Amber tensed as she waited for Jack to give the ok to fire. The ship was almost in hitting range,she could see the pirates running around on the deck,loading their cannons. Obviosly surprised as they were to see another ship.
"Ready!" Yelled Jack. "Fire!" Amber winced slightly at the load bange from the cannons. She cheered loudly as she saw three of them hit the enemy ship. There wasn't time celebrate though,right away she started loading the cannon agen.
After fireing and loading three more times,the Pearl had almost blown the bottem half of the other ship away. The front of it was going down,fast. Amber let herself smile slightly,this battle wasn't as hard as she thought it was going to be!
"Better get your pistol out." Said Jack,comeing up beside her,Amber frowned.
"Why? We'v won."
"Not quite yet,love. There not finished yet." Said Jack,pointing to the enemy ship. Amber relized what he was talking about when she saw the pirates grabbing ropes to swing onto the Pearl.
"Oh" Said Amber,feeling slightly stupid.
"You do know how to shoot a gun,don't you?" Asked Annamaria,loading her pistol beside her.
"Oh,she knows how to handle a gun." Said Jack,winking at her,he walked to the front of the ship Amber smiled slightly as she thought of last night,Annamaria rolled her eyes.
"Just make sure you don't shoot yourself in the foot." Said Annamaria,Amber raised her eyebrows.
"Gee,thanks for the advice." Said Amber,sarcasticly.
"No problem. Your going to need it." Said Annamaria coldly,Amber didn't have time to repley,pirates started swinging onto the Pearl. Amber raised her gun and shot one in mid-air,pirates were flying through the air. There was a lot more than she had thought there was going to be. Amber took a couple steps back and got another one.
"Not bad." Said Jack,catching two himself,Amber jumped slighty,he had come out of nowhere.
"Thanks,I try to practice." Said Amber,shooting another one.
"Better get your sowrd out,love." Said Jack,whipping out his sowrd with one hand,his pistol still in the other,he ran forword to fight a pirate who managed to get on the ship.
~*~
Jack drove his sowrd through the pirate and spun aroung to fight another. So far the Pearl was holding up fairly well,he killed the pirate and spun around,expecting to see another one. But noone was there,there was only two enemy pirates left on the ship,Annamaria was fighting one and Amber the other. Jack watched as Amber attacked the pirate with a slight grin on her face,she looked like she was enjoying herself. She killed the pirate and turned Jack's way,Jack was surprised to see a quick look of fear cross her face. She quickly raised her pistol and shot towards him,Jack ducked,thinking she was shooting at him,he was very surprised to see a dead body fall from above him and land in front of him. He quickly scolded himself for getting distracted.
"Thank ye for that." Said Jack,Amber shrugged.
"No problem." Said Amber,the intire crew gathered to the middle of the ship,to Jack's relife,everyone was there.
"Is that all of them?" Asked Tommy,Jack looked at the now almost completely sunk enemy ship.
"Definatly. Is everyone alright then?" Asked Jack,everybody nodded. "Good,I say we deserve a rum break after that." The crew cheered an headed below,he saw Annamaria shoot a cold look towards Amber before she headed below. Amber was about to follow when Jack stoppe dher.
"Whats this,then?" Asked Jack,putting his hand on her shoulder and peering at her arm,wich was covered in blood,Amber looked down at her arm and seemed surprised.
"Oh! I didn't even feel that! I geuss I got sliced." Said Amber,Jack looked at the cut,it was deep,if she didn't feel it when she got it,she must definatly be feeling it now.
"We'v got to take care of this." Said Jack,Amber shook her head.
"Its nothing." Said Amber,dissmising it. Jack raised his eyebrows.
"Oh alright then,so ye won't mind if I…oh I don't know…touch it?" Said Jack,he put his hand lightly on the cut. Amber's face didn't move but he could see pain in her eyes.
~*~
Amber felt like her arm was on fire,she pressed her lips together.
