Chapter 4: On the third day of Christmas my true love sent to me: three in one bedroom, two scary women and a Cathy naked in the sea! (Soz for long title... soz for even longer title... HA. HA. HAAAA!)

Jack wandered aimlessly down the street, unsure of where to go. It looked like he'd be spending Christmas alone... again. Oh wait! Jack had a stroke of inspiration. Where could he always find friends to spend special times with? The alehouses! Jack headed towards his favourite, The Silver Fish, where the whores would keep him company over the festive season.

He glanced across the road and his blood ran cold. All thoughts of pleasure left his mind as the scariest sight he'd ever beheld greeted him.

Standing across the street was a blonde woman, in her mid-twenties, wearing ripped clothing and with a crazy grin on her face. She was standing opposite his house and staring right at him.

Cathy was back.

As soon as she knew Jack had seen her she began slowly walking across the road, one foot after another, her head cocked to one side and her eyes wide, darting her tongue in and out of her mouth. Jack dodged between passersby and ran for the back alleys, where he hoped she wouldn't track him down. He nipped round corners, Cathy hot in pursuit. At one point he thought he'd lost her only to discover her waiting at the end of the alleyway that he was running towards. He turned around quickly and headed in the other direction, leapt over several stalls in a marketplace, upsetting several parrots and overturning several shillings' worth of fruit.

"Oi!" one man yelled after him.

"I'm sorry, but there's a crazy woman called Cathy chasing me!"

"Women..." the man shivered. "Don't worry about it. And good luck!"

Jack thanked him and continued on his way, a plan forming in his mind. He was only a few streets away from Arabella's house.

Jack crashed through the window and fell to the floor of Arabella's room with a loud thud.

"Welcome home darling!" Captain Smith called upstairs, "Although you could have just used the door."

Jack was about to jump straight out the window again when he realised that Cathy was standing outside it, waiting for her prey. Cathy and Captain Smith. The two people, nay, monsters who scared him most in the world. He jumped into Arabella's bed and threw the covers over his head, petrified.

"Where have you been all night?" Captain Smith asked, looking over at the bed. "Arabella, I think we need to have a chat."

Jack's eyes widened in terror. He recognised that tone of voice in a parent...it was the safe sex talk. It'd been bad enough with Teague! Jack was still scarred by Teague's advice.

"You've been staying out late some nights recently and I've no false ideas about where you've been, who you've been with and what you've been doing. You've been with that Jack," Captain Smith spat his name. "And you've been... well, you know what you've been doing. Arabella, I know this can be awkward but I want you to be careful," Captain Smith started. Jack was already feeling physically sick. "I wish you wouldn't hurry into giving your virginity away; it's the one thing you can never get back!" Jack swallowed the vomit. "And to that filthy, greasy maggot... Uugghh. But, it's your life, and I know that nothing I can say will make any difference."

Jack snorted. This was all horribly ironic as Arabella was still refusing to give in to his god-like powers of seduction, and he held Captain Smith personally responsible for this. Captain Smith sighed.

"Arabella, I just want you to be careful with your choices in life, don't go rushing into something you might regret later, what I'm trying to say is, be careful."

Jack sniggered slightly...Careful? Ridiculous!

"Anyway, I'll leave you to sleep off that hangover! Night darling!" Captain Smith kissed the blankets where Jack's head was, "See you later."

Jack decided that Captain Smith was even scarier when she was trying to be nice and understanding than when she was biting off his head. No sooner had Captain Smith left the room than Jack heard the voice of the real Arabella as she tumbled through the still open window.

"Oh good! She's out!"

"Thank god! We're alone!" A new voice, but one that Jack recognised, suddenly he heard the sound of slurping almost like a kiss? Arabella was kissing someone else! He leapt up from under the covers and saw Arabella, face and body pressed against...BILLY!

"Well hello there!" Jack coughed, "Don't let me interrupt!"

The pair broke apart and whirled around.

"Oh, hi Jack..." Arabella whispered. Her cheeks were red and flushed and her chest was heaving. Billy's legs were crossed awkwardly.

"What's he doing in your bed , Arabella love-,"

"Billy, my boyfriend, Jack..." Arabella interrupted before he could say anything worse. She glowered at Jack. "And I was about to ask you the same question."

