A/N: I don't think this chapter will be good since my mind has been a little blank today. I actually stabbed my lip with a fork... I'm so out of it. But, for you guys and girls, I'll try my best. Please bear with me. Read and review! I'm not getting many so I'm not very motivated to continue writing :/ The songs do NOT belong to me.
As Barbossa stalked up toward Jack, the fight seemed to move away as if giving them some space. He smiled at Jack who smiled back. Jack fixed his hat on his head, "Ah, Hector, what brings you here?" He asked innocently.
"Don't be so naïve, Jack. You know what I come for." Barbossa said, searching around, "Where is she?" He asked, his eyes on Jack once more.
"She? I don't know who you are talking about..." He said nervously, looking around. His eyes landed on Elizabeth and he grabbed her arm, pushing her into Barbossa, "There you have her. It was nice doing business with you." He smiled and tried to walk away. Will pointed his sword in his face with a frown on his face.
Barbossa looked down at Elizabeth, "It's been far too long, Elizabeth. How are things?" He asked nicely.
"Fine," She jerked her arm away from him, "And you?" She asked sarcastically.
"Just peachy." He pushed her aside and walked up to Jack. That's when he spotted Will, "Will, my boy! Great to see ye in one piece." He gave him a nod.
Will kept his glare on Jack. Jack spun around to face Barbossa and found him to be a little too close. He took a step back and felt the tip of Will's sword on his back. He leaned his head back instead, making an uncomfortable face. Since Jack always had his hands up, never at his sides, he moved them a bit forward and poked Barbossa's shoulder, "Do you mind, mate? You're a little... uh... too close." Jack said awkwardly.
Barbossa leaned in closer so their noses were practically touching. Jack made a sound of discomfort. "Jack, where is the girl?" He whispered menacingly.
"Honestly, I don't know what you're talking about." He said, raising his hands innocently. He looked back at Will who was still pointing his sword at him. Jack moved his head around frantically with wide eyes as his way of asking 'What the bloody hell are you doing?'
"Jack, I don't have time for your little games. I know you have 'er and we all know I am going to take 'er so tell me where she is." Barbossa said, losing his calm.
Jack smirked, "How strange. You always have time for my games."
Barbossa pulled his sword out from it's hilt and pointed it at Jack's throat. At this, Will came around and pointed it at Barbossa's neck. Barbossa pulled out a gun and pointed it at Will's forehead. Immediately, Elizabeth had a sword at Barbossa's torso. Jack pulled out a sword and pointed it at Elizabeth who shot him a look and he shrugged. Will pulled his gun out to Jack and Jack to Will. Then, something fell on Elizabeth's shoulders. She felt a dagger to her throat, ready to slit it at any given moment. Will's eyes widened and he pointed his gun at Jack the monkey. Jack pointed his gun at Barbossa and hissed toward Jack the monkey who hissed back. They all pulled the hammer's to their pistols with a steady glare in their eyes.
No one noticed that in the water, someone was watching intently. She remained there, watching nervously as Barbossa pointed weapons at Jack and Will. She heard a loud grunt coming from right above her. She looked up in time to see a man flip over the side and come crashing into the water. She heard someone grunt again, she looked to the side and saw Gibbs leaning all the way over the rail with a sword pointed at his throat.
Gibbs looked down at the water and his eyes widened when he spotted Syren's head in the water, looking up at him. Gibbs put his hand behind him and shooed her away as he looked at the pirate that was about to end his life.
Syren dove into the water. She cleared her mind because for the first time, she was going to take a breath underwater. She never risked taking her first breath underwater since she was born on the shore of the beach on Isla de Muerta and since then she came up to get air. She considered it, yes, that she had a chance to escape but something told her that she would regret it later on in life.
She opened her eyes determinedly and took that first breath. She choked as the water filled her lungs. Her hand shot to her neck where she felt a great pain. She felt underneath her fingers as her skin parted and began to move slowly as she breathed. She realized they were gills.
She pushed past the shock and excitement and went back up to breath in some air and glance up over at where Gibbs was. He was no longer there.
