A/N: Thank you so much for the reviews! I just wanted to say that I do not have any kind of writer's block in any of my POTC stories. The problem has just been finding time to write. I often do other things I must do and think about how much I would rather sit down and finish the coming chapter. Now when school is over, I am determined to finish them all quite soon, because I love writing and also because I do not think you should have to wait any longer. Well, I do hope you will enjoy this chapter.
In case you do not remember what previously happened, read the last paragraph of the last chapter ;)
Chapter VII - Que me amas
Pirates of the Caribbean
Captain and Captainess Sparrow to Atlantis
Jack could have killed a crewman in anger. He was upset. Oh, indeed he was. He was furious and angry at any man uttering a word in his direction. Only Gibbs had managed talking him into not pursuing the Kingston, Henry Morgan's beloved ship. Henry Morgan would be far stronger than them on the sea, even though not many could outsmart Jack's ability in battling. Henry Morgan was one of the best, and had more experience than Jack.
However, if they managed getting to Atlantis and lay their hands on the treasure which rules the wind and tides, Jack would be invincible.
After much ifs and buts, Jack had agreed upon the proposal and settled the course back to Atlantis.
All crewmen could not wait for Jack to get his wife back. Mostly because they did not like how it affected them all by her absence. The angry captain had given them such harder tasks to execute and his mood was immensely irritable now when she was not around.
All were miserable except for Caroline. She was almost dancing by happiness. How she had wanted to get rid of that skunk. And eventually, her daughter-in-law was all gone.
Atlantis
The island was infamous, yet rarely found by strangers. It was hidden behind a waterfall bigger than the sea itself. It was ruled by two people. King Philip and the woman he decided to marry, Queen Syrena. He had been out on the seas to spread kindness when he had been boarded on a pirate ship. After Syrena's help, he had returned to his kingdom together with his newfound wife and together they would rule.
Jack however, was anchoring in the harbor of Atlantis for the very first time. Or in correction: his crew was anchoring the ship. The captain himself sat in front of a map of Atlantis and tried to figure out how to solve this mystery of receiving unlimited power.
The crew was walking down the boarding plank over to the harbor and discussed with the guards of the harbor the bill for the spot in the harbor. Jack wandered behind and examined the place. His eyes stuck on the major castle behind the houses of the town. It was a big and white one with high and pointy towers. By the sudden worry that of all sudden was appearing among the people, Jack snapped his attention back from the castle to what was going on in the harbor. People began pulling out swords and some ran away to hide behind the corner of the houses. It seemed very unstable.
Ah, he quickly found the reason why. Another pirate ship was about to set anchor at the island. The Queen Anne's Revenge.
"Barbossa," Jack said to Gibbs, who made a nod.
"Aye, never get rid of that pirate," he stated with a sword in his hand. Jack pulled out his as well. The pirates aboard Barbossa's were roaring and seemed to be overly excited to battle.
Caroline kissed Jack's cheek. "I am going to find your father now, Jackie. Take carefully care of each other, alright Joshie?" she turned her attention to Gibbs who nodded and scanned the area to make sure that nobody had heard her nickname.
"I promise," the two of them said in unison.
"Good! Ta-Ta!" she said and disappeared into the town.
Hector Barbossa however, gazed over the island with calmness. Once spotting Jack, he took a step up to the railing and pointed at him with his sword. Everybody silenced when he did so.
"Where be the Missis?" he shouted down to Jack.
Jack sighed and rolled his eyes. "Is there any soul out there who does not have the knowledge of me being married?" he asked sarcastically to Gibbs.
"Jack!" Jack jumped by surprise and moved his gaze back to Barbossa. "Where be the daughter of Blackbeard?!" Barbossa spoke overly loud in a question again.
"Captain Sparrow as I be titled," he corrected Barbossa's first way of greeting.
Barbossa gave a crewmember a look. "Captain Sparrow, where ye be hiding yer wife?" Some of the crewmen aboard The Revenge giggled and shared glances.
Jack witnessed it and just wanted to enclose himself in a box for the rest of his life.
"I know why ye be here," Jack announced.
Barbossa smiled and thereby showed his rotten teeth. "For the chest?" he answered.
Jack just shrugged. "Then there be no purpose of chasing me."
Barbossa gave him a confused look.
Jack finished his sentence. "I do not have her nor the chest."
Barbossa seemed astonished, and so did his crew. "Ye say ye do not have yer wife with you?"
Jack shrugged sheepishly. "That would be a no."
"Where is she then?"
As if Jack would have revealed that even if he would have known. He shrugged. "Henry Morgan took her."
"What purpose is there to have a wife if one cannot get the good parts of it?" Barbossa questioned.
