Chapter 2:Let's head West!
Disclaimer: I do not own Pirates of the Caribbean, so on and so forth. But Jiss is © me.
Jack woke with Jiss standing over him, holding a small bag and a cup of water.
"Good morning, captain. How's your head?" She grinned innocently.
The noise caused a rush of pain, which was increased as he sat up. "Horrible. Awful. Painful. Savvy?" He raised his head up to meet her gaze. "What's in the bag?"
"Medicine. For you. Knew your head would be bad, 'specially after that little midnight dip." She explained, setting the cup down on a table and pouring the contents of the bag into the cup, causing the water to turn a murky brown. "Drink up, me hearty!" She laughed.
"It smells like old boots." Jack commented, sniffing the brew.
"And it tastes even worse, but it'll rid you of that headache." Jiss laughed again.
"And why are you so terribly happy this morning, love?" He asked, then took a swig from the cup, not even flinching at the taste.
"Well, technically it's the afternoon, Jack. And I just love seeing you in pain!" She grinned. "C'mon finish the whole thing."
He drained the cup and handed her the glass, coughing lightly as the drink burned his throat. "Are we ready to attack the Port?"
"No sir, we did that while you were asleep! You even managed to sleep through the cannon-fire."
"Always been a deep-sleeper. Can't even count the many times I woke up and the girl, or girls on occasion, I was with had already got about their business and-"
"Please Jack! I would rather not know about your sexual escapades! Those are not images I want in my mind!" Jiss pushed Jack back into a laying position. "Get some sleep. It'll put the marfus root into your system quicker. Can't believe I wasted a whole bag on the likes of you, Jack Sparrow. Marfus root isn't that easy to find, especially in the Caribbean."
She looked down to see Jack had already rolled over and was asleep, mumbling something about bad eggs. Picking up the empty glass and bag, she left the captain's quarters to go oversee the trip to the next Port.
"How goes things?" Jack asked the crew. It had only been an hour or so since Jiss had given him that medicine, but he felt better then ever!
"Everything's in fine order, Jack." replied Jiss. Jack looked at her questioningly, and she was quick to correct herself. "I mean, captain." She snickered, and Jack cast a disapproving glance at her, but it quickly turned to a smile of thanks. Jiss recognized the smile and it's meaning and bowed low, the string of beads dangling in her face and her sword swaying in it's sheath at her side.
"So where to now?" Jack yelled.
"Where ever you want to go, captain!" Yelled a crew member, and Jack nodded.
"Well then, how about we visit Port Royale again?" He smiled. "I can thank Elizabeth for our fine first mate!"
"But Jack," Anamarie called. "We've seen enough of Port Royale. The crew wants a new adventure!" Her statement was met with rounds of cheering.
"Unknown waters it is! Jiss!" Jack yelled.
"Yessir!"
"Set a course to the West!"
Jiss hesitated. "The- the west, sir?"
"The West, savvy?"
She straightened and smiled.
"Very, sir. Set a course west!" She yelled to the crew, who rushed to turn the ship. Once it was safely on course, Anamarie approached Jiss.
"Why did you hesitate with the orders, Jiss?" Anamarie asked.
"I-" Jiss began, but was interrupted when Jack strolled over casually.
"And how are my two favorite loves this fine afternoon?" He smiled, looking from Jiss to Anamarie.
"Shouldn't you be, I don't know, doing something? Instead of irritating us, I mean." Jiss smiled maliciously and Anamarie laughed at Jiss's forwardness.
"Shouldn't you be swabbing the deck or washing dishes? You know, something your good for." Jack smirked, and Jiss stuck her tongue out at him, much to Jack's pleasure.
"Stick it in your ear, Jack." Jiss countered, but the captain just laughed.
"What about you, Anna my love? Surely you should be keeping better company than this, being a woman of your stature." He wrapped an arm around her waist and smiled that ever-cheerful smile of his, but Anamarie was immune to his false charms and shoved him away.
"Get over yourself!" She laughed. "Jiss is better company than some other pirates I know!"
"Oh, Anna, you can't mean that. You must prefer yours truly to such a smart- mouthed little- Where'd she go?" Jack noticed that Jiss had left their company, but where had she gone?
"Appears she went to join the lookout." Anamarie pointed upwards, and there stood Jiss on the edge of the lookout, falling prevented by a single rope grasped in her right hand, and the left shielded her eyes from the sun. She turned to a crew member who had been assigned lookout, and he was quick down the pole and at Jack's side.
