Chapter 15:
A/N: Well here we go again! More anger and a little happiness!
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"All right! Get on with your lives! Nothing to see here!" Gibbs shouted at the crowd of people standing around watching Jack, who was bent over picking up the necklace.
A woman came up behind him, caressing his shoulders with her long fingers. "Come on, after one night with me you'll forget all about that wench, I promise."
"Oh really?" Jack raised his eyebrow staring down at the woman, "What's your name?"
"Genevieve. Come on." She pulled on his arm slightly gazing up at his extraordinary brown eyes.
He turned to Gibbs with a smile, "Gibbs do us a favor and get rid of this!" He tossed the necklace to the man then walked up a flight of stairs with the woman.
"Jack! Jack! Come back here!" Elizabeth shouted at him with disgust.
"Don't even try it, Miss. He won't listen. The only person he ever listen to beside William Turner was Salina, and now they're both gone so he really doesn't care."
Elizabeth shook her head, "You're wrong. My cousin is still here, she's just hurt badly, because of him. She loves him Gibbs. Why do they hurt each other?"
"If I knew that this would've been solved a long time ago." Gibbs turned and walked to the bar.
"I can't let this happen, it's not supposed to be like this." Elizabeth turned and walked out of the pub.
Salina and Cat were sitting across the lot on an old bench in between some trees watching the commotion in the streets. "Cat what do you suppose we'll do now?"
"You're supposed to be the Captain not I."
Salina rested her head on the young woman's shoulder, "yeah but you're the first mate and I'm asking your advice."
"How about you march on in that there pub and sweep Sparrow right off his feet."
Salina sat up laughing, "Right I can see that happening, I'd pick him up and we'd both fall through the floor." The two women sat there laughing.
Elizabeth walked up to them with enraged eyes, "You're not going to do anything about this situation? You're just going to sit here and laugh about it like there's nothing wrong?"
"That's about right, love." Salina smiled innocently at her.
"What the bloody hell is wrong with you people!"
"Look Cat she cursed!"
"Bet that's the first time in her life!"
Elizabeth rolled her eyes and grabbed Salina from the bench, "You're coming with me."
"Why?"
"Because Jack's on the second floor of that pub in a room with a whore. THAT'S WHY!"
Salina's eyes widened, "WHAT?" She yanked her arm away from Elizabeth and marched irritably into the pub mumbling as she stomped. "Why that good for nothing, two timing, son of a -."
She walked up the stairs and down the hall until she came to a room with rum spilt on the floor in front of the door, "This is theirs all right."
Salina kicked the door opened and walked in aiming her pistol at the whore's head, "Slowly back off of him and get dressed."
The woman grabbed a sheet and wrapped herself in it, picking up her cloths as she left the room. "GET DRESSED!" She shouted at Jack.
"WHAT IN BLAZES DO YOU THINK YOU'RE DOING!"
"Getting your ass out of here, that's what!"
"Well maybe I don't want my ass out of here, ever think of that?"
She pointed the pistol in between his legs and raised an eyebrow, "Maybe with a little persuasion you will?"
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Downstairs in the pub Gibbs and Cat listened to the shouting going on upstairs, "She really does have an effect on him doesn't she?"
"Apparently so." Gibbs replied as they continued to listen in.
The woman who was in the room with Jack came running down the stairs now dressed, "I should've gotten paid ahead of time."
Gibbs and Cat broke out in laughter and watched as Salina brought Jack back down to the pub.
"Where's me necklace?" She shouted to Gibbs.
"Your necklace?" Jack looked at her curiously.
"It was mine to begin with!"
They hadn't even made it down the steps when the door to the pub was flung open and a rather unscrupulous pirate stepped in, his tattered hat hanging over his face, "Is there a Sparrow in this here pub?"
Salina's eyes flew to the man and she froze in her spot. Jack grabbed her arm and yanked her backwards up the stairs. "Come on."
Salina turned and ran after him trying not to look at the man who caught site of them fleeing the scene. More pirates rushed into the pub and began rummaging through, trying to find anything or anyone linked to Jack.