"He kidnapped her," Jack defended himself. It was not like Angelica had left him as Barbossa indicated.
"That you say. Bet she left as soon as she could," Barbossa stated.
An offended Jack frowned. "Oh-no, she was abducted, savvy?" he declared.
"Oh, well. Where be Captain Morgan now? Will he show up here, say?"
"Who would know. My thoughts be that Kingston shall sail to the wifey-island and my opinion be-"
"Yer opinion does not matter when ye are a stupid imbecile," Barbossa cut him off, clearly tired of Jack's infamous rambling.
Jack tilted his head. "And yet - ye offer yours."
There was no fun aboard The Kingston. Certainly not for Mrs Sparrow. She was more or less locked to the captain's side by the handcuff she had around her wrist. It was molded to a metallic chain that Henry Morgan held in his very sensible hand, and thereby felt every movement coming from his lady.
He sat in his chair behind the helm and watched over a crewman that ruled the steering. His dirty gaze travelled to the woman in red dress, who stood at the railing and gazed over the ocean. Probably, she was looking for a rescuer. But he'd bring her to his island - after getting his hands on the chest and she was the one who could give it to him.
He stood up and wandered slowly over to her.
"What do ye see, Angie?"
Angelica showed a death glare but kept her face towards the ocean. Captain Morgan did not deserve a reaction from her.
He snatched in his chain and caused her to whimper as she was forced to spin around. He smiled evilly as in by victory. Now though, she did throw him death glares.
His free hand caressed her skin along the cleavage-line of the dress. She winced but he only tightened the grip around the chains. "Why the looks, Señorita?"
Another glare.
He grabbed her face and kissed her cheek. Then he put his thumb on her chin and forefinger below it. She said nothing but to glare deathly into his eyes.
He pulled back as the lookout-lad shouted from the mast.
"Oi! Captain! We have arrived!"
Morgan began walking towards the railing which view was over deck. "Everybody to positions! Set anchor at the harbor and make it smooth!" he barked.
Not much chaos, but no crewmember took the order lightly. Too many of them had died upon doing so.
The first thing they all spotted was the big crowd of pirates combined with the people of Atlantis. It seemed like both The Pearl and The Revenge were there as well.
Morgan did not know if he should have laughed or rolled his eyes by the sight. It was just... such a marvellous view.
Followed by his crewmen, he marched calmly down the boarding plank with his chain attached to Angelica, who walked behind. Her eyes were stuck in Jack's, and thereby she did not notice that she her walk slowed down. The crewmen behind her took the advantage of her almost stopping in pace and thereof letting them walk into her. Their hands quickly found her waist and bum to squeeze her.
"Oh-oh, Señorita," they laughed. She snorted and broke her eye contact with Jack to throw them a death glare.
Jack watched the whole scenario with a clenched jaw. His hand around his sword had tightened without his awareness.
Morgan snatched the chain, which caused Angelica to be forced to run up to him. He grabbed her jaw and held her in place beside him. His eyes scanned the area.
"Well, good day Hector," he said and then looked to Jack. "And Jack."
Morgan looked between Jack and Angelica a couple of times before he smiled. He could see how they were looking directly to each other.
Jack began walking towards Morgan but his crew throw themselves onto him to keep him back. "Don't!"
Morgan's smile grew. "Who'd think the day would come when we'd see Jack lovesick?"
In some way, she could feel how her whole body reacted to that statement. "Captain," Angelica intervened.
Morgan turned his head slowly to the woman beside him and gave her a knowing look. "I knew ye'd say that."
"I want her!" Barbossa exclaimed and pointed his sword towards Angelica. Her expression seemed bothersome. The crew of The Revenge began hollering and rejoicing as if being in a battle. It appeared as if all of the pirates at the moment were excited to fight.
Morgan shook his head. "She shall get me the infinity!" he declared.
"Bloody she won't!" Barbossa shot back. "Attack!" With his sword pointed at either Angelica or Morgan, his crew took off towards them. Jack had not given an order to his own crew, but they had also taken off. Angelica was just as important for them to get back, if not even more important, seeing that their captain would whip their butts for the rest of their miserable lives if they did not reach her.
The Kingston's crew was not worse. They were quickly in the battle as well. It did not take long at all for Jack to jump into the fight too. At least he told himself that the only purpose for him doing this was because Angelica was useful to receive the chest that could rule the wind and tides - nothing less and certainly nothing more.
It was in that moment another roar burst out. An army escaped the small roads that led into town. The men just poured into the harbor from every direction. The army of Atlantis. Another army to fight.
