Chapter 43:
A/N: Sorry the last one was short I'll try to make this on a little longer. Hope you enjoy, I lnow the last one dragged a little hopefully this one will be better. More Twix! (Hands twix's out to everyone and shakes his or her hands in a business like fashion.)
Disclaimer: NOT MINE!
The men looked at Barbossa with wide eyes. One man spoke up, "Our captain?"
"Aye lads, our Captain. Fer too long we have let him steer us wrong. We havn't even had a decant hunt fer over 5 months. We've just been circling the Caribbean. I think it's time we gain ourselves a new captain." Barbossa circled around the table grazing their shoulders as he went along.
"You mean a mutiny?" One brave soul spoke up.
Barbossa smiled and then let it drop to a frown. "Come on Gents! Don't say it like it's a bad thing, just think of it as a retirement for our dear captain."
The same man spoke once more, "What of Salina and those loyal to him?"
"Yeah you know the woman is going to put up a fight!" This time it was Pintel who talked.
"I have my own plan fer Salina." Barbossa said with a sly voice. "One that will make Jack even hate her." The men shouted and hollered until the door opened and none other than Salina stepped in.
Her eyes widened as she noticed all the men starring at her. "I just came to get an apple." She said innocently as she grabbed one from the basket. She turned to exit but then stopped short and looked at them once more.
"By the way, what are ye all doing in here?" She narrowed her eyes as she listened to all the men speak at once.
There was a bang on the table as Barbossa slammed his apple on the table. The juice dripped off of the side and ran onto the floor. "We were simply waiting fer breakfast milady."
Salina took a minute before she acknowledged his comment. "I see. Make sure to be on the deck right after we are going to need to prepare for port." She whispered faintly before vacating the room and closing the door behind her. "That was strange."
She walked down the long hallway until she came to the steps and then went back onto the deck.
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"Bloody woman!" Pintal shouted underneath the ruckus of the other men.
"Gents! Gents! Calm yourselves. I have a solution fer our little problem but it cannot be carried out just yet." Barbossa looked around the room at the pirates and laughed a hideous laugh.
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Gibbs walked out of his cabin and followed Salina up the stairs. "What's going on in the dinning hall?"
"They say their waiting fer breakfast, but breakfast never comes before eight and we're goin' into town today so it's likely we won't have any." Salina looked at Gibbs who seemed to be on the same wavelength as her.
"There's somthin' goin on." At that moment an eerie wind crept across the ship and caused the sails to ruffle in a god awful way. A chill went up Salina's spine as she peered out at the island they were closing in on. "We should tell Jack."
"No! No, we mustn't tell him, not now at least. He seems to occupied at the moment and it might effect him in a horrible way. We can't let them know that we are suspicious of them, savvy?"
"Aye Salina, I understand." She nodded and walked into Jack's cabin. There was maps spread out on his desk everywhere. "What have we here Jack?"
Salina sifted through the maps looking for any information about why they were going to Tortuga and why so suddenly. "Ah Ha!" she exclaimed as she found a scrap piece of parchment with words scribbled on it.
She read it aloud to herself. "Lost treasure of Cortez. Isle De Morta (A/N: I think that's how you spell it). So this is why we're going to Tortuga."
"Aye, and it's precisely why I didn't tell you." Salina whirled around and stuck the piece of scrap behind her back. Jack lowered his eyes and sat on the couch. Salina placed the paper on the desk and walked over to him.
"Why didn't you tell me? It's just another adventure same as all the others." She tried to smile but couldn't find it in her to.
"No it's not like the others!" He removed his hat from his head and stood. "This one is too dangerous fer you!"
Salina's sweet expression vanished and her face turned with anger. "Just because I am a woman does not mean I can't work hard or protect myself. I've proved that to you over and over again!" She exclaimed standing and throwing his hat to the floor.
She stomped over to the door and opened it, Jack shouted to her before she left. "Salina!"
Salina faced the deck and did not turn her head when she spoke to him. "Goodbye Jack." She left and slammed the door behind her.
Barbossa stepped out on to deck and looked to her. "Sali-."
"Ready the rowboats we're going to shore!" Salina fumed as she stopped in the center of the deck and looked out at the sea surrounding the island. "If ye won't tell me what it is ye need from this blasted isle, Jack, I'll find it out meself." Salina muttered under her breath.
She turned and walked bellow deck to Eric's cabin. She threw open the door and looked through his drawers. "Salina what is the meaning of this?"
"I'm looking for some money, anything valuable." She hissed as she continued to rummage through the small room, nearly ripping it apart.
"Well can't you do it in Jack's cabin?" He shouted while picking up some of his belongings that were tossed onto the floor. Salina looked to him sternly and he backed up. "Okay sure. You can rummage through my stuff just when yer done clean it up." He said weakly as he left the room.
A little while later Salina exited the room with a few trinkets of jewelry and coins in her hand. "Not much value to these but they'll have to do."
"Not much value!" Protested Eric.
"I'm just kidding, they'll work perfectly with my plan, thanks Eric." Salina smiled as she walked up onto the deck.
"Salina you wench! You said you'd clean it up when you were done!"
"Correction, dear Eric. You said for me to but I never agreed to it."
"But it would be the decant thing to do!"
"I'm a pirate! Pirate's aren't decant!" Salina turned laughing and walked further onto the deck.
"Hag!" Eric shouted up to her one last time before he walked in to his extremely damaged room. "She'll pay, oh she'll pay."
