Chapter 7
Ivy grinned and led the way out. He followed behind her, his feet dragging on the wooden bottom of the ship. The Black Pearl was decorated with tons of riches and with many of dark color.
Just as Ivy lead the way into another part of the ship, she passed a door wide open, showing nothing but the darkness inside. She didn't hesitate to work out her plan, so she stopped as Jack just came to stand next to her.
"What's wrong now, missy?," he said in a snotty voice.
Ivy's eyes went from one side of the ship to the other. A table sat in the corner across from them both, but Ivy didn't care. She grabbed Jack's arm and shoved him carelessly into the darkness, quickly shutting the door behind her.
Her whole back pressed against the door, trying to stop Jack's bursts of outrage. The door would jumble a bit, along with herself. But Ivy never let her strength go. She could hear his curses through the wood separating them.
"Goddamn you, Ivy! Open the blasted door!"
Satisfied with her work, Ivy said back through the door, "I'm sorry, Jack. But I just can't do that. Now you'll have to find another way out, 'cause this door seems to be busted."
"What-do-you," BAM, another hit against the door from Jack. "-mean-it's-busted?!"
"It won't open," she turned her body around and stared at the dark glazed wood and whispered to him.
Thinking fast, Ivy pulled a chair close to her and shoved it ever so neatly to fit under the doorknob, to give the effect that it really was broken to him.
She ran for it. Leaving Jack behind in the small area and up onto deck. There, the wind hit her hard and she looked around. They were already setting sail. Ivy ran over to the side and looked down by the surface. There it broke as the ship sailed through the water.
Glancing behind her, Tortuga lay far behind them. Her plan worked.
Ana Maria yelled over to her, "Oi! Girl! Get yer butt here!"
Ivy obeyed obediently and slowly walked up to helm. Ana Maria was beautiful, with her cocoa skin and her chocolate eyes. But her voice was loud and stern. "Do you have permission to be aboard here?"
"uh…yeah o'course. Jack gave me special permission," Ivy grinned but saw the stern brow furrowed look on her face. 'ahem…Captain Jack."
Ana Maria nodded and looked out ahead. As did Ivy. She caught a glimpse of Will walking down the starboard side. Ivy jumped the stairs leading to the main deck and ran up to him, greeting him with a grin on her face.
"Hello…?," he said confusedly. Ivy grinned more.
She said all in a hurry, "Hello. Where's Elizabeth? I need to talk to her."
Will smiled, "…she's down in the sleeping quarters. And might I ask, where's Jack? Usually he'd be steering the ship."
Ivy got a glint of satisfaction in her eyes and she smirked. Will noticed this and asked her sternly, "What did you do?"
"Let's just say I took some of your advice."
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"Jack? Jaaaccckkkk?!!?," Will yelled as her searched all of the Black Pearl but Jack seemed to be nowhere.
"Blasted girl, I'm gonna kill her when I get out. If I get out," Will heard muttering from behind a door with a chair in front of it.
Will was expecting to see Jack standing behind it, and when he pulled the chair free and opened the door, he expected right. "Jack! What are you doing in there?!," Will exclaimed and pulled Jack's arm out of the darkness.
He pulled it away from Will and shook himself off. There he started to walk very fast up on deck. The colors of the Black Pearl flying past his face. Will could hear the growls of him as he reached the top of the ship and onto the deck.
"Ivy!," Jack bellowed.
Will gently tapped him on the shoulder and said softly to him, "She's down with Elizabeth."
In an instant, Jack bolted down the stairs and arrived on the outside of Elizabeth's door. He heard whispering in there and decided to listen before busting in.
"I locked him up," said Ivy's voice.
"But why?," Elizabeth asked.
"Because I just know that I'm supposed to be on the Pearl, stopping Jack from killing those helpless people on that poor, very rich merchant ship."
"Ah, darling. Jack would never kill anyone. No matter how despicable they might have been to him…," there was a pause as Elizabeth thought, "except Barbossa. No question about it, he had to die."
"Damn mutinous first mate," muttered Jack on the other side.
