by bitmaxmouse
disclaimers: Pirates of the Caribbean don't belong to me.
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Jack watched the crew float away on the Defiant, leaving a solitary figure, who obviously was the captain, on board the abandoned ship. "Curious…" He mumbled.
It didn't look like the crew had malevolently left the captain on the ship to die, it looked like they didn't want the captain to go almost as if… as if… the captain was a diversion.
"That ship is ripe for the pickin' no one on it." Brutus gleefully commented next to Jack.
Jack nodded as the beads in his hair jingled. He could tell from Brutus's look, he actually took his earlier words into consideration. He wanted that empty boat. It was actually a pretty good boat too. A large ship, since it was a merchant ship, but it also was swift and had weapons on it like a war ship.
Jack subtly glanced over at Brutus. He was practically salivating. Jack decided to mess with him. "It looks like the other ship is abandoning it, "We should go after the other ship, whatever good was on this ship has probably been taken away."
Brutus scowled, "No! I mean… It's already going to be far away by the time we get there, see how they're heading towards the swells."
Jack nodded, he had already noticed them in the distance. "But that is the ship, Defiant. Headed by they oh so mysterious leader, who has no name. I would like to challenge him. I heard that his fighting skills are unmatched."
Brutus snorted. "Just old wives tales, I bet I can beat him easily."
Jack raised an eyebrow. It was true that Brutus was quite powerful, if you counted fighting skills as only brute strength. He had no finesse though, and he only fought with his emotions. Which would be dangerous if he ever came across a skilled opponent.
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It didn't take them long to reach the Messenger. The captain stood at the helm, unfazed by the sight of the Black Pearl. The crewmembers of the Black Pearl leaned over and looked at the masked captain curiously. His entire face was covered by gauze, leaving only his eyes to be seen, he wore a deep blue bandana that covered his hair. His garment was also unique. He wore a large midnight blueish-black cape (or perhaps it was a cloak) which covered his entire body and reached down to his ankles, they were pinned up by two gold pins on each shoulder, adorn with a large ruby on each. Only glimpses of his clothes and his black leather boots could be seen each time the wind blew the cloak to the side.
Jack swiftly climbed up onto the railing, on the side of his ship, while holding onto one of the ropes.
The Captain was the first to speak, "I offer you a proposition Jack Sparrow!"
Jack raised his eyebrows, interested, "Alright. I'm listening."
"If I fight one of you till first blood, if you win, I'll hand over this ship. She's one of the new Spanish merchant warships you've been hearing about. Pristine condition, and she sails faster than the original Interloper ."
The comment peaked Jack's interest even more, for he had been on the Interloper to help Boostrap's son save his love. "Is that so? How would you know?"
"Overhead when I docked near Spain a few months ago. Talked to some of the ship makers."
Jack smirked, "Alright, I'll bite. And what if you win?"
"I get to be part of your crew, no hassles."
"And what of the ship?"
"Well, if I become part of your crew, it's yours then."
"So, there's no point in me fighting."
"…Unless you have some onboard who is eager to start their own company."
Jack mentally sighed, 'five, four, three, two, …"
"I accept your challenge!" Brutus shouted as he flexed his muscles, thinking that it could intimidate his opponent. He tossed a rope to the Captain.
The Captain tilted his head, amused and accepted the rope. Then he tossed another rope over from his ship, "Someone tie her up."
Duncan nodded as Jack looked at him and pointed towards the Messenger with this thumb. He quickly swung over with a rope in hand and tied the Messenger to the Black Pearl.
Meanwhile, the Captain brushed himself as he pulled a katana out of his sheath. Jack 'hmmed', "Interesting. Have you been to Asia?"
The Captain looked up at Jack with amused eyes, "What do you think?"
"Shut up both of you. I want that ship." Brutus cut in, earning a very annoyed glance from the Captain.
"You should learn to keep that temper of your under control boy."
"I'm not boy," Brutus hissed.
"Really because your maturity is about the same level as one."