"Because, dearest , Cathy is back! She's following me and I can't go home because then I have to go to Shipwreck Cove. See the problem? Now a question for you what's he doing here!" Jack demanded

"Who?" asked Arabella innocently.

"HIM!" Jack pointed, "Him with the aroused-,"

"Oh him! Yes uh, Billy's here to clean the windows." Arabella nodded.

"With his tongue or his penis?" Jack demanded storming to the window.

"I seem to remember a certain Clara, cleaning up your floors after a drunken party thank you very mu-,"

"SHE'S FOUND ME!" Jack shrieked interrupting Arabella mid-rant. Billy followed Jack's gaze to Cathy who stood licking her lips.

"Bells! HELP ME!" Arabella prised Jack away from her and looked to Billy, giving him a 'sorry about my pathetic boyfriend, I'll get him away as quickly as possible then we can get back to business' or so it seemed to Jack.

"Maybe if you run fast enough, she won't catch you!" Arabella suggested. "Out the front door, she's round the back. You'll be fine!" Arabella said ushering him out the door.

"Fine then. I can see I'm not wanted here anymore anyway! Have fun with Billy!" Jack said storming from the room. He stopped and waited for Arabella to come rushing over to him crying and apologising. There was nothing until the slurping sound continued and Jack realised with more than a little sadness that him and Arabella were no more.

Slowly shakily he made his was down the stairs and out onto the street, looking around nervously to see if he could spot Cathy. Arabella's house was right next to the docks. A familiar ship was setting sail.

"WAIT!" Jack screeched, sprinting down to the docks and onto the gangplank. "WAIT PLEASE!" Teague turned from the prow of the Misty Lady. He smiled slyly.

"Thought you decided to spend the holidays with your girlfriend?" He teased as Jack caught his breath,

"Set sail...NOW!" Jack said, his voice shaky with panic.

"Why? We've still got to load up some barrels."

"Because of that." Jack pointed to the shore where Cathy stood smiling eerily, seemingly looking right though them and also looking possessed. Teague's eyes widened in horror.

"RIGHT YE SCURVY DOGS! NO TIME FOR BARRELS! I WANT TO BE AT SHIPWRECK COVE BY NIGHTFALL! THAT'S AN ORDER!"

The sailors knew better than to argue with Teague when he wanted something done; they rushed to unfurl the sails and in a matter of seconds the wind was catching them. Jack glanced nervously back at Cathy as the ship sped away and clutched at Teague in fear. Cathy had stripped completely-a scarring sight- and was swimming towards them.

"MAN THE OARS!" Teague screeched as she gained on them. The sailors jumped to his orders and Jack breathed a sigh of relief as they sped away from shore, perhaps Cathy would drown, perhaps the nightmare would end and he'd wake up at home. But then a sailor spotted her.

"QUICK!" He shouted "Turn the boat around; there's a lass in the water!" All eyes locked lustfully on Cathy.

"KEEP GOING!" Teague screamed desperately. The sailors were already turning the boat around,

"KEEP GOING OR YOU'LL NEVER BE ABLE TO HOLD ANOTHER LASS AGAIN!"

The boat stopped, gripped in the confusion of half the crew thinking of getting their hands on the naked lady in the water. Cathy had reached the boat and was clawing the sides as desperate quivering hands reached down to help her up.

"EVERY MAN BACK TO HIS POST! MAN THE OARS AND MAN THE SAILS! LEAVE THAT BEAST IN THE WATER! I WANT TO BE AT SHIPWRECK COVE BY NIGHTFALL!" Jack stopped his inspiring speech. "DONT THINK I WONT EUNICHIFY YOU ALL! NOT HOLDING A LASS AGAIN PAH! WHAT ABOUT NEVER BEING ABLE TO ENJOY THE COMPANY OF ONE!" The sailors stopped, looked at Jack with terrified expressions, even Teague looked slightly concerned. Every hand ran to man a post and within seconds the ship spun away from Cathy leaving her screaming at the ship as she tried to kick towards them again. Teague looked shocked at Jack and his ability to control a crew, Jack just bowed smugly before walking below decks.