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"What in blue blazes?!?!" it was Ariadne's turn to be shocked as she and
Jack appeared inside what was obviously a tavern, right in front of the
bar. Jack cleared his throat and quickly removed his hand from her shoulders, idly flipping the switch on the charm back and forth. Ariadne
stared around her, taking in the rowdy place.
"Jack, what the hell is going on??!?!?!" she had to yell to be heard over
the noise.
"I've no idea, love. Le's go upstairs where it's quieter an' we can talk?" Jack was still flipping the switch back and forth as he reached down and
took her wrist...
And with another flash of navy blue light, they were once again sitting on
Ariadne's bed, 'Comfort Eagle' still playing on her stereo.
"Don't move!!" Ariadne said sharply. Jack froze in mid switch-flip.
"Alright, let's think this through." she paused and looked at Jack, who
shrugged helplessly.
"You were sitting in the Shattered whatever-it-was-called"
"Shattered Dove," Jack interjected.
"Alright, the Shattered Dove. You must have flipped the switch unknowingly, which brought you here. But when you flipped it again, nothing happened. In fact, nothing happened every time you flipped the switch, until you touched
me. So, by logical reasoning, you were sent here, to get me and take me back to the past with you...does that make sense?" By now Jack was looking
thoroughly confused.
"Let me try." he said, shaking his head. "I flipped tha switch and it
brough' me 'ere, but it didna' work again until I was touchin' ye, so I
musta been sent 'ere to get ye, savvy?" the confusion had disappeared
completely.
"But...that's what I just...oh, never mind!!! Yes, that must be it! But why
am I supposed to go with you? Where did you get that trinket, anyway?"
Ariadne asked, trying to make sense out of the whole thing.
"Well, it was like this. Me'n Gibbs was waiting outside the Cave o' Shadows, where it was said tha' Cap'n Thorpe o' the Albatross buried his treasure. We'd been sittin' there since tha' mornin' when Cap'n Cloggs o' the Miracle and some of 'is crew 'ad gone in to look for the treasure, an we were just waitin' for the opportune moment, savvy?" his every word was
punctuated by wavings of his hands.
"Yeah, savvy. You were going to kill this Cloggs and his men as soon as
they came out with the gold, right?" Ariadne scoffed.
For a moment Jack looked almost sheepish, and then he got over it. "No,
actually, we wasn't goin' ta kill them, we was jus' gonna maroon them,
seein' as we took over the Miracle as soon as Cloggs reached shore. So anyway, they came out, we took the gold and went back ta the Pearl, leavin' them there. Once on board, we split the treasure amongst ourselves an' tha crew. I took a small bag o' gold an' the trinket, seein' how I thought it'd fetch a pretty penny down at Gideon's Pawn in Tortuga. I decided to stop in at tha Shattered Dove before I wen' ta Gideon's. I always need a drink or
twelve before I 'aggle wit 'im, savvy? And then ye know the rest."
"Hmm. It still doesn't explain why me. Are there any stories, perhaps, of a
curse on the treasure, this medallion in particular?"
"Not tha I know of, bu' I know who would know if there was a story worth
tha knowin'" Jack began to look a little confused again at that, but
Ariadne didn't notice.
"Alright, then. Let's go." she said, reaching for his arm. And once again they disapeared into a flash of blue light. This time they arrived halfway
to the stairs, exactly in the same place they had been when they had disappeared before. Jack began to flip the switch with out thinking, but
Ariadne caught him in time. This time he really did look sheepish.
"I think you 'ad better 'old onta this." He said, thrusting the charm into her hand. She looked at it for a moment before dropping it into her pocket. Jack then took her by the hand and led her out to the crowded streets of Tortuga. Ariadne was amazed at how loud it was, and she almost had to cover her ears. In fact, she had just pulled her hand out of Jack's to do so when someone grabbed her around her waist from behind and dragged her backwards
into an alleyway.
She opened her mouth to scream but a cold hand covered her mouth. As her eyes adjusted to the darker alley, she made out the outline of her captor-
sort of. There wasn't much to make out because he/she/it was wearing a black cloak with a hood that covered it's whole face. A deep voice rasped
from inside the hood.
