Um, yah, OK, hi. I've been recently working in my new fanfic, but it's
kinda dark and depressing, so if that's not your bag, I wouldn't recommend
reading it. Sorry for babbling, here's chapter 12..
"G-G-G-G-Gibbs?" you muster as you stare at the torn, black sails that loom not very far into the horizon. Over the strong wind, however, no one hears your slight whimpering. Finding the ability to raise your voice, you shout
"Mr. Gibbs?" Still staring at the cursed ship, which, by the way, is even closer than before, you hear footsteps beside you.
"What tis is it that yer shoutin' about, lass?"
"The Black Pearl." you whisper.
"What was that?"
"The Black Pearl."
"Violet, yer gonna have ta speak louder!"
Sighing in frustration, you turn to Gibbs and forcefully shove his shoulders to face the horizon behind the Interceptor. A look of shock and fear crosses his face as he exclaims,
"Mother's love! The Pearl!"
"Duh!" you retort. Gibbs quickly moves back to face the rest of the crew who are all now staring at you.
"Hands aloft t'loose the gallants! With this wind, she'll carry every sail we've got!" Knowing that the Pearl will eventually catch up to you no matter what, you make no move to help. You only stare helplessly at the dark ship, with its menacingly large hull.
"What's happening?" you hear Elizabeth call from behind you. Turning around you see that both Elizabeth and Will have returned from below decks.
"The Black Pearl! She's gaining on us!" shouts Anamaria as she tugs at the wheel. Running up beside you, Elizabeth protests,
"But this is the fastest ship in the Caribbean!"
"Second fastest, actually" you correct her, pointing your finger knowingly in what you can imagine to be a very irritating manner. Looking around somewhat helplessly for a while, Elizabeth returns,
"We're shallow on the draft, right?"
"Aye," Anamaria agrees confusedly.
"Well, then can't we lose them amongst those shoals?" she says with a new bit of hope in her voice, pointing farther out into the ocean where the sea is noticeably shallower.
"Uh, Liz?" you step around to face Elizabeth and hold a time-out signal with your hands. "I, uh, hate to be a buzz-kill, but no matter what we do that ship is gonna catch us whether we like it or not. So we might as well just turn around fight them now." You realize now that everyone probably hates you now, but oh well. You're just trying to help.
"We don't have to outrun 'em long! Just long enough!" Gibbs tries to reason with you.
"Ugh. Whatever." You mumble inaudibly as you head to the hatch, which leads to the lower decks. As you sidestep Will, you hear him call after you,
"Violet! Where are you going?"
"To load the cannons!" You call back. After all, that's what they're going to do, eventually.
Once you have reached the dark interior of the lower levels, you head towards the supply crates and hastily pick up an assortment of large spoons and forks from the silverware drawer. Walking heatedly over to the first cannon, you stuff the many spoons and knives into the spout amongst the sound of the clatter as they hit the metal interior of the cannon. After a good ten minutes of doing this, you hear the rest of the crew hurry down. They stop suddenly when they see that you have already done the majority of loading the cannons. Shrugging, you state,
"Told ya we'd resort to this!" Nodding uncertainly the crew begins to take what's left from the crates and stuffs the remainder of it into the cannons that can hold more than what you've already put into them. Once that you are sure that the cannons are taken care of, you run back on deck, where only Gibbs, Will, Anamaria, Elizabeth, and a couple other crew members now stand. Your eyes widen in shock as you see how close that the Black Pearl is now. They now have oars on either side of the boat, which seems to be giving the ship more speed.
You walk up to stand beside Will and Elizabeth, your look of worry matching theirs.
"Lower the anchor on the right side. On the starboard side!" Elizabeth exclaims after a few moments. Confusion dawns the other three's faces until Will shrugs,
"It certainly gives the element of surprise."
"You're daft lady!" Anamaria accuses, "You all are!"
"Daft like Jack!" Gibbs adds with a hint of pride in his voice. Turning to the two crewmembers lurking near the bow of the ship, he shouts at them,
"Lower the starboard anchor! Do it ye dogs, or it's you we'll load into the cannons!" Knowing that Gibbs is serious, they then heave the large, heavy anchor over the right side and drop it. Knowing what's to come, you run to the rail and grip it for dear life. Sure enough, after a moment, you feel the ship give an awful lurch and you are hurled forward (almost overboard!). Still gripping, you hear Elizabeth shout to Anamaria,
"Let go!" You then hear the rattle of the ship's wheel being let loose behind you. The others fall against the side too, as the ship drags to the side, spinnng around to face the Black Pearl. The spray of saltwater splashes into your eyes as you look down at the ocean over the side of the ship.
