Sorry if the chapter's a page or two short, guys, lol. I just got a new job, so I'm dead tired, but I promised to update this today, and I am. Hope you all enjoyed Piates 3! I was totally blown away by it (as I am with all things pirate)! I will admit that I was sad when Norrington died, though. Even though he died a good guy, he should've lived. Sorry. For some unexplainable reason as of late, I've taken a liking to Norrington. Maybe it's because he saved Elizabeth and proved that he really his a good guy, and might I point out that his death music on the soundtrack is the most depressing of all the music on the album? LoL. Anyhoo, hope you all liked the movie, and keep reading the story! I've decided to take Creda to World's End after seeing the movie! Woot! Should be fun, eh?
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ForensicPhotographer711
Ramble as much as you want, lol. And yes! it is always better a second time! I saw it at the drive-in for a second time last weekend (darn my busy schedule and lack of money), but now, just yesterday, I got hired at my local cinema where they are laying Pirates 3 until the end of July! I'm so pumped! It's where I went for the Opening Night show, and now I work there! I love it, lol. And yes, I think I have decided to continue into World's End - it was too tempting not to, lol. Thanks for that awesome review, and keep reading!
Kenny
Yes! The 8:00 show was AWEsome!!! LoL. Couldn't resist. Lindsay and I went straight up to the box office after school, waited for it to open, and got the first two tickets for the 8:00 show! We beat twenty people, lol. And then before the movie, we made a WalMart run and got PotC gummies and found - no kidding - Jack Sparrow Apple Juice boxes. It was spazztastic! We brought our big purses, lol. And you wanna knwo the coolest part? I got hired at the same cinema yesterday, so I get to watch Pirates all summer! Woot! I went in and clean up after a show yesterday, and NO ONE stayed for the end clip! I died! So me, my assistant manager, and another dude that hung out with us all day watched it and made fun of last names in the credits, lol. Thanks for a great review as always, and enjoy!
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Chapter Eight
Abandon Hope
Jack knew his only chance was to go back to land. He would go there, temporarily be trapped there with this annoyingly sweet girl in front of him until Jones had him surrounded, and then he'd fight them all off until only Davy Jones was left. He was still trapped! Jones would wait for Jack to take one step into the shallows, and he'd be dead!
Nonetheless, the Kraken was attacking at the moment. Land it was.
"Why are we going back to the island?" Creda asked, wisps of short blonde hair blowing around her head that was still inclined to the compass. "Are we gonna save Norrington?"
Jack kept rowing as he rolled his eyes. "Because the sea monster's onto us. We'll be safe on land. It's not a land monster now is it?"
Creda gave him a look somewhere between a pout and a scorn, and Jack sighed.
"Fine. If we see the bloody maggot we'll save him," he said, earning a smile from her. At least he had silenced her. "But-"
A piercing scream of a dying man shot out, and both Creda and Jack looked back at the Black Pearl as the Kraken stabbed through the hull of the ship mercilessly. Jack made a face as Creda stared, a realization dawning on her.
"What about Elizabeth and her friend?" she asked softly. "And the funny man with the wood eye?"
Jack looked down guiltily. He was having a hard enough time leaving them all to fend for themselves, and now a four-year-old had to spell it out for him. His eyes drifted over to the compass in Creda's loose grasp, and he gently took it from her. As he opened it, Creda climbed over her seat and leaned over Jack's arm as the compass finally stayed in a fixed position.
Jack leaned forward in question at the compass's bearing. Creda squinted at it. She did not look at the direction; she was merely amazed that it wasn't spinning.
"Now what?" she asked. "You don't like circles anymore!"
"That I don't," Jack announced. He picked up the oars again. "I've decided I like the ship."
Creda looked over at the Pearl fearfully as Jack pocketed the compass. "But the sea monster!"
Jack looked over the girl's head, swallowing a fearful lump. "Well, it's not such a… big sea monster…"
"I thought pirates saved themselves?" Creda asked.
"Due to the incredible amount of guilt one would suffer in such instances (as myself), that part of the code is somewhat void. Besides, that's my ship."
"To the ship!" Creda shouted.
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"AHHH!!!"
A giant tentacle flew at them. Jack grabbed Creda and covered her on the upper deck as one of the Kraken's many tentacles barely missed them, knocking their rowboat to the ocean in ruins. Creda whimpered as she lifted her head, and Jack hurried to get up.
"Don't leave the deck," he told her as he ran off.
"Jack!"
