A Pirate at Heart
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Chapter 12 – You have her Captain Sparrow
As the thick smoke burned his eyes moments after he had fired the only shoot his pistol carried, he scanned the burning deck for any sign of the people he was trying to save. In every direction he looked all he could see were the what appeared to be hundreds of bodies that littered the deck, and the blood that once stained the decks a black color. No matter which direction his chocolate brown eyes looked not one sign of life was visible. This made him worry, with every passing second he was waiting his lungs were becoming more and more filled with thick black smoke, and his eyes were becoming bloodshot.
Suddenly he began to hear voices up ahead, the loudest one he recognized immediately. As he headed closer and closer to the sound of what he believed was Elizabeth's voice he became confused at the words passing her lips. The few words that reached his ears made him wonder...wonder if she was more of a pirate than he had originally believed. From what it sounded like she was threatening her father with the very gun he had given her to save her and the other's lives not take them.
Within a few minutes he found himself standing directly behind Elizabeth, in her once delicate hand the item in question. The gun. Cocked and ready to be fire.
The person who stood in front of the gun, it pointed at his heart was her father. Who was trying his best to sound like he knew she wouldn't kill him, but from the sound of his voice he was sounding very uncertain of himself and terrified for his own life.
Now Jack knew Elizabeth, he knew if she killed her father she would regret it immensely later after all how many hours did she spend crying over him, a no good, dirty pirate who only cared for himself and his ship. Quickly he made contact with his crew who were trying their best not to look at him and give him away, but it was as clear as a wig in the middle of a group of bald people that they were hiding something.
Without waiting for her to realize that he was standing directly behind her he made a rash decision and brought his now useless pistol upon her head, knocking her out instantly. Just as her body began to crumble under the direct force he dropped the pistol and caught her before she hit the ground beneath her. Her head bleeding and pressing against his dirty white shirt.
As he caught her he quickly looked up at the faces of his two crew members, the group of girls, his sister and Governor Swann. He gave them a quick nod before addressing everyone and handing out orders.
"Okay now I found a way out but we've all gotta stick t'gether if we want ta get out alive, savvy?" he told everyone.
"Aye" chorused Marty and Gibbs.
The girls just gave a quick nod while Governor just nodded making brief eye contact with Jack to give him a thankful look.
"Now Cass take this an lead us to the pearl" he told his sister throwing his compass at her. She gave a quick nod before flipping it open and leading everyone.
Gibbs quickly hurried to his captain's side to inform him of the obvious.
"Captain"
"Aye" Jack replied.
"Ye do know she's gonna kill ye when she wakes up"
"Aye, but what's one more time eh?"
Jack turned from Gibbs for a brief moment to interrogate Governor Swann on a nagging question that was currently bothering him.
"Now guvner, I'm curious as to the reason why Lizzie here would be threatenin ye and all"
Governor Swann became rather nervous at this question after all how could he tell a pirate who looked ready to kill that the reason his daughter had tried to kill him, was because he refused to go after the very man who saved his life.
Jack sighed.
"Why do I get the feeling it has ta do with me?"
Before he could sigh again Governor Swann let out a huge sigh. This caused Jack to raise an eye brow, so it was because of him and what ever it was it was frustrating him.
"She didnt want to leave me here did she" he answered for Governor Swann.
"No" he replied honestly.
"But you thought it would be better for everyone to get out and then if there was hope send someone back" Jack continued.
"Yes"
Jack let out another sigh. That was all he needed to know. A part of him wished she had left but another part of him was kind of glad that she cared for him enough to risk her and everyone's life to rescue.
As they reached the side of the ship directly opposite from the pearl Jack turned to Governor Swann who was busying himself staring at the once beautiful White Lily, watching as it burnt to a crisp with each passing second.
"You should have left me" he mumbled quietly to Governor Swann.
Governor Swann turned to him with a look of disbelief, his eyes scanning for the hint of a lie in his eyes any sign that the infamous pirate in front of him was lying about saving himself. Finding one he whispered.
"Why?"
Jack looked at him making a piercing eye contact. "What have I honestly got ta live for?" he asked rhetorically. He knew the truth nothing. He had no family, he sailed with a crew who wouldn't care if he suddenly died, he spent hours with women he didn't even know the names of.
Before Governor Swann could answer a chorus of calls and cheers sounded from the pearl as his crew realized that their brave captain was alive and had managed to save everyone from the burning fire doomed to kill everyone.
"You have them" he replied indicating the crew.
Jack turned back to him. "Them, they don't care. If i died the only thing they would worry about was where they were going to work"
"Governor here take this rope and walk across to the pearl" Gibbs told him before he headed over to Marty.
Governor gave a quick nod and made his way over to the side of the ship, something about what Sparrow had said to him had gotten to him. Who did he have left? His daughter had tried to kill him, the town of Port Royal might do better without him. So who did he have left.
Then it hit him the answer to Jack's question was right in front of him the whole time. He turned around to Jack who was standing next to him staring at the crushing blue depths beneath the ship.
"You have her Captain Sparrow, you have her more than you realize" he whispered his words only reaching the ears of Jack.
