Disclaimer: *cough* this is my last disclaimer....if you've read this far,
you'd get by now that I don't own Bill, Will, Jack, or anyone/anything
else. *sigh*
A/N: This chapter will be slightly shorter than others, for the fact that I lack some ideas as to filling it out a little more. Also, most slaves from the fourteen hundreds to the eighteen hundreds were sent to Brazil or the Caribbean.
Anything's Possible Part Five: Tortuga
The ship stopped with a small bump next to the dock. Sheridan looked at the place they had docked, slightly suspicious. "This is it?" She asked.
"What were you expecting?" Eitan asked, coming next to her quickly, his voice quiet. She sent him one of her by now familiar glares. He kept coming closer to her, and it was getting to be both annoying and suffocating. He smiled innocently at her. She rolled her eyes and looked up at Jack.
"This is it?" She repeated.
"Ah, by day it looks like any other port, but Tortuga comes alive at night, love." He winked at Eitan, whose face darkened almost immediately. "Ah, so being the proper young man runs in the family, does it?" Jack shook his head sadly, before grabbing Sheridan's arm. "Why don't you and Eitan go into Tortuga together and see if you can find anyone who knows anything about our little friend Mariel." He turned to Will, who was looking at the city as if it had the plague. "We'll stay here."
"Sure, whatever." Sheridan shrugged, before pulling Eitan down the ramp and into the harbor.
Eitan couldn't believe Sheridan was walking so far behind him. He felt guilty fleetingly, before he realized exactly why she was lagging behind. He sighed and shook his head as he looked at the banana in her hand. "Did you just steal that?"
"Possibly." There was a warning in her voice that he detected. He shook his head, sighing heavily. "Oh don't act like such an adult. I took one for you too." She handed it to him, and he just stared. "Eat it. The only thing edible on that ship is the rum, and it tastes awful, no matter how much Jack likes it." Eitan nodded dumbly, before peeling the fruit tenderly. He took a bite, before starting to eat it normally. "I told you it was good." Sheridan smirked, but groaned when he gave her that all too innocent look again.
The two walked again in silence before they reached the first of several taverns in the town. "Maybe you should wait out here." Eitan said, for the first time realizing that Sheridan could very well get hurt in the tavern. And as much as he hated to admit it, being with her on a ship full of pirates was a lot safer than he first thought it to be.
"I am not staying out here just because I'm a girl." She responded, pushing past him and into the tavern.
It was a rather rowdy place, that tavern was. Sheridan and Eitan stood in the doorway for a few moments, before a woman with a little too much makeup on grabbed Eitan's shoulder, smiling lewdly at him. "You're a little cutie, aren't you love?" He sent Sheridan a pleading look that she pretended to ignore. When he sighed and made a puppy-dog face, she sighed.
"Oh fine." She grabbed his arm and pulled him away from the harlot. "Baby." She whispered into his ear. He blushed slightly. "Excuse me ma'am." She asked of the harlot, who turned her attention to her.
"Women cost extra." She said almost on the spot. Sheridan gaped at her for a moment, before blinking back into reality.
"Uh, no...I'm straight, but thanks anyway."
"You're loss, poppet." The harlot said, smiling. "But what is it two
fine looking young ones like yourselves want with a tavern in Tortuga when you don't want the comfort of another in bed?" Her eyes were shining happily. "Or is it you two'd like your own bed to share?"
"No, that's quite all right." Eitan stepped between the harlot and Sheridan. "I don't think this place has any information about Captain Mariel." The tavern quieted so suddenly, Eitan shook his head, thinking his hearing had gone.
"Who wants to know about Captain Mariel?" Asked an old woman sitting in the back of the inn.
"We do." Sheridan said, going over to the woman. "Do you know where his ship makes berth?"
"And why do ye want to know?" the woman seemed to grin as she surveyed the two teen-agers. "Ah, I see we're not from these waters, so to speak, are we now?" Sheridan and Eitan looked at each other. "Ye, girl, will make a great pirate some day." Sheridan looked over at Eitan, smug. "And ye, boy, will go back to your real home soon enough, with your treasure at hand." She nodded to herself.
"Just what are you?" Eitan asked cautiously.
"A mere fortune teller and a woman from Mariel's family's city home from Brazil." She looked at the two children carefully, before leaning back. "Yes, Mariel was a good man, a long time ago, before he became a pirate." She closed her eyes. "He makes berth in Nassau. But the Shadow Cat is the fastest ship in these waters."
"That spot's been taken already by the Black Pearl." Sheridan said.
"Ah, ye be sailing under the black flags of Captain Jack Sparrow, are you?" She smiled at the children. "Be careful of the triangle trade route then, young Miss Sparrow." She winked at Sheridan, who glared at the woman. When Eitan elbowed her in the side, the glare turned into a grimace, then a plastered on smile.
"Thank you, ma'am." She grabbed Eitan's arm and started out the door. "Let's get back to the ship." She said as they reached the evaporating daylight of Tortuga. "We need to tell him that Mariel's going to Nassau before the Cat gets too far ahead of us." Eitan just nodded, having the feeling that if he said anything to Sheridan about the circulation being cut off from his hand because of her own, he'd be missing said hand, and be out cold on the ground, and if the harlot in the tavern was a woman who came out in the daytime, he didn't want to see who or what came out at night on Tortuga.
