Chapter Twenty Five
I have to be the kindest Pirate alive...is that a good thing?
I dove head-first into the calm Caribbean water, at first, when I looked around I couldn't see anything, then, as the bubbles cleared, I saw something brown sinking about twenty feet away from me. I swam as fast as I could, not even stopping to breathe. When I reached the object I saw that it was only a sword holster and a boot. I looked up at the surface and saw Jack's hat bobbing over the waves. I grabbed it and drug it down to my chest; I swam back to the Black Pearl and threw the objects aboard.
I dove back down to the depths where I didn't see anything, of course, the salt water was getting to me and making my eyes sting. But that wasn't going to stop me from finding Jack, I figured he would have to be around here somewhere, he couldn't swim very far, especially if he was hurt in the bout with Blackbeard. I didn't see anymore evidence of Jack and I was about one mile away from the Black Pearl. All of a sudden I spotted mermaids sitting on a rock, I gasped in excitement. "They might have seen Jack!" I whispered hopefully to myself.
"Oh, you again!" One of the mermaids said happily, It was the mermaid that helped me with my trial!
"What are you doing this far away from Mermaid Waters?...isn't it dangerous?" I asked, sucking down air.
"But not illegal" she giggled, twirling her black hair and smiling, showing me her white teeth.
"I'm looking for Jack...Jack Sparrow...he fell off of the Queen Anne's Revenge...did you see him by any chance?" I asked trying to keep myself above the warm, turquoise water.
"Maybe we did...or maybe we didn't" the other mermaid said with a sly grin.
"What do you want?" I asked eyeing them suspiciously and spitting out salty ocean water.
"Since you're a Pirate Lord this will be easy for you" the mermaid that helped me out said, I sighed and listened intently.
*I returned to the Black Pearl soaking wet but with a sly grin on my face. I snatched my hat back from Gibbs and gently twisted the handle to the Captains Quarters, then stopped. I walked over to the kitchen door, turned its knob easily, then stopped. I looked over at the wondering crew, held my index finger up, walked down the first step to below deck, then stopped. "What the hell are you doing?"
Charlotte asked, Kayla smiled. "She's searching for Jack's ora" I turned and smiled to the crew.
"Good news" I said and everyone smiled hopefully "Jack's not in any of his normal rooms"
"So, he's still on the ship, then?" Gibbs asked his smile turned into a confused look. I nodded, walked up the stairs to the wheel, stopped at the wheel and Turned it a time or two. Then, I walked over to the back of the ship, turned walked up the stairs to the front of the ship. I smiled looked down.
"Hello, darling" I said with a sweet smile.
"Hello, love" Jack said, he was clinging to the bow of the ship (which is a mermaid). The crew rushed to the bow and pulled Jack up.
"How long were you there?" Gibbs asked with wide eyes.
"Oh, ten maybe twenty minutes" he said then glanced over at me and smiled "you're all wet"
"So are you" I replied with a smile.
"Yes, but...I think you won the contest here, love" he said, laying his arm around my shoulders "how did you find me?"
"Nothing really...my intuition...and I owe some mermaids Barbossa's autograph" I answered with a laugh.
"What about the Queen Anne's Revenge?" Brandy asked. I had totally forgotten about them. They were about four or five miles away from us.
"I don't think we have to worry about them...yet" I said knowing the longer I put that fight off the more hell I would have to pay "now, Jack, about you knowing what happened when I went to the bar.." I said and he pulled me into the Captain's Quarters.
Chapter Twenty Six
The Pirates that are in retirement...need to STAY in retirement!
I woke up in the morning at the sound of Jack's snoring (whenever he had a hard day beforehand he snores) only, he wasn't snoring. In fact, he wasn't even in the room! It was actually the warning bell that a ship was approaching (we got tired of people yelling), I quickly threw on my hat and coat, then, ran out to the deck. Lucky for us it was storming, the deck was wet, it was foggy, and we couldn't see the other ship, perfect weather for a fight. "Morning, Brittney!
...Don't ya just love the weather?" Kayla yelled sarcastically through the rain. I looked up to find Jack yanking on the wheel just to try and keep us from not hitting anything! I quickly ran up to him.
"Where the hell are we?" I screamed, holding my hat on my head.
"Don't know...we'll find out later!" he yelled back with a smile and a kiss to my cheek. I tried to walk back down the stairs to Kayla, but I ended up slipping and sliding. I fell on the third step and slid the rest of the way down. Gibbs and Crepsley rushed to my aid.
"I'm fine!" I yelled over the beating rain and howling wind.
"You're flying?" Gibbs asked, leaning closer to me.
"No, you dimwit! I'm fine!" I screamed in his ear. He nodded in understanding. "Any clue who's behind us?" I yelled
"No!" Gibbs yelled in answer. Rain pelted the boat like hail, the wind blew at least fifty knots and it showed no sign of letting up.
"Kayla?" I yelled "can you get this to let up?" I asked, gently walking over to her.
"I tried...its something more powerful then me!" she yelled back
"Oh, damn!" I yelled
"What? Oh, ham? Are you hungry?" she asked with a confused face.
"No! I said 'oh, damn!'" I clarified
"Oh!" she yelled. Just after I finished talking to her a big graybeard rose high above the boat (Graybeard: huge wave, not a tsunami, but very close). I quickly grasped the railing of the boat and held on as tight as I could. Next thing I knew hundreds of pounds of water washed over the side of the Black Pearl, pounding the people as well as the deck.