"Where is it? Where is the Jantrix?!?!" suddenly it gave a hissing gasp and backed away from her. It started to say something else when it gasped again in pain and fell over. Jack nonchalantly removed his sword from it's back.
"Did it hurt ye? What happened?"
"No, I-I'm fine." She staggered a little bit as she caught her breath.
"Let's go." she looked warily at the hooded and cloaked figure as she
stepped past it. She faltered and Jack slid his arm around her waist to
steady her.
"Yeah, let's git out o' 'ere." he agreed. leading her out of the alleyway and back into the streets. She tried to keep track of where they went, but
finally she gave up. Her thoughts turned to what the creature had said.
What on earth was a Jantrix?
"We're 'ere." Jack said, snapping her out of her reverie. They were
standing in front of what looked like a fortune-teller's shop. The sign didn't say anything, it simply had a golden eye inside what looked to be a crystal ball. A bell tinkled as Jack pulled her into the shop. He looked
around, and his eyes lit up as someone came out from behind the beaded
curtain.
"Aha! Just who I was looking for!"
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
Author's Notes: Bwahahahaha! Yes, I'm evil :) Actually I just ran out of
ideas. So, how about this? Whoever can find the two references to other
movies, tell me what they are and what they're from, gets to be whoever
Jack was looking for, hmm? How does that sound? Put your answers and a
short profile of yourself/your character ina review, and I will pick whoever get's the most correct answers to be in the next chappie! ok, yes,
this is just an insane plot to get reviews....hope it works :)
oh yeah, the disclaimer: Yes! I own Jack Sparrow! Woohoo!
Jack: Ahem. Yeah...sorry abou' 'er...she's just a little nuts over me, savvy? I belong to Disney... and the out-of-movie references don' belong to
'er either...
Me: Blast!
Oops, almost forgot! Thankies very much to Silver Magiccraft, beth, Yami Maleci, Galaxy, grey_comapanion, ditchertypepersonBUM, Monkeys!, saiyan- girl-cheetah, and ezrajade for reviewing so kindly! I hope you enjoy this
chappie as much as the last one :)
"What in blue blazes?!?!" it was Ariadne's turn to be shocked as she and
Jack appeared inside what was obviously a tavern, right in front of the
bar. Jack cleared his throat and quickly removed his hand from her shoulders, idly flipping the switch on the charm back and forth. Ariadne
stared around her, taking in the rowdy place.
"Jack, what the hell is going on??!?!?!" she had to yell to be heard over
the noise.
"I've no idea, love. Le's go upstairs where it's quieter an' we can talk?" Jack was still flipping the switch back and forth as he reached down and
took her wrist...
And with another flash of navy blue light, they were once again sitting on
Ariadne's bed, 'Comfort Eagle' still playing on her stereo.
"Don't move!!" Ariadne said sharply. Jack froze in mid switch-flip.
"Alright, let's think this through." she paused and looked at Jack, who
shrugged helplessly.
"You were sitting in the Shattered whatever-it-was-called"
"Shattered Dove," Jack interjected.
"Alright, the Shattered Dove. You must have flipped the switch unknowingly, which brought you here. But when you flipped it again, nothing happened. In fact, nothing happened every time you flipped the switch, until you touched
me. So, by logical reasoning, you were sent here, to get me and take me back to the past with you...does that make sense?" By now Jack was looking
thoroughly confused.
"Let me try." he said, shaking his head. "I flipped tha switch and it
brough' me 'ere, but it didna' work again until I was touchin' ye, so I
musta been sent 'ere to get ye, savvy?" the confusion had disappeared
completely.
"But...that's what I just...oh, never mind!!! Yes, that must be it! But why
am I supposed to go with you? Where did you get that trinket, anyway?"
Ariadne asked, trying to make sense out of the whole thing.
"Well, it was like this. Me'n Gibbs was waiting outside the Cave o' Shadows, where it was said tha' Cap'n Thorpe o' the Albatross buried his treasure. We'd been sittin' there since tha' mornin' when Cap'n Cloggs o' the Miracle and some of 'is crew 'ad gone in to look for the treasure, an we were just waitin' for the opportune moment, savvy?" his every word was
punctuated by wavings of his hands.
