Author's Note: I decided that when they're meeting the new crew that I
would just keep them aboard the Interceptor. And so here is another really
long chapter brought to you by HappyBunny1. Enjoy... :-)
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Chapter 11: The Beginning of an Adventure
The next morning, Samantha woke up to loud banging on her door.
"Get up, Sammi. They're here!" Jack yelled to her through the door. He began to walk away and his footsteps echoed as he thumped up the stairs.
Samantha pulled herself out of her dreamless sleep and her eyes lazily opened. She looked around and for the second time she had a fleeting hope that she would wake up back at home. But that wouldn't happen. She had too much of an adventure waiting for her.
She sat up and stretched and mumbled to no one in paricular, "I'm coming. I'm coming, Danielle." She stopped for a moment as she realized what she just said. Whenever Danielle would wake Smantha up, she would bang on the door and yell something to her that Samantha never quite heard. Danielle was Samantha's alarm clock.
Samantha stood up and walked over to the door and absently wondered what Jack had said. She dragged her still half-asleep body up the stairs and onto the deck. She made a funny face and squinted when the sunlight hit her. "Too bright. Too bright." She said quietly.
Jack walked over to her and smiled when he saw her unhappy, tired face. "Aren't we just a bundle of sunshine this mornin'?"
"What time is it? Why did you wake me up? Why is the sun so damn bright?" She said as she rubbed her eyes.
"Well, it's time to get up, I woke you up because our new crew's here, and the sun is bright because it's daytime." Jack said as he counted off his fingers.
Samantha didn't expect such sarcastic answers but she shouldn't have been surprised because he is a pirate, you know.
Jack walked away towards a line of people near by which included Gibbs. As her vision became unblurry, she realized they were all men, or atleast most of them were anyway. There was one towards the end of the line that stuck out, but Samantha wasn't about to say anything to Jack. She was all for feminine equality.
She, Jack, Gibbs, and Will (who appeared out of no where) stood at the beginning of this line and Jack began to to inspect, if you will, the new crew.
"Feast your eyes, Captain. All of them,faithful hands before the mast. Every man worth his salt." Gibbs said, motioning to the line of people. "And crazy to boot." He added.
"So this is your able-bodied crew?" Will questioned Jack who was looking at a very, very short man suspiciously, but Jack didn't reply.
"I guess so, Will." Samantha answered for Jack.
"You, sailor!" Jack said, getting closer to a man that had a parrot on his shoulder.
"Cotton, sir." Gibbs said.
"Do you have the courage and fortitude to follow orders and stay true in the face of danger and almost certain death?" Jack said quickly. When the man didn't answer, Jack became annoyed. "Mr. Cotton! Answer me!"
Then Gibbs spoke, "He's a mute sir. Poor devil had his tongue cut out, so he trained the parrot to talk for him. No one's yet figured how..." He shrugged.
"Mr. Cotton's... parrot. Same question." Jack said awkwardly.
"Wind in the sails! Wind in the sails!" The parrot replied. Samantha tried to suppress her laughter.
"Mostly, we figure, that means 'yes'." Gibbs as he shrugged his shoulders and raised his eyebrows.
"O' course it does." Jack said confidently and then turned to Will and Samantha. "Satisfied?" So he had been paying attention...
"Well you've proved them mad." Will replied.
"And what's the benefit for us?" It was the voice that came from that woman Samantha had noticed not too long ago. The woman tried to mask her voice by making it deeper and the only one who noticed this was Samantha.
Jack, Samantha, Will and Gibbs walked to the end of the line where this woman was standing. A hat was tipped low on her face and even by her posture no one except Samantha knew it was a woman.
But Jack did seem a little suspicious at this point and he leaned back as he slowly took off the hat. His eyebrows went up as he saw that beneath this hat was a woman with dark hair and dark eyes who, at the moment, wasn't in the happiest of moods.
"Anamaria." Jack tried to say pleasantly.
Her hand suddenly flew forward and slapped him right in the face. Jack's head whipped around and he faced Will and Samantha.
Samantha's eyes got big. "Why are you getting hit so much lately?"
"I suppose you didn't deserve that one either." Will said sarcastically.
"No, I deserved that one." Jack's face was starting to hurt.