Brutus let out an angry yell as he stomped over to where he kept his weapons and pulled out an enormous saber.
The Captain raised his right hand, clasping the katana, over his head as his left hand reached out to guide him.
Next, to Jack, Lee, a Chinese man that Jack had picked in up Canton, whistled lowly, impressed. Jack took a few steps forward and whispered, "He any good?"
"Perfect stance. Not to mention, the starting move is for one of the more advanced techniques. He's good and I have a feeling that he's got more up his sleeve…"
The Captain waited and allowed Brutus to lunge forward, the quickly watched Brutus's body movement. 'He's going towards the left.' The Captain quickly spun towards the right. 'Now down.' Brutus started to slash down, but the Captain quickly blocked him and broke contact of their swords.
For the next few moments, the Captain played defense and easily parried each thrust. Already, one could see who had the upper-hand. The Captain was easily blocking each messy lunge with a touch here and there, barely making excessive movements.
Jack whispered to Lee, "What's he doing now?"
"He's actually watching how Brutus fights, that's why he won't take the offense. Anyways, his rapier (cloak) is good defense. Even if Brutus manages to stab him, he can always move under the cloak and avoid the sword, it takes some of the force out of the thrust and gives him time to move. Now that's interesting, he's got all sorts of techniques."
Lee pointed out the Captain making several of his moves, "There, that's a move you use in Italian fencing…. That's Japanese … English… French… German… Spanish and street fighting… Where did this guy learn all this?"
Jack smirked, "I think he's showing off."
Lee smiled back. "No, I know he's showing off. But these people here don't know it, they don't know sword fighting quite like you or me, they just think slice, dice and kill. It's more than that."
Suddenly the Captain made an Affondo (extended lunge).
Lee whispered to as he tilted his head sideways, "It's going to be over soon."
Brutus, pulled back and to the left, and then tried to lunge forward, but the Captain, already familiar with Brutus's actions, predicted this. He quickly took his rapier and wrapped it around the saber, pulling it away from Brutus.
Brutus, completely caught off guard, let go of his sword. Which then allowed for the Captain to toss the sword into the air and catch it with his left hand. Brutus held up his hand and began laughing, "Yeah, but no first blood."
The Captain drew back and pointed at the left side of Brutus's neck, "Then what's that?"
"What the hell?!" Brutus yelled as he felt his own clammy metallic blood dripping down his neck.
The Captain laughed softly and headed towards Jack. The crew made way for the Captain in awe of his skill and how easily he brought down Brutus. "Well, it looks like the boat is- "
The loud sound of a gunshot ran throughout the boat. The Captain stumbled forward gasping while holding his injured right shoulder.
"…It's mine!" Brutus yelled with a musket in his hand, "The goddamn ship is mine!"
The Captain quickly switched his blade from right hand to left hand and spun around, "You bloody idiot!"
With that, the Captain cleanly decapitated Brutus before he could make another sound or movement. His large body made a sickening thud as it landed on the ground and the head rolled off of the deck and into the water.
With this last energy spent, the Captain groaned and collapsed where he stood.
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Late that night Matelot, the ship's physician, finally came out of the Captain's cabin. Jack, who was sitting at the helm tapped on Moises's shoulder and let him take over and he went down to check on their guest. "How is he?"
Matelot looked a little shaken, "…He's… stabilized. I pulled the bullet out, cleaned up his shoulder and sewed it up. He probably collapsed from exhaustion, he woke up once while I was sewing him up. I could tell that he was in pain, but he was too tired to speak, so he fell asleep again."
Jack put a hand on Matelot's shoulder, "You don't look so good, what'd wrong?"
Matelot tilted his head towards the captain's cabin, "Why don't I show you."
Jack quietly followed Matelot to where the Captain was lying… with the gauze on his face off. Or should he say 'her'.
"He's a woman." Jack commented, slightly surprised that a woman could be that skilled. But then he remembered his encounter with Anne, who also dressed like a male. "Well… I'm surprised and not… I mean, Anne's a pirate right?"
