Chapter 9
Last Time:
"You got to understand though, this is the best way to get help. Even if it's from Norrington." she said seriously. Jack looked at her confused and as she looked over his shoulder, he turned around.
There, not to far away from them, was the Dauntless and a row-boat was on their way towards them.
"There 'll be no living with her after this." Jack muttered as he looked at the ship with a bit of sadness and frustration. Diana gently took his hand.
"Maybe not, but I would be more concerned about meeting ol' Norry." she said before turning to tell the others that help had finally come.
Present Time:
"But we've got to save Will!" Elizabeth said to her father, desperation in her voice. He barley looked at her as he answered her.
"No. You're safe now. We will return to Port Royal immediately, not go gallivanting after pirates!" he said strictly.
"Then we condemn him to death!" Now the governor turned to look at his daughter.
"The boy's fate is regrettable, but, then, so was his decision to engage in piracy." he said, disgust in his voice before looking over at the Smith sisters. "You will not be hung or harmed since you only did this for my daughter and because you are women...even though two of you certainly doesn't look like ladies." Diana and Allison just glared at him.
"And happy about it." Allison said coldly.
"Damn straight!" Diana agreed as the two sisters high-fived.
"So did Will!" Elizabeth said, completely ignoring the others. "It was to rescue me, to prevent anything from happening to me!" One could easily see hear the frustration in her voice and she looked so desperate that Allison would have laughed if it wasn't because the reason was Will. And since the governor didn't say that Jack was to be unharmed as well, the pirate decided to jump into the conversation.
"If I may be so bold as to inject my professional opinion." he said before looking straight at Norrington. "The Pearl was listing near to scuppers after the battle. It's very unlikely she'll be able to make good time. Think about it. The Black Pearl, the last real pirate threat in the Caribbean. How can you pass that up?" he asked the Commodore with a smile. Said Commodore gave Jack a hard look.
"By remembering that I serve others, Mr. Sparrow. Not only myself." he said bitterly before walking up to the helm. Elizabeth ran after him and once she reached the stairs, she looked up at him with pleading eyes.
"Commodore, I beg you, please do this. For me. As a wedding gift." she said. Once the words left her mouth, everyone stopped what they were doing to stare at her. Then, her father's face lit up in a bright smile.
"Elizabeth, are you accepting the Commodore's proposal?" he asked, happily surprised. Norrington stared at her in wonder and happiness, his mouth even hung a little bit open in surprise. Elizabeth kept her eyes locked with the Commodore as she answered; "I am." An akward silence fell before Jack decided to break it.
"A wedding!" he shouted out in a happy voice. "I love weddings, drinks all around!" once again silence fell and everyone stared at him. Diana was trying hard not to laugh and bit her lip to prevent any noise from coming out. Jacks smile fell as he sighed and extends his arms so that one could easily tie them up. "I know." he said, staring at Norrington. "'Clap him in irons', right?"
Norrington stared at him for a while before turning to look at Elizabeth and then back to Jack, a plan forming in his mind.
"Mr. Sparrow" he said in a loud voice and walked toward the man. "You will accompany these fine men to the helm and provide us with the bearing to Isla de Muerta. You will then spend the rest of the voyage contemplating all possible meanings of the phrase 'silent as the grave'. Do I make myself clear?" he looked at Jack with a serious face. Jack understood the threat and his eyes widened and he became a little paler.
"Inescapably clear." he said before being dragged away. Next, Norrington looked over at the sisters.
"You, my ladies, will spend the rest of the trip in my cabin so that I know you won't be doing anything to disturb my crew." he said and was just about to walk away when Diana spoke.
"Can we still move around the deck if we keep out of the way? The thought of being cramped into a small cabin with four other people isn't really nice, if you get my point." she said. Norrington looked at her with confusion.
"Four other people? Do I need to remind you that you only have three sisters, Miss Smith?"
"Nope, I'm painfully aware of it actually." she said with a small smile. "But I'm sure that just because Lizzie is your fiance, you won't give her any specially treatment and she will spent the trip together with us, right?" Norrington sighed before nodding in defeat, making the women promise not to be in the way for his men. Though before he was able to continue with his work, Diana spoke up again.
"Oh and Norry, you wouldn't have some after-sun lotion, would you? 'Cause, as you probably already have noticed, I've burned my nose pretty bad and it hurts like hell, I'm telling you! It. Fucking. Hurts." Norrington stared at her for a while in surprise before, indeed, noticing her sun-burned nose. He shook his head and ordered the ships doctor to find something that could help her. After getting some cooling creme that smelled like old socks, Rosie looked at her twin with worry.
