Here you go! Another chapter and if I am feeling nice I will put the next (and final) chapter on tomorrow!
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The helm of the ship was my favorite part. You could see everything going on on the main deck and you got a great view of the ocean. I looked upto my left where Jack was standing with his hands resting not the helm. He looked proud. "Captain, ship on the horizon, port side." Shouted Joey from the crows nest. Jack instantly gave the helm to Harry, who looked rather shocked, and looked through his telescope towards the ship in the distance.
"Oh, bugger!" he exclaimed before putting away his telescope and running the hide under the staircase next to his cabin. I followed quickly.
"Did I miss something?" I asked sitting next to him.
"What...no...hide me." He managed to get out.
"Ok, but why?" I knew Jack could be funny like this sometimes but it made no sense.
"Just do it." he pushed me out from under the stairs. I stumbled slightly before gaining my footing once again and walking towards Gibbs who was also staring out towards the ship.
"Do you know who Jack is hiding from?" I asked Gibbs.
"Aye," he responded "that be Angelica." he sighed.
"Is that the woman who tricked Jack into joining Blackbeard's crew?" I asked, "Blackbeard's daughter?" I waited for a response but Gibbs didn't answer because the ship that was in the distance was now sailing alongside the Pearl. At the helm was a woman, probably around 26 in age, she had long brown, wavy hair and a sharp expression on her face. She stepped down from the wheel and a young man took over. Then she walked towards the ropes hanging down the side of her ship. She made eye contact with me and the anger I saw in her eyes was slightly overpowering. Without taking her eyes of me she grabbed one of the ropes and swung the distance between the two ships, landing silently and gracefully on the deck.
"Where is Jack?" She shouted, her voice was strong and powerful and held a very strong Spanish accent.
"Jack is not onboard" I said. Just as jack had wanted.
"Liar" she shouted and began look around. Her eyes settled on a point just behind me. "Jack Sparrow I see you back there." She said her voice not quite as loud as before. Jack came out from his hiding place.
"Ahh, Angelica, it's been so long." He said calmly. This was a similar greeting to the one he gave Barbossa, I assumed it was for people he didn't like very much. He took a few steps forward and stumbled.
"You, you marrooned me on that god forsaken island with nothing" I looked from Jack to Angelica and could swear I saw fire flickering in her eyes. Honestly I felt no sympathy for we what so ever. Jack had told me all I needed to know about her. Plus, in my eyes, she was Blackbeard's daughter. She had his blood running through her veins and that in its self gave me a good reason not to like her. Jack said nothing as Angelica stepped closer. "You stopped me from saving my father."
Jack chose now to say something. "You had more of a life left to live than he did and you told me yourself that you wanted years." Jack took a step away from her an towards me.
"But from my own father?" She screamed and drew her sword. She pointed it at Jack's throat. "I can here for revenge Jack an I am not leaving here without it." She walked towards Jack but didn't lower her sword.
"That was what I feared." Jack remarked and then he two pulled out his sword and pointed it towards Angelica. A fight began. It was interesting to watch the two of them fight but scary as well. Whenever jack managed to catch Angelica, whether on the arm or leg or hip, the wound just healed over. She was invincible. It must have been the water from the fountain. Jack was a good defender but even he got the odd graze of two. They were both extreemly fast and eventually Angelica managed to disarm him. There he stood, leaning up against the side of the ship. Angelica pointing her sword at his throat once again and his sword sitting yards away.
