Zarya's POV
Ever since the Interceptor left the Isla de Muerta both my inner dragon and I wouldn't stop thinking about Jack's safety. Of course that was ridcudulous to think about since Jack was able to fend for himself. I shook my head in frustration. Why was I acting like this to a simple pirate?
It's because he might be our mate my dragon said.
"Don't put words in my mouth dragon" I told her firmly.
Then why are you acting like you are?
"I don't bloody know!" I snapped getting the attention of the crew. I blushed and waved a hand that I was fine and decided to make myself useful by relieving Cotton from watch.
"Thank ye!" the parrot said as Cotton smiled at me.
I gave the bird a rub behind its head and the macaw closed its eyes in pleasure. Birds on the occasion had itchy feathers behind their necks and I could tell Cotton's parrot was enjoying my hand relieving it of its itching. Afterwards the macaw opened its eyes and gave my hand an affectionate nip before Cotton walked away. Whoever was on watch usually had a telescope to look through but thanks to my dragon side I was able to see far away.
"Is ye dragon okay Zarya?" Gibbs inquired coming up to me.
"She's just worried about Jack" I told him.
Gibbs chuckled before continuing.
"Jack has been with plenty of women but the past few days I've seen him eying you differently"
That got me to break my eye contact away from the ocean turning to him.
"I find that hard to believe my friend Captain Jack Sparrow would never settle down with a woman"
"He would if she was the right one" Gibbs teased.
I rolled my eyes at him.
He is right my dragon replied.
Shut it dragon I told her before she gave me a fanged smirk.
"My dragon I think would agree with you" I told Gibbs.
Gibbs patted my shoulder before he went about his rounds. I continued to watch the sea until black sails caught my eye.
"Oh s**t" I said before I hurried over to Gibbs. I nodded in the direction of the Black Pearl and immediately Jack's first mate began to bark orders. Elizabeth suddenly came out from below deck wondering what the hell was going on.
"What's happening?" she demanded at Gibbs.
"The Black Pearl she's gaining on us!" Anamaria replied from the wheel. Alarmed Elizabeth went over to the side of the Interceptor and her eyes widened when she saw the Black Pearl in the distance. She and I then hurried over to Anamaria.
"This is the fastest ship in the Caribbean" she told Gibbs and Anamaria.
"You can tell them that after they caught us" Anamaria replied.
"She's right it's only a matter of time before they catch up" I agreed. I then smirked looking to Gibbs. "I have an idea that could slow them down"
"So do I" Elizabeth added. "We're shallow on the draft right?"
"Aye" Anamaria answered.
"Well can't we lose them against those shoals?" Elizabeth suggested and Gibbs looked to the left to see the shoals in question before turning back to Anamaria.
"We don't have to outrun them long just long enough"
Anamaria nodded before she barked out orders as did Gibbs.
I pulled off my vest and Elizabeth demanded.
"Zarya what are you doing?"
"It's time I let my dragon out to play" I told her before I went over to the railing and I then jumped overboard. As soon as I touched the water my body smoked blue and the shift from human to dragon began. A few seconds later I was in my true form finally at last and I used my wings to start swimming towards the Black Pearl. All water dragons had the power of the water whenever we were in its grasp. I was able to see clearly as I got closer to the Pearl but I remained hidden deep so no one on the Black Pearl would see me. Finally I came upon the ship's side and I swung my tail out and then I used it to hit the side of the ship.
The Black Pearl swayed back and forth and I continued to use my tail to smack the side before I dove under the ship itself. I roared out calling to the sea to aide me. What I was really doing was making the sea become unstable for a short period of time so the Interceptor had a chance to outrun the Black Pearl a little longer. I felt the current I summoned stall the Black Pearl from going forward and I pulled myself out of the current and headed back towards the Interceptor. As I approached the ship I saw various barrels, boxes, anything that my crew could throw overboard to make the ship lighter. Once I came to the Interceptor's side I flew out of the water with water cascading off of my scales and I landed on the deck as a human again. I looked to the side of the Interceptor again and saw that the Black Pearl already had the sweeps out and I swore before heading up to where Anamaria, Gibbs, and Elizabeth were. Will followed and shouted.
"Gibbs we have to make a stand, we must fight!"
"Load the guns!" I shouted.
