Chapter 17:
A/N: Good Morning Ya'll! lol, anyways I love you guys so much, 74 reviews within 17 chapters that's more than my last story got within 20-25 chapters! I want to thank you all, but how? I KNOW HOW! CANDY! *grabs bags of candy off of shelf* Okay I got: Skittles, M&M's, Twizzlers, and some Kisses (Hershey Kisses (pip!)). *passes out candy from a big sack like Santa's*
Reviewer: Is that an elf?
Nev: No that's just my sister *shrugs and hands out candy* Heres some for you, and you, and you! Oops I'm out of candy!
All Reviewers: WHAT!?!?!?! *Draw swords and pistols all pointing at Nev*
Nev: *holds up bag of candy and smiles* Just kidding! *Watches them sheath their swords and put away their pistols then wipes brow* I think it's beat if I move on with the story before I get shot, so without further delay HERE IT IS!
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Jack watched an intoxicated man swagger down the street, his hair was a mess and his gut was hanging out. Jack turned from the window and looked at Salina. "That could be me right now, but no we had to come here." He slumped down in an old rickety wooden chair.
"And where would you go to get your precious rum? The Faithful Bride is in ashes." She gave a careless glance over to Jack and then sat quiet once again.
They were in the front room of the Mystic's house waiting for their session to begin. Jack, trying to keep himself amused, began twiddling his thumbs, that didn't last long. "Dear lord this is her house and we're the guests, we shouldn't be waiting for her she should be-."
"The mystic will see you now." A maid walked out of the back room, she stood tall and thin, she couldn't have been more then seventeen. Salina looked at her pale face and long brown locks, she was beautiful, and it bewildered her to see such a fine young woman in this place, but she stood anyway.
"S'bout time," Jack slurred as he stood and followed the young woman to the Mystic's room.
They entered the room and an old woman sat behind a small table wrapped in enchanting clothes and fabrics, her old grey hair hung down in long strands over her shoulders. "Please sit down." She asked politely her voice coarse but fragile at the same time.
Salina looked over to Jack who was too busy flirting with the maid to even hear the request. Salina gripped her fists and waited a minute to see if he would stop on his own and realize that everyone was waiting on him before she stood and yanked him to a seat. "Jack I swear one of these days if some other cutthroat doesn't kill you out of mercy for everyone else on this earth, I WILL!"
The old woman sat in front of the table chuckling over the incident. "Ah, young love. I suppose this is why you are here? Problems in the relationship, eh?"
"Trust me if there were a relationship there would be problems." Salina scoffed as she leaned back in the chair.
Again the woman laughed, "So why is it you have come to see me then?"
Jack looked away grumbling, "Some Mystic she is, can't even see why we are here."
"Don't impugn me powers boy!" She reached across the table and hit him on the head with her wooden cane, now it was Salina's turn to laugh. "I merely wanted to see if you knew why you were here."
Jack took his hat off and began rubbing his head in the spot where the cane had hit, "We want to locate a ship, we were hoping you could help."
"Ah, I see. But is that the real reason why you came. You don't want to find truth anywhere else?" The woman turned to Salina giving a questioning grin.
Salina eyed her a moment before placing some gold coins on the table, "We are willing to pay you handsomely for your cooperation."
Jack gaped at the gold, "Where'd you get that?"
"Me own personal stash, what a woman's not allowed to be rich?" Jack turned back from the gold and looked to the woman who studied them both.
"It's a pirate ship you seek, right? I won't help, it's bad enough the navy already wants me locked up I can not help you with this, they will lock me up for sure."
Salina looked at her pleadingly, "Please, this is our lives. Our family is on there, we- I can't loose them again." Salina placed her hand on the old woman's in a sympathetic way. "Please."
Jack sat back watching all of this with intense eyes, the woman looked between the two pirates and sighed, "I'm sorry Milady but I can't."
She dropped Salina's hand and started to leave the room, Salina shifted in her seat to watch her retreat from the room. At the same time some rough looking fellows entered the house.
"Eh, are ye the witch?" Their words slurred horribly and the stench of rum and whiskey surrounded them.
"I am no witch!" The old woman protested.
The man swayed slightly as he pulled out his pistol and aimed it at the old woman, "Die witch!"
"Grana-Shanks!" The young woman came running out of another room and grabbed the old woman to the floor. The pistol fired and its bullet buried itself into the wall.
"Bloody ell'!" He began reloading the gun swaying back and forth as the other scrupulous fellow walked up to the two women his gun extended down at them. "Which one of ye would like to go first?" He asked showing his rotten dingy teeth.
"Hey!" The man looked up from the women and saw Salina.
"Oy! Can't ye see I'm busy here, I'll be with ye later!"
