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Jack grinned, watching The Pursuit grow closer. The ship was named right, since it was now in pursuit of the Black Pearl. Jen stood uncertainly next to Jack, wondering what would happen next. If the commodore caught Jack, would he be hanged? Nicole was suddenly standing next to the two of them, her eyes fixed hard on the ship.
"Jack, do we have to go?" She asked. Jack grinned.
"Course not luv. You get to visit with us a little longer. Savvy?" Jack replied. Nicole grinned and hugged him tightly around the waist.
"Savvy!" She squealed. Jack coughed, uncertain once more. Jen hurriedly pulled her sister off of him.
"If he can't breathe, he can't get us away from Norrington." Nicole reluctantly agreed and let go, a scowl across her face. Anna Maria was at the helm, turning frequently to look behind her at the approaching ship. Jack was standing just behind her, and turned away.
"Slow down." He ordered. Anna Maria's jaw dropped.
"Are you mad? Slow down? Do you want to be caught, Jack?" She asked in disbelief. Still, she called out the necessary commands and Jen felt the ship beneath them shift and moan as the boat slowed.
"What are you doing Jack? Your life is at stake!" Jen gasped.
ON THE PURSUIT
The officer at the helm's jaw dropped.
"Commodore! Commodore!" The man called. Commodore Norrington turned.
"What is it, Gillete?"
"The Black Pearl is slowing down! Should I continue as intended?" Gillete asked nervously. The commodore scowled as they gained on the Black Pearl. He stood with his hands behind his back, his legs should width apart, his dark eyes fixed immovably on the Black Pearl, the very picture of a strong man.
"Rash, Sparrow. Whatever you have planned, I intend to foil it." He muttered. "Continue as usual, Gillete. Mr. Sparrow will be dealt with appropriately."
THE BLACK PEARL Jack watched with satisfaction as the Pursuit continued on at the same reckless speed. Not reckless, Jack corrected himself, the commodore's ship was not reckless, just quick and harried.
"Jack, this is madness." Jen shrieked. "The commodore won't just let you slip away! He's going to hang you Jack!" Jack turned a disbelieving glance on Jen.
"You keep forgetting, I'm captain Jack Sparrow, remember luv?" Jen gritted her teeth. Nicole broke her silence as they were able to make out the commodore's form on the deck of the Pursuit.
"Look, there's the slimy scoundrel himself. Not like Jack." Nicole said with a smile and a sigh, edging ever closer to Jack. Jack moved away. Suddenly, Gibbs threw something at Jack, which fell over his head. Jack pulled it off, and frowned at the thing in his hands. It was a shirt. Jack turned to Gibbs.
"Thanks." He pulled it over his head while Nicole pouted. "Gibbs, take the helm." Jack commanded. "Anna, to me." Was the next order. The Pursuit came even closer. Jack watched as the guns were hauled up and he could make out every sailor on the ship. He drew his gun out of it's resting place and grabbed Jen's arm.
"What are you doing?" She asked. He grinned.
"Need something to bargain with." He informed her, pushing Nicole into Anna Maria's path. Anna grabbed Nicole and pointed her gun at Nicole. Nicole sighed and scowled at Anna Maria.
"I thought we were past all this." Anna Maria shrugged.
"Just followin' orders."
"Well, if Jack gave them, okay!" Jack sighed and leaned his head so that his mouth was next to Jen's ear.
"Yer sister is getting a little bit repetitive.and scary." Jack whispered. Jen laughed nervously but shuddered excitedly at how close he was. They waited in silence as the Pursuit closed in. Finally, the two ships were parallel, and close enough that Jack and Norrington could yell across.
"If you and your crew come quietly Sparrow, we won't sink your ship!" Norrington yelled.
"Over my dead body!" Jack replied. Norrington grinned evilly.
"That can be arranged."
"You stay on your ship, I'll stay on mine, and we'll bargain." Jack told him.
"Agreed." Norrington answered slyly. A moment of silence passed, and then, without warning, Jack flung out his hand holding his pistol and fired a single shot. There was a scream and Jen turned to see a sailor falling off a rope. He had been trying to swing over onto the Black Pearl.
"Let's play like nice children, shall we Commodore?" Jack snapped. Norrington scowled.
