Pirates of the Caribbean

by sherlockianfangirl

Three castaways, Phoenix, Hayley, and Annabelle, ran away from their homes and their only safe haven was the sea. Thinking they would be safe, they stowed away on The Black Pearl. Little did they know that evil far from what they could ever imagine lurked in those waters and their group would soon be in grave danger.(credit for the summary to my friend who helped write)T to b safe

4. Chapter 4

so sorry that i didnt put up another chapter! here you go, chapter 4.

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Phoenix stood on deck, bored out of his mind. All of a sudden, he heard footsteps behind him. He turns his head and sees Captain Jack.

"And what are you doing out here alone?" Jack asks.

Phoenix tenses. "I have nothing to keep myself occupied."

Jack scoffs, "Well, isn't that a pity?"

"Well, do you have any better ideas?"

"If I were you, I'd be looking for the rum."

"Of course you would."

Jack gives a halfly-insulted glance, "What's that supposed to mean?"

"It's your signature beverage. If you asked for anything else, the world might end."

Jack laughs. "Very funny, Phoenix."

Phoenix laughs with him. "So where is the rum?"

Jack puts his arm around his shoulder. "I thought you would never ask, my boy."

They both start walking off the deck. Jack leaves to go and find more rum, while Phoenix stands by the door, not having any clue what to do. Jack comes out 15 minutes later with 3 full bottles and a half-empty one. He throws one of the bottles to Phoenix and they both sit across from each other at a table. Phoenix picks up a bottle and clinks his bottle against Jack's. He smiles and starts drinking from his bottle. Phoenix takes a couple of sips then continues drinking. Maybe I can just forget life in this bottle of rum...

Annabelle walks across the deck and hears, "Annabelle!"

She turns around and sees Will running after her and smiles. Will finally catches up to her and says, "Good morning! Or rather noon."

Annabelle smiles. "You too!"

Will smiles.

Suddenly, the sound of a cannon rings through the air. Will and Annabelle turn their heads to see a flying cannonball hurling towards them. Annabelle froze for a couple seconds and then heard, "RUN!"

She felt being pushed. Annabelle finally started observing her surroundings and saw that Will had pushed her out of the cannon's path. Annabelle didn't know what else to say, so she got up and said, "Thanks."

"Anytime."

Then, a scream runs through everyone's ears, "SURRENDER OR DIE!"

Will sighs. Then, all of a sudden, another cannon shot rings. Then, Annabelle hears Phoenix scream with a drunken slur,

"You cowards! Come fight me like men!"

In that second, it was as if the world had frozen. No one knew what to do at that point, it was utter silence. Nothing. Annabelle shook of the feeling, then walked up to Phoenix with a frown on her face.

"Phoenix, you fool! You can't take them like this! What have you done to yourself?"

Phoenix stares at her blankly. "Wow, you're beautiful."

"Oh forget it, you're definitely too drunk." Annabelle laughs.

Suddenly, Phoenix's emotion turns fearful. Annabelle turns to see the enemy crew boarding the ship.

Jack, Will, and Elizabeth had already started to fight the crew off. Annabelle unsheathed her dagger and ran to their aid. Annabelle started fighting someone when she heard Phoenix's drunken slur yet again, "Get away from her!"

All of a sudden, Phoenix runs up from behind her and tries tackling the person who was attacking Annabelle. Phoenix managed to knock him out. Annabelle ran over to Phoenix and tried to help him up.

"Phoenix, you did it!"

In somewhat less of a slur, Phoenix stands up and says, "I don't feel so good..."

He runs over to the side of the ship and starts throwing up. Annabelle looks away in disgust. She looks around the deck, trying to find Hayley.

"Hayley!"

She doesn't get a reply.

"Hayley?"

Annabelle runs off deck and into the room where they had all slept. Hayley is there, and it looks like she is trying to practice her fighting skills.

"Hayley!" Annabelle shouted. "There are enemies on deck; we need to fight!"