"And so here we are. The infamous captain Jack Sparrow, about to pay for what he did to my father." Jack let out a small unexpected whimper and it didn't take long for me to decide what to do. I was not going to stand and watch as another person I loved was killed by someone with Blackbeard's blood running through their veins. I pulled my sword from its sheath and ran at Angelica just as I saw her pull back her sword for the kill. My only hope was to disarm her. I deflected her sword away from Jack who breathed a sigh of relief and assisted me in beating our opponent. It turned out that my ten years of sword training was absolutly necessary for me to stand a chance of disarming Angelica. As she swung, I blocked. I was unable to hit her and it would have been pointless anyway considering her invinsibility. After fighting for a while she managed to slash my leg. The pain filled my thoughts but I fought on. I got another blow from Angleica's sword, this time on the forehead. Blood trickled down and clouded my vision, I was beginning to feel faint. Jack and me had her up against the side of the boat now, she was trapped but she wasn't giving up. Me and Jack shared a quick look that told me we were both thinking the same thing . In unison we crouched down and grabbed a leg each and before she had time to react we had lifted her up overboard. With a loud splash she hit the water. I was now feeling very faint from the amount of blood that I amhad lost and the head wound wasn't helping in emerge slightest. I could hear Angelica shouting from the water. "Jack Sparrow es el ultimo que he oldo hablar de mi voy a avenger mi padre. Usted no puede escondersede la verdad para siempre." I fell to the floor, dropping my sword as I did so and the last thing I remember before my world faded to black was strong arms supporting me around the waist.
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I woke with a sharp pain in my forehead. But instead of opening my eyes I tried to remember what had happened. Nothing. I could remember nothing. I shifted my focus to what u was lying on. It was soft and comfy and I had what felt like a blanket over me. I chose this time to open my eyes. I looked around and saw that I was in Jack's cabin, in Jack's bed. How had I got here? A thought came to me. Was the headache the cause of drinking to much rum. That would explain the headache. Another thought came to mind. Had I slept with Jack? I'm sure I would remember that. I checked under the covers to see if I was clothed which I wasn't. I then noticed that a huge slash wound in my leg had been stitched with a fishing wore and all memories came back to me. I hadn't slept with Jack. My leg started to throb and the pain in my head increased. Just then the cabin door opened and Jack walked in. "Oh you are awake." He said quietly and walked over to me.
"Yes I am awake." I sighed and smiled at Jack's presence. "Has Angelica gone?"
"Yes she is gone. I don't think we will be seeing her for a while." Jack sat on the bed next to me and rested his hand in mine. "Harry will be glad to know you are awake." I smiled.
"How long was I unconscious?" I asked. There were a few questions circling my mind.
"Two days. You had me really worried love. That's a long time." he squeezed my hand.
"I'm sorry." I pulled him closer to me. I wanted him to hold me. "But I saved your life." Jack laughed a little and wrapped his arms around me.
"I guess you are the hero now." I smiled into his chest.
"I guess I am." I whispered back. Jack kissed my forehead lightly where Angelica's sword had hit me. "I just have one more question." Jack pulled back to look at me. "How did I get here?" I fingered the sheets resting over my legs and fought not to wince at the pain from the slash wound.
"I carried you after you collapsed. Thought you might be safer in a bed, it's more stable than a hammock." He reached forward and brushed a strand of hair from my face.
"So where did you sleep?"
"I thought you only had one more question." I raised my eyebrows at him. "I've been sleeping in your hammock. I figured that you would want to choose when to join me at night and I had to sleep somewhere." I was surprised that the thought had even crossed his mind but I appreciated it. I went to stand up but Jack lowered me back onto the bed.
"I have to get on with my duties." I protested. Jack shook his head.
"No, you need to rest. Harry is filling in for you until you get better. You trained him well." I smiled at the complement. "Besides, it's late and the only people working are those on the night shift. I should go and get some sleep though." Jack lifted from the bed and began to walk towards my cabin space.
"Don't go." I muttered.
"I have to."
"I mean, sleep here with me." I moved up so there was space for Jack and I gored the pain in my leg and it rubbed agianst the sheets. "I don't want to be alone tonight." He smiled and walked back towards the bed taking his shirt of as he did so. This revealed a variety of scars on his arms and torso. My eyes widened as I imagined how much pain he must have gone through with each of them. Jack looked down at them.
"It's in the past. Don't let it worry you." I chose to listen to him. He climbed into the bed next to me and wrapped an arm around me. Before I knew it, I was drifting off to sleep.
