"Blind Eyes"
Disclaimer: I don't own "Pirates" and I make no money off this story. Don't sue me. I'm poor. Trust me.
Thanks very much to all my reviewers! You guys rock!!
Chapter 3 - I can see!
It is well known in the world of psychology that if children are separated from their mothers very early in infancy, they have a tendency to rock back and forth as a means of comforting themselves. This trend continues throughout the individual's lifetime whenever stress or distress is present. A gentle rocking motion can combat even the slightest of mental anxieties. Perhaps this is why the sea served as the surrogate mother to many, including our hero Captain Jack Sparrow. As our story continues, the sea was gently caressing the Black Pearl as the sun rose in the Caribbean. A new day. The rocking motion was very calming to Lily as she slowly opened her eyes after a night of peaceful sleep in Jack Sparrow's cabin.
The cabin slowly came into focus as Lily sat up. WAIT! The cabin CAME INTO FOCUS!
"Oh my God! I can see! Jaaaaaaaaaaack! I can see!!!" Realizing that Jack had not spent the night in his room, Lily bolted out of the cabin and onto the deck. She looked at the crew and they stared back at her in confusion. Jack was standing at the helm of the ship, turning the wheel left or right occasionally.
"Jack! I can see!"
Jack turned to look at Lily and their eyes met. Lily was extremely excited and she was breathing hard. Jack knew that there was no way she could be lying. This was real. Her eyes met his and her gaze was clear, not at all like last night.
"Now this is interesting." Jack said to himself.
**
It was a celebration. There was dancing and drinking and general merrymaking on the decks of the Black Pearl that night. There was not a sober or starving soul to be found aboard the ship. Even Lily herself was quite intoxicated. Lily figured that she owed it to herself to celebrate her freedom from the captivity of blindness.
"Well, love, what is it like to finally see?" Jack asked as he forced another bottle of rum into Lily's hands.
"It's fabulous!" Lily cried as she spread her arms out and spun around on the deck. (She had dropped the bottle of rum onto the deck, but the reader can be assured that it was quite undamaged. Someone would find it and drink it later.) Oh yes, the rum was definitely going to her head. "Mr. Sparrow, would you like to dance?"
"Now who could refuse an offer like that?" Jack said as he swept Lily up into his arms. They circled the decks of the Pearl, weaving in and out of drunken crew members. Lily and Jack had lost track of time. In fact, no one was really paying any attention to their posts. It was the stars and the sea (and the rum, one can suppose) that made Lily press up against Jack with a sort of desperate longing. And perhaps it was the stars and the sea (and the rum) that made Jack lean down and gently kiss Lily. This action did not go unnoticed by the crew, who whistled and made some catcalls. Must it be emphasized that absolutely no one was paying attention to the distant ship on the horizon, which actually was not so distant anymore?
History has taught us that the enemy is weakest when he is distracted. A pure case example of this is the ill-fated city of Troy. It was when the Trojans were drunk and carousing, and needless to say distracted, that the Greeks sprang their trap. Does the reader really need a reminder that the Trojans were completely slaughtered? Yes, distraction was the key to a sure victory. And, dear reader, this is how Captain Volais knew that it was time to strike. He had been watching the festivities aboard the Black Pearl through his scope. He had watched his two most hated enemies dancing arm in arm. Yes, the time to strike was now. The Golden Phoenix had drifted almost on top of the Black Pearl before anyone even realized that they were so close.
One of the Pearl's crew members spied a bottle of rum laying on the deck as yet unopened. He was crawling across the deck to get to it (he being too intoxicated for walking at the moment). It was when he reached the bottle and looked up, that he saw the pirate ship, not twenty feet away and closing in. He fell back on the deck, pointed and screamed. His voice cut instantly through the music and merriment, killing it.
"Piraaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaates!"
The warning was too late. By the time the Pearl's crew stood up to defend themselves, the crew of the Phoenix had boarded the ship in a wave of destruction. The Pearl's crew was being wiped out before Lily's eyes and there was nothing she could do to stop it. She reached out for Jack who had been beside her just a moment before, but he was gone. Lily overtly scanned the fight in progress. It was a massacre. Soon she too would be dead if she didn't do something.