"Do you think the guys are okay?" she asked. Diana, who was very disturbed by her now hurting and smelly nose, looked at her twin with soft eyes.
"Yeah, what's gonna happen on board, or don't you know that?" Samantha asked, just as worried as Rose-Marie. Allison smiled slightly.
"Don't worry you two. Only thing that will happen is that they will be locked in the brig. When they reach the island, I have no idea of what will happen to them though." she said looking out at the sea. Then she turned to look at Elizabeth. Said woman was just getting another set of clothes since it was improper to walk around in only a white shift. Diana followed her youngest sisters gaze and decided to talk to the now engaged woman.
"How does it feel to soon be called Mrs. Elizabeth Norrington?" she asked Elizabeth from behind, making the other woman jump and stare at her in chock.
"Oh you scared me! And it feels...great." she said, not looking Diana in the eye. Allison, who had followed, rolled her eyes.
"Yeah sure, because anyone would be excited to marry a man with the attitude of ice cream." she said sarcastically. "I mean, it's obvious that you like Will way more that Norry, and how do you think Will is gonna react when he hears about this? He'll be heartbroken! Why couldn't you just give him a chance! And if you say that it's because you're noble and he's not, I won't hesitate to throw you of this ship!" Allison hissed angrily. She was reaching her breaking point where she would start screaming and try to kill whoever or whatever that was the cause of her anger.
Diana saw this and took a strong hold of her sisters arms, making sure she wouldn't harm the Swan girl. Elizabeth on the other hand was shocked. Never had anyone talked to her like that, or dared to for that matter.
"What is it to you?" was all she could think of. "Why do you care about Will's feelings? It's not like you love him or anything close to that."
Allison tensed and would have lounged at the other woman, had not Diana held her back.
"Allison!" Diana hissed low in the young woman's ear. "Control yourself! She's not worth it, she's just a bitch who can't think about anything else except for herself at the moment."
"She doesn't deserve him!" Allison said angrily as she stared at Elizabeth with something resembling hatred. "And to answer your question Elizabitch, so what if I do! At least I understand him and would never even think about kissing any other man." she said darkly, referring to what was going to happen in the second and third movie. Of course, Elisabeth didn't understand what she meant and Diana tightened her grip painfully on Allisons arms.
""What do you-"
"It's nothing Lizzie, forget it." Diana said coldly. "The thing is that Allison really likes Will and would do anything to keep him safe and happy, even if it meant letting him go." she said, giving Allison a pointed look. She then looked back at Elizabeth. "Also, I would like it if you don't try to speak to her anymore or at least for a few days. She's still upset about the fact that Will, Gabriel and Andrew is captured by Barbossa."
With that, Diana dragged Allison away from the scene they had caused and towards Rose-Marie and Samantha who had heard every word.
"You know, if I didn't knew any better, I'd say that you are Diana's twin." Rosie said, with an amused expression, to Allison who was shaking in anger.
"Yeah, you certainly has her temper." Samantha said and winked at Diana who narrowed her eyes.
"Oh shut up bitch. You make it sound as if I have anger issues." she answered in a playful voice and a raised eyebrow. Samantha and Rosie just chuckled. Allison though, wasn't even the slightest amused.
"Shut up all of you!" she hissed and sat down by the railing, glaring at the deck. Diana sighed before smacking the younger girl's head pretty hard.
"Quit moping around, it's not gonna help anybody." she said in a strict voice as Alison turned her glare at the older sister while rubbing her now sore head. Ignoring the look, Diana continued; "You almost told Lizzie about the other movies! Now I know you like Will, but that doesn't mean you can act reckless like that. Use your head sometimes too, darlin'." and with that, Diana walked towards the helm and Jack, leaving her sisters alone to consider her words.
Meanwhile, Elizabeth was staring at them as she thought over Allison's words.
"Just what could she possibly mean with that? I understand Will! I think..." and with that, she looked over at Norrington, the feeling of guilt creeping all over her body and into her heart.
In The Brig On The Black Pearl
Pintel and Ragetti are swabbing the floor with something that definitely didn't look like clean water, actually, it looked more like the were covering the deck with more goo and dirt. Jack's crew where all locked up in the same little cell that Jack and Diana had shared earlier. Will, Gabriel and Andrew where sharing the one just across them. Suddenly, Cotton's parrot, Perry as Diana liked to call him, squawked out; "Awwk, shiver me timbers."
