Disclaimer: I don't own anything from POTC!! Yes Beckett Cutler (xD) seems a little young to be a grandfather, but when Jack first arrived at EITCo Cutler was already at least a Commodore. Other wise he would have never been able to do what he did to Jack... Thanks midgetmania and AmandaKSparrow for the reviews!! Without knowing people read this... Well then it would be basically useless for me to write it...
Chapter Nine: Realization.
"Mark!" Jasmine said devastated.
She looked at her grandfather, speechless. He smirked. Jasmine couldn't breath she looked back down at Marks' body. Jasmine turned around and ran, tears falling freely. She kept running, she didn't know where she was going . She just wanted to get away. Images of Mark falling then, the smirk on her grandfathers face were flashing through her head. She tried to escape them, but they came back stronger and worse then ever.
Jack noticed Jasmine running in the distance.
"Oh no.. Could someone have found out she is traveling with me?" Jack looked around for Mark. "I wonder where the boy is.."
Tia Dalma walked up next to Jack.
"Dere is somet'ing wrong Jack." Tia Dalma said studying the girl.
"Wot are you talking about?" Jack asked looking at Tia confused.
"Look at 'er Jack she's upset.. She look like she is crying.." Tia said looking at Jack.
Jack studied Jasmine she was on the docking decks. Jack noticed the girl did look very disturbed also she had tears falling fast.
"Oh no." Jack said and rushed down the boarding plank.
Jasmine was about ten feet from the Pearl, and Jack was standing to the side. She didn't notice Jack.
Jack looked at her, she didn't seem to notice him. He stepped out in front of the boarding plank.
Jasmine then noticed Jack and tried to run around him. He grabbed her and held her. She buried her head in his shoulder and cried for a second then pushed him away and ran aboard the Black Pearl. Tia Dalma tried to ask her something, but Jasmine rushed past her. She ran across the deck and went into her cabin. She locked the door.
Jack walked up onto the deck and sighed.
"What do you think we should do?" Jack asked. "What do you think happened?"
"I don't tink Mark is coming back." Tia Dalma said solemnly.
"Do you mean.." Jack stopped.
Tia Dalma nodded.
Jack look down as he realized what might happen to the girl after this. "Shall we set sail then?"
Tia nodded again, then they prepared to set off.
Most of Port Royal was in a state of worry. Someone had killed Lord Beckett's helper, Mark. They gathered around the scene..
"What happened?" asked one of the men examining Mark's body.
"I think he was shot!" Said another one.
"Well yes I know that, but why?" replied the first.
"Well we don't know, now do we.." The second guy said..
Beckett was walking with his new bodyguard, Emeric, towards the group of people.
"Ah what could be happening here?" Beckett rolled his eyes.
"What do you think is going on sir?" Emeric asked as the nearer the gathering.
"Mm I really don't know." Beckett said.
They were on the bridge of the crowd. As they push through the crowd Mercer caught a glimpse of the what was laying in the center of the crowd.
"Lord Beckett it's Mark." Emeric said.
"Really?" Beckett asked pretending to be surprise. "Ah I new the girl was up to something last night."
"Jasmine.. You think she did this?" Emeric asked in surprise.
"I have no doubt she did this." Beckett replied.
"She always seem so attached to the boy." Emeric press on.
"Mm.." Beckett said uninterested.
"People move away, Lord Cutler Beckett of the East India Trading Company coming through." Emeric shouted pushing people out of the way.
One of the men stepped up
"Lord Beckett. Who do you think did this?" The man said.
"Do you know my Granddaughter, Jasmine?" Beckett turned asking the group.
Most of the crowd nodded.
"She came back to Port Royal for a rest from her trip. While she was here I noticed she was acting differently to Mark. Before she left she said she was going to "talk" to him" Beckett lied.
The group gasped.
"You know I think I did see a girl running off the main street last night about midnight." Someone shouted out of the crowd.
"Ah yes. Just as I thought. This won't be that hard." Beckett laughed.
"What should we do!" A couple people exclaimed. "She could come back!"
The group started conversing between each other.
"Yeah I heard the Governor say she stormed out saying she was a Pirate!"
"I heard she's traveling with the notorious pirate Jack Sparrow!"
"Lord Beckett you need to do something!"
All the group agreed.
Beckett sighed.
"Don't worry I personally am going to find her. And make sure she gets what she wants." He smirked. "To be treated like a Pirate."
The crowd murmured in agreement .
Jack stood outside Jasmine's cabin door.
"Poor girl.. Uh since when did Captain Jack Sparrow care this much about someone?" Jack shook his head and knocked.
"Come in.." Jasmine said quietly.
Jack walked in and saw the girl pouring over maps.
