Author's Note: Hi there. I hope you enjoy this chapter... and review. :-)
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Chapter 15: Running Away Would Probably be Best
When Samantha reached the outside of the tunnel, she wasn't as happy as she thought she would be.
"What the hell am I supposed to do now!" She yelled to no one in particular.
The fog that hugged the island was still there and she was having trouble seeing anything beyond the destroyed ships. So, she was just kind of floating there.
Suddenly she heard something. It was distant at first, but it was coming closer. It sounded like a ship.
She watched it cut through the fog and stop several hundred yards away from a different tunnel leading into the cave.
The boat was dark and and the sails were tattered and black. It even carried with it a new, darker, heavier wave of fog. It was as if the ship itself created the fog.
"Weird." Samantha said to herself.
She never noticed the rowboats that floated away from the ship. They were just out of her view so all she saw was a large menacing ship near by. Too bad she didn't know that Danielle had been on this ship, the Black Pearl, or that Danielle was now in the little row boats.
Samantha didn't even know what ship this was, so she saw it as her life- saver, her way to freedom. Too bad the Dauntless wasn't there yet.
She paddled as fast as she could, considering she was still using her now- tired hands. As she came closer and closer to the Pearl, she was beginning to seriously regret even thinking about boarding this ship. It gave off a bad, scary vibe that Samantha just wanted to get away from.
She also noticed that there was a rope ladder hanging off the side of the ship. She didn't know at the time, but only minutes ago it was used by Will Turner, Barbossa, and not to mention Danielle to get on their row boat.
Samantha grabbed the ladder and hoisted herself up. She left her boat there and it gradually floated away. She slowly climbed up the ladder. The whole ship seemed to creak with each step she took.
When she reached the top of the ladder, she peered over only to see... nothing. Absolutely nothing. There were no crew members or even a captain standing at the helm.
Samantha hopped onto the deck and looked around suspiciously, making sure nothing unwanted would pop out at her. But something unwanted did pop out at her. Thank God it didn't see her.
As she was walking around, a little monkey appeared out of no where and glared around the ship. Samantha by that time had hidden behind a barrel so the monkey didn't see her.
Samantha watched the monkey hop around and then it jumped onto the mast and climbed up, until it was no longer seen by Samantha. She was now almost in a panic, so she ran out of her hiding place and ran down the stairs below deck. And, surprisingly, she was quiet.
When she reached the bottom deck, she stopped abruptly. There, only ten feet away, sat two pirates. They were staring at food discussing how they can't wait for the curse to be lifted. They didn't see Samantha because they were too busy staring at their food in a daze.
Samantha's eyes were wide and she knew they were pirates. Bad pirates. And she now knew she wasn't where she was supposed to be.
She slowly backed up, all the while keeping her eyes on the two zoned-out pirates.
She tip-toed up the stairs but just before she reached the top, just when she could fully see the deck, the monkey was there hanging from part of the sails. If she stepped on deck, the monkey would surely see her.
So once again she went down the stairs and she hid on a level inbetween the bottom deck and the top deck. She hid behind a large, wooden pillar, completely unsure of what to do. She was in a panic and was too scared to move. She hoped that she wasn't found anytime soon, or ever for that matter.
Thank God she didn't scream. That would just be bad.
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They entered the cave in silence. Well, Danielle and Will were silent, anyway. The other pirates were yelling and even cursing in happiness for now the curse would finally be lifted. After so many years, their turmoil would finally come to an end. Even Pintel and Ragetti were pleased, even though their little friend, Danielle, was probably going to be killed. Probably.
When they finally reached shore, all the pirates hopped out. Danielle was walking with Pintel and Ragetti but she watched as Barbossa was taken aside by three pirates. As they spoke to him, Barbossa's face changed dramatically. He looked as if he were about to kill someone. The pirates he was talking to didn't seem to happy either. Without warning, Barbossa back handed one of the pirates and was yelling at them. Danielle was, by that time, too far away to catch anything else that was going on between them.
Will, who was beside her, seemed nervous and as if he were about to faint. He looked quite pale.
Pintel saw this and he spoke. "No reason to fret, it's just a prick in the finger, a few drops of blood." Will still looked nervous.
A pirate near by heard Pintel and grabbed Will. "No mistakes this time. He's only half Turner. We spill it all!!"
The pirate pushed Will forward and Pintel, Danielle and Ragetti stopped. "Guess there is reason to fret." Pintel laughed and so did Ragetti. Danielle stood there. Danielle tried to laugh and smile but by now she was seriously afraid that she would never leave the cave alive.
Another pirate then grabbed Danielle and tore her away from Pintel and Ragetti and led her to the top of the pile of gold where Barbossa stood with Will and the Aztec chest.
