Special thanks to PureAngelEyes.
If I owned Pirates of the Caribbean I wouldn't be writing this now, savvy? Any familiar character belongs to Disney, so any unfamiliar character belongs to me:)
When Victoria woke up the next morning, she felt a pair of arm wrapped around her, holding her close to the body behind her. She was about the scream for help when she remembered what had happened the day before, she and Will had freed Jack Sparrow from the prison, they had stolen a marine ship and sailed to Tortuga in order to find a crew to safe Elizabeth Swann.
Victoria tried to turn around to look at Jack, but his grip on her was too strong, as she tried to pry open his hands she heard him mumbling, "Don't", he said, before releasing his grip a bit so she could turn around and look at him.
"How long have you been awake?", Victoria asked while she looked into his eyes.
"mmm, long enough luv", Jack said while he pushed a string of hair behind her ear, "It's time to get up, Gibb's probably waitin' at the dock fer us."
Victoria nodded as Jack threw the blanket over their feet and got up, "I'll meet ya downstairs fer some breakfast", Jack said while he strapped his belts and put on his hat before he left the room.
As the door shut behind him, Victoria got up and grabbed her sword which she tied to her waist. When she walked to the door she noticed a mirror in the corner of the room and went over to take a look at herself. Today her eyes were a dark grey and she had bags under her eyes, but they were barely visible. Her hair, however, was a mess, it was usually quite straight and easy to handle in the morning, but now it was standing in every direction. She went trough the drawers of a small cupboard where she found a brush, she quickly brushed her hair and tied it together in a pony tail before she left the room and knocked on Will's door.
"Will, are you awake?"
Will opened the door after a few second, "Good morning to you too, Victoria", he said groggily, "What are you doing here?"
Victoria smacked him playfully on his head, "Waking you up, then dragging you downstairs for some breakfast and then to the docks to see if Mr. Gibbs was able to get Jack a crew so we can safe Elisabeth."
Will's eyes widened suddenly, "Elisabeth!"
"Yes, her", Victoria said before she turned around and walked towards the stairs, "See you in a minute then?"
Will nodded and Victoria went downstairs, looking for Jack and her breakfast.
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Feast your eyes, Captain. All of them, faithful hands before the mast, every man worth his salt. And crazy to boot", Gibbs said proudly as he showed the people who were standing on the dock.
"So this is you able-bodied crew", Will said sceptically as he looked to the pirates while Jack walked past them and inspected him, Victoria and Will on his heels.
"You, Sailor!", Jack said as he stopped in front of a elderly man.
"Cotton, sir", Gibbs said.
"Mr. Cotton… do you have the courage and fortitude to follow orders and stay true in the face of danger and almost certain death?"
When there was no answer, Jack glared at him, "Mr. Cotton! Answer, man!"
"He's a mute sir", Gibbs said, "Poor devil had his tongue cut out. So he trained the parrot to talk for him. No one's yet figured out how."
As Mr. Cotton showed his once tongue, the Turners and Jack looked disgusted, "Gross", Victoria said. As Jack nodded and began to move on, he suddenly stopped and turned to the parrot.
"Mr Cotton's… Parrot… Same question!"
"Wind in the sails! Wind in the sails!", the parrot chirped.
"Mostly, we figure that means yes", Gibbs said.
"Of course it does", Jack said, while he turned to Victoria and Will, "Satisfied?"
"Well, you've proved they're mad", Will said sceptical, and Victoria nodded
"Mad indeed", she said, are you sure they can sail?
Jack looked at her, "Of course they can luv", he said, shaking his head.
"And what's the benefit for us?", a pirate said, standing on the end of the line, Jack walked over the him and took of the head.
"Anamaria", he said, a bit surprised.
Anamaria slapped him, causing Jack's head to turn all the way towards Victoria and Will. "I suppose you didn't deserve that one either", Will said, mockingly.
"No, that one I deserved", Jack said, winching.
"You stole my boat!", Anamaria cried
"Actually - " Anamaria slapped him again. "Borrowed. Borrowed without permission, But with every intention of bring it back to you."
"But you didn't!", Anamaria cried
"You'll get another one." Jack said.
Anamaria pointed her forefinger at him. "I will."
"A better one", Victoria added
Jack looked at her for a moment before he repeated, "A better one!"
Will pointed to the Interceptor. "That one."
Jack asked, "What one? That one?! Aye, that one. What say you?"
"Aye!" Anamaria cried, while the crew chorused.
"Anchors aweigh!", Cotton's parrot squawked as the crew made their way to the Interceptor.
"No, no, no, no. no", Gibbs said, "it's frightful bad luck to bring a woman on board, let alone two of them."
"It'd be far worse not to have them", Jack said before Victoria could respond, while looking at the clouds, "Well, it seems like we need to make a move, bad the seven seas ahead."
As Jack walked towards the Interceptor, Victoria, Will and Gibbs looked at the sky, except for a small few clouds it was clear.
"Bad weather?", Victoria asked Gibbs.
He nodded, "Jack knows how unpredictable th' Caribbean weather can be, now, better get a move on", he said, before walking off to the ship too, helping some of them to load barrels into the longboat.
Victoria looked at her brother, "Are you ready to safe Elisabeth, Will?"
He nodded, "I am, but Victoria, promise me you won't do anything stupid, okay?"
Victoria smiled, "I promise Will", she said and gave him a peck on his cheek before she walked to the longboats to see if she could help somehow.
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Jack had been right, the weather had turned around and the ship rocked from side to side as meters high waves hit it. The crew tried to tie everything that could move to the ship, but it seemed impossible because every 5 seconds a wave would wash over the deck, and knock them off their feet. The only people who hadn't this problem were Jack and Victoria, who were standing next to the wheel on a higher platform.
"Victoria", Jack screamed over the sound of the thunder, "You should get inside!"
"Why?", she screamed back as she tried to wipe the rain out of her eyes, her face was freezing because of the cold rain, but luckily she had found a thick jacket in one of the crates, and was now snuggled into it while she overlooked the deck. Jack had refused her to help out with the work on deck, saying that it wasn't a woman's job.
"We should drop canvas, sir", Gibbs screamed before Jack could reply, as he dragged himself to the wheel.
"She can hold a bit longer", Jack screamed with a grin on his faces.
"What did put you I such a fine mood, captain?", Gibbs screamed as he saw the grin on Jack's face.
"We're catching up!"
Sorry for the long wait, but life is too busy at the moment... As always: Thanks for reading, please leave a review:)