"Cotton 'ere says you missed a spot." Gibbs said to Pintel, who was standing close to their cell. In response, Pintel hit the cell door, making some of the goo-ish water hit the prisoners. Will stepped up to the bars and looked over at the short, dirty, undead and almost bold, pirate.
"You knew William Turner?" he asked quietly. This made both Pintel and Ragetti stop working to look at him.
"Ol' Bootstrap Bill? We knew him. Never sat well with Bootstrap what we did to Jack Sparrow, the mutiny and all. He said it wasn't right with the Code. That's why he sent off a piece of the treasure to you as it were. He said we deserved to be cursed...and remain cursed." Pintel sail in a low and dark voice. All the while, Will looked more and more upset as he tried to look as unemotional as possible.
"Stupid blighter." Ragetti said, clearly not happy about the older Turners decision.
"Good man." Gibbs said, defending the dead mans honor. Pintel ignored them both and kept on talking.
"Well, as you can imagine that didn't sit too well with the Captain." he said. Ragetti started to giggle.
"That didn't sit too well with the Captain at all. Tell him what Barbossa did." he said with silly smile on his face.
"I'm telling the story!" Pintel roared in his fellow crew-mate's face, wiping off the smile from his face. "Gee I can see why Diana and Allison sometimes wonder if these are some kind of couple. After all, they do sound like an old couple sometimes." Gabriel thought, a sad smile spreading over his face. It hadn't even been two full days and he already missed the girls. Especially Rose-Marie.
With Ragetti quiet, Pintel turned to look at Will again, picking up where he left off.
"So, what the Captain did, he strapped a cannon to Bootstraps' bootstraps." he said with a sick smile. Ragetti smiled as well at the memory.
"Bootstraps' bootstraps." he repeated quietly, thinking that it sounded quite fun.
"The last we saw of ol' Bill Turner, he was sinking to the crushing black oblivion of Davy Jones' Locker." Pintel said darkly, no emotion on his face what so ever as he ignored Ragetti. Then he looked away from Will and said with a raised eybrow; "Course it was only after that we learned we needed his blood to lift the curse."
"That's what you call ironic." Ragetti said and as he and Pintel looked at each other they started to laugh, a sound close to the one hyenas do. Will looked down at the floor, sadness in his eyes,before suddenly, the noise of heavy boots coming closer interrupted the two undead pirates laughing season. There, at the bottom of the stairs, stood Barbossa with Jack the monkey on his shoulder and Bo'sun behind him.
"Bring him!" was all he said, glaring at the other two, before throwing the keys at Pintel. He almost dropped them as he caught them. Ragetti had run to search for the rope.
"What about the others captain?" Pintel asked before Barbossa could leave.
"Leave them here. We have no use of them, yet." was his answer as he walked up the ladder.
"Hey, what's that supposed to mean!" Andrew yelled after the undead Captain, but he only got laughter as an answer. He was about to say something else, but Gabriel stopped him.
"There's nothing we can do. For now, we stay low until the girls come." he said to the other man, calming him down. Will turned to look at him.
"Allison's coming?" he said, totally confused. Gabriel smirked.
"If there is one thing I've learned about Diana, it's that she never leaves anyone behind. Neither does Allison, Rosie or Sammy. Diana and Jack have probably figured out a way to escape the island and are on their way to save us. Rosie, Sammy and Allie are more than likely with them. After all, Allie really cares about you Will. She would do anything to make sure you were okay." he said while looking at the blacksmith. Will didn't have time to answer as Ragetti now was back, with rope, and was currently dragging Will out of the cell and tied his hands together.
"I hope they come soon though." Gabriel thought as he watched Will leave. Once in the row-boat, Will could only think of one thing. "If Allison really is coming, I hope Jack make sure nothing happens to her, or her sisters for that matter. But for her own safety, I wish Allie stays away. I don't think I could handle it if she was hurt...even though I don't know her that well."
What he didn't realize, was that not once since he had watch the women leave the ship, had he thought of Elizabeth. Only of Allison.
On Board The Dauntless
The moon was fighting to let its light break thru the thick clouds that hung low in the sky. A chilly wind caressed Diana's face as she stood at the railing, waiting for them to leave and enter the cave. She sighed dreamily as she stared out at the sea. Her nose had stopped hurting some time ago after she had gotten more of that smelly creme on it. Also, the smell had started to fade, which made her much happier and calmer.
A shiver went down her spine, someone was watching her. And it was not one of the crew-members. As her eyes where covered by two big ring clad hands, and she felt the smell of rum, gun-powder, cinnamon and the sea, she was certain of who it was.
"Hi Jack." she said as she leaned into him.
