Chapter 5 - Decisions and Taverns
~~~~~~~~~~ATTENTION~~~~~~~~~~ Chapter 1 has been slightly altered. Please reread it so that the time order of things in later chapters makes sense.
Disclaimers: I do not own POTC or any of the characters from the movie. I only own the things that were not in the movie. I am not making any money, so please do not sue me.
Rating: R for sexual content, magic, and slight language.
{ } - indicates mind talking. / /- means personal thoughts.
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Akiva was not just mad she was beyond that. She was even way past pissed. She was seething. She was in her room below deck, pacing, occasionally punching and kicking the wall and she was thinking. She was thinking about her past. About the people who had loved her and who had hated or hurt her. She was thinking about her future and what she was going to do. Mostly she was thinking about a certain pirate captain who, for reasons she was not willing to admit, was being kind to her and who she was, oddly enough, she was not afraid of. Sure there were other men on the ship, but they would not touch her unless the captain said they could, which she knew he wouldn't. There were so many questions racing around her head.
/'Why does he care what happens to me? What does he want? Can I ever NOT hate this ship?"/ Akiva sighed out loud and sat down on her bunk. She had no answers to these questions. / "Can I stay here? No, too many bad memories, besides I have no reason to stay. My future lies somewhere else. When we get to Tortuga, I am leaving. It is as simple as that. I will get a job in one of the taverns or sign onto another ship. Good, I have a plan. Well, a half plan. OK, so all I have is the outline of a plan. It's a good start. Now I go talk to the captain."/ Akiva got off her bunk and walked out the door, hearing to the front of the ship were she had left Jack about an hour ago.
When she got onto the deck she scanned the deck and found that Jack was not there, so she headed to his cabin. She knocked lightly on the door and called out "Captain Sparrow" quietly with her mind.
{"Come on in Akiva."} Jack called back to her. She slowly opened the door and walked in. Jack was sitting as the table in the middle his room and motioned for her to sit down across from him. "So, what can I be doin' for ya?" Jack asked not looking up from the map he had spread out in front of him.
" Well a couple days ago you said that I could either stay on the Pearl or leave when we arrived in Tortuga. Do you still mean that?" She asked slowly.
At this point Jack looked up at looked at Akiva.
"Yeah girl, you can leave if you want. I would prefer that ye stayed with us, but I won't force you to do anythin' ye ain't wantin' to do." Jack answered.
"Ok, good, I was just wanted to tell you I appreciate everything you have done for me and that I will be leaving when we reach Tortuga."
Jack looked back down at the map.
"Are you mad Captain?" Akiva asked.
{"No, love, I am not mad. Good night Akiva"}
{"Good night Jack, sleep well."}
Akiva got up and walked out leaving Jack to his thoughts. Three days later the Black Pearl pulled into Tortuga and docked. It was a bright, warm morning with a slight breeze coming off the ocean. The crew was gathered on the top deck of the ship, waiting for her captain to come out and tell them who would be getting first ship watch and who would be going onto the island to help get the supplies that they needed. Standing closest to the rail of the ship was Akiva. She, unlike the others, was not waiting for Jack to tell her if she could on land, she was waiting to say goodbye and for the men to lower into place the gangplank that everyone used to get off the ship and onto the dock surface. After waiting for about twenty minutes Jack walked out of his cabin.
"Listen up, Gibbs, Mic, Travers, Cotton, Cotton's parrot, Wes and James will stay onboard and watch the ship. Make sure no one comes on or off. If some one wants on, come find me. Lower the plank men." Jack yelled to the crew. He walked over to Akiva and pulled her off to the side so that he could talk to her without anyone overhearing him. He grabbed her hand and placed in it a bag of coins about the size of his fist.
"Captain what is this?" she asked, genuinely surprised that he would give her money, especially as much as was in the bag.