She was forced to stand there next to Will. But strangely, her hands were never tied like Will's were. I guess they never really considered her a threat.
Barbossa bent Will's body over the open chest of gold and he whipped out his knife, ready to slit Will's throat. "Begun by blood..." Barbossa echoed.
Danielle had completely forgotten about Jack, that is, until he showed up at the back of the large group of pirates. He was making his way towards the front of the group, towards Barbossa.
"... by blood un-" Barbossa couldn't completely finish his sentence because Will had seen Jack and he had called out his name.
" 'S not possible." Barbossa said, shocked. Danielle was just plain happy to see him.
"Not probable." Jack pointed out as he stepped closer to the trio.
Will was looking at him strangely. "Where's Elizabeth?" He asked.
"She's safe, just like I promised." Jack said. "She's all set to marry Norrington, just like she promised. And you get to die for her, just like you promised. So we're all men of our word, really-"
"Except for Elizabeth!!! She's a woman!!" Danielle said, once more finishing Jack's sentence.
"Exactly." Jack said, nodding his head at Danielle and smiling.
"Shut up!" Barbossa yelled. "Yer next, after Miss Danielle, of course." He glanced at Danielle and then leaned in again to slit Will's throat.
Danielle knew she would die. She just knew it. "Well, this sucks." She mumbled.
"You don't want to be doin' that, mate." Jack said to Barbossa.
"No, I really think I do." Barbossa was getting aggravated with Jack.
"Your funeral." Jack muttered, looking away for a moment.
Barbossa rolled his eyes and looked up at Jack, who, once again, has interrupted Barbossa's murder of an innocent. "Why don't I want to be doin' it?"
Jack walked forward a bit more before speaking. "Well, because..." he paused for a moment while he plucked a pirates hand from his shoulder, "... because the HMS Dauntless, pride of the Royal Navy, is floating just off shore, waiting for you."
Danielle zoned out for a minute as Jack continued to talk about Jack getting the Pearl and Barbossa becoming Commodore. She was paying far more attention to the man next to her, who just so happened to be her wannabe- future-husband, Will. He looked at her in a scared way and Danielle snapped out of it just in time to catch Jack's last comment of "Savvy".
"I s'pose in exchange you want me to not kill the whelp and the girl." Barbossa said to Jack.
Jack waved his hands around. "No, no, no. By all means, kill the whelp and his companion. Just not yet. Wait to lift the curse..." Danielle knew what would come next. She knew he would take the coin and she watched him ever so closely. And she really didn't care what Jack said about her. She knew he didn't mean it.
"... until the opportune moment." Jack continued. "For instance," he picked up a few medallions from the chest, "after you've killed Norrington's men." Then he dropped a coin one at a time in the chest as he spoke. "Every... last... one." And he pocketed the last one, just like Danielle knew he would.
But not only Danielle saw this, but Will had seen it as well. "You've been planning this from the beginning! Ever since you learned my name!" So Will was finally catching on to Jack's ploy.
Jack looked at him with wide eyes. "Yeah."
Just then, Barbossa jumped into the conversation. "I want fifty percent of yer plunder, Jack."
"Fifteen."
"Forty."
"Twenty-five. And I'll but you a hat, a really big one... Commodore."
Barbossa looked up at his hat and Danielle could almost see the wheels turning in his head. "We have an accord."
Jack, by now, was standing on the pile of gold and so Jack and Barbossa shook hands.
"So, I'm not going to die now, right?" Danielle said hopefully.
Barbossa looked at her. "Not at the moment, but nothin' is definite."
"All hands to the boats!" Jack yelled out to the pirates. They all stared at him in silence. Jack glanced at Barbossa and saw that he was now staring at him. Jack clasped his hands. "I apologize. You give the orders."
Barbossa smirked. "Gents!" He yelled. "Take a walk!"
Jack looked at him in a confused way. "Not to the boats?"
If only Jack knew that the pirates really were going to take a walk, under the water, that is.
Barbossa shoved Danielle off the pile of gold. "Off ya go!" He yelled. "I know yer not escapin'."
As the pirates left the cave, Danielle caught up with Pintel and Ragetti just in time for them to be stopped by a big pirate. He was holding a parasol and handed all three of them one. Not to mention he gave all of them dresses as well.
"Oh my God. You can't be serious." Danielle mumbled. "Well, I suppose I'll be looking pretty along with them." (Author Note: Please refer to chapter 5 if you are confused by that.)
And so Pintel, Ragetti, and Danielle were set to be a distraction. But there is so much more in store for her, as well as Samantha.
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Author's Note: Chapter 5 will explain the whole 'looking pretty' thing if you are confused or just don't remember.
