Chapter 4:
Both ships stood side-by-side, canons echoing through the endless sea of smoke. Suddenly boarding planks were brought out and the Black Pearl began to pour onto the naval ship. Jack rushed onto the other ship. It occurred to Salina that Jack seemed to love trouble and battles. Salina rushed onto the other boat, sword unsheathed; ready for battle.
The whole ship was covered in fighting and killing. Salina ran for the top deck, trying to escape a chase. Two officers came up on the top deck; she now stood in the center of them. She reached for her gun, but it was already too late; the men had started to fight. So she took them both on, punching and cutting. One officer tried to hit her over the head but she ducked and it hit the officer behind her. Salina looked up and saw a rope from the main mast; she jumped for it.
Salina climbed the rope and soon found the men climbing after her. Sparrow saw her at a glance. "SALINA! NO!" But, his warning came to late; another man had already been waiting for her in the crow's nest. Now she stood up there with a dagger against her throat. "Drop your weapons!" The officer yelled. "Drop them or she dies!" Jack made an expression like he was thinking really hard about the situation. "Well!" The officer shouted.
Salina tilted her head back to the officer. "What's your name, sir?" "My name's Jasper." "Okay Jasper, well I'm." A well dressed man stepped out onto the deck as Salina was speaking. "Jasper! Let her go!" "But sir she's a." "Let her go! She is not a Pirate! She is my niece!" The officer looked down at her and Salina nudged him off. "Come down here sweetie. You don't want to be here." Salina started to climb down.
As she landed back on deck, everything became still and quiet. Salina walked behind Jack, sliding her arm across his back as she continued around to the front of him. Jack looked down at her in a sad way. She put her hand on his shoulder and smiled. "Don't worry. I'm not going anywhere. Trust me." Jack looked at her strangely and then nodded. Salina turned around and looked at her uncle. "Salina you don't belong here. Look, I even brought your cousin here for you. Please come home, where you belong."
Salina's young cousin walked over to her, her hair was dirty blond and in curly cues. Jack reached out and grabbed Salina's hand, she gently brushed it off and walked to her cousin. Salina bent down and picked up her cousin. "You're getting big. It's amazing I can still pick you up." Her uncle smiled. "How old are you now, Elizabeth?" The girl shyly looked up at Salina, and then spoke in a whisper. "I'm four." "Four? Wow, you are getting older." The little girl giggled. "Well, Beth? What would you do if you were me? Go home with him?" Salina pointed to her uncle. "Or stay here with these pirates?" She turned and faced Jack, who was looking at her pleadingly.
"Well? What would you do Beth?" Her father asked curiously. "Um. I would. I would. stay with them." Beth pointed at Jack, and he smiled. Salina faced her uncle and nodded, Jack walked up behind her. "I would choose them too." Her uncle looked ghastly, as if someone had stepped on his grave. Salina put down Elizabeth, who ran to her father. "This is where I belong. This is my new home, and I am not their or your prisoner. Yes that's what I was to my father. A prisoner. He kept me in that damn house all the time and I didn't know any better. Until, I met this man. Do you know how I first met him?" She looked sternly at her uncle. "My father was going to have him hanged." "He should've been! I don't know how he escaped. But who ever helped him and his men should be thrown in jail with them." "Do you swear on that! Answer me!" "Yes I swear on that! They should be hung too, right next to him!" Jack gave an evil glare to her uncle. "Good, cause you just condemned your niece to die with them. Yes I, your flesh and blood, helped them escape!"
Salina walked closer to her uncle. "What! Why? How could you? Don't you know you helped in the killing of your own father?" "I helped in my freedom. Which you so much want to take from me!" Beth was now on the floor crying. "Leave uncle! I am safe and I am home!" "But you're only 17! You can't make a choice like that at such a young age!" "Uncle, I am not young and I can take care of myself!" All the pirates started to cheer. "Don't worry Gov. We'll take good care of her. Won't we boys?" Jack now had his arm around Salina, cheering on his men. The governor looked in disgust at her. "Salina Marie Doubou is dead! Tell that to the people!" Salina yelled as she walked towards her uncle one last time. "Thank you for caring so much." She looked at his breast pocket and saw a rose. "My name is Salina Rose, AND I AM A PIRATATE!" The men began to yell again. Her uncle nodded and took her cousin back in the cabin, Beth waved goodbye as the door was shut behind her. Jack tapped Salina's shoulder. "Lets go." She nodded, and they were off.
Once back on the ship, Salina watched the Black Pearl leave her past behind and her future ahead. She stood at the back of the ship tossing the rose petals off. Sparrow walked up and stood beside her. "You're a very clever girl. You know that?" "I guess." She turned and looked at him. "You're a very clever boy." She began to laugh. "A boy? Boy? Back there I was a man, and now I'm a boy?" Salina shook her head laughing. Then turned and looked at the setting sun. 'This would be the start of something new.'
