Chapter Eight
"We have a problem!" Gibbs announced as he pulled Annamaria onto the deck
of the Pearl.
"What?" she asked, stretching her legs. "And ye know that little kid has
to be Jack's, her personality is like a clone of her father's," she added
with a grin.
"That's just the problem, look," he shoved a telescope at her. Right away
she could see the Dauntless getting closer and closer to the harbor. "We
have to find Jack, it's no doubt they've come after him," Gibbs grumbled.
"I'm assuming he's not here."
"No, he went to find his lady friend about half an hour ago and I haven't
seen nor 'eard from him since," he informed her.
"Alright, here's what we're gonna do," Annamaria said, standing with her
hands on her hips, "the kid showed me where she lived. We should go there
and see if anyone knows where her mother and Jack are."
"It's worth a shot," Gibbs sighed. "But there is no chance we are gonna
get the Pearl outta here before Norrington spots us."
"Well, as angry as this'll make Jack, it's better to lose the Pearl than
our lives," Annamaria reminded him as they began to round up the crew,
telling them that they needed to get off the ship before the Dauntless
reached the harbor.
--- --- ---
Commodore Norrington stood at the front of the Dauntless, a feeling of
utmost satisfaction settling in. Finally, he would earn credit for the
capture and killing of Captain Jack Sparrow. He gritted his teeth, hate
seething through him as he thought of the pirate. If it hadn't been for
Jack he probably would've earned Elizabeth's hand in marriage and Will
would be pounding away at his anvil, not in the picture at all.
All he really wanted was to see Sparrow dead, whether it meant bringing
him to justice or killing him himself.
--- --- ---
"I love ye," Jack whispered when he and Katie finally pulled apart.
"I love you, Jack," Katie replied, burying her face into his chest. His
chin rested on top of her head. "Jack?" he pulled away and looked at her
in response. "Would you like to meet your daughter?"
He was about to reply when he heard a familiar voice calling his name.
"Jack!" he looked up to see Will and Elizabeth, their hands intertwined,
stepping out of the brush. "Jack, we've been looking everywhere for you!"
"Well that was unexpected," he rubbed his chin as Katie broke away from
his embrace. Both Will and Elizabeth glanced at Katie, about to ask
questions but both of them knowing that there wasn't the time. They
started to shout different things at once, both of them coming off as
being quite frantic.
Katie glanced at Jack, her eyebrows knotted in confusion. Jack glanced
back at her, smiled, and then turned towards Will and Elizabeth with the
smirk still plastered on his face. "Well, well, well, if it isn't the
future Mr. and Mrs. Turner............ pleasure to be seeing ye again......... so
soon........."
"Jack! We haven't the time; you have to leave Tortuga immediately!"
Elizabeth cried.
"Jack, what is going on," Katie grasped onto the fabric of his jacket,
her gaze switching back and forth between the strangers and Jack.
"I dunno, luv," Jack replied, just as confused as she was. "Whatdoya mean
I have to leave Tortuga?"
"Commodore Norrington is on his way over here right now," Elizabeth
continued.
"He's already here," Will spoke up, his face gone pale and his eyes wide.
Elizabeth gasped and grabbed onto his arm as Jack and Katie spun around
to see the Dauntless just turning into Tortuga Harbor. "And my prediction
is he won't be very pleased with us either for stealing that fishing
vessel to get out here."
"Will, me boy! You stole a ship?? Good for you, lad!" Jack grinned and
slapped Will on the back.
"Jack!" Katie squealed, tugging on his arm. "Why do you have to leave
Tortuga?? Who is Commodore Norrington, and who are these people?? What is
going on?"
Jack looked down at her and recognized the look in her eyes; the look he
saw for the first time eleven years ago when he was marooned by
Barbossa's crew and he knew that there was a chance he could lose her all
over again.
"This is Will Turner and Elizabeth Swann—some friends of mine," he said
gently, as if he was afraid she would break at any moment. He then turned
to Will and Elizabeth, his hand placed on the small of Katie's back.
"This is Katrina Preston......... my wife."
"Your wife?" Will asked. Although he wasn't surprised—Jack having a wife
somewhere, especially in Tortuga, didn't shock him.
"Luv, the Commodore isn't exactly the friendliest of men—specially
towards pirates such as meself, savvy? About a month a go, I was supposed
to be hung in Port Royal, but thanks to Mr. Turner, my neck was saved.
Now, me guess is that Norrington got a bit antsy knowing that I got away
from him—again—so he decided it be best to come after me and, well, ye
know........."
"Oh dear........." Katie sighed and her hand rubbed her forehead. "We should
get back to the tavern—we can figure out something there."
