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Captain Jack Sparrow looked up when he heard footsteps coming down the stone stairs "Nyx! Me old mate!" he cheered, seeing the Time Lady appear along with an unfamiliar man.
"Jack", the Phoenix greeted "what did you do to end up in here?"
"Nothin'", Jack replied "now get me out of here!"
"I find it hard to believe you got arrested for doing nothing", the Phoenix said "Actually…maybe I can believe it" she sighed "Ok, let's get you free".
"Alright!" the pirate jumped to his feet "Use your little buzzy stick thing and open this door", he added mimicking holding something and swishing it around.
"Buzzy stick thing?" Mickey asked, frowning in confusion.
"Yeah, this thing", the Phoenix taking it out of her pocket.
"Oh! The sonic screwdriver", the man nodded.
"Just roll with it, Mickey. He coined the phrase while drunk", the Time Lady "probably easier to remember after too much rum". She flashed her sonic over the lock and in unlocked. Jack pushed open the creaky cage door.
"Thanks Nyx", he said "you wouldn't happen to have any rum on you?"
The Phoenix shook her head "I'm afraid not", she replied.
Jack grumbled "Why is the rum always gone?" he complained.
"You keep guzzling it like there's no tomorrow", the Phoenix reminded him.
"Touché, love", Jack reluctantly agreed "in any case I need rum!" he declared. Jack put his hat and other things that the soldiers had taken from him on and the trio left. They hadn't made it very far when they were met by Will Turner.
"Captain Jack Sparrow?" he asked. Jack ducked behind the Phoenix and Mickey making the Time Lady roll her eyes.
"Depends. Who's asking, kid?" she questioned.
"Will Turner", Will answered a bit offended by being called a 'kid'. The woman standing in front of him had to be about Elizabeth's age. Not old enough to call him that. Jack poked his head out at the name.
"That would be short of William, I imagine. Good strong name", he commented and stepped out behind the pair fully "no doubt name for your father, eh?"
"Yes", Will confirmed.
"Then I am indeed Captain Jack Sparrow", Jack said "what is it you need?"
"To find Miss Swann. They took her last night", Will explained.
"I will be happy to help you rescue your bonnie lass", Jack said.
"You would?" Will asked, a bit surprised. He hadn't expected it to be this easy since the pirate was already free.
"Most definitely", Jack replied. He turned to the Phoenix and Mickey "what say you, Nyx? Want to help?"
Mickey and the Phoenix exchanged looks "I'm in if you are", Mickey said. He was actually a little excited of the prospect of going on an adventure with a pirate.
The Time Lady glanced at Jack "Aye, I'm in", she said.
Should've seen this coming the Phoenix thought as she walked out onto the plank. She turned to face Barbosa and his crew "This isn't the last you've seen on us", she said.
"I think it is missy. There's no way off the island", Barbosa said and laughed, the rest the pirates laughed too.
"Never say never", the Phoenix said "so underestimate us at your own peril. Be seeing ya" and with that she did a backflip off the plank, landing in the water alongside Jack, Mickey and Elizabeth. The four of them swam to the island nearby. "You alright Mickey?" the Phoenix asked as she unlaced her boots and tugged them off.
"I'm fine", he replied squeezing the water from his pirate style shirt. The Phoenix had the idea of dressing for the time period as it meant less questions. The Time Lady took several items out of her pockets, including her sonic. She tapped it sonic against her palm, testing it and smiling when the tip lit up. She knew her pockets sealed themselves when she hit the water, protecting the stuff inside but she had to make sure. "So, how are we going to get off this island?" Mickey asked pulling his boots off to allow them to dry and to let the sun get to his feet as they were a little damp too.
"Well…" the Phoenix started only to be cut off by Jack cheering
"I GOT RUM!"
The pair glanced behind them to see the pirate standing there with a big smile on the face, waving a bottle at them. Mickey snorted at the sight which set the Phoenix off. "Fancy trying a bit of rum?" the Time Lady asked once they'd stopped laughing.
"Isn't that a bit stupid and reckless?" Mickey countered "and your rule is that I shouldn't be doing that".
"Mickey, I think we passed stupid and reckless the moment we decided to join Jack and Will", the Phoenix said "so in this instance, I'm marking this as an exception"
"Let's go try some rum then", Mickey said getting up. He held out his hands, the Phoenix took them and he pulled her to her feet. They walked quickly over the sand to join Jack.
Before long the quartet was dancing around a roaring fire, bottles of rum in their hands. "Yo! Ho! Yo ho, a pirates life for me!" Elizabeth, Jack and Mickey sang drunkenly. The Phoenix just laughed at them, her very high tolerance to alcohol meant she wasn't the least bit tipsy. But she did know how to pretend to be.
"And really bad eggs!" the pirate added.
"Gotta love those bad eggs!" Mickey agreed. He stumbled away from the fire, falling onto the sand.
"You alright there Mick?" the Phoenix asked.
"Couldn't be alrighter Cap'n", Mickey replied in a very bad pirate voice "you know we should get a ship. A proper ship. And sail the high seas", he suggested, waving his bottle around.
"Would be one heck of an adventure", the Time Lady agreed.
"Yep", Mickey said with a hiccup. His joyous expression left his face, a sad one replacing it "Rose wouldn't let me drink. Wicked ex of the West" he griped. A grin appeared on his face and he started laughing "she's a wicked witch!" the Phoenix just watched him, highly amused by his drunken antics. Mickey slung an arm over her "not like you. You're awesome".
