HEY EVERYONE! I am finished with my super duper tenth chapter, and may I add, pretty darn good one too. Haha. Anyway I hope you like it, and as usual please review, I love to hear from you all. Oh and I wont be able to up date until, next weekend, because I am going to be absent this weekend, just a heads up. Hope you enjoy!
Chapter Ten
"Jack!" Will exclaimed, his eyes wide. This excitement caused him to jolt up right in bed, which sent shooting pains up his back. Will grasped his back in a wincing pain.
Everyone in the room leapt toward him, "Will, you ah' right?" Jack asked, his body hidden behind Elizabeth and Lana's looming figures.
"Yes, I'm fine. Really." Will assured them, their worried faces suddenly gone, and replaced with new cheerful ones.
"Good. We were beginning to worry bout you," Jack steps back and plops down on a wooden chair, "you were out cold for hours." He takes a crisp bite out of an apple, juice gathering at the corners of his mouth.
It's funny really, how the more Jack seems to be getting along with Barbossa, the more he seems to resemble him in little ways. Will gave them friendly smile, "Yes," he puts his hand to his forehead as if to find an explanation for… well, everything, "what happened to you? I for sure thought you were a goner."
"I did too, until the beastie lost its grip of me." Jack explained, gently placing his unfinished apple on the desk beside him.
Will moved his eyes towards Elizabeth, who was furiously gnawing at her bottom lip. Her eyes glossed over, welled with tears. No, don't cry Elizabeth, don't do it.
"I better go get Will here, some more… rum." Elizabeth stammered, as she briskly made her way out the door on the verge of tears.
Will stared down at his empty hands, no rum in sight. Then he glanced at Lana and Jack quizzically, they're faces not that different from his own.
With no further hesitation Jack went after her.
"Elizabeth?" Jack asked a dark lump in the hallway, he crouched down beside her. He placed his grimy hand on her back feeling the warmth from her fragile body.
A gasp sounded from her mouth, "I'm sorry, I didn't mean to cry. It's just the thought of…" Elizabeth tried to explain in short and ragged breaths, but Jack stopped her.
"I never said I was angry with you." Jack replied, when suddenly Elizabeth wrapped her arms around him, and hiding her tear stained face in his shirt.
"It's just that you're never safe, and I always have to worry and I hate that feeling." Elizabeth managed to say without having to taking a breath.
Jack couldn't help but smile, she was so cute. "Hush now, no need to say anymore. You need some fresh air." He tried pulling her up from the floor, but she refused.
"I don't want the crew to see me; they see me cry too much." Elizabeth stated, not moving her backside from the wood.
"You're being ridiculous." And with that said, Jack bent down and swept her of the ground. Then he made his way up to the deck.
"JACK! What do you think you're doing?" Elizabeth yelled laughing contagiously, and kicking her feet about.
Jack couldn't help but join in her laughter, "You keep this up I'll end up droppn' you."
Elizabeth stopped struggling and draped her arms around Jack's neck. The crisp ocean air was what she needed; it relieved her of all her stresses, well almost.
Jack took out his arms from under her, letting her feet create a thud on the deck. Then he gave her a quick but passionate kiss, and left her to talk to Barbossa.
Elizabeth placed her fingers against her lips, the tingling that lingered there made her feel so warm. How does he do that? Elizabeth asked herself while studying his fading figure.
After a moment or two she turned her attention to sea they were leaving behind them, the churning water reminding her of the clouds floating just above her. Her eyes wondered to the horizon, when she saw something very unusual. A ship of some sort.
Elizabeth didn't want to risk anything and quickly yelled to Jack, "Ship! There's a coming ship!" She pointed her slender finger toward the growing ship.
Jack's eyes grew wide, "Bugger," He mumbled, he cringed at the sight, "full speed ahead!" He managed to get out. His body shaking like a frightened child's.
"What? What is it?" Elizabeth asked him, regretting the answer that was going to come out of his mouth.
"It's a pirate ship." Then he turned away to take the wheel gnawing at his fingernails, his eyes darting here or there.
"What sort of pirate ship?" The edge in Elizabeth's voice gave Jack the hint that she was obviously annoyed with him.
He waved Barbossa down to take the wheel, "They are the Keepers of the Jewel, that's why some people do not reach it. The Keepers get to them first." He explained, and then his eyes focused on the growing ship.