Anamaria overheard Will and Samantha and then she spoke, wanting to let everyone know what the infamous Jack Sparrow did to her, "You stole my boat!"
Jack turned around to face her once again. "Actually-" He was cut off by Anamaria slapping him again, "borrowed, borrowed without permission. But with every intention of giving it back to you." He smiled pleasantly, trying to let her know he meant no harm.
Her eyes got big and wide in anger. "But you didn't!"
"You'll get another one." Jack said quickly.
"I will." It was more of a demand than a question. She pointed manacingly at Jack. Anamaria really wanted her boat... or any boat.
"A better one." Will said.
"A much better one!" Samantha chimed in.
Jack's smile got bigger. "Yes, a much better one."
Will looked around the ship with big eyes and Samantha got the hint. "This one!" Samantha said, holding her arms out.
"What one? This one?" Jack said questioningly as he looked back at Samantha and Will. "Aye! This one! What say you?"
Anamaria pondered it for a moment and then she, along with the rest of the crew, yelled in agreement, "Aye!" And then they went about their business.
Jack turned around and began to walk away and so did Will And Samantha. But then Gibbs ran after them and spoke, "No, no, no, no, no. It's frightful bad luck to bring a woman on board, sir."
Samantha turned around and stared at him. "Hey, watch it. I'm a woman."
"It'd be far worse not to have either of these women on board." Jack said as he continued to walk away.
Several hours later, they were out at sea onboard the Interceptor. But something always seems to go wrong and this time wasn't any different. A storm broke upon them and while everyone else was on deck or trying to keep the ship from sinking, Samantha was down below lying down on her bed.
She was getting very sea sick and if she even dared to look out the window or get up she knew she would throw up what little she had for breakfast that morning.
She just laid there and prayed she wouldn't get sick and that the storm would be over soon... And it might sound strange, but this was only the calm before the real storm that was to come.
***
Danielle had been up for several hours now. She had trouble sleeping throughout the night and so finally she just gave up on sleep all together. Her arms were crossed and so were her legs, but it was hard to tell because she was still wearing that overly large amount of fabric called a dress.
But soon the large dress became very annoying and irritating and so finally she took it off and used it as a bed, which actually could be done since the dress was made out of so much fabric. And then she was comfortablt again in her shorts and shirt.
And during the morning, she and the rest of the crew experienced quite a bad storm.
But shortly after the storm, Pintel and Ragetti along with a few other men on board came into the brig and unlocked the cell door.
"We're at the Isla de Muerta now and Barbossa says you're comin' with us." Pintel said kindly. He and Ragetti liked Danielle and enjoyed her company. He opened the cell door and Danielle stood up and walked out with the men and they all headed to Elizabeth's room.
Pintel opend the door and Elizabeth, who was standing at the window, turned around. Before she could say a word, Pintel spoke to her, "Time ta go, Poppet."
Ragetti along with a few other men walked forward and grabbed Elizabeth's arms and brought her out of the room. She didn't complain but she did cringe and try to shy away from them.
As they left Danielle tried to give a reassuring smile to the petrified woman. Elizabeth thought she was going to be killed and she thought it strange that Danielle was smiling. But Danielle knew the woman's true fate and that Elizabeth would be pleased with the outcome of this 'adventure'.
All the while, a really scary, tall pirate had his hand placed firmly on Danielle's shoulder. She tried to push it off several times but his grasp just became tighter. She assumed it was because Barbossa or any of the other crew members didn't want her to run away or try to escape. But she figured she would have an opportunity at a later time.
As they all got on deck, Danielle saw that every crew member was on deck including Barbossa. The men led Danielle and Elizabeth to Babossa. They placed Elizabeth right in front of him. She tried to hide her fear under a confident, brave facade.
Danielle, on the other hand, was forced to stand next to Barbossa and watch while he placed the medallion, which was on a chain, around Elizabeth's neck.
All the pirates watched and some snickered, thinking that soon the curse placed upon them will be undone and they can go back to truly enjoying the life of piracy they hold so dear.
Barbossa quickly looked to all the pirates. "Lower the boats, men! We're on our way!" The pirates began to scatter around the ship to do what they were told.