Lily's eyes then caught sight of Jack engaged in a sword fight with Captain Volais. Jack looked as if he was holding his own, despite his rigorous consumption of alcohol just a short time before. But wait, was Jack moving in slow motion? Why wasn't he trying harder to defend himself? Lily ran toward Jack but stopped dead when she saw Volais' sword pierce Jacks stomach and emerge at his back. A horrible red stain appeared on the deck of the Pearl under Jack. His face had a look of astonishment on it and when Volais removed his sword Jack suddenly slumped forward and landed on the deck, not moving.
Lily screamed at the top of her lungs at the sight of Jack's dead body falling onto the deck of the Black Pearl. Volais wiped his blade off onto his coat and stalked toward Lily. He raised his sword and plunged it deep into her abdomen. Time had stopped.
"No!!!!!!"
Lily felt a pair of hands grab her shoulders and shake her.
"Wake up, love!"
Lily bolted up, instinctively clawing at whoever was holding her down. She couldn't see. Her world had returned to darkness.
"It was just a dream, love, nothing more." Jack said as he tried to clam Lily. "It wasn't real, savvy?"
"No Jack, it was real. It was so real. Volais was there and I could see again and you were hurt and he tried to kill me! Oh God, I'm never going to escape him! I'm going to die! I thought it was real and I could see again." Lily sobbed into Jack's shoulder.
For the second time that night, Jack held Lily until she was calm enough to drift back to sleep. Her features settled back into a serene restfulness. Jack, however, was tormented. He knew that Lily had visions. Was this one of those? Was Volais really that close behind them? And what had Lily said that really plagued him, "I could see again." What a cruel dream to have.
**
AN: In this chapter, I was going for that dreamlike quality, where things are both vague and specific at the same time (if such a thing is even possible!) That is why some things are in detail and others are not. And, this chapter is intentionally jumpy. Dreams are more emotional than visual. Hence, the lack of descriptions and specifics here. How did I do? A longer chapter next time I promise, my computer got a Trojan virus on it the other day, which accounts for the delay. All is well again, thanks to my dad's handy computer skills. (
More to come in the next edition of our exciting adventure!! Please R&R!!
Disclaimer: I don't own "Pirates" and I make no money off this story. Don't sue me. I'm poor. Trust me.
Thanks very much to all my reviewers! You guys rock!!
Chapter 3 - I can see!
It is well known in the world of psychology that if children are separated from their mothers very early in infancy, they have a tendency to rock back and forth as a means of comforting themselves. This trend continues throughout the individual's lifetime whenever stress or distress is present. A gentle rocking motion can combat even the slightest of mental anxieties. Perhaps this is why the sea served as the surrogate mother to many, including our hero Captain Jack Sparrow. As our story continues, the sea was gently caressing the Black Pearl as the sun rose in the Caribbean. A new day. The rocking motion was very calming to Lily as she slowly opened her eyes after a night of peaceful sleep in Jack Sparrow's cabin.
The cabin slowly came into focus as Lily sat up. WAIT! The cabin CAME INTO FOCUS!
"Oh my God! I can see! Jaaaaaaaaaaack! I can see!!!" Realizing that Jack had not spent the night in his room, Lily bolted out of the cabin and onto the deck. She looked at the crew and they stared back at her in confusion. Jack was standing at the helm of the ship, turning the wheel left or right occasionally.
"Jack! I can see!"
Jack turned to look at Lily and their eyes met. Lily was extremely excited and she was breathing hard. Jack knew that there was no way she could be lying. This was real. Her eyes met his and her gaze was clear, not at all like last night.
"Now this is interesting." Jack said to himself.
**
It was a celebration. There was dancing and drinking and general merrymaking on the decks of the Black Pearl that night. There was not a sober or starving soul to be found aboard the ship. Even Lily herself was quite intoxicated. Lily figured that she owed it to herself to celebrate her freedom from the captivity of blindness.
"Well, love, what is it like to finally see?" Jack asked as he forced another bottle of rum into Lily's hands.
"It's fabulous!" Lily cried as she spread her arms out and spun around on the deck. (She had dropped the bottle of rum onto the deck, but the reader can be assured that it was quite undamaged. Someone would find it and drink it later.) Oh yes, the rum was definitely going to her head. "Mr. Sparrow, would you like to dance?"
