Chapter 10: Far Worse Not to Have Us
Rita's POV
"Now, what's the nature of this venture of your'n?" Gibbs asked. Do these people speak English? What's 'your'n'?
"I'm going after the Black Pearl."
Gibbs choked on his drink so I slapped him on the back. Both of them looked at me like 'what, are you still here?' so I glared at them like 'yes, I'm still here, and I'm not leaving'.
Deciding to ignore me, Jack continued, "I know where it's going to be, and I'm going to take it."
"Where is it going to be?" I asked.
They ignored me. "Jack, it's a fool's errand!" Gibbs said.
"What's a fool's errand?" I asked. No reply. Am I invisible or something? "Helloooo, I am here," I said, waving my hands. They still ignored me.
"You know better than me the tales of the Black Pearl," Gibbs continued.
"That's why I know what Barbossa is up to," the former captain replied.
"All we need is a crew," I said before he could continue. They both gave me that look again.
"Captain Barbossa is not a man to suffer fools nor strike a bargain with one," Gibbs said.
"Then it's a good thing we're not fools," I said again. Hehe, after watching the movie so many times I can steal everyone's lines.
"Prove me wrong! What makes you think Barbossa will give up his ship to you?"
"It's not for me, you idiot. Why would I want a ship?" I snorted. "Let's just say it's a matter of beverage."
"Beverage? As in drink?"
"Oh, sorry, I mean leverage. Anyway, see that guy over there?" I pointed at Will. Aymee turned around and frowned as if to say, 'are you pointing at me?'
"Her?" asked Gibbs doubtfully.
"No, dumbo, the guy next to her."
"The kid?"
"That is the child of Bootstrap Bill Turner," Jack said quickly before I could steal any more of his lines. "His only child."
"Savvy?" I said swiftly. Jack glared at me.
"Is he now?"
"Beverage, says me. You say you feel a draft. Ahem, I mean, a change in the wind," I sniggered. "Now go find us a crew. And where is the bathroom?"
Leslie's POV
I screamed. On the DVD, the skelly-people looked completely and utterly computer-generated, but in real life, they scared me out of my skin.
Melissa and I hid under the table we had so recently dined at and stayed there. I am never coming out. Not even to eat another one of those juicy apples.
Aymee's POV
This is our able-bodied crew? We're all dead meat. And the blue and yellow parrot is freaking me out. And what kind of a name is Cotton? Are we going to have crew members named Polyester and Nylon too?
"Aaar, my name be Polyester!" I yelled suddenly, then went bright red. "Ah... continue."
"Wind in your sails! Wind in your sails!" yelled the parrot.
"And what's the benefit for us?" asked a voice from the near the end of the line. Wow, that guy has a really high-pitched voice.
Rita's POV
Aymee and I followed Jack, Will and Gibbs as they walked towards the speaker. Jack reached out to pull off the large hat that was covering his face.
"Don't!" I yelped. Too late.
"Anamaria," Jack said to her as her dark hair spilled out over her shoulders.
Slap!
"Don't tell me I didn't warn you," I muttered.
"You stole my boat!" Anamaria said angrily.
"Actually –"
Slap!
"Are you referring to the Jolly Mon?" I asked. "Because if you are, it's at the bottom of the sea in Port Royal."
Slap!
Well, that was a first. Thanks to me, instead of two slaps he got three. Hehe. Maybe I could fix it. "Borrowed," I said. "Borrowed without permission."
"But with every intention of bringing it back," Jack said quickly, taking the hint.
"But you didn't!" said Anamaria.
"You'll get another one!" Jack replied hurriedly.
"A better one," added Will.
"A better one!" Jack repeated.
"That one," Aymee said, pointing.
Aymee's POV
"No, no, no. It's frightful bad luck to bring a woman aboard, sir," said Gibbs.
"In case you haven't noticed, you have three," I pointed out before Jack could reply. "Triple bad luck. Hold onto your rabbit foot."
They all looked at me and said at the same time, "What makes you think you are coming along?"
"It would be far worse not to have us," Rita said sweetly.
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