Chapter 28:
A/N: Only 5 more days until POTC comes out over here! Yes! *does happy dance and yells some more* I want to say thanks to those who reviewed and that I did fix quite a few errors that I had made in the last chapter, spelling errors that is. Well here's the next chapter so enjoy!
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Barbossa leaned over the edge of the massive hole in the ship's flooring, he peered down at Salinas blood-soaked clothes; there was no way she would survive without proper doctors care. He smiled inwardly before turning his attention to fiery young pirate lass who was in the middle of a compelling sword fight. He ordered Pintel to retrive her while he kept a carful watch on Jack and Salina.
Her blood orange hair flew wildly through the air as she continued dueling; indeed she had the same spunk as Salina. Pintel grabbed her around the waist and lifted her from the ground; she struggled to get free her legs kicking and her voice screaming.
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Elizabeth climbed the anchor rope restlessly and pulled herself onto the deck into a massacre. She fell on the floor resting there for a bit, trying to get a good idea of what to do. Time was valuable and she hadn't a moment to waste.
She gazed up at Cat who was being carried away by one of the pirates; it was the same pirate whom she had poured ashes on the year before for trying to kidnap her. Beth grabbed a pistol and sword from the dead man's belt next to her. Elizabeth stood slowly limping as she crossed the deck to where Cat was fending off Pintel.
"YOU BLOODY CUR! GET YOUR FILTHY HANDS OFF O' ME!" She struggled constantly trying to get away from the hold he put her in. His forearm was wrapped around her neck while his other arm held her arms behind her back.
There was the familiar click of a pistol coming from behind Pintel, "What the-." He turned around slowly becoming eye to eye with the barrel of Beth's pistol. Cat sank further in the man's arms as Beth pulled the trigger sending the iron ball through his wooden eye; Cat pulled free as Pintel struggled to fix his fake eye.
Beth yanked cat by the arm and flung her up against the mast aiming the pistol just under her chin, "Is it true what Barbossa said about you having Will's affection?"
"This is not the time nor the place to discuss things of this matter," Cat replied, her voice full of anger and pain.
"Answer my question!"
"You should never believe the word of a pirate especially one who wants you dead; now we have more pressing matters to attend to."
"Like what?"
"Your cousin's in that hole over there with Sparrow, if they are not pulled from there soon Salina might die." Cat pulled her pistol from her belt and placed it on Beth's shoulder, "Stand still."
"Are you bloody crazy? Don't you-." The pistol went off shooting a swashbuckler who had found his way over to Beth's backside. She let out a shriek as the body plummeted next to her. "I'm not thanking you for that."
"Wasn't even expected, now come on!" Cat pulled her through the crowded deck until the reached the hole. "There they are," Cat pointed down at the two people who were covered in debris and stained with blood.
"Salina! Salina Can you here me?" Barbossa appeared behind Elizabeth pushing her into the ditch with her comrades while grabbing Cat by the neck and hanging her at the rim of the hole.
"Tell me, where is the map?" Barbossa starred deeply into her forest green eyes.
Cats lip quivered with fear; what map was he referring to? "I have no map, no map at all."
"Lies, tell me where it is lass or it's the bottom of this hole that you'll wake up to, if you survive."
"I don't have any map!" A pirate from beside the two of them tripped and knocked them both into the opening.
Beth looked over to Barbossa noticing his unconsciousness as she crawled over to Jack. She began to shake him lightly, "Jack, Jack. Please Jack wake up, come on!" She smacked him once and he started to come around, "Jack come on wake up, you need to wake up."
"Where am I?" He looked around the opening slowly his eyes still groggy from the deep sleep his was put in.
"You're in your ship," Elizabeth tried to pull him into a sitting position.
"My ship?" He sat up a bit confused and amazed at the mess, "I fell from there?" He pointed out of the hole and up at the mast.
"Not you Salina, look there's no time to explain we need to get out of here!" Elizabeth crawled over to Salina's limp body, ripping a piece of linen from her shirt she tied it around Salina's waist to help stop the bleeding.
