Chapter 12: Why, thank ye Jack
Jack:
"So you expect to leave me standin' on some beach with nothing but a name and your word it's the one I need and watch you sail away on my ship?"
"No," Jack corrected, "I expect to leave you standing on some beach with absolutely no name at all watching me sail away on my ship, and then I'll shout the name back to you, savvy."
"But that still leaves us with the problem of me standin' on some beach with naught but a name, and your word it's the one I need," Barbossa explained to Jack, as if to a child. But Jack knew what he was doing. Jack picked up an apple from a bowl on the table before the twosome, "Of the two of us, I am the only one who hasn't committed mutiny, therefore, my word is the one we'll be trusting." Jack took a seat, "Although, I suppose I should be thanking you because in fact, if you hadn't betrayed me and left me to die, I would have an equal share in that curse, same as you," he stated, smiling slightly. He took a bite of his apple, "Funny 'ol' word innit?" And suddenly, as if realizing that he was being rude, he gestured for Barbossa to have the apple. It was the polite thing to do. The Bo'sun walked in, "Captain, we're coming up on the Interceptor." Oh no, Jack thought to himself. Suddenly, Barbossa's bloody monkey jumped up and ran across the table. "Curse that animal!" he thought to himself, staring off to where it had gone, over by Barbossa's desk. Suddenly, a glint caught his eye. He rose silently, and quickly to go see what it was. His eyes widened. Well that's very interesting. He glanced up to make sure Barbossa wasn't watching before grabbing the item and stashing it in his vest.
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Barbossa walked up to the helm, Jack on his heels. Jack stopped to peer over the railing. It was indeed the Interceptor. His eyes widened in worry and he continued up the stairs, seeming more sober than before. Barbossa was looking out his spy glass which Jack promptly stood in front of. "I'm having a thought here Barbossa." Barbossa lowered the spy glass, as Jack was in the way. "What say we run up the flag of truce, I scurry over to the Interceptor, and I negotiate the return of your medallion, eh? What say you to that." Jack's drunk actions had returned.
"Now you see Jack, that's exactly the attitude that lost you the Pearl. People are easy to search when they're dead." Jack looked down, saddened at trifle by the memory. "Lock him in the brig."
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Alice:
I heard a commotion on deck. "Will, what is that?" The boat jerked to the side violently. Uh oh. I ran up on deck where there was chaos. I turned back to Will, "We will talk about what you did later. You are NOT off the hook." I ran up to Ana at the helm, "What's happening?" Ana turned the wheel sharply,
"The Black Pearl, she's gaining on us!" I looked back to see a ship in the distance, that looked oddly familiar. Elizabeth ran up to us at the helm,
"This is the fastest ship in the Caribbean!" Ana looked at me to gauge my reaction. I rolled my eyes.
"No, really!" I sneered.
"You can tell them that after they've caught us," Ana added. Seriously! Did she honestly think that we didn't know that. Oh my this girl was...something. I turned back to Ana, "We're shallow on the draft right?" Ana looked confused,
"Aye?"
"Well then can't we loose them on the shoals?" Gibbs looked back at the Pearl.
"Aye, we don't have to part with 'em long, just long enough," he agreed with me. Ana turned the wheel again,
"Land in the ship." Gibbs and I both turned, cutting her off from our hearing. Sorry Ana!
"Anything we can afford to lose see that it's lost!" Gibbs shouted. I smiled,
"Aye!"
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Jack:
Bo'sun put Jack in a cell. It was so ironic to Jack, being shut up in a cell, on his ship. Jack looked down at the sloshing water. "Apparently there's a leak," he stated cheekily. He guessed that the Bo'sun didn't care because he just left. Jack went over to peer out a small hole. He saw barrels and such floating past. They must have decided the lose everything they could, he thought to himself. But he knew it wouldn't be enough. The Pearl would take the Interceptor. His thoughts flickered to Alice for a moment. He hoped that she was alright, and that she had not killed her brother out of anger.
