Have you ever noticed how weirdly Barbossa talks? I don't think I can spell it… but 'Sparra' is good, isn't it?
Chapter 6: Family moments and evil plans
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Jackie set the disguise on the bed and just stood there. She knew she was interrupting her parent's talk. Maybe they were done talking about important things so she could stay in there with them. She was still kind of freaked out. She stood there awkwardly until Jack asked her if there was a problem.
She didn't know if she should tell him about the weird man or just let it go. "No, there isn't a problem. So, what should I call you? Dad or Jack?"
"It doesn't matter to me."
"Okay then. It feels more comfortable for me to call you Jack, but maybe I'll come around to calling you Dad."
"I'll look forward to it."
"It seems you two are already friends," Angelica said, hugging Jackie from behind. "I thought this would go much, much worse."
"How? We're both alike in many ways. The only thing that gets me is how well she played a boy for the few days she was on my ship. All of my men thought she was." Jack said.
"I think it was my strength. I'm pretty strong for a thirteen year old girl. I'm even stronger than Michael, and he's four months older than me!" Jackie exclaimed. She had totally forgotten about the weird man, and curled up next to her mother and father on the bed.
So this is what it's like to have a complete family… I like it. Jackie smiled. She turned toward her mother and saw her truly smile for the first time in a long time. She was looking at Jack while he was talking about the last time they had seen each other, while they were searching for something called the fountain of youth. Jack made Angelica laugh, and Jack's eyes went wide, "Oh! I almost forgot! I found this," He pulled out a necklace, "on my floor after the whole closet fiasco."
"My necklace! I almost forgot all about it!" Jackie said, grabbing the necklace.
"What does he mean 'closet fiasco'?" Angelica asked.
Jackie smiled a shy smile and said, "I kinda stole one of his disguises to eavesdrop on you guys."
"I knew I had seen that shirt somewhere before…" Jack said, smiling. This was good for him. Everything made sense again. He got his wish to just talk with Angelica, and even more! Now, he has a daughter, and he felt like his world was brighter.
He should've done this years ago.
And the good thing was Jackie wanted to find him, which was why she disguised herself as a boy and joined the first pirate ship she could, which was what she told them.
Right now, Jackie was telling them about all of the great time she had on the ship, and one of the best ones was the 'closet fiasco'.
"Mama told me when she gave me the necklace that it had a story." Jackie said.
"Oh, that story? That's a good one. You see, when I first met Angelica, she was in a convent, and helped me escape from the Spanish police. She didn't know any English. I helped her escape from the convent and taught her some English. We spent three days on the beach and the third day we," Angelica looked sternly at Jack at this part, "did something you need not know of… Afterward I left her at a friend of mine's, and sent her this necklace a month later. It was the only one of its kind."
"Who's was it to begin with?" Jackie asked.
"The Queen of Spain," Angelica said, "When I got the necklace, I couldn't believe a man I had just met went through all of that trouble for me. Before I went into the convent, I was living with my grandmother, who was a very religious woman. She thought I was devil spawn because my mother had me out of wedlock. She sent me to the convent as soon as I turned fourteen. It made me feel special. I treasured it and told myself I would give it to my daughter, so I did." Angelica kissed Jackie on the forehead.
"Sadly, I never saw Angelica until I was impersonated by her before the fountain of youth adventure." Jack said. Angelica laughed. Jack smiled and said, "At least I know where she gets the impersonating trait."
"And I know where she gets the disguises," Angelica said.
Jackie smiled and got up, "Well, I'd love to stay, but it's getting late. And it's not like we can leave the ship, so I'll see both of you tomorrow. Good night." Jack and Angelica said goodnight and Jackie walked below and fell asleep.
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The next morning, Jack woke up to find Angelica snuggling up next to him. He smiled and just lied there, but he knew he would have to get up sometime.
And then Gibbs knocked on the door. - Gibbs, he thought, now I have to get up from this! He looked at Angelica, and then back at the door. Eh, I'll stay here. He smiled and closed his eyes.