Gibbs tripped one pirate and hit him over the head with a rum bottle, "Me rum! Damn it why'd I have to pick up that bottle?" He was quickly brought into another brawl, as was Cat.
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When they had reached the top platform Jack pulled Salina to the left towards a window, but she pulled right to the other one. They stood there for a moment fighting over which direction to head in until a pistol went off and shot between them.
They turned their heads sideways and saw the pirate nearly at the top of the stairs; they both ran to the window on the right. Salina grabbed hold of Jack as they jumped through the glass window into the water at the docks. There were two big splashes and many small splashes as their bodies and the shards of glass came in contact with the water.
Jack surfaced first, his trusty hat floating next to him; he began looking around for Salina whom hadn't surfaced yet.
She poked her head out of the water enough to get a breath of air and then motioned for Jack to follow her. Her and Jack swam under one of the peers and waited there in the mirky water for the pirates to investigate and then leave the site.
Salina looked over at Jack and for the first time noticed how much of him had stayed the same. He still was the devilishly handsome man she fell in love with all those years ago, and he still had that glint of adventure in his eyes.
She pushed a few stray hairs out of his face and looked him over once more.
Jack looked at her confusingly, "What are you doing, love?"
Salina shook her head, "Nothing."
Jack grinned revealing his gold teeth, "You can't resist me can you?"
Salina's eyes widened in shock and she turned in the water making a small splash, "You know you are the most-." Jack swam behind her and covered her mouth with his hand.
"Hush, you'll get us caught." He whispered as he watched some of the pirates cross the peer above them. "Come on." He took a breath and pulled her under the water with him trying not to create too many bubbles.
Salina wrapped her leg around some seaweed to keep herself from floating off in the water; Jack held onto her trying to keep himself from floating away. Salina began to loosen her grip on the seaweed and float to the surface but Jack wouldn't let her.
She pointed to her throat and at the surface of the water and tried frantically to free herself so that she could get air, but her efforts were unsuccessful. Jack, realizing what condition she was in, grasped her face in his palms and pressed his lips to hers and blew air into her mouth.
After a moment he pulled away taking notice of her unconscious state. He pulled her to the surface of the water looking around to see if the pirates were gone before pulling her onto the peer.
She laid there on the peer her body cold and numb of motion; Jack started to apply pressure to her chest and then force air into her lungs. After a minute or so, Salina gagged up the polluted water and rolled onto her side.
Jack flopped backwards on the peer exhausted from all the excitement of the day. "You really need to learn how to take care of yourself, love?"
"What's that?"
"What do you mean what's that? Taking care of yourself, you know keeping yourself alive."
"No not that Jack! That!" Salina sat up and pointed to smoke rising from the pub.
"The Faithful Bride!" Jack shot up and grabbed Salina by the hand lifting her from the wood planks and dragging her down the peer.
"Jack! Please slow down! I haven't gotten my strength back yet!" She dropped onto the road just outside of the pub.
"Salina! Get up!" He lifted her by her armpits and stood her up straight gazing into her sea blue eyes, "listen to me, stay right here, and don't go anywhere, savvy?"
"Savvy." Jack let go of her and rushed to the pub as she fell back to her knees and then completely backwards into the ash and rubble.
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The sun crept over the horizon and Salina's eyes opened slowly taking in the light of day, she groaned and rubbed her eyes, " Jack, I had this really weird dream that we were being hunted by these really ugly looking pirates and then we were in water then a fire and then I passed out." Salina opened her eyes and looked around at the burned down building and her body lying in the road.
"It wasn't a dream! It really happened!"
Jack tossed some burnt wood into a small pile of ash, "No, it was as real as that sun over there, and now everything is gone."
"Gone?" Salina stood and walked over to the tired man.
"The crew, the ship, everything."
"The ship, the crew? Cat?" Salina turned and walked through the burned piled of wood looking for any remains. "What do we do now?" Her worn out voice stung her dry throat and her parched tongue.
"I don't know."
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A/N: I know, I know, sad ending. Very sorry, please don't be mad, more chapters to come soon! Review please! Thanks!