Once you are able to stand upright again, you feel Gibbs grab your arm,
"Take this lass!" he thrusts a cutlass into your arms, "No pirate wants ta be caught withou' one!" Gazing curiously at your new weapon, you slowly unsheathe the sword. You smile as the sound of the metal being removed from its sheath fills your ears. You have no idea how to use it, but still, you feel a strange sense of power holding it in your arms. Almost as if you are now OFFICAILLLY a pirate. As you come out of your trance, you quickly sheathe the sword and head towards the other side of the ship to stand by Elizabeth and Will. To your dismay, you find yourself now gliding along past the Black Pearl, the pirates shouting curses and rants at you from across the small space of ocean that now lies between the two ships. Suddenly, just when you feel that the tension could not grow any bigger, you hear Elizabeth shout,
"Fire!" at the same time, you hear Barbossa, standing firmly on the deck of the Black Pearl, shout 'fire' as well. Quickly ducking beneath the railing, your hear the deafening sound of explosions being emitted from both ships. Soon, you realize that emissions can no longer be heard from the Interceptor, only from the Pearl. Your ship has run out of ammo. Damn.
"We could use a few more ideas, lass!" you hear Gibbs call to Elizabeth from beside you.
"Your turn!" Elizabeth calls back.
"We need us a devil's dowry!" Gibbs shouts, as if to himself.
You hear the sound of a pistol being coked beside you as you look to see Anamaria holding Elizabeth at gunpoint.
"We'll give 'em her!" she growls. You shake your head and reply,
"She's not what they're after." Turning to Will, you continue, "Will, go and get the medallion. It's down in the lower level!" No longer questioning you about 'knowing things', Will merely nods and hurriedly runs back toward the hatch. Poor Will. However, it's his movie destiny to almost die.
All at once, a sickening 'crack' is heard. Looking up, you see that a missile has been shot into the mast of the ship. Teetering for a moment, it eventually emits a low groan, and begins to fall downward. Stumbling back a ways, so as not to get crushed, you see that the mast, having now fallen over completely, now serves as a bridge leading from the Interceptor over to the Black Pearl.
Snapping around to Elizabeth behind you, you see her holding a long rifle and shooting at the pirates on the neighboring ship. You have to admire her spirit even though the bullets will do no good. Noticing you beside her, she shouts,
"Get your sword out! I think that they're going to board!" Gulping and nodding slowly, you unsheathe your sword as you see a mass of Barbossa's crew swing over to your ship, grasping long trails of rope. Hoping to avoid any sudden confrontation, you run to the other side of the ship, nearly tripping over the sails from the fallen mast. Turning around however, you see that you are already over taken by a few. They grin at you maliciously as more pirates saunter over, eventually forming a tight ring around you. Crap. Raising your sword, you start to swing menacingly every time that any of the pirates makes a move to come towards you.
"Back......off!" you threaten (although not very convincingly) as you continue to swing your blade around like a baseball bat, causing a whizzing sound to slice through the air. You can't help but notice that none of them look very scared. Why don't' they go and pick on Elizabeth or something?! Taking your eyes off of the herd of pirates for a moment, you see Elizabeth fighting off a pirate, using her rifle as a sword, and....wait! Is that Jack? Yay, it is! You can see him helping Elizabeth. Before you can call his attention over to you, however, you feel both of your arms being gripped, causing you to drop your sword. Dammit! You took your eyes off the mangy dogs for too long, and now they've got you! Struggling fiercely and kicking incessantly, you feel yourself being hauled up onto some random pirate's shoulder and being carried away.
"Put....me....down!" you scream, but it's no good. He obviously can't feel the pain of your kicks and punches (from being cursed and all).
"Jack!" you scream. You see Jack look at you from his kneeling position for a moment, a flicker of recognition on his eyes. But before he makes a move to help you, however, his eye catches some thing else and he shouts,
"Monkey!"
"'Old tight luv!" the smelly pirate of whose shoulder you are currently draped across calls to you. Craning your neck up and over behind you to see what he is doing, you see him grab hold of a rope and begin to swing you both over to the Black Pearl. Feeling the dreaded sense of flying again, both of you sail through the air until you feel an abrupt jolt. You are now aboard the Black Pearl. Looking around you, you see that the rest of your crew has now been tied to the mast, as well as Elizabeth, who looks as if she'd be ready to murder someone if she wasn't tied to the mast. There being no more room on the mast for you, you are dragged into the mass of the Pearl crew and tossed into the arms of two more pirates. Your arms are held tightly by the two, one of them being Bo'sun, the other, Twigg, that evil guy that you saw back in Port Royale. The many shouts and screams suddenly come to a halt as you hear Barbossa shout,
"Gents, our hope is restored!"