Both ships stood side-by-side, canons echoing through the endless sea of smoke. Suddenly boarding planks were brought out and the Black Pearl began to pour onto the naval ship. Jack rushed onto the other ship. It occurred to Salina that Jack seemed to love trouble and battles. Salina rushed onto the other boat, sword unsheathed; ready for battle.
The whole ship was covered in fighting and killing. Salina ran for the top deck, trying to escape a chase. Two officers came up on the top deck; she now stood in the center of them. She reached for her gun, but it was already too late; the men had started to fight. So she took them both on, punching and cutting. One officer tried to hit her over the head but she ducked and it hit the officer behind her. Salina looked up and saw a rope from the main mast; she jumped for it.
Salina climbed the rope and soon found the men climbing after her. Sparrow saw her at a glance. "SALINA! NO!" But, his warning came to late; another man had already been waiting for her in the crow's nest. Now she stood up there with a dagger against her throat. "Drop your weapons!" The officer yelled. "Drop them or she dies!" Jack made an expression like he was thinking really hard about the situation. "Well!" The officer shouted.
Salina tilted her head back to the officer. "What's your name, sir?" "My name's Jasper." "Okay Jasper, well I'm." A well dressed man stepped out onto the deck as Salina was speaking. "Jasper! Let her go!" "But sir she's a." "Let her go! She is not a Pirate! She is my niece!" The officer looked down at her and Salina nudged him off. "Come down here sweetie. You don't want to be here." Salina started to climb down.
As she landed back on deck, everything became still and quiet. Salina walked behind Jack, sliding her arm across his back as she continued around to the front of him. Jack looked down at her in a sad way. She put her hand on his shoulder and smiled. "Don't worry. I'm not going anywhere. Trust me." Jack looked at her strangely and then nodded. Salina turned around and looked at her uncle. "Salina you don't belong here. Look, I even brought your cousin here for you. Please come home, where you belong."
Salina's young cousin walked over to her, her hair was dirty blond and in curly cues. Jack reached out and grabbed Salina's hand, she gently brushed it off and walked to her cousin. Salina bent down and picked up her cousin. "You're getting big. It's amazing I can still pick you up." Her uncle smiled. "How old are you now, Elizabeth?" The girl shyly looked up at Salina, and then spoke in a whisper. "I'm four." "Four? Wow, you are getting older." The little girl giggled. "Well, Beth? What would you do if you were me? Go home with him?" Salina pointed to her uncle. "Or stay here with these pirates?" She turned and faced Jack, who was looking at her pleadingly.
"Well? What would you do Beth?" Her father asked curiously. "Um. I would. I would. stay with them." Beth pointed at Jack, and he smiled. Salina faced her uncle and nodded, Jack walked up behind her. "I would choose them too." Her uncle looked ghastly, as if someone had stepped on his grave. Salina put down Elizabeth, who ran to her father. "This is where I belong. This is my new home, and I am not their or your prisoner. Yes that's what I was to my father. A prisoner. He kept me in that damn house all the time and I didn't know any better. Until, I met this man. Do you know how I first met him?" She looked sternly at her uncle. "My father was going to have him hanged." "He should've been! I don't know how he escaped. But who ever helped him and his men should be thrown in jail with them." "Do you swear on that! Answer me!" "Yes I swear on that! They should be hung too, right next to him!" Jack gave an evil glare to her uncle. "Good, cause you just condemned your niece to die with them. Yes I, your flesh and blood, helped them escape!"
Salina walked closer to her uncle. "What! Why? How could you? Don't you know you helped in the killing of your own father?" "I helped in my freedom. Which you so much want to take from me!" Beth was now on the floor crying. "Leave uncle! I am safe and I am home!" "But you're only 17! You can't make a choice like that at such a young age!" "Uncle, I am not young and I can take care of myself!" All the pirates started to cheer. "Don't worry Gov. We'll take good care of her. Won't we boys?" Jack now had his arm around Salina, cheering on his men. The governor looked in disgust at her. "Salina Marie Doubou is dead! Tell that to the people!" Salina yelled as she walked towards her uncle one last time. "Thank you for caring so much." She looked at his breast pocket and saw a rose. "My name is Salina Rose, AND I AM A PIRATATE!" The men began to yell again. Her uncle nodded and took her cousin back in the cabin, Beth waved goodbye as the door was shut behind her. Jack tapped Salina's shoulder. "Lets go." She nodded, and they were off.
Once back on the ship, Salina watched the Black Pearl leave her past behind and her future ahead. She stood at the back of the ship tossing the rose petals off. Sparrow walked up and stood beside her. "You're a very clever girl. You know that?" "I guess." She turned and looked at him. "You're a very clever boy." She began to laugh. "A boy? Boy? Back there I was a man, and now I'm a boy?" Salina shook her head laughing. Then turned and looked at the setting sun. 'This would be the start of something new.'
