A/N: Sorry for the delay y'all! We went on our senior beach trip last
weekend. We all had a great time 'cept for the bugs. My friend and I came
to the decision that all bugs should die. Now. Ah well, today was my first
of school. My classes are pretty cool 'cept for Latin. That one's going to
be hell this year! Well, I know ya'll want to read the story and not my
random ramblings. Just beware that updates might come a little bit slower
cause I have school and tennis. And I'm going out of town again next
weekend. Ok, ok, I promise I'll stop talking and give ya the story! Here
'tis!
1. Oh yeah! I've noticed that italics on my computer don't show up on
fanfiction.net (If any of ya'll know how to make that work please
let me know!!) For now I've decided to use dashes to represent
thoughts.
/../ denotes thoughts
* * * * denotes a flashback
Disclaimer: I don't own PotC or any of its characters. The only thing I own is Celeste and any other random characters that pop up for a scene or two.
~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Deja Vu ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
Jack watched Celeste pick her way up the rocky side of the island. It had taken them all the rest of the day to reach the shores and dusk was settling in. Thick clouds hung low however, hiding the effects of the curse on the pair. Jack knew she'd be safe even after the curse had been lifted. He had seen to that. He wouldn't put her in Barbosa's way again. Not that the woman couldn't handle herself. She was bloody good with a sword she was but he'd rather not have to worry about her getting killed. He waited until he could no longer see her, then he hurled the fake medallion as far as he could out into the water before marching resolutely (as resolutely as he could walk given his natural swagger) into the cave. 'Twas the third time Barbosa had sailed off in *his* ship and this time he wasn't going to let it pass!
Celeste ran as fast as she could over the jagged surface of the island. She had lost her boots swimming back and the rocks cut her feet but thanks to the curse they healed as fast as the came. She tried not to think of Will, Elizabeth, Ana-maria and Norrington. God only knew what was happening to them right now. They had been expecting something completely different. She only hoped that Will had hidden the stolen medallion well enough to stall Barbosa long enough.
The two cursed pirates sneered at their four captives. "Don't ye worry mates. We'll find 'e gold soon enough and then we'll be able to have some real fun with ya!"
Will struggled against the roped that bound him but the pirate shoved him back hard into the cave wall.
"Now, now lad. Don't ye be getting rash now. Wouldn't want us to have to hurt ye now do ye?"
Will started to retort back to the pirate but was interrupted by a loud shout of triumph from Barbosa. "Lads! Gather round sharpish now. It took me long enough now but I found my missing piece!"
Celeste watched the scene from a small opening high above in the cave wall. Nervously she fingered the medallion she held in one hand and the knife she held in the other. Where was Jack? He should have been there by now. "Wait,"/ she told herself, /Wait for it. Like Jack said. The opportune moment."/
Jack was also watching the swarm of pirates but from the less safe position of a passageway leading directly into the main chamber. He stepped forward into view just after Barbosa made his announcement.
"Celeste told ye ye'd need her help to find the medallion Barbosa."
Barbosa whipped around and stared, nearly bug-eyed at Jack. "You..how? It's not possible!" Surely not again."
"Ye seem to always forget one little important detail, Barbosa."
"What's that?"
"I'm Captain Jack Sparrow!"
Barbosa growled. The man was showing him up again. Once he could shrug away, twice he was annoyed by but by God, three times was the last! "And where be your little lass, Jack? Did she fall behind?"
"If there's one thing I learned from ye Barbosa, it's to never have loyalties. But it's ye're lucky day Barbosa. I happen to also know where the last medallion is."
Barbosa laughed. "Ye're too late Jack to bargain Jack. I've found it!" He reached into the stone chest and pulled out one medallion hanging from a gold chain. "This is it! I could feel it calling to me. The last one!"
"That's where ye're wrong Barbosa. 'Tis Turner's medallion ye've got there."
"Ye're daft Jack. Ye can't feel it! It calls to me!"
Jack shrugged. "Go ahead. Try it. It won't work."
Celeste watched from her vantage point and held her breath. Would he do it? He had to. 'Twas the only way the plan would work.
Barbosa looked back and forth between Jack and the medallion he held. Silence reigned in the cave. After several moments, he held out his hand and a crewmember placed a dagger in it. Ever so slowly, he slit his hand open and pressed the coin to the welling blood. The clink of the gold as it fell into the box rang loud on all ears.