Salina grabbed the cane from the ground and knocked him aside. She then unsheathed her sword and placed it to his neck, she froze as she felt the barrel of a gun on her flesh.
"Such a fine figure ye have, your flesh is so soft and pure," He rubbed his hand across Salina's back, "too bad ye won't have it any more if ye don't release him!"
Salina laughed, turning and facing him, "Sir, answer me question here, how many men were in this building when you entered?"
The man looked her over thinking about the question, "None, just ye and the two witches here."
Salina got close to his face resting her hands on his shoulders. "you see, that's where you're wrong," she thrust him backwards into Jack's sword, "there was one man and three women, you really need to pay more attention."
The man gagged on the blood seeping in his throat. "Now," Salina turned and placed the tip of her sword to the other man's neck, "How might you be?"
He stuttered slightly, "Th-the names Timothy."
"Timothy, eh? Well Tim I'll give you a choice. You can either run out of this here building and never disturb these woman again or you can stay and I can make your death slow and painful. So what be your choice?"
"I'll leave."
"Good choice," Salina removed her sword and watched him run from the house stumbling a few times. "Well then now that that's settled, lets get back to our little session, okay?"
Jack wiped off his sword and looked at Salina, "What am I going to do about the body?" Salina smiled wickedly and motioned for the back door.
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Moments later the two of them returned without the body.
"What did you do with the corpse?" The younger woman questioned.
"Oh, he's having a nice swim with the minnows now." Salina teased, "Say what's your name?"
"My names Catharine, Catharine Shanks." The woman did a curtsey.
"No need to be polite, I'm not anyone of importance."
"Oh but you are," the old woman appeared from her room, "you're the daughter of a governor, slain by this man, you rebelled against your uncle and became a pirate now you hunt a former crew mate to retrieve someone you lost long ago and vowed never to lose again, your cousin Elizabeth."
Salina looked at the woman in awe her eyes filling with sorrow, "How do you know that?"
"I have the sight, when you were enraged moments ago it brought out all of your feelings and emotions, I read them all. So much hate and anger caged inside of you. Whom ever has taken your cousin surely has upset you greatly, even more so then before." She gazed down at Jack who was sitting in her room waiting patiently for once. "Seems how you found what you lost last time."
"Yes well we are not here to talk about the past we are here to talk about our present circumstances."
"But the present circumstances involve the past just as much as the present, you can't keep denying everyone the truth about your past. They need to know what happened on the Black Pearl to know how to stop Barbossa this time."
"What happened in the past is of no importance any more."
"But it is and the sooner you learn that then you can destroy this person, this pirate for whom you hate so much."
"I will not bring the past back, I can't!"
"Was it that bad? Is love really that bad? How come it pains you so much to see him, to hear his voice?" Jack began to see interest in this conversation.
"You know why it pains me so much! You can see it!"
"I'm not asking you to tell me but him! You have to tell him! You have to be true to yourself and with everyone! By keeping yourself in the dark and away from everyone you have put up a barrier and slowly you are closing everyone out and it is killing them! Can't you see? They want to help to help you but you won't let them. This thing with Barbossa makes it worse and hard for you to keep your secrets and it is hurting you so much to keep them balled up inside! Let them out! Let people know!"
"I can't!" Salina screamed nearly turning to tears, her body was shaking rapidly in fear and in pain she was at a loss.
"Why not?"
"Because I am a Captain, I don't have the luxury of being emotional!"
"You are human first and foremost, you can't deny your emotions for long because they will eat you up!"
"Fine you want to know what I feel? I feel pain, pain because I wish to love but I can't because my life is so screwed up and because I haven't got the guts to admit my feelings. I am too wrapped up in this battle and the never-ending adventure of the sea to even realize I am slowly wasting away. The only person who can even share how I feel is a drunk who' mind is too fixed on the sea and a good time with a woman! He is the only person who can comprehend how I feel, and that is only a small part. I have sailed for years in search of what I had lost, what I gave up, to be what? A pirate, a swashbuckler, a scalawag? I hate my life because even as I pretend to be happy and content I want more. Not treasure but life, I need love and I crave for it from the one person whom I swore to resist! It kills me everyday to see him to hear him because it constantly reminds me of what I want and what I cannot have! I love him and it hurts I just don't want it anymore! I don't want it!" Salina doubled over sobbing and banging her fists on the floor.
Jack stood and walked over to her, he crouched down next to her rubbing her back. There were no words he could say or even think of he was dumbfounded beyond belief. He moved Salina to where she was leaning up against his chest the tears still running down her face.
"Don't leave me, don't ever leave me." She whispered in between sobs, "I can't bare to loose you again."
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A/N: I think I'll leave it there for today, more candy? Well please review and tell me how you like it! Thanks!
