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Chapter 6
~~~~~~~~~~ Kate, still a bit winded from her dual with Jonathan, rested on a stone bench in the Courtyard and let the Colonel's spare sword fall beside her on the ground. She could feel the still-morning sun on the back of her neck, and she closed her eyes to enjoy it. She heard footsteps nearby, took them to be Jonathan's, and waited for him to come up behind her and scare her, as he sometimes did. It didn't happen, and after a while, she dismissed it. Until she heard,
"Hello, love."
The deep voice made her jump and she whipped around to a tall man with long, dark, frizzy hair and a beard braided into two tiny braids. Beads hung from his red bandana-covered head. He looked somewhat familiar, it was his eyes, but she couldn't figure out from where she knew him.
"Who are you?" Kate shielded her eyes from the sun as she tried to get a better look at the man.
"Yer biggest fan, love. I saw your performance." He grinned a gold-toothed smile.
"Were you spying on me?" Kate stood up and put her hands on her hips.
"Somewhat. Ye caught me eye from just up there." He nodded towards the Turner house's window.
"Ah, so you're friends of the Turners?"
"You could say that." From the way he spoke with his hands and the way he swayed, Kate thought he must have been drinking. He studied her. "You look familiar, love. Do I know ye?"
"I could have said the same about you." Kate looked at the man suspiciously. "You're a pirate aren't you?"
"Is it that obvious?" Jack looked down at himself.
"I saw your pirate's tattoo." She pointed to his wrist, where a P was tattooed, for 'Pirate'.
Jack nodded; then frowned, "How'd ye know about the pirate's tattoo?"
"My father had one." Kate hated talking about her father, and she looked down at the ground.
"Aye, so yer father was a pirate." Jack assumed.
"I didn't say that, actually." Kate shot back, "But, yes, he was."
"Was?"
Kate felt her face turn red. "Yes, 'was'. He died when I was eight and I don't want to talk about it." She turned away.
"Didn't ask ye to talk about him, love. Can I just ask his name?"
"If you really must know, his name was Joseph Pearl." Kate stared the man in the eye. Where did she know him from?
"Old Black Eyed Joe?" Jack recognized the name, well known for coincidentally having the same name as his ship. Kate frowned.
"Yes. You knew him?"
"Yes, well, not personally." Jack sat on the bench where Kate had been. "But I heard stories. Famous pirate he was. Bet yer very proud. Good man."
Kate nodded, she was proud.
"Mind me asking about yer Mum?" Jack looked at her sincerely, and Kate felt a strange instinct to trust him, even though he was a pirate.
"She died giving birth to me. I never met her. Her name was Margaret. But everyone called her --,"
"Maggie," Jack and Kate spoke together, and Kate nearly jumped back. How did he know that?
"How did you know that?" Kate asked, amazed.
Jack suddenly got a very panicked look on his face, and began to sweat.
"What's wrong?" inquired Kate. Jack was beginning to look a bit sick.
"Would ye do me a favor, love? Would you wait here a minute?"
"What?" she was beginning to think the man was drunker than she thought.
"I'll be right back," he sprinted off again towards the Turner home, leaving a very confused Kate staring after him.
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Jack burst into the Turner home, out of breath.
"Bloody hell!" he exclaimed.
"What is it, Jack?" Elizabeth asked. Elizabeth, Will, and Gibbs crowded around Jack as he plopped down in a chair.
"She's my --," he couldn't finish his sentence.
"She's your what?" Will was anxious.
"Kin." Jack said with a sigh.
"Your what?!" Gibbs's eyes got very round.
"My kin, my family." Jack was having a hard time speaking.
"Jack! What do you mean she's your family?" Elizabeth asked, trying to calm Jack down.
"Her father was Joseph Pearl." Jack began.
"Black Eyed Joe?" Gibbs recognized the name also, and Will and Elizabeth gave Gibbs a questioning look.
"Suppose you missed reading that book, eh, Elizabeth?" smirked Gibbs.
"It's Mrs. Turner."
"Her mother was Maggie -- me sister was Maggie. My sister died giving birth to a baby - Her mother died giving birth to her! The pieces all fit perfectly! Not to mention, she's the spitting image of my bloody sister. It's her eyes, I tell ye." Jack put his face in his hands. "And I do recall hearing about her marrying some bloke named Joseph."
"Let me guess, you didn't make it to that wedding either?" Elizabeth smirked at Jack, who disregarded that comment.
"Jack, this is great news! You found family!" Will exclaimed. Jack looked at him, exhaled, and then nodded shakily.
"Aye, I suppose it is." He sounded unsure.
"There's only one way to find out if she's really your niece, Jack. Did you ask her what her mother's maiden name was?" Will questioned.
"Will, you bloody genius! I'll be right back." Jack was ready to run out the door again, but when he opened it, there stood Kate, with her arms crossed. Jack jumped back.
"I never caught your name." Kate cocked her head to one side, and Gibbs gasped as she walked into the house.