"Seems like a pretty big nothing to me." Said Jack,his eyes twinkleing,knowing he had won.,Amber sighed.
"Alright! You win." Grumbled Amber,Jack grinned.
"I always win. If you'd just keep that in your head as a given,we would save so much time!" Said Jack. "I have stuff to take care of this in my cabin." She followed him to his cabin,stepping over the odd dead body.
"We really should toss them overboard." Said Amber,when they reached the door.
"We really should drink some rum first. Aseptically you,you're arm probably feels like it's on fire right now." Said Jack,opening the door for her,Amber walked in.
"Its not that bad." Lied Amber,Jack pointed to a chair.
"Sit down before you faint." Said Jack,Amber rolled her eyes and sat down. She watched him rummage through a cupboard.
"Is it all true?" Asked Amber,Jack didn't look up.
"About the Pearl?" Asked Jack,Amber smiled slight in spite of the pain,he always knew what she was talking about.
"Yeah" Said Amber,Jack stood up,he had a small bottle,some bandages,and a bottle of rum in his hand.
"Yes,its all true." Said Jack,kneeling next to her,he handed the rum to her. "Drink" Amber took a mouthfull,she didn't want to look like she was in to much pain.
"So,what about you?" Asked Jack,he cut the sleeve of her shirt off.
"Hey!" Exclaimed Amber, "I need this shirt!"
"It's the only way a can work on your arm without you taking yer top off." Said Jack,Amber tried not to blush.
"Oh"
"Are you going to answer my question?" Asked Jack,takeing a closer look at her wound,Amber frowned.
"What about me?"
"How did you become a pirate so young?" Asked Jack,picking a the small bottle.
"I'll keep that to myself if you don't mind." Said Amber,Jack shrugged.
"Its your past,love. This is going to hurt." Said Jack,he poured some liqiud over her gash,Amber bit her lip,a searing pain went up her arm.
"What was that?" Asked Amber,after a second.
"It cleans the wound." Said Jack,setting the bottle down he picked up the bandages and started to wrap one around her arm. "I don't want you using this arm to much for the rest of the week. This cut is very deep. I guess I'll have to get Annamaria to scrub the deck." Said Jack,looking at her,Amber grinned.
"Oh damn! You know how much I love to do that." Said Amber,Jack tied the bandage.
"There,I'll put a clean one on tomorrow." Said Jack,standing up,Amber got up.
~*~
'Thanks" Said Amber,looking down at her now bandaged arm. Jack looked at her. Her hair had come completely out of its braid,he had never seen it lose,he had never seen hair so beautiful,or a woman so beautiful for that matter.
"Well,I need that arm back to working order so you can start scrubbing the deck agen,don't I?" Said Jack,Amber wrinkled her nose.
"Aren't you just a barrel of laughs." Said Amber sarcasticly,Jack shrugged.
"It's a gift." Said Jack,Amber laughed,it was the first time Jack had ever seen her laugh. Jack frowned inwardly,why was he thinking about her so much? The door opened and Annamaria burst in with a worried look on her face,she looked like she had run all the way there. She quickly plastered a smile on her face.
"Here you two are! They're drinking all the whiskey on you!" Said Annamaria, there was something funny about her voice.
"What!" Said Jack,dropping the left over bandages on the floor.
"I'm just kidding ." Said Annamaria,rolling her eyes.
"You'd better be!" Said Jack,heading towards the door,he paused.
"You coming?" Asked Jack,looking at Amber,she had an odd look on her face.
"Um no,I'm just going to stay up here and get some fresh air." Said Amber,Jack smiled.
"What,you don't get enough of it on deck all day?" Asked Jack,Amber smiled.
"A little more couldn't hurt then,could it?" Said Amber,Annamaria stepped forward.
"That's right,it'll probably you good." Said Annamaria, "You comin' Jack?" Annamria took a step towards the door.
"Honestly,don't you know me by now?" Said Jack,"There's rum down there!" He followed her out the door.
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