A/N: Well here we go again! More anger and a little happiness!
Disclaimer: NO! DON'T ASK!
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"All right! Get on with your lives! Nothing to see here!" Gibbs shouted at the crowd of people standing around watching Jack, who was bent over picking up the necklace.
A woman came up behind him, caressing his shoulders with her long fingers. "Come on, after one night with me you'll forget all about that wench, I promise."
"Oh really?" Jack raised his eyebrow staring down at the woman, "What's your name?"
"Genevieve. Come on." She pulled on his arm slightly gazing up at his extraordinary brown eyes.
He turned to Gibbs with a smile, "Gibbs do us a favor and get rid of this!" He tossed the necklace to the man then walked up a flight of stairs with the woman.
"Jack! Jack! Come back here!" Elizabeth shouted at him with disgust.
"Don't even try it, Miss. He won't listen. The only person he ever listen to beside William Turner was Salina, and now they're both gone so he really doesn't care."
Elizabeth shook her head, "You're wrong. My cousin is still here, she's just hurt badly, because of him. She loves him Gibbs. Why do they hurt each other?"
"If I knew that this would've been solved a long time ago." Gibbs turned and walked to the bar.
"I can't let this happen, it's not supposed to be like this." Elizabeth turned and walked out of the pub.
Salina and Cat were sitting across the lot on an old bench in between some trees watching the commotion in the streets. "Cat what do you suppose we'll do now?"
"You're supposed to be the Captain not I."
Salina rested her head on the young woman's shoulder, "yeah but you're the first mate and I'm asking your advice."
"How about you march on in that there pub and sweep Sparrow right off his feet."
Salina sat up laughing, "Right I can see that happening, I'd pick him up and we'd both fall through the floor." The two women sat there laughing.
Elizabeth walked up to them with enraged eyes, "You're not going to do anything about this situation? You're just going to sit here and laugh about it like there's nothing wrong?"
"That's about right, love." Salina smiled innocently at her.
"What the bloody hell is wrong with you people!"
"Look Cat she cursed!"
"Bet that's the first time in her life!"
Elizabeth rolled her eyes and grabbed Salina from the bench, "You're coming with me."
"Why?"
"Because Jack's on the second floor of that pub in a room with a whore. THAT'S WHY!"
Salina's eyes widened, "WHAT?" She yanked her arm away from Elizabeth and marched irritably into the pub mumbling as she stomped. "Why that good for nothing, two timing, son of a -."
She walked up the stairs and down the hall until she came to a room with rum spilt on the floor in front of the door, "This is theirs all right."
Salina kicked the door opened and walked in aiming her pistol at the whore's head, "Slowly back off of him and get dressed."
The woman grabbed a sheet and wrapped herself in it, picking up her cloths as she left the room. "GET DRESSED!" She shouted at Jack.
"WHAT IN BLAZES DO YOU THINK YOU'RE DOING!"
"Getting your ass out of here, that's what!"
"Well maybe I don't want my ass out of here, ever think of that?"
She pointed the pistol in between his legs and raised an eyebrow, "Maybe with a little persuasion you will?"
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Downstairs in the pub Gibbs and Cat listened to the shouting going on upstairs, "She really does have an effect on him doesn't she?"
"Apparently so." Gibbs replied as they continued to listen in.
The woman who was in the room with Jack came running down the stairs now dressed, "I should've gotten paid ahead of time."
Gibbs and Cat broke out in laughter and watched as Salina brought Jack back down to the pub.
"Where's me necklace?" She shouted to Gibbs.
"Your necklace?" Jack looked at her curiously.
"It was mine to begin with!"
They hadn't even made it down the steps when the door to the pub was flung open and a rather unscrupulous pirate stepped in, his tattered hat hanging over his face, "Is there a Sparrow in this here pub?"
Salina's eyes flew to the man and she froze in her spot. Jack grabbed her arm and yanked her backwards up the stairs. "Come on."
Salina turned and ran after him trying not to look at the man who caught site of them fleeing the scene. More pirates rushed into the pub and began rummaging through, trying to find anything or anyone linked to Jack.
