Disclaimer: I don't own Pirates of the Caribbean nor the characters but
some of the characters in this story are from my own imagination. Any
similarities with real people are highly coincidental.
Gibbs behind her burst into laughter, he was closely followed by the rest of the crew. Fleur spun around flames almost shooting from her eyes. She jumped to her feet and clenched her fists.
"How dare you," she growled gritting her teeth.
"Jack be not dead, Barbossa can not find him! Jack's disappeared and that's why Barbossa be looking for ye" Gibbs said through chuckles.
Fleurs hand dropped to her sides, "what?" she asked, "you mean my dad's still - still alive?"
"Of course! Barbossa took over the Black Pearl and Jack totally disappeared from where he was standing, right where ye are. One night we fell asleep listening to him grumbling, next morning he be gone!" one pirate told her.
"Barbossa has searched every port in the Caribbean that we've past trying to find you missy" Gibbs sighed, "shame he had to wind up 'ere and find you"
"But father told me Barbossa was dead! He didn't lie to me did he?" Fleur asked.
"No....well ah we never saw Jack kill Barbossa, only Miss Swann and Mr Turner saw that, so I guess he could have" Gibbs said with raised eyebrows.
Fleur bit her bottom lip, "how did Barbossa know how to find me?"
"Yer father's got pictures of ye everywhere in his cabin from only few years ago. Sense suggests Barbossa look at 'em"
"But he told me my dad was dead" Fleur said, "why"
"Probably a con missy, just to see if you were 'is daughter"
Fleur rubbed her forehead, "so if my dad isn't dead, where is he?"
"That's why you're here, to help me with the same dilemma"
The crew and Fleurs' heads spun in the direction of Barbossa's voice. 3 pirates pulled Fleur from the cell and took her to his stateroom. She had her hands bound behind her back and was thrown on her knees in front of Barbossa.
"Now tell me missy. Where be Jack!" he demanded.
"I don't know" Fleur told him truthfully.
Barbossa slapped her, "don't you lie to me girl! Now you are going to search every damn inch of this 'ere boat and if you don't find him or refuse to tell me where 'e is you'll be sharing your secrets with the fishes!"
Fleur tired to pull away from him as he lowered his face to hers. When her efforts were thwarted she gathered up spit on her tongue and spat it at him. Barbossa growled and slapped her again.
"We start 'ere"
He cut Fleurs' binds and pulled her up, "better start lookin' quick missy, I ain't got all eternity! Oh wait, I do but...you don't" he added snickering and running the blade of the knife a few inches along Fleurs' midriff.
The cold steel was then followed by a line of blood, oozing slowly from the cut. Fleur winced and placed her hand over the cut in order to stop the blood flow. He shoved Fleur towards the desk.
"Start quickly Missy" he growled standing in front of the door.
Fleur slowly circled the room. She knew this ship like the back of her hand and she knew there was nowhere in this room that could offer a possible hideout. Just to prove she was looking she opened up the cupboards and knocked on the spine.
"He's not in here" she told Barbossa closing the cupboard door.
"Arr" Barbossa growled and opened the door, "follow me to the next room"
Room after room Fleur searched and even she began to doubt that her father was even aboard the Pearl. When they reached her room she squealed in delight. Upon her bed was her crimson bandana. She thought she had lost it when she jumped overboard but she could not remember if she were even wearing it. Her father had bought it in India for her when she was 4. It was a deep blood red colour and around the edges hung little round gold charms the size of her thumb's fingernail. She threw it around her neck and tied it up so that it allowed her fringe to stick out but held the rest of her black hair off her face.
"Enough of this sickly display" Barbossa commanded and Fleur looked up at him.
"Captain Barbossa this is my room and I can tell you for a fact that my father has nowhere to hide in here" she spat at him.
Barbossa frowned, "is that true ye say?"
Fleur nodded and turned back to her bed, she froze when she did so. The bed was not in the position she had left it. It was usually pushed into the corner of the room but it was sticking out slightly. Fleur swallowed, she knew where her father was and she knew that if Barbossa checked under her bed he would find him.