"May I ask you one more question?" he ignored her question and studied her intently, "What was yer mother's name before she married yer father?"
"What?"
"Your mother. Margaret, Maggie -- her maiden name!" Jack said frustrated.
"Oh, wait. I know this. Give me a minute." Kate put her hand to her head as she tried to come up with the name.
"What?" Jack panicked.
"Well, it's not a question I've been asked since I was a child!" She thought harder, "It was some kind of animals name...a bird's name, I believe. Robin? Margaret Robin. No, that wasn't it."
Kate began to name every bird she could think of, failing each time. Jack was becoming frustrated. Elizabeth spoke quietly to Will as Kate thought aloud.
"She has his eyes." Elizabeth noticed.
"What?" Will looked at Elizabeth, who pointed to Kate, and then to Jack.
"You're right." Will observed.
"Peacock, Cardinal --," Kate was becoming flustered herself.
"Sparrow?" Elizabeth spoke up.
"That's it! Sparrow...that's it." Kate jumped and pointed at Elizabeth, "Lucky guess..."
Jack got up and began to push Kate towards the open door.
"What are you doing?!" Kate fought back.
"Could you wait out here just a moment?" He slammed the door with her outside and turned, horrified to three smiling faces.
"Congratulations, Jack. It's a girl." Will smiled.
"I come to Port Royal, not expecting one thing except to rekindle old time with me mates, and lo and behold! I get a bloody relative!" Jack sat down again.
"Jack, ye do realize this is an even better reason to take her along. Ye have a right to take her away, you bein' her family and all."
Jack took a deep breath to calm himself down. "Gibbs, yer right, mate! I shouldn't let this hold me down!" he walked to the door and opened it, obviously forgetting Kate was there, and he jumped back again.
"Well?" Kate stomped her foot.
"Love, this was a bit unexpected, but, um..." he looked at the group who nodded their heads, "You're mother, Maggie Sparrow, was my sister...You're my niece, love." He winced at the word "niece".
Kate's jaw dropped. That's where she knew this man from - he looked just like her! Her father had always said she looked just like her mother. She stood in the doorway speechless, the entire house was quiet.
"Well, it was very nice to meet you, then." Jack squinted his eyes again at Kate, who could not say anything.
Katherine Pearl found her only living relative, Jack Sparrow.
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Anelen - Had a really bad day today. reading your compliments made me smile! :)
Artsigirl16 - Woah, never seen so many PLEASE es... this chapter's for you! :)
Happy Readings!
Chapter 6
~~~~~~~~~~ Kate, still a bit winded from her dual with Jonathan, rested on a stone bench in the Courtyard and let the Colonel's spare sword fall beside her on the ground. She could feel the still-morning sun on the back of her neck, and she closed her eyes to enjoy it. She heard footsteps nearby, took them to be Jonathan's, and waited for him to come up behind her and scare her, as he sometimes did. It didn't happen, and after a while, she dismissed it. Until she heard,
"Hello, love."
The deep voice made her jump and she whipped around to a tall man with long, dark, frizzy hair and a beard braided into two tiny braids. Beads hung from his red bandana-covered head. He looked somewhat familiar, it was his eyes, but she couldn't figure out from where she knew him.
"Who are you?" Kate shielded her eyes from the sun as she tried to get a better look at the man.
"Yer biggest fan, love. I saw your performance." He grinned a gold-toothed smile.
"Were you spying on me?" Kate stood up and put her hands on her hips.
"Somewhat. Ye caught me eye from just up there." He nodded towards the Turner house's window.
"Ah, so you're friends of the Turners?"
"You could say that." From the way he spoke with his hands and the way he swayed, Kate thought he must have been drinking. He studied her. "You look familiar, love. Do I know ye?"
"I could have said the same about you." Kate looked at the man suspiciously. "You're a pirate aren't you?"
"Is it that obvious?" Jack looked down at himself.
"I saw your pirate's tattoo." She pointed to his wrist, where a P was tattooed, for 'Pirate'.
Jack nodded; then frowned, "How'd ye know about the pirate's tattoo?"
"My father had one." Kate hated talking about her father, and she looked down at the ground.
"Aye, so yer father was a pirate." Jack assumed.
"I didn't say that, actually." Kate shot back, "But, yes, he was."
"Was?"
Kate felt her face turn red. "Yes, 'was'. He died when I was eight and I don't want to talk about it." She turned away.
"Didn't ask ye to talk about him, love. Can I just ask his name?"
"If you really must know, his name was Joseph Pearl." Kate stared the man in the eye. Where did she know him from?
"Old Black Eyed Joe?" Jack recognized the name, well known for coincidentally having the same name as his ship. Kate frowned.
"Yes. You knew him?"
"Yes, well, not personally." Jack sat on the bench where Kate had been. "But I heard stories. Famous pirate he was. Bet yer very proud. Good man."
Kate nodded, she was proud.
