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next chapter! By the way, IMDB rules!!!
The quiet and sudden appearance of the cursed ship causes you to trip backwards off of the small ledge that you were standing on. With a high- pitched 'yelp!', your back hits the cold stone floor of the cell. You take many deep gulps of air, there being the fact that the wind has been knocked out of you. You gradually begin to catch your breath as you prop yourself up onto your elbows. Blinking several times, you notice that Jack Sparrow is gazing at you from under the dark brim of his hat. Sighing tiredly he mumbles,
"And to think that people call 'me' mad." He once again closes his eyes and rests his head against the wall. Smirking inwardly, you can't help but notice how devilishly handsome he is as he rests there. Your mind crashes back to the real matter at hand, though, as you hear the sound of a cannon being fired. 'Oh...no....' you think,'It's starting.'
Everyone who had before been quiet and peaceful, now sit erect and rigid. No longer slouching, Jack quickly sits upright and alert. The pirates in your neighboring cell anxiously fumble with bits of straw from the filthy floor. The only sound that can now be heard is your panicky breathing, which increases greatly at the sound of another cannon shot. Slowly lifting a hand to silence your rather loud intakes of air, Jack pushes back the brim of his hat, revealing his dark eyes, and says,
"I know those guns!" He hurriedly scrambles up to glance out of the tiny window that you had looked through minutes before. A slow smile comes across his face as he utters,
"It's the Pearl."
Pushing yourself slowly from the ground, you climb up beside him to gaze out of the window as well. You see the un-dead pirates row from the massive ghost ship to shore, screaming outbursts of terror. It runs a chill down your spine.
" Black Pearl? I've heard stories. She's been preying on ships and settlements fer near ten years. Never leaves any survivors......" One of the other pirates whimpers, bringing his face close to the bars of his cell, looking in the direction of the window as well
Knowing full well that you will be stealing one of Jack Sparrow's famous one-liners, you can't help yourself. As Jack turns to the pirate and opens his mouth to reply, you speak first.
"No survivors? Then where do the stories come from, I wonder?" Jack slowly turns to face you, both confusion and suspicion written all over his face.
"My words 'zactly." he mutters, almost inaudibly. Your heart pounds at the prospect of being so close to the captain, who gives off a fresh aroma of both rum and leather.
Deafening explosions turn your attentions back towards outside. You look on as the poor citizens of Port Royale run in terror from the cursed pirates. 'They're searching for it.' you think to yourself. 'They're looking for the medallion.'
Suddenly a thought strikes into your head, Elizabeth and Will are down there! You can imagine how at this moment, Ragetti and Pintel might have infiltrated Elizabeth's home, maybe even have captured her by now! Also, Will at this very moment, is down there fighting off the pirates, so unafraid and brave!
You jump suddenly as a cannon explodes uncomfortably close to the fort. With your mind flickering quickly back to the film, you remember that a hole will soon be blasted in this very wall by a cannon fire!. You quickly jump down from the ledge, and move over towards the farthest corner from the wall as possible. Watching the film in the theater made you feel happy and content. You feel far from content now. You flinch as another shot is fired threateningly close to the fort. In the beginning, this whole adventure had been quite amusing and fun! Now, it's just downright scary!
Your arms fly up to protect yourself as the unavoidable cannon comes shooting through the wall, throwing all the pirates, including Jack, to the floor. As the dust settles, the men seem to come to a bit, brushing the dirt out of their eyes. Sputtering a word that you know cannot mean anything good, Jack reaches over to his hat that had flown off in the explosion, and places it determinedly back on his head. In the next cell, the scabrous men hurriedly scamper out of the large hole that has been blown out of their side of the wall. The last pirate turns before exiting, and faces both of you in your cell.
"My sympathies, friends. You've no matter 'o' luck at all!" he says, referring to the small hole on your side of the cell. And with that, he scurries out with the rest, cackling with the happiness of being free. Jack remorsefully stands and stares out into the night. But with an amazing change of attitude, he quickly turns, picks up a small bone from the floor, and kneels by the cell door, beckoning the dog that lies underneath the stool in the corner.
"C'mon doggy! It's just you and me, an' Violet 'ere! C'mon! C'mon good boy! That's it, good boy, c'mon! Bit closer, bit closer! That's it, that's it, doggy!"
Watching this, you can't help but grin stupidly at the hilarity of the situation. Your happiness is shattered though at the sound of a crash from up the stairs. Pirates!! You would rather be dead than come into contact with any un-dead pirates! Kneeling down beside Sparrow, you too, beckon the dog.
"C'mon puppy! Who's a good boy? C'mon! C'mon!" You say in a fakey, high voice that you often use whenever you talk to your cat. Jack, meanwhile, is getting impatient at the dog's lax movement.