Matelot nodded and then shrugged, "But Anne can't cleanly decapitate a man like Brutus with her left hand."
"So she's strong."
"The Defiant is one of the only ships that comes close to the Black Pearl's record in pillaging ships."
"And she's a good pirate."
Jack glanced down as he studied he soft olive skin and bow shaped lips,"… and she's pretty too isn't she?"
Matelot raised an eyebrow, "I have feeling that she could be dangerous, I'd keep myself in my pants if I were you."
Jack smirked at Matelot as he laid down next to the Captain, "Well, these are my quarters and I do need to sleep."
Matelot rolled his eyes and walked out of the captain's cabin. "… don't come crying to me…"
After Matelot shut the door, Jack quickly turned his attention back to the pretty sleeping girl, she was a bit exotic with her black hair and slight Asian looks and at the same time, he could remember those piercing blue eyes, "Like Sapphires." He murmured.
Then he looked down at her soft round breasts and smiled to himself, 'She wont know if I cop a feel.' Quietly, he lowered his hands down to her chest.
When suddenly, sharp blue eye opened and a hand lashed out to catch his hand, "That's not a good idea." She whispered in a deep soft voice.
The last thing Jack remembered was the sight of a fist knocking him out.
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The next morning, bright light shining in from one of his windows shined on his face and he whimpered pitifully as he turned around. However, he forgot about the bruise on his upper right cheek.
"Ow!" Jack yelped as he sat up rubbing his cheek.
A snicker came from the other side of the cabin and he quickly turned his head to the left. And there sat the Captain comfortably in his chair while reading one of the books he used as a paperweight for his map.
Jack blinked a few times and walked over. He looked around the room and pulled up a chair from the dining table and sat next to the Captain. "Now that wasn't very nice last night luv."
"Well, I don't like it when men molest me in my sleep…" The Captain smirked and mimicked him, "…luv."
Jack winced, "You're a strange bird you know that? Most women would be throwing themselves at me."
"Probably. It's most likely they're trying to get into your pants."
Jack smiled, "Well I am well endowed."
"… for your money."
At that comment Jack's face fell, "Now it's not just that…"
"Really…" The Captain stopped paying attention and seemed to be immensely engrossed in his book. Jack's eye twitch, annoyed at her nonchalance.
Jack sighed and then took the Captain book away, "Okay, we didn't start off right. How about I apologize for last night."
The Captain thought about it and shrugged, "Sure."
"Although, I still think you should be flattered…"
"…Keep talking and you're going to wake up next week."
Jack's eyes widened, "Okay .. okay, forget that last comment. I'm sorry."
Jack then help out his hand, "Jack Sparrow."
The Captain smirked and shook his hand, "Alexandria Kauffman."
Jack quirked his head to the side, "But you look Asian."
"Half."
"Ah~ that would make… perfect sense." Jack blinked a few times. 'Stupid Jack, you're such an idiot!'
Alexandria watched Jack as he mentally lashed at himself, "You done yet?"
Jack's eyes widened as he laughed nervously, she was seriously putting him on edge, "Y-yeah. I was just… never mind. So um, Alexandria when would you like to meet the crew?"
Alexandria walked over to the table and started to cover her face, "Alex. Oh and in a moment."
"Why are doing that? I mean, we do have a female crewmember."
Alex took pulled up her sleeve and showed him a strange tattoo of a sword in between a Greek gold wreath, "Recognize that?"
"That's the Order of Augustus." Jack said slowly, "You're an assassin. But what are you doing out on sea?"
"I'm actually being hunted down by the Order of Augustus. I used to be one of them. But I failed one of my assignments, got involved with the target and couldn't kill him. So in the end, they still killed him, except now they're after me too. I've been running for a while. There's actually only two remaining members left, I've almost outlived them all. Just need to wait a little longer."
"Why are you showing me this." Jack frowned, "I'm a pirate, you can't trust me."
Alex threw Jack a strange smile, "But you see, I can trust you. And you'll find out why soon enough."
