Chapter 6:
A/N: Another thrilling chapter! Please enjoy!
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"Reynolds! What are you doing up here! You need to rest!" Sparrow yelled at me from the helm.
"Screw sleep! I'm fine!" I kept a steady pace as I walked down the deck towards Turner.
"Reynolds you'll get down in that cabin right now! That's an order!" Sparrow continued hollering at me.
I merely ignored the shouts coming from behind me as I shoved myself in Turners way. "I don't care if you got my attention or even if you got me to blush. I'm still going to work and I'm going to work hard and you're going to forget all about this little incident, savvy?"
Turner gave me a strange glare as he examined my facial expression, "What did you say?"
"I said that you are going to forget about this little incident from this morning."
"Not that, what was the last thing you said?"
I was not quite sure what Turner was trying to get at, "Savvy?" He looked me over once more before questioning my origin.
"Who were your parents?"
"What's that got to do with this morning? It's none of your business any way so just stay out of it!" I backed away and retreated back to the helm where I approached Sparrow.
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Miss Swann walked up to Turner and began whispering to him. I could tell that it was about me because she kept her stare fixed on me as I walked away.
"What did he say to you, Will?"
"It was nothing, nothing at all," he gave a fake smile and went back to mending Gibbs' cutlass.
"It must've been a whole lot of nothing for him to go strolling off in that perplexed tone!" She continued, her voice showing a touch of anger.
Will continued examining the sword to find any dings or scratches on the metal, "Elizabeth, do you see any resemblance between Reynolds and Jack?"
Elizabeth lifted her glare and watched Jack and me go back and forth in our little disagreement about my state of health.
"I mean look at how Jack stands and then look at how Reynolds stands and the way they both say savvy is uncanny. They seem so much alike that it is scary, I wonder if they're related some how."
"Come on Will, that's crazy! Jack has already told us many times over that he has no family. He's a rouge remember."
"What if he doesn't know?" Will suggested as he went about re- shaping the blade as much as he could.
"Doesn't know what?"
"That he has family."
"Come on they're nothing alike. Jack is a great person and Captain I admit he's a little strange but Reynolds is just so crude and vile. I resent ever meeting him, I don't know why Jack keeps him around."
"I remember when you first met Jack you were repulsed by him, said he was crude and vile too. But look at you now, you're practically like his daughter!"
Elizabeth lost her cool, "that was different." She fumed as she walked away back to the lower quarters.
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"Captain I am fine! I can walk on my own two feet and I can see just grand! I only fell in the water, it's not like I caught hypothermia or anything!" I shouted at him trying my best to plead my case in hopes he would let me work instead of suffering in that hellhole of a cabin.
"You are very weak at the moment and may collapse at any point. I can't risk having you fall overboard just because you insist on working!"
"I can work just as well as any other bloke on this ship and I can prove it!" I took off down the steps and climbed up the running rigging to the crow's nest. "I can climb, I can tie and I can swab! I can do anything you ask me to just as well as any other man!"
Sparrow gritted his teeth as he considered my proposal. "Will! What do you think?"
I didn't even turn to look at Turner for fear that if I looked at him I would relive the precious moment from that morning all over again.
"It seems that he can hold his own, sir!" He shouted up to Sparrow.
"Aye, it does. Well Reynolds it seems you'll be permitted to work today!" I smiled with great pleasure and wanted so bad to yell out loud and proclaim my joy when the catch came. "But rather then work under my orders today, I'm turning you over to Will since he seems to share the same enthusiasm about your work as you do."
My smile sank but rather than refuse the offer I nodded and climbed down from the crow's nest and walked slowly over to Turner. "So what are my orders, sir?"
"Do you know how to sword fight?"
I gazed at him trying to pin point the reason behind that question, "Are you kidding? Yeah I can sword fight."
"Well let's see it then," he stood from his chair and handed me the sword he was working with.
"You're not serious are you?" I looked over the brilliant craftsmanship of the sword in my grasp.
"Why wouldn't I be?" He circled around me, ready to begin his exercise as if he had been waiting a long time for a good dueling partner.
