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CHAPTER 8
Jack lay on the straw covered floor of his cell, thinking about haw this had all happened. He knew what the judge was going to say before the "trail" began. He was a pirate and tack a murder charge on for good measure hanging was almost guaranteed. So here he was sprawled out on this stone floor in the fort feeling the sun sinking into the sea and waiting for tomorrow morning, his last on this earth.
He heard a low whine of a dog somewhere in the distance. Jack sat up and looked out to see a mangy mutt sitting a few feet off holding the keys in its mouth. Jack looked around for a moment and finding an old bone held it through the bars and saying, "Come 'ere boy, come 'ere." He waved the bone enticing the dog to move a little closer. "Come on boy you know you want this." But the dog just sat there starring at him Jack was getting angry and he yelled, "Blasted stupid mutt! I've eaten better looking things than you! Come here and give me the bloody key!" The dog wagged its tail and stayed put. After several hours of this degrading work Jack sighed resignedly and slumping down, still holding onto the bars started mumbling, " da da da da.And really bad eggs."
"Drink up me hearties yo ho." A voice whispered to him from the shadows of the jail. Jack sat bolt upright and watched as Kat, covered in a black cape came into the moonlight. "That line has always been my favorite. It reminds me of when you got me drunk." She walked up to the cell, and looking in said "Jack I'm so sorry."
"Don't be love." He said standing up. "It's not really you're fault you know."
"I didn't think that saying your name would ruin both our lives." She said.
Jack watched tears painted silver by the moon slide down her face. He stuck his hands out of the bars and touched her face whipping the tears away with his thumbs. "Don't cry pet. It was bound to happen sooner or later."
She looked into his golden brown eyes and said, "Then I choose later."
Jack's eyes widened as he heard the sound of a metal key sliding home into the lock and then his cell door swinging open. Jack stepped through the door and pulled Kat to him. She clung to him, holding him like she would drown if she let go.
After a long moment she stepped out of his arms and said, "Here put this on." She tossed a long frilly cape to him. It was blue and obviously made for the females of the species. Jack crooked an eyebrow at her and she said, "So we can sneak you out of the fort. Just leave the talking to me."
Jack pulled the cape around himself pulling the hood down over his face. "Whatever you say love." Jack squeezed her hand for a moment and they walked out of the jail into the court yard. Jack looked at the guards who were at the entrance of the jail house. They seemed to be fast asleep. "The Kings finest." He muttered to himself.
They only had one close call before they got to the harbor and the waiting Intrepid, sitting lazily in the water. It was only when they had gotten to the ship that she said, "I don't know how long it will be before they realize that you are gone. But you should get going right away. The longer head start you have the better."
"You?" Jack asked deaf to the rest of her words. "What happened to us?"
"If I go with you Jack they won't ever stop hunting you. You know that. You will be better off without me."
"No." Jack said grabbing her hand. "I'm not disappearing this time."
He could tell she was crying again. "We can't." She said quietly. He wanted to argue with her, to tell her that what she was saying was nonsense but he couldn't. He knew the truth of her words better than she did herself. A horrible thought entered his mind, "Are you going to marry that pansy Donovan?" he asked coldly.
"No." she said. "I can't anymore."
Jack grimaced at that and said, "Sorry about that love didn't mean to ruin your chance at a better life."
She looked up confusion moving across her face then suddenly realizing what he meant she said, "Oh no Jack. That's not what I meant. I would never take back what we did, never." She moved her hands over herself lightly, "The memory of you touching me, making love to me. That I will that cherish forever." She paused for a moment locking eyes with him and continued, "I can't marry Donovan because I don't love him. And I won't marry a man that I don't love. I might have been able to at one point but not anymore." She touched his face, "Not after I know what love can be like."
He slid his hands up her arms over her neck and down holding his hand on her upper chest feeling her heart beat. "I don't want to leave without you." Jack whispered.
"And I don't want you to either. But if you don't go they are going to hang you in the morning. I would rather know you're out there somewhere instead of swinging by a rope as a deterrent to other pirates."
"Your plan does sound better when you put it that way love." Jack pulled her to him and continued, "And at the risk of forever losing my black hearted pirate persona I am going to tell you that I love you. You've made me see that not all treasure is silver and gold." He stroked his hand through her hair, "Some of it is storm morning red hair and deep sea blue eyes." He kissed the top of her head, and felt her shudder with uncried tears under him.
