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"Well?" Shamerick urged. Adelei stood with her mouth open, trying to speak. She didn't know what to do. Last time she made a deal with Jack Sparrow, she was tricked. Shamerick tapped his wooden leg impatiently.
"Will you wait for a moment!" Adelei cried and continued with her thoughts. Shamerick sighed and started to pace, his wooden leg tapping the floor as he paced. Adelei found the sound very irritating.
"Could ye stop that?" Adelei asked, through gritted teeth. Shamerick's face grew red with anger and Adelei took a step back.
"Do ye know how I lost this leg?" he screamed. "It was thanks to yer dog of a father! So don' ye tell me nothin' about it!"
"Sorry," Adelei squeaked. Shamerick turned around with a huff.
"There there mate," Jack patted him on the back. Shamerick growled at him and Jack drew back quickly.
"WELL?" Shamerick screamed, turning around to face Adelei once more. "How long do ye 'ave to think 'bout it!?"
"How do I know ye won' fool me again?" She turned to Jack.
"Ye don',"said Jack, "But ye aren' left with much of a choice. Unless o' course, ye'd rather spend the rest of yer life bein' with me on this ship." Jack winked and smiled at her.
Adelei crossed her arms and looked quite unimpressed. His smile faded. "Fine," he murmured.
'No,' a voice in her head told her, 'he'll trick you again.' But she was wiser now, or at least she liked to believe that she was, and she decided to take their offer.
"Fine, I'll make a deal with ye, but only under me own terms!" she proclaimed.
"Name 'em,"Shamerick said. Jack was silent, his eyes locked onto her.
"I show ye where it be an' I take 50 percent o' what's there and then ye take me to Port Royal an' find me a ship headed to England,"she said, her voice quivering slightly.
"15 percent," Jack finally spoke.
"50!" growled Adelei.
"25," said Jack.
"Are ye deaf?" she cried, "I said 50!"
"26 is my last offer, love," Jack said, quietly, "Take it or leave it."
"Arrr, how bad ye want yer freedom, lass?" Shamerick snarled. Adelei swallowed hard, fidgeting slightly.
"But it's mine," she whispered, looking down at her hands.
"So we 'ave a deal then?" asked Jack, holding out a rough, tanned hand. Adelei looked from his hand to him and then moved her hand in his and shook it. She felt his fingers caress her hand as they let go and shivered slightly at his touch.
"Allrigh' then," said Jack, rather happily, "Shamerick, tell yer men to lay off mine." Shamerick nearly jumped and wobbled out of the door and screamed, "Avast, ye mongrels!" The shouting and sword fighting stopped and everything was silent.
"Now," said Jack, throwing open a liquor cabinet door and taking out a bottle of rum, "Let's celebrate!"
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Everyone drank late into the night. Everyone except Adelei of course, who sat quietly in the Captain's cabin listening to the chaos outside and feeling quite afraid. She couldn't fall asleep because every time she was close, someone would get thrown against the door and she would sit up in fear. She lay behind the bed, afraid that someone would come in.
Adelei's need to sleep finally beat her and she fell asleep on the floor...but not for long. She was shaken awake by Jack and pulled up from the floor.
"Come join the festivities, love!" Jack slurred. He reeked of rum and he stumbled slightly. He was obviously drunk.
"No thank ye," she growled, trying to pull away from him, but he grabbed her arm and pulled her out of the door. There were twice as many pirates now since Shamerick's ship joined ranks with the Pearl. They were singing and drinking and swearing and telling stories. Of course, Adelei was used to this sort of thing, but she never did enjoy it.
She was pulled over to a table, but as she was being led, one of the pirates grabbed her hair and yanked it, sending her to the floor. The place exploded with laughter. Adelei looked up angrily at a very muscular and tall pirate who grinned toothlessly at her. She rubbed her backside and scalp which hurt quite a bit.
"Ye 'ave to admit, love, that was pretty funny," Jack laughed, but then seeing the look on Adelei's face he quickly said, "I mean....are ye allrigh'!?" He helped her up from the floor and she finally sat at the table. A large mug of alcohol was pushed over to her.
"Don' give 'er that bilge," said Jack, shoving the mug in the hands of a random crew member, grabbing a bottle of rum, and shoving it in front of Adelei. "'Ere ye go! 'Ave some rum!"
"But I don' want any!" she cried.
"Wha?" Jack looked at her strangely, "But it's rum! O' course ye want it! Drink up!"