'Could he have...' She couldn't even finish the thought. She swam slowly, searching for him. She found him finishing off another pirate from the Queen Anne's Revenge. She sighed in relief and swam back so she could get a better look at Jack and the others. She smiled as Jack fought against Barbossa, he looked so handsome and brave.
She caught a glimpse of blonde hair up on the quarterdeck and recognized her as Elizabeth. She wasn't with will and she was fighting against two men, both slightly overweight. One of the pirates knocked the sword from her hand and pointed his sword at her. From someplace else, a large pirate with markings on his face had Will against the main mast with a gun to his head. On the other side, a monkey snatched Jack's sword away and left him at Barbossa's mercy. Syren panicked, she had no idea what to do, she had never attacked anyone like this. Only as a human with a pistol once and she had grimaced as she watched the man die. Only once did she ever do this as she is now and it was to defend herself from a mermaid that said she had crossed their territory.
She heard a whistle and looked over. Gibbs was making signals at her for something but she didn't pay it any mind. She lifted herself out of the water a bit more and bought her fingers up to plug her ears. She imitated this movement a couple of times until Gibbs gave her a nod of understanding. Gibbs turned around and ran toward Jack as best he could. He didn't have much time so he shouted from where he was, "Cover your ears, Cap'n!"
Jack, Elizabeth, Will, Barbossa, Ragetti, Pintel and a few others managed to hear this, luckily most of Jack's crew since they recognized Gibbs' voice. They gave each other looks before they plugged their ears hastily. Gibbs did this as well.
Syren watched as a man, she recognized him from Jack's crew, plugged his ears. To his dismay, the others that hadn't heard the warning attacked him and threw him over. She grimaced and cleared her throat. She was rather new at this but she managed to remember a song her mother thought her years ago before she died.
My heart is pierced by Cupid, I disdain all glittering gold,
There is nothing can console me but my jolly sailor bold.
Come all you pretty fair maids, whoever ye may be
Who love a jolly sailor bold that ploughs the raging sea.
My heart is pierced by Cupid, I disdain all glittering gold,
There is nothing that can console me but my jolly sailor bold.
My heart is pierced by Cupid, I disdain all glittering gold,
There is nothing that can console me but my jolly sailor bold...
She sang, letting her natural instinct take over as her voice sounded perfect as it drifted with the wind. Being a siren, her voice was louder, more powerful. Syren pulled Jack's shirt off and bought it underwater. She watched as men piled over each other to get to the beautiful sound. She smiled at them the most beautiful smile she had given to anyone as she repeated the song. She swam gracefully toward the ship and placed herself against it. She smiled at them again and signaled them to come to her with her finger. The men all jumped off at once, some dying on impact against the water and others being shot before they did by others that were still on the ship.
A man lucky enough to live, swam toward her. She smiled at him, that beautiful, innocent smile. He smiled at her, swimming over excitedly. Syren barely felt like herself. She felt more confident, more capable of... taking his life... to protect Will's and Elizabeth's and the others. The man chuckled, "Sing that again, love." He said, his repulsive teeth showing with his smile.
Syren giggled, "Sing it with me, sailor." She grabbed the collar of his shirt and spun around slowly.
My heart is pierced by Cupid, I disdain all glittering gold,
There is nothing can console me but my jolly sailor bold.
Come all you pretty fair maids, whoever ye may be
Who love a jolly sailor bold that ploughs the raging sea.
My heart is pierced by Cupid, I disdain all glittering gold,
There is nothing that can console me but my jolly sailor bold...
She let the man sing on his own as she slowly leaned into him, their faces inches apart. She smiled as she dunked her head into the water, pulling him with her. Underwater, she flipped them over and began to swim downward while singing the song. The man watched her, too transfixed to notice what was going on. In a second, her face furrowed and her fangs glistened in the water that was illuminated by the sun. The man's eyes widened and he gasped. He choked on the water and Syren let him go before swimming back up to the water. What she saw next made her regret her noble act. She should have listened to Will.