"This is to make sure you are ok. You were part of me crew and helped me get me ship back. Go to the Coyote tavern and ask for the owner. Don't talk to anyone but the owner. Tell him you are under my protection and that I sent you. He will give you and place to stay and a job. You will be taken care of and no one will dare to hurt you. Give him this note. It will explain everything. Don't worry. I didn't give details. I only told him that you were an enemy of Barbossa and his former crew and that you needed a job. He will protect you. He has a lot of people working for him and they will watch your back also. If you ever want to join a crew, tell him and he will get you onto one of his ships. Do as I say Akiva and don't wander the streets after dark, it isn't safe." Jack said this while looking her straight in the eyes. For a long moment they help each other gaze.
{"Thank you Jack, thank you so much. I would hug you, but everyone would see, so I won't. How can I ever repay you?"} Akiva said in his mind.
{"Just do what I said."} Jack answered.
"Anna- Maria," he called, "take Miss. Hunt to the Coyote Tavern and make sure that she meets the owner. After that, meet me at the black smiths. I need a new sword."
During all of this Jack had been looking into Akiva's eyes. He turned around and walked off of the ship. A moment later Anna called to Akiva to hurry up and follow her. Akiva did as she was told and walked with Anna to the tavern. Once there she talked to Dylan who owned the Coyote. He looked to be about fifty. He was in very good physical shape and had a dark tan. He was about six foot tall and weighed about one hundred and ninety pounds, all of with was muscle. He had light brown hair with a little gray in it and he was clean-shaven. Akiva figured that he was probably very attractive when he had been younger. He showed her to a room where she could stay and then introduced her to his wife.
"Akiva, this is my wife Jennifer. She can show you how things are done and who to be a good tavern made." Dylan said and walked back to the front of the tavern.
Jennifer was several inches shorter then her husband and also a lot smaller. She looked like she was about ten years younger then Dylan and looked to weigh little more then Akiva. She was also in excellent physical shape and it was evident that she worked hard daily. She, like her husband, had bright blue eyes except hers had flecks of green and she had dark brown hair. She reminded Akiva of her grandmother.
"Well Akiva, it is nice to meet you. Like Dylan said, I am Jennifer, but you can call me Jen. And before I show you how to do everything, how about we go shopping. I noticed you didn't have much with you and I also read the letter from Captain Jack. I don't know exactly what has happened to you, but I promise you will be safe here. So, you want to go shop?" Jennifer, who was about three inches taller then Akiva, had said all of this with one breath and she was smiling a beautiful smile.
"Umm, sure, if you think that is best. I do have some money, but I don't know how much it will buy." Akiva said shyly. No one had ever been this nice to her before and she was a little bit in shock.
When Akiva mentioned that she would use her money to buy the things she needed, Jen had started to laugh quietly.
"Akiva, sweetie, you are part of the family know. When I said we were going shopping, I meant that I was talking YOU shopping, which means that this is my treat. Come on let me do this. I don't have kids, so I need to treat some one like a daughter. Besides, my daughter would be about your age. Sound good?"
"Sure, if you and your husband don't mind."
"Hun, why do you think Dylan just gave me a pouch of money?" Jennifer asked with a big smile.
Akiva agreed and they headed out to the dressmaker. Akiva had protested this, seeing as how she didn't like dresses, but Jen told her that she had to have them for working, She also said that if Akiva wanted, she could get a couple pairs of pants and some nice shirts to wear when she wasn't working. After they got the fabrics for the dresses, pants and shirts picked out and measurements were taken, they headed to the show maker to get Akiva two pairs of boot. While they were walking around Akiva had asked Jennifer what she meant when she said that her daughter would be about Akiva's age.
"Well," Jennifer had said, "when I was eighteen, I married Dylan, he was thirty at the time. After being married for three months, I became pregnant. Eight months later I gave birth to a baby girl. She was so perfect. She had brown eyes and blond red hair. It was several shades lighter then yours and curly. Dylan and I can't figure out where she got the eye and hair color from. We are guessing it was his mother. Well any ways, when she was two, she got a fever and died. She would be twenty in March. You just remind me of her. I think it in the hair and the smile. You have her smile." Even as Jennifer had been speaking, she had started tearing up.