And Danielle and Elizabeth were left standing there with Barbossa. "I was told I'm coming with you." Danielle said.
"Yes, you are. So if anythin' unpleasant should happen, I can kill ya right there." Barbossa smiled at her.
Danielle's eyes got big and she gulped. "Well, um, I already told you that someone would be showing up."
Elizabeth looked at her with wide eyes. She assumed that this 'someone' was Will, which was actually correct. But Elizabeth didn't say anything.
"You're right about that, Missy. So I suppose I'd just lock you up and save your death for later." He laughed horribly as he walked away and then Danielle and Elizabeth were left standing there, but a few pirates did keep an eye on them.
Danielle looked at the ground, pondering every possible way to escape Barbossa. But no good, sane, reasonable idea came to her at the moment. For the first time of many to come, she was fresh out of ideas.
"I'm as good as dead." Danielle heard Elizabeth say quietly to herself.
"No, no, no, no." Danielle said as she waved her hands around. "That's not true. You'll live through this ordeal and in the end you will get what you want. I give you my word." She was referring to Elizabeth getting Will in the end. But Danielle really hoped she would get to see Will before this whole thing was over with. It would make her day, no, it would make her life.
Elizabeth stared at her suspiciously for a moment but before she could respond she was taken away by several pirates and put into a small row boat which was then lowered into the dark water.
Danielle, on the other hand, was left standing there.
Barbossa suddenly appeared out of no where and stood in front of Danielle. "I suggest you get moving. You're in a boat with me. I'm not lettin' an eye stray from ya."
Barbossa grabbed her shoulder and led her to a boat that he got into as well. It was lowered into the water by several pirates who were still onboard.
The five or six boats that held the pirates as well as Danielle and Elizabeth slushed along the waves as they came to a large tunnel.
Danielle was excited as she looked around the tunnel that led to a large cave. She looked over at Elizabeth and her wide eyes became sympathetic at Elizabeth's face. She looked gloomy and as if what Danielle had told her made no impact on her whatsoever.
Danielle looked down below the boats and saw thousands of shimmering gld coins along with all kinds of trinkets from golden chalices to ruby studded necklaces. Danielle just wanted to reach into the water and scoop up as many gold objects as she could.
"Get out, woman." Barbossa growled.
Danielle looked up and saw that the boats had reached the cave. She stepped out onto the rocky, dirty ground and her arms were immediately tightly grasped by two really evil looking pirates. She and Elizabeth were then taken to a small area towards the back of the cave and what they both saw next would forever be etched in their minds.
They had never seen so much gold in their lives. The gold that was at the bottom of the water leading to the cave was nothing compared the the mountains and piles of gold that lay scattered around the filthy ground. Even in the large puddles of water that she stepped in there were endless amounts of gold.
But there was one pile of gold that held Danielle's attention. On top of this large pile was a gold chest. Danielle knew what was inside this priceless chest: not only gold, but the consequences of greed as well.
"The treasure of Cortez." Danielle whispered to herself.
But, once again, Barbossa heard her when he wasn't supposed to, perhaps that was because he was standing next to her. "It appears to be a treasure, but inside it holds a horrible, eternal fate."
Danielle slowly looked up at him as he said this and she had to admit, that was one of the scariest things he has said to her yet.
The pirates gathered around as Elizabeth and Barbossa stood at the top of this aforementioned pile of gold near the chest.
Danielle turned around to get her fidgety little hands on some of the surrounding gold when she slammed right into Pintel and Ragetti.
"Oh, hello." Danielle said nervously, trying her best not to seem like she was just about to steal gold from a group of vicious, murdering pirates.
Ragetti smiled and Danielle got the hint that she wasn't supposed to go anywhere, that she would stay near by and watch the show.
The three stood in the back, hidden in the shadows of the dimly lit cave and they all waited, but for there own reasons. Pintel and Ragetti waited for the woman's blood to be spilled so they can spend their 'swag', and Danielle waited for Will and Jack to show up and save the day. If only she knew that a certain someone else was joining our two heroes.
But for the time being, Danielle was almost enjoying the life of an evil pirate. It was just the kind of adventure she had been looking for all her life.
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Author's Note: Now that I'm off for Christams vacation for a little more than two weeks, I'll be able to update AT LEAST once a week. And I know a certain someone who will be very happy with my progress (you know who you are!).
