A/N: Here's chapter 2! Surpisingly didn't take long to write... but I still hope it's enjoyable.
Now as I'm going to be meeting Alex Kingston (River Song) on the 29th May if there are any messages or pictures you want me to put in the fan card I will be making for her then let me know by next Thursday the 26th.
The rope loop felt as if it were already growing tighter around the Doctor's neck as he frantically tried to plot an escape. He glanced over to River who seemed a lot calmer now. She was standing on the podium facing her fate as if it were nothing to worry about. The man on the end with the dreadlocks stood motionless whilst his dark eyes scanned the crowd booing them; at least he wasn't a screaming lunatic panicking about it!
In the distance there was a faint 'boom' noise merging with the roaring waves separated from land by the large stone wall. The man next to River was smiling mischievously under his moustache. A metal object with a length of rope attached came soaring over the wall. It was fired so accurately that it sliced through all three ropes wrapped around the necks of the Doctor, River and the mystery man before wedging itself on the corner of two bricks across the courtyard.
The other man was the first to start fleeing once he removed the rope around his neck as he pranced past River and the Doctor, who too were removing the ropes. "Run!" he yelled over the commotion the crowd was causing.
The Doctor and River exchanged a look before deciding to follow this man. It was unclear if he had planned the escape or if it were a lucky coincidence but either way he wasn't wasting time and neither should they. He leapt down the steps two or three at a time, the pair of strangers soon followed him weaving past the civilians and fleeing from the guards- who were in pursuit with swords in hand. Most civilians had chosen to run for their own safety when the metal spear flew over the wall.
The Doctor gripped onto River's hand squeezing it tightly as he darted across the pavement following the dreadlock man. River's free hand reached for her gun holster on her slender thigh, the Doctor had noticed and squeezed her hand tighter as if to say 'not now.' She restrained herself only for him because she loved him.
The man with the dreadlocks ran across the stone path, up a few steps coming to a halt at the edge of the wall boarding land from sea. He pivoted in his brown leather boots to face the guards who were drawing nearer. He held both of his index fingers either side of his face gesturing the guards to wait for one small moment as he explained himself. "Now gentlemen..." he began rocking on his heels in time with his words. "Let this be a reminder as you mark down today as the day you almost caught Captain Jack Sparr-"
Before he could finish the Doctor had ran and shoved him with River close behind over the edge of the wall. No, he was not crazy for he had a cloth looped on his hand around the rope from the metal spear. Now the three of them clinging onto each other were zip-lining over the sea towards the source of their escape- a ship.
River reached for her gun holster and fired it at the stone wall behind them next to the rope causing several of the blocks to cave in just in front of the guards causing them to stop their pursuit. She smiled at her accuracy as she slipped the gun back in the pouch. Now they knew the guards couldn't follow them down.
The ship floated elegantly on the lapping blue waves of the glistening ocean lying under the gleaming sun. The varnished wood decor shimmered while the white sails danced around the masts. It was a fine looking ship they were heading towards.
There were men all crowding at the side of the ship to see the new arrivals swoop in. They were nearing the deck and the Doctor counted down in his head for the time to release '3...2...1!' and he let go of the cloth landing on his feet shakily and uneasily as he slid across the wood several feet more whilst he tried to regain his centre of balance. River meanwhile landed perfectly on her two feet, in high heeled dark brown boots, and came to a graceful halt as she skidded without wobbling in every direction. The deep blue skirt of her dress brushed against her legs as she stopped with ease which looked quite sexy in a way. The moustached man just landed and skipped along a few steps with flailing arms trying not to fall over until he was able to gain control of his movement again.
The man turned and marched over to the Doctor. "What was that?" he asked sternly pointing his fingers at him as he waved his arms around eccentrically, which appeared to be a regular and perfectly normal thing for him to do.
"Ah... that, well it's a gun like the ones you have but-"he was cut off.
"Not that! You shoved me over the edge before I could finish what I was going to say." His voice was now very deep as he glared at the Doctor.
"I'm sorry, what?" the Doctor questioned.
"I didn't get to finish making the guards ashamed for not capturing me. I didn't get to say my full name which is-"
"Captain Jack Sparrow." A much different, much deeper voice mused.
Jack's mouth hang agape for a moment. "...What he said..." his thumb pointed towards the crowd of men to his left.
The Doctor and River both turned their heads towards the crowd as one man with a dark brown straggly beard and a dark emerald coat matched with pirate hat stepped forward. "Never thought I'd see the likes of you again, Sparrow." He grinned.
"Ah, Barbossa good to see your mug again, although not a good mug to see..." he trailed off on the last part.
"And who are these landlubbers?" Barbossa waltzed over to the Doctor and River eyeing them up and down, inspecting them.
"These are... these are... I don't know who these are..." he tossed his arms around as he tried to think if he knew who they were but to no avail.
"I'm the Doctor; this is my companion and partner River Song." The Doctor spoke up.
"And what brings ya' on board me ship?" Barbossa interrogated.
"You see I have a ship too but I lost it and ended up getting a ride back to land on a ship with men in powdered wigs then we were just about to be executed..." he began without taking a breath.
"What sort of a pirate loses his ship?" Barbossa queried.
"It's not that sort of ship, it's more of... a box, a blue box." The Doctor explained.
"The blue box..." Barbossa repeated almost in disbelief.
"Hang on a minute!" Jack interrupted at the one hundred miles an hour conversation that was going on between these two. "Your ship? The Black Pearl is mine!" he protested.
"Aye, it was yours but since you ended up in Fool's Keep after finding Redbeard's treasure and flooding Skull Rock we saw no hope in ya gettin' out." Barbossa justified.
"Sorry, can I just interrupt for a moment? Now then we need to find my ship so what we need to do is-"the Doctor was cut off.
"Who died and made you captain?" Jack argued.
"Well you're not exactly captain of 'your' ship..." the Doctor retorted.
"As captain of the Pearl I say I still make the orders around here!" Barbossa yelled making his position of captain clear.
They argued like three little boys. The squabbling over power was so immature, yet typical of both pirates and time-lords.
However, there was just one person they were all forgetting about who never takes orders from anyone and today was no exception...
"Oi, Scally-wags!"
And the boat fell silent...
A/N: sorry if there is a delay for the next installment, I'm very busy this week but I will try to get the next chapter up as soon as I can...
