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Pip: Well then! Kill Disney! AHHH!!!!
Nev: Eh . . . . tempting, but no . . . .
Pip: Aw . . .
Chapter 7: Tales of Treasure
"Alright, let's take the rowboats to shore!" Jack called down to them from the helm as he steadied it to weigh anchor. "We're not too far from the docks, seein' as it looks mighty crowded."
It was true; there were many ships already in port. Jack got into one rowboat with Will as they started to lower themselves in the water, as Faye followed in another.
"OY!" Kit called down to her. "Don't leave me with Elizabeth!"
Faye laughed. "Well you stuck me with her, so now you get 'er!"
Kit scowled and walked over to another rowboat with Elizabeth and son they were all in the water, rowing towards Tortuga.
* * *
"Ah, there's nothing like the stench of Tortuga!" Kit proclaimed, walking down the noisy streets of the town with the others.
Faye too smelled the tobacco and rum filled air. "Beauty . . . So Will, are we gonna find you a lass today?" She grinned idiotically at him.
"Yes, you can have your pick of any woman here! This here be the only town where a man can feel welcome." He gestured to all the whores filling the streets and Will raised his eyebrows.
"Er, I think not . . ."
Jack shrugged. "Well, suit yerself."
"Now where shall we head to?" Faye asked them, changing the subject.
"The Faithful Bride!" both Jack and Kit said in unison.
Elizabeth sighed and shook her head. "Why must pirates ALWAYS go to the pubs first?"
Jack looked shocked that she could ask such a stupid question. Kit looked insulted. "For the rum, o' course!"
Faye nodded in agreement. "That's the way it is, and that's the way it shall stay."
"Well fine, then!" Elizabeth huffed angrily.
"Let's go," Will suggested, hopefully to change the matter at hand.
"Aye, let's," Jack agreed as they headed towards the pub.
* * *
They swaggered into the pub, watching as a bar fight was taking place.
"That looks like it hurts . . ." Faye commented as a man got punched in the face.
"Woah!" Kit ducked from a flying stool.
"Careful now, loves! Don't want ye to get hurt, now do we?" Jack told her with a smile.
"I'll remember that . . ." Kit muttered as she looked around warily.
"Hey . . . Isn't that Gibbs?" Will asked as Jack turned around and indeed found Gibbs sitting at one of the nearby tables.
"Gibbs, ye old seadog! How are ye?" Jack made his way over to the table and sat down, the rest following his example.
"Eh?" Gibbs asked, looking up. Apparently he was drunk. "Jack, is that ye?"
Jack rolled his eyes. "No, I'm your mother . . . O' course it's me!"
The rest sat at the table as Faye grabbed a mug of rum. Kit discreetly stole one off an unexpected barmaid, as she said, "Ah, rum! And me favorite way: free!"
Jack laughed. "Aye, I've taught ye well . . . But Gibbs, Will and Elizabeth are here too." He nodded towards them.
Gibbs smiled at them. "Aye, 'tis good to see ya again. You sure do look like a happy couple these days."
Will and Elizabeth looked uncomfortable, so Jack spoke up. "Eh, Gibbs, they aren't a couple anymore . . . They broke up, see."
Gibbs looked a bit confused, but then nodded and paid no more heed to that topic as he looked to Faye and Kit. "Ah, and who're these fine lasses ye got, Jack?"
Kit frowned at being called a "fine lass," as Faye smiled.
"Well Gibbs, this here be Kit. I told you 'bout her, remember?" Gibbs nodded. "And this is Faye. She's the newest member o' the crew, savvy?"
"Ah Jack, like I said before 'tis bad luck to bring a woman, er, women on board."
Jack brushed off that comment with a wave of his hand. "Now no more of that, Mr. Gibbs. That's not why I asked you to meet us here."
The rest looked quizzingly at him.
"Aye, and what have ye been thinking, Jack?" Gibbs asked in a more sober voice.
"Well, I've been wantin' to go on a lil' expedition, if ye will . . ." He then leaned in closer so that only Gibbs could hear him. "One we thought we could never do."
Gibbs eyes widened slightly as he looked at him curiously. "Ye mean- ?"
"Aye." Jack leaned back and spoke so that they could all hear him now. "The treasure of Martnez."
Faye frowned. She had heard stories of that treasure . . . But from where she couldn't recall.
