A Bit of Norrington Torture
Chapter 21
As the trio came aboard the Pearl James' long legs got tangled up with Jack and Mr. Gibbs and the three of them almost fell, Jack and Mr. Gibbs letting go of James just in time to save themselves from said fall but unfortunately not helping James a bit. He hit the deck rather hard eliciting a loud "Ooommmpff" from him. Jack and Mr. Gibbs stood there for a few moments staring at James lying on the deck.
"I'm thinkin that's gonna leave a mark 'r two Cap'n." Joshamee said shaking his head.
"Serves him right for gettin drunk in the company of pirates." Jack replied with a flutter of fingers at the man on the deck.
"So…….are we just gonna leave him lie?" Mr. Gibbs enquired as he pulled a flask from his pocket and started to drink from it.
Jack took it out of his hands just before it reached his lips, took a drink, began sticking his tongue in and out of his mouth with distaste, and handed it back, "I'm thinkin ya need ta put some fresher rum in there Mr. Gibbs." Then tilted his head to the side as he tapped his chin with a finger as he contemplated the man sprawled on the deck, "It would perhaps teach 'im ta be a bit more choosy about his choice of comrades in drink in the future or at least the amount he allows 'imself ta be consumin in the company of those self same comrades… but I'm thinkin we've invested a bit too much effort inta all that savin of his life ta let him lie out here and die from exposure." Jack looked around the deck and spotted a couple of deck hands. With much waving of arms he called out, "Oye! You two over here." When they walked over Jack flutteringly pointed his fingers at James and said, "Seems he has taken a strange and totally erroneous notion that this'd be a fine and proper place ta be goin all perceptionally unawares, and seein as I've always leaned a bit towards the not havin nor in fact not wantin too many comotose bodies lying about me deck, unless there's a good reason for such of course, of which this doesn't happen ta be one ya see, I'd appreciate it if ya'd haul his rum soaked self off somewhere with a bit less inappropriateness about it and in the process unclutter up me deck."
As Jack turned and headed off for his cabin he called back to Mr. Gibbs, "Time ta leave Mr. Gibbs and put this fair island to our rudder." A few minutes after entering his cabin the two crew members entered and dropped James in the middle of the floor. As they exited Jack called out a bit irritated, "I'm not sure who ya learned the meaning of the word inappropriateness from gents but who ever it was they clearly didn't have even the slightest grasp of the most common and generally accepted meanin of the word as would be applied in this circumstance." He walked over and looked down at James, nudged him with the toe of his boot and said, "Clearly you have no concept of the meaning of inappropriateness either, funny, seems like that would have been one of the first things they taught you in Commodore school, but then again we are talkin bout the British now aren't we." After staring at James for a few more moments he went to one of the cupboards and took out a blanket and pillow, walked over and pulling James' head off the floor by his hair shoved the pillow under James' head then threw the blanket over him, "That'll have ta do Commodore, I'm not yer nursemaid after all." He turned to walk to his bunk, paused, came back and pulled James' boots off, started to toss them off to the side, then snorted a bit as he found himself setting them neatly side by side next to his desk.
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"They're leavin." The man said as he climbed aboard and approached his Captain.
"Well let's prepare their surprise shall we? Get us underway Mr. Rossio, I've been told the repairs are finished. Tell Mr. Elliot I want every gun loaded and ready to fire, I want every man armed and ready to board once we take that bloody ship of his. I would prefer to take them alive but one way or the other they will not escape me again!" He spat out viciously.
"Still didn't see hide nor hare of that woman Cap'n." Mr. Rossio said. "Maybe she's not even still wif 'em, they may a got rid of her."
"Possible, not that that will keep me from hunting her down and repaying her for what she did to me, her fate will just be put on hold if she's not aboard the Pearl."
"Aye Cap'n." Mr. Rossio said as he left to get them underway.
Captain Randalls paced back and forth in his cabin, anger and anticipation aggravating his already unsteady gait from the wound she had left him with that had not quite healed. She would pay for that, whether when they boarded the Pearl or later when he hunted her down, but she would pay for what she had taken from him. Then almost as quickly as his anger had appeared it disappeared, replaced by a smile as he thought about the repairs they had covertly moored in this little cove to perform. If it wasn't for that need they would have sailed on by, never realizing Captain Jack Sparrow and Commodore James Norrington had been so close and were going to be even closer when they fired on and sank his precious Pearl. His smile did not fade but turned wicked as he went over the long list of what he would do to them once they were captive aboard his ship. And how they would be more than glad, beg in fact, to give him the location of the woman before he finally put them out of the horrendous misery he would put them through.
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"Kinda pushin it there a little Anna. Musta been quite a fella ta make ya linger long enough ta almost miss yer ride." Mr. Gibbs said as he helped her climb over the rail and onto the deck. They had already started to leave the dock; in fact AnnaMaria had made a jump Joshamee would not have bet money on her being able to make, he had in fact already started to pick up a rope to throw and fish her out of the bay. She had come running down the dock at full speed and didn't even hesitate as she launched herself over the every bit of ten or twelve of water that separated the dock from the Pearl.
"Ain't none of your business Joshamee." She snapped, although he saw her mouth twitch a bit as if holding back a smile. "Where's Jack and that navy toff?"
"In there." Joshamee answered nodding towards Jack's cabin, "Haven't heard a sound from 'em so more 'n likely they'd be passed out."
"Jack give ya a course afore he shut himself in there with the navy?"
"Oh aye." Mr. Gibbs replied with a roll of his eyes.
AnnaMaria smirked and said, "Let me guess," and as she did a fairly dead on imitation of Jack, she raised her finger and swayed a bit and pointed out to sea and said, "That way."
"That'd be about it." Mr. Gibbs said with a smile.
"Bloody pirate." AnnaMaria replied.
To Be Continued
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