"Jen, I am sorry, I shouldn't have asked." Akiva said sadly, regretting bringing the subject up. She couldn't imagine what it would be like to lose a child. Just thinking about it was troubling. She knew how much losing her family and friends still hurt.
"Akiva, sweetie, it's fine. I don't mind telling you. I just miss her. So, how old are you?"
"I'm seventeen."
For several more hours Akiva and Jen walked around the town shopping and talking. When the got back to the tavern, Jennifer taught Akiva everything she would need to know to work as a tavern girl. That night Jen gave her a dress to wear for work. Around twelv, Dylan kicked everyone out and closed and locked the doors. After they had cleaned the tavern up and washed everything, Dylan and Jennifer led Akiva into there personal kitchen.
"So, how did you like your first day of work?" Dylan asked Akiva.
"Well, it was hard, but fun. Thank you so much for doing this for me." Akiva said to them both.
"Oh, hunny, we are happy to help. You are a good kid and deserve everything good in life. So, are you hungry?" Jen inquired.
"Umm, not really. I was just going to go to bed, if that is ok." Akiva answered.
"Sure. I will be getting' you up at nine though. There are something's I need your help with. Is that ok?" Dylan asked.
"Yeah. See you then." Said Akiva.
For the next ten and a half months Akiva worked and lived with Dylan and Jennifer. Over time they became very close. Dylan and Jen became like second parents to Akiva. Everyday Akiva thought about her past. She loved where she was now, but for some reason she felt as if she were missing something. Every morning before the town was awake and each night before sunset, she would walk down to the docks. She didn't know why she did this. All she knew was that she was looking for something. What she was looking for was unknown. Jennifer had noticed what Akiva was doing and one night, about three weeks before Akiva's birthday, she decided to talk to Dylan about it. He had also noticed and they decided that something had to be done. They had already been planning on throwing her a surprise party. They were going to invite the people who she had made friends with and a few of the people who were frequently in the tavern and who Akiva knew well. The next morning, September 21st, Dylan wrote a letter and gave it to a friend of his who would be leaving port that day. There was no guarantee that it would reach the person it was supposed to in time, but there was no other way to contact them. About two and a half weeks later, on October 9th, they received a reply saying that they would be arriving in three days and to keep Akiva away from the ports. So, for the next three days Jennifer got up an hour earlier then usual, thus waking before Akiva. She kept Akiva busy from sun up to sun down with "Fall Cleaning" as she called it. On the morning October 12th, 1682, Akiva was not woken up by Dylan knocking on her door. When she realized that she had slept in, she bolted out of bed, dressed quickly and ran down stairs and into the kitchen to find Jennifer sitting calmly at the table, drinking coffee. She did not notice the man with his back to her, sitting across from Jen, also drinking coffee. "Jen," she said, "Why didn't you wake me?"
"Well, because it is your birthday, so I was going to give you the day off and because we have a guest." Jennifer stated softly.
It was then that Akiva noticed the man in the chair. He put his coffee on the table and got up out of his chair. He slowly turned around, looked at the beautiful woman in front of him and said, "Hello luv."
For a moment all Akiva could do was stare at the man in front of her. "Oh My God!" She said and passed out.
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So, what did you think? Sorry it is short. Good news thought, I now where I want this story to go, so I will be updating about once a week, maybe twice. If anyone has any suggestions, please tell me.
~~Born-Diva, I haven't had a chance to read your new chapter yet, but I will review when I do. And yes, your review did go through. Yeah, the thing with me parents suck, but I am dealing. I used to have a computer in my room that I used, but I got I virus or something and it crashed. We had I checked out and they said that me hard drive is totally fried, so I have to get a new one. That could take a while. Thanks for reviewing. ~~
Ok question, is anyone reading this? If you are, could you PLEASE REVIEW!?!?!?!? It isn't that hard, I promise. Just press the little purple- blue button that says "GO"
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~~~~~~~~~~ATTENTION~~~~~~~~~~ Chapter 1 has been slightly altered. Please reread it so that the time order of things in later chapters makes sense.
