Chapter 6
Tyrants and tears
"The captain requests your presence, Miss Turner, Miss Sparrow!"
"Well you can tell the captain to go to hell, because I'd rather stay here and practice my throwing skills!" for the last half hour, Jade had been throwing her dagger at the same knot of wood on the wall. "Come to think of it, you can go with him! And be sure to take this pile of crap with you! Rosy Serpent, I ask you!"
The pirate stalked angrily into the room. "I said, the captain requests your presence!" He reached into Elizabeth's arms and wrenched one of the twins from her grasp. It was William. "Now, go to his quarters or you don't get this brat back!" William started squalling, soon joined by Emily.
"Give him back!" Elizabeth screamed, jumping up.
"Shaddup! Go to the captain and you'll get 'im back!"
Reluctantly, the two flowed him out the room, Jade giving him a very rude gesture! In return, he shot her a ruder one, and led them up to a cabin. He stopped just in front of the door, shoved the baby back into his mother's arms, and stalked off. Jade hesitantly opened the door and followed Elizabeth in. There was a large table groaning with food, and behind it was a large, cushy chair, over which they could not see the captain.
"Ah, now you really are Miss Turner!" a deep voice cracked. Elizabeth gasped. Jade rolled her eyes. The chair swiveled around to reveal a plump man in old, tattered clothes.
"Jack killed you!" Elizabeth whispered. "I saw him!"
"Well, yes, as a matter of fact, he did! But you see, there is such a thing as reincarnation! That man who showed you here, he's me first mate! Terribly smart man, and great magician!"
"What do you want with us?"
"What else? Revenge! And about all the gold I can muster!"
"WAIT!" Jade cried. "Are you telling me, that that story me dad's been telling me for the past two years is true!?"
The man turned slowly to face Jade.
"So I suppose the rumor be true, eh poppet? You be a pirate, and the daughter of Jack Sparrow, Ay?"
"Yeah." she replied, pulling up her left sleeve to reveal the P scar and green sparrow tattoo. The man let out a great bark of laughter.
"So yeh are! Yer dad's gonna be here soon! And won't he be happy to see you obeying my every command!"
"What are you talking about!?"
"That necklace ye're wearing! It'd missin' a bead! And I have the bead!" he pulled out a thin chain from inside his coat, and on it was a single bead, identical to the one Jade wore. "That ain't no ordinary necklace! Now, enough with all this! Let's eat!"
"No." Elizabeth said coldly.
"Well, fine be it if you don't want to, miss Turner, but miss Sparrow here will gladly oblige, I'm sure! Won't you?"
Jade's eyes had glazed over, her body slackened, and slowly, she sat down at the table.
"What are you doing to her!?" Elizabeth demanded. Barbossa just sneered and fingered the bead.
"I'd sit down meself if I was you, miss Turner! Or I'm sure Miss Sparrow here will become quite upset, and do something drastic!"
Jade still hadn't moved, but continued to stare off into space. Grudgingly, Elisabeth sat down and cradled the twins, as if to hide them from Barbossa's smirk as he popped a grape into his wide mouth.
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"Jack?" Will asked, eyeing his friend intently. "What's wrong."
Jack blinked and shook his head.
"What? Oh, sorry. I just blanked out for a moment, that's all."
Will stepped into Jack's cabin, looking closely at his face.
"You've been crying!"
"No I haven't Will! Just . . . go back to the helm. I'll be fine!" his voice cracked as he spoke, as though it was taking everything he had to hold his emotions inside.
"Jack." Will said, placing a hand on the pirate's shoulder. "We'll get her back, I swear!"
"I'm sure we will. But, I can't help feeling that . . . something just happened, to make it worse!" Jack sighed heavily and got up to look out his small window. "That bed over there was hers. You can tell, it wasn't very comfortable. I just don't know what to do, Will! I mean, how am I supposed to raise her? She's been a pirate her whole life, and I've sheltered her! She thinks she's a boy, but . . . . . she's not! I can't force her to suddenly be a lady, but, becoming a pirate could every well be one of the worst mistakes of my life! And now, I've ruined hers, too!"
"Jack! She's happy just being a pirate with you! Maybe, that's enough for her!"
Jack sighed again, and nodded.
"I suppose, I have been too harsh on her!" he fingered the bracelet (that matched the necklace she wore) around his wrist. There had once been a full set, but the earrings had gone missing. "She is, after all, thirteen! I just hope this wasn't my last mistake!" he bent his head low to his chest and breathed deeply, allowing a new wave of tears to stream down his face. Will understood that it would be best to leave the captain alone, and left the cabin. Jack was relieved to hear him go. He didn't want anyone to see him like this! Broken, miserable, sobbing like a child, and for once, not sarcastic or insane. He was a father, who had failed his daughter. Whoever had taken her would die, or he would die trying!
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Sort of a filly chapter. Feel free to give us advice, ask us questions, or give us ideas! In fact, we urge you to do so!-Talon
*wipes eyes* poor jack-Raven
And, if you want to be emailed when the next chapter comes out, just tell us that, and give us your email. Okay?