"With what?" Anamaria asked us.
"Anything, everything, anything we have left!" Will stated. Gibbs nodded before he shouted for the guns to be loaded with anything they had to use. I followed after Will.
"Now it's time for your sword practice to pay off" Will said.
"You're a good teacher I would shift again but I don't want to use my flames to burn the Pearl, Jack would have my ass for that" I told him.
Will smirked at my language just as Elizabeth suggested that we drop the anchor on the starboard side so we would ambush the Pearl with surprise.
The anchor dropped and not a moment too soon it caught against the rock making the Interceptor stop sailing ahead and the ship started to turn. I held onto a rope behind me as the Interceptor continued to turn.
"Here I figured you would need this" Will said handing me a rifle.
I gave my friend a smirk before I began to clean the gun out ready to use it. The Black Pearl suddenly went hard to port and soon it was right beside us. The crew on the Pearl shouted at us while our crew did the same. The command to fire was shouted and soon cannons on both ships went off. I ducked as a cannonball shot past me and hit the mast. I flashed whoever shot that thing the bird before I leapt up and fired my rifle. My shot hit a pirate that was near the bow of the Pearl and he fell into the ocean. Will and I together fired more rounds at the Black Pearl's crew members while both ships were getting blown to bits.
"We could use more ideas lass!" Gibbs shouted at Elizabeth.
"It's your turn!" Elizabeth shouted cleaning out her gun.
Will and I fired more rounds and I shot down two more pirates.
"We'll give them her" Anamaria said pointing her pistol at Elizabeth.
Snarling I swiped her pistol away from Elizabeth.
"She's not what their after" I told Anamaria.
Elizabeth looked down to see the medallion was missing.
"Will go and get it!" I told the blacksmith.
Will nodded before he hurried off avoiding being shot. Suddenly another cannonball shot from the Black Pearl and it hit the mast making it break apart. At the same my right shoulder was filled with pain and I dropped my rifle. I looked to see that I had been shot and my shoulder was starting to bleed.
"Bloody pirates" I growled as my claws formed and I pulled out the bullet tossing it into the water. Elizabeth quickly ripped strips off of the dress and she hurriedly tied them onto my shoulder to put pressure to the bleeding. The mast of the Interceptor fell onto the Black Pearl just as she finished tying up the makeshift bandage. I grabbed my rifle again and quickly cleaned it as the pirates from the Pearl swung over to the trashed Interceptor. Both Elizabeth and I fired our guns at the same time and the pirates we hit screamed in pain. One pirate saw me and he rushed forward. I stood up drawing my sword and I stabbed him in the stomach.
He looked down before I punched him hard in the face and as he fell backwards I grabbed my sword back out. Elizabeth had rushed off to help Gibbs while another pirate came from behind me. I kicked him where the sun didn't shine and he dropped his sword yelping in pain. A pirate in front of me grabbed my wrist and I snarled not liking behing held back. He was about to use his sword when Jack grabbed his wrist.
"That's not very nice"
I used that chance to punch the pirate's lights out and he fell overboard. Jack then grabbed me into his grasp and pulled me down. I was about to say something when his lips crashed against mine catching me off guard. My dragon half shrieked in delight as Jack pulled away.
"Consider that payback love, now where's the medallion?"
"I don't know" I answered.
Jack then saw I had been shot and he swore.
"My wound will heal" I told Jack amongst the chaos. The two of us then saw Barbossa's monkey and it had the medallion. I nodded after the monkey and Jack went after it. One of the Pearl's crew members tried to grab me but I punched him the face before I jumped overboard and I landed in the water. Will was trapped in the brig and I had to get him out of there before he was killed. I shifted to my dragon form again and I swam around the Interceptor trying to figure out where Will was.
Finally I sensed he was a few feet away and I came upon the side where I felt where he was. I opened my jaws and hissed out flames creating a hole in the ruined Interceptor. I snaked my head into the brig and I surfaced in front of Will. Will's eyes widened when he saw it was me and he quickly swam past my head and I felt him climb onto my back underneath the water and I turned my body around to swim away from the Interceptor. I swam us a good distance away when the Interceptor finally blew up. At the same time I felt my dragon half was exhausted and I started to return to my human form. Will thankfully had gotten off of my back before the shift happened. Now I was back in my human form. He and I surfaced to breathe for air before diving back under the water swimming towards the Black Pearl. We came up the Pearl's side a few minutes later and the two of us climbed up until I was on the Pearl and Will was behind me on the railing.
