Authors Note: A little ship language for you – YARE: quick to the helm, easy to handle and maneuver. (pronounced 'yar')
The same day on the Pearl.
"Is the captain up yet?" Ana Maria asked Gibbs around noon.
"No, and if you catch him before I do, tell 'em that Roberts' prepared his usual in the galley."
"Aye."
Oh blast…we must be in a storm…Jack thought as he opened his eyes to see the room spinning. He looked out his porthole. Blue skies. Just the rum…not a huge surprise. Oh…the rum…that was a good bottle…well those were good bottles. Then bloody Elizabeth had to go and throw all the others on the ground. Too bad I can't walk very fast when I'm drunk…maybe I would've been able to catch her…Jack laughed as he remembered last night. Elizabeth did look rather attractive. The wedding was alright except for all those people…and that pesky little snot-nose, pudgy kid who kept asking what was on my chin, and then came back and asked if I had any chocolate. Like he needed it.
"Cap'an, you up yet?" Gibbs yelled through the door while pounding on it.
"I BLOODY AM NOW!"
Gibbs slowly opened the door and stuck his head in, "Sorry Jack,"
He waved his hand, and with his other one, rubbed his forehead, Boy do I need a massage, "Where are we headed Gibbs?"
"Don't know, Cap'an, the last we saw of you, you were snoring on deck."
"What are you talkin' about, I don't snore."
"Yes Cap'an, but back to your condition, Roberts has your usual in the galley."
"Fine, fine, I'll be down soon." Gibbs left, slamming the door. Jack flinched. You'd think he'd know how to treat a man with a bloody hang-over! Jack slowly got up and walked over to the door. He opened it, fully aware of the sun that was about to reach his eyes, luckily his hat gave him a little bit of shade from it.
He slowly made his way down to the galley and as soon as Roberts saw him, he reached underneath the bar and grabbed a mug of something that smelled like tar. Jack picked up the mug, plugged his nose, closed his eyes, and drank the whole thing.
He slammed the mug down a new man. "Amazin'," Roberts muttered, "The man comes in here, drunk as ever and drinks this crap and puts down the cup, hang-over completely gone."
"Of course mate, I'm captain Jack - " But before he could finish his line, he heard Ana Maria shouting his name from the deck. He raced up the stairs and went to the helm.
"A present for you," Ana Maria said, smirking.
"A ship,"
"Aye, and by the looks of it, it's loaded."
Jack took the telescope out of Ana Maria's hand and looked at the ship. He frowned, took the telescope down, looked at Ana Maria and then looked again.
"What is it?"
"The Douglas?"
She snickered, "Aye, Captain,"
"Go after it, I have a feeling this one will be easy."
Dinah yawned as she and Douglas sat in the galley eating something that resembled noodles. Douglas was going on and on about how he and his ship went against a pirate ship and won.
"Pirates are terribly boring people, and have awful grammar. You would think they were raised by wolves instead of mothers."
"Pirates do have mothers, and surprisingly, their sweet…" Dinah said with her eyes glazed over. Douglas gave her a questioning look. How I miss dear Katherine. She was the nicest woman with the most striking eyes. She could calm a group of rowdy boys with those eyes.
"CAPTAIN!" A shout from over head awakened Dinah from her reverie. Douglas stood up, "What is it?"
"We're being followed."
"By whom?"
"The Black Pearl,"
Douglas shot out of his chair and raced up the ladder to the starboard side. Dinah followed him, equally fast and followed his lead, leaning over the side of the ship to see if it was really the Pearl. Indeed it was, and as beautiful as ever. My, that ship is yare. Dinah breathed in a deep, fresh breath of ocean air. Yes, she had to admit, it was nice to be on sea again, but not on this blasted ship, but now this idiot has got us being chased by The Black Pearl. What next? Sinking the boat?
Dinah turned around and saw everyone frantically racing around the ship following Douglas' orders. She sighed, "Captain, it's no use; The Black Pearl is the fastest ship in the Caribbean."
"I don't know about you Miss Milton, but I will not just wait to be taken over," The man has some spunk after all. Dinah thought to herself.
"Well what are you going to do? Drop the anchor and load the canons like the Interceptor?"
"No, whoever was on that ship wasn't brought up like me. I know how to defend myself against pirates, you watch- we won't get caught."
A/N: Will The Douglas get caught by the Black Pearl? Will Jack come on board and find Dinah? And what is the connection that Dinah has with Captain Jack Sparrow? Find out next time! Well…all except the last one…that might take a while…but keep reading!