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Chapter 11: The Beginning of an Adventure
The next morning, Samantha woke up to loud banging on her door.
"Get up, Sammi. They're here!" Jack yelled to her through the door. He began to walk away and his footsteps echoed as he thumped up the stairs.
Samantha pulled herself out of her dreamless sleep and her eyes lazily opened. She looked around and for the second time she had a fleeting hope that she would wake up back at home. But that wouldn't happen. She had too much of an adventure waiting for her.
She sat up and stretched and mumbled to no one in paricular, "I'm coming. I'm coming, Danielle." She stopped for a moment as she realized what she just said. Whenever Danielle would wake Smantha up, she would bang on the door and yell something to her that Samantha never quite heard. Danielle was Samantha's alarm clock.
Samantha stood up and walked over to the door and absently wondered what Jack had said. She dragged her still half-asleep body up the stairs and onto the deck. She made a funny face and squinted when the sunlight hit her. "Too bright. Too bright." She said quietly.
Jack walked over to her and smiled when he saw her unhappy, tired face. "Aren't we just a bundle of sunshine this mornin'?"
"What time is it? Why did you wake me up? Why is the sun so damn bright?" She said as she rubbed her eyes.
"Well, it's time to get up, I woke you up because our new crew's here, and the sun is bright because it's daytime." Jack said as he counted off his fingers.
Samantha didn't expect such sarcastic answers but she shouldn't have been surprised because he is a pirate, you know.
Jack walked away towards a line of people near by which included Gibbs. As her vision became unblurry, she realized they were all men, or atleast most of them were anyway. There was one towards the end of the line that stuck out, but Samantha wasn't about to say anything to Jack. She was all for feminine equality.
She, Jack, Gibbs, and Will (who appeared out of no where) stood at the beginning of this line and Jack began to to inspect, if you will, the new crew.
"Feast your eyes, Captain. All of them,faithful hands before the mast. Every man worth his salt." Gibbs said, motioning to the line of people. "And crazy to boot." He added.
"So this is your able-bodied crew?" Will questioned Jack who was looking at a very, very short man suspiciously, but Jack didn't reply.
"I guess so, Will." Samantha answered for Jack.
"You, sailor!" Jack said, getting closer to a man that had a parrot on his shoulder.
"Cotton, sir." Gibbs said.
"Do you have the courage and fortitude to follow orders and stay true in the face of danger and almost certain death?" Jack said quickly. When the man didn't answer, Jack became annoyed. "Mr. Cotton! Answer me!"
Then Gibbs spoke, "He's a mute sir. Poor devil had his tongue cut out, so he trained the parrot to talk for him. No one's yet figured how..." He shrugged.
"Mr. Cotton's... parrot. Same question." Jack said awkwardly.
"Wind in the sails! Wind in the sails!" The parrot replied. Samantha tried to suppress her laughter.
"Mostly, we figure, that means 'yes'." Gibbs as he shrugged his shoulders and raised his eyebrows.
"O' course it does." Jack said confidently and then turned to Will and Samantha. "Satisfied?" So he had been paying attention...
"Well you've proved them mad." Will replied.
"And what's the benefit for us?" It was the voice that came from that woman Samantha had noticed not too long ago. The woman tried to mask her voice by making it deeper and the only one who noticed this was Samantha.
Jack, Samantha, Will and Gibbs walked to the end of the line where this woman was standing. A hat was tipped low on her face and even by her posture no one except Samantha knew it was a woman.
But Jack did seem a little suspicious at this point and he leaned back as he slowly took off the hat. His eyebrows went up as he saw that beneath this hat was a woman with dark hair and dark eyes who, at the moment, wasn't in the happiest of moods.
"Anamaria." Jack tried to say pleasantly.
Her hand suddenly flew forward and slapped him right in the face. Jack's head whipped around and he faced Will and Samantha.
Samantha's eyes got big. "Why are you getting hit so much lately?"
"I suppose you didn't deserve that one either." Will said sarcastically.
"No, I deserved that one." Jack's face was starting to hurt.
Anamaria overheard Will and Samantha and then she spoke, wanting to let everyone know what the infamous Jack Sparrow did to her, "You stole my boat!"
