Disclaimer: I do not own any characters from Pirates of the Caribbean, just Josh.
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Fight and Capture
Jack and Josh hurled around the corner of a building and ran into the central square of the city. Jack grabbed Josh by the sleeve and pulled him behind a statue, just as a group of soldiers ran past. Josh glared at the pirate.
"I still can't believe that you would leave me there!" growled Josh.
Jack smiled sheepishly.
"Hey now lad, it worked didn't it! We got away from the commodore didn't we?"
Josh rolled his eyes.
"Still doesn't make me like you any better, Captain!" said Josh.
Jack covered the boy's mouth with his hand and pulled him more into the shadows as another group ran by. The pirate then pointed to a building.
"That is our next goal, lad, the Blacksmith shop. Think you can keep up?" asked Jack with a smirk.
Josh just gave an angry nod and followed the captain as he ran to the shop. Jack opened the door and shut it as soon as Josh was in. They looked around for tools to remove their chains. Jack found a hammer and was about to use it on his own chains when Josh tapped him on the back. The pirate turned around and looked where the boy was pointing.
A man was sleeping in a chair, obviously drunk, snoring. Jack walked up quietly and poked the man on the chest, the man didn't even stir. Jack turned to walk away but then turned around and shouted at the man.
"Whoa!"
Nothing.
Jack then walked over to the anvil and tried to break his chains, Josh just stared at the pirate with amusement and anger. When Jack tried to pull the chains apart, Josh started to laugh.
"And what is so funny Josh?" asked Jack.
Josh held up a finger so he could catch his breath and then looked at the pirate.
"I know an easier way of getting these off," he said with a smirk.
Jack raised an eyebrow and stared at the boy.
"And that would be?"
Josh took a metal poker from the fire and walked over to the donkey that was strapped to a big wooden wheel. He poked the animal in its rear and it started to walk, spinning the wheel. Josh threw his chains over the top and they broke apart when they went under a metal gear. Josh held up his now free arms.
"That's how, captain," he said.
Jack smiled and threw his chains over and then walked over to the boy when they broke.
"Look lad, I am sorry that I left you there, but bear with me, savvy? That rope would have been able to hold both of us, but I couldn't grab a hold of you with my hands chained, alright? I would like to here you call me Cap'n again, what do you say?" said Jack.
Josh thought for a moment and then pulled his bandana off his head. He then looked back at Jack with a real smile on his face.
"Oh, alright, I can't stay mad at you forever, Cap'n! What is our…" began Josh, but the creaking of the door interrupted him.
Jack pushed Josh into the shadows and he hid behind a barrel. Josh looked up as the door opened and in stepped the young man from earlier.
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Will Turner hung his coat on a hook and then jumped down to the donkey, forcing it to stop walking. He turns to the sleeping drunken man and smiles.
"Right where I left you," he said.
He then turns toward the anvil and notices the hammer sitting on top of it.
"Not where I left you," he said with a frown.
Will then notices a strange hat sitting on his workbench and he reaches out for it. A sword blade slaps his hand away. He turns his head to see Jack pointing his sword at him.
"You're the one they're hunting, the pirate!" exclaimed Will.
Jack squints at Will.
"You seem somewhat familiar, have I threatened you before?" asked Jack.
"I make a point of avoiding familiarity with pirates," said Will
Jack smirked.
"Ah, well then it would be a shame to put a black mark on your record. So if you will excuse me?" said Jack as he turned away and motioned for Josh to come out.
SHING!
Jack turns back to face Will and to see a sword in his hand.
"Do you think this wise boy? Crossing blades with a pirate?" asked Jack
Will pointed the sword at Jack's throat.
"You threatened Miss Swann," said Will.
Jack slid his sword down Will's blade.
"Only a little, the commodore was threatening my young friend," said Jack with a smirk.
Will frowns.
"Young friend?"
Suddenly Will felt another blade poke him in the back. He turned to see a boy younger than him also holding a sword. Josh smiled at Will's expression.
"Hello mate!" said Josh.
"Josh, let your captain handle this, you will have your turn later!" said Jack as he motioned for Josh to back away.
Josh nodded and backed to the side. Jack looked at Will.
"Now, where were we? Oh yes!" and he swung his sword a Will.
Will parried with his sword and Jack smiled again.
"You know what you are doing, I'll give you that, excellent form. But how is your footwork? If I step here!" he swings his sword and Will blocks, "Very good, now I step again!" and Jack forced will to face the back door, "Ta!" he said and he and Josh headed for the front door.
Will hurled his sword.
THUNK!
Both Josh and Jack stared with wide eyes at the sword that was sticking in the door between them. Jack tries to pull it out and he gives a grunt of frustration, turning back to Will.
"That is a wonderful trick! Except, once again you are between us and our way out, and now you have no weapon," Will pulls another sword, with a heated tip, from the forge and points it at Jack.
Jack and Will begin to fight again and Josh just stands there and watches them. Jack leaps at will and notices the swords that are hanging from the wheel.
"Who makes all these?" he asked.
Will swings his sword at Jack.
"I do! And I practice with them three hours a day!"
Jack leaps out of the way.
"You need to find a girl mate! Or perhaps the real reason you practice three hours a day, is that you already found one and are otherwise incapable of wooing said strumpet! Your not a eunuch, are you?" Jack makes a face and looks down.
Will swings his sword at Jack again.
"I practice three hours a day, so that when I meet a pirate, I can kill it!" he shouts and he lungs at Jack.
Josh watches as they fight all over the shop and then in the rafters. Jack knocks Will's sword away and as Will goes for another one he pulls out his pistol. Will looks at him with anger filled eyes.
"You cheated!"
"Pirate!" said Jack.
Josh starts to walk over to Jack's side, when he hears men start banging on the door.
"Jack! We have company!" he says loudly and he runs toward Jack.
"Move away!" said the pirate to Will.
The young man shakes his head.
"No!"
"Please move!" begs Jack.
"No! I cannot just step aside and let you escape!" said Will
Josh hears more banging on the door and he draws his sword.
"Don't be a stubborn lover boy and move!" he shouts.
"No!" Will said again.
Jack cocks his pistol.
"This shot was not meant for you!" he said
"Jack look out!" shouts Josh.
CRASH!
Jack falls to the ground and the man who had been sleeping is standing behind him. Josh stares in shock and the door bursts open. Soldier storm in and they surround Josh and the unconscious Jack. Josh's sword is taken from his hands and he is handcuffed with a rope.
"Excellent work, Mr. Brown, you have assisted in the capture of two dangerous fugitives," said Norrington as he walked in, smirking at Josh.
"Just doing my civic duty sir," said the drunken man.
Josh hangs his head and a soldier hauls him toward the door. Norrington steps up to Jack.
"Well, I trust you will always remember this as the day Captain Jack Sparrow almost escaped!" he looks up at Josh, "Take them away!"
"No!" said Josh as he struggled to get loose and then something hit him in the back of the head and everything went black.
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