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Floating in a small longboat, the beautiful lady looked up to see a rather large ship floating just close enough for them to hear her.
"Hey, over here. Pick me up!" she shouted while waving her arms.
The ship suddenly stopped moving and a line was dropped for her. She grabbed a hold on and climbed aboard despite the rather large, fashionable dress she was wearing. A hand reached out and grabbed her so she could be on something solid. She looked up and looked into the eyes of an elder man with bright blue eyes.
"Welcome aboard the Flying Dutchman Miss," he said with a deep voice.
"Um, thank you sir. Are you the Captain?" she asked giving him a look over.
"'Fraid not Miss. My name's Bill. Come this way and I'll take you to him." He led her to a closed cabin door and knocked three times.
A young man answered. "We were in the middle of a meeting Father. What's happened?"
The woman tried to look past him but could only see the back of someone's head inside the nicely furnished cabin.
"A new soul Captain," the man said moving aside to allow her to step forward.
She was very elegantly dressed as her dress was a deep blue color; her long blonde hair was tied up in an elegant knot atop her head. Her skin was very, very lightly tanned more than likely from the time she was aboard a seaworthy vessel. She was beautiful and Will couldn't help but give her a small grin.
"I will only be a few more moments Miss. Please wait here."
He left the door open and sat at his desk once again before continuing a whispered conversation with the mysterious man.
"We'll have to continue going due west and then we should possibly come across a few new souls. I think."
"Well what did Calypso tell you last night?"
The woman knew that voice. It couldn't be. "James?"
The man suddenly sat higher in his chair and turned around. "Susan? What are you doing here?" he asked, standing from his seat.
"You two know each other?" Will asked folding his hands.
James looked between them and nodded. "We grew up together. She lived right down the road from my family."
As the two of them shared a glance, Will sighed and leaned back in his seat. "I never knew you knew so many people to die at sea James."
"Well I didn't know she'd be here," James said back. "I didn't know. What happened?"
Susan sighed. "After the last time I saw you, you seemed so sad. What with your crew gone along with your ship. It seemed like you would do anything to find that Sparrow character you wouldn't stop talking about. Did you ever find him?"
"Well, maybe. But he got away again. Never mind that though, how did you get here; out at sea?"
"Well after I said good bye to the others, I came out here searching for you. I stole my Father's ship and sailed it myself."
"You shouldn't have done that though," James said with a sigh.
"I know," she said sadly while walking closer to him. "But you were so upset that I thought I might be able to convince you to come back to England-to stay-with me," she said looking up at him.
"A bit late for that now," he muttered.
Susan growled and hit him on the chest a few times while crying until he finally wrapped his arms around her. "You needn't have died Susan," he whispered to her.
Will was feeling oddly out of place at the moment so he left the two of them alone. James brought Susan to take his now vacant seat. She sat and he handed her a handkerchief to wipe her eyes with. He sat across from her and she looked into his green, sorrowful eyes.
"You didn't have to come looking for me Susan."
"Even so, you died yourself."
"You do have a point there," he said with a sigh. "How long after I left did you come looking for me?"
"A few weeks. I would've taken the boys with me but they were busy. Said something about an Inferno but they were also talking about a Brothel so I don't want to know."
James chuckled. "Sounds like them alright." The two laughed before looking at each other with a twinkle in their eyes.
"You don't want to stay do you?" he asked.
"No, I think it's time for me to move on finally."
The two stood and James led her out on deck where Will stood by waiting. "So Miss. do you fear death?"
"No. I'm ready to move on Captain."
"Very well. I'll let you say good-bye then."
Susan turned to James and he took her hands and kissed the backs.
"Can you visit sometime maybe?"
"I'll try."
"It was nice to see you again, even post death."
Susan reached up and gave him a kiss on the cheek before climbing into the longboat with Will. She waved as they disappeared and James left the upper deck to have a bit of time by himself to think.
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