"I didn't mean for Jack to be locked up, but I had to do something. And, now that I get to know more of Jack, I know that he won't kill those people. I just…hmm…want an excuse to stay aboard," Ivy pleaded to Elizabeth.
"Here's a better excuse. How about I needed another girl so I could talk with and that Jack's crew might need you for some rigging," Elizabeth shrugged.
"Ok, back to Will. Does he always look that serious," Ivy asked with a bit of bitter confusion in her voice.
Will's face got red as he heard them mention his name. Not from embarrassment but from anger.
The two boys could hear Elizabeth laugh and whisper to Ivy, "He just wants all adventures to have no mistakes in them. I don't even remember him smiling that much in our last adventure. But he is still pretty handsome when he's serious"
Both the girls laughed and Jack whispered to Will, "Ah, they're just talking about you. It's now the opportune moment to burst in."
The door cracked open and both the girls looked up at the door. They sat on the bed, both wearing magnificent dresses which were very expensive. In an instant Ivy just blurted out her good excuse, seeing how she could sense Jack's angriness, "Elizabeth needs a friend and I could be a good rigger to the crew."
Her face stayed scared as Jack laughed, "Yer still getting off the ship."
There Ivy changed her expression. She smiled and said back to Jack, "Oh but Jack, you prolly had now seen that we are off shore and away from Tortuga. So you really can't kick me off. Unless of course you make me swim back," She frowned, "No bad idea." Jack grinned. "Bad, bad Jack!"
"Aye, not a bad idea, lass," he grabbed her roughly by the shoulder and led her out of the room, Elizabeth following as did Will.
Elizabeth was hissing in Jack's ear about how he shouldn't do this as Ivy let out way too dramatic moans of pain.
"Shut up, Ivy," Jack muttered as he glanced down at her dragging body. She let out a fake howl of pain and Jack growled just as Elizabeth hissed louder in his ear. "Jack, you know this is wrong. Just leave her be."
He whirled on Elizabeth as Ivy still dangled from her arm in Jack's grasp. "I know it's wrong but I don't want her on my ship."
"Were you like this to her before?"
Jack's eyes shifted and he wouldn't look Elizabeth or Will for that matter in the eye, "No, nor do I plan to go back to treating her like a helpless little girl."
"but--," Ivy protested.
He interrupted her as he walked Ivy up the steps, "Alrighty then, Ivy, since your from the future, I think that you can use some…"
"--technology…?"
"techno-whatever to get back to your time," Jack said to her in gravely low tone.
"Jack," She pulled free from his grip and looked him straight in the eye. He was a bit taller than her being of 5 feet 6 inches. "If you haven't noticed, we don't really have technology in the 18th century."
"So…make some," he gave her a slight push to the plank at the side of the ship. She spun around and crossed her arms across her chest, sticking her hip to another side.
She had a bit of an attitude to her and replied, "do you really expect me of all people to jump off that?"
Jack nodded with a smirk on his face.
Behind Jack, Elizabeth and Will stood holding a rope and raising it to their eyes as also Ivy's. Her eyes glinted satisfaction and said back to Jack, "Hell yeah!."
Running was Ivy's head start. It was just like a diving board into the endless deep. When she reached the end of the plank, Ivy curled her legs to her chest and fell into the water like a ball. A splash was heard and Jack leaned over, looking for her swimming body.
A thud was heard on the other side from Jack. He spun around and there stood Ivy, dripping wet, swinging a bit of a rope around her finger. Her face showed that she had won. "You can't beat me, Jack."
"You sound like Barbossa," he muttered and started to head away up to the helm.
Ivy raised her hand to give a high-five to Will but he didn't, "Sorry I don't understand." She moved her hand to Elizabeth as she looked at Ivy like she was crazy.
"Slap my hand with your hand," Ivy hinted and Elizabeth gave it a good whack as if she was smacking someone's face. Ivy raised her eyebrow and pursed her lips looking out ahead. "Close enough."
Ivy half closed her eyes and went to walk down to the crew's sleeping quarters where she was expected to sleep. As she headed down there, she caught Jack's eye and gave him a toothy grin with a four finger wave.
