I do not own Pirates of the Caribbean or its characters.
lina alessa you give me so many good ideas to use for Alice! A new role model for her instead of just me! Please keep reading!
PhantomofthePirateJediNinjas did you change your name? I'm glad you liked my chappie. And all I said about you is true.
There was an unmeasurable moment of silence until…
"Oh sh…!" the rest of Taylah's sentence was cut off by the shouts of everyone aboard the two ships.
"Fire!" was the most common.
"Stop blowin' 'oles in my ship!" Jack shouted. Alice could only hear him faintly, but giggled all the same. She grabbed a pistol and sword from the rack she was standing by. She had left the helm for these items instead of going down to the brig with Jack.
She waited until Jack was out of his cell and on his way up, before sliding out the open doorway and following him from behind.
"So what now, oh brave captain?" Alice inquired, while looking over his shoulder at the mayhem on deck.
"Alice! If you do that one more time I swear I'll throw you over board!" Jack gasped angrily, after he had gotten over the initial shock.
"Yeah yeah, nothing new there," She said as she rolled her eyes. "But you didn't answer my question. What are we going to do now?"
"I am going to swing over to the Interceptor retrieve the medallion and negotiate my freedom. You are going to not get in my way." With that he strode off in search of a rope to swing across on.
Alice shook her head. "As if that will work out," She muttered.
She walked calmly over to the railing and sat down, twiddling her thumbs while deciding whether or not she should help her friends fight.
Taylah was experienced in hand to hand combat, but the guns through her. She also had skill with a knife and so used her sword from the smithy to protect herself and her friends.
She spotted Jack swinging over, and assumed the Will was already below deck. Wimp she thought viciously.
Jess didn't have experience in fighting like Taylah had, or occasional minor bloodlust like Alice, or even the mild case of insanity of Lauren, so she and Lauren were practically helpless. This was until Jess saw a pirate threatening Lauren. Her reaction filled her vision with red; she grabbed a gun from a rack near-by, but instead of firing she swung it like a club and sent the pirate reeling away in shock.
Lauren nodded at Jess in thanks and ducked behind the others 'till the battle ended.
Alice listened into Barbossa's shouting. It really was quite boring when no one fought against you.
"Raise yer colours ya bloomin' cockroaches! Hands, grapnels, at the ready. Prepare to board! Blast all to carcasses, men! Forward clear to the powder magazine. And the rest of you, bring me the medallion!"
"An inspiring speech captain" Alice commented idly. Barbossa turned his head towards her sharply.
"You're not fighting with the rest of your crew?" he asked after a moment's recovery.
She shook her head. "No need. And besides it's so boring." She explained.
"You truly are a strange one. But seeing as you're not against us, you don't have to be tied up, I guess."
"Most gracious of you."
He grunted.
Taylah, Jess and Lauren all turned in unison to the call from below.
"Hey! Hey! Below!" Turner called.
Jess looked at the blocked entrance painfully; obviously her conscience was playing up.
Lauren grabbed her shoulder. "We can't do anything for him Jess; he needs to be down there."
Jess nodded and tore her eyes away from the fallen mast.
"Um, yo Barbossa?" Alice asked nervously.
"What!" he snapped.
"Yeah, see three of the girls on that there ship? They're, you know, kinda important, could you, oh I don't know…not kill them?" she asked in one breath.
He turned to her and upraised her.
"Three of the girls? How many are there?"
"Five."
"…Fine, we won't kill any of the girls. But after that it's no promises."
The ends of her lips twitched up sadly. "As if I could trust any of your promises anyway," She whispered sadly.
Taylah ducked out the way as Elizabeth came barrelling across the deck to the blocked grate.
"Eunuch's brides these days," She hissed.
"Unbelievable!" Jess exclaimed.
"What?"
"Jack gets here then he chases a monkey off!"
"Well, it is Jack," She agreed, while swinging her sword at a nearby pirate.
Lauren was behind them, grumbling about something. They turned to see what was bothering her.
Elizabeth was crying her heart out beside the grate.
"What a cry-baby!" Taylah exclaimed scornfully.
"Well she doesn't know he won't die…yet." Jess explained.
"What ever."
While they were talking, the undead pirates had received their new instructions; to capture and not kill the girls aboard the ship. They were now approaching them from behind.
With lots of abusive language from Lauren, and three broken ribs from Taylah, the girls were swiftly grabbed by the pirates and taken towards the ship.
The Interceptor's crew was tied to the Black Pearl's mast.
Taylah, Jess and Lauren all spotted Alice slumped casually next to some pirates.
"Typical, we stay on the boat and get captured. She jumps off the boat, follows the maniac, stays with said maniac and doesn't get captured or hurt at all!" Taylah growled.
"Hey Barbossa?" Alice called gently from a few paces behind him.
"What?" He barked back distractedly.
"They are the three girls I was telling you about. Are you gonna, you know, let them go?" she questioned eagerly.
"Ask me later." He commanded gruffly. Not that he'd tell her or anyone else for that matter but her ruthless indifference to most others lives made him admire her slightly.
She nodded and retreated back behind the pirates, with a quick grin towards her friends.
"Hey, Alice!" Jess yelled. Alice turned her head towards Jess and smiled.
"Yeah?"
"Can you come over here and help us out for a second?"
Alice looked confused and asked "Why would I do that Sushia?"
"Coz I'll…give you… a cookie."
