Alrighty, after three months of delaying, I have decided to CONTINUE the story! Yay! And now, there will be no more stalling. This will be blunt and...umm...untragic. And kind of weird.
Oh, yeah. Play that "Oops! They're In Love Music" (I guess it's not really "Oops")(and no, that wasn't supposed to be dirty) from the Sims when you read the third paragraph. Why? Um...no reason...
Chapter Eight:
Hallucinations and Proposals
Aravis stood, on the beach, staring out into the deep, wide ocean before her. She could almost feel Jack calling her...
"Aravis!" cried a voice. It sounded like Jack's...but was it? "Come join me!"
Aravis looked up. Her eyes grew brighter and she smiled and laughed harder than ever before. "JACK!" She saw him, grinning at her and splashing his way through the waves. "How did you get here?" she asked.
"You know me. I'm Captain Jack Sparrow, the immortal." She laughed again, and burst through the water. As she felt him, she hugged him as hard as she could and kissed his wet lips over and over again and again. She couldn't believe it! Jack was BACK! "Aravis..." his voice trailed off, and slowly he stepped back a few steps. Yes, this is fluffy and corny.
"What, Jack?" She nuzzled him. She didn't care who or what was watching, but nothing was going to get in the way of her and her husband. (Wow, that sounds corny thinking of Jack)
"Follow me."
"Where?" He kept his arms around her, and went back a few more steps.
"Come join me."
"Where, Jack?"
"Come on, Aravis..." He led her back. Before she caught the hint, she couldn't touch the ground anymore.
"Is there something under water?"
"Join me."
"Jack, you're starting to creep me out. What do you want?"
"I want you to kiss me, long, and sweet, like you used to." She accepted his request, not realizing something important. She kissed him, and before long, she was so mesmerized that she just didn't notice that he was pulling her down, down, down, under the waves. But she didn't care, even if she did notice a little. Jack was here! She couldn't think of anything better than smooching him, but that wasn't exactly what the OTHER side of her brain was thinking.
So, now you've finally got your chance. Go for it. Who will notice? No one. Just take off the burden. He can be with you, then. Jack handed her a knife. She looked at him oddly. Well, as well as one CAN look oddly underwater. Take off the burden. Go to your Jack. You remember the love you felt? Then you can get it back. Just take off the burden...she felt herself sliding her hand over the knife, wishing so much. She felt Jack kissing her neck, and she could almost feel his tongue...
"ARAVIS!" she heard a bubbly ('cause she was underwater, remember?) scream. "PUT THE KNIFE DOWN! WE LOVE YOU!" It was Astrid, who leaped into the water and wrenched the knife out of Aravis' hands. Aravis looked back where Jack had been as Astrid pulled her out of the water. He was gone. She closed her eyes and dreamed of that knife... "What the heck were you doing out here with a knife? Are you going nuts or something?" Aravis sighed.
"I think so, Astrid." She drew a long breath, and let out another long sigh, searching the waves.
Maybe he's still here...Suddenly, the want, the NEED, to see Jack again was so overwhelming that she pulled her arms away from Astrid. "WOAH WOAH! HOLD IT!"
Aravis stood her ground and glared at Astrid so horribly that Astrid was actually afraid of Aravis. "Get off me." However, when it comes to sanity and knives, one does NOT listen to the insane friends who have knives. Astrid leaped for Aravis, but Aravis pulled out her swords. "I will use these."
"STOP! CREVAN! HELP! FREAKISH SUICIDAL PERSON ON THE LOOSE!" Astrid screamed, as Aravis dove for the knife. Keanu, Crevan, Kai, Gibbs, Anamaria, and Nye ran towards them from the inn.
"AHHH!" screamed Crevan.
