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Okay, here goes, and like I promised, no screaming, girly Elizabeth...
Chapter 3
Elizabeth pounded her fists on Barrin's back as they marched through the dark of the night. Well, Barrin marched. Elizabeth was still hanging unceremoniously over his broad shoulder. "You'd best stop that, missy. Yer getting on me nerves."
"Eh, it's th'captain!" A crew of pirates, standing by their boats, ready to return to the seastorm, waved. "Cap'n, we couldn't find the girl!"
"I've got the girl, you nitwit!" Barrin turned on the one who had made the mistake of speaking. He dealt him a swift punch, and the man, who only had one leg, toppled over into the water. His companions snickered.
"Shut up, you wartbrains!" Barrin roared. "Get in the damn boat afore the whole bloody town realizes the lass is missing!" Elizabeth's eyes widened slightly. She had the feeling that she wouldn't enjoy this.
She was placed in a boat alongside four other men, plus Barrin. The man beside her, one they called "Lumpy" continuously stroked her hair with a grimy finger. Lumpy was quite an appropriate name; his face was covered with welts and bumps, as though he'd been trampled by horses and they'd left footprints in him. Elizabeth eyed him with disgust, and suddenly lifted her bound hands, smacking him in the face, adding another lump to his head.
Barrin only laughed. The girl seemed to have spirit, and that made it all the more fun. It was the spirited ones, the fighters, that gave you the challenge. And when you finally broke them, it was a true victory. "Well, miss Swann. I do hope you'll enjoy yer stay on me ship." He continued talking as, due to her gag, she could not speak. "Trust me, ye'll have lots of grand company."
"Will! Wake up, ye great bloody oaf!" Jack was try to reach Will by sticking his hand out the cell door. It wasn't quite working. Finally, though, after quite some time, Will was aroused. He sat up slowly, painfully, wiping blood from his leg. "What on earth? Damn, I lost, didn't I?"
"No, mate, you won."
"I did?"
Jack shook his head at the unbelievable density of the boy. "They've take yer lass, y'know. Again. She has quite a knack for gettin' captured."
"Elizabeth? What was she doing here?" Will frowned.
"She came to spring me from prison. I always knew that she was smitten with me." Jack smiled to himself. "It's the title, y'know. Girls love captains. I knew it since we was on the island, and she kept pressing herself on me..." Of course, it had been quite the opposite, but still...
Will rolled his eyes. "Right, Jack. Here, let me get you out before the guards I knocked out wake up and realize I'm not in my shop anymore."
Jack nodded, commenting as Will used the same means to free him as before: leverage. "Aye, deja vu, eh mate? Another french word. Just like parlay. The french are everywhere!" (Note: Just to avoid hurting feelings I'm not making fun of the french. I'm half-french, so...yeah.)
"Do shut up, Jack." Will turned, not waiting for his friend, and hurried up the stairs.
Elizabeth was now on the Seastorm. It was very... maggoty looking. She half expected for it to simply fall apart in the water, sending them all down to the depths.
"Bring th' lass to me," Barrin ordered. "We've some business to discuss." Barrin strode off to his room to wait, as the ship left dock. Elizabeth looked back at the disappearing Port Royal, her home, where Will was. Damn, why did this keep happening? "Damn, bloody hell," she began, muttering to herself, until she realized that was the extent of the curse words that she knew. Pathetic.
Two pirates took hold of her bound arms. "Come on, love. Ye'll like the cap'n. He's a grand ol' feller," one told her, baring yellowed, rotten teeth. She pulled away from his stinking mouth, and as he craned forward, she kneed him hard in the crotch. His mate found this hilarious, until Elizabeth turned on him, kicking him in the stomach. "Yeowch!" he roared, then waved to a few crew members. "Aye, come on mates, give us a hand!"
Elizabeth's eyes narrowed dangerously, glaring daggers at the three approaching crew members. She clubbed the first one over the head, and kicked out at the other two. Soon more crew members were coming to help, and though she dealt out painful bruises and welts, she was overpowered.
Someone was applauding. Elizabeth could hardly see because Lumpy was tugging her head back, gripping her hair, and it was painful. Of course, the one clapping was the captain. He laughed uproariously. "What an excellent crew I've got meself. Aye, almost beaten by a pretty little rich girl. Aye mates, now that you've got control of her, bring her here." The crew pulled Elizabeth into the captains cabin.
Will, for his part, was now on the Pearl. Jack's crew had been waiting for him, waiting for a long time, but still they waiting, though it broke the code. They were also more than happy to have Will along, and also pleased to be sailing off an another adventure.
"Aye, wots a ship without adventures?" Jack was saying, waving his arms wildly and dramatically. "We'll catch up with old Barrin, and when we win, we'll drink rum t'celebrate. Then Will can marry his little Miss Swann, and we'll drink more rum."
Will watched, but his thoughts were on Elizabeth. Still, if he had to have any pirate on his side... it would be Jack.
Okay, there we go. Next chapter, I'm not sure what will happen. Please R&R. =D Well, there we have it. Also, if you have suggestions, please, by all means, make some.