Cell Mates
Barbossa smiled as he saw the state of his captives. Blood covered the floor of Jack and Katie's cell. Jack was slouched against the wall breathing heavily and with much effort. "Well Jack how are ye feeling?" he said with mock concern. Jack snorted in acknowledgement and before Katie could stop him he stood up and walked over to the door of their cell. Barbossa laughed as Jack's strength left him and he fell to the ground coughing once more.
" I didn't know you were one for torture." Kathryn said diverting his attention from Jack. She had seen the real reason Jack had fallen to the ground. When Barbossa had walked in he dropped his keys directly in front of Jack. Will gave her a confused look at why she had brought his attention to them. "I mean wouldn't you rather kill a healthy victim?" She asked looking discreetly back towards Jack and Katie who were quietly fiddling with the keys trying to find the right one to open the door. She didn't think she could hold his attention much longer so she started thinking of as many insults as she could to keep him busy.
"I already did pet," Barbossa said holding back another chuckle. He looked at Will his cold hard eyes boring into Will's soft brown ones. "I hear her last name is Turner now." Will didn't want to believe him. He refused to listen to what Barbossa had to say. All the insults Kathryn had thought of left her mind as she tried to fathom what Barbossa was saying. Luckily Will seemed to have plenty.
"Liar!" Will screamed trying to lunge at Barbossa through the bars of the cell. "When I get my hands on you I will rip your throat out!" Jack couldn't remember Will ever being so angry. Well, there was the time Jack got him drunk and told him to run around the streets of Port Royal saying "Look at me I'm a nancy boy!" but even then he never threatened to rip his throat out. Only to turn him in to Norrington and have him hung, but that was nothing new. Jack shook his head. "The whelp really needs to learn to control his temper." Jack whispered causing Katie to give him a disturbed look. Barbossa turned around at the sound of Jack's voice only to see that they had found the correct key and had made it out of their cell. What he failed to see though was the metal chain Katie was holding behind her back ready to suffocate him. Jack was leaning slightly on Katie but still managed to look proud as he faced his adversary. Barbossa shot Will one last glance as he headed to where Katie and Jack stood.
"You've got ye-self a pretty one this time," Barbossa said causing a confused look to cross Katie's face. "How much this one cost?" He asked taking another step towards Katie. As quickly as she could she pulled out the metal chain from behind her back. Unfortunately it wasn't quick enough. As soon as he saw the slight movement from behind her back he reached into his boot and pulled out a small dagger. "Feisty one to." he said holding it to Jack's chest knowing it would stop Katie in her tracks. He pushed the dagger in and drawing a thin line of blood down his chest. Jack yelped unable to hide his discomfort. Barbossa threw him aside and he crashed against the wall painfully.
"Stop!" Will cried watching Jack slide slowly down to the floor. "What do you want from us?" he asked.
"Revenge" Barbossa said walking to the door of the brig. He stopped and turned back to face his four prisoners. "Ye won't be getting a pistol this time Jack." he said walking through the door bolting it locked.
"Well," Jack wheezed from his spot on the floor. "At least he left these." he said holding up the ring of keys. Katie ran to his side. She unbuttoned his shirt revealing the new wound Barbossa had caused. The cut went from a few inches below his left shoulder, across his chest to his right side connecting with the previous incision but it was much shallower and less of a threat. "Get them out." He said handing Katie the keys to her. She nodded and did what she was told. Will rushed over to his friend's side giving him a light hug. "Enough boy," Jack said pushing Will off of him. "We need to save your lass" Will look at Jack and could see that his words were half hearted. Shaking his head he reached out a hand and helped Jack to his feet. Jack swayed for a moment and then getting his bearings walked to over to the door. He shook the handle hard but the door didn't budge. He then resorted to yelling at the door and then ramming it with his shoulder. Jack turned back to Will and looked him in the eyes. "I'm sorry," he said. Will nodded and then began pacing back and forth. Kathryn then stepped forward.
"What that's it?!" she screamed. "I'm not waiting here for Barbossa to come and kill us!" She picked up the keys and threw them at the wall making them stick.
"We have no choice." Will said pulling the keys out of the wall and shoving them in his pocket. "We have to wait. Once he takes us on deckā¦"
"To torture us in horrible, dreadful ways." Jack added making Katie cringe and turn slightly pale at the thought.
"That's our only chance." Will finished solemnly. "And these are our only weapons." he said twirling the key ring around his finger.
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Thanks for waiting for me to put up this chapter. Life's been obnoxiously interfering lately but I'll prolly post the next chapter very soon.
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