"Do you actually intend to make a deal with me, Sparrow?" Norrington sneered. "Do you really think you have any leverage?" Jack grinned again, pulling Jen into view.
"I do, actually. Two of them." Jack called back, motioning Anna Maria and Nicole closer.
"Let them back, Sparrow! And maybe I'll let you live a little bit longer."
"I'll make a deal with you. I'll let one captive go and you let me go away and then if you see me again you can come after me." Jack bargained.
"Both girls!"
"One!"
"Two!"
"One!"
"Two!"
"Jack! I'm glad you learned to count, but get on with it!" Anna Maria snapped. Jack nodded.
"One, Commodore, is my final offer."
"Two or we have no bargain!"
"Very well then. I'll give you them both, but since I only want to give over one, I'll take care of the other." Jack drawled. Suddenly, the barrel of the gun was against the side of Jen's head.
"Don't shoot Sparrow!" The Commodore barked, growing both nervous and impatient. Jack glared at the Commodore.
"Is it one, Commodore? Do we have a deal?" Jack asked.
"No! It must be two!" The commodore yelled.
"Very well then!" Jack shouted back. Jen's heart was pounding furiously, her ears pounded with the blood rushing through them. She looked up at Jack with scared, wide, eyes.
"Captain Sparrow? Are you really going to kill me?" Asked Jen nervously. Jack grinned. Jen searched his eyes. They were devoid of anything like sympathy, instead they were filled with mirth. He was playing a dangerous game, but what did it matter to him? Jen's fury grew.
"Let me go, Jack Sparrow! Don't you DARE pull that trigger!" Jen screamed, frightened past manners and being proper.
"Be reasonable, Sparrow!" Shouted the Commodore. Both crews were watching in quiet interest.
"Why not? Surely she's of no importance to you, Commodore."
"Sparrow," The commodore began.
"I call you by your title, you call me by mine!" Jack shouted. Norrington's dark eyes glittered in the sun, and he blinked hard, biting back fury.
"SPARROW, she's a subject of," The Commodore said before a single, loud gunshot filled the air and Jen slumped over.
Jack grinned, watching The Pursuit grow closer. The ship was named right, since it was now in pursuit of the Black Pearl. Jen stood uncertainly next to Jack, wondering what would happen next. If the commodore caught Jack, would he be hanged? Nicole was suddenly standing next to the two of them, her eyes fixed hard on the ship.
"Jack, do we have to go?" She asked. Jack grinned.
"Course not luv. You get to visit with us a little longer. Savvy?" Jack replied. Nicole grinned and hugged him tightly around the waist.
"Savvy!" She squealed. Jack coughed, uncertain once more. Jen hurriedly pulled her sister off of him.
"If he can't breathe, he can't get us away from Norrington." Nicole reluctantly agreed and let go, a scowl across her face. Anna Maria was at the helm, turning frequently to look behind her at the approaching ship. Jack was standing just behind her, and turned away.
"Slow down." He ordered. Anna Maria's jaw dropped.
"Are you mad? Slow down? Do you want to be caught, Jack?" She asked in disbelief. Still, she called out the necessary commands and Jen felt the ship beneath them shift and moan as the boat slowed.
"What are you doing Jack? Your life is at stake!" Jen gasped.
ON THE PURSUIT
The officer at the helm's jaw dropped.
"Commodore! Commodore!" The man called. Commodore Norrington turned.
"What is it, Gillete?"
"The Black Pearl is slowing down! Should I continue as intended?" Gillete asked nervously. The commodore scowled as they gained on the Black Pearl. He stood with his hands behind his back, his legs should width apart, his dark eyes fixed immovably on the Black Pearl, the very picture of a strong man.
"Rash, Sparrow. Whatever you have planned, I intend to foil it." He muttered. "Continue as usual, Gillete. Mr. Sparrow will be dealt with appropriately."
THE BLACK PEARL Jack watched with satisfaction as the Pursuit continued on at the same reckless speed. Not reckless, Jack corrected himself, the commodore's ship was not reckless, just quick and harried.
"Jack, this is madness." Jen shrieked. "The commodore won't just let you slip away! He's going to hang you Jack!" Jack turned a disbelieving glance on Jen.
