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.
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.
*~*~*
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.