"OKAY!" Alice shouted happily and rushed over to help them out.
"NO! Alice, step away from them, and come over here." Barbossa snarled.
"What will you give me if I do?"
"Are you serious girl? You're asking me what I'll give you?"
"Yes."
"Fine. I'll give you a…sword."
"YAY OK!"
"NO, Alice! Come over here and you can have a packet of chips!" Lauren interrupted.
This continued for a few minutes before Taylah decided to interrupt.
"Alice, if you help us out I'll… and I can't believe I'm saying this but…I'll give you…my ears."
Alice seemed to space out, before she started screaming and ran into a pole.
There was an awkward silence.
"Taylah… how are you going to give Alice your ears?" Jess inquired curiously.
"No idea."
"Are you even going to give them to her?" Lauren asked.
"I doubt it. She'll probably have forgotten by the time she wakes up."
"Quiet! Now if any of you as much as thinks the word 'parley', and I'll have your guts for garters." Pintel growled semi-threateningly, getting back into the swing of pirating.
Elizabeth had been staring at the Interceptor, and started screaming when it exploded.
"Will!" she wailed. She ducked under the ropes to attack Barbossa; a point less exercise. Alice awoke and watched, until the ship exploded and Elizabeth freaked out, until Alice cackled her patented evil laugh.
Elizabeth gave Alice her best death glare. Alice grinned in reply.
Elizabeth turned back to Barbossa and attacked him again.
"You've got to stop it! Stop it!" she shouted.
"Seriously, what is she talking about? It's not as though he could stop Will 'dying'!" Lauren exclaimed. Thinking semi-logically in a time of peril, typical Lauren. Of course everyone ignored her.
"Welcome back, Miss. You took advantage of our hospitality last time. It holds fair now that you return the favour." Barbossa taunted her with moulding teeth, and shoved her into the waiting hands of his crew.
Alice, Jess, Taylah and Lauren all turned in synchronization to the rail, as Turner heaved himself up to stand on the railing, with one hand on the rigging.
"Barbossa!" He shouted, to catch the pirates' attention. Everyone turned to see the intruder.
"Will!" Elizabeth sighed happily.
Will turned his stolen pistol towards Barbossa.
"She goes free."
"What's in your head, boy?" Barbossa questioned.
"She goes free!" Will repeated stubbornly.
"You've only got one shot, and we can't die." Barbossa pointed out unnecessarily.
"Don't do anything stupid." Jack pleaded under his breath, holding his hands in a position of prayer.
"You can't. I can." Will said, pointing the gun towards his temple.
"Like that." Jack sighed sadly in defeat, his shoulders slumped.
"Who are you?" Barbossa asked in disbelief.
"No one. He's no one. A distant cousin of my aunt's nephew, twice removed. Lovely singing voice, though eunuch." Jack intercepted the convocation. He lowered his voice at the end as if to convey a secret.
"Soprano, I heard." Alice said nodding. All turned towards her, she looked over at the nearest pirate and stared at him, as if he said he was about to eat a giraffe with his friend the Tasmanian tiger. He looked quite uncomfortable.
Her friends rolled their eyes.
"Alice is insane, but my name is Will Turner. My father was Bootstrap Bill Turner. His blood runs in my veins." Will declared dramatically.
"He's the spitting image of ol' Bootstrap Bill, come back to haunt us!" Ragetti shouted uncertainly.
"On my word! Do as I say, or I'll pull this trigger and be lost to Davy Jones Locker."
Jess, Alice and Lauren all giggled when he said this. Sharing a look, they returned their attentions back to the convocation.
"Name your terms, Mr. Turner." Barbossa conceded.
"Elizabeth goes free." He answered predictably.
"Yes, we know that one. Anything else?" Barbossa asked with an eye roll. Jack seeing a way to insure his own safety, gestured to himself.
"And the crew. The crew are not to be harmed."Will added hurriedly. Jack slumped his shoulders in defeat.
"Are the girls included in the crew?" Barbossa asked, gesturing to Alice, Taylah, Lauren and Jess. Said girls looked hopefully up at Turner.
"Yes."
"Agreed." He stated, leering up at Turner.
Alice skipped over to Will.
"Flipper, you have probably just made one of the biggest mistakes in your life."
"How so?" He questioned, confused.
"Barbossa always keeps his word." She answered solemnly, before grinning and making her way towards her friends.
"Did you even try to help us in any way?" Taylah asked angrily.
"Of course I did! What kind of person do you think I am?"Alice exclaimed, appalled.
"A short, blond, slightly sadistic one." Jess answered without missing a beat.
"Touché."
Alice removed the sword she had stolen while waiting for Jack to escape the brig, and swiftly cut through the thick ropes.
"Where did you get that!" Lauren asked in excitement.
"Oh you know, here and there."
"I hope you don't mind Alice, but the sword we stole for you from the Smithy we gave to Lauren." Jess stated.
"Oh that's fine, I'll keep this one, but it was nice of you to get one for me!"
They rubbed their bruises from the tight ropes, as they wandered over to the railing Will had recently made his grand entrance on.
"Oh, Yaytah?" Alice said, removing her bag from her shoulder, "I think you're gonna love me for ever."
"Eh, what makes you think that?" Taylah said in sarcastic disgust.
"I found you some pants."
Quick chapter I didn't really like it but it had a FIGHT! AND YAYTAH OFFERED ME HER EARS!