"Thanks", the Time Lady said.
"You're really awesome", Mickey continued "the awesomest awesome person I know" he arm slipped from her shoulders and he fell asleep.
"So are you Mickey", the Phoenix quietly agreed, though she'd only really just met him, she was glad that she offered him a chance in the TARDIS. She laid down on the sand, arm behind her head and looked up at the stars. "Drink up me hearties, yo ho", she murmured and closed her eyes.
The Time Lady shot up into a sitting position when she smelt smoke. She jumped to her feet upon seeing the flames. "No!" Jack shouted at Elizabeth as she tossed another barrel onto the fire "Stop! Not good!"
"What's going on?" the Phoenix asked rushing to his side.
"She's burning the rum!" the pirate exclaimed.
"Yes the rum is gone", Elizabeth confirmed, walking towards them.
"Why's the rum gone?" Jack asked, in a complete panic over the loss of his favourite drink.
"One, because it is a vile drink that turns even the most respectable men into the complete scoundrels", Elizabeth argued "two, that signal is over a thousand feet high. The entire Royal Navy is out looking for me. Do you think there is even the slightest chance that they won't see it?"
"But why is the rum gone?" Jack repeated.
The Phoenix shook her head. She could see the logic in Elizabeths actions though it was probably a good idea to have saved a couple of bottles for the pirated. The blonde haired human sat on the sand, watching the sea "just wait, give it one hour, maybe two, keep a weather eye open and you'll see white sails on that horizon", Elizabeth said.
Jack threw his hands up in the air, frustrated and annoyingly sober. "She burned the rum", he told the Phoenix again. The Time Lady patted him on the arm and went to go rouse her companion.
"Wha?" Mickey mumbled eyeing her sleepily as she shook him awake.
"Time to get up", the Phoenix said. Mickey groaned as he sat up.
"Ugh I drank too much…" he groaned, holding his head. The Time Lady took out a small phial from her skirt pocket.
"This'll help with the hangover", she said and Mickey drank it.
"Thanks", he said and then sniffed "is something burning?"
"Yeah. The rum", the Phoenix replied "Elizabeth decided to use it all to make a smoke signal".
Mickey made a face "How mad is Jack?" he asked.
"Very", the Phoenix answered.
"How mad would he be if he knew that you had some left?" Mickey questioned, holding up her bottle. It was half empty.
"Let's see", the Phoenix answered taking the bottle from him. She went back to where the pirate had been standing, hiding the bottle behind her back in case Elizabeth happened to spot it. Luckily she was too focused on watching the sea. Unfortunately Jack was no longer standing there. She looked around and saw him walking off in a huff. The Time Lady raced after him.
"Leave me be Nyx", Jack said when she joined him.
"Ok. I guess I'll have to finish this rum all on me onesie", the Phoenix said. She raised the bottle to her lips only to have Jack snatch it from her. "You're welcome", she said as he took a large swig. Jack squinted in the distance and spotted a large ship.
"There'll be no living with her after this", he complained.
"Nope. Not at all", the Phoenix agreed.
"This is insane!" Mickey exclaimed as he fought alongside the Phoenix, their swords clashing with the cursed pirates "zombie pirates!"
Thanks to Elizabeth's smoke signal, they were saved by Commodore Norrington only to end up in their current predicament, on the Isle de Muerta, fighting for their lives against immortal opponents. "When you've been with me long enough" the Phoenix dodged a swing of a sword "you'll learn that there's always something weirder out there". She disarmed her opponent and kicked him away.
Mickey stopped and looked at her, incredulous "weirder than zombie pirates?!" he exclaimed. The Phoenix threw her sword at his opponents head making him stumble back.
"Yes. Much weirder", she confirmed. She walked over the pirate, yanked her sword out of his head before she chopped it off.
"If anyone at home heard about this I would be thrown in the nut house", Mickey remarked as they backed away from the headless pirate, who lumbered clumsily towards them, arms out.
"If that happened Mickey, I would break you out", the Phoenix promised "Ohana, remember?" Mickey grinned at her. An angry shout got their attention, it was the other pirate, the one the Time Lady had kicked away. They exchanged grins, raised their swords and launched into battle.
Elsewhere in the cave, two more fights were ensuing. Jack vs Barbosa. Will and Elizabeth vs three zombie pirates. That is until the Phoenix and Mickey got the attention of the one of the pirates, leaving it two vs two.
The fights continued until Jack sliced his palm open while holding the coin he'd taken from the chest and he tossed it to Will, who caught it. Barbosa pointed his gun at Elizabeth making her stop moving. Two gunshots rang out, one from Barbosa's gun, the other from Jack's. The former's shot completely missed its target as the Phoenix pushed Elizabeth out of the way just in time, catching the round in the shoulder. The latter's shot hit its mark perfectly, Barbosa's heart.
He turned to Jack "ten years you've carried that pistol and now you waste your shot", he said.
"He didn't waste it", Will said from where he stood next to the stone chest. Barbosa spun around in time to watch the blood covered coins drop into the chest with the other pieces. He dropped his sword and pulled back his shirt to see blood starting to come through his undershirt.
"I feel…cold", Barbosa breathed and fell backwards on the pile of treasure, dead. Mickey rushed over to the Phoenix, helping her up, mindful of her injury.
"I'll live", she assured him, pressing a hand to her shoulder, seeing his worried look. Mickey glanced to the body of Barbosa.
"So it's over then", he stated and the Time Lady nodded.
"Yeah, it's over", she confirmed.