Chapter 5
They reached the Dauntless within a few more minutes and carefully they scaled the stern. They raced aboard, drew their swords and prepared to take over the ship.
"No body move! We are taking over the ship!" Jack announced to the handful of sailors on the ship.
"Aye! Avast!" Will cried coming up behind Jack. The soldiers and Gillette laughed.
"This ship cannot be crewed by two people." Gillette laughed.
"Hey, and who are we? Bloody animals?" Eris called, threatenly moving her sword to Gillette's throat.
"Should I really answer that?" Gillette asked, laughing.
"I don't think you want to." Jack warned, remembering his recent experience of Eris' rage.
"Go ahead answer." Eris said sweetly, walking closer to him. "What were you going to say? I won't hurt you."
Gillette barely opened his and he suddenly found himself falling over the side of the ship and landing in the water. Everyone stared at Eris who looked over the side to were Gillette was surfacing, screaming at her. "Ah.I said I wouldn't hurt you." She said. "I didn't say that I wouldn't send you for a nice little swim, did I? Now," she turned to the rest of the crew. "I you gentlemen would be so kind as to get into that boat over there." She pointed to the lifeboats. The men nearly ran each other over in their rush to get to the boat before they joined their captain. "Now that we have the boat, what do you plan to do next?"
"Just wait ladies and learn." Jack slurred draping an arm over Eris' shoulders. "Will, let's hoist the sails, Savvy?" with the combined efforts of all four of them they began to raise the main sails.
"Jack!" Marina called. "The Interceptor is pursuing!" jack looked at her first then out at the beautiful ships closing in on them.
"Good!" he said. "Come on." He motioned for them to follow his into a small hiding place. "Now we wait." He whispered.
Soon British soldiers had swarmed onto the ship. Commodore Norrington was shouting orders to his men to search the entire ship.
"Come on." Jack mouthed and they followed him as he slipped out, grabbed a line and swung across to the now empty Interceptor. As quickly as they could they set sail. It wasn't until they were a good ways away that Commodore Norrington and his officers noticed that their ship was gone. "Thank you, Commodore, for getting us ready to make way! We would have had a hard time of it by ourselves!" Jack called back to Norrington giving a bow.
Marina saw the guards she had flirted with earlier to buy time standing, gaping at her. She walked up to Jack, who put an arm around her, and she called to them. "Thank you, boys. You were so kind." She laughed. Jack laughed to upon seeing the looks on the men's faces.
Soon they had left Port Royal far behind. Jack was handing out orders to Marina, Eris, and Will very quickly while he spent all his time at the wheel. "Uh, Jack?" Marina walked up to him, exhausted.
"Yeah, pet?" He acknowledged but continued staring out at the sea.
"The thing is Eris and I, we haven't actually sailed in several years. We don't remember much of anything. And it doesn't look like Will knows what he's doing either." Jack gave her an odd look then looked out at Eris and Will who were still trying to figure out how to hoist the main sail. Jack gave a loud sigh and left the wheel.
Jack spent the rest of the day instructing them in the basics of sailing. Night was falling and the sun was setting in a beautiful array of colors. Marina was at the bow of the ship trying to tie some knots in the way Jack had quickly showed them but couldn't seem to get it right. She was concentrating so hard, biting her lip as she worked, that she didn't hear jack come up behind her.
"Yer workin' too hard." Jack said walking up right behind her. He reached around her to still her hands, pressing her against his chest. "Let me show you again." He breathed. Slowly he showed her the knot again. Then he undid it was took her step by step on how to do it herself, physically placing her hands where they needed to go. Soon she was able to tie the knot perfectly by herself.
"Thank you." She murmured, trying not to become to aware of the fact that he was pressed up against her.
"Look, at that." Jack pointed to the sun setting on the horizon. "One of the most beautiful things about sailing on the open sea is the sunsets." She looked out at the play of bright colors across the sky.
"Yes, beautiful." She whispered as Jack lowered his mouth to her neck. She looked up and saw Eris staring at her. Suddenly Marina jumped away before Jack kissed her shoulder. She looked anywhere but at him. "uh.I.I.t.think I'm g.going to g.go find m.myself a cabin. I'm.uh.not feeling well." She stammered.
"Yes, well, you and Eris can go on to bed." Jack said walking away. Marina hurried down to where Eris stood.
