Chapter 21:
A/n: I know the last one was a sort of cliffhanger; forgive me!
Anne: Your not forgiven!
Pip: Aye what she said!
Nev: Where did you two come from?
Anne: thin air! *rolls eyes* Have ye found the ship yet?
Nev: do I look like a bloody detective to you? Go get Mr. Crane if ye want a detective! (he he.. had too) *thinks: ah, Johnny Depp*
Pip: *pops dream bubble over Nev's head* ahem!
Nev: and what was that for? *looks puzzled*
Pip: If ye haven't noticed we're in a bit of a bide here!
Nev: Oh, right! The ship, got it! Let me think. *ponders for a few moments* Anne was the last one with the ship, and it's her bloody ship anyway why do I get stuck looking for it?
Ann: Because it's your ride out of here that's why! *hits nev upside the head*
Nev: That hurt! *rubs scalp*
Pip: *rolls eyes* This could take a while, better get on with the story, mates! You'll find it just bellow the arguing duo up here! *gets whacked in the head by Nev and Anne*
Anne: We are not an arguing duo! *watches as Pippin falls to the floor*
Nev: *shakes pip* Pip? Pip? Hello? *looks up at Anne* I think we've killed her!
Anne: Hog wash! *pulls screen down and points to story* read ye bloody misfits!
Nev: Hey! Those are me readers! Be nice to em'!
Anne: fine, read oh grateful reviewers, or I'll have your guts for garters, savvy? *looks to Nev* How's that?
Nev: Not exactly what I had in mind, but okay.
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Salina looked down at the barrel of potatoes, "Only one more to go."
"What's wrong, love, tired of doing a woman's work?" Jack gave a toothy grin and leaned up against the wheel.
"If you weren't my Captain I'd have a mind to shoot you!" She shook the knife up and down at him.
"And if you weren't such a heavy lass I'd throw you over board!"
"That's it I've had it!" Salina stood; knife clenched in her fist and made her way to the helm.
Will stepped in her way and grabbed her shoulders, "What are you thinking Salina?"
"I have the mind to skin him right about now, that's what! Now let me pass!" She tried to push past Will but he had a good hold on her.
"Salina calm down, it's not that big of a deal," he tried to reason with her.
"William may I ask you a question?"
Will looked at her strangely for a moment before answering, " I guess so."
"Do you like your body functions the way they are?" After watching his reaction she spoke once more, "because if you don't move out my way I will rearrange them to where you wouldn't know up from down," Salina said rather harshly and waited for Will to move, which he did quite rapidly.
"Eunuch!" Jack shouted from the helm as he watched Salina escalate to his position.
"Now Jack, darling, I'm only going to tell you this once. SHUT YOUR TRAP!"
Jack pushed his face closer to hers and whispered to her, "Who is the Captain of this ship? Me or you?"
Salina narrowed her eyes waiting to see what he was getting at, "What's in your head Jack?"
"Who has control of the ship at the moment, love. It's a simple question."
Salina's eyes widened as she realized what he was saying but it was too late he had turned the wheel sharply and the sail swooped through and knocked her off of her feet.
She held onto the sail tightly as she dangled over the black ocean waves for fear that she might slip and be engulfed by them. "Well Jack you always knew how to sweep a woman off her feet I'll give you that much!" She replied sarcastically as she tried to keep her wits about her.
Jack did a little bow before walking over with his sword pointing at her neck. "Now, love, what is it you were saying you were going to do to me?"
Salina let a grin develop on her face as she thought of something clever and slightly cunning. "Oh Jack, dear Jack, you've got me! You beat me! I'm done, I'm finished!"
He looked at her slightly amused, "What's this is fair Salina Rose giving up, why it's music to my ears! Do surrender and swear to work under my command for as long as you are aboard me ship?"
"Well fist of Sparrow, this is not your ship and I'm not marrying you so you can cut the vows. But I do swear on one thing!"
"And what's that, love"
Salina smiled once more before swinging under the sail and pulling herself up in the top of it, "You didn't beat me!"
"Now why didn't I think of that?" Will questioned as he watched Salina hop back on deck.
Cat walked on deck, "think of what?"
"That," he pointed to Salina, who was approaching Jack.