"Captain," The lookout said. "We've seem to have a problem."
"Are we out of rum?" "Uh, no sir."
"Is anyone dead, bleeding uncontrollably or on fire?"
"No, but-"
"Are we sinking?"
"Not at the moment, but-"
"Then what is the problem, exactly?"
The ship gave a sudden lurch to the right, and Jack stumbled sideways. "What the bloody hell was that?!"
"We've headed into a field of rocks and shallow water and are in serious danger of capsizing or sinking! We need you back at the helm to steer us through, captain! Quickly!"
Jack processed this, and glanced upwards on the way to the helm to see Jiss smirking, looking down on him. Once at his destination, he called for her to come down, if only for her own safety.
"I'm fine!" She responded. "I do not need your concern!"
"Love, what if you fall? Get down!"
"Leave me al-" Jiss started, but a large rock made it's way into the side of the ship, taking Jiss's balance. She let out a cry of surprise as she stumbled and fell from her perch. Her ankle snapped against the mast, but she ignored the pain and grabbed a rope to stop herself. Unfortunately the other end was not tied down and she continued to fall, watching the deck of the Black Pearl rush up at her.
Standing at the helm, Jack saw the other end of Jiss's rope flashing past him and grabbed it, stopping her in midair. He tied it to a post and returned to the wheel as Jiss climbed down the rest of the rope and dropped to the deck.
"You alright love?" He called. Jiss stood up and smiled.
"All body parts accounted for." Suddenly her ankle gave out and she fell backwards onto her butt. "Except my ankle, of course."
"Of course! Now get up. We need a navigator. Where are we?" Jack ordered.
"I wouldn't know, captain." She stated as she stood up, wobbling a little. "Only know my way around the Caribbean, not the world."
"Lotta good that does us." Jack mumbled. "Ah well! Steady course then."
The Black Pearl made it through the rocks without further incident, and they continued their trip, unsure of where they would end up.
~*~
If you recall, in the previous chapter I said Will had left, but I didn't say where. I was supposed to mention that he was visiting Jack at Port Daniel and caught a boat back to Royale, but I forgot. So yeah, just so you know.
Disclaimer: I do not own Pirates of the Caribbean, so on and so forth. But Jiss is © me.
Jack woke with Jiss standing over him, holding a small bag and a cup of water.
"Good morning, captain. How's your head?" She grinned innocently.
The noise caused a rush of pain, which was increased as he sat up. "Horrible. Awful. Painful. Savvy?" He raised his head up to meet her gaze. "What's in the bag?"
"Medicine. For you. Knew your head would be bad, 'specially after that little midnight dip." She explained, setting the cup down on a table and pouring the contents of the bag into the cup, causing the water to turn a murky brown. "Drink up, me hearty!" She laughed.
"It smells like old boots." Jack commented, sniffing the brew.
"And it tastes even worse, but it'll rid you of that headache." Jiss laughed again.
"And why are you so terribly happy this morning, love?" He asked, then took a swig from the cup, not even flinching at the taste.
"Well, technically it's the afternoon, Jack. And I just love seeing you in pain!" She grinned. "C'mon finish the whole thing."
He drained the cup and handed her the glass, coughing lightly as the drink burned his throat. "Are we ready to attack the Port?"
"No sir, we did that while you were asleep! You even managed to sleep through the cannon-fire."
"Always been a deep-sleeper. Can't even count the many times I woke up and the girl, or girls on occasion, I was with had already got about their business and-"
"Please Jack! I would rather not know about your sexual escapades! Those are not images I want in my mind!" Jiss pushed Jack back into a laying position. "Get some sleep. It'll put the marfus root into your system quicker. Can't believe I wasted a whole bag on the likes of you, Jack Sparrow. Marfus root isn't that easy to find, especially in the Caribbean."
She looked down to see Jack had already rolled over and was asleep, mumbling something about bad eggs. Picking up the empty glass and bag, she left the captain's quarters to go oversee the trip to the next Port.
"How goes things?" Jack asked the crew. It had only been an hour or so since Jiss had given him that medicine, but he felt better then ever!
"Everything's in fine order, Jack." replied Jiss. Jack looked at her questioningly, and she was quick to correct herself. "I mean, captain." She snickered, and Jack cast a disapproving glance at her, but it quickly turned to a smile of thanks. Jiss recognized the smile and it's meaning and bowed low, the string of beads dangling in her face and her sword swaying in it's sheath at her side.
