Chapter 4
Kelly felt an impending sense of doom when she and Jack were woken up the next morning. They had been stuck in the 'room worthy of their celebrity' since around noon. In reality, it was only a tiny cell barely big enough for Jack and Kelly on the bottom floor of the dungeon. Kelly hadn't seen her friends and shipmates on the Pearl for two days, since she had delivered Jack's gifts to the Turners. Since they were arrested the day before, Jack and Kelly had seen neither hide nor hair of Will and Daniel. The two Sparrows could only hope they were planning some fantastic escape plan.
As they were led from their cell in midmorning that day, Jack began singing.
"Yo ho, yo ho, a pirate's life fer me. We pillage an' plunder, we rifle an' loot. Drink up, me 'earties, yo ho!" Jack crooned in his unique drawling voice. "We kidnap an' ravage an' don't give a hoot! Drink up, me 'earties, yo - ho!" His song was cut off by one of the guards shoving him roughly.
"Remember that song, pirate -"
"Ah, yeh see, mate, I'll always remember that song," Jack interrupted, turning half around. "It's me favorite song," the pirate captain confessed, somehow, Kelly couldn't even fathom, managing to keep a completely straight face.
"Just remember it, because soon you'll be singing it at the gates of the deepest circle of Hell!" the guard snarled, pushing Jack again and this time causing him to trip and nearly fall.
"Well, I can only 'ope that, if or when I get there, me lovely daughter'll be right there singin' with me," Jack replied cheerfully over his shoulder before continuing his song, even louder than before. Kelly laughed and began singing along.
"Yo ho, yo ho, a pirate's life fer me. We extort an' pilfer, we filch an' sack. Drink up, me 'earties, yo ho! Maraud an' embezzle an' even highjack! Drink up, me 'earties, yo ho!"
By the time they reached the platform with the nooses in the middle of the town square, the two Sparrows were singing so loudly no one could have made themselves heard if they wanted to give an order to stop the song. Kelly and Jack were brought up the steps to the nooses. They stepped onto the trapdoors as the nooses were fitted over their heads.
"It's a little tight," Kelly told the hangman truthfully. "Do ye think ye could loosen it just a bit?"
"Shut your mouth, pirate," he replied nastily, tightening Jack's noose.
"Piratess, if ye please!" Kelly called. The hangman whipped around pulled his sword. He placed the tip of the blade against an exposed section of Kelly's throat as her eyes widened.
"What do you think . . . pirate?" he snarled, his eyes narrowed and hateful. Kelly looked down at the sword and back up to the hangman. She smiled wryly.
"Guess not, huh?" she asked him. He sneered and flicked the sword away from Kelly's throat and replaced it in the sheath. Kelly yelped as the sword cut a thin red line in her skin.
"Watch it, please!" she shouted as the hangman turned away. She looked away and started whistling innocently when the hangman whirled around with a murderous look in his eye. He stalked over to her and leaned in close as Kelly leaned away from the ill-smelling man with a disgusted look.
"Just wait a few moments, pirate," he hissed, his eyes sparkling menacingly. "Soon, the world will be rid of you and your father and it will be permanent. No coming back for you like that Barbosa crew a few years ago."
He straightened and walked away to stand at his post behind Jack's noose. Kelly made a face at his back.
" 'Soon, the world will be rid of you and your father and it will be permanent. No coming back for you like that Barbosa crew a few years ago," Kelly mocked to herself. "Ooh, I'll pretend I'm real scared, just for yeh, mate."
"Kelly . . ." Jack said in a warning voice; apparently she had spoken too loud.
"Yeah, yeah, I know, Jack," Kelly muttered turning back to face the growing crowd. Suddenly, something dawned on her.
"Jack, Barbosa's crew -!"
Before she could tell Jack her new realization, Commodore Norrington motioned for silence and another officer stepped up beside him with a scroll of paper.
"Jack Sparrow, you have been convicted and sentenced to death by the noose," the officer read in monotonous tone. He continued to read through the lengthy list of Jack's offenses, Jack himself adding muttered comments such as, "Ah, yes, that was fun," and "Now, that wasn't entirely my fault." After all the crimes had been read, Jack looked around, startled, and began, "Seems they've fergotten the time -"
"Jack!" Kelly hissed, glaring at him.