A/N: This chapter will be slightly shorter than others, for the fact that I lack some ideas as to filling it out a little more. Also, most slaves from the fourteen hundreds to the eighteen hundreds were sent to Brazil or the Caribbean.
Anything's Possible Part Five: Tortuga
The ship stopped with a small bump next to the dock. Sheridan looked at the place they had docked, slightly suspicious. "This is it?" She asked.
"What were you expecting?" Eitan asked, coming next to her quickly, his voice quiet. She sent him one of her by now familiar glares. He kept coming closer to her, and it was getting to be both annoying and suffocating. He smiled innocently at her. She rolled her eyes and looked up at Jack.
"This is it?" She repeated.
"Ah, by day it looks like any other port, but Tortuga comes alive at night, love." He winked at Eitan, whose face darkened almost immediately. "Ah, so being the proper young man runs in the family, does it?" Jack shook his head sadly, before grabbing Sheridan's arm. "Why don't you and Eitan go into Tortuga together and see if you can find anyone who knows anything about our little friend Mariel." He turned to Will, who was looking at the city as if it had the plague. "We'll stay here."
"Sure, whatever." Sheridan shrugged, before pulling Eitan down the ramp and into the harbor.
Eitan couldn't believe Sheridan was walking so far behind him. He felt guilty fleetingly, before he realized exactly why she was lagging behind. He sighed and shook his head as he looked at the banana in her hand. "Did you just steal that?"
"Possibly." There was a warning in her voice that he detected. He shook his head, sighing heavily. "Oh don't act like such an adult. I took one for you too." She handed it to him, and he just stared. "Eat it. The only thing edible on that ship is the rum, and it tastes awful, no matter how much Jack likes it." Eitan nodded dumbly, before peeling the fruit tenderly. He took a bite, before starting to eat it normally. "I told you it was good." Sheridan smirked, but groaned when he gave her that all too innocent look again.
The two walked again in silence before they reached the first of several taverns in the town. "Maybe you should wait out here." Eitan said, for the first time realizing that Sheridan could very well get hurt in the tavern. And as much as he hated to admit it, being with her on a ship full of pirates was a lot safer than he first thought it to be.
"I am not staying out here just because I'm a girl." She responded, pushing past him and into the tavern.
It was a rather rowdy place, that tavern was. Sheridan and Eitan stood in the doorway for a few moments, before a woman with a little too much makeup on grabbed Eitan's shoulder, smiling lewdly at him. "You're a little cutie, aren't you love?" He sent Sheridan a pleading look that she pretended to ignore. When he sighed and made a puppy-dog face, she sighed.
"Oh fine." She grabbed his arm and pulled him away from the harlot. "Baby." She whispered into his ear. He blushed slightly. "Excuse me ma'am." She asked of the harlot, who turned her attention to her.
"Women cost extra." She said almost on the spot. Sheridan gaped at her for a moment, before blinking back into reality.
"Uh, no...I'm straight, but thanks anyway."
"You're loss, poppet." The harlot said, smiling. "But what is it two
fine looking young ones like yourselves want with a tavern in Tortuga when you don't want the comfort of another in bed?" Her eyes were shining happily. "Or is it you two'd like your own bed to share?"
"No, that's quite all right." Eitan stepped between the harlot and Sheridan. "I don't think this place has any information about Captain Mariel." The tavern quieted so suddenly, Eitan shook his head, thinking his hearing had gone.
"Who wants to know about Captain Mariel?" Asked an old woman sitting in the back of the inn.
"We do." Sheridan said, going over to the woman. "Do you know where his ship makes berth?"
"And why do ye want to know?" the woman seemed to grin as she surveyed the two teen-agers. "Ah, I see we're not from these waters, so to speak, are we now?" Sheridan and Eitan looked at each other. "Ye, girl, will make a great pirate some day." Sheridan looked over at Eitan, smug. "And ye, boy, will go back to your real home soon enough, with your treasure at hand." She nodded to herself.
"Just what are you?" Eitan asked cautiously.
"A mere fortune teller and a woman from Mariel's family's city home from Brazil." She looked at the two children carefully, before leaning back. "Yes, Mariel was a good man, a long time ago, before he became a pirate." She closed her eyes. "He makes berth in Nassau. But the Shadow Cat is the fastest ship in these waters."
"That spot's been taken already by the Black Pearl." Sheridan said.
"Ah, ye be sailing under the black flags of Captain Jack Sparrow, are you?" She smiled at the children. "Be careful of the triangle trade route then, young Miss Sparrow." She winked at Sheridan, who glared at the woman. When Eitan elbowed her in the side, the glare turned into a grimace, then a plastered on smile.
"Thank you, ma'am." She grabbed Eitan's arm and started out the door. "Let's get back to the ship." She said as they reached the evaporating daylight of Tortuga. "We need to tell him that Mariel's going to Nassau before the Cat gets too far ahead of us." Eitan just nodded, having the feeling that if he said anything to Sheridan about the circulation being cut off from his hand because of her own, he'd be missing said hand, and be out cold on the ground, and if the harlot in the tavern was a woman who came out in the daytime, he didn't want to see who or what came out at night on Tortuga.