A/N: Sorry the last one was short I'll try to make this on a little longer. Hope you enjoy, I lnow the last one dragged a little hopefully this one will be better. More Twix! (Hands twix's out to everyone and shakes his or her hands in a business like fashion.)
Disclaimer: NOT MINE!
The men looked at Barbossa with wide eyes. One man spoke up, "Our captain?"
"Aye lads, our Captain. Fer too long we have let him steer us wrong. We havn't even had a decant hunt fer over 5 months. We've just been circling the Caribbean. I think it's time we gain ourselves a new captain." Barbossa circled around the table grazing their shoulders as he went along.
"You mean a mutiny?" One brave soul spoke up.
Barbossa smiled and then let it drop to a frown. "Come on Gents! Don't say it like it's a bad thing, just think of it as a retirement for our dear captain."
The same man spoke once more, "What of Salina and those loyal to him?"
"Yeah you know the woman is going to put up a fight!" This time it was Pintel who talked.
"I have my own plan fer Salina." Barbossa said with a sly voice. "One that will make Jack even hate her." The men shouted and hollered until the door opened and none other than Salina stepped in.
Her eyes widened as she noticed all the men starring at her. "I just came to get an apple." She said innocently as she grabbed one from the basket. She turned to exit but then stopped short and looked at them once more.
"By the way, what are ye all doing in here?" She narrowed her eyes as she listened to all the men speak at once.
There was a bang on the table as Barbossa slammed his apple on the table. The juice dripped off of the side and ran onto the floor. "We were simply waiting fer breakfast milady."
Salina took a minute before she acknowledged his comment. "I see. Make sure to be on the deck right after we are going to need to prepare for port." She whispered faintly before vacating the room and closing the door behind her. "That was strange."
She walked down the long hallway until she came to the steps and then went back onto the deck.
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"Bloody woman!" Pintal shouted underneath the ruckus of the other men.
"Gents! Gents! Calm yourselves. I have a solution fer our little problem but it cannot be carried out just yet." Barbossa looked around the room at the pirates and laughed a hideous laugh.
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Gibbs walked out of his cabin and followed Salina up the stairs. "What's going on in the dinning hall?"
"They say their waiting fer breakfast, but breakfast never comes before eight and we're goin' into town today so it's likely we won't have any." Salina looked at Gibbs who seemed to be on the same wavelength as her.
"There's somthin' goin on." At that moment an eerie wind crept across the ship and caused the sails to ruffle in a god awful way. A chill went up Salina's spine as she peered out at the island they were closing in on. "We should tell Jack."
"No! No, we mustn't tell him, not now at least. He seems to occupied at the moment and it might effect him in a horrible way. We can't let them know that we are suspicious of them, savvy?"
"Aye Salina, I understand." She nodded and walked into Jack's cabin. There was maps spread out on his desk everywhere. "What have we here Jack?"
Salina sifted through the maps looking for any information about why they were going to Tortuga and why so suddenly. "Ah Ha!" she exclaimed as she found a scrap piece of parchment with words scribbled on it.
She read it aloud to herself. "Lost treasure of Cortez. Isle De Morta (A/N: I think that's how you spell it). So this is why we're going to Tortuga."
"Aye, and it's precisely why I didn't tell you." Salina whirled around and stuck the piece of scrap behind her back. Jack lowered his eyes and sat on the couch. Salina placed the paper on the desk and walked over to him.
"Why didn't you tell me? It's just another adventure same as all the others." She tried to smile but couldn't find it in her to.
"No it's not like the others!" He removed his hat from his head and stood. "This one is too dangerous fer you!"
Salina's sweet expression vanished and her face turned with anger. "Just because I am a woman does not mean I can't work hard or protect myself. I've proved that to you over and over again!" She exclaimed standing and throwing his hat to the floor.
She stomped over to the door and opened it, Jack shouted to her before she left. "Salina!"
Salina faced the deck and did not turn her head when she spoke to him. "Goodbye Jack." She left and slammed the door behind her.
Barbossa stepped out on to deck and looked to her. "Sali-."
"Ready the rowboats we're going to shore!" Salina fumed as she stopped in the center of the deck and looked out at the sea surrounding the island. "If ye won't tell me what it is ye need from this blasted isle, Jack, I'll find it out meself." Salina muttered under her breath.
She turned and walked bellow deck to Eric's cabin. She threw open the door and looked through his drawers. "Salina what is the meaning of this?"
"I'm looking for some money, anything valuable." She hissed as she continued to rummage through the small room, nearly ripping it apart.
"Well can't you do it in Jack's cabin?" He shouted while picking up some of his belongings that were tossed onto the floor. Salina looked to him sternly and he backed up. "Okay sure. You can rummage through my stuff just when yer done clean it up." He said weakly as he left the room.
A little while later Salina exited the room with a few trinkets of jewelry and coins in her hand. "Not much value to these but they'll have to do."
"Not much value!" Protested Eric.
"I'm just kidding, they'll work perfectly with my plan, thanks Eric." Salina smiled as she walked up onto the deck.
"Salina you wench! You said you'd clean it up when you were done!"
"Correction, dear Eric. You said for me to but I never agreed to it."
"But it would be the decant thing to do!"
"I'm a pirate! Pirate's aren't decant!" Salina turned laughing and walked further onto the deck.
"Hag!" Eric shouted up to her one last time before he walked in to his extremely damaged room. "She'll pay, oh she'll pay."