"Mind me asking about yer Mum?" Jack looked at her sincerely, and Kate felt a strange instinct to trust him, even though he was a pirate.
"She died giving birth to me. I never met her. Her name was Margaret. But everyone called her --,"
"Maggie," Jack and Kate spoke together, and Kate nearly jumped back. How did he know that?
"How did you know that?" Kate asked, amazed.
Jack suddenly got a very panicked look on his face, and began to sweat.
"What's wrong?" inquired Kate. Jack was beginning to look a bit sick.
"Would ye do me a favor, love? Would you wait here a minute?"
"What?" she was beginning to think the man was drunker than she thought.
"I'll be right back," he sprinted off again towards the Turner home, leaving a very confused Kate staring after him.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Jack burst into the Turner home, out of breath.
"Bloody hell!" he exclaimed.
"What is it, Jack?" Elizabeth asked. Elizabeth, Will, and Gibbs crowded around Jack as he plopped down in a chair.
"She's my --," he couldn't finish his sentence.
"She's your what?" Will was anxious.
"Kin." Jack said with a sigh.
"Your what?!" Gibbs's eyes got very round.
"My kin, my family." Jack was having a hard time speaking.
"Jack! What do you mean she's your family?" Elizabeth asked, trying to calm Jack down.
"Her father was Joseph Pearl." Jack began.
"Black Eyed Joe?" Gibbs recognized the name also, and Will and Elizabeth gave Gibbs a questioning look.
"Suppose you missed reading that book, eh, Elizabeth?" smirked Gibbs.
"It's Mrs. Turner."
"Her mother was Maggie -- me sister was Maggie. My sister died giving birth to a baby - Her mother died giving birth to her! The pieces all fit perfectly! Not to mention, she's the spitting image of my bloody sister. It's her eyes, I tell ye." Jack put his face in his hands. "And I do recall hearing about her marrying some bloke named Joseph."
"Let me guess, you didn't make it to that wedding either?" Elizabeth smirked at Jack, who disregarded that comment.
"Jack, this is great news! You found family!" Will exclaimed. Jack looked at him, exhaled, and then nodded shakily.
"Aye, I suppose it is." He sounded unsure.
"There's only one way to find out if she's really your niece, Jack. Did you ask her what her mother's maiden name was?" Will questioned.
"Will, you bloody genius! I'll be right back." Jack was ready to run out the door again, but when he opened it, there stood Kate, with her arms crossed. Jack jumped back.
"I never caught your name." Kate cocked her head to one side, and Gibbs gasped as she walked into the house.
"May I ask you one more question?" he ignored her question and studied her intently, "What was yer mother's name before she married yer father?"
"What?"
"Your mother. Margaret, Maggie -- her maiden name!" Jack said frustrated.
"Oh, wait. I know this. Give me a minute." Kate put her hand to her head as she tried to come up with the name.
"What?" Jack panicked.
"Well, it's not a question I've been asked since I was a child!" She thought harder, "It was some kind of animals name...a bird's name, I believe. Robin? Margaret Robin. No, that wasn't it."
Kate began to name every bird she could think of, failing each time. Jack was becoming frustrated. Elizabeth spoke quietly to Will as Kate thought aloud.
"She has his eyes." Elizabeth noticed.
"What?" Will looked at Elizabeth, who pointed to Kate, and then to Jack.
"You're right." Will observed.
"Peacock, Cardinal --," Kate was becoming flustered herself.
"Sparrow?" Elizabeth spoke up.
"That's it! Sparrow...that's it." Kate jumped and pointed at Elizabeth, "Lucky guess..."
Jack got up and began to push Kate towards the open door.
"What are you doing?!" Kate fought back.
"Could you wait out here just a moment?" He slammed the door with her outside and turned, horrified to three smiling faces.
"Congratulations, Jack. It's a girl." Will smiled.
"I come to Port Royal, not expecting one thing except to rekindle old time with me mates, and lo and behold! I get a bloody relative!" Jack sat down again.
"Jack, ye do realize this is an even better reason to take her along. Ye have a right to take her away, you bein' her family and all."
Jack took a deep breath to calm himself down. "Gibbs, yer right, mate! I shouldn't let this hold me down!" he walked to the door and opened it, obviously forgetting Kate was there, and he jumped back again.
"Well?" Kate stomped her foot.
"Love, this was a bit unexpected, but, um..." he looked at the group who nodded their heads, "You're mother, Maggie Sparrow, was my sister...You're my niece, love." He winced at the word "niece".
Kate's jaw dropped. That's where she knew this man from - he looked just like her! Her father had always said she looked just like her mother. She stood in the doorway speechless, the entire house was quiet.
"Well, it was very nice to meet you, then." Jack squinted his eyes again at Kate, who could not say anything.
Katherine Pearl found her only living relative, Jack Sparrow.
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All right, chapter 6 is over! ...
Questions? More compliments? Threatening messages? Post them on the Review Board and I will be extremely happy!
Love Always!
Anna S. 3