"Yeah, savvy. You were going to kill this Cloggs and his men as soon as
they came out with the gold, right?" Ariadne scoffed.
For a moment Jack looked almost sheepish, and then he got over it. "No,
actually, we wasn't goin' ta kill them, we was jus' gonna maroon them,
seein' as we took over the Miracle as soon as Cloggs reached shore. So anyway, they came out, we took the gold and went back ta the Pearl, leavin' them there. Once on board, we split the treasure amongst ourselves an' tha crew. I took a small bag o' gold an' the trinket, seein' how I thought it'd fetch a pretty penny down at Gideon's Pawn in Tortuga. I decided to stop in at tha Shattered Dove before I wen' ta Gideon's. I always need a drink or
twelve before I 'aggle wit 'im, savvy? And then ye know the rest."
"Hmm. It still doesn't explain why me. Are there any stories, perhaps, of a
curse on the treasure, this medallion in particular?"
"Not tha I know of, bu' I know who would know if there was a story worth
tha knowin'" Jack began to look a little confused again at that, but
Ariadne didn't notice.
"Alright, then. Let's go." she said, reaching for his arm. And once again they disapeared into a flash of blue light. This time they arrived halfway
to the stairs, exactly in the same place they had been when they had disappeared before. Jack began to flip the switch with out thinking, but
Ariadne caught him in time. This time he really did look sheepish.
"I think you 'ad better 'old onta this." He said, thrusting the charm into her hand. She looked at it for a moment before dropping it into her pocket. Jack then took her by the hand and led her out to the crowded streets of Tortuga. Ariadne was amazed at how loud it was, and she almost had to cover her ears. In fact, she had just pulled her hand out of Jack's to do so when someone grabbed her around her waist from behind and dragged her backwards
into an alleyway.
She opened her mouth to scream but a cold hand covered her mouth. As her eyes adjusted to the darker alley, she made out the outline of her captor-
sort of. There wasn't much to make out because he/she/it was wearing a black cloak with a hood that covered it's whole face. A deep voice rasped
from inside the hood.
"Where is it? Where is the Jantrix?!?!" suddenly it gave a hissing gasp and backed away from her. It started to say something else when it gasped again in pain and fell over. Jack nonchalantly removed his sword from it's back.
"Did it hurt ye? What happened?"
"No, I-I'm fine." She staggered a little bit as she caught her breath.
"Let's go." she looked warily at the hooded and cloaked figure as she
stepped past it. She faltered and Jack slid his arm around her waist to
steady her.
"Yeah, let's git out o' 'ere." he agreed. leading her out of the alleyway and back into the streets. She tried to keep track of where they went, but
finally she gave up. Her thoughts turned to what the creature had said.
What on earth was a Jantrix?
"We're 'ere." Jack said, snapping her out of her reverie. They were
standing in front of what looked like a fortune-teller's shop. The sign didn't say anything, it simply had a golden eye inside what looked to be a crystal ball. A bell tinkled as Jack pulled her into the shop. He looked
around, and his eyes lit up as someone came out from behind the beaded
curtain.
"Aha! Just who I was looking for!"
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
Author's Notes: Bwahahahaha! Yes, I'm evil :) Actually I just ran out of
ideas. So, how about this? Whoever can find the two references to other
movies, tell me what they are and what they're from, gets to be whoever
Jack was looking for, hmm? How does that sound? Put your answers and a
short profile of yourself/your character ina review, and I will pick whoever get's the most correct answers to be in the next chappie! ok, yes,
this is just an insane plot to get reviews....hope it works :)
oh yeah, the disclaimer: Yes! I own Jack Sparrow! Woohoo!
Jack: Ahem. Yeah...sorry abou' 'er...she's just a little nuts over me, savvy? I belong to Disney... and the out-of-movie references don' belong to
'er either...
Me: Blast!
Oops, almost forgot! Thankies very much to Silver Magiccraft, beth, Yami Maleci, Galaxy, grey_comapanion, ditchertypepersonBUM, Monkeys!, saiyan- girl-cheetah, and ezrajade for reviewing so kindly! I hope you enjoy this
chappie as much as the last one :)