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Alice:
I stood paralyzed by Ana's side. The Black Pearl was even more familiar than I had thought. But the only way to be sure was to be aboard it herself. Ana looked at the Pearl. It was too close. "It was a good plan, until now," she whispered to me. Will came up to the helm.
"Gibbs, Alice! We have to make a stand. We must fight, load the guns!" Ana was flabbergasted,
"With what?" Ana asked. I cut in,
"Anything, everything, anything we have left." Gibbs turned from me,
"Load the guns!" he called to the crew. Gibbs ran back up to us, "The Pearl will take us without even presenting a target!" I turned to Ana calmly,
"Lower the anchor on the right side." I pitied Ana, she obviously didn't know what to do, but my patience was running thin. I wanted to survive this. "Ana, on the starboard side!" Gibbs looked at me as if I were insane. I probably am.
"It certainly has the element of surprise," Will added.
"You're daftly!" Ana shouted, "You both are."
"Daft like Jack," Gibbs added.
"Um, maybe that's just me. If you haven't noticed, Will isn't exactly-"
"Lower the starboard anchor!" Gibbs shouted to the crew, ignoring my comment. I grinned maniacally. My plan was working!
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We were exactly opposite the Pearl. My heart fluttered. The ship was too familiar for my liking. I turned to Ana, "FIRE!" Will heard me and echoed,
"FIRE!" And he was echoed by Elizabeth, and so on and so forth... The point is, we fired at the Pearl.
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Jack:
Jack was still peering out the hole, watching what little he could. Suddenly, something started flying towards his cell. He dived to the the ground to avoid being struck. He turned to see a gaping hole in the side. "Stop blowing holes in my ship!" Jack was appalled at how his ship was being treated with such disrespect. Jack looked down to see Gibbs' rum flask. he opened it, trying to down the rest, but the damn thing was empty! He then turned and stood. The door was opened! So he walked back up on deck.
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Alice:
I was down on deck, shooting at the Pearl's crew members that were trying to swing aboard, Will at my side. Honestly though, I was a WAY better shot than he was. Gibbs was mumbling something, but I wasn't paying attention. Between my own shots and watching Elizabeth struggle to shoot once like every bloody minute, was distraction enough. Suddenly, Ana was next to Elizabeth, a pistol aimed at her head, "We'll give 'em her!" she snarled.
"I-I second that notion!" I added quickly. Ana winked at me. Will looked at me incredulously,
"She's not what they're after." Elizabeth checked herself,
"The medallion!" She didn't have it on her? Oh sh-
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Will ran down to the hold, me at his heels. "Why the hell did you leave it there!" I shrieked at my brother. Why was he so stupid? He ignored my question. When I reached the bottom my heart sank. The table that the medallion had been on was tipped over and the room was flooded. "How are we going to find it?"
"I don't know, but keep looking!" Suddenly an explosion sent us to our knees. I grunted, as I had cracked my head against the fallen table. Will looked up and I looked to where he had his eyes glued. Oh no! The hold had something on top of it! How would we get out? "Hey!" Will started shouting. Oh please! I did not want to die like this!
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Jack:
Jack swung aboard the Interceptor. Gibbs was the first to notice, "Jack!" Jack shoved the flask at Gibbs,
"It's bloody empty," he stated simply, before launching himself into the fray. A pirate was about to strike Elizabeth, so he grabbed said pirate's hand, "Now that's not very nice." With Jack's distraction, Elizabeth knocked the pirate unconscious. Jack suddenly jumped at Elizabeth, pulling her down, "Where's the medallion?." Elizabeth struggled and Jack sighed, "Where's Alice?"
"Wretch!" Elizabeth moved to strike him, but he caught her wrist. Jack noticed the new cloth wrapped around it and he smiled,
"Ah, where is dear William?" Elizabeth looked back worried,
"Will!" She ran over to the hold.
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Alice:
"Will!" Elizabeth shouted down to Will. I sighed,
"And in case you were wondering, his sister is down here as well." Oh how I despised being ignored! She tried pulling at it,
"Will, I can't move it!" I sighed, this girl was hopeless.