"C'mon, you slimy, filthy, mangy cad!" He growls in his low baritone voice. However, both of your attempts to call the dog over are shattered, when yet another crash is heard from above, frightening the dog away.
"No, no, no, no, no! I didn't mean it! I didn't mean..." Jack pleads after the dog.
You can't help but utter a shriek at the sight of an unconscious guard being hurled down the stairs. Retreating into a dark corner, you see the same two pirates in the movie come charging down the stairs.
"This ain't the armory!" one of them shouts as he looks about the room. The other notices Jack still kneeling against the cell door and grumbles,
"Well, well, well! Look what we 'ave 'ere Twigg! Captain Jack Sparrow!" (They don't seem to have noticed you ,yet, thank God!)
You utter an expression of disgust as the first pirate spits at Sparrow's feet.
"Last time I saw you, you were all alone on a Godforsaken island, shrinkin' into the distance! 'is fortunes aren't improved much!" Twigg sneers.
Your heart plummets into your intestines as your shoe scrapes slightly against the floor, causing all three pirates to look in your direction.
"Ay, Sparrow! Who's yer friend?" The pirate known as Twigg looks greedily toward you. With a worried expression on your face, you look to Jack pleadingly for any kind of help. In return, Jack clears his throat loudly so that the two others return their attention back on him. You let out a short sigh, as your heart rate goes back down from 300 mph to only 200mph.
"Worry about your own fortunes, gentlemen. The deepest circle of hell, is reserved for betrayers and mutineers." Jack taunts at them coyly.
With a threatening lunge, the first pirate grabs hold of Jack's neck revealing his pale, skeleton arm. Even though you've seen this part before, you can't help but gasp in surprise.
"You know nothing of hell." the pirate warns. He quickly thrusts Jack free, and he and Twigg head back up the stairs to obviously look for the armory.
As Jack sits stunned, gazing at the bone interestingly, you whisper,
"That's very interesting." Jack looks up and retorts,
"Ya, know, you 'ave a very annoying 'abbit of doin' that!"
"What?" You ask innocently.
"Takin' words outta me mouth, that's what!"
OK, end of chapter 3! Please, please review if you want me to continue! I'd greatly appreciate it! By the way, I always try to update within 4 days, and if I don't please bear with me! I will update! I promise! It will probably be just because of homework! Thanx!
The quiet and sudden appearance of the cursed ship causes you to trip backwards off of the small ledge that you were standing on. With a high- pitched 'yelp!', your back hits the cold stone floor of the cell. You take many deep gulps of air, there being the fact that the wind has been knocked out of you. You gradually begin to catch your breath as you prop yourself up onto your elbows. Blinking several times, you notice that Jack Sparrow is gazing at you from under the dark brim of his hat. Sighing tiredly he mumbles,
"And to think that people call 'me' mad." He once again closes his eyes and rests his head against the wall. Smirking inwardly, you can't help but notice how devilishly handsome he is as he rests there. Your mind crashes back to the real matter at hand, though, as you hear the sound of a cannon being fired. 'Oh...no....' you think,'It's starting.'
Everyone who had before been quiet and peaceful, now sit erect and rigid. No longer slouching, Jack quickly sits upright and alert. The pirates in your neighboring cell anxiously fumble with bits of straw from the filthy floor. The only sound that can now be heard is your panicky breathing, which increases greatly at the sound of another cannon shot. Slowly lifting a hand to silence your rather loud intakes of air, Jack pushes back the brim of his hat, revealing his dark eyes, and says,
"I know those guns!" He hurriedly scrambles up to glance out of the tiny window that you had looked through minutes before. A slow smile comes across his face as he utters,
"It's the Pearl."
Pushing yourself slowly from the ground, you climb up beside him to gaze out of the window as well. You see the un-dead pirates row from the massive ghost ship to shore, screaming outbursts of terror. It runs a chill down your spine.
" Black Pearl? I've heard stories. She's been preying on ships and settlements fer near ten years. Never leaves any survivors......" One of the other pirates whimpers, bringing his face close to the bars of his cell, looking in the direction of the window as well
Knowing full well that you will be stealing one of Jack Sparrow's famous one-liners, you can't help yourself. As Jack turns to the pirate and opens his mouth to reply, you speak first.
"No survivors? Then where do the stories come from, I wonder?" Jack slowly turns to face you, both confusion and suspicion written all over his face.
"My words 'zactly." he mutters, almost inaudibly. Your heart pounds at the prospect of being so close to the captain, who gives off a fresh aroma of both rum and leather.
Deafening explosions turn your attentions back towards outside. You look on as the poor citizens of Port Royale run in terror from the cursed pirates. 'They're searching for it.' you think to yourself. 'They're looking for the medallion.'
