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With tired arms and aching legs, Rynn hauled herself over the railing at the top of ship, landing with a dull thud as she hit the wood. Water dripped from her every article of clothing, making small puddles beneath her. Trying to crawl as quietly as she could, Rynn approached Jack and Will who were already staring from the Stern down to the deck below.
"Jack," Rynn whispered, gasping. "What do we do now?"
He turned to her but kept his eyes on the deck below. As he began to speak he averted his eyes to her own.
"Well, you see," he said, speaking so quiet it was almost inaudible. "We're going to scare these here sailors off this ship so that they will call our good friend Norrington over in his little ship-which will be the Intorceptor- as we hide. Then we will disable the rudder chain so that this ship will not fire at Norrington's little ship. Once Norrington and his men are on this ship we will swing on ropes over to his little ship and cut the ropes that they used to get on to this ship in the first place. Savvy?"
Rynn sat there with her mouth slightly agape, trying to comprehend what Jack had just said so quickly and so quietly.
"So we're going to make these sailors get Norrington, Disable the rudder chain, hide, swing over to the Intorceptor, cut their ropes loose, then make a break for it?" Rynn said, trying to cover every aspect of the plan.
Jack stared at her with one eyebrow raised. "You're not making any sense at all."
Rynn sighed as Jack averted his gaze back to the deck. Within seconds he lept to his feet and sprinted down the stairs.
"Everyone stay calm, we are taking over the ship," Jack said as he went.
Will, caught slightly off guard, leapt over the railing landing nimbly on his feet on the deck below. Following Will, Rynn leapt and landed on all fours behind Jack. Stumbling to her feet she reached for her sword.
There was nothing there.
Shocking revelation washed over Rynn as she remembered the night of the raid by the Pearl. I must have left it when the explosion knocked me out! At a loss, Rynn drew the six inch blade of her knife from her pocket and stood ready to fight.
"Aye, Avast!" Will shouted to many hearty laughs from the sailors.
"You and who? A teenage lass with a knife and a boy who's hardly a threat?" Said a man in a powdered wig with a rather snotty tone, "Besides, this ship cannot be crewed by three people, you'll never make it out of the bay!"
"Son," Jack stated simply, raising his pistol and pulling the hammer, "I'm Captain Jack Sparrow. Savvy?"
The man stood very still and stared down his nose to Jack's pistol. Rynn knew Jack would never fire but the young man was convinced that if he did not do as Jack said, he would.
"Men," he said weakly, pointing to the sailors behind him but never taking his eyes off the pistol, "To the boats."
The men behind him started to scurry to the sides of the boat and lower the longboats into the water. The man with the powdered wig didn't move.
"Son," Jack said again. The man looked Jack straight in the face. "You too."
He turned slowly and walked in the same manner towards the boat which the small crew was piling into. Jack kept his pistol aimed at him even as the man climbed down to the boat.
Tossing the rope down to him, Jack said, "Thank you very much for making this so easy." He finished with a smirk. The man beneath them glared up at them but didn't move. The sailors on either side of him started rowing and the man averted his gaze to the water ahead. Once they were out of earshot he lowered his pistol.
"That was easier than expected," Jack said as he straightened his hat. He turned to Rynn with his characteristic swagger, "Rynn, luv," Jack said. Rynn turned towards him. She had been watching the men in the long boat.
"Yes," she replied.
"I need you to go up in the crow's nest and whistle loudly when you see Norrington coming," he said pointing towards the dock. "Savvy?"
"Right," Rynn said, and turned towards the mast. These masts were not too high so Rynn was not too nervous about being up in the air. About halfway up she heard someone shout and whipped around to see the cause of the noise. The men in the longboat were yelling at the top of their lungs to Norrington.
"Sir, they've taken the Dauntless! Sparrow, Turner, and the lass have taken the ship! They're taking the dauntless!"
"Ruddy tattletale," Rynn muttered to herself as she resumed climbing. Still, she couldn't help but smile to herself. In the course of two days she had stowed away on the Intorceptor, became in league with a notorious pirate, knocked out a Royal Navy Officer, been led to jail, sprung out of jail, and comandeered, or was now comandeering a Royal Navy Ship with just three people.
Rynn arrived at a small hole at the floor of the crow's nest and pulled herself through with little difficulty. As soon as she stood up a refreshing salty breeze broke upon her face. It whipped her short hair out behind her and seemed to cleanse her body of exhaustion and sore muscles.
This is where I belong, she thought to herself, on a ship.
Looking below her, she saw Jack instructing Will on the various ropes and what they did to each sail. Rynn laughed as Jack threw up his arms in frustration and walked back up to the stern, holding his pistol on his shoulder. Remembering her duties, Rynn scanned the water for Norrington. He was already 30 yards from the shore!
Putting her fingers to her mouth, Rynn blew hard and a shrill whistle broke the air. Jack and Will looked up at her expectantly. She pointed out into the water. Even from her distance she saw Jack smirk.
"Get down, luv," Jack said, putting his pistol in its holster and leaping down from the Stern, "And follow me!"
Rynn, realizing that this was a time of great haste, lept down the lader leading up to the crows nest two rungs at a time. When she landed on the deck, Jack and Will raced past, and Rynn followed in hot pursuit. Jack leapt up on the bow and grabbed one of five ropes hanging from the mast. Wrapping the rope around his hand, Jack walked over to the railing and, making sure he had a good grip on the rope, jumped from the edge. Rynn rushed to the edge and looked down at him.