"Chug! Chug!" the crowd chanted. Suddenly Adelei sat up very straight.
"A lady does not chug," she said in a most dignified voice and turned her face away.
"Yer no lady, yer a pirate's daughter!" someone called out.
"Wait now men," said Shamerick putting his hands up, "Ye must remember who 'er father be!" And with that, the ship exploded in laughter and more noise.
"Fine!" exclaimed Adelei, getting upset and taking a sip of the rum. The rum burned her throat and just as she was about to put it down, Shamerick grabbed the bottle and tilted it up. Adelei choked and spat it out, but a reasonable amount had gone down her throat and she was now something that she had never been before. Adelei Filiger, daughter of Captain Cornelius Filiger, was completely and utterly smashed. (A/N: From author's personal experience, rum on an empty stomach works almost instantly to get you drunk and saying and doing stupid things, so if you want to get teased for weeks and weeks on end by your friends for saying something embarrassing, drink rum on an empty stomach!)
Suddenly Adelei burst out laughing. "Ye know yesterday, I saw the funniest thin' and it was a man an' he..... he looked a lot like ye actually, "she slurred, pointing to Jack.
"I need to go swimmin'!" she screamed and hurled herself out of the ship. Everyone rushed to the side of the ship where she swam in the darkness.
"Where'd she go?" Shamerick's eyes scowered the dark water. "We best get 'er out! She probably be attractin' sharks from leagues off !"
"I can see yewwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww!" Adelei sang and laughed. "An' yer the ugliest blokes I've ever laid me eyes on!"
"'Ey!" someone cried in an offended voice.
"Throw down a rope!" another man called and a rope was thrown down into the water.
"Snake!" screamed Adelei and they heard a great deal of splashing, "There be a snake in the water! Swim away! Swim away!"
"She ain't lady-like no more," a fat man next to Jack said. Jack cursed softly to himself as he went into his cabin, unloaded his pockets, took off his hat, walked out, had some rum, let out a loud belch, scratched himself, and then dove into the water. It was quite dark and it took his eyes a while to adjust but suddenly he saw her, swimming in circles.
She looked up at him and laughed, "'Ello! What are ye doin here?"
"I was 'bout to ask ye the same thin', love," he said.
"Ye called me love!" she whispered and then giggled.
"I call a lot o' women that," he said, swimming closer to her.
"I'm pretty aren' I?" she was acting very child-like.
"Aye, very" he pulled her to him so that her face was only an inch from his.
"Are ye allrigh'?" he whispered.
"Loooove" she whispered and then closed her eyes and slumped against him. He moved her head up. She had fallen asleep.
He silently cursed to himself and then grabbed the rope that was thrown down and was lifted back onto the ship. Jack stumbled around, trying to hold her up. As thin and fragile as she looked, this girl seemed to weigh a ton but it was probably because of her soaked bodice. Jack was trying to put her on the bed but instead stepped on her hair and tripped, sending her on the floor on top of him. She still had not woken up.
Jack let out a stream of curses as he rubbed his backside which had endured some bruising during the fall and then pushed her off, quite irritated that she was so heavy.
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The next morning, Adelei awoke on the floor in a puddle of her own saliva. She let out a cry of disgust and wiped it off her face. She then scowered the room in search of Jack. He was nowhere to be seen. She looked around the room and spotted a cabinet. 'Perhaps there be food there," she thought and walked to a cabinet next to his dresser and opened it. It contained many map scrolls. She sat down next to it and took one out, spreading it out on her lap. It was a map of the Spanish coastline and its many ports. She then took out another map and that was a map of.....a map of.....She couldn't recognize the place. She squinted at it.
"Thas where the East India Company docks their ships," a voice said from behind her. She spun around to face Jack. "They think it's a secret island, but nearly every buccaneer in these waters knows somethin' of it."
"I-I'm sorry," she stuttered, rolling the maps up again and putting them gently back into the cabinet.
"First me swords and now me scrolls,"Jack muttered, "Didn' yer father teach ye any manners?"
"Surely yew jest!" Adelei cried, her eyes bewildered, "Ye don' 'ave any yerself!"
"Aye, but at least I 'ave the decency of not getting caught when I try to tamper with someone else's
things!" said Jack.
"Ah yes, the infamous Captain Jack Sparrow, why, he can do no wrong," Adelei said sarcastically, "He's the epitome of perfection! Really Captain, get off yer high horse."
"I don' 'ave a horse," said Jack.
"It's a figure of speech!" scoffed Adelei.