She pulled her head back to look at him and said, "Promise me something Jack."
"Anything love."
"After you find your ship and kill Barbossa, come find me, and I will sail with you anywhere."
"Love, death itself won't keep me from coming after you." Jack said starring into her eyes and letting himself drown in them.
"I'll probably be in back in England by then since I'm not marrying Donovan." She flashed him a smile then said, "Or maybe I'll steal myself a ship and call myself Captain Hell Kat."
Jack laughed, "Only in our dreams love."
Sounds of yelling drifted down to them from the fort. Kat turned wide eyes to him and said, "They know you're gone. You need to get going."
"All in good time love." Jack said kissing her. He wanted her to remember this kiss as long as they were apart. He pressed her to him, sliding his arms around her small frame. And she answered back, opening her mouth and kissing him with all the fire that he had seen in her eyes that first day in the tavern. They kissed and ran their hands over each others bodies, burning the sensations into their memories. She pulled away and taking a chain out from around her neck gave him the silver ring with a black stone which was on it.
"To remember me by." She whispered.
"I don't need a ring to remember you love." Said Jack, but he took the ring and placed it on his left index finger.
"Now get out of here." She said pushing him back onto the ship.
Kat stood their on the deck watching the boat move off when she heard Jack yell back at her, "Now don't go getting married! Or I'll be forced to kill the blighter savvy?"
"Savvy!" She yelled back.
The sun was rising and the sky was a brilliant red violet. A storm was coming but it didn't matter. He had too many things to live for to die yet, and storm clouds didn't hold any horror only the color of the hair of the woman he loved.
Jack began to croon, "da da da da da.and really bad eggs." He smiled for a moment and then continued, "Drink up me hearties yo ho."
THE END.
Ok, ok. I finished, I hope that you all liked my first fanfic. Just remember I still have nine years or so of highlights and after the movie to write about Jack and his adventures. So no worries mates. This was just a jumping off point and if I go far enough Kat will show up again in the stories set after the movies. (Where did ya think he was running off too? Well I gave him a place to go. ^_~) Thanks again everyone.
CHAPTER 8
Jack lay on the straw covered floor of his cell, thinking about haw this had all happened. He knew what the judge was going to say before the "trail" began. He was a pirate and tack a murder charge on for good measure hanging was almost guaranteed. So here he was sprawled out on this stone floor in the fort feeling the sun sinking into the sea and waiting for tomorrow morning, his last on this earth.
He heard a low whine of a dog somewhere in the distance. Jack sat up and looked out to see a mangy mutt sitting a few feet off holding the keys in its mouth. Jack looked around for a moment and finding an old bone held it through the bars and saying, "Come 'ere boy, come 'ere." He waved the bone enticing the dog to move a little closer. "Come on boy you know you want this." But the dog just sat there starring at him Jack was getting angry and he yelled, "Blasted stupid mutt! I've eaten better looking things than you! Come here and give me the bloody key!" The dog wagged its tail and stayed put. After several hours of this degrading work Jack sighed resignedly and slumping down, still holding onto the bars started mumbling, " da da da da.And really bad eggs."
"Drink up me hearties yo ho." A voice whispered to him from the shadows of the jail. Jack sat bolt upright and watched as Kat, covered in a black cape came into the moonlight. "That line has always been my favorite. It reminds me of when you got me drunk." She walked up to the cell, and looking in said "Jack I'm so sorry."
"Don't be love." He said standing up. "It's not really you're fault you know."
"I didn't think that saying your name would ruin both our lives." She said.
Jack watched tears painted silver by the moon slide down her face. He stuck his hands out of the bars and touched her face whipping the tears away with his thumbs. "Don't cry pet. It was bound to happen sooner or later."
She looked into his golden brown eyes and said, "Then I choose later."
Jack's eyes widened as he heard the sound of a metal key sliding home into the lock and then his cell door swinging open. Jack stepped through the door and pulled Kat to him. She clung to him, holding him like she would drown if she let go.
After a long moment she stepped out of his arms and said, "Here put this on." She tossed a long frilly cape to him. It was blue and obviously made for the females of the species. Jack crooked an eyebrow at her and she said, "So we can sneak you out of the fort. Just leave the talking to me."