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Jack:
Jack turned from the Elizabeth and Will shouting drama, to see Barbossa's bloody monkey running back to the Pearl with the medallion. "Monkey!" He raced after it and reached his hand out before noticing that Barbossa stood before him. He looked down at Jack amused, "Why thank ye Jack." Jack smirked,
"You're welcome."
"Not you, we named the monkey Jack," Barbossa turned to his crew, "Gents, our hope is restored!" A chorus of cheers flooded the air. Jack fake smiled. Great, just great.
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Alice:
Elizabeth and Will continued yelling at each other between the bars, suddenly, Elizabeth started shrieking, "Will! Will!" as she was dragged away. Will shouted her name back. I rolled my eyes, "Really Will? We are the ones that are going to die, because you left that bloody medallion down here!" The water was up to his neck now, and I was already swimming. We took large breaths as the water replaced the remaining air. Will swam toward a small hole and I followed. I glanced behind me, seeing a flash of light. In surprise I lost hold of my breath and screamed as something flew at me, knocking me out slightly. Will grabbed by half-conscious body and swam out of the sinking ship, as my vision grew dark from lack of air.
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Jack:
"If any of you so much as thinks the word parlay, I'll have your guts for garters!" Pintel told the crew of the Interceptor. Elizabeth slid under the ropes the exact moment that the Interceptor blew up. "WILL!" she shrieked! The remainder of the crew bowed their heads in honor of Alice. Jack himself, was grief stricken. His friend was dead along with that bloody whelp. But Jack was good at hiding his emotions. Anamaria on the other hand had tears streaming from her eyes, "Oh Alice," she whispered. Elizabeth ran up to Barbossa, shrieking,
"Stop it! Stop it, you've got to stop it!" Barbossa caught her fists easily.
"Welcome back Miss, you took advantage of our hospitality last time, it holds fair that we return the favor," he shoved Elizabeth at his crew.
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Alice:
Will helped me board the Pearl. I stepped quietly on deck and the only person who noticed was Ana. She smiled at me, happy that I was alive. Oh please Will, if you just be as quiet, than we could just- "Barbossa!" Will shouted from behind me. Of course. I walked slowly and as nonchalantly as possible, hoping to not be noticed, as everyone turned to Will. He cocked at pistol at Barbossa and pointed to Elizabeth, "She goes free." Barbossa walked forward, appalled by Will's demeanor, "What's in yer head boy?"
"Elizabeth goes free" Barbossa was directly in front of Will's pistol now.
"You only got one shot, and we can't die," Barbossa stated, knowing that he had won. I was halfway across the deck and Jack was motioning for me to join him, he looked worried. He then turned to Will, putting his palms together in a praying motion, "Don't do anything stupid!" he pleaded. Will looked around the deck before setting his eyes on the solution. "I can't, but she can." I heard the pistol click behind me. Jack's eyes widened in fear and in anger at Will's idiocy. now he had lost his bargaining tool and Barbossa would know about Alice, "Like that," he sighed. Alice sighed as well and turned to face Will, glaring at him. "Who are you? And who is she?" Barbossa asked. Alice looked down. Jack rushed forward,
"No one, he's no one. A distant cousin of my aunt's nephew, twice removed. Lovely singing voice though, eunuch," Jack added, hoping that Alice would be forgotten. Alice giggled at Jack's comment. Will's voice sounded, "Her name is Alice Turner, and I am Will Turner," he pulled out a knife, "Our father is Bootstrap Bill Turner, his blood runs in our veins." Alice sighed. Really Will? Jack, defeated, wandered back to his original spot.
"It's the spittin' image of Bootstrap Bill, come back to haunt us!" Ragetti yelled, pointing at Will. I rolled my eyes. What an idiot! Will continued,
"On my word do as I say, or I will pull this trigger, then slit my throat," he raised the knife, "And the two of us will be lost to Davy Jones' locker!" Jack grimaced at the thought. Alice turned sharply, appalled, "I did not agree to that!" she yelled.
