When the Flame Dies

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I panicked.

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This wasn't supposed to happen; I didn't know what to do! Then I realized I knew this man;

this man that had actually managed to back me into a corner;

this man who I had given everything to;

this man!!!

Rage flooded through my body; some how I managed to keep control.

"Sparrow!" I spat as though it were a curse word; I was hoping to irritate him. I can see him but he can't see me! I thought just the way I like it... when the scale of favor is on my side.

"CAPTAIN, luv, Captain Sparrow; an' ye sound some wha' familiar; do I know ye?" he asked calmly.

"Yes, CAPTAIN, I'm afraid ye do know me," I stated with no expression as I stepped into the light hoping he would recognize me; he did….

"Really? An' who might ye be; besides the woman who just 'appens ta be holdin' me friends hostage?" he replied; it was obvious by the look deep within his eyes he already had some idea of what the answer was going to be.

"Me name is Cambria, but it would appear as though ye were expecting tha'." I replied; my voice dripping with sarcasm. His eyes flashed with a mixture of emotion, and then just as quickly it was gone.

"Cam?" he shook his head as if trying to shake some distant memory. "How did ye—when did ye—why did ye—"

"Well at least ye remember me! What? Ye didn't think I'd care; gettin' knocked out by some ugly guy then left in some bar in Tortuga?" I hollered before I realized I had said …too much….  He stood there looking at me as if he didn't know what I was talking about…..unless….he didn't….then suddenly he regained his composer,

"Luv, why don' ye let Elizabeth go so we can figure this out, savvy?" That brought me back to reality and I realized I had to finish what I had started.

"No—oww" before I could continue Elizabeth bite my hand my grip on her loosened and she tried to run to Will, but not before I had my cutlass out and touching her back; she stopped dead in her tracks. "Damn! Now where do you think you going, sis?" She then asked the strangest thing;

"How do you two know each other?" she asked this with a nervous tone. I looked at her back and clenched the sword tighter in my grip, for during this time, I now realized, I had plenty of opportunities to kill her, yet I couldn't bring myself to do it.

"Bri?" she asked concern in her voice this time "What happened to the sister I once knew?" She was right…..without even thinking I dropped my cutlass with a loud `clank` against the floor. She spun around and looked at me astonished. The whole room became eerily silent. 

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