Hayley widens her eyes. "What?!"

"Come on!"

They both rush back up to the deck, but now there are even more pirates. Annabelle helps Hayley fight through the group of pirates and they finally reach the other end. They run up the stairs and yell to Jack,

"The wheel! Let's go! We can't let any more on board!"

He nods in their direction and starts making his way to the wheel. As soon as he gets there, he frantically spins the wheel and the ship turns sharply. Then, they all hear a splash. Nobody turns until they hear Hayley say, "Did you guys call Phoenix up or is he still in the guest room?"

"No, he was already up here."

"Then where did he go?"

Annabelle looks around. "Oh no…"

Annabelle looks towards the side of the ship and sees Phoenix frantically swimming toward the the ship.

Annabelle groans. "And he's not the best swimmer…"

Will sighs. "Well, this is great." He starts lowering down a ladder and asks Annabelle,

"Can you ask your friend to swim over here?"

"Sure."

Annabelle leans over the side of the ship and screams,

"Phoenix, swim over here!"

Phoenix finally makes it to the ladder and climbs up. He's shuddering as if he had been in the coldest of waters. He goes up to Annabelle and pushes her slightly,

"You little-"

Then, Phoenix falls to the floor, unconscious.

"What the-?!" Hayley starts.

"He's drunk. Jack was probably the one to convince him to do this."

"Captain Jack. Captain. And it wasn't my fault, it's not like I shoved the bottle into his face,"

"WELL, THEN WHAT HAPPENED?!"

"Yes, I went to go get a drink, but I didn't force him to drink any… IN FACT, he was the one who asked me where the rum was."

Hayley and Annabelle stared at him in disbelief.

Jack shrugs, "IT'S true."

Hayley folds her arms, "I refuse to believe that. Phoenix doesn't drink."

"Fine. You don't believe me? Then you can ask him yourself when he wakes up. If you trust him enough, he'll tell the truth, you'll see."

"I am almost positive that he has no memory of that."

"Whatever. Fine. You don't trust me."

"Even though I know you aren't the the best person to trust, I trust you. It's just that your story doesn't add up. Phoenix told me he never drinks, EVER. Also, you do seem like the type of person that would convince somebody to have some rum once and a while."

"Although I may have done that once or twice, I have stopped doing that."

Will stifles a laugh. Then, they hear Phoenix groan. Hayley looks toward Phoenix and tries to flip him over. She kneels down and pries open his mouth. Will says,

"I don't think he needs CPR."

Hayley looks toward Will in disgust. "I'm trying to smell his breath."

"Why?"

"I've been around tons of drunks in my life, even my father was a drunk. I know when someone had started drinking."

Will backs away. "I don't know whether to be impressed or sorry for you."

Hayley sniffs Phoenix's breath and puts a disgusted look on her face.

"You're right, Jack. He has been drinking. But why?"

"He didn't say..."

"You're sure?"

Jack thinks for a moment before saying, "Yes, absolutely sure."

"But it doesn't make sense..."

"Look. Maybe the kid just needed a little away-time from life."

"I guess..."

"It makes sense,"

Hayley nods. "I guess it does..."

Annabelle stepped forward. "Why would Phoenix need 'a little away-time' from his life?! He had the perfect- well, decent life! Oh wait... Awh..."

"What?" Hayley steps toward Annabelle.

"I started talking about the incident last night."

Will shakes his head. "Wait, what?"

Elizabeth nudges Will in the shoulder. Will stops talking and looks down at his feet.

Jack cuts in, "Wait, Elizabeth. I want to know too. What 'incident'?"

Elizabeth tries to cut in. "We can't just ask them about 'the incident'. It's-"

Annabelle interrupts her. "No, no. It's fine. Really. It's kind of a long story, but seeing that we have a while," she gestured to the open sea surrounding them, "I guess I can tell the story…" She paused and took a deep breath.