"Are you ok?" Jack said carefully.
"Yes Jack, I'm fine." She said turning to him strangely distant.
Jack evaluated the girl. She looked lost, no tears in her eyes though. Also she was smiling there was still a sense of deep depression.
"Is there something in specific you wanted Jack?" Jasmine asked returning to the charts.
"I don't want to seem to upfront. Bugger who is this new Jack?!" Jack was lost in thought.
"Jack?" Jasmine said waving her hand in front of his face.
"Uh! Oh sorry luv.. Yeah I wanted to know if you found anything on the map." Jack said trying not to sound upright.
"Well I've been studying these for the last say four hours. And I found a couple interesting points." She said twisting the map.
"Oh?" Jack asked looking over her shoulder.
"Yes I found this one.." Jasmine said twisting it farther. "It says Up is Down."
"I knew that one already." Jack said disappointed.
"Then this one says." She said twisting it again "Sunrise sets a flash of green."
"That one too." Jack said.
"Ok I found two more which I translated from Chinese to French.." She paused looking up at him. "Défait la vie à ceux qui n'ont jamais remporté, and Twilight pouvoir vous ne disposez que d'une heure.Which in English is Life undone to those who have never won. And Twilight power you have only a hour. There's one other, but I can't make anything out of it.. Oh! Wait this one word here is malédiction. The English word for it is, curse."
"Where in the blazing did ye learn all this stuff?" Jack asked amazed.
"Jack I lived in Port Royal in the high class.. I got the best education the Caribbean's have to offer. Did you think I am stupid?" Jasmine said.
"No luv I believe you are far from stupid." Jack said.
"Do you think it could be another curse like Isla de Muerta?" Jack said studying the map.
"Isla de what?" Jasmine said confused.
"Isla de Muerta is an ancient island" Jack paused. "That 'olds the chest of Cortés. If any mortal removes any one of the eight 'undred and eighty-two identical pieces of Aztec gold. 'e would be a cursed immortal.. 'e would feel like he was dieing of 'unger and thirst, but could never die. Blood money to be repaid.."
"The curse undone." Jasmine cut in.
Jack looked at Jasmine questionably.
"I know what it is Jack." Jasmine said returning gaze to the maps.
"Then why did you just make explain it?" Jack said indigently.
"I enjoy listening to you talk." She said with the first half smile Jack had seen in days.
"Did you do this to Mar…" Jack stopped.
The look on her face told Jack he just did something incredibly stupid.
"Huh she was keeping 'erself busy and distracted. I walk in and I bring her to breaking point.. Bugger!" Jack thought.
"You should have never come Jack.." Jasmine said trying not to let the tears come.
Jack was taken aback. "Wot?"
"I never thought the girl was this upfront." Jack thought a scowl on his face.
"You should have never come to Port Royal to save me." She sighed. "It's my fault Mark is dead."
"No it's not luv.." Jack said sitting down next to her.
"Oh that's what she means.." Jack thought.
"Who else's could it be?" Jasmine asked through tears.
"Well for one thing, mostly it's whoever killed Mark's fault. And I'm to blame also.. If I would not have been a chicken. And let him and Tia go and fine you. Then we might all be safe." Jack finished with a sigh.
"Jack I don't blame you at all.. It's Lord Beckett's fault." Jasmine said not realizing what she was saying.
"Lord Beckett? Of the East India Trading Company?" Jack asked confused
"He's supposed to be dead." Jack thought.
"Yes.. Why?" Jasmine replied just as confused as Jack.
"I thought he died when the Captain of the Flying Dutchman and I blew his ship up with him on it." Jack said.
"Lots of people did, but one faithful day he showed up on the shores of Port Royal. Asking for a cup of Tea." Jasmine snorted. "Idiot."
"Did you just call me an.."
"No I meant Beckett." Jasmine said.
"Luv I'm so sorry about what happened to Mark.. From what I knew he was a good kid." Jack said putting his arms around Jasmine.
"It's ok.. It's just so hard to realize he's gone." Jasmine said giving in completely to tears.
"Get ready to set sail men!" Beckett shouted to the crew before he walked into his cabin.
"Anything I can get you sir?" Jadyn asked.
"Go get me a cup of tea. You know how I like it." He replied.
"Very well sir.." She curtsied and left.
"Now it's Barbossa's turn to hold up the deal." Beckett said with a smirk.
Barbossa made a deal with Beckett.. YES I AM AS SURPRISED AS YOU ARE!!
R&R people I don't know if it's good or bad if you don't R&R!!
Counting the Days is a great story by illogical squeeks about my tied with Jack fav Character BECKETT!!
Beckett has been a bad boy through his life an now he has five days to make up for it. SQUEE!