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Chapter 15: Running Away Would Probably be Best
When Samantha reached the outside of the tunnel, she wasn't as happy as she thought she would be.
"What the hell am I supposed to do now!" She yelled to no one in particular.
The fog that hugged the island was still there and she was having trouble seeing anything beyond the destroyed ships. So, she was just kind of floating there.
Suddenly she heard something. It was distant at first, but it was coming closer. It sounded like a ship.
She watched it cut through the fog and stop several hundred yards away from a different tunnel leading into the cave.
The boat was dark and and the sails were tattered and black. It even carried with it a new, darker, heavier wave of fog. It was as if the ship itself created the fog.
"Weird." Samantha said to herself.
She never noticed the rowboats that floated away from the ship. They were just out of her view so all she saw was a large menacing ship near by. Too bad she didn't know that Danielle had been on this ship, the Black Pearl, or that Danielle was now in the little row boats.
Samantha didn't even know what ship this was, so she saw it as her life- saver, her way to freedom. Too bad the Dauntless wasn't there yet.
She paddled as fast as she could, considering she was still using her now- tired hands. As she came closer and closer to the Pearl, she was beginning to seriously regret even thinking about boarding this ship. It gave off a bad, scary vibe that Samantha just wanted to get away from.
She also noticed that there was a rope ladder hanging off the side of the ship. She didn't know at the time, but only minutes ago it was used by Will Turner, Barbossa, and not to mention Danielle to get on their row boat.
Samantha grabbed the ladder and hoisted herself up. She left her boat there and it gradually floated away. She slowly climbed up the ladder. The whole ship seemed to creak with each step she took.
When she reached the top of the ladder, she peered over only to see... nothing. Absolutely nothing. There were no crew members or even a captain standing at the helm.
Samantha hopped onto the deck and looked around suspiciously, making sure nothing unwanted would pop out at her. But something unwanted did pop out at her. Thank God it didn't see her.
As she was walking around, a little monkey appeared out of no where and glared around the ship. Samantha by that time had hidden behind a barrel so the monkey didn't see her.
Samantha watched the monkey hop around and then it jumped onto the mast and climbed up, until it was no longer seen by Samantha. She was now almost in a panic, so she ran out of her hiding place and ran down the stairs below deck. And, surprisingly, she was quiet.
When she reached the bottom deck, she stopped abruptly. There, only ten feet away, sat two pirates. They were staring at food discussing how they can't wait for the curse to be lifted. They didn't see Samantha because they were too busy staring at their food in a daze.
Samantha's eyes were wide and she knew they were pirates. Bad pirates. And she now knew she wasn't where she was supposed to be.
She slowly backed up, all the while keeping her eyes on the two zoned-out pirates.
She tip-toed up the stairs but just before she reached the top, just when she could fully see the deck, the monkey was there hanging from part of the sails. If she stepped on deck, the monkey would surely see her.
So once again she went down the stairs and she hid on a level inbetween the bottom deck and the top deck. She hid behind a large, wooden pillar, completely unsure of what to do. She was in a panic and was too scared to move. She hoped that she wasn't found anytime soon, or ever for that matter.
Thank God she didn't scream. That would just be bad.
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They entered the cave in silence. Well, Danielle and Will were silent, anyway. The other pirates were yelling and even cursing in happiness for now the curse would finally be lifted. After so many years, their turmoil would finally come to an end. Even Pintel and Ragetti were pleased, even though their little friend, Danielle, was probably going to be killed. Probably.
When they finally reached shore, all the pirates hopped out. Danielle was walking with Pintel and Ragetti but she watched as Barbossa was taken aside by three pirates. As they spoke to him, Barbossa's face changed dramatically. He looked as if he were about to kill someone. The pirates he was talking to didn't seem to happy either. Without warning, Barbossa back handed one of the pirates and was yelling at them. Danielle was, by that time, too far away to catch anything else that was going on between them.
Will, who was beside her, seemed nervous and as if he were about to faint. He looked quite pale.
Pintel saw this and he spoke. "No reason to fret, it's just a prick in the finger, a few drops of blood." Will still looked nervous.
A pirate near by heard Pintel and grabbed Will. "No mistakes this time. He's only half Turner. We spill it all!!"
The pirate pushed Will forward and Pintel, Danielle and Ragetti stopped. "Guess there is reason to fret." Pintel laughed and so did Ragetti. Danielle stood there. Danielle tried to laugh and smile but by now she was seriously afraid that she would never leave the cave alive.
Another pirate then grabbed Danielle and tore her away from Pintel and Ragetti and led her to the top of the pile of gold where Barbossa stood with Will and the Aztec chest.