Tyrants and tears
"The captain requests your presence, Miss Turner, Miss Sparrow!"
"Well you can tell the captain to go to hell, because I'd rather stay here and practice my throwing skills!" for the last half hour, Jade had been throwing her dagger at the same knot of wood on the wall. "Come to think of it, you can go with him! And be sure to take this pile of crap with you! Rosy Serpent, I ask you!"
The pirate stalked angrily into the room. "I said, the captain requests your presence!" He reached into Elizabeth's arms and wrenched one of the twins from her grasp. It was William. "Now, go to his quarters or you don't get this brat back!" William started squalling, soon joined by Emily.
"Give him back!" Elizabeth screamed, jumping up.
"Shaddup! Go to the captain and you'll get 'im back!"
Reluctantly, the two flowed him out the room, Jade giving him a very rude gesture! In return, he shot her a ruder one, and led them up to a cabin. He stopped just in front of the door, shoved the baby back into his mother's arms, and stalked off. Jade hesitantly opened the door and followed Elizabeth in. There was a large table groaning with food, and behind it was a large, cushy chair, over which they could not see the captain.
"Ah, now you really are Miss Turner!" a deep voice cracked. Elizabeth gasped. Jade rolled her eyes. The chair swiveled around to reveal a plump man in old, tattered clothes.
"Jack killed you!" Elizabeth whispered. "I saw him!"
"Well, yes, as a matter of fact, he did! But you see, there is such a thing as reincarnation! That man who showed you here, he's me first mate! Terribly smart man, and great magician!"
"What do you want with us?"
"What else? Revenge! And about all the gold I can muster!"
"WAIT!" Jade cried. "Are you telling me, that that story me dad's been telling me for the past two years is true!?"
The man turned slowly to face Jade.
"So I suppose the rumor be true, eh poppet? You be a pirate, and the daughter of Jack Sparrow, Ay?"
"Yeah." she replied, pulling up her left sleeve to reveal the P scar and green sparrow tattoo. The man let out a great bark of laughter.
"So yeh are! Yer dad's gonna be here soon! And won't he be happy to see you obeying my every command!"
"What are you talking about!?"
"That necklace ye're wearing! It'd missin' a bead! And I have the bead!" he pulled out a thin chain from inside his coat, and on it was a single bead, identical to the one Jade wore. "That ain't no ordinary necklace! Now, enough with all this! Let's eat!"
"No." Elizabeth said coldly.
"Well, fine be it if you don't want to, miss Turner, but miss Sparrow here will gladly oblige, I'm sure! Won't you?"
Jade's eyes had glazed over, her body slackened, and slowly, she sat down at the table.
"What are you doing to her!?" Elizabeth demanded. Barbossa just sneered and fingered the bead.
"I'd sit down meself if I was you, miss Turner! Or I'm sure Miss Sparrow here will become quite upset, and do something drastic!"
Jade still hadn't moved, but continued to stare off into space. Grudgingly, Elisabeth sat down and cradled the twins, as if to hide them from Barbossa's smirk as he popped a grape into his wide mouth.
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"Jack?" Will asked, eyeing his friend intently. "What's wrong."
Jack blinked and shook his head.
"What? Oh, sorry. I just blanked out for a moment, that's all."
Will stepped into Jack's cabin, looking closely at his face.
"You've been crying!"
"No I haven't Will! Just . . . go back to the helm. I'll be fine!" his voice cracked as he spoke, as though it was taking everything he had to hold his emotions inside.
"Jack." Will said, placing a hand on the pirate's shoulder. "We'll get her back, I swear!"
"I'm sure we will. But, I can't help feeling that . . . something just happened, to make it worse!" Jack sighed heavily and got up to look out his small window. "That bed over there was hers. You can tell, it wasn't very comfortable. I just don't know what to do, Will! I mean, how am I supposed to raise her? She's been a pirate her whole life, and I've sheltered her! She thinks she's a boy, but . . . . . she's not! I can't force her to suddenly be a lady, but, becoming a pirate could every well be one of the worst mistakes of my life! And now, I've ruined hers, too!"
"Jack! She's happy just being a pirate with you! Maybe, that's enough for her!"
Jack sighed again, and nodded.
"I suppose, I have been too harsh on her!" he fingered the bracelet (that matched the necklace she wore) around his wrist. There had once been a full set, but the earrings had gone missing. "She is, after all, thirteen! I just hope this wasn't my last mistake!" he bent his head low to his chest and breathed deeply, allowing a new wave of tears to stream down his face. Will understood that it would be best to leave the captain alone, and left the cabin. Jack was relieved to hear him go. He didn't want anyone to see him like this! Broken, miserable, sobbing like a child, and for once, not sarcastic or insane. He was a father, who had failed his daughter. Whoever had taken her would die, or he would die trying!
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Sort of a filly chapter. Feel free to give us advice, ask us questions, or give us ideas! In fact, we urge you to do so!-Talon
*wipes eyes* poor jack-Raven
And, if you want to be emailed when the next chapter comes out, just tell us that, and give us your email. Okay?