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disclaimers: Pirates of the Caribbean don't belong to me.
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Jack watched the crew float away on the Defiant, leaving a solitary figure, who obviously was the captain, on board the abandoned ship. "Curious…" He mumbled.
It didn't look like the crew had malevolently left the captain on the ship to die, it looked like they didn't want the captain to go almost as if… as if… the captain was a diversion.
"That ship is ripe for the pickin' no one on it." Brutus gleefully commented next to Jack.
Jack nodded as the beads in his hair jingled. He could tell from Brutus's look, he actually took his earlier words into consideration. He wanted that empty boat. It was actually a pretty good boat too. A large ship, since it was a merchant ship, but it also was swift and had weapons on it like a war ship.
Jack subtly glanced over at Brutus. He was practically salivating. Jack decided to mess with him. "It looks like the other ship is abandoning it, "We should go after the other ship, whatever good was on this ship has probably been taken away."
Brutus scowled, "No! I mean… It's already going to be far away by the time we get there, see how they're heading towards the swells."
Jack nodded, he had already noticed them in the distance. "But that is the ship, Defiant. Headed by they oh so mysterious leader, who has no name. I would like to challenge him. I heard that his fighting skills are unmatched."
Brutus snorted. "Just old wives tales, I bet I can beat him easily."
Jack raised an eyebrow. It was true that Brutus was quite powerful, if you counted fighting skills as only brute strength. He had no finesse though, and he only fought with his emotions. Which would be dangerous if he ever came across a skilled opponent.
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It didn't take them long to reach the Messenger. The captain stood at the helm, unfazed by the sight of the Black Pearl. The crewmembers of the Black Pearl leaned over and looked at the masked captain curiously. His entire face was covered by gauze, leaving only his eyes to be seen, he wore a deep blue bandana that covered his hair. His garment was also unique. He wore a large midnight blueish-black cape (or perhaps it was a cloak) which covered his entire body and reached down to his ankles, they were pinned up by two gold pins on each shoulder, adorn with a large ruby on each. Only glimpses of his clothes and his black leather boots could be seen each time the wind blew the cloak to the side.
Jack swiftly climbed up onto the railing, on the side of his ship, while holding onto one of the ropes.
The Captain was the first to speak, "I offer you a proposition Jack Sparrow!"
Jack raised his eyebrows, interested, "Alright. I'm listening."
"If I fight one of you till first blood, if you win, I'll hand over this ship. She's one of the new Spanish merchant warships you've been hearing about. Pristine condition, and she sails faster than the original Interloper ."
The comment peaked Jack's interest even more, for he had been on the Interloper to help Boostrap's son save his love. "Is that so? How would you know?"
"Overhead when I docked near Spain a few months ago. Talked to some of the ship makers."
Jack smirked, "Alright, I'll bite. And what if you win?"
"I get to be part of your crew, no hassles."
"And what of the ship?"
"Well, if I become part of your crew, it's yours then."
"So, there's no point in me fighting."
"…Unless you have some onboard who is eager to start their own company."
Jack mentally sighed, 'five, four, three, two, …"
"I accept your challenge!" Brutus shouted as he flexed his muscles, thinking that it could intimidate his opponent. He tossed a rope to the Captain.
The Captain tilted his head, amused and accepted the rope. Then he tossed another rope over from his ship, "Someone tie her up."
Duncan nodded as Jack looked at him and pointed towards the Messenger with this thumb. He quickly swung over with a rope in hand and tied the Messenger to the Black Pearl.
Meanwhile, the Captain brushed himself as he pulled a katana out of his sheath. Jack 'hmmed', "Interesting. Have you been to Asia?"
The Captain looked up at Jack with amused eyes, "What do you think?"
"Shut up both of you. I want that ship." Brutus cut in, earning a very annoyed glance from the Captain.
"You should learn to keep that temper of your under control boy."
"I'm not boy," Brutus hissed.
"Really because your maturity is about the same level as one."