Jack was at a loss for words, he merely starred absentmindedly at the near death woman next to him. Elizabeth pulled Salina's head to her shoulder and dragged her over to Jack, "Jack? Jack!" He snapped back to Beth, "Do you think you can carry her out of here?"
"Yes," he held his arms out so that he could take Salina back into his grasp. A thought crossed his mind that made a lump develop in his throat; would this be the last time he got to hold her? He wanted to sit and rock her back and forth peacefully, living in the serenity of the moment. But he knew that the time she had left was short so he held her tight to his chest and walked down the pile of debris to a door in the side of the once beautiful room.
"You get her out of here and I'll be right behind you with Cat!" Beth turned to her side and became level with Barbossa's fist.
Elizabeth was hit to the ground hitting hard into the broken fragments of wood. Jack turned back, ready and willing to help but he was stopped by Beth's shouts of retreat. "Get her out of here! Don't worry about us!"
Barbossa grabbed Beth by the hair slamming her face into the wood several times before pulling a dagger out to slice her throat, "Now it all ends."
"Not quite yet!" Cat slammed a large piece of lumber onto Barbossa's back. She cringed at the sound of the cracking wood; Barbossa toppled to the ground. Elizabeth pulled herself from the debris heading for the door, Cat following just behind.
Barbossa yanked Cat to the ground sending her straight into the wood. She flipped over and watched as he pinned her to the ground, "I'll only ask one more time, where is the map?"
"And I will tell you one more time that I don't have it!" Cat unfastened her dagger from her bootstrap and buried it deep in his back, setting herself free. She hurried to the door and raced down the hall where she found Beth. "Where's Sparrow?"
"He's up on deck, where we should be."
"Lets get a move on then, aye?" Cat pushed up the steps onto the main deck where the fighting had just settled down.
"Will I want you to cut the boarding ropes and remove the boarding planks!" Jack shouted from his cabin where he had just placed Salina, "Cat I need you to keep an eye on her, can you do that?"
"Aye!"
Jack nodded and continued with his remarks, "All of the human crew has been killed all that is left is the cursed crew. Over half of them are on the Mystic Diver we just have to deal with Barbossa and a few of his crew."
"I seriously doubt that, they're jumping out the side of the ship and heading over to the Diver!" Will watched from the side.
"What? Why?" Elizabeth ran to the edge where William was standing.
"Barbossa knows something, he's got a plan and he'll come back when it's right for him. But for now he's stuck here." Jack gave a conniving smile and watched everyone else's confused expression, "I disabled the rudder." He turned to walk away and then swerved back around now noticing Ana and Gibbs along with the other crew appearing on deck, "What are you? A bunch of pansies? Get to work! Raise the sails set a course for Bridgetown and bring me my rum!" Jack walked up to the helm the bottle of rum that ana handed him tightly weaved within his fingers.
Elizabeth turned towards her husband who wrapped his arms warmly around her, "Oh god I missed you. Are you all right, there's nothing wrong? The baby's okay?"
"I'm fine, the baby's fine. We'll be okay. I love you, you know that right?" Elizabeth's warm breath heated his neck as she pulled him tighter praying to never leave that spot.
"Yes I know you love me as I love you." He rocked her back and forth trying his best to comfort her.
Cat stepped out of Jack's cabin watching the couple with saddened eyes. She bit her bottom lip and lowered her eyes as she made her way bellow deck. Will wanted so bad to just apologize to her for making her feel alone but he couldn't bare to leave Elizabeth again, she was his wife after all.
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A/N: So tell me was it any good? More chapters to come soon, probably not tomorrow though because I'm going to be over my cousin's but Saturday most definitely! Until then, TA! And thank you so much for the reviews! Mash potatoes and gravy for everyone! *takes a big spoonful of mash potatoes from the pot and plops it down on a plate then pours a ton of gravy over the potatoes* MMMMHHHHMMMM GOOD! Happy Turkey Day Everyone!
