Disclaimer: Well, you have to read my first story, "Pirate Meetings" before
you read this. That disclaimer is the same as this one. I only own the
characters I made up and the storyline. Everything else belongs to others
such as the Walt Disney Company.except for the songs in here. (
Chapter 9: Running
Kaitlin was lying on top of her bed with her hands behind her head when there was a knock at the door. She sat up in a split second as the door opened and her parents walked in. She couldn't look at them as they got closer and sat down on her bed beside her. "Kate.may we have a word?"
"Sure.just hurry up. I need to sleep," she replied to her mother.
"I just heard about what your father did.you know.the arranged marriage. Well, I hate to say this, but it IS most likely the best plan for you to live a good and healthy life."
"So.you're taking your husband's side over your own flesh and blood?"
"Kaitlin.just listen. I think you should be allowed to pick who you marry, but you ARE an adult and need to live a great life."
"I thought you were going to stand up for me against him?"
"I am but-"
"NO, YOU'RE NOT! You just don't understand me at all. You're just like him!" she yelled as she pointed toward her father.
"Don't talk to your mother like that!" Will shouted back.
"Get the hell out of my room you bastard.and take my back-stabbing mother with you!" They both looked at Kaitlin and nodded their heads as they stood up and exited the room. She stood up and dragged her suitcase out from under her bed. "That's it.I'm leaving as soon as the sun sets." She threw on some brown pants and a brown vest over a white shirt to make her escape easier, and then tied her sword and gun to her belt. She left her long hair down, knowing that she had to at least look somewhat alright when seeing Jack.
The light shining in from the balcony turned from a yellow to a red-orange. She looked toward her balcony and walked out onto it as the wind started blow harder. She closed her eyes and took a deep breath, trying to relax herself. After a short moment, she walked back into her room and picked up her suitcase, dragging it to her door and cracking it open slightly. The hallway was empty and as quiet as a graveyard. It sent a chill up her spine, but she crept out the door and down the stairs. To her surprise, her parents didn't come out of their bedroom.
When she reached the front door, she carefully opened it and saw Jack standing there with his father. "What are you both doing here so early?"
"We've got a small problem."
"What is it, Captain Sparrow?"
"Just give me your belongings and I'll take them to a ship. The Commodore has the navy searching Port Royal for us. I know a secret way to get to the ship, but we need to go now." Kaitlin handed her luggage to the Captain and he darted down the path and out through the gates. Kate watched him until he was out of sight and then looked at Jack. "Well, I guess this is it, right?"
"Yeah," he said quietly, "But I'm glad you're coming with me this time." She couldn't help but smile as he leaned in and gave her a gentle kiss. All of a sudden, footsteps disturbed their moment and they looked all around them. Royal Navy officers had circled around them. "Jack Sparrow, you are under arrest!" Commodore Norrington shouted.
"You won't touch him!" Kaitlin shouted back as she wrapped her arms around Jack's waist, gripping his vest with her nails.
"Miss Turner, you must let me take this man in. He's a pirate."
"I don't care.I love him!"
"No you don't.you love me," David interrupted as he stepped forward.
"GO AWAY!" she yelled back as he grabbed her in his grip and more navy officials surrounded Jack, "JACK.RUN!" David tightened his hold on Kaitlin and made her cringe as she continued to struggle. Jack watched as they closed in around him and were soon within grasping him. "Sorry about this, gents," he said sarcastically as he nodded at Kate and whipped out his sword. She nodded her head and swung her arm, hitting David in the side. He let go and she did a front flip, landing next to Jack. "Let's do this," she whispered as she kissed him on the cheek and whipped out her gun.
"We have many more guns than you, Miss Turner. You both don't have a chance."
"Would you like to bet your life on that, Dave?" she asked as she shot about five officers in the head. Everyone else all stepped back in shock and watched as she and Jack stepped toward Commodore Norrington. "Miss Turner, I can place you under arrest for murder and treason against England. We don't want to kill you, but if we must, we must."
"Commodore, I don't see how I committed treason. As far as I see it, it was self-defense. Now, let us pass," she replied with a sharp tone as she raised her gun to Norrington's head.
"I'm afraid that I can't let you do that."
"Fine," she replied placing her gun back at her waist. She then kicked him right between the legs and did a front flip, landing on the heads of navy officers and creating a way out. Jack smiled and ran out of the circle, dragging her with her and down to the docks. The rest of the navy followed closely behind them until they saw Jack and Kaitlin jump into the ocean. They watched them swim to about two-hundred feet to the Black Pearl and climb onto a rope.
