Disclaimer : Nope - don't own squat-diddly. Don't sue.
Anyway - sorry about the elongated period between my last update and this one. If you haven't read Chapter 17 - I suggest going back and reading it - because it ain't no Author's Note no more. It's a Chapter! A very good one - and if you don't read it you'll get all lost and confused if you go right to this'un. :)
Anyway - I have one more thank you :
Kurama Kitsune - Thanks for all the reviews!! So Xin is more of a Chinese name? Well dagnabbit... I don't know that much about Asian cultures... it sounded Asian... probably should'a done more research, dang it. But anyway... I'm so glad you enjoyed my story. :)
And a thank you to all the people who reviewed the Author's Note and told me that they wanted more. :) And then my emailer who emailed me and wanted more - and I lied and said I'd have two chapters up over the weekend, sorry 'bout that... but hey, it's up!! Ain'tcha proud o' me?! Like five million years later, but it's up!
Anyway - let me tell you all a story. I couldn't get onto FF.net, because of the 'https' stuff. So ... yeah ...
But now I updated my internet and I'm set and ready to rumble.
ENJOY! You scabless dogs!
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Chapter 18 : A New Body
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Barbossa curled his lips into a cruel smile. The room began to spin slowly and the force of the spin seemed to make Barbossa and Jack the Monkey into the spirits they truly were.
With a whoosh Barbossa's spirit flew towards Catharine. It stopped right in front of her and looked back up to Jack, Will, and Elizabeth. They were still in the air with cloud-like hands swirling around them.
"Want ye ter watch very carefully, now." He spat as he turned slowly back to Cat, his eyes widening into a glowing fire that made Cat shiver in fear.
"Me new body." Barbossa whispered. Then, as if he had never been there he vanished and Cat's mouth opened wide in pain.
"Ah!" Catharine tumbled over, clutching her throat. Her eyes began to change from their beautiful green color to the evil-centric yellow eyes of Barbossa. "No..." Her last words tripped over her tongue and she fell face first onto the floor.
"Catharine!" Elizabeth's eyes were wide with fear. "Is she... "
Will knew that Elizabeth wouldn't be able to finish the sentence. "Let us hope not."
"It's all yer fault, ye mangy, flea-bitten - " Jack started up in rage, and then realized he couldn't do anything since he was still under the power of Barbossa.
Will and Elizabeth looked at each other. They had no idea who he was talking to. Then, they saw Jack the Monkey poking at Cat's fiery red head.
"Bleedin' monkey." Jack sneered. "If I ever get me 'ands on yer scrawny neck!"
"Oh, don't be so quick to place the blame, Jack." Cat's voice rang out from the floor. "After all, he was named after you." The fallen body rolled over and Jack saw her eyes.
They were the eyes of Barbossa.
Elizabeth gasped. "Cat?"
"In the flesh." The body of Catharine DeVries pushed itself up. "But not in spirit or mind. She's probably off somewhere in dreamland. Off wheeping because she couldn't save her dear friends. The thoughtful version of Miss DeVries was her downfall. If she would have come to my side - she would be in control of her own self, but alas, she is not."
"I don't understand." Will whispered.
"Of course you don't." The voice rang out. "You never were exceptionally bright, lad. I'm Barbossa. Not Catharine. She's nothing but a whisper in the wind now. I am in control."
The body snapped its fingers.
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Jack's eyes slowly opened. The last thing he remembered was the snap of fingers.
"Magic." He whispered to himself.
"Captain." Catharine's melodious voice rang in his ears. "You're awake."
"Dreamin' with me eyes open." Jack retorted and tried to sit up. But, he realized all too quickly that he was bound.
"I don't remember you ever sleeping like that. I would watch you both day and night - remember, I had to find the opportune moment for a mutiny." Though it was Catharine's voice, Jack knew it was Barbossa talking. He didn't think he'd ever get used to that.
Jack decided that he would change the subject. "Where's Will and Eliza - "
"Below deck, with the rest of the Revenge crew." Catharine finally came into Jack's line of view. She wanted to make eye contact, but Jack continued to stare at the ground. "Finally found a ship faster than the Pearl - they shouldn't have followed."