"Well, so long as they're goin' to 'ang me, they might as well 'ave all the facts," Jack replied simply, shrugging.
"Kelly Sparrow, you have also been convicted and sentenced to death by the noose," the officer called, holding a new scroll. Kelly and Jack abruptly broke off their conversation as Kelly's crimes were read, punctuated by rolling of eyes and impatient sighs on Kelly's part. The announcements went more or less smoothly until one crime was read.
" - assisting a murder - "
"Well, 'old on just a bloody minute!" Kelly shouted indignantly. "I 'ave never, nor will I ever, assist in a murder! I may be a piratess, but that don't mean I cond - 'ey!" Norrington had grown noticeably more and more furious over Kelly's outburst and signaled one of his men to take care of it. The officer had rushed up onto the platform as soon as he saw Norrington's motion. He slipped on his way up the stairs and only managed to rip a large hole in Kelly's sleeve and a long gash down her arm before falling over the edge of the platform. Kelly looked at her bleeding arm and then looked accusingly at the officer sitting dazed on the ground.
"That really 'urt!" she exclaimed, looking back to her wound. Jack rolled his eyes.
"Well, Miss Sparrow, you have now volunteered yourself to die first," Norrington told her coldly.
"Actually, I didn't," Kelly corrected. "You did."
"Kelly . . ." Jack moaned, hanging his head.
Norrington face grew even stormier and he nodded to the officer, who rolled up his scroll and stepped back. Kelly was roughly pushed back onto the trapdoor as a drumroll was started. Kelly glanced back at Jack and smiled sadly. Jack inclined his head and raised his bound hands to his forehead in a salute as he began to hum a rather depressing version of "A Pirate's Life For Me." Kelly turned back to the crowds of people watching with bated breath, some horrified, some satisfied, and some torn between the two.
"Drink up, me 'earties, yo ho," she whispered, almost silently, just before the trapdoor dropped out from beneath her and a collective gasp from the crowd rose up.
A/N: Whoo-hoo!!! Chapter 4 is finished and Chapter 5 is almost done too!!! I just need to type it up and then post it! Until then, enjoy this chapter and review!!!!! It's really easy, just hit that little button down there!!!
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Kelly felt an impending sense of doom when she and Jack were woken up the next morning. They had been stuck in the 'room worthy of their celebrity' since around noon. In reality, it was only a tiny cell barely big enough for Jack and Kelly on the bottom floor of the dungeon. Kelly hadn't seen her friends and shipmates on the Pearl for two days, since she had delivered Jack's gifts to the Turners. Since they were arrested the day before, Jack and Kelly had seen neither hide nor hair of Will and Daniel. The two Sparrows could only hope they were planning some fantastic escape plan.
As they were led from their cell in midmorning that day, Jack began singing.
"Yo ho, yo ho, a pirate's life fer me. We pillage an' plunder, we rifle an' loot. Drink up, me 'earties, yo ho!" Jack crooned in his unique drawling voice. "We kidnap an' ravage an' don't give a hoot! Drink up, me 'earties, yo - ho!" His song was cut off by one of the guards shoving him roughly.
"Remember that song, pirate -"
"Ah, yeh see, mate, I'll always remember that song," Jack interrupted, turning half around. "It's me favorite song," the pirate captain confessed, somehow, Kelly couldn't even fathom, managing to keep a completely straight face.
"Just remember it, because soon you'll be singing it at the gates of the deepest circle of Hell!" the guard snarled, pushing Jack again and this time causing him to trip and nearly fall.
"Well, I can only 'ope that, if or when I get there, me lovely daughter'll be right there singin' with me," Jack replied cheerfully over his shoulder before continuing his song, even louder than before. Kelly laughed and began singing along.
"Yo ho, yo ho, a pirate's life fer me. We extort an' pilfer, we filch an' sack. Drink up, me 'earties, yo ho! Maraud an' embezzle an' even highjack! Drink up, me 'earties, yo ho!"
By the time they reached the platform with the nooses in the middle of the town square, the two Sparrows were singing so loudly no one could have made themselves heard if they wanted to give an order to stop the song. Kelly and Jack were brought up the steps to the nooses. They stepped onto the trapdoors as the nooses were fitted over their heads.
"It's a little tight," Kelly told the hangman truthfully. "Do ye think ye could loosen it just a bit?"