"Alright, but I'll warn you I'm pretty good." I smiled and stood in position. Our swords clashed and the duel began.
As the match progressed we no longer stayed in one spot we moved around the deck freely. Turner swooped low with his blade allowing me the opportunity to jump and hit the hilt of my cutlass onto his back forcing him to the floor. We continued the fight with enjoyment and pleasure.
I flipped Turner onto his back and then proceeded to sit on his abdomen with the point of my blade at his throat. "Done yet?"
"I'm just getting started," he kicked his legs into my back shoving me forward permitting me to land on my back where he then sat on me. "How about you? Are you done yet?"
"Not even close," I yanked his head down and slammed mine into his causing a sudden rush of pain to go to both of our heads as we both collapsed to the deck floor.
Turner broke out in a roar of laughter, which had become very contagious, as I too started laughing. "Where did you learn how to do that?"
"Oh I don't know, I just thought it was time to use my head for something.' I continued laughing until Sparrow appeared right over my head. "Well hello there Captain. Is there a problem, sir?"
"Reynolds, what are you doing?" Sparrow's voice was stern and solid.
"I'm taking a break, sir." I said with absolutely no care in the world.
"Taking a break? Taking a break from what?"
"Well me and Turner here were having an educational duel. Ain't that right Turner?" I looked over to the body opposite to me and smiled.
"Aye," I heard him pipe up after a moment. "It's honest work isn't it Jack?" He sat up now looking up at the Captain.
"What is?" Jack asked looking down at me and then shifting his eyes over to Will.
"Teaching the lad how to properly sword fight. You don't want him to screw up and accidentally kill you, now do you?"
"Well when you're finished with him, if you don't mind I would like to take a shot at him myself. By the way, have you seen my bottle of rum?" Sparrow searched through the area vividly.
"No Sparrow, I haven't seen your rum, but if I do I'll be sure to point it straight in your direction." I announced from the floor and watched as Sparrow dismissed my thoughts.
"Get up Reynolds, we have work to do," Turner pulled me from the floor our bodies hit together as I was yanked up. I stood there for a moment just loving the feeling then coming back to reality I walked back to my position and waited for my orders.
It was like that the rest of the afternoon, dueling, scolding, yelling, breaks, dueling, more scolding, yelling, and then another break. It just went on and on and on, and I became so tired.
"Turner do we have to this again? My arms about to fall off!" I complained aloud hoping that he might give in and let me stop.
"No, we practice until you have it down or until you can beat me." He held his sword in position once more and gave the order.
I lunged at him not a care in the world whether I won or not until his attention was distracted. Miss Swann had walked up on deck and for a brief moment he directed his attention to her instead of the fight. Within that moment I kicked the back of his knee sending him to the floor and then placing my cutlass to his throat.
I kicked his sword from his hand, "Are we done yet?"
"Yes, we're done," his breath was heavy and from the corner of my eye I could see Elizabeth running towards him.
"Good," I pulled my sword from his neck and sheathed it once more.
Miss Swann landed next to Will, checking him over making sure that I didn't scratch him.
"How pathetic," Elizabeth looked up at me her dirty blonde hair swaying at her shoulders. "You act as if he needs medical attention, it wasn't even a real duel."
"You almost ran him through, I saw it!" She sounded so worried, so afraid that I would've killed him.
"That's part of the duel, you tell her Turner." I looked to Turner who was happily eating up all of the attention. "Turner!" I kicked his leg as to say 'help me out here, now!'
"Oh, right! Yes it is part of the duel, but it hurt." I rolled my eyes and watched as Elizabeth shot a dirty look towards me.
"Don't be getting in a strop, he's the teacher you know! For god's sake, I'm not going to take this any more, I'm going to my cabin if you need me. Ta!" I turned and sauntered off down to my cabin.
I opened the door to my cabin and nearly screamed as I saw Millson sitting in my hammock, but I was gagged and pinned to the floor before I could say anything.
"Hello Reynolds."
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A/N: Woo-Hoo Suspenseful! Got to love the suspense, don't worry I'm going to try and work on the next chapter today. Bu until then, TA!