"What is she doing? Does she not see the sword at her throat?"
"She knows he won't do anything. At least I hope he doesn't."
Salina dropped her smile and shrugged, "This is boring me, besides I've got better things to do like cooking dinner." She turned and walked down the steps back to the barrel of potatoes.
Jack gave a puzzling look, "I bore you?"
"To be quite honest Jack, yeah you do!" She picked up the small barrel and smiled to him, "now if you'll excuse me I have some food that needs to be cooked. Good day!" She did a small courtesy and walked down to the lower decks smiling inwardly because she knew she had ticked him off.
Cat laughed aloud and nearly fell over at the sight of Salina being polite.
"What's so funny, I don't understand." Will pronounced.
"Salina is a swift one she is. She sure does know how to tick him off." Cat followed Salina down to the lower decks smiling and laughing as she went along.
"Miss Jamerson, how do you propose that went?" Salina continued in her 'proper girl' attitude.
"Oh it was brilliant Miss Rose, absolutely stunning! 'Let's have a round for the showgirl' type of experience." Cat grabbed the door to the kitchen and held it open for Salina.
"Why thank you Miss Jamerson."
"You're quite welcome Miss Rose." The woman laughed as they entered the galley.
"Oh, that Sparrow is a barrel of laughs isn't he?" Salina sat the barrel of peeled potatoes on a table and slouched in her chair across from Cat.
"Did you see his face when you started talking all wealthy and whatnot? He looked like a blubbering idiot, he was completely dumbfounded." Cat propped her feet up on the rough unpolished table. "Say Salina how did you learn how to act like that? You must really hate the likes of the rich t have come up with an act like that!"
"Well, I'm from a proper background." There was an awkward silence for quite some time, but within the silence there was a pestering creaking. Before Cat knew it her chair snapped in two and she landed hard on the floor.
There was a loud roar as Salina broke out in hysterical laughter.
"It aint funny," Cat snapped as she rubbed her bottom trying her best to relieve it of the pain it presently was baring.
"Oh, but it is." Salina covered her mouth attempting to keep her joy concealed within her. After much exhausted laughter Salina spoke once more, still in a teasing tone, "That was absolutely brilliant Cat, pure-."
Salina came crashing down landing on the broken wood pieces of her chair. She stifled a groan and massaged her bottom as cat's laughter rose. "Cat!"
"What milady? Does it hurt?" Her laughter exceeded again.
Jack barged through the kitchen door and looked at the mess the two women before him caused, "What are you two doing in here?"
"Oh cooking and having a good time, nothing to worry about Jack!" Salina spoke up her sarcastic tone obviously getting on Jack's nerves.
"It looks like you're having a war! In my galley!"
"Dear, dear Jack, how many times must I tell you? This just isn't the Pearl mate, therefore it's technically not your ship. But hey, who cares, want to join us in our celebration? Cat toss me your flask!"
Cat reached down to her belt and un-strapped the small brown bottle then tossed it over the table to Salina. "Ah, nothing like a little swig of rum to get your body functioning, right Jack?" She popped the lid off and put the flask to her lips sipping, slowly, the alcohol and letting it slide down the back of her throat.
Cat sat on the floor watching Salina from under the table; she noticed a plan forming in Salina's head one that would top any of the others she had created before.
Salina pulled the bottle from her lips the stench of rum still engulfing them, "Care to have some, Jack?"
Jack looked at her questionably as she stood and walked over to him, her limp hair waving at her back. "Try some Jack, you know you want to."
He pulled the flask from her hands eyeing her the whole time. Jack took one big gulp, then realizing that the drink he was drinking was not rum, turned and spat it out all over the floor. "What the hell was that?"
"You've never had water before Jack, I'm surprised." Salina smiled and snatched back the flask returning it to Cat.
Cat pushed herself from the ground smirking uncontrollably at the subject.
Jack glared at Cat, "Something funny?"
"Oh yes, it's hysterical. Salina I'm going to back on deck, I'll be back in a little while to help you cook!"
"That's fine!"
Cat gave one last look at Jack before leaving; she couldn't help but laugh all the way up the stairs.