Barbosa looked at his men. With no moonlight, it was impossible to tell whether it had worked or not. Only one other way to do it then. He swiftly threw the dagger into the chest of the nearest crewman. Shocked, the man staggered back and a small red stain appeared but the man recovered himself and removed the dagger. No wound. The curse was not broken.
Celeste began to breathe again. /"He did it. So far so good. Wait for the opportune moment. Not long now."/ she reminded herself.
Barbosa let out a guttural yell of rage. "Where is it, Jack? Where is it then? Ye want out of this as much a we do!"
Jack smirked, "I'll tell ye where the gold lies on one condition."
"Bein'?"
"Those four," he said motioning to the captives, "Ye let them go free now, and make their way to the Dauntless and set sail before I tell ye where the gold lies."
Barbosa nodded and the two pirate guards quickly untied the captives. Will and Ana-maria struggled, trying to stay and help but the pirates pushed them quickly into the tunnels.
"Now Jack, will ye be so kind as to tell us where the medallion lies?"
"Aye Barbosa. I'll tell ye. 'Tis about a league sou'west o' here, where our pretty lady friend went down. She stole one too. Didn't ye know? All you gentlemen have to do is take a walk."
Celeste watched closely. Here was the crucial point. They all needed to walk out that passageway and the plan would be perfect.
"All right lads! Ye heard the man! Take a walk!" The pirates made a mad rush for the tunnel but Barbosa stopped them. "You five," he said motioning to two black pirates, one short one, and two other menacing looking ones, "Ye'll stay here with me. Now what are the rest o' you scabrous dogs waitin for? Go!"
The pirates ran out and the chamber was left holding Jack and the six cursed pirates. With his trademark nonchalance, Jack seated himself on the cave floor and began picking through the treasure. Barbosa and his men stood tense, waiting.
"You know, mate, it'll take 'em at least twenty minutes to get there. Have yerself a break. Getting' all wet ain't what it's cracked up to be." As he said this, he looked straight up at the opening in the wall where Celeste was.
She nodded to herself. Twenty minutes it was then. But this wasn't right. They were all supposed to leave except Barbosa. It was supposed to be Jack and Barbosa down there, not Jack and six bloody pirates! /"Plans change,"/ she thought, /"Make the best o' it ye can. Ye have to break the curse!"/ But there was no way she could get down to that chamber in less than ten minutes. Once the pirates realized what had happened, they'd attack Jack. By the time she got down there, he'd be dead. She had to break the curse, but could she?
A/N: Remember, please review! Any and all comments are rejoiced over!
1. Oh yeah! I've noticed that italics on my computer don't show up on
fanfiction.net (If any of ya'll know how to make that work please
let me know!!) For now I've decided to use dashes to represent
thoughts.
/../ denotes thoughts
* * * * denotes a flashback
Disclaimer: I don't own PotC or any of its characters. The only thing I own is Celeste and any other random characters that pop up for a scene or two.
~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Deja Vu ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
Jack watched Celeste pick her way up the rocky side of the island. It had taken them all the rest of the day to reach the shores and dusk was settling in. Thick clouds hung low however, hiding the effects of the curse on the pair. Jack knew she'd be safe even after the curse had been lifted. He had seen to that. He wouldn't put her in Barbosa's way again. Not that the woman couldn't handle herself. She was bloody good with a sword she was but he'd rather not have to worry about her getting killed. He waited until he could no longer see her, then he hurled the fake medallion as far as he could out into the water before marching resolutely (as resolutely as he could walk given his natural swagger) into the cave. 'Twas the third time Barbosa had sailed off in *his* ship and this time he wasn't going to let it pass!
Celeste ran as fast as she could over the jagged surface of the island. She had lost her boots swimming back and the rocks cut her feet but thanks to the curse they healed as fast as the came. She tried not to think of Will, Elizabeth, Ana-maria and Norrington. God only knew what was happening to them right now. They had been expecting something completely different. She only hoped that Will had hidden the stolen medallion well enough to stall Barbosa long enough.
The two cursed pirates sneered at their four captives. "Don't ye worry mates. We'll find 'e gold soon enough and then we'll be able to have some real fun with ya!"
Will struggled against the roped that bound him but the pirate shoved him back hard into the cave wall.
"Now, now lad. Don't ye be getting rash now. Wouldn't want us to have to hurt ye now do ye?"
Will started to retort back to the pirate but was interrupted by a loud shout of triumph from Barbosa. "Lads! Gather round sharpish now. It took me long enough now but I found my missing piece!"
