Chapter 3
Kelly sat in a dreary cell as she sang under her breath and watched the sun set. She had discarded the ruined dress Anna Maria had lent her after sitting in it uncomfortably for ten minutes and was now clad in her own clothes. The dress was currently sitting in an unceremonious heap in the corner of the dirt-covered cell.
"Yo ho, yo ho, a pirate's life fer me," Kelly mumbled, shutting her eyes and letting the dying sun's rays wash over her. "We pillage and plunder, we rifle and loot -"
"Drink up me 'earties, yo ho," came a drawling voice from the door. Kelly snapped her head around so fast she cricked her neck and saw Jack leaning casually against the bars of her cell as though this was nothing more than a visit to your grandparents. He smirked when he saw her surprised expression. "Seems ye've gotten yerself into a bit o' trouble, eh, Miss Smith?"
"Jack!" Kelly exclaimed, finding her voice and scrambling to her feet. "What are ye doin' 'here?"
"Well," he began conspiratorially," I 'eard that there was a pretty little lass that needed savin'. So, I come to the city and find me old friends - who were, in fact, the very same people that informed me of this young lady's . . . predicament - who then lead me to the place where this young lady is bein' 'eld! And lo and behold, I find you."
Kelly rolled her eyes at Jack's obviously embellished tale and pulled out the necklace meant for the late Elizabeth Turner.
" 'ere. Take this."
"Kelly, me girl, I told yeh, this was fer Elizabeth," Jack groaned as he took the necklace from his daughter.
"Jack, Elizabeth Turner died two years ago," Kelly explained quietly. Jack's eyes widened.
"Oh. Well . . . that's not good."
Kelly suddenly looked around.
"Jack . . . how did ye get in 'ere?" she asked, her eyes narrowing suspiciously.
"I . . . 'ad a bit of 'elp," Jack admitted, waving his hands around a bit drunkenly.
"From who?"
"Us."
Kelly's eyes flitted from Jack to the two figures descending the stairs.
"Daniel turned out to be pretty handy with a sword," Jack praised, clapping a hand on the boy's shoulder.
"Ye killed 'em?!" Kelly cried, alarmed.
"No. Just knocked them out," Will corrected as he sheathed his own sword. Kelly sighed in relief.
"I may be a piratess but that don't mean I like fer people t' get killed. That's Jack's area of expertise," Kelly explained at Will's expression.
"I practice with my father's swords every day," Daniel was telling Jack.
"Let me guess," the pirate captain said, placing a finger thoughtfully on his pursed lips. "Yeh practice every day . . . fer three hours."
"Yes," Daniel replied, puzzled. "How did you -?"
"Yeh're more like yer father than ye know," Jack remarked. Will merely grinned.
"All right, all right, yes, amazin' father-son resemblance," Kelly interrupted, grasping the bars desperately. "Get me out!"
~*~
Ten minutes later, Will and Jack had expertly lifted the door of the cell and freed Kelly while Daniel kept careful watch. Until now, they'd had no problem avoiding the troops of officers combing the city, looking for the escaped piratess.
"Well, well, well. Two Turners . . . and two pirates."
Norrington stood in front of ten officers, a smug smile on his face, blocking the way out of the alley. Kelly rolled her eyes.
" 'Scuse me, but a pirate and a piratess," Kelly corrected. Norrington ignored her.
"Commodore Norrington. How lovely t' see yeh again," Jack greeted amiably.
"Indeed," Norrington replied coldly as Kelly's and Jack's hands were shackled. He then turned to Will, who was determinably shielding Daniel with his body. "I hope, for your late wife's sake, Mr. Turner, that you have a very good reason for fraternizing with . . . pirates."
Kelly saw Jack clasp his hands together in an oddly (for Jack) prayerful fashion and mouth, "Please, just don't do anythin' stupid." Judging from the action, Kelly deduced Will Turner had a habit of doing stupid things.
"I had heard that the girl had escaped. Daniel and I decided to take a walk to see if we could . . . uh, find her," Will explained, thinking on his feet. "As you know, since Elizabeth died at the hands of a pirate two years ago, we have been . . . fervent in our . . . quest to . . . eradicate the oceans of pirates. We had just found Sparrow and his d - crew member and were looking for you when you found us. Convenient, don't you think?"
Norrington didn't look completely convinced.
"You were?"
"Of course, Commodore," Daniel answered before his father had a chance. "What reason would my father have for lying?"
"Your father once risked his life for this pirate, Master Turner," Norrington told the young man. Jack moaned and turned away shaking his head. "It is quite hard to believe he would turn around and hand him in to the government."