Suddenly a thought strikes into your head, Elizabeth and Will are down there! You can imagine how at this moment, Ragetti and Pintel might have infiltrated Elizabeth's home, maybe even have captured her by now! Also, Will at this very moment, is down there fighting off the pirates, so unafraid and brave!
You jump suddenly as a cannon explodes uncomfortably close to the fort. With your mind flickering quickly back to the film, you remember that a hole will soon be blasted in this very wall by a cannon fire!. You quickly jump down from the ledge, and move over towards the farthest corner from the wall as possible. Watching the film in the theater made you feel happy and content. You feel far from content now. You flinch as another shot is fired threateningly close to the fort. In the beginning, this whole adventure had been quite amusing and fun! Now, it's just downright scary!
Your arms fly up to protect yourself as the unavoidable cannon comes shooting through the wall, throwing all the pirates, including Jack, to the floor. As the dust settles, the men seem to come to a bit, brushing the dirt out of their eyes. Sputtering a word that you know cannot mean anything good, Jack reaches over to his hat that had flown off in the explosion, and places it determinedly back on his head. In the next cell, the scabrous men hurriedly scamper out of the large hole that has been blown out of their side of the wall. The last pirate turns before exiting, and faces both of you in your cell.
"My sympathies, friends. You've no matter 'o' luck at all!" he says, referring to the small hole on your side of the cell. And with that, he scurries out with the rest, cackling with the happiness of being free. Jack remorsefully stands and stares out into the night. But with an amazing change of attitude, he quickly turns, picks up a small bone from the floor, and kneels by the cell door, beckoning the dog that lies underneath the stool in the corner.
"C'mon doggy! It's just you and me, an' Violet 'ere! C'mon! C'mon good boy! That's it, good boy, c'mon! Bit closer, bit closer! That's it, that's it, doggy!"
Watching this, you can't help but grin stupidly at the hilarity of the situation. Your happiness is shattered though at the sound of a crash from up the stairs. Pirates!! You would rather be dead than come into contact with any un-dead pirates! Kneeling down beside Sparrow, you too, beckon the dog.
"C'mon puppy! Who's a good boy? C'mon! C'mon!" You say in a fakey, high voice that you often use whenever you talk to your cat. Jack, meanwhile, is getting impatient at the dog's lax movement.
"C'mon, you slimy, filthy, mangy cad!" He growls in his low baritone voice. However, both of your attempts to call the dog over are shattered, when yet another crash is heard from above, frightening the dog away.
"No, no, no, no, no! I didn't mean it! I didn't mean..." Jack pleads after the dog.
You can't help but utter a shriek at the sight of an unconscious guard being hurled down the stairs. Retreating into a dark corner, you see the same two pirates in the movie come charging down the stairs.
"This ain't the armory!" one of them shouts as he looks about the room. The other notices Jack still kneeling against the cell door and grumbles,
"Well, well, well! Look what we 'ave 'ere Twigg! Captain Jack Sparrow!" (They don't seem to have noticed you ,yet, thank God!)
You utter an expression of disgust as the first pirate spits at Sparrow's feet.
"Last time I saw you, you were all alone on a Godforsaken island, shrinkin' into the distance! 'is fortunes aren't improved much!" Twigg sneers.
Your heart plummets into your intestines as your shoe scrapes slightly against the floor, causing all three pirates to look in your direction.
"Ay, Sparrow! Who's yer friend?" The pirate known as Twigg looks greedily toward you. With a worried expression on your face, you look to Jack pleadingly for any kind of help. In return, Jack clears his throat loudly so that the two others return their attention back on him. You let out a short sigh, as your heart rate goes back down from 300 mph to only 200mph.
"Worry about your own fortunes, gentlemen. The deepest circle of hell, is reserved for betrayers and mutineers." Jack taunts at them coyly.
With a threatening lunge, the first pirate grabs hold of Jack's neck revealing his pale, skeleton arm. Even though you've seen this part before, you can't help but gasp in surprise.
"You know nothing of hell." the pirate warns. He quickly thrusts Jack free, and he and Twigg head back up the stairs to obviously look for the armory.
As Jack sits stunned, gazing at the bone interestingly, you whisper,
"That's very interesting." Jack looks up and retorts,
"Ya, know, you 'ave a very annoying 'abbit of doin' that!"
"What?" You ask innocently.
"Takin' words outta me mouth, that's what!"
OK, end of chapter 3! Please, please review if you want me to continue! I'd greatly appreciate it! By the way, I always try to update within 4 days, and if I don't please bear with me! I will update! I promise! It will probably be just because of homework! Thanx!