A/N: Good Morning Ya'll! lol, anyways I love you guys so much, 74 reviews within 17 chapters that's more than my last story got within 20-25 chapters! I want to thank you all, but how? I KNOW HOW! CANDY! *grabs bags of candy off of shelf* Okay I got: Skittles, M&M's, Twizzlers, and some Kisses (Hershey Kisses (pip!)). *passes out candy from a big sack like Santa's*
Reviewer: Is that an elf?
Nev: No that's just my sister *shrugs and hands out candy* Heres some for you, and you, and you! Oops I'm out of candy!
All Reviewers: WHAT!?!?!?! *Draw swords and pistols all pointing at Nev*
Nev: *holds up bag of candy and smiles* Just kidding! *Watches them sheath their swords and put away their pistols then wipes brow* I think it's beat if I move on with the story before I get shot, so without further delay HERE IT IS!
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Jack watched an intoxicated man swagger down the street, his hair was a mess and his gut was hanging out. Jack turned from the window and looked at Salina. "That could be me right now, but no we had to come here." He slumped down in an old rickety wooden chair.
"And where would you go to get your precious rum? The Faithful Bride is in ashes." She gave a careless glance over to Jack and then sat quiet once again.
They were in the front room of the Mystic's house waiting for their session to begin. Jack, trying to keep himself amused, began twiddling his thumbs, that didn't last long. "Dear lord this is her house and we're the guests, we shouldn't be waiting for her she should be-."
"The mystic will see you now." A maid walked out of the back room, she stood tall and thin, she couldn't have been more then seventeen. Salina looked at her pale face and long brown locks, she was beautiful, and it bewildered her to see such a fine young woman in this place, but she stood anyway.
"S'bout time," Jack slurred as he stood and followed the young woman to the Mystic's room.
They entered the room and an old woman sat behind a small table wrapped in enchanting clothes and fabrics, her old grey hair hung down in long strands over her shoulders. "Please sit down." She asked politely her voice coarse but fragile at the same time.
Salina looked over to Jack who was too busy flirting with the maid to even hear the request. Salina gripped her fists and waited a minute to see if he would stop on his own and realize that everyone was waiting on him before she stood and yanked him to a seat. "Jack I swear one of these days if some other cutthroat doesn't kill you out of mercy for everyone else on this earth, I WILL!"
The old woman sat in front of the table chuckling over the incident. "Ah, young love. I suppose this is why you are here? Problems in the relationship, eh?"
"Trust me if there were a relationship there would be problems." Salina scoffed as she leaned back in the chair.
Again the woman laughed, "So why is it you have come to see me then?"
Jack looked away grumbling, "Some Mystic she is, can't even see why we are here."
"Don't impugn me powers boy!" She reached across the table and hit him on the head with her wooden cane, now it was Salina's turn to laugh. "I merely wanted to see if you knew why you were here."
Jack took his hat off and began rubbing his head in the spot where the cane had hit, "We want to locate a ship, we were hoping you could help."
"Ah, I see. But is that the real reason why you came. You don't want to find truth anywhere else?" The woman turned to Salina giving a questioning grin.
Salina eyed her a moment before placing some gold coins on the table, "We are willing to pay you handsomely for your cooperation."
Jack gaped at the gold, "Where'd you get that?"
"Me own personal stash, what a woman's not allowed to be rich?" Jack turned back from the gold and looked to the woman who studied them both.
"It's a pirate ship you seek, right? I won't help, it's bad enough the navy already wants me locked up I can not help you with this, they will lock me up for sure."
Salina looked at her pleadingly, "Please, this is our lives. Our family is on there, we- I can't loose them again." Salina placed her hand on the old woman's in a sympathetic way. "Please."
Jack sat back watching all of this with intense eyes, the woman looked between the two pirates and sighed, "I'm sorry Milady but I can't."
She dropped Salina's hand and started to leave the room, Salina shifted in her seat to watch her retreat from the room. At the same time some rough looking fellows entered the house.
"Eh, are ye the witch?" Their words slurred horribly and the stench of rum and whiskey surrounded them.
"I am no witch!" The old woman protested.
The man swayed slightly as he pulled out his pistol and aimed it at the old woman, "Die witch!"
"Grana-Shanks!" The young woman came running out of another room and grabbed the old woman to the floor. The pistol fired and its bullet buried itself into the wall.
"Bloody ell'!" He began reloading the gun swaying back and forth as the other scrupulous fellow walked up to the two women his gun extended down at them. "Which one of ye would like to go first?" He asked showing his rotten dingy teeth.
"Hey!" The man looked up from the women and saw Salina.
"Oy! Can't ye see I'm busy here, I'll be with ye later!"