He did not turn back, and Creda sunk back against the side of the ship next to a barrel, scared. Everyone around her was screaming, the sea monster was attacking, and Jack's leverage was missing. She suddenly spotted him holding a gun, and fear got the better of her. She jumped up, ready to run for him.
"Jack!"
No answer.
"Jack!!!"
The gun fired.
"JA-!"
THWUMP
Creda had a sensation of being lifted off her feet, but then all was black.
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A deep silence of awe and disbelief swamped the deck of the Black Pearl after the Kraken's dive back to the ocean. The survivors, including Elizabeth, looked around slowly. Had it all just happened?
"Did we kill it?" she heard Marty ask.
"No," Gibbs replied quietly. "We just made it angry."
It was then that Elizabeth noticed the lack of innocence around her. No naïve questions, no sweet little voice frightened. She marched up to Jack.
"Abandon ship."
"Jack, where's Creda?"
He looked away, very sure of the worst. Elizabeth's heart sank as he met her eyes.
"I don't know," he told her. "Last I saw she was up near the helm."
At this, Elizabeth darted for the stairs, and the rest of the crew followed her with less hopeful prospects. Elizabeth immediately began calling out her name, looking around the wreckage and picking up pieces of wood to look under. Will felt helpless as he watched her. There was no way a small child like Creda would have survived.
"Elizabeth-"
"CRE-DA!"
"Elizabeth!"
Will put his arms around her, but she looked around more frantically.
"No, she's here!" she argued. "I know it!"
He cast her a sympathetic look, saying her name more gently this time. She swallowed, still looking around. "We have to leave the ship," he said. "We're running out of time. It'll be back."
"But she's here."
"Somehow, I don't think she is," Gibbs said, dropping a smoking piece of banister. Will wrapped his arm around Elizabeth's waist and began to lead her back down to the longboat.
"Let's go. Hurry."
Elizabeth didn't want to believe it, though the possibility was outstanding. Compliantly, she went back down to the longboat, an idea coming to her.
She looked up at Jack.
The Kraken was after him.
And he wasn't about to just sacrifice himself for them.
So she would have to assist him in the decision.
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The pain hit her at a shocking rate. Creda whimpered as she squinted her eyes shut, a sob bursting out of her dormant lungs. She choked on the heavy black smoke, sitting up the best she could. It irritated her eyes, and she rubbed them, barely opening them halfway.
All was quiet.
She stood uncertainly and stumbled, but she caught herself on the wooden deck. Regaining her balance, another shot of pain grasped her knee. She choked out another sob as she fell against the banister.
Where was everyone?
She looked down over the ruined ship, eyes slowly lighting up to their full potential. A smile even cozened onto her dirty face.
"JACK!"
He stopped shaking his arm wildly in retaliation against the shackle on the mast at the sound of his voice. He looked around, hearing it again. Jack paused at its familiarity, snapping his neck to look up at the helm.
She was there, smiling right at him.
His brow furrowed.
She was smiling? After that?
"Jack! You're okay!"
"Not really!" he shouted back, jerked on the chain more. He spotted a lantern lying next to him, knowing it might be his only chance.
"Where is everybody?" Creda asked, coming down the broken stairs carefully.
"They left us!" He reached desperately for the lantern with his sword, but Creda merely walked up and handed it to him. "Thank you," he replied kindly, busting it against the mast. The honey liquid ran over his hand and the shackle as he tugged more. Creda watched calmly.
"Why'd they leave us?" she asked.
"I – don't – know!" His hand flew out of the shackle, and he gave himself a satisfied smile. Creda's face lightened, too, but both of them suddenly twisted their faces in repulsion. Jack's eyes widened.
"Eww," Creda said, scrunching up her nose. "What's that smell?"
Jack slowly turned, and Creda gasped loudly, clutching his leg instantly. He stared the Kraken down. Touché.
"It's the sea monster," he said calmly, a challenging glare at the beast.
The Kraken then bellowed at them, Creda's scream lost in its deafening roar. Putrid mucus, odors, and unknown stuff came slapping into their faces, and Creda felt sick at the stench. Jack felt her grasp loosen, and he looked down, as she grew faint. He put her on his back as his long lost hat fell to his feet.
"Oh!"
He put it on as Creda continued to cower behind him, burying her face between his shoulder blades. He looked over his shoulder.
"Hold on tight, luv."
Jack stepped up in the face of the Kraken, sword drawn. Creda cautiously lifted her head to see thousands of huge, sharp teeth before her, and soon, they enclosed them and her terrified scream. Her eyes snapped shut tightly as she hid her head again and fell out of memory.
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