Jack turned around to face her once again. "Actually-" He was cut off by Anamaria slapping him again, "borrowed, borrowed without permission. But with every intention of giving it back to you." He smiled pleasantly, trying to let her know he meant no harm.
Her eyes got big and wide in anger. "But you didn't!"
"You'll get another one." Jack said quickly.
"I will." It was more of a demand than a question. She pointed manacingly at Jack. Anamaria really wanted her boat... or any boat.
"A better one." Will said.
"A much better one!" Samantha chimed in.
Jack's smile got bigger. "Yes, a much better one."
Will looked around the ship with big eyes and Samantha got the hint. "This one!" Samantha said, holding her arms out.
"What one? This one?" Jack said questioningly as he looked back at Samantha and Will. "Aye! This one! What say you?"
Anamaria pondered it for a moment and then she, along with the rest of the crew, yelled in agreement, "Aye!" And then they went about their business.
Jack turned around and began to walk away and so did Will And Samantha. But then Gibbs ran after them and spoke, "No, no, no, no, no. It's frightful bad luck to bring a woman on board, sir."
Samantha turned around and stared at him. "Hey, watch it. I'm a woman."
"It'd be far worse not to have either of these women on board." Jack said as he continued to walk away.
Several hours later, they were out at sea onboard the Interceptor. But something always seems to go wrong and this time wasn't any different. A storm broke upon them and while everyone else was on deck or trying to keep the ship from sinking, Samantha was down below lying down on her bed.
She was getting very sea sick and if she even dared to look out the window or get up she knew she would throw up what little she had for breakfast that morning.
She just laid there and prayed she wouldn't get sick and that the storm would be over soon... And it might sound strange, but this was only the calm before the real storm that was to come.
***
Danielle had been up for several hours now. She had trouble sleeping throughout the night and so finally she just gave up on sleep all together. Her arms were crossed and so were her legs, but it was hard to tell because she was still wearing that overly large amount of fabric called a dress.
But soon the large dress became very annoying and irritating and so finally she took it off and used it as a bed, which actually could be done since the dress was made out of so much fabric. And then she was comfortablt again in her shorts and shirt.
And during the morning, she and the rest of the crew experienced quite a bad storm.
But shortly after the storm, Pintel and Ragetti along with a few other men on board came into the brig and unlocked the cell door.
"We're at the Isla de Muerta now and Barbossa says you're comin' with us." Pintel said kindly. He and Ragetti liked Danielle and enjoyed her company. He opened the cell door and Danielle stood up and walked out with the men and they all headed to Elizabeth's room.
Pintel opend the door and Elizabeth, who was standing at the window, turned around. Before she could say a word, Pintel spoke to her, "Time ta go, Poppet."
Ragetti along with a few other men walked forward and grabbed Elizabeth's arms and brought her out of the room. She didn't complain but she did cringe and try to shy away from them.
As they left Danielle tried to give a reassuring smile to the petrified woman. Elizabeth thought she was going to be killed and she thought it strange that Danielle was smiling. But Danielle knew the woman's true fate and that Elizabeth would be pleased with the outcome of this 'adventure'.
All the while, a really scary, tall pirate had his hand placed firmly on Danielle's shoulder. She tried to push it off several times but his grasp just became tighter. She assumed it was because Barbossa or any of the other crew members didn't want her to run away or try to escape. But she figured she would have an opportunity at a later time.
As they all got on deck, Danielle saw that every crew member was on deck including Barbossa. The men led Danielle and Elizabeth to Babossa. They placed Elizabeth right in front of him. She tried to hide her fear under a confident, brave facade.
Danielle, on the other hand, was forced to stand next to Barbossa and watch while he placed the medallion, which was on a chain, around Elizabeth's neck.
All the pirates watched and some snickered, thinking that soon the curse placed upon them will be undone and they can go back to truly enjoying the life of piracy they hold so dear.
Barbossa quickly looked to all the pirates. "Lower the boats, men! We're on our way!" The pirates began to scatter around the ship to do what they were told.
And Danielle and Elizabeth were left standing there with Barbossa. "I was told I'm coming with you." Danielle said.