"Jack! What are you doing?"
"Do as I do!" He whispered fiercely up to them.
Rynn, no longer doubting Jack's plans, having learned they almost always work, grabbed her own rope and wrapped it around her hand as Jack had done. Walking to the edge she stpped on to the railing and leapt down beside Jack. As she knew it would, her rope caught her short fall. Seconds later she heard Will drop downbehind her.
"Back up. We're almost exposed," Jack said.
Rynn reached up ad grabbed handholds in the intricate woodwork slightly above her. Moments later she heard a disturbance in the waterand peaked around Jack to see the bowsprint of what was most likely the Intorceptor come into view. She then heard the thunk of the board allowing the sailors to walk on to their ship hit the deck, followed by the thuderous noise of footsteps.
"Search every room, every hole down to the bilges!" rang a man's voice.
"Commodore," Rynn whispered maliciously.
Right as she finished speaking Jack said, "Now!"
With that, he let loose his handhold on the wood work and swung forward on to the already-lower deck of the Intorceptor. Rynn followed, catching her foot on the railing, and falling clumsily on to her hands and knees. Righting herself, she pulled out her knife and ran along the deck cut the ropes that some of the men had used to get on the Dauntless. With Will adjusting the sails, the wind caught them just right and the ship began to move forward. With a loud bang the board connecting the two ships fell into the water and Rynn saw Commodore Norrington whip around at the noise.
"Sailors back to the Intorceptor! Now!" she heard him yell over the busy sailors. One man Grabbed a rope and tried to swing over and missed, tumbling into the water. In a flash, Rynn saw them take out their guns and fire. In the nick of time, Rynn ducked down as she heard bulets pelt the railing. Once they were out of range, Jack piped up:
"Thank You, Commodore, for getting us ready to make way!" Even from there distance, Rynn saw Commodore fuming. "We would have had a hard time with it byourselves!" As he finished he waved his hat to Norrington and turned back to the open sea.
Rynn slumped against the railing and heaved a big sigh. She was extremely exhausted and she now realized she had a splitting headache. A loud rasping noise came to her ear and she looked up to see Willresting his sword on a barrel, sharpening it, and talking toJack. As he stopped, she heard the end of Will's sentence.
"...And then I came out here looking for my father"
"Is that so," Jack said, attending to his own business and seemingly unconcerned.
"In the jail it was only after you learned my name that you agreed to help, since that was what I wanted I'd impress the matter. I'm no Simpleton, Jack. You knew my father."
"Aye, I knew him," Jack said, still adjusting ropes and manning the wheel. "Probably one of the few who knew him as William Turner. Everyone else just called him Bootstrap or Bootstrap Bill. Good man. Good Pirate. I swear you look just like him."
Rynn was listening to the conversation withfrustration. Why couldn't they just be quiet? All she wanted was a decent sleep...
"My father was a merchant sailor. A respectable man who obeyed the law," Will countered.
Jack quickly spun around. "He was a bloody pirate! A scallywag!" he nearly shouted. Done, he turned back to the wheel.
Will drew his sword and pointed it at Jack's back. "My father was not a pirate!" he insisted
"Will, would you put away your blooming sword!" Rynn finally burst. This was going way to far. "Besides, what's so bad about being a pirate?"
They both looked at her in surprise. It was as though they had forgotten she was there.
"Because pirates are selfish liars who would sell a man's soul for a piece of eight! They're-"
"Excuse me!" Rynn interrupted him, "What did you just call me? Will, in case you have forgotten, it's pirates who saved Miss Swan's life, it's pirates who are helping you save her, and it's pirates who you are in league with to go and rescue young Miss Swan! There are pirates all around you but your so single-minded that you don't take the time to notice the good in them! SO QUIT GOING ON ABOUT HOW BLOODY AWFUL PIRATES ARE!"
With that, Rynn took a deep breathe and sat back down with her arms crossed (She hadn't realized that she had stood up), resolving to glare at Will.
"Well spoken, luv!" Jack said, not bothering to keep his voice low.
Will turned back toJ ack, his sword raised to Jack's nose. Jack sighed, "She's right, son, put it down. There's no sense in you getting beat again anyway."
"You didn't beat me. Youignored the rules of engagement in a fair fight that would kill-"
"Then that's not much insentive for me to fight fair then is it," As he finished Jack spun around and spun the wheel as hard as he could. Because of that, a mast came around and hit Will in the stomach and carried him out over the water. Dropping his sword, Will hung on or else to be dropped in to the blue depths below.
"Now as long as you're hanging there, pay attention," Jack started, picking up Will's sword and pointing it at him.
Rynn watched the whole affair but as soon as Jack started talking her eyes began to droop. Darkness clouded her brain and sleep was about to take her...
"Oof!" Rynn opened her eyes to see Will splayed on the deck. She had only been dozing a couple of seconds but she felt strangely awake all of a sudden
"So, can you sail with a pirate, or can you not?" Jack said, apparently concluding their lecture. To Rynn's relief, Will nodded and took the sword Jack was holding, hilt end facing Will.
"Tortuga?" Will looked at Jack with question.
Tortuga! Rynn thought, excitedly. She knew that from the stories her parents had told her. She must have gasped audibly because Jack turned to her with a bigger smile on his face than she had seen this entire venture. With the same expression he turned back to Will and grabbed the helm.
"Tortuga," he replied.
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