Will groaned.
"Well, you see, Commodore, uh . . . he is a pirate and, as Elizabeth was killed by a pirate, I . . . do not . . . fraternize as you say, with any pirate. At all," Will jumped in, pushing Daniel out of the way and into a pile of boxes.
"I see," Norrington said, still appearing to be a bit suspicious.
Kelly decided it was time for her to step in. She saw no need to both her and Jack and Will and Daniel to be hung, which was what was going to happen in she didn't say something.
"Listen, Commodore," she interrupted, stepping forward. Norrington, Will, and Daniel stopped talking and looked at her. Jack pulled his hands away from his face and turned alarmed eyes on her. He knew what his daughter was capable of and that scared him. "I don't have all day t' stand 'ere and listen t' nice Mr. Turner and ye argue. So, that said, do ye think ye could - oh, I don't know - per'aps untie me and me dad?"
Norrington blanched at this new development as Daniel's mouth fell open in shock and Will smirked, his suspicions confirmed.
"So . . . we have the famous Jack Sparrow and his daughter here, in our clutches," he remarked slowly, relishing the statement. Kelly rolled her eyes.
"Captain Jack Sparrow, if yeh don't mind," Jack requested, lifting a hand. His response was a rough shake from the officer nearest him.
"Officers, put them in a room worthy of their . . . celebrity," Norrington ordered with leering grin. Kelly felt a tiny twinge of fear in the pit of her stomach and glanced at Will and Daniel as she and Jack were pushed out of the alley.
A/N: I'm not totally happy with this chapter, so I may be fixing it sometime in the next week. May be. Not completely sure yet. If and/or when I fix it, I'll be posting it with the next chapter and I'll put a note in it saying whether I fixed this chapter or not. Then you can make up your mind whether or not you want to take the time to reread it. Until then, enjoy this chappie!!!!!!
Thanks to:
Kathryn: Hahaha, here's the next chapter!!! Still got a bit of writer's block on chapter five, so that might not be up as fast as chapter 4. Evil, evil me . . . Haha, lol, keep reading, hun!!!!
Jenelf: Oh, my gosh! My story was seriously the first Pirates fic you had read? Oooooh, now I feel all warm inside. Haha. Thanks so much for reading and I really hope you continue to!!
Kelly sat in a dreary cell as she sang under her breath and watched the sun set. She had discarded the ruined dress Anna Maria had lent her after sitting in it uncomfortably for ten minutes and was now clad in her own clothes. The dress was currently sitting in an unceremonious heap in the corner of the dirt-covered cell.
"Yo ho, yo ho, a pirate's life fer me," Kelly mumbled, shutting her eyes and letting the dying sun's rays wash over her. "We pillage and plunder, we rifle and loot -"
"Drink up me 'earties, yo ho," came a drawling voice from the door. Kelly snapped her head around so fast she cricked her neck and saw Jack leaning casually against the bars of her cell as though this was nothing more than a visit to your grandparents. He smirked when he saw her surprised expression. "Seems ye've gotten yerself into a bit o' trouble, eh, Miss Smith?"
"Jack!" Kelly exclaimed, finding her voice and scrambling to her feet. "What are ye doin' 'here?"
"Well," he began conspiratorially," I 'eard that there was a pretty little lass that needed savin'. So, I come to the city and find me old friends - who were, in fact, the very same people that informed me of this young lady's . . . predicament - who then lead me to the place where this young lady is bein' 'eld! And lo and behold, I find you."
Kelly rolled her eyes at Jack's obviously embellished tale and pulled out the necklace meant for the late Elizabeth Turner.
" 'ere. Take this."
"Kelly, me girl, I told yeh, this was fer Elizabeth," Jack groaned as he took the necklace from his daughter.
"Jack, Elizabeth Turner died two years ago," Kelly explained quietly. Jack's eyes widened.
"Oh. Well . . . that's not good."
Kelly suddenly looked around.
"Jack . . . how did ye get in 'ere?" she asked, her eyes narrowing suspiciously.
"I . . . 'ad a bit of 'elp," Jack admitted, waving his hands around a bit drunkenly.
"From who?"
"Us."
Kelly's eyes flitted from Jack to the two figures descending the stairs.
"Daniel turned out to be pretty handy with a sword," Jack praised, clapping a hand on the boy's shoulder.
"Ye killed 'em?!" Kelly cried, alarmed.
"No. Just knocked them out," Will corrected as he sheathed his own sword. Kelly sighed in relief.