"Want a potato Sparrow?" Salina picked a small peeled potato up from the barrel. "I suppose not. So are you just going to stand there all day or are you going to say something?"
"What's with this game? Don't get me wrong I love games, but this one is rather annoying."
"Awe is little Sparrow getting annoyed with me? Heh, too bad!" She began placing the potatoes in a pot.
"Why do you hide, are you afraid, are you scared? No that's not it, your not afraid, you're petrified. You don't want to face the truth but sometime you have to."
"And where has that gotten you? Enlighten me, I'd like to know."
"I know your secret now." He picked up an apple rolling it around in his hand; he now had her attention.
Salina walked up to him, "You know my secret?"
"Aye, I know your secret," he took a bite from the juicy green apple.
"And what is my secret, Jack?" She placed her hands on his shoulders straightening his shirt.
He took a bite of his apple and turned to leave. Salina dropped her arms to her sides astonished that he wasn't going to answer. "Ta, love!" He opened the door and thought of another smart remark, "Oh and clean this place up, it looks like a pig sty."
The door slammed and Salina looked around at the broken chairs and the rotten food in the corner. Salina began grumbling something incoherently and then kicked an upright chair.
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Jack began his walk up the steps but before he touched the first step he could hear a loud scream and then obnoxious swearing and grunts of pain coming from the galley. " The poor lass is going to ring her own neck in there," he took a minute to think of the positive effect that could have, "oh well." Jack walked on to deck acting as if nothing were wrong.
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Meanwhile Salina sat on the floor in the galley amongst all the flour and salt. "What the bleeding hell am I supposed to do now?" She dropped her flour bag and it rose up like dust and clouded the entire area she was in, "Oh wonderful, Jack is going to love this."
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Well that's it for right now, I hope you thought it was a little funny, I'll get back to Elizabeth and the other crew soon, I promise. I have one thing to say about a particular sentence in my story because I know someone will critique me on it so here it is. In the sentence: She did a small courtesy and walked down to the lower decks smiling inwardly because she knew she had ticked him off; I purposely wrote courtesy because that is another form of a curtsey. I just figured I'd clear that up now. Well, until next time, TA!
A/n: I know the last one was a sort of cliffhanger; forgive me!
Anne: Your not forgiven!
Pip: Aye what she said!
Nev: Where did you two come from?
Anne: thin air! *rolls eyes* Have ye found the ship yet?
Nev: do I look like a bloody detective to you? Go get Mr. Crane if ye want a detective! (he he.. had too) *thinks: ah, Johnny Depp*
Pip: *pops dream bubble over Nev's head* ahem!
Nev: and what was that for? *looks puzzled*
Pip: If ye haven't noticed we're in a bit of a bide here!
Nev: Oh, right! The ship, got it! Let me think. *ponders for a few moments* Anne was the last one with the ship, and it's her bloody ship anyway why do I get stuck looking for it?
Ann: Because it's your ride out of here that's why! *hits nev upside the head*
Nev: That hurt! *rubs scalp*
Pip: *rolls eyes* This could take a while, better get on with the story, mates! You'll find it just bellow the arguing duo up here! *gets whacked in the head by Nev and Anne*
Anne: We are not an arguing duo! *watches as Pippin falls to the floor*
Nev: *shakes pip* Pip? Pip? Hello? *looks up at Anne* I think we've killed her!
Anne: Hog wash! *pulls screen down and points to story* read ye bloody misfits!
Nev: Hey! Those are me readers! Be nice to em'!
Anne: fine, read oh grateful reviewers, or I'll have your guts for garters, savvy? *looks to Nev* How's that?
Nev: Not exactly what I had in mind, but okay.
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Salina looked down at the barrel of potatoes, "Only one more to go."
"What's wrong, love, tired of doing a woman's work?" Jack gave a toothy grin and leaned up against the wheel.
"If you weren't my Captain I'd have a mind to shoot you!" She shook the knife up and down at him.
"And if you weren't such a heavy lass I'd throw you over board!"
"That's it I've had it!" Salina stood; knife clenched in her fist and made her way to the helm.
Will stepped in her way and grabbed her shoulders, "What are you thinking Salina?"
"I have the mind to skin him right about now, that's what! Now let me pass!" She tried to push past Will but he had a good hold on her.
