Oh my, can't believe I am about to say this but I actually have the whole thing written up now, just waiting to be revised! This is half way through for you guys now but I hope it gets better from now on! Gonna miss this story, but will try and spread out the uploading, maybe a chapter every two days? Not sure yet. Have Jackelica Alphabet to work on though, up to J is written for that now just need to revise them but will try and get G up for you all before I go to bed. Anyway, here is the new installment of There All Along! Please R&R me lovelies!
The next morning we set off a short while before sunrise. The plans were made and we all knew what we had to do. Barbossa came as our captain and Tia Dalma joined our voyage. I was glad she did, she knew more than all of us put together. She was obviously the one who had brought Barbossa back from the dead, proving her powers were second to none.
Young Will Turner went ahead into Singapore. Barbossa had informed him of some navigational charts which were kept hidden in a temple. He would have the morning to get possession of those and then we would follow on that evening to attempt to get a ship, and hopefully a crew, from Sao Feng. Needless to say, the day passed slowly as we fretted about Will. Truth be told I only thought of Will a little, my thoughts were elsewhere. In Davy Jones' Locker to be precise. Gibbs seemed to understand as he came and stood next to me looking out over the sea. We smiled at each other, but it was the sort of smile that does not quite reach your eyes. I was fully aware of how close he and Jack were, the two were like brothers in a way.
It was dark when we arrived in Singapore, home of pirate lord Sao Feng. It had been decided that Elizabeth would row there, Barbossa was on land to meet her arrival and the rest of us had the brilliant job of wading through the murky waters to enter through an underground passage. As we got to a large metal gate under a bridge, we waited until Tia Dalma was on said bridge. Music started to play. That was our cue to start cutting. It didn't take long until we were able to remove the gate and clamber up through the hole and through the afore mentioned passage. This eventually brought us into a room just under Sao Feng's, just as Barbossa had said it would. We watched as a wooden device span round and one of the men pulled a lever. What it did I wasn't sure. Then we saw some giant of a man. Ragetti tried to run back the way we had come, but Gibbs grabbed his arm.
"None of that." He whispered. "If things don't go the way we want, then we're the only chance they've got." He threw Ragetti back in front of him against the wall. I hoped things would go according to plan, but who knows what will happen with pirates? We looked back to the giant who was shovelling coal onto a fire.
We watched for a while longer before we ambushed. I say ambushed, but that suggests a lot of noise and fighting. There was neither. There were twice as many of us as them and so it was not difficult to bring them down. We were also quiet when creeping up on them so they didn't realise we were there until it was too late. The wooden device sounded. Then again when there was no response. Cotton was standing closest and took hold of the lever that had been pulled by the man earlier. I stifled a laugh at the site of Marty sitting on the giant to hit him over the head with his shovel. Small takes on big, small wins!
We all crowded round the table. Elizabeth and Barbossa's confiscated weapons had been retrieved by Ragetti and we lay them out on a table.
"It be time for us to put our differences aside." We heard Barbossa talking above. It didn't really sound as if it was going to plan.
"Wait for the signal." Gibbs told us as we selected weapons. As I pocketed a pistol, I looked around and narrowed my eyes. Ragetti was staring through a gap in the wooden slats of the floor. He turned to Pintel and pointed upwards.
"It's Elizabeth." He murmured. I screwed my face up in disgust.
As I pocketed another pistol I listened to what was going on above me. There was talk of the Brethren Court and the East India Trading Company. Sao Feng, I presumed, asked what any of us could do to which I heard Elizabeth respond sharply that we can fight. I hoped she would leave it at that; I was fully aware of Sao Feng's temper. Unfortunately Elizabeth was not and continued. The final straw was when she called him a coward. Bad move.
"Elizabeth Swann. There is more to you than meets the eye isn't there? And the eye, does not go wanting." I frowned in confusion. What was he getting at? I turned to look at Gibbs who stood beside me. He shrugged and then we both turned our ears back to the conversation above. "But I cannot help but notice you have failed to answer my question. What is it you seek in Davy Jones' Locker?"
"Jack Sparrow." Young Turner answered without missing a beat. I turned to Gibbs, alarmed. If Will was there, that meant he had been caught trying to get the charts which meant that things were definitely not going according to the plan. "He's one of the pirate lords." Will continued, ignoring the childish giggles of two girls.
"The only reason… I would want Jack Sparrow returned from the land of the dead… is so I can send him back myself!" There was a loud clatter above. I raised my eyebrows at Gibbs.
"I think someone has a problem with Jack!" I whispered. He raised his own eyebrows and nodded in response. It was hard to tell in the dim light but I could have sworn I saw a hint of a smile on his face caused by the oh-so-familiar feeling of holding back a laugh.
"Jack Sparrow holds one of the nine pieces of either. He failed to pass it along to a successor before he died. So we must go and get him back." Barbossa hissed at the pirate Lord of Singapore.
There was a pause before Sao Feng spoke up again.
"So, you admit… you have deceived me." I frowned. Where did he get that from? Then I heard it. "Weapons!" he shouted.
As we heard the cries of men and scraping of swords being unsheathed, Gibbs repeated Sao Feng's order to us. We unsheathed our own swords and held them ready to pass through the slats on cue.
"Sao Feng, I assure you, our intentions are strictly honourable." Barbossa announced. The cue. Gibbs, myself, Pintel and Ragetti each threw a sword up. Barbossa and Elizabeth deftly caught one in each hand.
"Drop your weapons or I kill the man!" Sao Feng barked. Eyes widened. Will?
"Kill him. He's not our man." Barbossa informed him. Not Will. Then… who?
"If he's not with you, and he's not with us... who's he with?" Will asked. His question was answered seconds later by the sound of wood being pushed over and cries of "charge." From our limited view through the wooden slats of the floor, we could see navy uniforms lined with red. The East India Trading Company! We heard gunshots and swords banging together mixed with the yells and shouts of the men using them.
We thought quickly, securing bombs to the posts holding up the floor and retreated to the furthest end of the room to watch, hoping that we would not catch Will, Barbossa or Elizabeth in the explosion. Not that I would really have minded if Elizabeth got hurt after watching her kiss Jack… I shook my head, dispelling such thoughts. Now was not the time, we needed all of us to get Jack back. There were shouts as the bombs exploded and a bundle of uniformed men tumbled through the floor. We barely spared them a glance as we climbed up through the floor and joined in the fight, shooting pistols at, and banging swords with, anyone in uniform. The fight went out onto the streets and lasted for quite some time. It came to an end when there was a big explosion. It turned out the monkey had set off a firework which had landed in the hut which contained the rest of the explosives. Not bad!
We gathered quickly, thankfully none of our own were hurt although I couldn't say the same for Sao Feng's men.
"You have the charts?" asked Barbossa.
"And better yet." Will replied, throwing the charts to Barbossa. "A ship and a crew." Brilliant!
"Where's Sao Feng?" Elizabeth asked, her voice seeming to hold genuine concern.
"He'll cover our escape and meet us at Shipwreck Cove." Will and Elizabeth stared at each other for a moment.
"This way. Be quick." One of Sao Feng's men said. We all followed and I saw Will put his arm around Elizabeth as we ran after him. I was confused. One moment they seemed quite… cold towards each other and the next they were putting arms around each other? In truth things had not seemed quite right between then since the Pearl had been taken down by the kraken and I understood why. Will had seen the kiss, and deep down I think Elizabeth knew it by the way he had spoken and looked at her when she had joined us in the longboat. Still, I had more to think about than some lover's spat.