Salina grabbed the cane from the ground and knocked him aside. She then unsheathed her sword and placed it to his neck, she froze as she felt the barrel of a gun on her flesh.
"Such a fine figure ye have, your flesh is so soft and pure," He rubbed his hand across Salina's back, "too bad ye won't have it any more if ye don't release him!"
Salina laughed, turning and facing him, "Sir, answer me question here, how many men were in this building when you entered?"
The man looked her over thinking about the question, "None, just ye and the two witches here."
Salina got close to his face resting her hands on his shoulders. "you see, that's where you're wrong," she thrust him backwards into Jack's sword, "there was one man and three women, you really need to pay more attention."
The man gagged on the blood seeping in his throat. "Now," Salina turned and placed the tip of her sword to the other man's neck, "How might you be?"
He stuttered slightly, "Th-the names Timothy."
"Timothy, eh? Well Tim I'll give you a choice. You can either run out of this here building and never disturb these woman again or you can stay and I can make your death slow and painful. So what be your choice?"
"I'll leave."
"Good choice," Salina removed her sword and watched him run from the house stumbling a few times. "Well then now that that's settled, lets get back to our little session, okay?"
Jack wiped off his sword and looked at Salina, "What am I going to do about the body?" Salina smiled wickedly and motioned for the back door.
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Moments later the two of them returned without the body.
"What did you do with the corpse?" The younger woman questioned.
"Oh, he's having a nice swim with the minnows now." Salina teased, "Say what's your name?"
"My names Catharine, Catharine Shanks." The woman did a curtsey.
"No need to be polite, I'm not anyone of importance."
"Oh but you are," the old woman appeared from her room, "you're the daughter of a governor, slain by this man, you rebelled against your uncle and became a pirate now you hunt a former crew mate to retrieve someone you lost long ago and vowed never to lose again, your cousin Elizabeth."
Salina looked at the woman in awe her eyes filling with sorrow, "How do you know that?"
"I have the sight, when you were enraged moments ago it brought out all of your feelings and emotions, I read them all. So much hate and anger caged inside of you. Whom ever has taken your cousin surely has upset you greatly, even more so then before." She gazed down at Jack who was sitting in her room waiting patiently for once. "Seems how you found what you lost last time."
"Yes well we are not here to talk about the past we are here to talk about our present circumstances."
"But the present circumstances involve the past just as much as the present, you can't keep denying everyone the truth about your past. They need to know what happened on the Black Pearl to know how to stop Barbossa this time."
"What happened in the past is of no importance any more."
"But it is and the sooner you learn that then you can destroy this person, this pirate for whom you hate so much."
"I will not bring the past back, I can't!"
"Was it that bad? Is love really that bad? How come it pains you so much to see him, to hear his voice?" Jack began to see interest in this conversation.
"You know why it pains me so much! You can see it!"
"I'm not asking you to tell me but him! You have to tell him! You have to be true to yourself and with everyone! By keeping yourself in the dark and away from everyone you have put up a barrier and slowly you are closing everyone out and it is killing them! Can't you see? They want to help to help you but you won't let them. This thing with Barbossa makes it worse and hard for you to keep your secrets and it is hurting you so much to keep them balled up inside! Let them out! Let people know!"
"I can't!" Salina screamed nearly turning to tears, her body was shaking rapidly in fear and in pain she was at a loss.
"Why not?"
"Because I am a Captain, I don't have the luxury of being emotional!"
"You are human first and foremost, you can't deny your emotions for long because they will eat you up!"
"Fine you want to know what I feel? I feel pain, pain because I wish to love but I can't because my life is so screwed up and because I haven't got the guts to admit my feelings. I am too wrapped up in this battle and the never-ending adventure of the sea to even realize I am slowly wasting away. The only person who can even share how I feel is a drunk who' mind is too fixed on the sea and a good time with a woman! He is the only person who can comprehend how I feel, and that is only a small part. I have sailed for years in search of what I had lost, what I gave up, to be what? A pirate, a swashbuckler, a scalawag? I hate my life because even as I pretend to be happy and content I want more. Not treasure but life, I need love and I crave for it from the one person whom I swore to resist! It kills me everyday to see him to hear him because it constantly reminds me of what I want and what I cannot have! I love him and it hurts I just don't want it anymore! I don't want it!" Salina doubled over sobbing and banging her fists on the floor.
Jack stood and walked over to her, he crouched down next to her rubbing her back. There were no words he could say or even think of he was dumbfounded beyond belief. He moved Salina to where she was leaning up against his chest the tears still running down her face.
"Don't leave me, don't ever leave me." She whispered in between sobs, "I can't bare to loose you again."
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A/N: I think I'll leave it there for today, more candy? Well please review and tell me how you like it! Thanks!