"Now who could refuse an offer like that?" Jack said as he swept Lily up into his arms. They circled the decks of the Pearl, weaving in and out of drunken crew members. Lily and Jack had lost track of time. In fact, no one was really paying any attention to their posts. It was the stars and the sea (and the rum, one can suppose) that made Lily press up against Jack with a sort of desperate longing. And perhaps it was the stars and the sea (and the rum) that made Jack lean down and gently kiss Lily. This action did not go unnoticed by the crew, who whistled and made some catcalls. Must it be emphasized that absolutely no one was paying attention to the distant ship on the horizon, which actually was not so distant anymore?
History has taught us that the enemy is weakest when he is distracted. A pure case example of this is the ill-fated city of Troy. It was when the Trojans were drunk and carousing, and needless to say distracted, that the Greeks sprang their trap. Does the reader really need a reminder that the Trojans were completely slaughtered? Yes, distraction was the key to a sure victory. And, dear reader, this is how Captain Volais knew that it was time to strike. He had been watching the festivities aboard the Black Pearl through his scope. He had watched his two most hated enemies dancing arm in arm. Yes, the time to strike was now. The Golden Phoenix had drifted almost on top of the Black Pearl before anyone even realized that they were so close.
One of the Pearl's crew members spied a bottle of rum laying on the deck as yet unopened. He was crawling across the deck to get to it (he being too intoxicated for walking at the moment). It was when he reached the bottle and looked up, that he saw the pirate ship, not twenty feet away and closing in. He fell back on the deck, pointed and screamed. His voice cut instantly through the music and merriment, killing it.
"Piraaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaates!"
The warning was too late. By the time the Pearl's crew stood up to defend themselves, the crew of the Phoenix had boarded the ship in a wave of destruction. The Pearl's crew was being wiped out before Lily's eyes and there was nothing she could do to stop it. She reached out for Jack who had been beside her just a moment before, but he was gone. Lily overtly scanned the fight in progress. It was a massacre. Soon she too would be dead if she didn't do something.
Lily's eyes then caught sight of Jack engaged in a sword fight with Captain Volais. Jack looked as if he was holding his own, despite his rigorous consumption of alcohol just a short time before. But wait, was Jack moving in slow motion? Why wasn't he trying harder to defend himself? Lily ran toward Jack but stopped dead when she saw Volais' sword pierce Jacks stomach and emerge at his back. A horrible red stain appeared on the deck of the Pearl under Jack. His face had a look of astonishment on it and when Volais removed his sword Jack suddenly slumped forward and landed on the deck, not moving.
Lily screamed at the top of her lungs at the sight of Jack's dead body falling onto the deck of the Black Pearl. Volais wiped his blade off onto his coat and stalked toward Lily. He raised his sword and plunged it deep into her abdomen. Time had stopped.
"No!!!!!!"
Lily felt a pair of hands grab her shoulders and shake her.
"Wake up, love!"
Lily bolted up, instinctively clawing at whoever was holding her down. She couldn't see. Her world had returned to darkness.
"It was just a dream, love, nothing more." Jack said as he tried to clam Lily. "It wasn't real, savvy?"
"No Jack, it was real. It was so real. Volais was there and I could see again and you were hurt and he tried to kill me! Oh God, I'm never going to escape him! I'm going to die! I thought it was real and I could see again." Lily sobbed into Jack's shoulder.
For the second time that night, Jack held Lily until she was calm enough to drift back to sleep. Her features settled back into a serene restfulness. Jack, however, was tormented. He knew that Lily had visions. Was this one of those? Was Volais really that close behind them? And what had Lily said that really plagued him, "I could see again." What a cruel dream to have.
**
AN: In this chapter, I was going for that dreamlike quality, where things are both vague and specific at the same time (if such a thing is even possible!) That is why some things are in detail and others are not. And, this chapter is intentionally jumpy. Dreams are more emotional than visual. Hence, the lack of descriptions and specifics here. How did I do? A longer chapter next time I promise, my computer got a Trojan virus on it the other day, which accounts for the delay. All is well again, thanks to my dad's handy computer skills. (
More to come in the next edition of our exciting adventure!! Please R&R!!