Alrighty, please review!! ~crickets sound~ Please????
"G-G-G-G-Gibbs?" you muster as you stare at the torn, black sails that loom not very far into the horizon. Over the strong wind, however, no one hears your slight whimpering. Finding the ability to raise your voice, you shout
"Mr. Gibbs?" Still staring at the cursed ship, which, by the way, is even closer than before, you hear footsteps beside you.
"What tis is it that yer shoutin' about, lass?"
"The Black Pearl." you whisper.
"What was that?"
"The Black Pearl."
"Violet, yer gonna have ta speak louder!"
Sighing in frustration, you turn to Gibbs and forcefully shove his shoulders to face the horizon behind the Interceptor. A look of shock and fear crosses his face as he exclaims,
"Mother's love! The Pearl!"
"Duh!" you retort. Gibbs quickly moves back to face the rest of the crew who are all now staring at you.
"Hands aloft t'loose the gallants! With this wind, she'll carry every sail we've got!" Knowing that the Pearl will eventually catch up to you no matter what, you make no move to help. You only stare helplessly at the dark ship, with its menacingly large hull.
"What's happening?" you hear Elizabeth call from behind you. Turning around you see that both Elizabeth and Will have returned from below decks.
"The Black Pearl! She's gaining on us!" shouts Anamaria as she tugs at the wheel. Running up beside you, Elizabeth protests,
"But this is the fastest ship in the Caribbean!"
"Second fastest, actually" you correct her, pointing your finger knowingly in what you can imagine to be a very irritating manner. Looking around somewhat helplessly for a while, Elizabeth returns,
"We're shallow on the draft, right?"
"Aye," Anamaria agrees confusedly.
"Well, then can't we lose them amongst those shoals?" she says with a new bit of hope in her voice, pointing farther out into the ocean where the sea is noticeably shallower.
"Uh, Liz?" you step around to face Elizabeth and hold a time-out signal with your hands. "I, uh, hate to be a buzz-kill, but no matter what we do that ship is gonna catch us whether we like it or not. So we might as well just turn around fight them now." You realize now that everyone probably hates you now, but oh well. You're just trying to help.
"We don't have to outrun 'em long! Just long enough!" Gibbs tries to reason with you.
"Ugh. Whatever." You mumble inaudibly as you head to the hatch, which leads to the lower decks. As you sidestep Will, you hear him call after you,
"Violet! Where are you going?"
"To load the cannons!" You call back. After all, that's what they're going to do, eventually.
Once you have reached the dark interior of the lower levels, you head towards the supply crates and hastily pick up an assortment of large spoons and forks from the silverware drawer. Walking heatedly over to the first cannon, you stuff the many spoons and knives into the spout amongst the sound of the clatter as they hit the metal interior of the cannon. After a good ten minutes of doing this, you hear the rest of the crew hurry down. They stop suddenly when they see that you have already done the majority of loading the cannons. Shrugging, you state,
"Told ya we'd resort to this!" Nodding uncertainly the crew begins to take what's left from the crates and stuffs the remainder of it into the cannons that can hold more than what you've already put into them. Once that you are sure that the cannons are taken care of, you run back on deck, where only Gibbs, Will, Anamaria, Elizabeth, and a couple other crew members now stand. Your eyes widen in shock as you see how close that the Black Pearl is now. They now have oars on either side of the boat, which seems to be giving the ship more speed.
You walk up to stand beside Will and Elizabeth, your look of worry matching theirs.
"Lower the anchor on the right side. On the starboard side!" Elizabeth exclaims after a few moments. Confusion dawns the other three's faces until Will shrugs,
"It certainly gives the element of surprise."
"You're daft lady!" Anamaria accuses, "You all are!"
"Daft like Jack!" Gibbs adds with a hint of pride in his voice. Turning to the two crewmembers lurking near the bow of the ship, he shouts at them,
"Lower the starboard anchor! Do it ye dogs, or it's you we'll load into the cannons!" Knowing that Gibbs is serious, they then heave the large, heavy anchor over the right side and drop it. Knowing what's to come, you run to the rail and grip it for dear life. Sure enough, after a moment, you feel the ship give an awful lurch and you are hurled forward (almost overboard!). Still gripping, you hear Elizabeth shout to Anamaria,
"Let go!" You then hear the rattle of the ship's wheel being let loose behind you. The others fall against the side too, as the ship drags to the side, spinnng around to face the Black Pearl. The spray of saltwater splashes into your eyes as you look down at the ocean over the side of the ship.