There was a silence and Jack saw Jack the Monkey run up to Cat. It bounced around and gave her a piece of Aztec gold.
"Loyal and true." Cat's hand patted the monkey and the monkey squinched its nose at Jack.
"I'll leave you to your haunted thoughts, Sparrow." Then the small voice of Catharine changed into the heartless voice of Barbossa. A laugh that would rival with the devil's. "Be thinkin' of how yer ter die..." More laughter from the husky and evil voice.
"Sleep well!" Catharine's voice again, and then a slam of the door. Jack looked around. He was in his old cabin that he had had when he was Captain of the Black Pearl.
Jack sighed. He was going to die.
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"Make sure that he sees her die first!" Catharine called out to - now her - henchmen. She pointed at Will and Elizabeth. "Ladies first."
"You're too kind." Elizabeth growled.
"Beg pardon?" Cat turned towards the couple and pulled a cutlass from one of the crew members. She held it up to Elizabeth's throat. "Anymore outbursts and I'll just behead you."
Will's nostrils flared, but he held his tongue.
"But - I won't do that. Since I would like the whelp here to see his love die exactly the way his father did." The last part of the sentence had Barbossa's evil twinge.
"Of course, after I've had my pound of flesh." Cat's voice was back. "Wouldn't want the "Black Cat" to have her reputation be disparaged, because all she did was drown people."
With a turn and a stride, Cat headed towards her own cabin. "I want to hear their screams."
Will and Elizabeth looked at each other. Will saw a small tear trickle down Elizabeth's cheek. There was nothing Will could do to save Elizabeth.
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A/N: From now on - if I say Catharine(Cat)/Barbossa - you will know who I'm talking about. It's getting confusing to me if I put 'the body' so, yeah. I'll use the two interchangeably. If that's even a word. :)
Anywho - sorry this is a short chapter. FF.net is being evil. I think I'm going to have my own site coming up soon. Where I'll have like a little PoTC shrine, with lots of PoTC stories. Yeehaw Brad! Sorry - For Richer or Poorer reference. I'm a nerd sometimes.
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Next Chapter: Russian Roulette
Anyway - sorry about the elongated period between my last update and this one. If you haven't read Chapter 17 - I suggest going back and reading it - because it ain't no Author's Note no more. It's a Chapter! A very good one - and if you don't read it you'll get all lost and confused if you go right to this'un. :)
Anyway - I have one more thank you :
Kurama Kitsune - Thanks for all the reviews!! So Xin is more of a Chinese name? Well dagnabbit... I don't know that much about Asian cultures... it sounded Asian... probably should'a done more research, dang it. But anyway... I'm so glad you enjoyed my story. :)
And a thank you to all the people who reviewed the Author's Note and told me that they wanted more. :) And then my emailer who emailed me and wanted more - and I lied and said I'd have two chapters up over the weekend, sorry 'bout that... but hey, it's up!! Ain'tcha proud o' me?! Like five million years later, but it's up!
Anyway - let me tell you all a story. I couldn't get onto FF.net, because of the 'https' stuff. So ... yeah ...
But now I updated my internet and I'm set and ready to rumble.
ENJOY! You scabless dogs!
_
______
Chapter 18 : A New Body
______
_
Barbossa curled his lips into a cruel smile. The room began to spin slowly and the force of the spin seemed to make Barbossa and Jack the Monkey into the spirits they truly were.
With a whoosh Barbossa's spirit flew towards Catharine. It stopped right in front of her and looked back up to Jack, Will, and Elizabeth. They were still in the air with cloud-like hands swirling around them.
"Want ye ter watch very carefully, now." He spat as he turned slowly back to Cat, his eyes widening into a glowing fire that made Cat shiver in fear.
"Me new body." Barbossa whispered. Then, as if he had never been there he vanished and Cat's mouth opened wide in pain.
"Ah!" Catharine tumbled over, clutching her throat. Her eyes began to change from their beautiful green color to the evil-centric yellow eyes of Barbossa. "No..." Her last words tripped over her tongue and she fell face first onto the floor.
"Catharine!" Elizabeth's eyes were wide with fear. "Is she... "
Will knew that Elizabeth wouldn't be able to finish the sentence. "Let us hope not."