Disclaimers: I do not own POTC or any of the characters from the movie. I only own the things that were not in the movie. I am not making any money, so please do not sue me.
Rating: R for sexual content, magic, and slight language.
{ } - indicates mind talking. / /- means personal thoughts.
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Akiva was not just mad she was beyond that. She was even way past pissed. She was seething. She was in her room below deck, pacing, occasionally punching and kicking the wall and she was thinking. She was thinking about her past. About the people who had loved her and who had hated or hurt her. She was thinking about her future and what she was going to do. Mostly she was thinking about a certain pirate captain who, for reasons she was not willing to admit, was being kind to her and who she was, oddly enough, she was not afraid of. Sure there were other men on the ship, but they would not touch her unless the captain said they could, which she knew he wouldn't. There were so many questions racing around her head.
/'Why does he care what happens to me? What does he want? Can I ever NOT hate this ship?"/ Akiva sighed out loud and sat down on her bunk. She had no answers to these questions. / "Can I stay here? No, too many bad memories, besides I have no reason to stay. My future lies somewhere else. When we get to Tortuga, I am leaving. It is as simple as that. I will get a job in one of the taverns or sign onto another ship. Good, I have a plan. Well, a half plan. OK, so all I have is the outline of a plan. It's a good start. Now I go talk to the captain."/ Akiva got off her bunk and walked out the door, hearing to the front of the ship were she had left Jack about an hour ago.
When she got onto the deck she scanned the deck and found that Jack was not there, so she headed to his cabin. She knocked lightly on the door and called out "Captain Sparrow" quietly with her mind.
{"Come on in Akiva."} Jack called back to her. She slowly opened the door and walked in. Jack was sitting as the table in the middle his room and motioned for her to sit down across from him. "So, what can I be doin' for ya?" Jack asked not looking up from the map he had spread out in front of him.
" Well a couple days ago you said that I could either stay on the Pearl or leave when we arrived in Tortuga. Do you still mean that?" She asked slowly.
At this point Jack looked up at looked at Akiva.
"Yeah girl, you can leave if you want. I would prefer that ye stayed with us, but I won't force you to do anythin' ye ain't wantin' to do." Jack answered.
"Ok, good, I was just wanted to tell you I appreciate everything you have done for me and that I will be leaving when we reach Tortuga."
Jack looked back down at the map.
"Are you mad Captain?" Akiva asked.
{"No, love, I am not mad. Good night Akiva"}
{"Good night Jack, sleep well."}
Akiva got up and walked out leaving Jack to his thoughts. Three days later the Black Pearl pulled into Tortuga and docked. It was a bright, warm morning with a slight breeze coming off the ocean. The crew was gathered on the top deck of the ship, waiting for her captain to come out and tell them who would be getting first ship watch and who would be going onto the island to help get the supplies that they needed. Standing closest to the rail of the ship was Akiva. She, unlike the others, was not waiting for Jack to tell her if she could on land, she was waiting to say goodbye and for the men to lower into place the gangplank that everyone used to get off the ship and onto the dock surface. After waiting for about twenty minutes Jack walked out of his cabin.
"Listen up, Gibbs, Mic, Travers, Cotton, Cotton's parrot, Wes and James will stay onboard and watch the ship. Make sure no one comes on or off. If some one wants on, come find me. Lower the plank men." Jack yelled to the crew. He walked over to Akiva and pulled her off to the side so that he could talk to her without anyone overhearing him. He grabbed her hand and placed in it a bag of coins about the size of his fist.
"Captain what is this?" she asked, genuinely surprised that he would give her money, especially as much as was in the bag.