"Barbossa!" I snapped and Barbossa turned to see Will and me standing before him. The rest of our crew looked relieved to see we were safe including Elizabeth and Jack. I was quick to swipe two pistols and I tossed one to Will while I held the other.
"She goes free!" Will said pointing the gun at Barbossa.
"What's in your heads boy and lass?"
"You heard him Elizabeth goes free" I snarled coming up to Will's side.
Barbossa came up to the two of us and he taunted.
"You've only have one shot and we can't die"
"We bloody know that you f**king dolt" I told Barbossa.
Barbossa turned to me shocked I used such language. Will looked to Jack who whispered.
"Don't do anything stupid"
Immediately as one Will and I backed away. While he got back onto the railing I stood in front of him. I put my pistol down and my claws came out and I held them to my jugular vein.
"You can't" Will stated before pointing the gun at himself. "But we can"
Elizabeth struggled and Jack paled when he saw I had a single claw at my throat.
"Who are you two?" Barbossa demanded.
"No one their no one" Jack interrupted getting in front of Barbossa. "Distant cousins from my aunt's nephew twice removed lovely singing voice though eunuch"
"My name is Will Turner!" Will began. "My father was Bootstrap Bill Turner"
"And I'm Zarya Hart the descendant of Rune Hart"
Barbossa and his crew's eyes widened in shock. Jack embarrassed walked away while Will and I continued.
"They're blood ruins through our veins"
"They're the spitting images of ol' Bootstrap Bill and Rune to come back and haunt us!" Pintel shouted.
"On our words do as we say or Will and I will end our lives here and now becoming lost to Davy Jones locker!" I snapped.
"Name your terms Mr. Turner and Ms. Hart"
"Elizabeth goes free!" Will said.
"Yes we all know that one" Barbossa replied. "Anything else?"
"Jack is not to be harmed nor does the crew" I growled.
Barbossa then stepped forward and he smirked at us.
"Agreed"
A Half Hour Later.
Barbossa kept true to his word however he had other plans in mind. He made the Pearl set sail till it came upon the boundaries of the same island Jack had been marooned on.
"Get your f**king hands off me!" I snapped as some of Barbossa's men tried to hold me back. My eyes flashed to their dragon state and Barbossa said.
"Leave her be boys we don't want an angry dragoness onboard my ship"
The pirates backed away from me before they suddenly pushed Elizabeth forward to the plank. Will was being held back and he shouted.
"Barbossa you lying bastard! You swore she'd go free!"
Barbossa spun to Will.
Barbossa snapped at back at Will while Jack suddenly came up to my side.
"What are you doing?!" he demanded in a whisper.
"Protecting you" I growled. "Barbossa if you haven't realized by now is going to maroon you again"
I nodded at the island to prove my point.
"Bloody hell" Jack growled.
"You'll find a way to get off like you did last time" I replied back. "Just don't get too touchy feely with Elizabeth, savvy?"
That got Jack to suddenly smirk.
"You're jealous love"
"Don't test me pirate" I growled. "I don't like another female touching what belongs to me"
I then immediately placed a hand to my mouth in shock. At the same time my inner dragon awoken and she shot me a mental image of her body coiling up around Jack's. I was so shocked at this revelation I felt weak in the knees and I lost my footing. Jack was quick to catch me before I could fall.
"Love what is it?" he demanded.
I didn't answer because Jack suddenly got pulled away from me and I watched hopeless as he was guided to the plank. Elizabeth had been already thrown off the Pearl.
Do something to protect our mate!
My dragon shrieked in my mind.
There is nothing I can do I am too weak to shift and my body is exhausted I told her. He will come back to us
My dragon growled before she went silent. Jack's effects were suddenly thrown overboard and my mate dove after them. The rest of the crew laughed and I suddenly felt dizzy again. This time I did lose my footing and Pintel being the sweetheart he was actually stopped my fall.
"Take the rest down to the brig, take Ms. Hart to me cabin" Barbossa commanded.
Pintel suddenly scooped me into his arms and at the same time I finally passed out. The last thing I remembered was Will shouting out my name.