"How did you know it was me?" Jack asked as he removed his hands from her eyes. She turned to look at him and smirked when she saw his frown.
"One; you have a special smell and I have a sensitive nose, two; I'm absolutely sure no one here wear several rings on their hands, three; your hands are to big and worn out to be my sisters or Lizzie's, four; no other male would dare to touch me." she said and laughed at the face he was making. It was a mix between a pout, a seductive smile, a frown and astonishment. In other words, it looked hilarious.
Suddenly, Elizabeth came up to them and glared at Jack.
"Why didn't you tell them about the curse!" she hissed angrily. Diana and Jack just stared at her.
"You haven't told them either." they said at the same time. They looked at each other and then said; "Hey, that's my line!" before glaring at the other. Elizabeth sighed and stayed quiet as she watched them have a glaring contest.
"We haven't told anyone about the curse because no one would believe us." Samantha stated, scaring the others and making Diana and Jack break their little contest.
"Shit Sammy, I told ye not to do that!" Diana said angrily while calming down a little. Then she looked at Lizzie and Jack. Both looked like they had been scared half to death as they looked a bit paler and had a terrified look in their eyes. Samantha just smiled innocently and giggled a little. Then, her face turned deadly serious.
"And there is no way that Norrington would have risked getting his men killed at the hands of immortal pirates, just to save three men he doesn't really like." she said. "So in other words, to save Will, Gabbie and Andrew, this crew can not know about anything about those filthy pirates other then that Barbossa is their Captain and that they search for treasures." she glances towards the other side of the ship.
"Some of us, couldn't bare the thought of loosing our loved ones." with that, Samantha walked away and to the persons she had been glancing at, namely Rose-Marie and Allison. Both women looked extremely worried. Rosie was sitting down, staring with an empty look at the deck, while Allie was pacing back and forth in front of her.
Diana sighed sadly at the sight. She knew how much the men meant to her sisters. Especially how much Gabriel meant to Rose-Marie. The two of them could hardly be seen without the other by their side and the love they shared, were as strong as the first time they saw each other. And even though Allison hadn't got to know Will that much, he still meant a lot to her. They had gotten a lot closer during their few days together.
Jack looked at Diana with a thoughtful face. He didn't like the look on her face, so he decided to say something to lighten her up.
"We could have gotten him drunk before telling him." he said to her with a charming smile. Both Diana and Elizabeth looked at him sceptically.
"Don't get me wrong, my ladies. I admire a person who's willing to do whatever is necessary." he said as he gave Diana a pointed look. She smirked as Elizabeth started to speak.
"You are a smart man, Jack. But I don't entirely trust you." she said coldly. Jack turned his attention to her and took a few steps closer to her.
"Who said I wanted your trust?" he asked and smirked at her surprised face. Diana raised an eyebrow and was just about to ask him whose trust he wanted, before she heard someone coming their way. She turned around slightly and saw the Commodore closing in on them. Judging by the look in his eyes, she guessed that he wasn't so pleased by how close Jack was standing to Lizzie. Jack seemed to think so too as he quickly jumped to stand beside Diana instead. Not that it helped much.
"Sparrow, come with me." Norrington said in a cold tone as he gave the pirate a hard stare. Jack smiled uncertainly before grabbing Diana form behind by her arms.
"Isn't Miss Smith here going to come with us?" he said and Diana stared at him in surprise before turning to look at Norrington. The commodore gave her one look before turning his gaze back on Jack.
"No, she will not." was all he said before turning around and walking towards the row-boats. Jack sighed as he let go of Diana. "Maybe next time, luv." he said as he too started walking to the rowboats. Diana just stared dumbly at him and before she could say anything, he was already on his way to the cave and the Pearl with Norrington and a bunch of soldiers.
With a huff she muttered out;
"I'm not his 'luv', stupid pirate, now he made me grumpy. And I was such a pleased banana before." with a pout and a sigh, she moved to stand by her sisters, leaving Lizzie behind.
Outside the Cave and close to The Pearl
Norrington was looking thru his spyglass at the dark ship before them. He didn't really see any crew members, but he knew that they could just be hiding bellow deck.
"I don't care for the situation." he said to Jack as he put away the spyglass. "Any attempt to storm the caves could turn to an ambush."
"Not if you're the one doing the ambushing." Jack said with a small smirk. "I go in, I convince Barbossa to send his men out with their little boats. You and your mates return to the Dauntless and blast the bejesus outta them with your little cannons, eh?" with that, he put his arm on the commodores shoulder. "What do you have to lose?" he asked with a huge grin.