"So where to now?" Jack yelled.
"Where ever you want to go, captain!" Yelled a crew member, and Jack nodded.
"Well then, how about we visit Port Royale again?" He smiled. "I can thank Elizabeth for our fine first mate!"
"But Jack," Anamarie called. "We've seen enough of Port Royale. The crew wants a new adventure!" Her statement was met with rounds of cheering.
"Unknown waters it is! Jiss!" Jack yelled.
"Yessir!"
"Set a course to the West!"
Jiss hesitated. "The- the west, sir?"
"The West, savvy?"
She straightened and smiled.
"Very, sir. Set a course west!" She yelled to the crew, who rushed to turn the ship. Once it was safely on course, Anamarie approached Jiss.
"Why did you hesitate with the orders, Jiss?" Anamarie asked.
"I-" Jiss began, but was interrupted when Jack strolled over casually.
"And how are my two favorite loves this fine afternoon?" He smiled, looking from Jiss to Anamarie.
"Shouldn't you be, I don't know, doing something? Instead of irritating us, I mean." Jiss smiled maliciously and Anamarie laughed at Jiss's forwardness.
"Shouldn't you be swabbing the deck or washing dishes? You know, something your good for." Jack smirked, and Jiss stuck her tongue out at him, much to Jack's pleasure.
"Stick it in your ear, Jack." Jiss countered, but the captain just laughed.
"What about you, Anna my love? Surely you should be keeping better company than this, being a woman of your stature." He wrapped an arm around her waist and smiled that ever-cheerful smile of his, but Anamarie was immune to his false charms and shoved him away.
"Get over yourself!" She laughed. "Jiss is better company than some other pirates I know!"
"Oh, Anna, you can't mean that. You must prefer yours truly to such a smart- mouthed little- Where'd she go?" Jack noticed that Jiss had left their company, but where had she gone?
"Appears she went to join the lookout." Anamarie pointed upwards, and there stood Jiss on the edge of the lookout, falling prevented by a single rope grasped in her right hand, and the left shielded her eyes from the sun. She turned to a crew member who had been assigned lookout, and he was quick down the pole and at Jack's side.
"Captain," The lookout said. "We've seem to have a problem."
"Are we out of rum?" "Uh, no sir."
"Is anyone dead, bleeding uncontrollably or on fire?"
"No, but-"
"Are we sinking?"
"Not at the moment, but-"
"Then what is the problem, exactly?"
The ship gave a sudden lurch to the right, and Jack stumbled sideways. "What the bloody hell was that?!"
"We've headed into a field of rocks and shallow water and are in serious danger of capsizing or sinking! We need you back at the helm to steer us through, captain! Quickly!"
Jack processed this, and glanced upwards on the way to the helm to see Jiss smirking, looking down on him. Once at his destination, he called for her to come down, if only for her own safety.
"I'm fine!" She responded. "I do not need your concern!"
"Love, what if you fall? Get down!"
"Leave me al-" Jiss started, but a large rock made it's way into the side of the ship, taking Jiss's balance. She let out a cry of surprise as she stumbled and fell from her perch. Her ankle snapped against the mast, but she ignored the pain and grabbed a rope to stop herself. Unfortunately the other end was not tied down and she continued to fall, watching the deck of the Black Pearl rush up at her.
Standing at the helm, Jack saw the other end of Jiss's rope flashing past him and grabbed it, stopping her in midair. He tied it to a post and returned to the wheel as Jiss climbed down the rest of the rope and dropped to the deck.
"You alright love?" He called. Jiss stood up and smiled.
"All body parts accounted for." Suddenly her ankle gave out and she fell backwards onto her butt. "Except my ankle, of course."
"Of course! Now get up. We need a navigator. Where are we?" Jack ordered.
"I wouldn't know, captain." She stated as she stood up, wobbling a little. "Only know my way around the Caribbean, not the world."
"Lotta good that does us." Jack mumbled. "Ah well! Steady course then."
The Black Pearl made it through the rocks without further incident, and they continued their trip, unsure of where they would end up.
~*~
If you recall, in the previous chapter I said Will had left, but I didn't say where. I was supposed to mention that he was visiting Jack at Port Daniel and caught a boat back to Royale, but I forgot. So yeah, just so you know.