Ivy grinned and led the way out. He followed behind her, his feet dragging on the wooden bottom of the ship. The Black Pearl was decorated with tons of riches and with many of dark color.
Just as Ivy lead the way into another part of the ship, she passed a door wide open, showing nothing but the darkness inside. She didn't hesitate to work out her plan, so she stopped as Jack just came to stand next to her.
"What's wrong now, missy?," he said in a snotty voice.
Ivy's eyes went from one side of the ship to the other. A table sat in the corner across from them both, but Ivy didn't care. She grabbed Jack's arm and shoved him carelessly into the darkness, quickly shutting the door behind her.
Her whole back pressed against the door, trying to stop Jack's bursts of outrage. The door would jumble a bit, along with herself. But Ivy never let her strength go. She could hear his curses through the wood separating them.
"Goddamn you, Ivy! Open the blasted door!"
Satisfied with her work, Ivy said back through the door, "I'm sorry, Jack. But I just can't do that. Now you'll have to find another way out, 'cause this door seems to be busted."
"What-do-you," BAM, another hit against the door from Jack. "-mean-it's-busted?!"
"It won't open," she turned her body around and stared at the dark glazed wood and whispered to him.
Thinking fast, Ivy pulled a chair close to her and shoved it ever so neatly to fit under the doorknob, to give the effect that it really was broken to him.
She ran for it. Leaving Jack behind in the small area and up onto deck. There, the wind hit her hard and she looked around. They were already setting sail. Ivy ran over to the side and looked down by the surface. There it broke as the ship sailed through the water.
Glancing behind her, Tortuga lay far behind them. Her plan worked.
Ana Maria yelled over to her, "Oi! Girl! Get yer butt here!"
Ivy obeyed obediently and slowly walked up to helm. Ana Maria was beautiful, with her cocoa skin and her chocolate eyes. But her voice was loud and stern. "Do you have permission to be aboard here?"
"uh…yeah o'course. Jack gave me special permission," Ivy grinned but saw the stern brow furrowed look on her face. 'ahem…Captain Jack."
Ana Maria nodded and looked out ahead. As did Ivy. She caught a glimpse of Will walking down the starboard side. Ivy jumped the stairs leading to the main deck and ran up to him, greeting him with a grin on her face.
"Hello…?," he said confusedly. Ivy grinned more.
She said all in a hurry, "Hello. Where's Elizabeth? I need to talk to her."
Will smiled, "…she's down in the sleeping quarters. And might I ask, where's Jack? Usually he'd be steering the ship."
Ivy got a glint of satisfaction in her eyes and she smirked. Will noticed this and asked her sternly, "What did you do?"
"Let's just say I took some of your advice."
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"Jack? Jaaaccckkkk?!!?," Will yelled as her searched all of the Black Pearl but Jack seemed to be nowhere.
"Blasted girl, I'm gonna kill her when I get out. If I get out," Will heard muttering from behind a door with a chair in front of it.
Will was expecting to see Jack standing behind it, and when he pulled the chair free and opened the door, he expected right. "Jack! What are you doing in there?!," Will exclaimed and pulled Jack's arm out of the darkness.
He pulled it away from Will and shook himself off. There he started to walk very fast up on deck. The colors of the Black Pearl flying past his face. Will could hear the growls of him as he reached the top of the ship and onto the deck.
"Ivy!," Jack bellowed.
Will gently tapped him on the shoulder and said softly to him, "She's down with Elizabeth."
In an instant, Jack bolted down the stairs and arrived on the outside of Elizabeth's door. He heard whispering in there and decided to listen before busting in.
"I locked him up," said Ivy's voice.
"But why?," Elizabeth asked.
"Because I just know that I'm supposed to be on the Pearl, stopping Jack from killing those helpless people on that poor, very rich merchant ship."
"Ah, darling. Jack would never kill anyone. No matter how despicable they might have been to him…," there was a pause as Elizabeth thought, "except Barbossa. No question about it, he had to die."
"Damn mutinous first mate," muttered Jack on the other side.
