ELLO' MATES! Haha, but I am FINALLY done with this chapter fourteen! It took me an extremely long time, but it is longer then the most (By a little) which is always good. Well I had some fun writing this one, it will be one of the last though I am afraid, but don't be sad I am thinking and planning my next story I can write! It will not be a sequel; I want some new characters to create. ENJOY!
Disclaimer: Do not own POTC and never will.
Chapter Fourteen
Lana rested on her bed, the queasy feeling in her stomach was still urging her to lose control again, but she was trying her best to keep it under control. Everyone was up on deck preparing to reach Tia's home, time was running out and she hasn't even got so far as talking to Jack. There was a constant pulsation beating against her forehead; it was a brutal battle in her mind and from what has happened so far, her side was losing.
She had very little time to do what she had to do, to keep Will and the crew alive. If she didn't complete this task that The Keepers sent her on, then all their lives were on the line. Lana had to fight through this and get the Jewel, they would hate her for now, but as soon as they know the truth they're going to be down on their knees thanking her.
With a lot of strength, Lana slid out of bed to go find Jack.
Elizabeth let her eyes fall on the milky sky, with the setting sun casting a radiant glow on the sky above her. Her mind finally stopped tossing random problems in her face. Now she had a chance to enjoy something without having to worry, because now they were safe for once… at least she thought they were.
"It's pretty isn't it?"
Elizabeth crooked her head to find Will stationed right next to her. Ever since the little thing with her and Jack her and Will never talk to each other, maybe a casually hello or good morning but never a conversation. "Oh, yes." There was a silence between them. "It's odd isn't it? We haven't had any encounters with the Royal Navy lately." Elizabeth wanted to smack herself for that one.
Will's eyes went from the sea to her then downward at the dark wood at his fingertips, "Yes, but can we talk about something other then this!" His hands flew up to point at the ship calmly slicing through the, at the water itself, and then he pointed to Jack. At the moment his eyes flew on Jack his face filled with disgust.
"I'm sorry will I didn't know you felt that way… well I knew, I just chose not to." Elizabeth risked a glance at him, he was like a stone wall, and he wouldn't let anything pass through him. "Will I know what I did to you was wrong, really wrong, but you used to like Jack. I just don't want to be the one that ruins everything and now I am that person… I hate it!"
His jaw clenched and he shook his head stiffly.
Elizabeth waited for him to respond, "Will! Say something!" She waited a while longer, "I just want to know if we can still be friends."
"Elizabeth you have to understand how much it hurt me and that it did change everything. That now whenever I talk to Jack all I think about is how much I just want to hit him, I used to be amused by his witty humor, but now it sets my teeth on edge. Then there's you standing by his side without the care in the world, when I look at all that I can't help but still lov…" He got cut off by Jack's sudden entrance.
"Ello', what might we be talking about this…" he glanced up at the sky, "I guess its night, so night it is. Oh and by the way, have you two spotted Barbossa around here?" Jack glanced quickly around the ship.
Will gazed at Elizabeth, who was staring right back at him completely shocked and on the verge of tears, then he glanced at Jack who was standing by him, Will could almost feel the blood bubbling out of his ears. He couldn't be near that man right now so he shot off to another part of the ship.
"What's his problem?" Jack asked himself, and then found a spot by Elizabeth.
"He probably just didn't get to say something." Elizabeth answered Jack's question, while a single tear slipped down her cheek.
"Thank you very much." Norrington told the silhouette in the moonlight. James reached his hand out to shake the shadow's hand as to confirm their agreement.
"I just have to say, after I helped you find Sparrow then what do I get in return?" The silhouette returned into the light of the room.
"You get the pleasure of finally defeating Sparrow once and for all and you just might get his ship as well, what do you say about that Barbossa?" James asked curiously.
"Sparrow doesn't have the Pearl, that's what I'm really after." Barbossa replied heatedly.
James took a short step toward Barbossa, "Well we'll just have to work something out now won't we?"
Barbossa grinned as a reply then he left the room.
Lana peered through the sun light trying to spot Jack out in the mass of people. A single bead of sweat trickled down her temple; it was an awfully hot day. The breeze didn't help much, because that too was ruined by the suns extreme heat. Finally Lana saw Jack talking intently to Gibbs; she took a step forward toward his direction.
"There you are, I haven't seen you in awhile." A soft pair of lips pressed against her cheek without warning, Lana jumped at the sudden affection. "Are you all right?"
Lana's eyes went wide, "Umm, no I'm fine. You just scared me that's all."
"Good, I've noticed lately that you've been a little jumpy and…" Will looked at her eyes; Lana was frozen under his melting gaze, "mysterious. You will always be a mystery to me Lana." Will wrapped his arm around her shoulders, Lana stiffened. She felt as if he could read her thoughts at the very moment he touched her, he suspected something… at least that's what she thought.
Her body relaxed after a moment of silence, Lana lifted her head to look at Will's face but his eyes were staring at something over by Jack. Lana tried to find what he was exactly staring at, it took awhile to understand but then it clicked into place when she saw Elizabeth's glistening face come into view. Lana's heart wrenched in pain, she thought Will had gotten over Elizabeth by now. Love can't be healed that easily, especially when it was your first love.
Everything started to make sense now, the first time Will kissed her it came as quite a shock to Lana but she took it anyway. Will had never said he loved her or any loving words of that kind. She was only a recover girl for Will, just so he doesn't feel alone and worthless after Elizabeth. The truth about what Lana really was to Will was too agonizing to accept so she shoved it to the back of her mind to be forgotten.
