Chapter 5-Scarlet
Jack ran through the streets in Tortuga, searching for an Inn or even a hut of some sort to take Scarlet. He looked down at the body in his arms and noticed that she was scarcely breathing. He had to act fast, get some air into her lungs. The only way he knew of was unpleasant, but Scarlet was pretty, so it hardly mattered. He ducked into another alley and laid Scarlet down on the ground. Scarlet had dark, curly hair lay over her face when he put her down. She had a slim body, a nice face, and small, thin lips. "Alright, let's get this over with." Jack said aloud to nobody.
He leaned in closer to her and pried open her mouth. Her breath wasn't that bad either for a half dead person. Still he leaned closer, until their lips almost touched. At that moment, Scarlet opened her eyes. They widened to two huge circles almost instantly, and before Jack had time to move away, she slapped him hard across the cheek. "What're you trying to do to me, you filthy bastard!" She accused. Jack widened his eyes at her and raised his eyebrows. "Calm down, luv. I was only trying to give you some mouth-to-mouth." As soon as those words escaped his lips, he regretted saying them. "Look, luv. That's not what I meant, savvy? What I meant was. . .well, you were half dead, savvy? So I was jus' gonna give yeh a little air, maybe you would start breathing normal again."
She gave him a look of pure disbelief. "Look, if yeh don't believe me, yeh can ask Rowena. She saw the whole thing, well, not this part. But she knew and saw yeh lying there half dead too, luv." Scarlet slapped him again. "What was that for, luv?! I'm bein' honest, I promise!" She scoffed. "A promise from a pirate is like a promise from the devil." She muttered. "Aye, but the devil don't keep promises, now do he?" Jack smiled at her. "My point exactly." She said in his face. Suddenly her expression changed. "Hold on. Did you say Rowena?" Jack nodded. "Rowena Maynard?" He nodded again. "Ah," He said knowingly. "You know Rowena?" Scarlet gave him a what-do-you- think kind of look and closed her eyes.
"Now, we've got to find someplace for you to stay, savvy?" He looked at Scarlet. "Savvy?" He asked a bit louder. She didn't open her eyes. At first he thought she was dead, but he felt a pulse when he checked her wrist, so he picked her up and resumed carrying her. He found an Inn down the road, run by a man who lived in the basement of the building. He let Jack and Scarlet inside, and gave them a room, together, much to Jack's dislike. He laid her down on the bed, then crept out of the room. "Jack Sparrow is coming, luv. Hang on." He muttered, pulling out his pistol.
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Ragetti lunged at Rowena, but she darted out of the way. "You must think you're so clever." Ragetti teased her mercilessly as they circled each other. "Well, I'd say I'm far more clever than SOME pirates I know." She said, clearly hinting about Ragetti. He snarled at her. "It's a mistake to mock the undead." He warned. Rowena raised her eyebrows at him. "Is that so?" She muttered under her breath. They kept circling around each other. Ragetti brushed her shoulder with his sword. She dropped her own sword in pain and staggered out of the way.
Suddenly she felt a comforting arm clamp onto her shoulder. She turned around quickly, and saw Jack standing behind her, a glint in his eye. "One o' the main rules in sword fightin' is never drop yer sword." He said, picking it up for her and lunging at Ragetti. "Scarlet is in the Bay Inn, off the next street. I'll meet yeh there!" Rowena glared at him again. "I told yeh I could take care of meself." Jack grinned. "Well, yeh weren't doin' a very good job of it, luv." "Let me handle 'im, you go on." But Rowena refused to go. "Fine, suit yerself." Jack muttered to her, and started fighting Ragetti again.
She stood in awe of Jack's fighting skills, until Ragetti threatened her too, and she had to duck his blows along with Jack. "Why. . .wont. . .yeh. . .go?" Jack yelled to her between fighting Ragetti. "Cuz I'm not helpless!" She yelled back, fully aware of the danger she was putting herself in. Suddenly Jack stabbed Ragetti in the chest, sending him staggering backwards toward the end of the alley. But Ragetti didn't die. Rowena gasped. "So he was tellin' the truth!" She whispered. A ray of moonlight fell on Ragetti, and Rowena and Jack both stared open mouthed as they saw Ragetti's flesh disintegrate, leaving nothing but a skeleton standing in front of them.
"It's back!" Jack mouthed to Rowena, who stared bewilderedly at him. "The curse. . .but we returned the last piece already!" Ragetti pulled the sword out of his chest and smiled. "Aye, but that doesn't make the greed disappear, now does it?" Jack just stared. "So that's why Gibbs and the crew left me on 'at island." Jack muttered to himself. "No," Ragetti said, as if he read Jack's mind.