The knocking continued, and then Gibbs actually spoke, "Jack, we need a heading!" Gibbs walked in and saw Jack shushing him, and then pointing to Angelica. Jack carefully got up and walked out quietly.
"Okay, Mister Gibbs, where's my compass? I'll find our heading."
"It's… in there," Gibbs pointed toward the door.
"-. Well, do you know the direction to Singapore?" Jack asked.
"No, captain. Jack, I think we need to talk."
"Whatever for, savvy?" Jack walked down to the deck where everyone was working, even Michael.
"Angelica. Captain, she's bad luck. A woman of her stature-"
"You mean because she's a woman I shouldn't let her stay?" Jack turned around on his heel to face Gibbs.
"Of course, Jack, a woman on a ship is bad luck-"
"Well, Mister Gibbs, I'll let you know that we've had a woman on the ship for the last few days, and nothing bad has happened." Jack held his arms out, showing Gibbs that nothing bad has happened. Just then, Michael, who was holding a rope, let go and a crate fell right behind Jack. Jack flinched.
"Yes, Jack, nothing bad has happened. And, remember, Jack, you tricked her and her father. Has she forgiven you?" Gibbs smirked and walked away.
Jack turned around and saw Michael, who was picking up shattered pieces of the crate. "And what, mate, are you doing out of the kitchen?"
"I-I know about Jackie's… situation… and we traded jobs, captain." Michael quickly stood up and dropped all of the crate pieces.
"Jackie was perfectly fine working out on deck. The next time I come out here, I want you in the kitchen and Jackie out here!"
"Y-yes sir!" Michael said, and he started running below deck. Jack nodded and smiled.
He turned around, and ran straight into Angelica. "I would think you need this, Captain." She smiled.
"Why thank you, love." Jack smiled. He opened it and, thankfully, it stopped. "Gibbs! We have our heading!"
He walked over to Gibbs, showing him the compass, and Angelica followed them. "And here we go. Where are we going?"
"Where we were going to go before you used that doll and called me to Tortuga. Singapore." Jack smiled.
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Barbossa needed Jack. His whole crew knew that. He felt lucky when he saw the Pearl docked in Tortuga. Why not? The chance was his for the taking. He walked right onto the Pearl with no one asking him questions.
He didn't say a word until he saw a little girl walking on deck. She was carrying clothes, and walking the same way he was.
"And who may you be?" Barbossa asked the girl, and she jumped a little. She looked over at him and Jack the monkey crawled out from behind his head. She looked very familiar.
"Who wants to know?" She asked, and he saw a scared look in her eye, but she was hiding it well. If Barbossa didn't know how to look for it, he would've missed it.
The girl stopped at a door, and knocked really fast. "Oh, so you know Jack Sparra?" Barbossa smiled, and her fear grew larger, he could tell. Her eyes never left his face until Angelica Teach, of all people, opened the door.
He saw all he needed to see, so he left.
When he got back to his ship, he told Pintel and Ragetti about it.
"She looked like Jack, you say?" Ragetti asked.
"Of course that's what he said! He just said it!" Pintel said, slapping Ragetti on the arm.
"Just making sure," Ragetti said, rubbing his arm.
"Stop it! Then, Angelica Teach opened the door." Barbossa stopped talking, and Pintel and Ragetti just stared at him. "Angelica Teach is Blackbeard's daughter. The late Blackbeard's daughter."
"She was dead?" Pintel asked, eyes wide.
"No! Blackbeard is dead! She wasn't! But, I know why she was there." He said, and Pintel and Ragetti's eyes were large.
"She's the mother of Jack Sparra's kid."
"Really?" Both Pintel and Ragetti asked together.
"Yes, and we'll take her. She'll be able to read the map, but if she disobeys, we'll make Jack read it. Or, we kill the girl." Barbossa started laughing, and Pintel and Ragetti stared at each other, and then laughed with him.
Barbossa stopped laughing, and, with a straight face, said, "Here's our plan…"
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Michael walked into the kitchen, and instead of Harry, the regular cook, there was some other man there.