"This is to make sure you are ok. You were part of me crew and helped me get me ship back. Go to the Coyote tavern and ask for the owner. Don't talk to anyone but the owner. Tell him you are under my protection and that I sent you. He will give you and place to stay and a job. You will be taken care of and no one will dare to hurt you. Give him this note. It will explain everything. Don't worry. I didn't give details. I only told him that you were an enemy of Barbossa and his former crew and that you needed a job. He will protect you. He has a lot of people working for him and they will watch your back also. If you ever want to join a crew, tell him and he will get you onto one of his ships. Do as I say Akiva and don't wander the streets after dark, it isn't safe." Jack said this while looking her straight in the eyes. For a long moment they help each other gaze.
{"Thank you Jack, thank you so much. I would hug you, but everyone would see, so I won't. How can I ever repay you?"} Akiva said in his mind.
{"Just do what I said."} Jack answered.
"Anna- Maria," he called, "take Miss. Hunt to the Coyote Tavern and make sure that she meets the owner. After that, meet me at the black smiths. I need a new sword."
During all of this Jack had been looking into Akiva's eyes. He turned around and walked off of the ship. A moment later Anna called to Akiva to hurry up and follow her. Akiva did as she was told and walked with Anna to the tavern. Once there she talked to Dylan who owned the Coyote. He looked to be about fifty. He was in very good physical shape and had a dark tan. He was about six foot tall and weighed about one hundred and ninety pounds, all of with was muscle. He had light brown hair with a little gray in it and he was clean-shaven. Akiva figured that he was probably very attractive when he had been younger. He showed her to a room where she could stay and then introduced her to his wife.
"Akiva, this is my wife Jennifer. She can show you how things are done and who to be a good tavern made." Dylan said and walked back to the front of the tavern.
Jennifer was several inches shorter then her husband and also a lot smaller. She looked like she was about ten years younger then Dylan and looked to weigh little more then Akiva. She was also in excellent physical shape and it was evident that she worked hard daily. She, like her husband, had bright blue eyes except hers had flecks of green and she had dark brown hair. She reminded Akiva of her grandmother.
"Well Akiva, it is nice to meet you. Like Dylan said, I am Jennifer, but you can call me Jen. And before I show you how to do everything, how about we go shopping. I noticed you didn't have much with you and I also read the letter from Captain Jack. I don't know exactly what has happened to you, but I promise you will be safe here. So, you want to go shop?" Jennifer, who was about three inches taller then Akiva, had said all of this with one breath and she was smiling a beautiful smile.
"Umm, sure, if you think that is best. I do have some money, but I don't know how much it will buy." Akiva said shyly. No one had ever been this nice to her before and she was a little bit in shock.
When Akiva mentioned that she would use her money to buy the things she needed, Jen had started to laugh quietly.
"Akiva, sweetie, you are part of the family know. When I said we were going shopping, I meant that I was talking YOU shopping, which means that this is my treat. Come on let me do this. I don't have kids, so I need to treat some one like a daughter. Besides, my daughter would be about your age. Sound good?"
"Sure, if you and your husband don't mind."
"Hun, why do you think Dylan just gave me a pouch of money?" Jennifer asked with a big smile.
Akiva agreed and they headed out to the dressmaker. Akiva had protested this, seeing as how she didn't like dresses, but Jen told her that she had to have them for working, She also said that if Akiva wanted, she could get a couple pairs of pants and some nice shirts to wear when she wasn't working. After they got the fabrics for the dresses, pants and shirts picked out and measurements were taken, they headed to the show maker to get Akiva two pairs of boot. While they were walking around Akiva had asked Jennifer what she meant when she said that her daughter would be about Akiva's age.
"Well," Jennifer had said, "when I was eighteen, I married Dylan, he was thirty at the time. After being married for three months, I became pregnant. Eight months later I gave birth to a baby girl. She was so perfect. She had brown eyes and blond red hair. It was several shades lighter then yours and curly. Dylan and I can't figure out where she got the eye and hair color from. We are guessing it was his mother. Well any ways, when she was two, she got a fever and died. She would be twenty in March. You just remind me of her. I think it in the hair and the smile. You have her smile." Even as Jennifer had been speaking, she had started tearing up.
