Chapter 25:
A/N: Woo Hoo!!! I've got hot chocolate and it is really cold out now! It finally feels like fall over here! But anywho, I hope you enjoyed the last chapter because it gets more interesting in this one; more plotting, more planning, more sword fights, and of course finishing that lovely kiss that I ended with yesterday!
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Salina's stomach began to churn, she knew she had to let go this just wasn't the time even though she wanted it so much. Elizabeth's life was at stake and that was her first priority.
She pulled slowly away from the kiss and placing the palm of her hand to his tanned cheek she spoke softly to him, "we can finish this later but as I told you before we are nearing the Pearl. We must make preparations, our ship might be sighted soon and we need to be ready."
"I know," he nodded and nudged her towards the door. Salina opened the door and felt the cool breeze of the sea sway in. She looked out at the empty ship and then shown at the water where the sun rays reflected on the surface of the crystal clear water.
Jack walked up behind her wrapping his arms around her abdomen, "This will all be yours someday," there came a difference in voice, "Salina! Salina Wake up!"
Salina was shaken from her tender dream. When her eyes opened she screamed sending Jack, who was an inch away from her face, backwards onto the floor.
"Bloody ell' woman," Jack clutched his heart," you could've killed me with those pipes!"
Salina looked around at where she was, the helm. She could barely remember what happened all she remembered was tieing up the wheel to keep it going in the same direction and then wham she was in a dream. "Jack? What happened?"
Jack sat up straight now, "Well it appears to me that you used that rope there to tie the wheel not paying attention the fact that it helped pull the sail and when you yanked it you got hit in the head." Jack crawled over and examined her head, "there's where it hit."
"OUCH!" Salina screamed and hit him in the arm.
"That's definitely where it hit," he chuckled softly and then stood helping Salina up.
"It's still sore you know," she whinned.
"Awe poor baby, want me to kiss it?" Jack stated mockingly.
"No I'd be too afraid you'd poison it!" Salina stuck out her tongue for an added effect.
"Hey we're catching up with the Pearl!"
"No really? I only said that a thousand times all in which you were too bloody drunk to understand!" Salina shouted in his face.
"I was not that drunk."
"You wouldn't have known your own mother from a dog!"
"I don't have a mother."
"Oh fine then, me, you wouldn't have known me from a dog!"
"But you are a dog," Jack grinned at the sight of her anger.
"WHY YOU TWO TIMING-GOOD FOR NOTHING- SON OF A PIG!"
"Is that all? I thought the list was longer."
"I give up!" Salina flung herself around to stomp away but was whirled straight back, this time into Jack's arms.
He studied her reaction for a moment then rubbed the back of his fingers up and down her cheek, "you're wearing the necklace." Jack pulled his hand from her cheek and rubbed the silver chain in between his forefinger and thumb. Salina gave a small shrug and a little smile as if to answer a long awaited question.
Jack leaned in his eyes closed and his lips virtually touching hers. Salina felt a pang in her side and she remembered Elizabeth. She backed away leaving Jack in a perplexed look.
"Jack we have no time for this at the moment, we must get to Elizabeth. I'm sorry." She stood with her arms crossed rocking back and forth slightly.
"Fine," with that he left, his presence leaving behind a cold chill.
Salina's heart sank but she knew she couldn't do or say anything that would lighten his mood. She let it go with a deep breath and went back to steering the ship.
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Elizabeth stood, now capable of keeping her balance, she walked out of the room and up the steps to the main deck. There were many pirates at work and in case of emergency she kept the dagger in her boot.
Elizabeth walked toward the center of the deck where Barbossa stood, his second in command alerted him of her presence.
He turned and looked her over, she looked much healthier then before and more rested. "Good afternoon Mrs. Turner how may I help you?" He said with a false state of happiness.
"Do you want to do this or not?" Her tone was cold and inhuman almost.
"If you'll excuse me for a moment gentlemen." He pulled her aside and the began to whisper. "What is it you want?"
"I want to get this over with, and I mean now."
"Why now, there is no reason?"
"Obviously the man in the crow's nest does not tend to his job very well. It seems that there is a ship following us, they've been there since morning."
"Where?"