"Who are you?" Michael asked, and the man turned around. He was tall, had black hair and bright blue eyes.
"I, uh, I'm the new, uh…" He stuttered.
"The new cook? What happened to Harry?" Michael asked, tying on his apron.
"Oh, he's a little tied up at the moment…" The man smiled an evil smile, and Michael just stood there.
Finally, the man came back to reality, and Michael was already starting water on to boil for dinner. "Well, aren't you going to help?" Michael asked.
"Uh, yeah… What do I do?"
Michael shook his head and told him to dice onions.
Finally it was dinner time; he called the crew in. He served all of the men, but the new cook said he'll give Jackie's food to her. Michael shrugged and turned around to eat his own food.
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After dinner, Jackie felt woozy. She could barely hold the rope, let alone pull it. So, Lawrence told her that she should go lay down for a bit until she felt better. She went below deck and lied down. She couldn't think of anything she could have done to make her sick, expect for spending a couple days on a pirate ship. Maybe it was all of the excitement catching up to her. She tried to stay awake, but she just couldn't. She fell asleep within the minute.
A couple hours later, everyone came back down to sleep. Michael saw Jackie was asleep, and lied down, falling asleep himself.
Everyone was asleep, even Jack and Angelica, who had been talking all day. They were inseparable. No one saw Larry and Samuel, two of Barbossa's men, come down below deck. They saw Jackie, and Larry handed Samuel the rope. They tied her feet and hands and gagged her mouth.
"Are you sure she won't wake up? I don't want to deal with her waking up in the long boat…" Samuel asked.
"Barbossa said that the potion will wear off long after we get to the ship."
"Okay… but no one's gonna blame me if she wakes up!"
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Jackie's head hurt like crazy… She felt woozier than before. She tried to open her eyes but she couldn't, she was way too tired. She tried to think of her father, her newly found father…, but it seemed she was too tired to think, too. This was weird. Jackie had been tired before, but always had energy to think. Always.
Something was wrong.
Then, she heard something, it sounded far off, but she knew the sound. Waves. She tried again to open her eyes, but they wouldn't budge.
Now there were more sounds. She could feel she was in a boat, not the ship, and there were some people with her.
"Sam… she's waking up…"
"No she's not. Just keep quiet, we're almost there."
"I'm serious, Sam… She's moving and her eyes are opening…"
"Shut it! We're almost to the ship!"
She had never heard these men's voices before. The one sounded scared, but the other, Sam, didn't. He sounded like the boss.
Her arm twitched. She could move her arm, but it felt bound, like tied up. So were her feet.
She tried moving her arm a little more to loosen the bonds, but the boat stopped before she could. She felt herself moving upward, and then landing on a hard surface.
"We've got her, Captain." Sam said.
"Take her to my quarters. She'll sleep there." A very familiar voice said, but Jackie couldn't place it with a face.
This was going to be a long night.
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Jack was having a good morning. He woke up snuggling next to Angelica again, and there wasn't a cloud in the sky. He smiled. He could do this every day.
Gibbs was still disappointed in him though. But, who can blame him? Jack was having the time of his life.
Angelica stood next to him. "Have you seen Jackie yet today?"
"No, but I think she wasn't feeling too good yesterday."
"Oh, I think I'll check up on her." She said, and she walked away.
"I feel some bad luck coming up, Jack." Gibbs walked up to Jack.
"There will be no bad luck! I promise you!" Jack said. Gibbs shook his head and didn't say anything.
They stood there, watching the men work, for about five minutes.
"JACK SPARROW!"
"Yes, lo-" Jack started to say, but seeing the look on Angelica's face made him scared beyond belief.
"I knew if we stayed here something like this would happen!" She said, angrily hitting Jack's arm.
"What hap- Stop!" He yelled, and Angelica stopped hitting him. He rubbed his arm and asked, "What happened?"
"Jackie's gone!" Angelica started crying, "She's gone!"
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Sorry that I didn't update yesterday, but as you can see, this chapter is a little (lol not a little at all) longer. This is the longest chapter I've ever written. On anything. :D It's exciting. Please review!
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