A/N: Only 5 more days until POTC comes out over here! Yes! *does happy dance and yells some more* I want to say thanks to those who reviewed and that I did fix quite a few errors that I had made in the last chapter, spelling errors that is. Well here's the next chapter so enjoy!
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Barbossa leaned over the edge of the massive hole in the ship's flooring, he peered down at Salinas blood-soaked clothes; there was no way she would survive without proper doctors care. He smiled inwardly before turning his attention to fiery young pirate lass who was in the middle of a compelling sword fight. He ordered Pintel to retrive her while he kept a carful watch on Jack and Salina.
Her blood orange hair flew wildly through the air as she continued dueling; indeed she had the same spunk as Salina. Pintel grabbed her around the waist and lifted her from the ground; she struggled to get free her legs kicking and her voice screaming.
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Elizabeth climbed the anchor rope restlessly and pulled herself onto the deck into a massacre. She fell on the floor resting there for a bit, trying to get a good idea of what to do. Time was valuable and she hadn't a moment to waste.
She gazed up at Cat who was being carried away by one of the pirates; it was the same pirate whom she had poured ashes on the year before for trying to kidnap her. Beth grabbed a pistol and sword from the dead man's belt next to her. Elizabeth stood slowly limping as she crossed the deck to where Cat was fending off Pintel.
"YOU BLOODY CUR! GET YOUR FILTHY HANDS OFF O' ME!" She struggled constantly trying to get away from the hold he put her in. His forearm was wrapped around her neck while his other arm held her arms behind her back.
There was the familiar click of a pistol coming from behind Pintel, "What the-." He turned around slowly becoming eye to eye with the barrel of Beth's pistol. Cat sank further in the man's arms as Beth pulled the trigger sending the iron ball through his wooden eye; Cat pulled free as Pintel struggled to fix his fake eye.
Beth yanked cat by the arm and flung her up against the mast aiming the pistol just under her chin, "Is it true what Barbossa said about you having Will's affection?"
"This is not the time nor the place to discuss things of this matter," Cat replied, her voice full of anger and pain.
"Answer my question!"
"You should never believe the word of a pirate especially one who wants you dead; now we have more pressing matters to attend to."
"Like what?"
"Your cousin's in that hole over there with Sparrow, if they are not pulled from there soon Salina might die." Cat pulled her pistol from her belt and placed it on Beth's shoulder, "Stand still."
"Are you bloody crazy? Don't you-." The pistol went off shooting a swashbuckler who had found his way over to Beth's backside. She let out a shriek as the body plummeted next to her. "I'm not thanking you for that."
"Wasn't even expected, now come on!" Cat pulled her through the crowded deck until the reached the hole. "There they are," Cat pointed down at the two people who were covered in debris and stained with blood.
"Salina! Salina Can you here me?" Barbossa appeared behind Elizabeth pushing her into the ditch with her comrades while grabbing Cat by the neck and hanging her at the rim of the hole.
"Tell me, where is the map?" Barbossa starred deeply into her forest green eyes.
Cats lip quivered with fear; what map was he referring to? "I have no map, no map at all."
"Lies, tell me where it is lass or it's the bottom of this hole that you'll wake up to, if you survive."
"I don't have any map!" A pirate from beside the two of them tripped and knocked them both into the opening.
Beth looked over to Barbossa noticing his unconsciousness as she crawled over to Jack. She began to shake him lightly, "Jack, Jack. Please Jack wake up, come on!" She smacked him once and he started to come around, "Jack come on wake up, you need to wake up."
"Where am I?" He looked around the opening slowly his eyes still groggy from the deep sleep his was put in.
"You're in your ship," Elizabeth tried to pull him into a sitting position.
"My ship?" He sat up a bit confused and amazed at the mess, "I fell from there?" He pointed out of the hole and up at the mast.
"Not you Salina, look there's no time to explain we need to get out of here!" Elizabeth crawled over to Salina's limp body, ripping a piece of linen from her shirt she tied it around Salina's waist to help stop the bleeding.