Gibbs tripped one pirate and hit him over the head with a rum bottle, "Me rum! Damn it why'd I have to pick up that bottle?" He was quickly brought into another brawl, as was Cat.
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When they had reached the top platform Jack pulled Salina to the left towards a window, but she pulled right to the other one. They stood there for a moment fighting over which direction to head in until a pistol went off and shot between them.
They turned their heads sideways and saw the pirate nearly at the top of the stairs; they both ran to the window on the right. Salina grabbed hold of Jack as they jumped through the glass window into the water at the docks. There were two big splashes and many small splashes as their bodies and the shards of glass came in contact with the water.
Jack surfaced first, his trusty hat floating next to him; he began looking around for Salina whom hadn't surfaced yet.
She poked her head out of the water enough to get a breath of air and then motioned for Jack to follow her. Her and Jack swam under one of the peers and waited there in the mirky water for the pirates to investigate and then leave the site.
Salina looked over at Jack and for the first time noticed how much of him had stayed the same. He still was the devilishly handsome man she fell in love with all those years ago, and he still had that glint of adventure in his eyes.
She pushed a few stray hairs out of his face and looked him over once more.
Jack looked at her confusingly, "What are you doing, love?"
Salina shook her head, "Nothing."
Jack grinned revealing his gold teeth, "You can't resist me can you?"
Salina's eyes widened in shock and she turned in the water making a small splash, "You know you are the most-." Jack swam behind her and covered her mouth with his hand.
"Hush, you'll get us caught." He whispered as he watched some of the pirates cross the peer above them. "Come on." He took a breath and pulled her under the water with him trying not to create too many bubbles.
Salina wrapped her leg around some seaweed to keep herself from floating off in the water; Jack held onto her trying to keep himself from floating away. Salina began to loosen her grip on the seaweed and float to the surface but Jack wouldn't let her.
She pointed to her throat and at the surface of the water and tried frantically to free herself so that she could get air, but her efforts were unsuccessful. Jack, realizing what condition she was in, grasped her face in his palms and pressed his lips to hers and blew air into her mouth.
After a moment he pulled away taking notice of her unconscious state. He pulled her to the surface of the water looking around to see if the pirates were gone before pulling her onto the peer.
She laid there on the peer her body cold and numb of motion; Jack started to apply pressure to her chest and then force air into her lungs. After a minute or so, Salina gagged up the polluted water and rolled onto her side.
Jack flopped backwards on the peer exhausted from all the excitement of the day. "You really need to learn how to take care of yourself, love?"
"What's that?"
"What do you mean what's that? Taking care of yourself, you know keeping yourself alive."
"No not that Jack! That!" Salina sat up and pointed to smoke rising from the pub.
"The Faithful Bride!" Jack shot up and grabbed Salina by the hand lifting her from the wood planks and dragging her down the peer.
"Jack! Please slow down! I haven't gotten my strength back yet!" She dropped onto the road just outside of the pub.
"Salina! Get up!" He lifted her by her armpits and stood her up straight gazing into her sea blue eyes, "listen to me, stay right here, and don't go anywhere, savvy?"
"Savvy." Jack let go of her and rushed to the pub as she fell back to her knees and then completely backwards into the ash and rubble.
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The sun crept over the horizon and Salina's eyes opened slowly taking in the light of day, she groaned and rubbed her eyes, " Jack, I had this really weird dream that we were being hunted by these really ugly looking pirates and then we were in water then a fire and then I passed out." Salina opened her eyes and looked around at the burned down building and her body lying in the road.
"It wasn't a dream! It really happened!"
Jack tossed some burnt wood into a small pile of ash, "No, it was as real as that sun over there, and now everything is gone."
"Gone?" Salina stood and walked over to the tired man.
"The crew, the ship, everything."
"The ship, the crew? Cat?" Salina turned and walked through the burned piled of wood looking for any remains. "What do we do now?" Her worn out voice stung her dry throat and her parched tongue.
"I don't know."
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A/N: I know, I know, sad ending. Very sorry, please don't be mad, more chapters to come soon! Review please! Thanks!