"Come with me," Elizabeth walked further down the side of the deck and pointed to a ship off in the distance. "There they are."
Barbossa looked out at it and frowned, "What makes you think it's them?"
"Why wouldn't it be them?"
"Men when we get around this cliff I want you to lower the anchor and load the cannons."
Pintel walked up to Barbossa, "but sir why?"
"Because Jack Sparrow has come to take back his crew and ship and we must defend what is ours now."
"Oh, will Salina be there?" Pintel shrugged his shoulders and went back to work after receiving a threatening glare from his captain.
"Now we must make it look like your going to execute me, remember I am your leverage. When Jack and especially Salina see me up on the mast about to be hung they'll do anything to stop it, so that's when you'll have them. When the ships are side by side and they're unprepared to fight that's when you bring out the cannons, after they think you're going to hang me."
"So you want me to put you up there with a rope around your neck and that's supposed to make them think I'm out to execute you."
"Barbossa first of all when would they ever believe that I would work with you? And secondly I can act like you've beaten or abused me you know put up a struggle, some people would call it acting."
"Fine then, but this better work or it really will be your neck hanging from my mast."
Elizabeth nodded and pulled out her dagger cutting parts of her shirt and pants to make it seem like she was hurt. "I'm going to go bellow decks, I don't want them to notice me."
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Salina ran down the steps and into Jack's quarters, "Jack? Jack are you in here?"
"What do you want?" He snarled.
"The pearl, its gone around the cliff, I've lost sight of it and if it comes out from behind it they'll spot us for sure."
"Well then it's just a chance we'll have to take." Jack turned around in his desk chair and faced the female pirate.
"Jack, I know you have no sympathy for me at the moment but I'm scared." Jack looked up at her with less cruelty and more concern. "Yes, I am scared, scared because I want Elizabeth back, she needs to be back with Will no matter what. I will do anything to get her back, anything." The last word rang through Jack's head he looked her over and saw the necklace suspended from her neck. "I just wanted you to know that."
Salina turned and began to walk out of the door but froze as Jack called to her. "Would you really do anything for her?"
Salina closed her eyes and a tear slid down her dry cheek and on to her cotton shirt, "You know I would, she's all I've ever had. My flesh and blood, I would do anything if it meant keeping her alive."
"Even if it meant never seeing her again?"
"I lasted 14 years without seeing her I think I can last the rest of my life without seeing her as long as I knew she were alive and safe."
"Why?"
"Why what?" Salina turned and faced him, "Why would I want her to live on even if I could never see her again just to keep her safe?"
"Yes."
"Because I want her to live the life I could never have even if I really wanted to! She is about to be a mother, she will have a family she'll live in a town and have many kids and a loving husband, she'll be free in her own way! That's what I want her to have that's what she wants! A life away from this pain and quite frankly I don't blame her. That's why I would do it. Now if you'll excuse me I'd like to find Will and see if we can get prepared for a battle."
"I'm right here," Salina shifted on her side and noticed a figure in the corner. "Do you really want all that for Elizabeth?"
"Yes, Will you must understand that 14 years ago I left her in Port Royale because I knew that it wasn't safe for her to stay with me. I told my uncle that I would allow her to stay there as long as nothing would happen to her. I had never went back to Port Royale because I did not want to bring any of my bad influence into her life, that was up until the last week and a half ago. I heard that Barbossa had taken her, I heard the whole story and I needed to see her for myself to know she was all right. That's where I was coming from when you spotted my ship from the Pearl."
Salina took a brief pause to recoil her thoughts. "I did it all those years ago to keep her safe and I will do it again if I must, because I want her to be happy. Now if you'll excuse me I'd like to prepare the ship for battle." Salina turned on her heel, leaving the room her head was still spinning. She tried to calm herself and ended up fainting on the deck. ~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~
That night seemed to bring many things to an end:
Salina stood between Barbossa and the mast, several feet above her was Beth a noose around her neck and one pirate to push her. Salina hesitated too long and the order was given, there was a loud scream and the feeling of weightlessness as Elizabeth was shoved from the mast.
"BETH!"
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A/N: Hey don't worry about the last part I kind of skipped forward a little in the next chapter I'll explain the full night. But I hope you enjoyed this chapter! Please review thanks! Ta!