"DON'T YOU DARE! I HAVE A BOOMERKNIFE!" Kai shouted, and she pulled a boomerang off her back. Only...it was a special boomerang, with a bladed edge. She also pulled out a pair of thick leather gloves, and slipped them on quickly. ;) She flung her awesome bladed boomerang at Aravis, aiming perfectly (what else does an innkeeper have to do in their spare time? Bladed boomeranging lessons!) and pushed Aravis' swords out of her hands, and they came back to Kai. Astrid held the knife carefully, trying to be sure that Aravis could not get it.
"Can you get my lance, Gibbs?" she requested.
"Sure." And he went off in the lifeboat towards the ship.
"Okay, Keanu, I need you to be ready..." Crevan whispered to Keanu. "Ready..." Aravis stood there, but all of a sudden, she reached out and grabbed the knife, catching Astrid off guard. "FIRE!" Keanu used his best weapon. SPIT! Aravis got slammed in the face with some nicely-chewed cud. "RAPID FIRE!"
PATOO! PATOO! SPATOO! SHPATOO! SPITOO!
"OKAY!" Aravis was kinda getting tired of having spit slapped in her face several times.
"You say monkey's uncle?" Crevan asked. ;)) Aravis was silent for a moment, and then, she shook her head.
"No." And she burst through the water before anyone could say anything.
"SHE'S HEADED FOR THE SHIP! SOMEBODY GET HER!" Astrid cried.
"Why don't you?" asked Crevan.
"Because...I'm hydrophobic. Why don't you?"
"I'm allergic. Kai, how about you?"
"I can't swim very well." The trio turned to Anamaria.
"Pshh, heck no!" Anamaria said bluntly. "You don't think I'd go after that freak?"
"HEY NYE!" Kai exclaimed. However, while everyone had been arguing, Nye had already made it halfway to the ship. (so heroic)
All of a sudden, Aravis was horribly attacked by her freakish mind. It was arguing with herself, and her sanity was running low. She couldn't even remember where she was going anymore...Oh, gosh, why are you doing this? Nye loves you. YES. He does. Jack is GONE. And even if you did die, who knows if you'd end up in the same place?
But who gives a crap about Nye? He's okay, but Jack beats the heck out of him by a long shot.
So what are you going to do? Leave everything up to chance? If you die, and you don't go where Jack is, you won't have him or Nye. If you just take what you got, you could be going good!
I can't. Nye doesn't mean anything to me.
YOU ARE A SUICIDAL FREAK! Her brain screamed at her. GO AHEAD! KILL YOURSELF! WHO WILL CARE!? She frowned. Do you think Jack would care? Do you think Jack is still waiting for you to come to him? Do you think that he hasn't met someone else? Her own questions haunted her.
Who would he meet there!?
The same wenches he met here. The reality hit her. Even if he is there and you did go, what are the chances he didn't find someone else?
YOU ALREADY SAID THAT! SHUT UP!
You're just scared. But go ahead. Use it. She held Astrid's lance. Give yourself a break. I mean, why do I care? If you want to go throw everything to chance...IF you go where Jack is and IF he still wants you and IF he didn't meet someone else...go ahead...
STOP ARGUING! YOU'RE JUST TRYING TO MAKE ME NERVOUS!
Well, it's working, isn't it? Aravis started breathing quickly.
What if he doesn't want me? What if he did meet someone else? What if he's nowhere to be found? What if I can't find him? What if-
"ARAVIS!" Nye burst up, over the ladder. Aravis suddenly snapped out of her hysteria. "Wait. Please."
I told you he was worth it. "Nye?"
"Don't do it. Why would you? You have so much to live for!"
Oh, gosh...he's making me melt...forget the whole drug crap. New motto: "Just say yes!" "Like what?"
"Like..." He swallowed. "Us."
;) Wow. That is ONE COOL WEAPON.
;)) Is that a question?
Notice: Drugs are NOT cool! That was just her scary brain..."Just say no!"
YAY! It's there! And it's uber long for a Dead Dying chapter! So there. Okay. But, that might be one of the meanest cliffies yet. ANYWAY... see you next time that I make story! (five or six months! HAHAHAHA!)