"You keep forgetting, I'm captain Jack Sparrow, remember luv?" Jen gritted her teeth. Nicole broke her silence as they were able to make out the commodore's form on the deck of the Pursuit.
"Look, there's the slimy scoundrel himself. Not like Jack." Nicole said with a smile and a sigh, edging ever closer to Jack. Jack moved away. Suddenly, Gibbs threw something at Jack, which fell over his head. Jack pulled it off, and frowned at the thing in his hands. It was a shirt. Jack turned to Gibbs.
"Thanks." He pulled it over his head while Nicole pouted. "Gibbs, take the helm." Jack commanded. "Anna, to me." Was the next order. The Pursuit came even closer. Jack watched as the guns were hauled up and he could make out every sailor on the ship. He drew his gun out of it's resting place and grabbed Jen's arm.
"What are you doing?" She asked. He grinned.
"Need something to bargain with." He informed her, pushing Nicole into Anna Maria's path. Anna grabbed Nicole and pointed her gun at Nicole. Nicole sighed and scowled at Anna Maria.
"I thought we were past all this." Anna Maria shrugged.
"Just followin' orders."
"Well, if Jack gave them, okay!" Jack sighed and leaned his head so that his mouth was next to Jen's ear.
"Yer sister is getting a little bit repetitive.and scary." Jack whispered. Jen laughed nervously but shuddered excitedly at how close he was. They waited in silence as the Pursuit closed in. Finally, the two ships were parallel, and close enough that Jack and Norrington could yell across.
"If you and your crew come quietly Sparrow, we won't sink your ship!" Norrington yelled.
"Over my dead body!" Jack replied. Norrington grinned evilly.
"That can be arranged."
"You stay on your ship, I'll stay on mine, and we'll bargain." Jack told him.
"Agreed." Norrington answered slyly. A moment of silence passed, and then, without warning, Jack flung out his hand holding his pistol and fired a single shot. There was a scream and Jen turned to see a sailor falling off a rope. He had been trying to swing over onto the Black Pearl.
"Let's play like nice children, shall we Commodore?" Jack snapped. Norrington scowled.
"Do you actually intend to make a deal with me, Sparrow?" Norrington sneered. "Do you really think you have any leverage?" Jack grinned again, pulling Jen into view.
"I do, actually. Two of them." Jack called back, motioning Anna Maria and Nicole closer.
"Let them back, Sparrow! And maybe I'll let you live a little bit longer."
"I'll make a deal with you. I'll let one captive go and you let me go away and then if you see me again you can come after me." Jack bargained.
"Both girls!"
"One!"
"Two!"
"One!"
"Two!"
"Jack! I'm glad you learned to count, but get on with it!" Anna Maria snapped. Jack nodded.
"One, Commodore, is my final offer."
"Two or we have no bargain!"
"Very well then. I'll give you them both, but since I only want to give over one, I'll take care of the other." Jack drawled. Suddenly, the barrel of the gun was against the side of Jen's head.
"Don't shoot Sparrow!" The Commodore barked, growing both nervous and impatient. Jack glared at the Commodore.
"Is it one, Commodore? Do we have a deal?" Jack asked.
"No! It must be two!" The commodore yelled.
"Very well then!" Jack shouted back. Jen's heart was pounding furiously, her ears pounded with the blood rushing through them. She looked up at Jack with scared, wide, eyes.
"Captain Sparrow? Are you really going to kill me?" Asked Jen nervously. Jack grinned. Jen searched his eyes. They were devoid of anything like sympathy, instead they were filled with mirth. He was playing a dangerous game, but what did it matter to him? Jen's fury grew.
"Let me go, Jack Sparrow! Don't you DARE pull that trigger!" Jen screamed, frightened past manners and being proper.
"Be reasonable, Sparrow!" Shouted the Commodore. Both crews were watching in quiet interest.
"Why not? Surely she's of no importance to you, Commodore."
"Sparrow," The commodore began.
"I call you by your title, you call me by mine!" Jack shouted. Norrington's dark eyes glittered in the sun, and he blinked hard, biting back fury.
"SPARROW, she's a subject of," The Commodore said before a single, loud gunshot filled the air and Jen slumped over.