Gibbs behind her burst into laughter, he was closely followed by the rest of the crew. Fleur spun around flames almost shooting from her eyes. She jumped to her feet and clenched her fists.
"How dare you," she growled gritting her teeth.
"Jack be not dead, Barbossa can not find him! Jack's disappeared and that's why Barbossa be looking for ye" Gibbs said through chuckles.
Fleurs hand dropped to her sides, "what?" she asked, "you mean my dad's still - still alive?"
"Of course! Barbossa took over the Black Pearl and Jack totally disappeared from where he was standing, right where ye are. One night we fell asleep listening to him grumbling, next morning he be gone!" one pirate told her.
"Barbossa has searched every port in the Caribbean that we've past trying to find you missy" Gibbs sighed, "shame he had to wind up 'ere and find you"
"But father told me Barbossa was dead! He didn't lie to me did he?" Fleur asked.
"No....well ah we never saw Jack kill Barbossa, only Miss Swann and Mr Turner saw that, so I guess he could have" Gibbs said with raised eyebrows.
Fleur bit her bottom lip, "how did Barbossa know how to find me?"
"Yer father's got pictures of ye everywhere in his cabin from only few years ago. Sense suggests Barbossa look at 'em"
"But he told me my dad was dead" Fleur said, "why"
"Probably a con missy, just to see if you were 'is daughter"
Fleur rubbed her forehead, "so if my dad isn't dead, where is he?"
"That's why you're here, to help me with the same dilemma"
The crew and Fleurs' heads spun in the direction of Barbossa's voice. 3 pirates pulled Fleur from the cell and took her to his stateroom. She had her hands bound behind her back and was thrown on her knees in front of Barbossa.
"Now tell me missy. Where be Jack!" he demanded.
"I don't know" Fleur told him truthfully.
Barbossa slapped her, "don't you lie to me girl! Now you are going to search every damn inch of this 'ere boat and if you don't find him or refuse to tell me where 'e is you'll be sharing your secrets with the fishes!"
Fleur tired to pull away from him as he lowered his face to hers. When her efforts were thwarted she gathered up spit on her tongue and spat it at him. Barbossa growled and slapped her again.
"We start 'ere"
He cut Fleurs' binds and pulled her up, "better start lookin' quick missy, I ain't got all eternity! Oh wait, I do but...you don't" he added snickering and running the blade of the knife a few inches along Fleurs' midriff.
The cold steel was then followed by a line of blood, oozing slowly from the cut. Fleur winced and placed her hand over the cut in order to stop the blood flow. He shoved Fleur towards the desk.
"Start quickly Missy" he growled standing in front of the door.
Fleur slowly circled the room. She knew this ship like the back of her hand and she knew there was nowhere in this room that could offer a possible hideout. Just to prove she was looking she opened up the cupboards and knocked on the spine.
"He's not in here" she told Barbossa closing the cupboard door.
"Arr" Barbossa growled and opened the door, "follow me to the next room"
Room after room Fleur searched and even she began to doubt that her father was even aboard the Pearl. When they reached her room she squealed in delight. Upon her bed was her crimson bandana. She thought she had lost it when she jumped overboard but she could not remember if she were even wearing it. Her father had bought it in India for her when she was 4. It was a deep blood red colour and around the edges hung little round gold charms the size of her thumb's fingernail. She threw it around her neck and tied it up so that it allowed her fringe to stick out but held the rest of her black hair off her face.
"Enough of this sickly display" Barbossa commanded and Fleur looked up at him.
"Captain Barbossa this is my room and I can tell you for a fact that my father has nowhere to hide in here" she spat at him.
Barbossa frowned, "is that true ye say?"
Fleur nodded and turned back to her bed, she froze when she did so. The bed was not in the position she had left it. It was usually pushed into the corner of the room but it was sticking out slightly. Fleur swallowed, she knew where her father was and she knew that if Barbossa checked under her bed he would find him.