I was swept off the deck, but, thankfully, because of how hard I was holding on to the side I wasn't taken into the water. A few wet and miserable minutes later the water stopped, and I pulled myself back over the rail. Gibbs was clinging to a door knob, Crepsley was holding onto a bolted down barrel, Jack was hanging onto the wheel, and Kayla was holding onto the mast. For a moment everything was calm, the wind and rain had stopped, and the waves were calm again. "I-Is everyone alright?"
I asked, forcing myself to my feet. "Define alright" Crepsley growled spitting water out of his mouth.
"Not dead or overboard" I hissed, I did a head count and thankfully, we had everyone. I walked over to the poop-deck and saw a ship with dark-blue sails a mile or so away from us. "What the-?" I asked, now Gibbs walked over.
"I've never seen that before" he said
"me neither" I said "Gibbs, make sure the ship's in fighting condition...we might have to ruff-up some newbie's" I said with a sickly smile.
*I looked up at Jack and he was cleaning his compass, apparently it pointed below deck. He walked below deck then back up and said "why is the rum always gone?"
"Because you and your girlfriend have drinking fests in your room" Kayla snickered, I smiled and went to the bow.
"We're facing a new enemy...so be ready for anything" I said and the crew replied with an:
"Aye, aye captain!"
By now the sky was clear and the sun was shining. A beautiful purple was the sky's color, I grabbed Jack's telescope and took a peek at our new enemies. My eyes grew wide and my mouth was stuck wide open...my parents were in pirate clothing, carried swords and guns, and were commanding a ship! Next thing I knew my parents hoisted a black flag with a white hourglass in the middle...they were justifying that they were coming out of retirement! I gave a sickly smile as Jack stood beside me "Who is it, love?"
"New blood" I said and handed him his telescope back. Soon I heard him start to laugh.
"This will be good" he said, wrapping his arm around my waist and folding his telescope back.
Chapter Twenty Seven
Parents vs. Daughter, who will win?
My parents had stated that they had come out of retirement for some reason, when they rose their colours. So, we rose ours in return, it was Jack's flag, a skull and crossbones wearing a red bandana with a red sparrow flying beside it. My parents' boat was very fast, It almost caught up with us, It would have if Kayla wasn't on the ship. During the storm the Black Pearl drifted, so we didn't know where we were. Until we came to a cliff formation of someone opening their mouth.
"Ah, we're sailing near the island Quacos...not to far off from Mermaid Waters" Jack said, he and I were at the wheel, he was steering and I stood beside him.
"Well, mumsey and dadsey seem that they want to go there" Crepsley said to me, huffing and puffing.
"Or they're just chasing our ship" I countered, looking over at him from Jack.
"Ah! I vote for the second one" Jack said with a smile.
"Worth a shot" I said "alright! Half you mutts will go on land with me and half will stay back with Jack...understood?" I yelled, the crew grumbled a bit, but respected my authority. I took Gibbs, Charlotte, Brandy, Forman, Nichole, and Dantish. I made sure my parents saw me get off, I stared directly at them and tipped my hat with a smile on my face. I turned and led my brigade into the trees. (About twenty minutes later) "how much longer do we have to walk?" Charlotte whinnied, I glimpsed behind me but said nothing. "Hello?" she asked impatiently.
"Shut up!" I hissed and crouched behind a rock, as did the others.
"Jamaicans?" Gibbs asked crouching low beside me
"No...Spaniards" I said "they all have a red crown tattooed on their left arms which means, they're under King Charles's control" I explained in a whisper, peeking over the rock.
"Where did you learn that?" Gibbs asked in a whisper after a short pause.
"Oh, Jack taught me" I whispered excitedly with a smile, no longer looking at our enemy. Then, Dantish came crouched up on the other side of me "your sword smells funny" I said, turning to him.
"Yeah I put it in the poison of a dart frog...in other words...do not touch it unless you want to die" he murmured with a smile.
"Any clue of what they're saying?" Charlotte whispered
"None" Gibbs replied.
"We're out-numbered" I whispered mentally counting the enemy's numbers against ours.
"Aye... but that never stopped you before" Gibbs countered.
"Look, they have a shiny gem" I whispered excitedly "wait a minute... that's my mother's" I growled.
"Your mum and dad must have already had an encounter with the Spaniards" Brandy said, I nodded and turned from the enemy, sitting down behind the rock and gathering everyone to me.
"Here's the plan..."
*I was climbing on to the top of a tree when one of the Spaniards came out of a red tent wearing a black hat with a large red feather in it, I guessed he was the Spaniard's captain. The Spaniards made a great fire and set up tents. It was night. I had separated our six pirate group so we could attack the Spaniards from all sides, even the sky. I quietly tied a vine around my waist so when I jumped from the tree, I wouldn't die.
I heard one of the Spaniards scream something in Spanish, the Spaniard crew all grabbed their swords and started running for the beach. I automatically thought of Jack, I cut the vine and signaled to Gibbs that the raid was off. Seconds later I was jumping from tree-top to tree-top trying to keep up with the mad Spaniards. They led me to the beach where I saw that the Black Pearl was pulled up beside my parents' boat. I looked up to the wheel of the Black Pearl to find my father and Jack's swords clashing.
My mother was also taking on some of our crew. I glanced down to find my band of pirates fighting the Spaniards, so, I jumped down and fought the chief...glad my parents find the beauty of piracy again.