"I didn't mean for Jack to be locked up, but I had to do something. And, now that I get to know more of Jack, I know that he won't kill those people. I just…hmm…want an excuse to stay aboard," Ivy pleaded to Elizabeth.
"Here's a better excuse. How about I needed another girl so I could talk with and that Jack's crew might need you for some rigging," Elizabeth shrugged.
"Ok, back to Will. Does he always look that serious," Ivy asked with a bit of bitter confusion in her voice.
Will's face got red as he heard them mention his name. Not from embarrassment but from anger.
The two boys could hear Elizabeth laugh and whisper to Ivy, "He just wants all adventures to have no mistakes in them. I don't even remember him smiling that much in our last adventure. But he is still pretty handsome when he's serious"
Both the girls laughed and Jack whispered to Will, "Ah, they're just talking about you. It's now the opportune moment to burst in."
The door cracked open and both the girls looked up at the door. They sat on the bed, both wearing magnificent dresses which were very expensive. In an instant Ivy just blurted out her good excuse, seeing how she could sense Jack's angriness, "Elizabeth needs a friend and I could be a good rigger to the crew."
Her face stayed scared as Jack laughed, "Yer still getting off the ship."
There Ivy changed her expression. She smiled and said back to Jack, "Oh but Jack, you prolly had now seen that we are off shore and away from Tortuga. So you really can't kick me off. Unless of course you make me swim back," She frowned, "No bad idea." Jack grinned. "Bad, bad Jack!"
"Aye, not a bad idea, lass," he grabbed her roughly by the shoulder and led her out of the room, Elizabeth following as did Will.
Elizabeth was hissing in Jack's ear about how he shouldn't do this as Ivy let out way too dramatic moans of pain.
"Shut up, Ivy," Jack muttered as he glanced down at her dragging body. She let out a fake howl of pain and Jack growled just as Elizabeth hissed louder in his ear. "Jack, you know this is wrong. Just leave her be."
He whirled on Elizabeth as Ivy still dangled from her arm in Jack's grasp. "I know it's wrong but I don't want her on my ship."
"Were you like this to her before?"
Jack's eyes shifted and he wouldn't look Elizabeth or Will for that matter in the eye, "No, nor do I plan to go back to treating her like a helpless little girl."
"but--," Ivy protested.
He interrupted her as he walked Ivy up the steps, "Alrighty then, Ivy, since your from the future, I think that you can use some…"
"--technology…?"
"techno-whatever to get back to your time," Jack said to her in gravely low tone.
"Jack," She pulled free from his grip and looked him straight in the eye. He was a bit taller than her being of 5 feet 6 inches. "If you haven't noticed, we don't really have technology in the 18th century."
"So…make some," he gave her a slight push to the plank at the side of the ship. She spun around and crossed her arms across her chest, sticking her hip to another side.
She had a bit of an attitude to her and replied, "do you really expect me of all people to jump off that?"
Jack nodded with a smirk on his face.
Behind Jack, Elizabeth and Will stood holding a rope and raising it to their eyes as also Ivy's. Her eyes glinted satisfaction and said back to Jack, "Hell yeah!."
Running was Ivy's head start. It was just like a diving board into the endless deep. When she reached the end of the plank, Ivy curled her legs to her chest and fell into the water like a ball. A splash was heard and Jack leaned over, looking for her swimming body.
A thud was heard on the other side from Jack. He spun around and there stood Ivy, dripping wet, swinging a bit of a rope around her finger. Her face showed that she had won. "You can't beat me, Jack."
"You sound like Barbossa," he muttered and started to head away up to the helm.
Ivy raised her hand to give a high-five to Will but he didn't, "Sorry I don't understand." She moved her hand to Elizabeth as she looked at Ivy like she was crazy.
"Slap my hand with your hand," Ivy hinted and Elizabeth gave it a good whack as if she was smacking someone's face. Ivy raised her eyebrow and pursed her lips looking out ahead. "Close enough."
Ivy half closed her eyes and went to walk down to the crew's sleeping quarters where she was expected to sleep. As she headed down there, she caught Jack's eye and gave him a toothy grin with a four finger wave.