Instead she felt sick after the thought, being with pirates sure changes people. Lana wouldn't have gotten into this mess with the Keepers if she hadn't met Will. She could be at her bar right now serving drinks to disruptive drunks and being miserable behind a counter or she could be her standing next to Will with adventure in front of her, which she was. Except the bad thing about being there next to Will was her little secret that keeps her apart from everyone, the one that makes her jump when Will comes up behind her when she's spying on Jack. The one that she wishes that would just go away and all she had to worry about was where they were going next. Except she can't make it go away, she has to take action and fix it before the Keepers come, the only thing is she will never earn Jack and Will's trust back afterward. That was eating her from the inside out, the part that makes her wish that she still was a bar maid back at Gunman's Bay.
"Captain, we're approaching the ship." Patrick assured James Norrington.
"Great, put use behind the island we're going to attack on foot and on water." Norrington instructed with a gleam in his eye.
Patrick shouted orders to the crew while Norrington glared at the horizon ahead of him. "I've got you Sparrow, once, and, for all."
Lana finally had her scheme into action; she talked to the monkey quietly below deck where all the rum was stored. "Monkey, I want you to get something for me."
Jack, the monkey, nodded his head as a reply, Lana didn't know if this was going to work, but had to do something. She can't really go up to Jack and snatch the Jewel out of his pocket, she had to think clever and this was as clever as it was going to get.
"I want you to get a yellow diamond out of Jack's coat pocket, can you do that?" She felt utterly and completely mental talking to a monkey but Jack nodded his head once again.
"Then bring it back down here to me and I will give you a treat." Lana pointed to herself while she explained that last part to the primate.
Jack's enthusiasm sparked and he darted off toward the upper level.
"You stupid monkey better do it right or else I'm dead and you too." Lana muttered to herself, and then she hunched herself in a corner and waited for Jack to return.
Pintel and Ragetti were sitting at the stern of the ship arguing about nothing important. "I say Sparrow won't have the ship for long once he gets it from that witch woman." Ragetti suggest.
"No, no, na, Sparrow is smart enough by now to know what he has to do to keep the blasted ship." Pintel retorted.
"Do you really think so?" Ragetti questioned.
"Yes, I do and you know what else I think? Is that we need to get to work on this here…" Pintel stopped in mid stand to stare at something behind Ragetti.
"What?" Ragetti whipped around to see a section of sail vanish behind tall palm trees on the island. "I suppose they aren't anything good?" Ragetti asked foolishly, while both men dashed off to warn Jack.
Jack stood still at the helm staring intently at the island that was rapidly approaching. He was only minutes away to retrieve his beloved Pearl and this time he wasn't going to let it go as easily, or better yet he wasn't going to let her go at all. Satisfied with his new agreement with himself he tapped his finger on his compass at a steady pace, every moment afterward his pace grew rapidly.
His melody of tapping was interrupted by Pintel and Ragetti running up behind him. "Captn', CAPTN'!" Both the men shouted on the top of their lungs.
Jack winced at the severe sound of yelling as it was blown into his ear, "Men, no need to yell, I'm right by you." Jack explained rather calmly.
"Sorry Captn', but we have some urgent news." Ragetti explained glancing back toward where he saw the sails had disappeared.
"Go on." Jack suggested, his eyes intently on Ragetti, but quickly changed to Pintel who started talking.
"We saw a Royal Navy ship, right over there." Pintel pointed his finger at the other side of the island.
Jack opened his mouth to speak but he felt a small hand reach into his coat pocket, he glanced down to see a blur of black fur flash by. "Blasted monkey!" Jack swiftly pulled out his pistil and started shooting, but the monkey was far to fast and was gone before the second shot was fired, it wouldn't have mattered much if he shot the monkey after all. Jack checked his coat pocket to make sure everything was safe and sound, he was about to over look it but the Jewel was missing.
"Get that monkey!" Jack shouted to all of his crew, he raced down the steps where the monkey had gone. "Split up men."
There was an eerie silence in the storage room, an occasional creak or groan would sound out. Lana still sat hunched behind a few crates and barrels waiting for Jack, the monkey, to come back. She sat there for a couple more minutes when she heard pattering of little footsteps, later followed by yelling and loud stomping feet. Lana peeked over a barrel and found Jack perched on a box not too far away from her.
"Over here." Lana whispered to Jack, and waved him over to her.
The monkey did as told and swung over on a portion of rope that hung loosely from the ceiling, he plopped the Jewel in her hands and sat patiently on his hunches for a treat. Luckily Lana had remembered to take a piece of bread from the kitchen earlier, she handed the monkey his reward and stood up brushing her pants off.
Lana heard a loud thunk and then more steps that followed, before slipping back into her hiding place she saw a few men appear from the stairs. She listened carefully to their conversation as she sat there.
"Jack do you really think the monkey took the Jewel, it could have falln' out somewhere on the ship." Lana recognized Gibbs voice; it was close which wasn't at all a good sign.
"Yes I'm sure." That was Jack's voice speaking now, "I think?" He was questioning himself which was always good for Lana, and then they could leave and start looking elsewhere.
"Captn', I found something." Lana's heart dropped at those words. This voice was extremely close, her breath caught in her throat and she felt like fainting as her head grew light.
Footsteps inched closer and grew louder. This is it, this is where they find out.
SO???? What cha think??? It's interesting I know, but I had fun writing the monkey part! Please review, it's the only thing that gets me motivated! Thanks for reading!