ABOVE ALL THINGS

By Jacksrumrunner

Recap of Last Chapter

"You're comin' with us, poppet. Pretty one, ain't she?" the short and burly man said to a taller pirate.

"She is a pretty one" he repeated in a trance. They were both gruesome and I think that the taller one had a wooden eye, but I couldn't tell. They came over to me and grabbed me by the arms. I felt helpless as I gave in. I then remember falling under a horrible cough spell and fainting. The last thought I had was if I'd ever see Jack again.

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JACKS EYES

The battle between ships was over. I only had a shot in my arm. It had been patched up and covered. Some one was aiming at me. It was Barbossa, my mutinous first mate. I thought I had killed him a long time ago. Obviously it was not so. But there was one thing that was troubling me as I looked into the blue waters. Why had they retreated? For one, I know that Barbossa wouldn't give up that easily to me. After all, we had tried to kill each other on several occasions. There was something wrong. I could feel it. Anna Maria crept up behind me.

" Captain, they took the lass" she said looking at her boots.

"What?" I exclaimed. It couldn't be! I ran to my quarters.

"Justine?" I repeated several times. The realization had sunken in. They had taken her, and thought I was dead. That explains the stray bullet. And that is why they had retreated. Everything was coming together. I now understood. But why did they take her? What had she ever done to Barbossa?

JUSTINE'S EYES

I woke up in a foreign bed. My heat ached very badly. I looked around.

"Jack?" I said. No response.

"There be no Jack here, lass" said a voice I remembered very well. It was the captain! The one I had slept with the same night I thought that Jack was Will and that he had left me! I turned to face his direction. What an ugly man, I thought.

"What have you done to Jack?" I yelled.

"Don't worry, love. Alls has been taken care of. Jack won't be hurtin' ye no more. You've got Barbossa now." he said.

"He never had hurt me! What have you done?" I asked. Then it hit me. "YOU KILLED JACK!". He chuckled.

"You are with me now, I can tell he has brainwashed you very well. It's alright. We are together now. You, the most beautiful woman in all the Caribbean." To that I tried not the blush, but eventually did.

"And I, the most feared captain of the Caribbean. The world is now ours, love" he said.

But I didn't want to be his. I wanted to be Jack's. Do I really? Am I deceiving my self? Is it just lust? I've never been in love. This is impossible.