They journied for three days, finally nearing Death Island on the fourth morning. Claudia stood at the bow of the ship, singing "A Pirates Life for Me" as she always did on long journeys by sea. Once in a while one of the crewmembers would mumble in part of the song, but for the most part, no one really paid her any attention and she was treated like part of the crew. Nothing important, but yet she didn't really care. It was just one of those things...you know that you're there but no one else really notices, because they are busy with other things. Although she was mostly ignored by Gibbs and Anna-Maria, she was frequently noticed by some of the other crewmembers. Of course, when one would comment on her to Sparrow, he'd tell them not to touch her, that she was offlimits.
In a way she felt special, yet in a way she didn't. Most of the time she felt like she was someone of great importance, other times she felt like she was some kind of trophy, dusted and needed to be polished off. She just wished that she could see her cousin again soon, and that hopefully she'd be able to live her dream.
"Land ahead, Captain!" Shouted one of the men, as they approached and docked on the island. Everyone was scurrying out of the ship, taking with him or her swords, guns and dynamite. Claudia was one of the last people off, and for a few minutes stood on the ship looking out at the sea behind them. She could see a very vague image, but she couldn't make it out so she didn't say anything. Gibbs grabbed her arm and forced her to fall into line behind Anna-Maria and the others.
They marched around the island until they came to a blocked in cave. Sparrow, who was leading the line, tossed his bag on the ground and dug around in it until he found whole bunches of dynamite. He wedged three of them underneath a rock in the middle of it. He then stood back and looked at it, as if examining it for some sort of flaw. When convinced that it would work fine, he turned and called to Anna-Maria.
"Anna-Maria, the powder."
Anna-Maria shuffled in her rucksack for a few moments until she found a small white bag containing gunpowder. She then tossed it to him, which he did not catch, but missed, and then watched it land on the ground at his feet. He then looked back at the crew, some of them cracking a smile and holding back their laughter. Sparrow grinned and then said, "Aye, I meant to do that." He picked up the bag and continued to set up the dynamite. A few moments later, he turned his head and said to the others, "Stand back." Everyone took a step back as Sparrow lighted the powder. He took a step back and covered his ears, to avoid the immense BOOM! that followed the light closely behind. The explosion sent the rocks that were blocking the entrance sailing through the air, causing everyone to duck so that one wouldn't pummel them. When all was settled, they stood again, peering into the dark black entrance of the cave.
"Captain," Gibbs broke the silence from the end of the line. Sparrow looked up and nodded.
"Aye, what is it Mate?"
"Look." Gibbs pointed to a coming British Ship. Anna-Maria grabbed Claudia by the arm.
"They've come for you."