"I had to do this Alice, please."
"No! Why do you always do this?" Will looked around the ship,
"Please Alice, not now, just-"
"NO! This isn't fair!"
"ENOUGH!" Barbossa shouted, silencing the two bickering siblings, "Name yer terms, Mr. Turner." Alice sat down, cross-legged in defeat, anger boiling within her. "Elizabeth goes free." Alice rolled her eyes. Really Will? She smiled, at least he would have her safety be in the terms.
"Yes, we know that one," Barbossa said, as if to a child, "Anything else?"
"And the crew! The crew are not to be harmed." Barbossa grinned evilly,
"Agreed."
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I was boiling with anger. Will completely left both me and Jack out of his terms! Elizabeth was standing on the plank. Ha ha! Serves her right! Will struggled against his captors, "Barbossa, you lying bastard, you swore she'd go free!" Barbossa turned angrily on Will,
"Don't dare impune me honor boy, I agreed she'd go free, but it was you who failed to specify when or where!" he cackled at the end. I rolled my eyes. I was standing next to Jack, being held in the crowd of crew members. "My brother is an imbecile." Jack nodded,
"He ruins everything!" I turned to see that Will had been gagged.
"Though it does seem a shame to lose something so fine, don't it lads?" Elizabeth looked up with hope. "So I'll be havin' that dress back before you go," he told her darkly. Jack turned to the man next to him, "I always liked you," he tried winning over the man. It did not work. Elizabeth pulled off the dress and threw it at Barbossa angrily, "It goes with your black heart." Whistles were sounded by the crew, and Elizabeth carefully walked back to the edge of the plank.
"Ooo, it's still warm," Barbossa joked, before throwing the dress for someone else to catch. The bo'sun frowned, irritated,
"Too long!" He slammed his foot against the plank, sending Elizabeth toppling off into the sea. The crew laughed maniacally, joined by me and Jack's attempts to not be shoved off the plank as well.
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It did not work. Jack and I were brought forward to the plank, next to Barbossa. "I really had rather hoped that we were past all this," Jack told Barbossa. "Aye," I agreed. Barbossa wrapped arms around the two of us,
"Jack, did ya not notice? That be the same little island that we made you governor of on our last little adventure." Jack looked behind him at the small island,
"I did notice," he said sadly. Barbossa turned to me,
"And Shadow," he smiled sickeningly, "Alice...Turner, if we had only killed ya years ago, we would be free now, as we have the last coin." His expression turned murderous, "But since we only need one Turner's blood, I'll let ya keep 'ol Jack company on his island." I frowned, " 'Cause I want ye to suffer. And if Mr. Turner's blood is not enough, we'll know where to find you," He shoved the two of us at the plank, me in front of Jack. "Perhaps you can conjure up another miraculous escape, but I doubt it." Barbossa aimed his sword at us, "Off you go."
"Last time you left me a pistol with one shot," Jack added.
"It appears you're right. Where be Jack's pistol? Bring it forth" Jack smiled, this was going to work.
"Since there's two of us, a gentleman would give us a pair of pistols." Barbossa grinned,
"And what of the other lass?" Jack smiled, looking at Will to gauge his reaction,
"Elizabeth can starve to death herself." Jack was right. Will was mad. Alice relished the moment. Barbossa grinned,
"It will be one pistol as before, and you can be they gentleman that shoot the lady," he gestured to me. I spoke up,
"Barbossa, how can I swim? My hands are bound behind my back!" Barbossa smirked,
"If ya don't find a way, I guess you'll drown then." I glared back, before turning it towards Will.
"Will, I hate you," I snarled before losing my balance and toppling into the ocean Jack jumping in after.
I am sorry. Cliffhanger! Now I was quite disappointed by the lack of reviews! Come on guys! The next chapter is my favorite! I will withhold it from you for a few weeks if I don't get a proper amount, I will! (grins evilly!) Still love you guys and hope you enjoyed this nice, rather long chapter.
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