"'Tis an obstacle to get to the treasure, with mysterious waters and barriers. But an adventure none the less." Jack took out a folded up piece of yellowed parchment and unfurled it so that they could see the map.
"How did you get that?" Will asked him with a mixture of suspicion and curiousness.
"Let's just say I have . . . me ways . . ." He took a small glance towards Kit, and then looked back to the others. She hadn't noticed.
"But Jack," began Gibbs. "What about-"
"Now Mr. Gibbs, we can discuss the rest of the matter later." He folded up the map and put it away. "But what I want you to do is find me a few good sailors worthy of the Pearl, savvy?"
Gibbs nodded. "Aye Jack, as ye say. I mean, Captain."
Jack grinned in his roguish way. "Good. Now that that's settled, we can relax and enjoy the night."
Faye stood up. "Well I don't know about the rest o' you lot, but I'm gonna get good and drunk and find meself a man. How does that sound?"
"Sounds grand to me, love," Jack replied smiling. Will raised his eyebrows, but said nothing.
"Alright then, I'm off." She gave them a wink and headed out of the pub.
"Aye, I best be going too," Gibbs stated, standing up. "Need to find recruits, now don't I?" He too made his way out of the pub.
Will watched him go and then turned towards Jack. "Say Jack?"
"Hmm?" he replied while drinking his rum.
"What did you mean, 'I have my ways'?"
"Oh . . . It's nothing, lad . . ."
Will eyed him for a moment before nodding and getting up. "Alright then, I guess I'm off to bed. Good night, Jack."
"Aye, good night Will."
Elizabeth got up after Will. "Yes, I shall turn in too." She looked between the two men and walked out, Will following soon after.
"Well, Kit," Jack said turning towards her. "This shall be most interesting, shant it?"
"Oh yes," Kit agreed while taking another sip of rum.
A/N: Ok, things will get much more interesting in the next chapter. Trust me, they shall! Anyways, please Review mates! Thankee!
Nev: Wow! You were actually nice to the Readers for once!
Pip: . . . I was? Oh . . . Ah well! BE OFF YE MANGER CUR!
Nev: Oy . . .
Nev: Now now, don't blame Disney for this . . . Even though Mickey DID try to kill me . . . *mutters*
Pip: Well then! Kill Disney! AHHH!!!!
Nev: Eh . . . . tempting, but no . . . .
Pip: Aw . . .
Chapter 7: Tales of Treasure
"Alright, let's take the rowboats to shore!" Jack called down to them from the helm as he steadied it to weigh anchor. "We're not too far from the docks, seein' as it looks mighty crowded."
It was true; there were many ships already in port. Jack got into one rowboat with Will as they started to lower themselves in the water, as Faye followed in another.
"OY!" Kit called down to her. "Don't leave me with Elizabeth!"
Faye laughed. "Well you stuck me with her, so now you get 'er!"
Kit scowled and walked over to another rowboat with Elizabeth and son they were all in the water, rowing towards Tortuga.
* * *
"Ah, there's nothing like the stench of Tortuga!" Kit proclaimed, walking down the noisy streets of the town with the others.
Faye too smelled the tobacco and rum filled air. "Beauty . . . So Will, are we gonna find you a lass today?" She grinned idiotically at him.
"Yes, you can have your pick of any woman here! This here be the only town where a man can feel welcome." He gestured to all the whores filling the streets and Will raised his eyebrows.
"Er, I think not . . ."
Jack shrugged. "Well, suit yerself."
"Now where shall we head to?" Faye asked them, changing the subject.
"The Faithful Bride!" both Jack and Kit said in unison.
Elizabeth sighed and shook her head. "Why must pirates ALWAYS go to the pubs first?"
Jack looked shocked that she could ask such a stupid question. Kit looked insulted. "For the rum, o' course!"
Faye nodded in agreement. "That's the way it is, and that's the way it shall stay."
"Well fine, then!" Elizabeth huffed angrily.
"Let's go," Will suggested, hopefully to change the matter at hand.
"Aye, let's," Jack agreed as they headed towards the pub.
* * *
They swaggered into the pub, watching as a bar fight was taking place.
"That looks like it hurts . . ." Faye commented as a man got punched in the face.
"Woah!" Kit ducked from a flying stool.
"Careful now, loves! Don't want ye to get hurt, now do we?" Jack told her with a smile.