All of a sudden, the rope began to pull upward until the two fugitives disappeared onto the ship. "What shall we do, Commodore?"
"We have to go after them. Prepare the Dauntless II immediately!"
"And what do we do when we find them?" Dave interrupted.
"We must hang them.all of them."
Jack climbed aboard the Black Pearl as it drifted farther and farther out to sea. He then turned around and grabbed Kaitlin's arms, pulling her aboard. She wrapped her arms around his neck and rested her head on his shoulder, breathing heavily. Captain Sparrow darted to them and placed a hand on his son's shoulder. "Are you both alright? What happened?" He looked over at Kaitlin and saw the exhaustion and fear that had come to her eyes. She buried her head on Jack's shoulder as his father's gaze drifted away from her and onto his son again. "What happened?"
"Father, I'd like to show Kate to her cabin first. Then maybe we'll talk." His father gave him a smile as he watched his son walk down the stairs and disappear out of sight. Kaitlin still clung to her love's side as he opened the cabin she stayed in the last time she had traveled with them. He sat her down on the bed and knelt in front of her. "Kate, are you okay?"
"I.I don't know," she stuttered as she looked up at him. Jack noticed the trauma in her dark eyes and when he touched her face, she shuddered. "What's wrong?"
"N-Nothing, but I know that now you and the rest of the crew are in danger."
"We can avoid the fleet, we've done it before."
"That's not the point. The fact is that there're after me now too." Captain Sparrow crept down the stairs and stood outside her door, listening carefully for anything that could give him clues as to what happened. All of a sudden, he heard Kaitlin saying, "I shot them.I shot them!" He backed away from the door and walked back up onto the deck.
At that moment, Jack placed his hand over Kaitlin's lips, trying to calm her. "You did nothing wrong, Kaitlin."
"Jack, I killed them.I KILLED-"
"Shh," he said, as he placed a finger over her lips and kissed the corner of her mouth, "You need to relax. You saved my life as well as yours, and there's no way that I can repay you."
"Just keep me safe.that's all I want right now." Jack sat down next to Kate and lifted her chin so that her eyes met his. He pushed her hair back over her shoulder and stroked her cheek with his knuckles. She wrapped her arms around him and rested her head on his shoulder as a tear ran down her face. "You'll always be safe in my arms.you'll always be safe," Jack whispered as he put his arm around her and rubbed her arm gently.
Chapter 9: Running
Kaitlin was lying on top of her bed with her hands behind her head when there was a knock at the door. She sat up in a split second as the door opened and her parents walked in. She couldn't look at them as they got closer and sat down on her bed beside her. "Kate.may we have a word?"
"Sure.just hurry up. I need to sleep," she replied to her mother.
"I just heard about what your father did.you know.the arranged marriage. Well, I hate to say this, but it IS most likely the best plan for you to live a good and healthy life."
"So.you're taking your husband's side over your own flesh and blood?"
"Kaitlin.just listen. I think you should be allowed to pick who you marry, but you ARE an adult and need to live a great life."
"I thought you were going to stand up for me against him?"
"I am but-"
"NO, YOU'RE NOT! You just don't understand me at all. You're just like him!" she yelled as she pointed toward her father.
"Don't talk to your mother like that!" Will shouted back.
"Get the hell out of my room you bastard.and take my back-stabbing mother with you!" They both looked at Kaitlin and nodded their heads as they stood up and exited the room. She stood up and dragged her suitcase out from under her bed. "That's it.I'm leaving as soon as the sun sets." She threw on some brown pants and a brown vest over a white shirt to make her escape easier, and then tied her sword and gun to her belt. She left her long hair down, knowing that she had to at least look somewhat alright when seeing Jack.
The light shining in from the balcony turned from a yellow to a red-orange. She looked toward her balcony and walked out onto it as the wind started blow harder. She closed her eyes and took a deep breath, trying to relax herself. After a short moment, she walked back into her room and picked up her suitcase, dragging it to her door and cracking it open slightly. The hallway was empty and as quiet as a graveyard. It sent a chill up her spine, but she crept out the door and down the stairs. To her surprise, her parents didn't come out of their bedroom.
When she reached the front door, she carefully opened it and saw Jack standing there with his father. "What are you both doing here so early?"
"We've got a small problem."
"What is it, Captain Sparrow?"
"Just give me your belongings and I'll take them to a ship. The Commodore has the navy searching Port Royal for us. I know a secret way to get to the ship, but we need to go now." Kaitlin handed her luggage to the Captain and he darted down the path and out through the gates. Kate watched him until he was out of sight and then looked at Jack. "Well, I guess this is it, right?"