Brutus let out an angry yell as he stomped over to where he kept his weapons and pulled out an enormous saber.
The Captain raised his right hand, clasping the katana, over his head as his left hand reached out to guide him.
Next, to Jack, Lee, a Chinese man that Jack had picked in up Canton, whistled lowly, impressed. Jack took a few steps forward and whispered, "He any good?"
"Perfect stance. Not to mention, the starting move is for one of the more advanced techniques. He's good and I have a feeling that he's got more up his sleeve…"
The Captain waited and allowed Brutus to lunge forward, the quickly watched Brutus's body movement. 'He's going towards the left.' The Captain quickly spun towards the right. 'Now down.' Brutus started to slash down, but the Captain quickly blocked him and broke contact of their swords.
For the next few moments, the Captain played defense and easily parried each thrust. Already, one could see who had the upper-hand. The Captain was easily blocking each messy lunge with a touch here and there, barely making excessive movements.
Jack whispered to Lee, "What's he doing now?"
"He's actually watching how Brutus fights, that's why he won't take the offense. Anyways, his rapier (cloak) is good defense. Even if Brutus manages to stab him, he can always move under the cloak and avoid the sword, it takes some of the force out of the thrust and gives him time to move. Now that's interesting, he's got all sorts of techniques."
Lee pointed out the Captain making several of his moves, "There, that's a move you use in Italian fencing…. That's Japanese … English… French… German… Spanish and street fighting… Where did this guy learn all this?"
Jack smirked, "I think he's showing off."
Lee smiled back. "No, I know he's showing off. But these people here don't know it, they don't know sword fighting quite like you or me, they just think slice, dice and kill. It's more than that."
Suddenly the Captain made an Affondo (extended lunge).
Lee whispered to as he tilted his head sideways, "It's going to be over soon."
Brutus, pulled back and to the left, and then tried to lunge forward, but the Captain, already familiar with Brutus's actions, predicted this. He quickly took his rapier and wrapped it around the saber, pulling it away from Brutus.
Brutus, completely caught off guard, let go of his sword. Which then allowed for the Captain to toss the sword into the air and catch it with his left hand. Brutus held up his hand and began laughing, "Yeah, but no first blood."
The Captain drew back and pointed at the left side of Brutus's neck, "Then what's that?"
"What the hell?!" Brutus yelled as he felt his own clammy metallic blood dripping down his neck.
The Captain laughed softly and headed towards Jack. The crew made way for the Captain in awe of his skill and how easily he brought down Brutus. "Well, it looks like the boat is- "
The loud sound of a gunshot ran throughout the boat. The Captain stumbled forward gasping while holding his injured right shoulder.
"…It's mine!" Brutus yelled with a musket in his hand, "The goddamn ship is mine!"
The Captain quickly switched his blade from right hand to left hand and spun around, "You bloody idiot!"
With that, the Captain cleanly decapitated Brutus before he could make another sound or movement. His large body made a sickening thud as it landed on the ground and the head rolled off of the deck and into the water.
With this last energy spent, the Captain groaned and collapsed where he stood.
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Late that night Matelot, the ship's physician, finally came out of the Captain's cabin. Jack, who was sitting at the helm tapped on Moises's shoulder and let him take over and he went down to check on their guest. "How is he?"
Matelot looked a little shaken, "…He's… stabilized. I pulled the bullet out, cleaned up his shoulder and sewed it up. He probably collapsed from exhaustion, he woke up once while I was sewing him up. I could tell that he was in pain, but he was too tired to speak, so he fell asleep again."
Jack put a hand on Matelot's shoulder, "You don't look so good, what'd wrong?"
Matelot tilted his head towards the captain's cabin, "Why don't I show you."
Jack quietly followed Matelot to where the Captain was lying… with the gauze on his face off. Or should he say 'her'.
"He's a woman." Jack commented, slightly surprised that a woman could be that skilled. But then he remembered his encounter with Anne, who also dressed like a male. "Well… I'm surprised and not… I mean, Anne's a pirate right?"