Jack pulled the cape around himself pulling the hood down over his face. "Whatever you say love." Jack squeezed her hand for a moment and they walked out of the jail into the court yard. Jack looked at the guards who were at the entrance of the jail house. They seemed to be fast asleep. "The Kings finest." He muttered to himself.
They only had one close call before they got to the harbor and the waiting Intrepid, sitting lazily in the water. It was only when they had gotten to the ship that she said, "I don't know how long it will be before they realize that you are gone. But you should get going right away. The longer head start you have the better."
"You?" Jack asked deaf to the rest of her words. "What happened to us?"
"If I go with you Jack they won't ever stop hunting you. You know that. You will be better off without me."
"No." Jack said grabbing her hand. "I'm not disappearing this time."
He could tell she was crying again. "We can't." She said quietly. He wanted to argue with her, to tell her that what she was saying was nonsense but he couldn't. He knew the truth of her words better than she did herself. A horrible thought entered his mind, "Are you going to marry that pansy Donovan?" he asked coldly.
"No." she said. "I can't anymore."
Jack grimaced at that and said, "Sorry about that love didn't mean to ruin your chance at a better life."
She looked up confusion moving across her face then suddenly realizing what he meant she said, "Oh no Jack. That's not what I meant. I would never take back what we did, never." She moved her hands over herself lightly, "The memory of you touching me, making love to me. That I will that cherish forever." She paused for a moment locking eyes with him and continued, "I can't marry Donovan because I don't love him. And I won't marry a man that I don't love. I might have been able to at one point but not anymore." She touched his face, "Not after I know what love can be like."
He slid his hands up her arms over her neck and down holding his hand on her upper chest feeling her heart beat. "I don't want to leave without you." Jack whispered.
"And I don't want you to either. But if you don't go they are going to hang you in the morning. I would rather know you're out there somewhere instead of swinging by a rope as a deterrent to other pirates."
"Your plan does sound better when you put it that way love." Jack pulled her to him and continued, "And at the risk of forever losing my black hearted pirate persona I am going to tell you that I love you. You've made me see that not all treasure is silver and gold." He stroked his hand through her hair, "Some of it is storm morning red hair and deep sea blue eyes." He kissed the top of her head, and felt her shudder with uncried tears under him.
She pulled her head back to look at him and said, "Promise me something Jack."
"Anything love."
"After you find your ship and kill Barbossa, come find me, and I will sail with you anywhere."
"Love, death itself won't keep me from coming after you." Jack said starring into her eyes and letting himself drown in them.
"I'll probably be in back in England by then since I'm not marrying Donovan." She flashed him a smile then said, "Or maybe I'll steal myself a ship and call myself Captain Hell Kat."
Jack laughed, "Only in our dreams love."
Sounds of yelling drifted down to them from the fort. Kat turned wide eyes to him and said, "They know you're gone. You need to get going."
"All in good time love." Jack said kissing her. He wanted her to remember this kiss as long as they were apart. He pressed her to him, sliding his arms around her small frame. And she answered back, opening her mouth and kissing him with all the fire that he had seen in her eyes that first day in the tavern. They kissed and ran their hands over each others bodies, burning the sensations into their memories. She pulled away and taking a chain out from around her neck gave him the silver ring with a black stone which was on it.
"To remember me by." She whispered.
"I don't need a ring to remember you love." Said Jack, but he took the ring and placed it on his left index finger.
"Now get out of here." She said pushing him back onto the ship.
Kat stood their on the deck watching the boat move off when she heard Jack yell back at her, "Now don't go getting married! Or I'll be forced to kill the blighter savvy?"
"Savvy!" She yelled back.
The sun was rising and the sky was a brilliant red violet. A storm was coming but it didn't matter. He had too many things to live for to die yet, and storm clouds didn't hold any horror only the color of the hair of the woman he loved.
Jack began to croon, "da da da da da.and really bad eggs." He smiled for a moment and then continued, "Drink up me hearties yo ho."
THE END.
Ok, ok. I finished, I hope that you all liked my first fanfic. Just remember I still have nine years or so of highlights and after the movie to write about Jack and his adventures. So no worries mates. This was just a jumping off point and if I go far enough Kat will show up again in the stories set after the movies. (Where did ya think he was running off too? Well I gave him a place to go. ^_~) Thanks again everyone.