"I'll remember that . . ." Kit muttered as she looked around warily.
"Hey . . . Isn't that Gibbs?" Will asked as Jack turned around and indeed found Gibbs sitting at one of the nearby tables.
"Gibbs, ye old seadog! How are ye?" Jack made his way over to the table and sat down, the rest following his example.
"Eh?" Gibbs asked, looking up. Apparently he was drunk. "Jack, is that ye?"
Jack rolled his eyes. "No, I'm your mother . . . O' course it's me!"
The rest sat at the table as Faye grabbed a mug of rum. Kit discreetly stole one off an unexpected barmaid, as she said, "Ah, rum! And me favorite way: free!"
Jack laughed. "Aye, I've taught ye well . . . But Gibbs, Will and Elizabeth are here too." He nodded towards them.
Gibbs smiled at them. "Aye, 'tis good to see ya again. You sure do look like a happy couple these days."
Will and Elizabeth looked uncomfortable, so Jack spoke up. "Eh, Gibbs, they aren't a couple anymore . . . They broke up, see."
Gibbs looked a bit confused, but then nodded and paid no more heed to that topic as he looked to Faye and Kit. "Ah, and who're these fine lasses ye got, Jack?"
Kit frowned at being called a "fine lass," as Faye smiled.
"Well Gibbs, this here be Kit. I told you 'bout her, remember?" Gibbs nodded. "And this is Faye. She's the newest member o' the crew, savvy?"
"Ah Jack, like I said before 'tis bad luck to bring a woman, er, women on board."
Jack brushed off that comment with a wave of his hand. "Now no more of that, Mr. Gibbs. That's not why I asked you to meet us here."
The rest looked quizzingly at him.
"Aye, and what have ye been thinking, Jack?" Gibbs asked in a more sober voice.
"Well, I've been wantin' to go on a lil' expedition, if ye will . . ." He then leaned in closer so that only Gibbs could hear him. "One we thought we could never do."
Gibbs eyes widened slightly as he looked at him curiously. "Ye mean- ?"
"Aye." Jack leaned back and spoke so that they could all hear him now. "The treasure of Martnez."
Faye frowned. She had heard stories of that treasure . . . But from where she couldn't recall.
"'Tis an obstacle to get to the treasure, with mysterious waters and barriers. But an adventure none the less." Jack took out a folded up piece of yellowed parchment and unfurled it so that they could see the map.
"How did you get that?" Will asked him with a mixture of suspicion and curiousness.
"Let's just say I have . . . me ways . . ." He took a small glance towards Kit, and then looked back to the others. She hadn't noticed.
"But Jack," began Gibbs. "What about-"
"Now Mr. Gibbs, we can discuss the rest of the matter later." He folded up the map and put it away. "But what I want you to do is find me a few good sailors worthy of the Pearl, savvy?"
Gibbs nodded. "Aye Jack, as ye say. I mean, Captain."
Jack grinned in his roguish way. "Good. Now that that's settled, we can relax and enjoy the night."
Faye stood up. "Well I don't know about the rest o' you lot, but I'm gonna get good and drunk and find meself a man. How does that sound?"
"Sounds grand to me, love," Jack replied smiling. Will raised his eyebrows, but said nothing.
"Alright then, I'm off." She gave them a wink and headed out of the pub.
"Aye, I best be going too," Gibbs stated, standing up. "Need to find recruits, now don't I?" He too made his way out of the pub.
Will watched him go and then turned towards Jack. "Say Jack?"
"Hmm?" he replied while drinking his rum.
"What did you mean, 'I have my ways'?"
"Oh . . . It's nothing, lad . . ."
Will eyed him for a moment before nodding and getting up. "Alright then, I guess I'm off to bed. Good night, Jack."
"Aye, good night Will."
Elizabeth got up after Will. "Yes, I shall turn in too." She looked between the two men and walked out, Will following soon after.
"Well, Kit," Jack said turning towards her. "This shall be most interesting, shant it?"
"Oh yes," Kit agreed while taking another sip of rum.
A/N: Ok, things will get much more interesting in the next chapter. Trust me, they shall! Anyways, please Review mates! Thankee!
Nev: Wow! You were actually nice to the Readers for once!
Pip: . . . I was? Oh . . . Ah well! BE OFF YE MANGER CUR!
Nev: Oy . . .