Barbossa's curly beard tickled her neck as he breathed on her neck.
"Barbossa, you touch me and I'll follow Jack to the sea." He backed up, not wanting to upset his new prey.
"If you say so, Mandie." He smiled and she wanted to slap him.
"It is Miss Swann and you should do well to remember that. Now, I will not forget my promise but I want to ask your permission to roam your ship until night, then my promise holds." She winced at her own words, not even intending to let him get that close to her.
"Well, I can't argue with that. Crew, don't touch her. And I mean don't!!" He turned back to her as the crew walked off. "Have a nice day!" He smiled and strode off to the helm. She smirked.
"Oh, I will."
Entering the room with the cells, she grabbed the keys from the rusted nail. She quickly entered the cell that she and Jack had shared and put the keys in the keyhole. She turned them and then pulled them back out.
"What 'yew doin'?" The pirate in the room walked over to her.
"Protecting myself." He looked stunned and started running to tell the captain. She sighed and sat down.
'Now that Jack's not here, I'm going to have to protect myself.' She quickly left the cell and got a sword and a gun and went back into the cell. Barbossa stormed into the jail room as she was tying the keys to her belts.
"What do you think you're doing? You can't lock yourself up in here!" She smiled.
"I believe I already have." She plopped down on the bench and placed the sword over her knees. Barbossa gritted his teeth and screamed.
"You can't do this!"
"I will stay in here until Jack comes back to get me." She cocked the gun and slung it on her shoulder.
"Jack's dead."
"Then I'll stay here forever." He screamed again and left the room. She groaned and leaned against the wall.
"Jack, please hurry!"
Faraway, Jack's ear burned as if he could hear his sweet Amanda's voice calling to him. He had just swum ashore to his new home and slumped onto the sand. His brown eyes sadly watch the Black Pearl sail away with his beloved onboard. He gritted his teeth and scowled as he thought of what Barbossa was scheming. He pulled his pistol out of his belt and held it up to his eyes.
"You gave me this bullet Barbossa, and someday, I'm going to give it back. I won't ever use this on anyone else. No matter how hard it may be tempting." He shook it at the Pearl and smiled at the thought of killing his enemy. He stuck it back into his belt.
"Now, to exploring." He began working his way to the inside of the island until he found an old building. The basement contained several bottles of rum and other things. How it had come to be on this island was beyond him. He shrugged and grabbed a few bottles.
Walking back to the shore, he could still see the Pearl. His thoughts drifted to Amanda. Boy, could that girl kiss. He had never met anyone who kissed like her. It flattered him that he had been her first kiss. He took the cork off of a bottle and took a swig.
"Here's to you Amanda. May you never kiss anyone else but me." He held it up like a banner and took another swig. With burning eyes he turned back to his ship. "And may I get back to you as soon as I can before Barbossa gets his hands on you." He took another swig. In a sudden impulse, he stood up and called to his ship. "Don't worry Amanda, old Bootstrap Bill will take care of you!" And with that, he passed out.