She was forced to stand there next to Will. But strangely, her hands were never tied like Will's were. I guess they never really considered her a threat.
Barbossa bent Will's body over the open chest of gold and he whipped out his knife, ready to slit Will's throat. "Begun by blood..." Barbossa echoed.
Danielle had completely forgotten about Jack, that is, until he showed up at the back of the large group of pirates. He was making his way towards the front of the group, towards Barbossa.
"... by blood un-" Barbossa couldn't completely finish his sentence because Will had seen Jack and he had called out his name.
" 'S not possible." Barbossa said, shocked. Danielle was just plain happy to see him.
"Not probable." Jack pointed out as he stepped closer to the trio.
Will was looking at him strangely. "Where's Elizabeth?" He asked.
"She's safe, just like I promised." Jack said. "She's all set to marry Norrington, just like she promised. And you get to die for her, just like you promised. So we're all men of our word, really-"
"Except for Elizabeth!!! She's a woman!!" Danielle said, once more finishing Jack's sentence.
"Exactly." Jack said, nodding his head at Danielle and smiling.
"Shut up!" Barbossa yelled. "Yer next, after Miss Danielle, of course." He glanced at Danielle and then leaned in again to slit Will's throat.
Danielle knew she would die. She just knew it. "Well, this sucks." She mumbled.
"You don't want to be doin' that, mate." Jack said to Barbossa.
"No, I really think I do." Barbossa was getting aggravated with Jack.
"Your funeral." Jack muttered, looking away for a moment.
Barbossa rolled his eyes and looked up at Jack, who, once again, has interrupted Barbossa's murder of an innocent. "Why don't I want to be doin' it?"
Jack walked forward a bit more before speaking. "Well, because..." he paused for a moment while he plucked a pirates hand from his shoulder, "... because the HMS Dauntless, pride of the Royal Navy, is floating just off shore, waiting for you."
Danielle zoned out for a minute as Jack continued to talk about Jack getting the Pearl and Barbossa becoming Commodore. She was paying far more attention to the man next to her, who just so happened to be her wannabe- future-husband, Will. He looked at her in a scared way and Danielle snapped out of it just in time to catch Jack's last comment of "Savvy".
"I s'pose in exchange you want me to not kill the whelp and the girl." Barbossa said to Jack.
Jack waved his hands around. "No, no, no. By all means, kill the whelp and his companion. Just not yet. Wait to lift the curse..." Danielle knew what would come next. She knew he would take the coin and she watched him ever so closely. And she really didn't care what Jack said about her. She knew he didn't mean it.
"... until the opportune moment." Jack continued. "For instance," he picked up a few medallions from the chest, "after you've killed Norrington's men." Then he dropped a coin one at a time in the chest as he spoke. "Every... last... one." And he pocketed the last one, just like Danielle knew he would.
But not only Danielle saw this, but Will had seen it as well. "You've been planning this from the beginning! Ever since you learned my name!" So Will was finally catching on to Jack's ploy.
Jack looked at him with wide eyes. "Yeah."
Just then, Barbossa jumped into the conversation. "I want fifty percent of yer plunder, Jack."
"Fifteen."
"Forty."
"Twenty-five. And I'll but you a hat, a really big one... Commodore."
Barbossa looked up at his hat and Danielle could almost see the wheels turning in his head. "We have an accord."
Jack, by now, was standing on the pile of gold and so Jack and Barbossa shook hands.
"So, I'm not going to die now, right?" Danielle said hopefully.
Barbossa looked at her. "Not at the moment, but nothin' is definite."
"All hands to the boats!" Jack yelled out to the pirates. They all stared at him in silence. Jack glanced at Barbossa and saw that he was now staring at him. Jack clasped his hands. "I apologize. You give the orders."
Barbossa smirked. "Gents!" He yelled. "Take a walk!"
Jack looked at him in a confused way. "Not to the boats?"
If only Jack knew that the pirates really were going to take a walk, under the water, that is.
Barbossa shoved Danielle off the pile of gold. "Off ya go!" He yelled. "I know yer not escapin'."
As the pirates left the cave, Danielle caught up with Pintel and Ragetti just in time for them to be stopped by a big pirate. He was holding a parasol and handed all three of them one. Not to mention he gave all of them dresses as well.
"Oh my God. You can't be serious." Danielle mumbled. "Well, I suppose I'll be looking pretty along with them." (Author Note: Please refer to chapter 5 if you are confused by that.)
And so Pintel, Ragetti, and Danielle were set to be a distraction. But there is so much more in store for her, as well as Samantha.
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Author's Note: Chapter 5 will explain the whole 'looking pretty' thing if you are confused or just don't remember.