Norrington didn't even look at him as he peeled of the offending arm from his shoulder with the point of his pistol.
"Nothing I'd lament being rid of." he said coldly. Jack face fell as he tried to think of something else to say.
"Now, to be quite honest with you, there's still a slight risk for those aboard the Dauntless which includes the future Mrs. Commodore and those lovely Smith sisters." he said casually. Truth to be told, he hoped that they would lock the women up somewhere so that, if there would be a battle, they would be safe.
"At least Diana should be. Hell, she needs to be locked up so that she won't try to fight those bloody mutineers or harm anyone else. She may be a good fighter and a bit wicked, but against a cursed crew, she stand no chance." he thought for himself. Then he mentally shook his head. What was he thinking? What did he care if that blasted woman was killed or not? He was Captain Jack Sparrow, who only cared for his freedom, his ship and himself.
Back on The Dauntless
Allison was pissed. So was Samantha, Rose-Marie and Elizabeth. The only calm one was Diana. As soon as Jack, Norrington and the other soldiers had returned, Norrington had told Gillette that he wanted the women locked up inside his cabin. For their own safety of course. The women had objected, that is, until Diana had simply shut up, glared at the commodore and Jack, sighed deeply and stomped into the cabin. Her sisters had stared after her in amazement and surprise, before quickly followed her to see what she was up to. Elizabeth, on the other hand, didn't follow.
"Sorry, but for your own safety." Gillette said as he and another soldier had to drag Elizabeth inside the cabin. Said woman was shrieking angrily and struggling to free herself.
"Coward!" she screamed. "The commodore ordered? I have to tell him! The pirates! They're cursed! They cannot be killed!" she said with slight panic in her voice. She was pushed into the cabin and turned around quickly to be met with the form of Gillette.
"Don't worry, miss, he's already informed of that. A little mermaid flopped up on deck and told him the whole story." he said sarcastically with a small grin and chuckled as he closed the cabin doors and locked them right in front of her shocked face. Then, she threw herself at the locked doors.
"This is Jack Sparrow's doing!" she yelled angrily.
"Captain." Diana said calmly from the windows. Her calm voice surprised Elizabeth as she turned around to glare at the other woman. Rose-Marie, Samantha and Allison were looking at their sister with confusion.
"I don't care what he is! It's his fault that we are locked up here!" the noble woman screamed at Diana who didn't even bat an eyelash.
"Calm down will ya. Screaming and fighting isn't gonna get you free." she said as she stared at the frustrated woman with cold eyes.
"Then how do we get out?" asked Allison. Diana turned to look at her sister as if she had just said the most stupid thing in the entire world.
"Climbing of course!" she said cheerfully before walking over to the bed, removed the cover and sheet, tied them together and making something resembling a rope. "Well don't just sit there, help me find more stuff to use as rope!" she said and soon, the women where running around the cabin, searching for anything they could use. After making a long "rope" of clothes, rags, sheets and other materials, thy faced another problem.
"Um...Diana...how the fuck are we going to leave the ship? I'll kick you all the way back home if you think I'll swim to the Pearl!" threatened Rose-Marie as she watched the dark sea far below them. Diana just gave her a once over with her eyes.
"Why, I thought you'd love to swim around in a dress in the middle of the night." she said with a grin. Then, she walked over to the window with the "rope", tied it tightly to the bedpost that stood close to the window, and then threw the rest of it outside, watching as it gently hit the water. Then, she turned around to face the others.
"Okay so here's the plan. I sneak out and bring one of the dinghy's here. I saw them leave one in the water in case of emergency...and since we are on a rescue mission, I say we're allowed to borrow it for a while!"
There was an akward silence as the other women just stared at Diana as if she was insane. And since she was grinning like a mad woman, it seemed as if she really had some screws loose. After a moment, Samantha spoke up; "Alright, if any one can do it, it's you." she said with a sigh.
"But if you get caught, it's your own fault." Allison warned her sister with an amused look. Her hopes had gone up at the though of getting off the ship to help Will.
Diana just looked at her and with a bright smile, she said; "Hun, don't ya know who you're speaking to? I'm Diana Smith, savvy?" and with that, she climbed out the window and disappeared into the night.
Authors Note: Finally! I thought I'd never finish this chapter! *smiles happily*
Diana: You almost didn't.
AN: But I did! And now I can focus on the next one ;)
Rosie: And it'll be another three months before that one will even be half way done.
Sammy, Allie, Gabriel and Andrew: Agreed.
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Next Chapter: It's time for the final battle with the cursed crew! How will the sisters deal with a bunch of undead pirates? Find out in Chapter 10!