Elizabeth whipped her head around to find that the ship had gained up on them dramatically. Her mouth made a perfect "o" shape as she stared at it in amazement. It was an elegant ship, with perfectly carved sea creatures and mermaids on its sides. Its sails weren't the original white or black, but colorful sewn pieces of cloths. They were gaining ground, giving them barely anytime to prepare for battle, maybe.
"Is this ship faster then the Pearl?" Elizabeth asked curiously.
Jack gave her a sympathetic grin, how could she not know the answer to her own question, "There's no ship faster then the Pearl."
Elizabeth let out a sigh, if only they had the Pearl, but they will just have to make do with the Treasure Hunter.
The crew behind her was bustling about, they're faces glassed over with fear. Was she missing something? Were these people, "the Keepers", that dangerous? Even Jack and Barbossa were nervous, and that made her stomach sick.
"What's going on?" Will asked he had just come up from his cabin, with Lana trailing behind him. Elizabeth couldn't help but notice how cute they are together.
All Jack had to do was nod his head in the direction on the coming ship. Then Will raised an eyebrow in confusion, obviously he didn't know what was going on either.
Everything was going fine on the ship; they kept a steady pace and stayed far enough away from the Keepers for now.
Elizabeth's tense body seemed to relax as time went on, but that wouldn't last long. Suddenly something jerked them in the water and everyone stumbled over, followed by a deafening roar of water.
Elizabeth panicked and her eyes wondered around searching for Jack, when she was just about give up a dark figure came out of nowhere and wrapped their muscular arms around her body. His body blocked her from the horrible scene before them. The ship was being swallowed up by metallic blues and purples, the water swirled around them in a never ending funnel. Elizabeth tilted her head back; the blue sky that was once above them was instantly being gulped up by water.
Her throat felt swollen and sore, air was a hard thing to grasp. So instead Elizabeth buried her head in Jack's shirt hoping for the best.
Water sloshed up on Elizabeth's soggy face, her eyes flew open not expecting to see the open sea, nothing else was there, just water. She closed her eyes again hoping it was just a dream, when she peeked one eye open the water was still there, steadily lapping against pieces of wood. Elizabeth waded in the water, letting salty tears stream down her cheeks, then they gently plopped into the sea.
She couldn't be alone, there had to be someone out there, "Jack? Will!" She choked out, "Anybody?" Silence. More and more tears streamed down her soggy face.
"There's one more out there captn'!" A voice rang out in the ocean, Elizabeth ears perked up.
She spun around in the water to find a ship looming above her, the elegant patterns carved into its dark wood sparked in her memory. A lump formed in her throat and her stomach flipped upside down.
Faces peered down at her from on deck, none of them she remembered. They were mostly men and a few women; they're skin a dark creamy color.
A rope flew in the air and splashed down beside her; at first she wasn't going to grab a hold of it, and try to be her stubborn self. But her common sense kicked in, she didn't have a chance to survive out her in the ocean, where deep sea creatures loomed in the shadows.
Thud! Elizabeth fell on her backside, her eyes darting around searching for any members of the crew. No such luck.
"May I ask your name, young lady?" A gruff voice came from be hide her.
Elizabeth stood up quickly and found a clean cut man in a dark leather coat, which hung limply on his arms. His hair was black and pulled back; nothing really seemed harmful about him. But appearances can be deceiving. He had the same colored skin as his crew, but Elizabeth noticed under his leather coat, he wore colorful exotic clothing just the main sail, and a oddly shapes necklace hung around his neck.
"My name is Elizabeth Swan." Elizabeth replied sternly, not letting them see her true fear that crept at the surface of her skin.
The man smirked at her, "Well Ms. Swan, I am Captain PowPow," Elizabeth couldn't help but let out a little snort, but she quickly slapped her hand to her mouth. Captain PowPow narrowed his eyes at her in disgust, "Hugh," Captain PowPow waved down a tall scrawny man, "take her down to her cell with the others." Captain PowPow gave Elizabeth a sly grin and then turned away to other matters.
Others! Does that mean the crew is down there? Elizabeth asked herself, she actually didn't mind when Hugh grabbed her by the arm to drag her off down below.
Right when Elizabeth rounded the corner to the cells, and chorus of voices called out to her, "Elizabeth!" They all shouted.
Out of the many faces smashed up against the steal bars, she could make out everyone; everyone was there and called for. Elizabeth let out a sigh of relief when she saw Jack's face smiling at her.
At least she had Jack that was all she wanted to concentrate on at the moment. What danger they were heading for, that she was going to worry about later.
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