"Shut your mouth, pirate," he replied nastily, tightening Jack's noose.
"Piratess, if ye please!" Kelly called. The hangman whipped around pulled his sword. He placed the tip of the blade against an exposed section of Kelly's throat as her eyes widened.
"What do you think . . . pirate?" he snarled, his eyes narrowed and hateful. Kelly looked down at the sword and back up to the hangman. She smiled wryly.
"Guess not, huh?" she asked him. He sneered and flicked the sword away from Kelly's throat and replaced it in the sheath. Kelly yelped as the sword cut a thin red line in her skin.
"Watch it, please!" she shouted as the hangman turned away. She looked away and started whistling innocently when the hangman whirled around with a murderous look in his eye. He stalked over to her and leaned in close as Kelly leaned away from the ill-smelling man with a disgusted look.
"Just wait a few moments, pirate," he hissed, his eyes sparkling menacingly. "Soon, the world will be rid of you and your father and it will be permanent. No coming back for you like that Barbosa crew a few years ago."
He straightened and walked away to stand at his post behind Jack's noose. Kelly made a face at his back.
" 'Soon, the world will be rid of you and your father and it will be permanent. No coming back for you like that Barbosa crew a few years ago," Kelly mocked to herself. "Ooh, I'll pretend I'm real scared, just for yeh, mate."
"Kelly . . ." Jack said in a warning voice; apparently she had spoken too loud.
"Yeah, yeah, I know, Jack," Kelly muttered turning back to face the growing crowd. Suddenly, something dawned on her.
"Jack, Barbosa's crew -!"
Before she could tell Jack her new realization, Commodore Norrington motioned for silence and another officer stepped up beside him with a scroll of paper.
"Jack Sparrow, you have been convicted and sentenced to death by the noose," the officer read in monotonous tone. He continued to read through the lengthy list of Jack's offenses, Jack himself adding muttered comments such as, "Ah, yes, that was fun," and "Now, that wasn't entirely my fault." After all the crimes had been read, Jack looked around, startled, and began, "Seems they've fergotten the time -"
"Jack!" Kelly hissed, glaring at him.
"Well, so long as they're goin' to 'ang me, they might as well 'ave all the facts," Jack replied simply, shrugging.
"Kelly Sparrow, you have also been convicted and sentenced to death by the noose," the officer called, holding a new scroll. Kelly and Jack abruptly broke off their conversation as Kelly's crimes were read, punctuated by rolling of eyes and impatient sighs on Kelly's part. The announcements went more or less smoothly until one crime was read.
" - assisting a murder - "
"Well, 'old on just a bloody minute!" Kelly shouted indignantly. "I 'ave never, nor will I ever, assist in a murder! I may be a piratess, but that don't mean I cond - 'ey!" Norrington had grown noticeably more and more furious over Kelly's outburst and signaled one of his men to take care of it. The officer had rushed up onto the platform as soon as he saw Norrington's motion. He slipped on his way up the stairs and only managed to rip a large hole in Kelly's sleeve and a long gash down her arm before falling over the edge of the platform. Kelly looked at her bleeding arm and then looked accusingly at the officer sitting dazed on the ground.
"That really 'urt!" she exclaimed, looking back to her wound. Jack rolled his eyes.
"Well, Miss Sparrow, you have now volunteered yourself to die first," Norrington told her coldly.
"Actually, I didn't," Kelly corrected. "You did."
"Kelly . . ." Jack moaned, hanging his head.
Norrington face grew even stormier and he nodded to the officer, who rolled up his scroll and stepped back. Kelly was roughly pushed back onto the trapdoor as a drumroll was started. Kelly glanced back at Jack and smiled sadly. Jack inclined his head and raised his bound hands to his forehead in a salute as he began to hum a rather depressing version of "A Pirate's Life For Me." Kelly turned back to the crowds of people watching with bated breath, some horrified, some satisfied, and some torn between the two.
"Drink up, me 'earties, yo ho," she whispered, almost silently, just before the trapdoor dropped out from beneath her and a collective gasp from the crowd rose up.
A/N: Whoo-hoo!!! Chapter 4 is finished and Chapter 5 is almost done too!!! I just need to type it up and then post it! Until then, enjoy this chapter and review!!!!! It's really easy, just hit that little button down there!!!
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