It took two weeks, but the HMS Interceptor finally caught up to the notorious Black Pearl off an island in the Bahamas. However, just as it seemed they would finally capture the elusive pirates Captain Jack Sparrow did what he was famous for. Something absolutely, positively insane. He sailed the ship straight into the Bermuda triangle.....
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"Captain! We can't risk the triangle! All sortsa strange goings on in there." Mr Gibbs told Jack Sparrow worriedly.
Jack Sparrow fixed him with a devil may care grin tm, "Why Mr. Gibbs, after cursed pirates what can a little stretch of ocean surprise us with?" Not waiting for an answer he returned to his steering.
"Captain!" Anamarie's voice came urgently, "They're still following us."
Jack grinned approvingly, "Well, well you surprise me Commodore."
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"Commodore" Captain Gillett said urgently, "You're surely not going to follow Sparrow into the Bermuda Triangle!" Surely no one other than Sparrow himself could be that crazy.
Hands behind his back, Norrington didn't turn, "Naturally I am, I see no reason to allow a little stretch of ocean keep me from capturing Captain Sparrow."
"But Commodore, the Bermuda triangle? No one knows what power that place holds."
"Superstitious nonsense." Norrington said stiffly, eyes fixed on the shape of the Black Pearl.
"That's what I thought when Miss Swann told me about the cursed pirates." Gillett muttered to himself, but knew better than to mention her aloud. Having grown tired of her Blacksmith lover the young woman had actually signed on a pirate crew and was making a name for herself as one of the most fearsome pirates on the Caribbean. Her turning to pirating was the reason Norrington had become so hellbent on pursing any and all pirates. Including ones no other British commander would chase, such as Jack Sparrow, who was considered to crazy to go up against. But not Norrington. He ruthlessly hunted down any pirate who entered his waters.
Oddly the blacksmith himself had not been upset by his love's disappearance but had simply gone back to his forge and continued to put out unmatchable swords. As well as more mundane items. Popular belief was that he had helped her find the pirates and still kept in touch with her.
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Aboard the Black Pearl shivering pirates were loading themselves with as many layers as they could get their hands on. Oblivious to the cold Captain Jack Sparrow had a maniacal grin on his face. Putting his hand out, palm up, he collected a bit of the white, downy stuff that was falling from the sky, "Well that's interesting."