"I may be a piratess but that don't mean I like fer people t' get killed. That's Jack's area of expertise," Kelly explained at Will's expression.
"I practice with my father's swords every day," Daniel was telling Jack.
"Let me guess," the pirate captain said, placing a finger thoughtfully on his pursed lips. "Yeh practice every day . . . fer three hours."
"Yes," Daniel replied, puzzled. "How did you -?"
"Yeh're more like yer father than ye know," Jack remarked. Will merely grinned.
"All right, all right, yes, amazin' father-son resemblance," Kelly interrupted, grasping the bars desperately. "Get me out!"
~*~
Ten minutes later, Will and Jack had expertly lifted the door of the cell and freed Kelly while Daniel kept careful watch. Until now, they'd had no problem avoiding the troops of officers combing the city, looking for the escaped piratess.
"Well, well, well. Two Turners . . . and two pirates."
Norrington stood in front of ten officers, a smug smile on his face, blocking the way out of the alley. Kelly rolled her eyes.
" 'Scuse me, but a pirate and a piratess," Kelly corrected. Norrington ignored her.
"Commodore Norrington. How lovely t' see yeh again," Jack greeted amiably.
"Indeed," Norrington replied coldly as Kelly's and Jack's hands were shackled. He then turned to Will, who was determinably shielding Daniel with his body. "I hope, for your late wife's sake, Mr. Turner, that you have a very good reason for fraternizing with . . . pirates."
Kelly saw Jack clasp his hands together in an oddly (for Jack) prayerful fashion and mouth, "Please, just don't do anythin' stupid." Judging from the action, Kelly deduced Will Turner had a habit of doing stupid things.
"I had heard that the girl had escaped. Daniel and I decided to take a walk to see if we could . . . uh, find her," Will explained, thinking on his feet. "As you know, since Elizabeth died at the hands of a pirate two years ago, we have been . . . fervent in our . . . quest to . . . eradicate the oceans of pirates. We had just found Sparrow and his d - crew member and were looking for you when you found us. Convenient, don't you think?"
Norrington didn't look completely convinced.
"You were?"
"Of course, Commodore," Daniel answered before his father had a chance. "What reason would my father have for lying?"
"Your father once risked his life for this pirate, Master Turner," Norrington told the young man. Jack moaned and turned away shaking his head. "It is quite hard to believe he would turn around and hand him in to the government."
Will groaned.
"Well, you see, Commodore, uh . . . he is a pirate and, as Elizabeth was killed by a pirate, I . . . do not . . . fraternize as you say, with any pirate. At all," Will jumped in, pushing Daniel out of the way and into a pile of boxes.
"I see," Norrington said, still appearing to be a bit suspicious.
Kelly decided it was time for her to step in. She saw no need to both her and Jack and Will and Daniel to be hung, which was what was going to happen in she didn't say something.
"Listen, Commodore," she interrupted, stepping forward. Norrington, Will, and Daniel stopped talking and looked at her. Jack pulled his hands away from his face and turned alarmed eyes on her. He knew what his daughter was capable of and that scared him. "I don't have all day t' stand 'ere and listen t' nice Mr. Turner and ye argue. So, that said, do ye think ye could - oh, I don't know - per'aps untie me and me dad?"
Norrington blanched at this new development as Daniel's mouth fell open in shock and Will smirked, his suspicions confirmed.
"So . . . we have the famous Jack Sparrow and his daughter here, in our clutches," he remarked slowly, relishing the statement. Kelly rolled her eyes.
"Captain Jack Sparrow, if yeh don't mind," Jack requested, lifting a hand. His response was a rough shake from the officer nearest him.
"Officers, put them in a room worthy of their . . . celebrity," Norrington ordered with leering grin. Kelly felt a tiny twinge of fear in the pit of her stomach and glanced at Will and Daniel as she and Jack were pushed out of the alley.
A/N: I'm not totally happy with this chapter, so I may be fixing it sometime in the next week. May be. Not completely sure yet. If and/or when I fix it, I'll be posting it with the next chapter and I'll put a note in it saying whether I fixed this chapter or not. Then you can make up your mind whether or not you want to take the time to reread it. Until then, enjoy this chappie!!!!!!
Thanks to:
Kathryn: Hahaha, here's the next chapter!!! Still got a bit of writer's block on chapter five, so that might not be up as fast as chapter 4. Evil, evil me . . . Haha, lol, keep reading, hun!!!!
Jenelf: Oh, my gosh! My story was seriously the first Pirates fic you had read? Oooooh, now I feel all warm inside. Haha. Thanks so much for reading and I really hope you continue to!!