"Salina calm down, it's not that big of a deal," he tried to reason with her.
"William may I ask you a question?"
Will looked at her strangely for a moment before answering, " I guess so."
"Do you like your body functions the way they are?" After watching his reaction she spoke once more, "because if you don't move out my way I will rearrange them to where you wouldn't know up from down," Salina said rather harshly and waited for Will to move, which he did quite rapidly.
"Eunuch!" Jack shouted from the helm as he watched Salina escalate to his position.
"Now Jack, darling, I'm only going to tell you this once. SHUT YOUR TRAP!"
Jack pushed his face closer to hers and whispered to her, "Who is the Captain of this ship? Me or you?"
Salina narrowed her eyes waiting to see what he was getting at, "What's in your head Jack?"
"Who has control of the ship at the moment, love. It's a simple question."
Salina's eyes widened as she realized what he was saying but it was too late he had turned the wheel sharply and the sail swooped through and knocked her off of her feet.
She held onto the sail tightly as she dangled over the black ocean waves for fear that she might slip and be engulfed by them. "Well Jack you always knew how to sweep a woman off her feet I'll give you that much!" She replied sarcastically as she tried to keep her wits about her.
Jack did a little bow before walking over with his sword pointing at her neck. "Now, love, what is it you were saying you were going to do to me?"
Salina let a grin develop on her face as she thought of something clever and slightly cunning. "Oh Jack, dear Jack, you've got me! You beat me! I'm done, I'm finished!"
He looked at her slightly amused, "What's this is fair Salina Rose giving up, why it's music to my ears! Do surrender and swear to work under my command for as long as you are aboard me ship?"
"Well fist of Sparrow, this is not your ship and I'm not marrying you so you can cut the vows. But I do swear on one thing!"
"And what's that, love"
Salina smiled once more before swinging under the sail and pulling herself up in the top of it, "You didn't beat me!"
"Now why didn't I think of that?" Will questioned as he watched Salina hop back on deck.
Cat walked on deck, "think of what?"
"That," he pointed to Salina, who was approaching Jack.
"What is she doing? Does she not see the sword at her throat?"
"She knows he won't do anything. At least I hope he doesn't."
Salina dropped her smile and shrugged, "This is boring me, besides I've got better things to do like cooking dinner." She turned and walked down the steps back to the barrel of potatoes.
Jack gave a puzzling look, "I bore you?"
"To be quite honest Jack, yeah you do!" She picked up the small barrel and smiled to him, "now if you'll excuse me I have some food that needs to be cooked. Good day!" She did a small courtesy and walked down to the lower decks smiling inwardly because she knew she had ticked him off.
Cat laughed aloud and nearly fell over at the sight of Salina being polite.
"What's so funny, I don't understand." Will pronounced.
"Salina is a swift one she is. She sure does know how to tick him off." Cat followed Salina down to the lower decks smiling and laughing as she went along.
"Miss Jamerson, how do you propose that went?" Salina continued in her 'proper girl' attitude.
"Oh it was brilliant Miss Rose, absolutely stunning! 'Let's have a round for the showgirl' type of experience." Cat grabbed the door to the kitchen and held it open for Salina.
"Why thank you Miss Jamerson."
"You're quite welcome Miss Rose." The woman laughed as they entered the galley.
"Oh, that Sparrow is a barrel of laughs isn't he?" Salina sat the barrel of peeled potatoes on a table and slouched in her chair across from Cat.
"Did you see his face when you started talking all wealthy and whatnot? He looked like a blubbering idiot, he was completely dumbfounded." Cat propped her feet up on the rough unpolished table. "Say Salina how did you learn how to act like that? You must really hate the likes of the rich t have come up with an act like that!"
"Well, I'm from a proper background." There was an awkward silence for quite some time, but within the silence there was a pestering creaking. Before Cat knew it her chair snapped in two and she landed hard on the floor.
There was a loud roar as Salina broke out in hysterical laughter.
"It aint funny," Cat snapped as she rubbed her bottom trying her best to relieve it of the pain it presently was baring.