Celeste watched the scene from a small opening high above in the cave wall. Nervously she fingered the medallion she held in one hand and the knife she held in the other. Where was Jack? He should have been there by now. "Wait,"/ she told herself, /Wait for it. Like Jack said. The opportune moment."/
Jack was also watching the swarm of pirates but from the less safe position of a passageway leading directly into the main chamber. He stepped forward into view just after Barbosa made his announcement.
"Celeste told ye ye'd need her help to find the medallion Barbosa."
Barbosa whipped around and stared, nearly bug-eyed at Jack. "You..how? It's not possible!" Surely not again."
"Ye seem to always forget one little important detail, Barbosa."
"What's that?"
"I'm Captain Jack Sparrow!"
Barbosa growled. The man was showing him up again. Once he could shrug away, twice he was annoyed by but by God, three times was the last! "And where be your little lass, Jack? Did she fall behind?"
"If there's one thing I learned from ye Barbosa, it's to never have loyalties. But it's ye're lucky day Barbosa. I happen to also know where the last medallion is."
Barbosa laughed. "Ye're too late Jack to bargain Jack. I've found it!" He reached into the stone chest and pulled out one medallion hanging from a gold chain. "This is it! I could feel it calling to me. The last one!"
"That's where ye're wrong Barbosa. 'Tis Turner's medallion ye've got there."
"Ye're daft Jack. Ye can't feel it! It calls to me!"
Jack shrugged. "Go ahead. Try it. It won't work."
Celeste watched from her vantage point and held her breath. Would he do it? He had to. 'Twas the only way the plan would work.
Barbosa looked back and forth between Jack and the medallion he held. Silence reigned in the cave. After several moments, he held out his hand and a crewmember placed a dagger in it. Ever so slowly, he slit his hand open and pressed the coin to the welling blood. The clink of the gold as it fell into the box rang loud on all ears.
Barbosa looked at his men. With no moonlight, it was impossible to tell whether it had worked or not. Only one other way to do it then. He swiftly threw the dagger into the chest of the nearest crewman. Shocked, the man staggered back and a small red stain appeared but the man recovered himself and removed the dagger. No wound. The curse was not broken.
Celeste began to breathe again. /"He did it. So far so good. Wait for the opportune moment. Not long now."/ she reminded herself.
Barbosa let out a guttural yell of rage. "Where is it, Jack? Where is it then? Ye want out of this as much a we do!"
Jack smirked, "I'll tell ye where the gold lies on one condition."
"Bein'?"
"Those four," he said motioning to the captives, "Ye let them go free now, and make their way to the Dauntless and set sail before I tell ye where the gold lies."
Barbosa nodded and the two pirate guards quickly untied the captives. Will and Ana-maria struggled, trying to stay and help but the pirates pushed them quickly into the tunnels.
"Now Jack, will ye be so kind as to tell us where the medallion lies?"
"Aye Barbosa. I'll tell ye. 'Tis about a league sou'west o' here, where our pretty lady friend went down. She stole one too. Didn't ye know? All you gentlemen have to do is take a walk."
Celeste watched closely. Here was the crucial point. They all needed to walk out that passageway and the plan would be perfect.
"All right lads! Ye heard the man! Take a walk!" The pirates made a mad rush for the tunnel but Barbosa stopped them. "You five," he said motioning to two black pirates, one short one, and two other menacing looking ones, "Ye'll stay here with me. Now what are the rest o' you scabrous dogs waitin for? Go!"
The pirates ran out and the chamber was left holding Jack and the six cursed pirates. With his trademark nonchalance, Jack seated himself on the cave floor and began picking through the treasure. Barbosa and his men stood tense, waiting.
"You know, mate, it'll take 'em at least twenty minutes to get there. Have yerself a break. Getting' all wet ain't what it's cracked up to be." As he said this, he looked straight up at the opening in the wall where Celeste was.
She nodded to herself. Twenty minutes it was then. But this wasn't right. They were all supposed to leave except Barbosa. It was supposed to be Jack and Barbosa down there, not Jack and six bloody pirates! /"Plans change,"/ she thought, /"Make the best o' it ye can. Ye have to break the curse!"/ But there was no way she could get down to that chamber in less than ten minutes. Once the pirates realized what had happened, they'd attack Jack. By the time she got down there, he'd be dead. She had to break the curse, but could she?
A/N: Remember, please review! Any and all comments are rejoiced over!