A/N: Another thrilling chapter! Please enjoy!
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"Reynolds! What are you doing up here! You need to rest!" Sparrow yelled at me from the helm.
"Screw sleep! I'm fine!" I kept a steady pace as I walked down the deck towards Turner.
"Reynolds you'll get down in that cabin right now! That's an order!" Sparrow continued hollering at me.
I merely ignored the shouts coming from behind me as I shoved myself in Turners way. "I don't care if you got my attention or even if you got me to blush. I'm still going to work and I'm going to work hard and you're going to forget all about this little incident, savvy?"
Turner gave me a strange glare as he examined my facial expression, "What did you say?"
"I said that you are going to forget about this little incident from this morning."
"Not that, what was the last thing you said?"
I was not quite sure what Turner was trying to get at, "Savvy?" He looked me over once more before questioning my origin.
"Who were your parents?"
"What's that got to do with this morning? It's none of your business any way so just stay out of it!" I backed away and retreated back to the helm where I approached Sparrow.
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Miss Swann walked up to Turner and began whispering to him. I could tell that it was about me because she kept her stare fixed on me as I walked away.
"What did he say to you, Will?"
"It was nothing, nothing at all," he gave a fake smile and went back to mending Gibbs' cutlass.
"It must've been a whole lot of nothing for him to go strolling off in that perplexed tone!" She continued, her voice showing a touch of anger.
Will continued examining the sword to find any dings or scratches on the metal, "Elizabeth, do you see any resemblance between Reynolds and Jack?"
Elizabeth lifted her glare and watched Jack and me go back and forth in our little disagreement about my state of health.
"I mean look at how Jack stands and then look at how Reynolds stands and the way they both say savvy is uncanny. They seem so much alike that it is scary, I wonder if they're related some how."
"Come on Will, that's crazy! Jack has already told us many times over that he has no family. He's a rouge remember."
"What if he doesn't know?" Will suggested as he went about re- shaping the blade as much as he could.
"Doesn't know what?"
"That he has family."
"Come on they're nothing alike. Jack is a great person and Captain I admit he's a little strange but Reynolds is just so crude and vile. I resent ever meeting him, I don't know why Jack keeps him around."
"I remember when you first met Jack you were repulsed by him, said he was crude and vile too. But look at you now, you're practically like his daughter!"
Elizabeth lost her cool, "that was different." She fumed as she walked away back to the lower quarters.
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"Captain I am fine! I can walk on my own two feet and I can see just grand! I only fell in the water, it's not like I caught hypothermia or anything!" I shouted at him trying my best to plead my case in hopes he would let me work instead of suffering in that hellhole of a cabin.
"You are very weak at the moment and may collapse at any point. I can't risk having you fall overboard just because you insist on working!"
"I can work just as well as any other bloke on this ship and I can prove it!" I took off down the steps and climbed up the running rigging to the crow's nest. "I can climb, I can tie and I can swab! I can do anything you ask me to just as well as any other man!"
Sparrow gritted his teeth as he considered my proposal. "Will! What do you think?"
I didn't even turn to look at Turner for fear that if I looked at him I would relive the precious moment from that morning all over again.
"It seems that he can hold his own, sir!" He shouted up to Sparrow.
"Aye, it does. Well Reynolds it seems you'll be permitted to work today!" I smiled with great pleasure and wanted so bad to yell out loud and proclaim my joy when the catch came. "But rather then work under my orders today, I'm turning you over to Will since he seems to share the same enthusiasm about your work as you do."
My smile sank but rather than refuse the offer I nodded and climbed down from the crow's nest and walked slowly over to Turner. "So what are my orders, sir?"
"Do you know how to sword fight?"
I gazed at him trying to pin point the reason behind that question, "Are you kidding? Yeah I can sword fight."
"Well let's see it then," he stood from his chair and handed me the sword he was working with.
"You're not serious are you?" I looked over the brilliant craftsmanship of the sword in my grasp.
"Why wouldn't I be?" He circled around me, ready to begin his exercise as if he had been waiting a long time for a good dueling partner.