Jack was at a loss for words, he merely starred absentmindedly at the near death woman next to him. Elizabeth pulled Salina's head to her shoulder and dragged her over to Jack, "Jack? Jack!" He snapped back to Beth, "Do you think you can carry her out of here?"
"Yes," he held his arms out so that he could take Salina back into his grasp. A thought crossed his mind that made a lump develop in his throat; would this be the last time he got to hold her? He wanted to sit and rock her back and forth peacefully, living in the serenity of the moment. But he knew that the time she had left was short so he held her tight to his chest and walked down the pile of debris to a door in the side of the once beautiful room.
"You get her out of here and I'll be right behind you with Cat!" Beth turned to her side and became level with Barbossa's fist.
Elizabeth was hit to the ground hitting hard into the broken fragments of wood. Jack turned back, ready and willing to help but he was stopped by Beth's shouts of retreat. "Get her out of here! Don't worry about us!"
Barbossa grabbed Beth by the hair slamming her face into the wood several times before pulling a dagger out to slice her throat, "Now it all ends."
"Not quite yet!" Cat slammed a large piece of lumber onto Barbossa's back. She cringed at the sound of the cracking wood; Barbossa toppled to the ground. Elizabeth pulled herself from the debris heading for the door, Cat following just behind.
Barbossa yanked Cat to the ground sending her straight into the wood. She flipped over and watched as he pinned her to the ground, "I'll only ask one more time, where is the map?"
"And I will tell you one more time that I don't have it!" Cat unfastened her dagger from her bootstrap and buried it deep in his back, setting herself free. She hurried to the door and raced down the hall where she found Beth. "Where's Sparrow?"
"He's up on deck, where we should be."
"Lets get a move on then, aye?" Cat pushed up the steps onto the main deck where the fighting had just settled down.
"Will I want you to cut the boarding ropes and remove the boarding planks!" Jack shouted from his cabin where he had just placed Salina, "Cat I need you to keep an eye on her, can you do that?"
"Aye!"
Jack nodded and continued with his remarks, "All of the human crew has been killed all that is left is the cursed crew. Over half of them are on the Mystic Diver we just have to deal with Barbossa and a few of his crew."
"I seriously doubt that, they're jumping out the side of the ship and heading over to the Diver!" Will watched from the side.
"What? Why?" Elizabeth ran to the edge where William was standing.
"Barbossa knows something, he's got a plan and he'll come back when it's right for him. But for now he's stuck here." Jack gave a conniving smile and watched everyone else's confused expression, "I disabled the rudder." He turned to walk away and then swerved back around now noticing Ana and Gibbs along with the other crew appearing on deck, "What are you? A bunch of pansies? Get to work! Raise the sails set a course for Bridgetown and bring me my rum!" Jack walked up to the helm the bottle of rum that ana handed him tightly weaved within his fingers.
Elizabeth turned towards her husband who wrapped his arms warmly around her, "Oh god I missed you. Are you all right, there's nothing wrong? The baby's okay?"
"I'm fine, the baby's fine. We'll be okay. I love you, you know that right?" Elizabeth's warm breath heated his neck as she pulled him tighter praying to never leave that spot.
"Yes I know you love me as I love you." He rocked her back and forth trying his best to comfort her.
Cat stepped out of Jack's cabin watching the couple with saddened eyes. She bit her bottom lip and lowered her eyes as she made her way bellow deck. Will wanted so bad to just apologize to her for making her feel alone but he couldn't bare to leave Elizabeth again, she was his wife after all.
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A/N: So tell me was it any good? More chapters to come soon, probably not tomorrow though because I'm going to be over my cousin's but Saturday most definitely! Until then, TA! And thank you so much for the reviews! Mash potatoes and gravy for everyone! *takes a big spoonful of mash potatoes from the pot and plops it down on a plate then pours a ton of gravy over the potatoes* MMMMHHHHMMMM GOOD! Happy Turkey Day Everyone!