Matelot nodded and then shrugged, "But Anne can't cleanly decapitate a man like Brutus with her left hand."
"So she's strong."
"The Defiant is one of the only ships that comes close to the Black Pearl's record in pillaging ships."
"And she's a good pirate."
Jack glanced down as he studied he soft olive skin and bow shaped lips,"… and she's pretty too isn't she?"
Matelot raised an eyebrow, "I have feeling that she could be dangerous, I'd keep myself in my pants if I were you."
Jack smirked at Matelot as he laid down next to the Captain, "Well, these are my quarters and I do need to sleep."
Matelot rolled his eyes and walked out of the captain's cabin. "… don't come crying to me…"
After Matelot shut the door, Jack quickly turned his attention back to the pretty sleeping girl, she was a bit exotic with her black hair and slight Asian looks and at the same time, he could remember those piercing blue eyes, "Like Sapphires." He murmured.
Then he looked down at her soft round breasts and smiled to himself, 'She wont know if I cop a feel.' Quietly, he lowered his hands down to her chest.
When suddenly, sharp blue eye opened and a hand lashed out to catch his hand, "That's not a good idea." She whispered in a deep soft voice.
The last thing Jack remembered was the sight of a fist knocking him out.
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The next morning, bright light shining in from one of his windows shined on his face and he whimpered pitifully as he turned around. However, he forgot about the bruise on his upper right cheek.
"Ow!" Jack yelped as he sat up rubbing his cheek.
A snicker came from the other side of the cabin and he quickly turned his head to the left. And there sat the Captain comfortably in his chair while reading one of the books he used as a paperweight for his map.
Jack blinked a few times and walked over. He looked around the room and pulled up a chair from the dining table and sat next to the Captain. "Now that wasn't very nice last night luv."
"Well, I don't like it when men molest me in my sleep…" The Captain smirked and mimicked him, "…luv."
Jack winced, "You're a strange bird you know that? Most women would be throwing themselves at me."
"Probably. It's most likely they're trying to get into your pants."
Jack smiled, "Well I am well endowed."
"… for your money."
At that comment Jack's face fell, "Now it's not just that…"
"Really…" The Captain stopped paying attention and seemed to be immensely engrossed in his book. Jack's eye twitch, annoyed at her nonchalance.
Jack sighed and then took the Captain book away, "Okay, we didn't start off right. How about I apologize for last night."
The Captain thought about it and shrugged, "Sure."
"Although, I still think you should be flattered…"
"…Keep talking and you're going to wake up next week."
Jack's eyes widened, "Okay .. okay, forget that last comment. I'm sorry."
Jack then help out his hand, "Jack Sparrow."
The Captain smirked and shook his hand, "Alexandria Kauffman."
Jack quirked his head to the side, "But you look Asian."
"Half."
"Ah~ that would make… perfect sense." Jack blinked a few times. 'Stupid Jack, you're such an idiot!'
Alexandria watched Jack as he mentally lashed at himself, "You done yet?"
Jack's eyes widened as he laughed nervously, she was seriously putting him on edge, "Y-yeah. I was just… never mind. So um, Alexandria when would you like to meet the crew?"
Alexandria walked over to the table and started to cover her face, "Alex. Oh and in a moment."
"Why are doing that? I mean, we do have a female crewmember."
Alex took pulled up her sleeve and showed him a strange tattoo of a sword in between a Greek gold wreath, "Recognize that?"
"That's the Order of Augustus." Jack said slowly, "You're an assassin. But what are you doing out on sea?"
"I'm actually being hunted down by the Order of Augustus. I used to be one of them. But I failed one of my assignments, got involved with the target and couldn't kill him. So in the end, they still killed him, except now they're after me too. I've been running for a while. There's actually only two remaining members left, I've almost outlived them all. Just need to wait a little longer."
"Why are you showing me this." Jack frowned, "I'm a pirate, you can't trust me."
Alex threw Jack a strange smile, "But you see, I can trust you. And you'll find out why soon enough."
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