"YER crew didn't abandon yeh, MATEY." Jack stared, puzzled. "At least, not while they were livin'"
Jack ran through the streets in Tortuga, searching for an Inn or even a hut of some sort to take Scarlet. He looked down at the body in his arms and noticed that she was scarcely breathing. He had to act fast, get some air into her lungs. The only way he knew of was unpleasant, but Scarlet was pretty, so it hardly mattered. He ducked into another alley and laid Scarlet down on the ground. Scarlet had dark, curly hair lay over her face when he put her down. She had a slim body, a nice face, and small, thin lips. "Alright, let's get this over with." Jack said aloud to nobody.
He leaned in closer to her and pried open her mouth. Her breath wasn't that bad either for a half dead person. Still he leaned closer, until their lips almost touched. At that moment, Scarlet opened her eyes. They widened to two huge circles almost instantly, and before Jack had time to move away, she slapped him hard across the cheek. "What're you trying to do to me, you filthy bastard!" She accused. Jack widened his eyes at her and raised his eyebrows. "Calm down, luv. I was only trying to give you some mouth-to-mouth." As soon as those words escaped his lips, he regretted saying them. "Look, luv. That's not what I meant, savvy? What I meant was. . .well, you were half dead, savvy? So I was jus' gonna give yeh a little air, maybe you would start breathing normal again."
She gave him a look of pure disbelief. "Look, if yeh don't believe me, yeh can ask Rowena. She saw the whole thing, well, not this part. But she knew and saw yeh lying there half dead too, luv." Scarlet slapped him again. "What was that for, luv?! I'm bein' honest, I promise!" She scoffed. "A promise from a pirate is like a promise from the devil." She muttered. "Aye, but the devil don't keep promises, now do he?" Jack smiled at her. "My point exactly." She said in his face. Suddenly her expression changed. "Hold on. Did you say Rowena?" Jack nodded. "Rowena Maynard?" He nodded again. "Ah," He said knowingly. "You know Rowena?" Scarlet gave him a what-do-you- think kind of look and closed her eyes.
"Now, we've got to find someplace for you to stay, savvy?" He looked at Scarlet. "Savvy?" He asked a bit louder. She didn't open her eyes. At first he thought she was dead, but he felt a pulse when he checked her wrist, so he picked her up and resumed carrying her. He found an Inn down the road, run by a man who lived in the basement of the building. He let Jack and Scarlet inside, and gave them a room, together, much to Jack's dislike. He laid her down on the bed, then crept out of the room. "Jack Sparrow is coming, luv. Hang on." He muttered, pulling out his pistol.
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Ragetti lunged at Rowena, but she darted out of the way. "You must think you're so clever." Ragetti teased her mercilessly as they circled each other. "Well, I'd say I'm far more clever than SOME pirates I know." She said, clearly hinting about Ragetti. He snarled at her. "It's a mistake to mock the undead." He warned. Rowena raised her eyebrows at him. "Is that so?" She muttered under her breath. They kept circling around each other. Ragetti brushed her shoulder with his sword. She dropped her own sword in pain and staggered out of the way.
Suddenly she felt a comforting arm clamp onto her shoulder. She turned around quickly, and saw Jack standing behind her, a glint in his eye. "One o' the main rules in sword fightin' is never drop yer sword." He said, picking it up for her and lunging at Ragetti. "Scarlet is in the Bay Inn, off the next street. I'll meet yeh there!" Rowena glared at him again. "I told yeh I could take care of meself." Jack grinned. "Well, yeh weren't doin' a very good job of it, luv." "Let me handle 'im, you go on." But Rowena refused to go. "Fine, suit yerself." Jack muttered to her, and started fighting Ragetti again.
She stood in awe of Jack's fighting skills, until Ragetti threatened her too, and she had to duck his blows along with Jack. "Why. . .wont. . .yeh. . .go?" Jack yelled to her between fighting Ragetti. "Cuz I'm not helpless!" She yelled back, fully aware of the danger she was putting herself in. Suddenly Jack stabbed Ragetti in the chest, sending him staggering backwards toward the end of the alley. But Ragetti didn't die. Rowena gasped. "So he was tellin' the truth!" She whispered. A ray of moonlight fell on Ragetti, and Rowena and Jack both stared open mouthed as they saw Ragetti's flesh disintegrate, leaving nothing but a skeleton standing in front of them.
"It's back!" Jack mouthed to Rowena, who stared bewilderedly at him. "The curse. . .but we returned the last piece already!" Ragetti pulled the sword out of his chest and smiled. "Aye, but that doesn't make the greed disappear, now does it?" Jack just stared. "So that's why Gibbs and the crew left me on 'at island." Jack muttered to himself. "No," Ragetti said, as if he read Jack's mind.
"YER crew didn't abandon yeh, MATEY." Jack stared, puzzled. "At least, not while they were livin'"