"Yeah," he said quietly, "But I'm glad you're coming with me this time." She couldn't help but smile as he leaned in and gave her a gentle kiss. All of a sudden, footsteps disturbed their moment and they looked all around them. Royal Navy officers had circled around them. "Jack Sparrow, you are under arrest!" Commodore Norrington shouted.
"You won't touch him!" Kaitlin shouted back as she wrapped her arms around Jack's waist, gripping his vest with her nails.
"Miss Turner, you must let me take this man in. He's a pirate."
"I don't care.I love him!"
"No you don't.you love me," David interrupted as he stepped forward.
"GO AWAY!" she yelled back as he grabbed her in his grip and more navy officials surrounded Jack, "JACK.RUN!" David tightened his hold on Kaitlin and made her cringe as she continued to struggle. Jack watched as they closed in around him and were soon within grasping him. "Sorry about this, gents," he said sarcastically as he nodded at Kate and whipped out his sword. She nodded her head and swung her arm, hitting David in the side. He let go and she did a front flip, landing next to Jack. "Let's do this," she whispered as she kissed him on the cheek and whipped out her gun.
"We have many more guns than you, Miss Turner. You both don't have a chance."
"Would you like to bet your life on that, Dave?" she asked as she shot about five officers in the head. Everyone else all stepped back in shock and watched as she and Jack stepped toward Commodore Norrington. "Miss Turner, I can place you under arrest for murder and treason against England. We don't want to kill you, but if we must, we must."
"Commodore, I don't see how I committed treason. As far as I see it, it was self-defense. Now, let us pass," she replied with a sharp tone as she raised her gun to Norrington's head.
"I'm afraid that I can't let you do that."
"Fine," she replied placing her gun back at her waist. She then kicked him right between the legs and did a front flip, landing on the heads of navy officers and creating a way out. Jack smiled and ran out of the circle, dragging her with her and down to the docks. The rest of the navy followed closely behind them until they saw Jack and Kaitlin jump into the ocean. They watched them swim to about two-hundred feet to the Black Pearl and climb onto a rope.
All of a sudden, the rope began to pull upward until the two fugitives disappeared onto the ship. "What shall we do, Commodore?"
"We have to go after them. Prepare the Dauntless II immediately!"
"And what do we do when we find them?" Dave interrupted.
"We must hang them.all of them."
Jack climbed aboard the Black Pearl as it drifted farther and farther out to sea. He then turned around and grabbed Kaitlin's arms, pulling her aboard. She wrapped her arms around his neck and rested her head on his shoulder, breathing heavily. Captain Sparrow darted to them and placed a hand on his son's shoulder. "Are you both alright? What happened?" He looked over at Kaitlin and saw the exhaustion and fear that had come to her eyes. She buried her head on Jack's shoulder as his father's gaze drifted away from her and onto his son again. "What happened?"
"Father, I'd like to show Kate to her cabin first. Then maybe we'll talk." His father gave him a smile as he watched his son walk down the stairs and disappear out of sight. Kaitlin still clung to her love's side as he opened the cabin she stayed in the last time she had traveled with them. He sat her down on the bed and knelt in front of her. "Kate, are you okay?"
"I.I don't know," she stuttered as she looked up at him. Jack noticed the trauma in her dark eyes and when he touched her face, she shuddered. "What's wrong?"
"N-Nothing, but I know that now you and the rest of the crew are in danger."
"We can avoid the fleet, we've done it before."
"That's not the point. The fact is that there're after me now too." Captain Sparrow crept down the stairs and stood outside her door, listening carefully for anything that could give him clues as to what happened. All of a sudden, he heard Kaitlin saying, "I shot them.I shot them!" He backed away from the door and walked back up onto the deck.
At that moment, Jack placed his hand over Kaitlin's lips, trying to calm her. "You did nothing wrong, Kaitlin."
"Jack, I killed them.I KILLED-"
"Shh," he said, as he placed a finger over her lips and kissed the corner of her mouth, "You need to relax. You saved my life as well as yours, and there's no way that I can repay you."
"Just keep me safe.that's all I want right now." Jack sat down next to Kate and lifted her chin so that her eyes met his. He pushed her hair back over her shoulder and stroked her cheek with his knuckles. She wrapped her arms around him and rested her head on his shoulder as a tear ran down her face. "You'll always be safe in my arms.you'll always be safe," Jack whispered as he put his arm around her and rubbed her arm gently.