"It's all yer fault, ye mangy, flea-bitten - " Jack started up in rage, and then realized he couldn't do anything since he was still under the power of Barbossa.
Will and Elizabeth looked at each other. They had no idea who he was talking to. Then, they saw Jack the Monkey poking at Cat's fiery red head.
"Bleedin' monkey." Jack sneered. "If I ever get me 'ands on yer scrawny neck!"
"Oh, don't be so quick to place the blame, Jack." Cat's voice rang out from the floor. "After all, he was named after you." The fallen body rolled over and Jack saw her eyes.
They were the eyes of Barbossa.
Elizabeth gasped. "Cat?"
"In the flesh." The body of Catharine DeVries pushed itself up. "But not in spirit or mind. She's probably off somewhere in dreamland. Off wheeping because she couldn't save her dear friends. The thoughtful version of Miss DeVries was her downfall. If she would have come to my side - she would be in control of her own self, but alas, she is not."
"I don't understand." Will whispered.
"Of course you don't." The voice rang out. "You never were exceptionally bright, lad. I'm Barbossa. Not Catharine. She's nothing but a whisper in the wind now. I am in control."
The body snapped its fingers.
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***
Jack's eyes slowly opened. The last thing he remembered was the snap of fingers.
"Magic." He whispered to himself.
"Captain." Catharine's melodious voice rang in his ears. "You're awake."
"Dreamin' with me eyes open." Jack retorted and tried to sit up. But, he realized all too quickly that he was bound.
"I don't remember you ever sleeping like that. I would watch you both day and night - remember, I had to find the opportune moment for a mutiny." Though it was Catharine's voice, Jack knew it was Barbossa talking. He didn't think he'd ever get used to that.
Jack decided that he would change the subject. "Where's Will and Eliza - "
"Below deck, with the rest of the Revenge crew." Catharine finally came into Jack's line of view. She wanted to make eye contact, but Jack continued to stare at the ground. "Finally found a ship faster than the Pearl - they shouldn't have followed."
There was a silence and Jack saw Jack the Monkey run up to Cat. It bounced around and gave her a piece of Aztec gold.
"Loyal and true." Cat's hand patted the monkey and the monkey squinched its nose at Jack.
"I'll leave you to your haunted thoughts, Sparrow." Then the small voice of Catharine changed into the heartless voice of Barbossa. A laugh that would rival with the devil's. "Be thinkin' of how yer ter die..." More laughter from the husky and evil voice.
"Sleep well!" Catharine's voice again, and then a slam of the door. Jack looked around. He was in his old cabin that he had had when he was Captain of the Black Pearl.
Jack sighed. He was going to die.
***
***
"Make sure that he sees her die first!" Catharine called out to - now her - henchmen. She pointed at Will and Elizabeth. "Ladies first."
"You're too kind." Elizabeth growled.
"Beg pardon?" Cat turned towards the couple and pulled a cutlass from one of the crew members. She held it up to Elizabeth's throat. "Anymore outbursts and I'll just behead you."
Will's nostrils flared, but he held his tongue.
"But - I won't do that. Since I would like the whelp here to see his love die exactly the way his father did." The last part of the sentence had Barbossa's evil twinge.
"Of course, after I've had my pound of flesh." Cat's voice was back. "Wouldn't want the "Black Cat" to have her reputation be disparaged, because all she did was drown people."
With a turn and a stride, Cat headed towards her own cabin. "I want to hear their screams."
Will and Elizabeth looked at each other. Will saw a small tear trickle down Elizabeth's cheek. There was nothing Will could do to save Elizabeth.
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A/N: From now on - if I say Catharine(Cat)/Barbossa - you will know who I'm talking about. It's getting confusing to me if I put 'the body' so, yeah. I'll use the two interchangeably. If that's even a word. :)
Anywho - sorry this is a short chapter. FF.net is being evil. I think I'm going to have my own site coming up soon. Where I'll have like a little PoTC shrine, with lots of PoTC stories. Yeehaw Brad! Sorry - For Richer or Poorer reference. I'm a nerd sometimes.
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Next Chapter: Russian Roulette