Storm
Alright people you know the general disclaimer thing don't own pirates, sigh, but I do own Katarina Sparrow. SO SORRY ABOUT THE CLIFFHANGER! And really sorry about the late posting, unexpected events occurred today, my bad! But the wait is over so here's the next chappie! OH and xlinzx this one's dedicated to you who has reviewed on every chapter. p.s. I'm tossing around the idea of a sequel so tell me what you think.
It did not take long at all for a storm to move in on the Pearl. The wind Picked up quickly and sent the boat moving at shocking speeds. Then it began to rain, first in torrents, then in an all out downpour. Thunder clapped loud and clear, lighting flashed bright in the now dark sky. Huge waves hit the boat and tossed it like a toothpick through the ocean. This was a storm unlike any the captain had seen in all his years.
"All hands on deck!," shouted Jack through the roar of the storm. The crew came rushing up onto the deck. "To your stations, secure the guns!" Captain Jack shouted out orders into the howls of the wind. Then he noticed Kat securing a loose line to the ship. "Oi, Kat, you're barely out of bed get down below now," said the captain sputtering through the rain. He fought to keep control of the Pearl. Katarina stood up and faced him smiling bright.
"Exactly captain, I've been in bed for two weeks, I need some action." Jack opened his mouth to retort when a huge wave hit sending several of the crewmen to the floor, including Katarina. It knocked her back with sickening force into the far edge of the ship. She fell to the deck and picked herself up. Water had piled itself on the deck up to her ankles.
"You alright?," said Sawyer from behind her.
"I'm good," she said quickly turning towards a cannon to secure it. Suddenly Kat noticed Alex was nowhere to be found. "Where's Alex?," she shouted.
"Poor thing's terrified of storms," said Sawyer from behind her. Then from somewhere above her Kat heard an earsplitting crack. She looked up to see the top part of the bast break in two. The thing was barely still attached. If that thing came down it could kill them all.
"Sawyer come help me with that mast."
"What?! Are you crazy?"
"I've got an idea," she said starting towards the ropes.
"Kat," he said grabbing her arm. "You can't climb, you could fall again!"
"It's a risk I'm willing to take,' she said starting to climb. When they had both reached a point where a single fall could be fatal the unthinkable happened. An enormous wave hit them and knocked Sawyer off the ropes. "Sawyer!," Kat screamed grabbing his hand.
"Kat," he said nervously "don't let go!"
"Try to climb up my arm," said Kat desperately. If she let him go he would fall to his death, they were both thinking it but neither of them dared say it.
"You're not strong enough to hold me, we'll both fall and-"
"Danget Sawyer! This is no time to argue! I'm stronger than I look now shut up and climb!" Now Sawyer didn't question it but began to pull himself up Kat's arms until he could reach the ropes. He grabbed it and pulled himself gasping onto them. Then he turned to face Kat.
"Thank you!," he said through gasps.
"No problem now come on," she said climbing up to the mast. Katarina pulled herself onto the mast and walked in the hard wind to the end of where the solid mast was. Now Kat grabbed a rope that was attached to the broken mast and began to pull. The mast was extremely slippery and pulling this huge rope backwards was almost impossible. Then as she went to take another step back a clap of lightning caught her off guard. She slipped backwards off the mast and held on tightly to the rope. Kat pulled herself onto the mast. "Sawyer help me pull this back."
"Kat it's hopeless, that mast is to heavy to pull back!"
"Look," she said turning on him violently. She was desperate to repair her father's ship and her voice acquired all the fierceness of a lioness on the hunt. "Either shut up and help me or climb back down but decide quick because I don't have time to loose. Now either you're with me or you're not!" Sawyer nodded at Kat and helped her quickly pull back the rope, to Katarina's great relief the mast started to straighten. The broken half of the mast was now even with the solid part. Katarina tied the rope to the edge of the mast. "There!" Then to her dismay she noticed that one of the cannons was rolling loosely on deck and everyone was too busy to notice. "Do I have to do frickin' everything around here?!" Katarina climbed down quickly and secured the gun. The storm raged into the early hours of the morning. Then it lightened and stopped. She just let herself collapse on the deck and she breathed heavily. Kat was soaked to the skin and the water on the deck did not help this, but she was to tired to get up. So she just sat there and did her best to regain her strength. Jack sailed the ship steadily through the calming waters.
"Cotton," he shouted. Mr. Cotton walked over to the captain and smiled. "Take the wheel," he said as he stepped down onto the deck. "Get to work you scalawags, start bailing out water, secure damages, hop to let's go!" Katarina staggered to her feet and stood still, attempting to regain her balance.
"Are you okay," said Jack walking over to her.
"Fine, tired, but fine." Jack nodded and gave a small smile before turning to face the ocean. Katarina turned in the same direction.
"Your side hasn't split again has it?"
"No, thank God! It hurts though, I've got to stop straining it like this," Kat said with a half laugh.
"I saw you fix the mast," he said to her.
"Um...fix isn't the word for it, but it'll hold until we make port."
"Aye," he said with a bit of annoyance in his tone "we'll have to turn around and head towards Tortuga."
"We were in Tortuga?!"
"Aye, you were passed out at the time."
"Oh," she said tiredly.
"Honestly Kat, I have to ask. You come on board my ship prepared to leave all society and family behind to sail with me. When I turn you down you swim for an hour after the ship just to prove your worth, and you fight through heck and back to say. I mean to do something like that you'd have to be either crazy, or brilliant. How do you do it Kat, how do you go through what you go through and not break? How do you keep that strong?"
"You underestimate me captain, the answer's really very simple," she said smiling. "I'm Katarina Sparrow." Jack gave a smile and ruffled her hair with his grubby hand.
"That's my girl," he said laughing "now get to work!" With that Kat tiredly began bailing buckets of water out of the ship. Little did Jack know that his secret had been heard by Pintel who was listening silently behind him.
Okay! Yay me, no cliffhangers! Sorry I posted so late today oh and you know how Jack always says I'm Captain Jack Sparrow, as if it were unbelievably obvious. Well that's how Kat says I'm Katarina Sparrow and that my friends is where her name came from and the whole reason I created this story. So that is my favorite line in the story. More soon.
