The Black Pearl had been adrift for a grand total of 3 days now. Jack was perfectly content on waiting out a breeze. Ana Maria was having the thought of causing a mutiny and having him row them to Tortuga, and kicking off Elizabeth and Will. She looked straight ahead then to the helm, Jack was leaning up against it, almost asleep.
"Hey! Ana Maria!" Gibbs said from behind her causing her to jump and frown.
"What is it now Gibbs?" Ana Maria growled not turing towards him.
"I know why we are adrift." Gibbs said leaning on the rail next to her. "Its because we have two women on board."
"Gibbs. Stop right there. I will throw you into the sea. I will." Ana Maria growled in a low voice staring out onto the horizen, noticing something floating but chosing to ignore it.
The sound of someone giggled pulled Ana Maria's attention from the floating object.
"Will! Stop that!" Elizabeth giggled wacthing Will you was sneaking up behind Jack, who spun around when she started talk.
"Very clever dear William, never sneak up on a pirate." Jack smirked.
"Thank you, Elizabeth." Will Frowned. "Jack the crew is starting to get restless..."
"It's Capitan!" Jack growled in a low voice. "The wind will come. Tell them to relax. It's.. kind of a.. break. Before we get to Tortuga."
"What ever you say... 'Capitan'" Will said going to the railing where Ana Maria, Gibbs and a still giggling Elizabeth were located.
"Let me lock him in the brig Will. I'll make him get out to sweeps and row us to Tortuga if I have to. We need a breeze!" Ana Maria said in a low voice.
"Don't talk like that, Ana." Elizabeth said.
"It's Ana Maria woman! Not Ana!" Ana Maria growled.
"Ok, Ok. Calm down." Will said looking at Jack who was looking at his compass.
Elizabeth sighed and looked out onto the horizen. "Will? Do you see that?" She asked pointing out to a floating speck on the water.
"Yes, let me go get a spy glass." Will said going up the stairs to Jack.
"Looks like wreckage to me." Gibbs said, "Maybe another ship was adrift and the capitan blew it up.. or maybe it was the Navy.."
Ana Maria rolled her eyes. "It's probably from a shipwreck from the storm five days ago."
Will came back down with Jack's spy glass. "It's... a board with... something on it."
Ana Maria took the glass from Will. "It's a person. Must have survived the storm."
"We should help them!" Elizabeth said. "We need to! Please!"
"But..." Ana Maria said handing the spy glass to Gibbs. "It's not up to us. It's up to Jack."
"I'll take care of it!" Elizabeth said huffing and going to Jack. "Capitan Sparrow!"
"What is it now, Mrs. Turner." Jack sighed.
"There is someone adrift on a board and I want them brought aboard to be looked after."
"It's not the easy Elizabeth." Jack said. "How do I know that they won't try to take my Pearl."
"That's your paranoia talking. Please? If not, I will make the rest of this trip, a living hell." Elizabeth growled.
"Please, you can't take me out all by your onesies." Jack smirked.
"Try me." Elizabeth said with glare.
Jack shifted nervously. "Ok. Ok. Pick the person up. But they are off my ship as soon as we get to Tortuga!"
"Thank you Jack!" Elizabeth smiled and yelled. "Ana Maria! Mr. Gibbs! Get them on board!"
Jack frowned. "For the last time Elizabeth, it's Capitan!"
"I can call you Jack." She smiled. "Or, I will tell everyone the truth about how you got off the island the first time."
Jack glared at her. "You have a fine point there my lady."
Ana Maria, Gibbs, Cotton and a few other crew members pulled the person from the sea.
"He looks... strange." Ana Maria said as Gibbs and Will set him on the deck.
"His clothing is different." Will said titling his head slightly.
"His hair is extremly short." Elizabeth said standing next to Will.
"He looks like he has been through a few explosions and wars." Gibbs said.
"Ana Maria! Take the wheel!" Jack yelled from the Helm.
"Aye Capitan!" Ana Maria ran up and took hold of the wheel looking somewhat confused but didn't question him, Jack went down to the discovery.
"He looks ill." Elizabeth said feeling the mans forhead. "He's quite warm."
"Will take him to Ana Maria's cabin, please." Jack said. "Elizabeth, can you care for him?"
"I'll try, I have a limited knowlage." Elizabeth said.
"Let's just get him awake and keep him alive till Tortuga. All right?" Jack said starting back toward the helm. "I'll send in Ana Maria to help you."
Will picked up the man and carried him below deck.
"Thank you Jack." Elizabeth smiled and went down after Will.
"Capitan, where are you putting him?" Ana Maria asked.
"Your cabin. Go help Elizabeth take care of him. I need him alive, if someone is looking for him, he ends up dead on my ship, it will not be a good place for me to be." Jack started to rant.
"Calm down. I'll go help her." Ana Maria said going towards the stairs, "But I am not accountable for my actions if she ends up in the brig."
"Just, don't let her get to you Ana Maria." Jack said.
"Easy for you to say Jack!" Ana Maria smirked going down the stairs and across the deck and the below deck.
Jack grew red in the face. "It's Capitan Jack Sparrow! Not just Jack!" He yelled loudly, causing Mr. Cotton's parrot to squawk loudly and ruffle his feathers.