"Angelica!" Jack yelled as he fought off a few men on his way over to her. She managed finding him in the crowd as she was tossed everywhere, unable to escape. Once getting over there, he had no interest in fighting Morgan but only to cut her chain. It broke into two halves and she was free.
"Get out of here!"
This time she actually listened to Jack.
She remained behind him as he tried to fight his way out of the crowd. That was until Barbossa stood face to face to him.
"Give me her, Sparrow," he said with a warning hint in his tone.
"Never."
Barbossa lunged for Jack who had to fight Barbossa while shielding both himself and Angelica. If he at least could have stumbled across Gibbs in the crowd so one of them could have left with her. She was after all the only way to get to the treasure.
The army of Atlantis did not make the battle any easier. Certainly not for Jack's crew, seeing that they were against all pirates and he had both the Revenge and the Kingston after him.
"Jack? I need a sword," Angelica yelled with her back against him.
"I do not have one," he threw over his shoulder as he fought against Barbossa.
"Just give her to me!" Barbossa said.
Seeing her vulnerable position without any weapon, she decided to escape. Anybody would know she was with Jack. She headed towards the town when of all sudden someone grabbed her wrist.
"Where are ye going, Señorita?"
Angelica was face to face with Morgan again. "It is Señora, now, seeing that I am married," she spat into his face and struggled in the grip to get out of it.
"Teach!" Barbossa yelled and quickly approached them, ready to strike Morgan down.
"Let go!" she yelled and managed struggle herself out of it. Just in time to stumble in the way of Barbossa's swinging sword that was aimed for Morgan.
For that brief moment before it stabbed her right through the side of her stomach, she could feel her sense of humor in this all. She was tired of pirates. So sick of them all. They were all foolish and truly dumb in their own smartness. Altogether, before collapsing and passing out, her mind was not preoccupied by the bitter remarks she had about them all. Her mind was occupied by a worry. What would now happen to Victoria if she passed away? But then there was no more to it, because she had lost consciousness.
Some men from the Atlantis army surrounded her to get her away from the crowd. Jack, who had been frozen, hurried behind and tried to reach them, but it was a major struggle to do so in the crowd.
Barbossa and Morgan had both frozen for that moment as well, and right after the event begun to blame each other for the cause.
"WHAT HAVE YE DONE?!" Morgan yelled and lunged yet another time for Barbossa who did the same towards the other captain.
"It be yer fault, not mine!" Barbossa barked.
"YOU FOOL!" Morgan roared.
The paramedics that stood outside the battle to await for wounded soldiers, quickly approached their friends who carried an unconsciousness woman.
"Poor woman got in the way," one of the soldiers said as she was laid upon a flat carrier. The paramedics checked her pulse and tore away a piece of fabric to knot tightly around her stomach.
"We need to get her quickly to the castle. This is Miss Angelica."
The paramedics lifted the carrier and quickly hurried towards the castle.
Jack and Gibbs who finally had managed getting out of the crowd watched how Angelica was being taking away from there. Where did they take her?
A few men from the Atlantis army saw them and began approaching them with an enemy eye.
"Do ye think she will be alright?" Gibbs asked as he pulled out his sword in preparation for the approaching men.
It took a longer moment than usual for Jack to respond. "She always makes it, whatever the occasion be."
Obviously he said it in a tryout of convincing his anxious mind. But if the reason he wanted her to get better was for the cause of gaining eternal power, or because this other reason - he did not know. Or more likely, did not dare analyzing. He stuck with the fact that she was important for the treasure, that was all.
He had no more time to think as he was again brought into a fight together with Gibbs. The soldiers of Atlantis fought well, and with mercy. That was not something that could be said about Henry Morgan's army. Barbossa was quite vulgar too, but at least he could have mercy, just like Jack's own crew.
"We better find that chest now before it be too late," Gibbs said when he passed Jack in the crowd of fighting men.
"What so happens if Barbossa or Morgan find it first?" he continued as he passed Jack again.
Seeing his point, Jack got eye contact with Gibbs. He nodded towards the castle.
"Then hurry." He had no idea where, but somewhere in the castle the chest should be buried.
The two men managed getting out of the crowd and quickly took off towards the castle. They jumped onto a carriage that passed by and held themselves steady on the back of it, balancing on a wooden plank that was sticking out.
After switching carriages a couple of times, they had been forced to jog the last part. With much experience in the baggage, they knew going through the front official ports was out of question. Therefore they sneaked to one of the many backdoors of the big mound which was built to keep outsiders out of the giant garden. They paused behind a bigger bush as two nurses were running their way. They must have been way too preoccupied in their stressful duty, seeing that none reacted on two apparent pirates being there.