"We have a problem!" Gibbs announced as he pulled Annamaria onto the deck
of the Pearl.
"What?" she asked, stretching her legs. "And ye know that little kid has
to be Jack's, her personality is like a clone of her father's," she added
with a grin.
"That's just the problem, look," he shoved a telescope at her. Right away
she could see the Dauntless getting closer and closer to the harbor. "We
have to find Jack, it's no doubt they've come after him," Gibbs grumbled.
"I'm assuming he's not here."
"No, he went to find his lady friend about half an hour ago and I haven't
seen nor 'eard from him since," he informed her.
"Alright, here's what we're gonna do," Annamaria said, standing with her
hands on her hips, "the kid showed me where she lived. We should go there
and see if anyone knows where her mother and Jack are."
"It's worth a shot," Gibbs sighed. "But there is no chance we are gonna
get the Pearl outta here before Norrington spots us."
"Well, as angry as this'll make Jack, it's better to lose the Pearl than
our lives," Annamaria reminded him as they began to round up the crew,
telling them that they needed to get off the ship before the Dauntless
reached the harbor.
--- --- ---
Commodore Norrington stood at the front of the Dauntless, a feeling of
utmost satisfaction settling in. Finally, he would earn credit for the
capture and killing of Captain Jack Sparrow. He gritted his teeth, hate
seething through him as he thought of the pirate. If it hadn't been for
Jack he probably would've earned Elizabeth's hand in marriage and Will
would be pounding away at his anvil, not in the picture at all.
All he really wanted was to see Sparrow dead, whether it meant bringing
him to justice or killing him himself.
--- --- ---
"I love ye," Jack whispered when he and Katie finally pulled apart.
"I love you, Jack," Katie replied, burying her face into his chest. His
chin rested on top of her head. "Jack?" he pulled away and looked at her
in response. "Would you like to meet your daughter?"
He was about to reply when he heard a familiar voice calling his name.
"Jack!" he looked up to see Will and Elizabeth, their hands intertwined,
stepping out of the brush. "Jack, we've been looking everywhere for you!"
"Well that was unexpected," he rubbed his chin as Katie broke away from
his embrace. Both Will and Elizabeth glanced at Katie, about to ask
questions but both of them knowing that there wasn't the time. They
started to shout different things at once, both of them coming off as
being quite frantic.
Katie glanced at Jack, her eyebrows knotted in confusion. Jack glanced
back at her, smiled, and then turned towards Will and Elizabeth with the
smirk still plastered on his face. "Well, well, well, if it isn't the
future Mr. and Mrs. Turner............ pleasure to be seeing ye again......... so
soon........."
"Jack! We haven't the time; you have to leave Tortuga immediately!"
Elizabeth cried.
"Jack, what is going on," Katie grasped onto the fabric of his jacket,
her gaze switching back and forth between the strangers and Jack.
"I dunno, luv," Jack replied, just as confused as she was. "Whatdoya mean
I have to leave Tortuga?"
"Commodore Norrington is on his way over here right now," Elizabeth
continued.
"He's already here," Will spoke up, his face gone pale and his eyes wide.
Elizabeth gasped and grabbed onto his arm as Jack and Katie spun around
to see the Dauntless just turning into Tortuga Harbor. "And my prediction
is he won't be very pleased with us either for stealing that fishing
vessel to get out here."
"Will, me boy! You stole a ship?? Good for you, lad!" Jack grinned and
slapped Will on the back.
"Jack!" Katie squealed, tugging on his arm. "Why do you have to leave
Tortuga?? Who is Commodore Norrington, and who are these people?? What is
going on?"
Jack looked down at her and recognized the look in her eyes; the look he
saw for the first time eleven years ago when he was marooned by
Barbossa's crew and he knew that there was a chance he could lose her all
over again.
"This is Will Turner and Elizabeth Swann—some friends of mine," he said
gently, as if he was afraid she would break at any moment. He then turned
to Will and Elizabeth, his hand placed on the small of Katie's back.
"This is Katrina Preston......... my wife."
"Your wife?" Will asked. Although he wasn't surprised—Jack having a wife
somewhere, especially in Tortuga, didn't shock him.
"Luv, the Commodore isn't exactly the friendliest of men—specially
towards pirates such as meself, savvy? About a month a go, I was supposed
to be hung in Port Royal, but thanks to Mr. Turner, my neck was saved.
Now, me guess is that Norrington got a bit antsy knowing that I got away
from him—again—so he decided it be best to come after me and, well, ye
know........."
"Oh dear........." Katie sighed and her hand rubbed her forehead. "We should
get back to the tavern—we can figure out something there."