"No need to be shy, love," Jack smiled and reached out to caress her cheek, "I know ye meant it."Adelei brushed his hand away.
"I will never think highly of ye," she growled.
"Oh are ye still on 'bout that!?"Jack said, sounding annoyed, and moved away from her.
"You sicken me," she hissed, spacing into her British accent again, "I hope something terrible happens to you and then.....and then you'll know....you'll know how it feels to hurt someone the way you hurt me." Her voice went down into a whisper almost.
"Yer not that hurt by it," Jack said, waving his hand.
"What are you talkin' about!?" screamed Adelei, "You....you are a sick...sick....."
"Pirate," Jack finished for her. "If there is anythin' I am, love, that is it, savvy?"
"Don' ye 'ave any remorse for what ye did?" she asked, her voice somber and mournful.
"An' what did I do?" Jack asked, "Satisfy meself and save yer life an' protect ye?! Ye should be happy that I did that! Look, I didn' enjoy it," he stopped and then tilted his head and smiled, "well I did, but in no way did I mean to hurt ye. But ye know, love, I couldn' help noticing that ye never told me to stop."
Adelei blushed slightly. "W-well,"she began. Jack's smile grew. "If yer suggestin' that I enjoyed it, then ye are mistaken, Capn'....Suddenly she sat up.
"But thas not the point whether I enjoyed it or not!" cried Adelei,"There was no good reason behind it! None at all an' if there was then ye should 'ave told me."
"Would ye 'ave believed me?" asked Jack. "What would ye 'ave said if I told ye that I had to dock ye just so's I can mark ye and 'ave no man on any ship touch ye ever again. Would ye really 'ave believed me?"
"Well ye could 'ave at least told me!" screamed Adelei.
"Ye would 'ave reacted worse than you did, love," smiled Jack.
"Do me a favor Captain Jack Sparrow, stop doing me favors!" Adelei yelled.
"Only if ye stop talkin' in that annoyin' british accent,"Jack countered. "An' admit it, if ye really disliked it that much ye would 'ave been much more troubled and angry than ye are now."
"Oh you," growled Adelei, "You are a selfish, conniving, evil man!"
"Pirate!" said Jack, happily, "An' by the way, ye still need to show me where the cave is. Remember our deal?"Jack went to the cabinet and pulled out a map and laid it on the table.
"Point it out," he said. Adelei ran her fingers over the aged map and looked at it, searching for the cave. She knew exactly where it was. Her fingers pointed to a tiny rock formation.
Jack nodded. "Good," he muttered, "We can stop by Tortuga an' drop ye off." Adelei froze. Her breath caught in her throat.
"W-what?" she sputtered. "T-the deal..."
"Well, Shamerick has the booty from yer father's ship so we're givin' ye 26 percent o' that an' did ye know there's a man named Port Royal who owns a pub in Tortuga an' he has a boat that sails to England once a year? " Jack explained, "So there is our deal. Pleasure doin' business with ya!" Jack picked up the map and walked out of the cabin.
Adelei threw herself down on the floor and sobbed. Her life had taken a wild turn from bad to worse. 'But no, this cannot not happen,' thought Adelei. She wiped away her tears and walked out of the door and onto the deck. She shielded her eyes from the bright sun which she had not seen in what seemed to be ages. She walked up the stairs to where Jack was steering, ignoring the many whistles and cat calls that she received.
"Ye cannot do this to me," she said, anger present in her voice. She moved in front of him. "We made a deal."
"An' we both fulfilled both sides of the deal," said Jack, "Not me fault ye wasn't more clear."
"Ye knew exactly what I meant!" Adelei cried.
"Wrong again, love," said Jack, looking over her, "Heres some friendly pirate advice for ye love ("Ha! Friendly pirate advice!?" Adelei almost laughed) : be as specific as ye can! Make sure yer words can't be twisted." Adelei's face lit up.
"So does that mean ye'll do what I originally wanted?"Adelei asked.
"I am doin' what ye originally wanted," said Jack, "Thas why we're goin' to Tortuga." Adelei screamed in frustration. Everything grew quiet and she noticed everyone staring at her. She cleared her throat, smoothed out her bodice, and walked back down to Jack's cabin.
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A/N: Shit. Shit. Shit and other such expletives. I am having the worst writer's block. I'm so paranoid that this story is going to turn shitty and I hate it when stories do that. They start out all good and then they spiral downwards into shittyness. I'm really trying hard you guys, so please pardon me if this sucks.
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