Jack was just about to take off when he heard the nurses being stopped by a soldier around the corner. He could see a glimpse of them and what had caused his reaction, was what was being said in the short conversation.
"Stop, in the name of King Philip's name! What be your purpose of entering the royal castle?"
Jack turned to Gibbs. "King Philip?" he repeated. Gibbs shrugged. They continued to listen to a few more words.
"We must reach Miss Angelica in the tower!"
"Oh yes, order from Queen Syrena."
Jack and Gibbs shared a look but said nothing. Gibbs fingered on the locker of a backdoor as he tried to open it into the castle.
"Step aside," Jack said and kicked the locker of the hook. Gibbs gave him a appreciative look.
With a help of his sword, the door flew open and after a quick scanning of the area, Jack and Gibbs hurried inside. Immediately they pressed themselves to hide in the doorframe as a patrol of soldiers ran past them. None took a note of their presence.
As soon as they had their backs on them, Jack and Gibbs hurried the other way. It was a long corridor.
"Do ye know where we shall be heading?" Jack asked.
"No, that be why we need to find Angelica. But what if she is...,"
"NO!" Jack snapped, which did surprise Gibbs at the same time as it did not. "We shall find her. That would be a good plan, savvy?"
Gibbs shrugged as a respond. "Aye, the best. How are we supposed to find the chest in this grandiose house otherwise? She must know where the chest is buried, exactly where it be."
Jack nodded.
"No way, Jack, that we will be able to search for it in this castle without getting noticed," he reasoned and waited for Jack's reply.
Jack nodded another time. "Angelica is in the tower," he said. "The only thing we need to find is stairs."
They took a few more steps until they reached an area with doorframes. "This one," Jack suggested, or demanded, and they hurried into that direction. They opened a door and saw a library, nobody was in it. In the next one they had less luck.
It was the kitchen and everybody inside seemed to jump by surprise as the door flung open.
"INTRUDERS!" the chef yelled and raised his knife. He aimed one at them but he missed Jack by a mere centimetre as it hit in the wall. Jack quickly closed the door.
"Wrong door!" he announced.
They hurried to the next one but Gibbs had no time in opening the door before he had to start a run.
"YOU!" The infuriated chef had run out of the kitchen.
"Ehm..." Jack backed a few steps. "Think we shall go."
It was not a strange thing for them to get chased. They ran between hallways, and truthfully it was not hard to get rid of the barking fat chef. Only hard thing was to avoid the many guards that strolled in the hallways. A few had even caught on to the chef's yelling and begun to run after the intruders. Eventually Jack and Gibbs paused to catch their breaths.
"Think we lost him?" Gibbs asked.
"Aye."
"We need to find the stair though."
Jack brought out his map and unfolded it. He pointed at where a staircase was drawn. "It is that door," he said and pointed at a door.
Gibbs snatched the map to fold it back while Jack opened the door. He had expected a room with a broad stair that would lead up the tower. But it was not.
It was some kind of a library. How many libraries did that castle really have?
There was a maid who sat in a comfortable armchair and she was gazing over the little toddler who was playing on the carpet. The girl had a red ribbon in her brown hair that matched her red dress. With her dark eyes she looked up to the intruder who had opened the door. The fireplace was burning behind her below an enormous painting of King Philip. By the sudden appearance of a pirate, the maid had jumped up from the couch and reached her arm out for the toddler to lure her to her. She gave Jack a nervous glance by the knowledge she was defenceless.
"Vicky come here," the maid said to capture the girl's attention. Gibbs stood beside Jack as he too had frozen upon the sight of the little girl. He glanced to Jack before his captain closed the door and continued the hurrying process of finding the staircase.
"That was...," Gibbs began but cut off shortly by Jack.
"Aye."
Harshly, in a motion of hiding his actual tender hands, Jack snatched the map from Gibbs and unfolded it again. Approaching voices were heard, thereof the two pirates smoothly pressed their backs against a door in a doorframe to hide. Once again the soldiers passed them without really noticing they were there.
"We must find the intruders, or we will disappoint the King!" one of them spoke aloud.
When they had disappeared, Jack examined the map. And Gibbs examined Jack.
"Ah! I held the bloody map upside down! It be the other way, Gibbs."
Gibbs gave Jack a look. "Perhaps, Capt'n. I shall take an extra look over the map," he said. When Jack gave him a disapproving look, he assured. "Just to not make another mistake, aye?"
A/N: The chapter was longer, but I had to cut it here! The next one will be updated soon. I hope you liked this chapter! Jack needs to be reunited with his wife and daughter, don't you think? :)
(Plus... our Captain nor the Captainess have gotten their wedding night. We'll see what will happen next.)