"Jen, I am sorry, I shouldn't have asked." Akiva said sadly, regretting bringing the subject up. She couldn't imagine what it would be like to lose a child. Just thinking about it was troubling. She knew how much losing her family and friends still hurt.
"Akiva, sweetie, it's fine. I don't mind telling you. I just miss her. So, how old are you?"
"I'm seventeen."
For several more hours Akiva and Jen walked around the town shopping and talking. When the got back to the tavern, Jennifer taught Akiva everything she would need to know to work as a tavern girl. That night Jen gave her a dress to wear for work. Around twelv, Dylan kicked everyone out and closed and locked the doors. After they had cleaned the tavern up and washed everything, Dylan and Jennifer led Akiva into there personal kitchen.
"So, how did you like your first day of work?" Dylan asked Akiva.
"Well, it was hard, but fun. Thank you so much for doing this for me." Akiva said to them both.
"Oh, hunny, we are happy to help. You are a good kid and deserve everything good in life. So, are you hungry?" Jen inquired.
"Umm, not really. I was just going to go to bed, if that is ok." Akiva answered.
"Sure. I will be getting' you up at nine though. There are something's I need your help with. Is that ok?" Dylan asked.
"Yeah. See you then." Said Akiva.
For the next ten and a half months Akiva worked and lived with Dylan and Jennifer. Over time they became very close. Dylan and Jen became like second parents to Akiva. Everyday Akiva thought about her past. She loved where she was now, but for some reason she felt as if she were missing something. Every morning before the town was awake and each night before sunset, she would walk down to the docks. She didn't know why she did this. All she knew was that she was looking for something. What she was looking for was unknown. Jennifer had noticed what Akiva was doing and one night, about three weeks before Akiva's birthday, she decided to talk to Dylan about it. He had also noticed and they decided that something had to be done. They had already been planning on throwing her a surprise party. They were going to invite the people who she had made friends with and a few of the people who were frequently in the tavern and who Akiva knew well. The next morning, September 21st, Dylan wrote a letter and gave it to a friend of his who would be leaving port that day. There was no guarantee that it would reach the person it was supposed to in time, but there was no other way to contact them. About two and a half weeks later, on October 9th, they received a reply saying that they would be arriving in three days and to keep Akiva away from the ports. So, for the next three days Jennifer got up an hour earlier then usual, thus waking before Akiva. She kept Akiva busy from sun up to sun down with "Fall Cleaning" as she called it. On the morning October 12th, 1682, Akiva was not woken up by Dylan knocking on her door. When she realized that she had slept in, she bolted out of bed, dressed quickly and ran down stairs and into the kitchen to find Jennifer sitting calmly at the table, drinking coffee. She did not notice the man with his back to her, sitting across from Jen, also drinking coffee. "Jen," she said, "Why didn't you wake me?"
"Well, because it is your birthday, so I was going to give you the day off and because we have a guest." Jennifer stated softly.
It was then that Akiva noticed the man in the chair. He put his coffee on the table and got up out of his chair. He slowly turned around, looked at the beautiful woman in front of him and said, "Hello luv."
For a moment all Akiva could do was stare at the man in front of her. "Oh My God!" She said and passed out.
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So, what did you think? Sorry it is short. Good news thought, I now where I want this story to go, so I will be updating about once a week, maybe twice. If anyone has any suggestions, please tell me.
~~Born-Diva, I haven't had a chance to read your new chapter yet, but I will review when I do. And yes, your review did go through. Yeah, the thing with me parents suck, but I am dealing. I used to have a computer in my room that I used, but I got I virus or something and it crashed. We had I checked out and they said that me hard drive is totally fried, so I have to get a new one. That could take a while. Thanks for reviewing. ~~
Ok question, is anyone reading this? If you are, could you PLEASE REVIEW!?!?!?!? It isn't that hard, I promise. Just press the little purple- blue button that says "GO"
Rose