A/N: Woo Hoo!!! I've got hot chocolate and it is really cold out now! It finally feels like fall over here! But anywho, I hope you enjoyed the last chapter because it gets more interesting in this one; more plotting, more planning, more sword fights, and of course finishing that lovely kiss that I ended with yesterday!
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Salina's stomach began to churn, she knew she had to let go this just wasn't the time even though she wanted it so much. Elizabeth's life was at stake and that was her first priority.
She pulled slowly away from the kiss and placing the palm of her hand to his tanned cheek she spoke softly to him, "we can finish this later but as I told you before we are nearing the Pearl. We must make preparations, our ship might be sighted soon and we need to be ready."
"I know," he nodded and nudged her towards the door. Salina opened the door and felt the cool breeze of the sea sway in. She looked out at the empty ship and then shown at the water where the sun rays reflected on the surface of the crystal clear water.
Jack walked up behind her wrapping his arms around her abdomen, "This will all be yours someday," there came a difference in voice, "Salina! Salina Wake up!"
Salina was shaken from her tender dream. When her eyes opened she screamed sending Jack, who was an inch away from her face, backwards onto the floor.
"Bloody ell' woman," Jack clutched his heart," you could've killed me with those pipes!"
Salina looked around at where she was, the helm. She could barely remember what happened all she remembered was tieing up the wheel to keep it going in the same direction and then wham she was in a dream. "Jack? What happened?"
Jack sat up straight now, "Well it appears to me that you used that rope there to tie the wheel not paying attention the fact that it helped pull the sail and when you yanked it you got hit in the head." Jack crawled over and examined her head, "there's where it hit."
"OUCH!" Salina screamed and hit him in the arm.
"That's definitely where it hit," he chuckled softly and then stood helping Salina up.
"It's still sore you know," she whinned.
"Awe poor baby, want me to kiss it?" Jack stated mockingly.
"No I'd be too afraid you'd poison it!" Salina stuck out her tongue for an added effect.
"Hey we're catching up with the Pearl!"
"No really? I only said that a thousand times all in which you were too bloody drunk to understand!" Salina shouted in his face.
"I was not that drunk."
"You wouldn't have known your own mother from a dog!"
"I don't have a mother."
"Oh fine then, me, you wouldn't have known me from a dog!"
"But you are a dog," Jack grinned at the sight of her anger.
"WHY YOU TWO TIMING-GOOD FOR NOTHING- SON OF A PIG!"
"Is that all? I thought the list was longer."
"I give up!" Salina flung herself around to stomp away but was whirled straight back, this time into Jack's arms.
He studied her reaction for a moment then rubbed the back of his fingers up and down her cheek, "you're wearing the necklace." Jack pulled his hand from her cheek and rubbed the silver chain in between his forefinger and thumb. Salina gave a small shrug and a little smile as if to answer a long awaited question.
Jack leaned in his eyes closed and his lips virtually touching hers. Salina felt a pang in her side and she remembered Elizabeth. She backed away leaving Jack in a perplexed look.
"Jack we have no time for this at the moment, we must get to Elizabeth. I'm sorry." She stood with her arms crossed rocking back and forth slightly.
"Fine," with that he left, his presence leaving behind a cold chill.
Salina's heart sank but she knew she couldn't do or say anything that would lighten his mood. She let it go with a deep breath and went back to steering the ship.
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Elizabeth stood, now capable of keeping her balance, she walked out of the room and up the steps to the main deck. There were many pirates at work and in case of emergency she kept the dagger in her boot.
Elizabeth walked toward the center of the deck where Barbossa stood, his second in command alerted him of her presence.
He turned and looked her over, she looked much healthier then before and more rested. "Good afternoon Mrs. Turner how may I help you?" He said with a false state of happiness.
"Do you want to do this or not?" Her tone was cold and inhuman almost.
"If you'll excuse me for a moment gentlemen." He pulled her aside and the began to whisper. "What is it you want?"
"I want to get this over with, and I mean now."
"Why now, there is no reason?"
"Obviously the man in the crow's nest does not tend to his job very well. It seems that there is a ship following us, they've been there since morning."
"Where?"
"Come with me," Elizabeth walked further down the side of the deck and pointed to a ship off in the distance. "There they are."