Once you are able to stand upright again, you feel Gibbs grab your arm,
"Take this lass!" he thrusts a cutlass into your arms, "No pirate wants ta be caught withou' one!" Gazing curiously at your new weapon, you slowly unsheathe the sword. You smile as the sound of the metal being removed from its sheath fills your ears. You have no idea how to use it, but still, you feel a strange sense of power holding it in your arms. Almost as if you are now OFFICAILLLY a pirate. As you come out of your trance, you quickly sheathe the sword and head towards the other side of the ship to stand by Elizabeth and Will. To your dismay, you find yourself now gliding along past the Black Pearl, the pirates shouting curses and rants at you from across the small space of ocean that now lies between the two ships. Suddenly, just when you feel that the tension could not grow any bigger, you hear Elizabeth shout,
"Fire!" at the same time, you hear Barbossa, standing firmly on the deck of the Black Pearl, shout 'fire' as well. Quickly ducking beneath the railing, your hear the deafening sound of explosions being emitted from both ships. Soon, you realize that emissions can no longer be heard from the Interceptor, only from the Pearl. Your ship has run out of ammo. Damn.
"We could use a few more ideas, lass!" you hear Gibbs call to Elizabeth from beside you.
"Your turn!" Elizabeth calls back.
"We need us a devil's dowry!" Gibbs shouts, as if to himself.
You hear the sound of a pistol being coked beside you as you look to see Anamaria holding Elizabeth at gunpoint.
"We'll give 'em her!" she growls. You shake your head and reply,
"She's not what they're after." Turning to Will, you continue, "Will, go and get the medallion. It's down in the lower level!" No longer questioning you about 'knowing things', Will merely nods and hurriedly runs back toward the hatch. Poor Will. However, it's his movie destiny to almost die.
All at once, a sickening 'crack' is heard. Looking up, you see that a missile has been shot into the mast of the ship. Teetering for a moment, it eventually emits a low groan, and begins to fall downward. Stumbling back a ways, so as not to get crushed, you see that the mast, having now fallen over completely, now serves as a bridge leading from the Interceptor over to the Black Pearl.
Snapping around to Elizabeth behind you, you see her holding a long rifle and shooting at the pirates on the neighboring ship. You have to admire her spirit even though the bullets will do no good. Noticing you beside her, she shouts,
"Get your sword out! I think that they're going to board!" Gulping and nodding slowly, you unsheathe your sword as you see a mass of Barbossa's crew swing over to your ship, grasping long trails of rope. Hoping to avoid any sudden confrontation, you run to the other side of the ship, nearly tripping over the sails from the fallen mast. Turning around however, you see that you are already over taken by a few. They grin at you maliciously as more pirates saunter over, eventually forming a tight ring around you. Crap. Raising your sword, you start to swing menacingly every time that any of the pirates makes a move to come towards you.
"Back......off!" you threaten (although not very convincingly) as you continue to swing your blade around like a baseball bat, causing a whizzing sound to slice through the air. You can't help but notice that none of them look very scared. Why don't' they go and pick on Elizabeth or something?! Taking your eyes off of the herd of pirates for a moment, you see Elizabeth fighting off a pirate, using her rifle as a sword, and....wait! Is that Jack? Yay, it is! You can see him helping Elizabeth. Before you can call his attention over to you, however, you feel both of your arms being gripped, causing you to drop your sword. Dammit! You took your eyes off the mangy dogs for too long, and now they've got you! Struggling fiercely and kicking incessantly, you feel yourself being hauled up onto some random pirate's shoulder and being carried away.
"Put....me....down!" you scream, but it's no good. He obviously can't feel the pain of your kicks and punches (from being cursed and all).
"Jack!" you scream. You see Jack look at you from his kneeling position for a moment, a flicker of recognition on his eyes. But before he makes a move to help you, however, his eye catches some thing else and he shouts,
"Monkey!"
"'Old tight luv!" the smelly pirate of whose shoulder you are currently draped across calls to you. Craning your neck up and over behind you to see what he is doing, you see him grab hold of a rope and begin to swing you both over to the Black Pearl. Feeling the dreaded sense of flying again, both of you sail through the air until you feel an abrupt jolt. You are now aboard the Black Pearl. Looking around you, you see that the rest of your crew has now been tied to the mast, as well as Elizabeth, who looks as if she'd be ready to murder someone if she wasn't tied to the mast. There being no more room on the mast for you, you are dragged into the mass of the Pearl crew and tossed into the arms of two more pirates. Your arms are held tightly by the two, one of them being Bo'sun, the other, Twigg, that evil guy that you saw back in Port Royale. The many shouts and screams suddenly come to a halt as you hear Barbossa shout,
"Gents, our hope is restored!"
Alrighty, please review!! ~crickets sound~ Please????