"Yes, you are. So if anythin' unpleasant should happen, I can kill ya right there." Barbossa smiled at her.
Danielle's eyes got big and she gulped. "Well, um, I already told you that someone would be showing up."
Elizabeth looked at her with wide eyes. She assumed that this 'someone' was Will, which was actually correct. But Elizabeth didn't say anything.
"You're right about that, Missy. So I suppose I'd just lock you up and save your death for later." He laughed horribly as he walked away and then Danielle and Elizabeth were left standing there, but a few pirates did keep an eye on them.
Danielle looked at the ground, pondering every possible way to escape Barbossa. But no good, sane, reasonable idea came to her at the moment. For the first time of many to come, she was fresh out of ideas.
"I'm as good as dead." Danielle heard Elizabeth say quietly to herself.
"No, no, no, no." Danielle said as she waved her hands around. "That's not true. You'll live through this ordeal and in the end you will get what you want. I give you my word." She was referring to Elizabeth getting Will in the end. But Danielle really hoped she would get to see Will before this whole thing was over with. It would make her day, no, it would make her life.
Elizabeth stared at her suspiciously for a moment but before she could respond she was taken away by several pirates and put into a small row boat which was then lowered into the dark water.
Danielle, on the other hand, was left standing there.
Barbossa suddenly appeared out of no where and stood in front of Danielle. "I suggest you get moving. You're in a boat with me. I'm not lettin' an eye stray from ya."
Barbossa grabbed her shoulder and led her to a boat that he got into as well. It was lowered into the water by several pirates who were still onboard.
The five or six boats that held the pirates as well as Danielle and Elizabeth slushed along the waves as they came to a large tunnel.
Danielle was excited as she looked around the tunnel that led to a large cave. She looked over at Elizabeth and her wide eyes became sympathetic at Elizabeth's face. She looked gloomy and as if what Danielle had told her made no impact on her whatsoever.
Danielle looked down below the boats and saw thousands of shimmering gld coins along with all kinds of trinkets from golden chalices to ruby studded necklaces. Danielle just wanted to reach into the water and scoop up as many gold objects as she could.
"Get out, woman." Barbossa growled.
Danielle looked up and saw that the boats had reached the cave. She stepped out onto the rocky, dirty ground and her arms were immediately tightly grasped by two really evil looking pirates. She and Elizabeth were then taken to a small area towards the back of the cave and what they both saw next would forever be etched in their minds.
They had never seen so much gold in their lives. The gold that was at the bottom of the water leading to the cave was nothing compared the the mountains and piles of gold that lay scattered around the filthy ground. Even in the large puddles of water that she stepped in there were endless amounts of gold.
But there was one pile of gold that held Danielle's attention. On top of this large pile was a gold chest. Danielle knew what was inside this priceless chest: not only gold, but the consequences of greed as well.
"The treasure of Cortez." Danielle whispered to herself.
But, once again, Barbossa heard her when he wasn't supposed to, perhaps that was because he was standing next to her. "It appears to be a treasure, but inside it holds a horrible, eternal fate."
Danielle slowly looked up at him as he said this and she had to admit, that was one of the scariest things he has said to her yet.
The pirates gathered around as Elizabeth and Barbossa stood at the top of this aforementioned pile of gold near the chest.
Danielle turned around to get her fidgety little hands on some of the surrounding gold when she slammed right into Pintel and Ragetti.
"Oh, hello." Danielle said nervously, trying her best not to seem like she was just about to steal gold from a group of vicious, murdering pirates.
Ragetti smiled and Danielle got the hint that she wasn't supposed to go anywhere, that she would stay near by and watch the show.
The three stood in the back, hidden in the shadows of the dimly lit cave and they all waited, but for there own reasons. Pintel and Ragetti waited for the woman's blood to be spilled so they can spend their 'swag', and Danielle waited for Will and Jack to show up and save the day. If only she knew that a certain someone else was joining our two heroes.
But for the time being, Danielle was almost enjoying the life of an evil pirate. It was just the kind of adventure she had been looking for all her life.
*~*~*
Author's Note: Now that I'm off for Christams vacation for a little more than two weeks, I'll be able to update AT LEAST once a week. And I know a certain someone who will be very happy with my progress (you know who you are!).