"Oh, but it is." Salina covered her mouth attempting to keep her joy concealed within her. After much exhausted laughter Salina spoke once more, still in a teasing tone, "That was absolutely brilliant Cat, pure-."
Salina came crashing down landing on the broken wood pieces of her chair. She stifled a groan and massaged her bottom as cat's laughter rose. "Cat!"
"What milady? Does it hurt?" Her laughter exceeded again.
Jack barged through the kitchen door and looked at the mess the two women before him caused, "What are you two doing in here?"
"Oh cooking and having a good time, nothing to worry about Jack!" Salina spoke up her sarcastic tone obviously getting on Jack's nerves.
"It looks like you're having a war! In my galley!"
"Dear, dear Jack, how many times must I tell you? This just isn't the Pearl mate, therefore it's technically not your ship. But hey, who cares, want to join us in our celebration? Cat toss me your flask!"
Cat reached down to her belt and un-strapped the small brown bottle then tossed it over the table to Salina. "Ah, nothing like a little swig of rum to get your body functioning, right Jack?" She popped the lid off and put the flask to her lips sipping, slowly, the alcohol and letting it slide down the back of her throat.
Cat sat on the floor watching Salina from under the table; she noticed a plan forming in Salina's head one that would top any of the others she had created before.
Salina pulled the bottle from her lips the stench of rum still engulfing them, "Care to have some, Jack?"
Jack looked at her questionably as she stood and walked over to him, her limp hair waving at her back. "Try some Jack, you know you want to."
He pulled the flask from her hands eyeing her the whole time. Jack took one big gulp, then realizing that the drink he was drinking was not rum, turned and spat it out all over the floor. "What the hell was that?"
"You've never had water before Jack, I'm surprised." Salina smiled and snatched back the flask returning it to Cat.
Cat pushed herself from the ground smirking uncontrollably at the subject.
Jack glared at Cat, "Something funny?"
"Oh yes, it's hysterical. Salina I'm going to back on deck, I'll be back in a little while to help you cook!"
"That's fine!"
Cat gave one last look at Jack before leaving; she couldn't help but laugh all the way up the stairs.
"Want a potato Sparrow?" Salina picked a small peeled potato up from the barrel. "I suppose not. So are you just going to stand there all day or are you going to say something?"
"What's with this game? Don't get me wrong I love games, but this one is rather annoying."
"Awe is little Sparrow getting annoyed with me? Heh, too bad!" She began placing the potatoes in a pot.
"Why do you hide, are you afraid, are you scared? No that's not it, your not afraid, you're petrified. You don't want to face the truth but sometime you have to."
"And where has that gotten you? Enlighten me, I'd like to know."
"I know your secret now." He picked up an apple rolling it around in his hand; he now had her attention.
Salina walked up to him, "You know my secret?"
"Aye, I know your secret," he took a bite from the juicy green apple.
"And what is my secret, Jack?" She placed her hands on his shoulders straightening his shirt.
He took a bite of his apple and turned to leave. Salina dropped her arms to her sides astonished that he wasn't going to answer. "Ta, love!" He opened the door and thought of another smart remark, "Oh and clean this place up, it looks like a pig sty."
The door slammed and Salina looked around at the broken chairs and the rotten food in the corner. Salina began grumbling something incoherently and then kicked an upright chair.
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Jack began his walk up the steps but before he touched the first step he could hear a loud scream and then obnoxious swearing and grunts of pain coming from the galley. " The poor lass is going to ring her own neck in there," he took a minute to think of the positive effect that could have, "oh well." Jack walked on to deck acting as if nothing were wrong.
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Meanwhile Salina sat on the floor in the galley amongst all the flour and salt. "What the bleeding hell am I supposed to do now?" She dropped her flour bag and it rose up like dust and clouded the entire area she was in, "Oh wonderful, Jack is going to love this."
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Well that's it for right now, I hope you thought it was a little funny, I'll get back to Elizabeth and the other crew soon, I promise. I have one thing to say about a particular sentence in my story because I know someone will critique me on it so here it is. In the sentence: She did a small courtesy and walked down to the lower decks smiling inwardly because she knew she had ticked him off; I purposely wrote courtesy because that is another form of a curtsey. I just figured I'd clear that up now. Well, until next time, TA!