Barbossa looked out at it and frowned, "What makes you think it's them?"
"Why wouldn't it be them?"
"Men when we get around this cliff I want you to lower the anchor and load the cannons."
Pintel walked up to Barbossa, "but sir why?"
"Because Jack Sparrow has come to take back his crew and ship and we must defend what is ours now."
"Oh, will Salina be there?" Pintel shrugged his shoulders and went back to work after receiving a threatening glare from his captain.
"Now we must make it look like your going to execute me, remember I am your leverage. When Jack and especially Salina see me up on the mast about to be hung they'll do anything to stop it, so that's when you'll have them. When the ships are side by side and they're unprepared to fight that's when you bring out the cannons, after they think you're going to hang me."
"So you want me to put you up there with a rope around your neck and that's supposed to make them think I'm out to execute you."
"Barbossa first of all when would they ever believe that I would work with you? And secondly I can act like you've beaten or abused me you know put up a struggle, some people would call it acting."
"Fine then, but this better work or it really will be your neck hanging from my mast."
Elizabeth nodded and pulled out her dagger cutting parts of her shirt and pants to make it seem like she was hurt. "I'm going to go bellow decks, I don't want them to notice me."
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Salina ran down the steps and into Jack's quarters, "Jack? Jack are you in here?"
"What do you want?" He snarled.
"The pearl, its gone around the cliff, I've lost sight of it and if it comes out from behind it they'll spot us for sure."
"Well then it's just a chance we'll have to take." Jack turned around in his desk chair and faced the female pirate.
"Jack, I know you have no sympathy for me at the moment but I'm scared." Jack looked up at her with less cruelty and more concern. "Yes, I am scared, scared because I want Elizabeth back, she needs to be back with Will no matter what. I will do anything to get her back, anything." The last word rang through Jack's head he looked her over and saw the necklace suspended from her neck. "I just wanted you to know that."
Salina turned and began to walk out of the door but froze as Jack called to her. "Would you really do anything for her?"
Salina closed her eyes and a tear slid down her dry cheek and on to her cotton shirt, "You know I would, she's all I've ever had. My flesh and blood, I would do anything if it meant keeping her alive."
"Even if it meant never seeing her again?"
"I lasted 14 years without seeing her I think I can last the rest of my life without seeing her as long as I knew she were alive and safe."
"Why?"
"Why what?" Salina turned and faced him, "Why would I want her to live on even if I could never see her again just to keep her safe?"
"Yes."
"Because I want her to live the life I could never have even if I really wanted to! She is about to be a mother, she will have a family she'll live in a town and have many kids and a loving husband, she'll be free in her own way! That's what I want her to have that's what she wants! A life away from this pain and quite frankly I don't blame her. That's why I would do it. Now if you'll excuse me I'd like to find Will and see if we can get prepared for a battle."
"I'm right here," Salina shifted on her side and noticed a figure in the corner. "Do you really want all that for Elizabeth?"
"Yes, Will you must understand that 14 years ago I left her in Port Royale because I knew that it wasn't safe for her to stay with me. I told my uncle that I would allow her to stay there as long as nothing would happen to her. I had never went back to Port Royale because I did not want to bring any of my bad influence into her life, that was up until the last week and a half ago. I heard that Barbossa had taken her, I heard the whole story and I needed to see her for myself to know she was all right. That's where I was coming from when you spotted my ship from the Pearl."
Salina took a brief pause to recoil her thoughts. "I did it all those years ago to keep her safe and I will do it again if I must, because I want her to be happy. Now if you'll excuse me I'd like to prepare the ship for battle." Salina turned on her heel, leaving the room her head was still spinning. She tried to calm herself and ended up fainting on the deck. ~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~
That night seemed to bring many things to an end:
Salina stood between Barbossa and the mast, several feet above her was Beth a noose around her neck and one pirate to push her. Salina hesitated too long and the order was given, there was a loud scream and the feeling of weightlessness as Elizabeth was shoved from the mast.
"BETH!"
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A/N: Hey don't worry about the last part I kind of skipped forward a little in the next chapter I'll explain the full night. But I hope you enjoyed this chapter! Please review thanks! Ta!