"Alright, but I'll warn you I'm pretty good." I smiled and stood in position. Our swords clashed and the duel began.
As the match progressed we no longer stayed in one spot we moved around the deck freely. Turner swooped low with his blade allowing me the opportunity to jump and hit the hilt of my cutlass onto his back forcing him to the floor. We continued the fight with enjoyment and pleasure.
I flipped Turner onto his back and then proceeded to sit on his abdomen with the point of my blade at his throat. "Done yet?"
"I'm just getting started," he kicked his legs into my back shoving me forward permitting me to land on my back where he then sat on me. "How about you? Are you done yet?"
"Not even close," I yanked his head down and slammed mine into his causing a sudden rush of pain to go to both of our heads as we both collapsed to the deck floor.
Turner broke out in a roar of laughter, which had become very contagious, as I too started laughing. "Where did you learn how to do that?"
"Oh I don't know, I just thought it was time to use my head for something.' I continued laughing until Sparrow appeared right over my head. "Well hello there Captain. Is there a problem, sir?"
"Reynolds, what are you doing?" Sparrow's voice was stern and solid.
"I'm taking a break, sir." I said with absolutely no care in the world.
"Taking a break? Taking a break from what?"
"Well me and Turner here were having an educational duel. Ain't that right Turner?" I looked over to the body opposite to me and smiled.
"Aye," I heard him pipe up after a moment. "It's honest work isn't it Jack?" He sat up now looking up at the Captain.
"What is?" Jack asked looking down at me and then shifting his eyes over to Will.
"Teaching the lad how to properly sword fight. You don't want him to screw up and accidentally kill you, now do you?"
"Well when you're finished with him, if you don't mind I would like to take a shot at him myself. By the way, have you seen my bottle of rum?" Sparrow searched through the area vividly.
"No Sparrow, I haven't seen your rum, but if I do I'll be sure to point it straight in your direction." I announced from the floor and watched as Sparrow dismissed my thoughts.
"Get up Reynolds, we have work to do," Turner pulled me from the floor our bodies hit together as I was yanked up. I stood there for a moment just loving the feeling then coming back to reality I walked back to my position and waited for my orders.
It was like that the rest of the afternoon, dueling, scolding, yelling, breaks, dueling, more scolding, yelling, and then another break. It just went on and on and on, and I became so tired.
"Turner do we have to this again? My arms about to fall off!" I complained aloud hoping that he might give in and let me stop.
"No, we practice until you have it down or until you can beat me." He held his sword in position once more and gave the order.
I lunged at him not a care in the world whether I won or not until his attention was distracted. Miss Swann had walked up on deck and for a brief moment he directed his attention to her instead of the fight. Within that moment I kicked the back of his knee sending him to the floor and then placing my cutlass to his throat.
I kicked his sword from his hand, "Are we done yet?"
"Yes, we're done," his breath was heavy and from the corner of my eye I could see Elizabeth running towards him.
"Good," I pulled my sword from his neck and sheathed it once more.
Miss Swann landed next to Will, checking him over making sure that I didn't scratch him.
"How pathetic," Elizabeth looked up at me her dirty blonde hair swaying at her shoulders. "You act as if he needs medical attention, it wasn't even a real duel."
"You almost ran him through, I saw it!" She sounded so worried, so afraid that I would've killed him.
"That's part of the duel, you tell her Turner." I looked to Turner who was happily eating up all of the attention. "Turner!" I kicked his leg as to say 'help me out here, now!'
"Oh, right! Yes it is part of the duel, but it hurt." I rolled my eyes and watched as Elizabeth shot a dirty look towards me.
"Don't be getting in a strop, he's the teacher you know! For god's sake, I'm not going to take this any more, I'm going to my cabin if you need me. Ta!" I turned and sauntered off down to my cabin.
I opened the door to my cabin and nearly screamed as I saw Millson sitting in my hammock, but I was gagged and pinned to the floor before I could say anything.
"Hello Reynolds."
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A/N: Woo-Hoo Suspenseful! Got to love the suspense, don't worry I'm going to try and work on the next chapter today. Bu until then, TA!
