As Will was thrown to the deck, his head was uncovered. "Now was that
really necessary?" Jack Sparrow looked down at him, his drunken slur
slipping his words together. "Sorry 'bout that chum. Had to get you away
from the missus. I heard you got whipped since the time I left ye.
Figured we wouldn't be able to get you without having another woman messin'
with the weather." Anna Marie stared at the back of Jack's head with her
hands on her hips.
"You kidnapped me?" Will said as his hands were untied.
"And took some of yer swords if the orders were carried out," the first mate replied. Will should have recognized the voice of his capter but his pulse must have been thumping in his ears too loudly. "Pirates," Will muttered.
"That's right, lad. We have to have our fun, too." Jack said.
"But why did you have to capture me? Why must I be here?" Will beseeched.
"Ya really must stop that proper English shit. It'll drive me mad someday." Jack said.
"Someday?" Will muttered, shaking his head. If he wasn't mad now, he never would want to see him insane.
Jack went on, not hearing what Will said. "We had to get you away from the missus. We heard how tame you were gettin'. We couldn't have a fellow pirate get soft on us. Besides, we needed another crew mate. We'll get more at our destination."
"And our destination would be?"
"Why don't ye ask Anna Marie? It's her quest." Jack said over his shoulder to the wench.
"Stop calling it that." She spat, not for the first time.
"Aye, cap'n." Jack said in his oblivious way.
"I'm not the cap'n. You are."
"Then who's steering this ship?" Jack stumbled back to the wheel, holding on as if he was doing something. "Are we still on track, Anna Marie?"
She looked down at her compass. "We're heading too far east. We need to face west southwest."
"Aye,.mistress."
"I am no one's mistress and if you think." Anna Marie would have gone on forever if Jack hadn't turned the ship a little more abrupt than he needed to, making the woman steady herself and forgetting what she was saying or she just stop bothering to try talking to Jack.
"Now what is this about me getting soft?" Will asked Jack. Jack looked sidelong at the yuppie, not needing to explain.
"You kidnapped me?" Will said as his hands were untied.
"And took some of yer swords if the orders were carried out," the first mate replied. Will should have recognized the voice of his capter but his pulse must have been thumping in his ears too loudly. "Pirates," Will muttered.
"That's right, lad. We have to have our fun, too." Jack said.
"But why did you have to capture me? Why must I be here?" Will beseeched.
"Ya really must stop that proper English shit. It'll drive me mad someday." Jack said.
"Someday?" Will muttered, shaking his head. If he wasn't mad now, he never would want to see him insane.
Jack went on, not hearing what Will said. "We had to get you away from the missus. We heard how tame you were gettin'. We couldn't have a fellow pirate get soft on us. Besides, we needed another crew mate. We'll get more at our destination."
"And our destination would be?"
"Why don't ye ask Anna Marie? It's her quest." Jack said over his shoulder to the wench.
"Stop calling it that." She spat, not for the first time.
"Aye, cap'n." Jack said in his oblivious way.
"I'm not the cap'n. You are."
"Then who's steering this ship?" Jack stumbled back to the wheel, holding on as if he was doing something. "Are we still on track, Anna Marie?"
She looked down at her compass. "We're heading too far east. We need to face west southwest."
"Aye,.mistress."
"I am no one's mistress and if you think." Anna Marie would have gone on forever if Jack hadn't turned the ship a little more abrupt than he needed to, making the woman steady herself and forgetting what she was saying or she just stop bothering to try talking to Jack.
"Now what is this about me getting soft?" Will asked Jack. Jack looked sidelong at the yuppie, not needing to explain.