"He said we can find a cabin and go to bed." Marina told her.
"Okay." She said tentatively. She followed Marina down into the belly of the ship to find themselves a cabin. As soon as they were out of jack and will's sight Eris hit Marina upside the head. "WHAT DID YOU THINK YOU WERE DOING?"
"I wasn't doing anything! And anyway why does it make any difference to you?" Marina answered.
"You know he likes me!" Eris complained.
"is that why he keeps hanging all over me just now and back in the cell?" Marina argued.
"But." Eris suddenly started laughing hysterically. "Why are we arguing? I thought we swore we'd never fight over a guy."
Marina started to laugh too. "Yeah, but up until now we never had the same taste in men."
"True. We will give him some time then we will make him decide. Up until then we don't fight. 'kay?" Eris proposed.
"Okay! Let's go find somewhere to sleep." They took off to find themselves each a cabin.
They reached the Dauntless within a few more minutes and carefully they scaled the stern. They raced aboard, drew their swords and prepared to take over the ship.
"No body move! We are taking over the ship!" Jack announced to the handful of sailors on the ship.
"Aye! Avast!" Will cried coming up behind Jack. The soldiers and Gillette laughed.
"This ship cannot be crewed by two people." Gillette laughed.
"Hey, and who are we? Bloody animals?" Eris called, threatenly moving her sword to Gillette's throat.
"Should I really answer that?" Gillette asked, laughing.
"I don't think you want to." Jack warned, remembering his recent experience of Eris' rage.
"Go ahead answer." Eris said sweetly, walking closer to him. "What were you going to say? I won't hurt you."
Gillette barely opened his and he suddenly found himself falling over the side of the ship and landing in the water. Everyone stared at Eris who looked over the side to were Gillette was surfacing, screaming at her. "Ah.I said I wouldn't hurt you." She said. "I didn't say that I wouldn't send you for a nice little swim, did I? Now," she turned to the rest of the crew. "I you gentlemen would be so kind as to get into that boat over there." She pointed to the lifeboats. The men nearly ran each other over in their rush to get to the boat before they joined their captain. "Now that we have the boat, what do you plan to do next?"
"Just wait ladies and learn." Jack slurred draping an arm over Eris' shoulders. "Will, let's hoist the sails, Savvy?" with the combined efforts of all four of them they began to raise the main sails.
"Jack!" Marina called. "The Interceptor is pursuing!" jack looked at her first then out at the beautiful ships closing in on them.
"Good!" he said. "Come on." He motioned for them to follow his into a small hiding place. "Now we wait." He whispered.
Soon British soldiers had swarmed onto the ship. Commodore Norrington was shouting orders to his men to search the entire ship.
"Come on." Jack mouthed and they followed him as he slipped out, grabbed a line and swung across to the now empty Interceptor. As quickly as they could they set sail. It wasn't until they were a good ways away that Commodore Norrington and his officers noticed that their ship was gone. "Thank you, Commodore, for getting us ready to make way! We would have had a hard time of it by ourselves!" Jack called back to Norrington giving a bow.
Marina saw the guards she had flirted with earlier to buy time standing, gaping at her. She walked up to Jack, who put an arm around her, and she called to them. "Thank you, boys. You were so kind." She laughed. Jack laughed to upon seeing the looks on the men's faces.
Soon they had left Port Royal far behind. Jack was handing out orders to Marina, Eris, and Will very quickly while he spent all his time at the wheel. "Uh, Jack?" Marina walked up to him, exhausted.
"Yeah, pet?" He acknowledged but continued staring out at the sea.
"The thing is Eris and I, we haven't actually sailed in several years. We don't remember much of anything. And it doesn't look like Will knows what he's doing either." Jack gave her an odd look then looked out at Eris and Will who were still trying to figure out how to hoist the main sail. Jack gave a loud sigh and left the wheel.
Jack spent the rest of the day instructing them in the basics of sailing. Night was falling and the sun was setting in a beautiful array of colors. Marina was at the bow of the ship trying to tie some knots in the way Jack had quickly showed them but couldn't seem to get it right. She was concentrating so hard, biting her lip as she worked, that she didn't hear jack come up behind her.
"Yer workin' too hard." Jack said walking up right behind her. He reached around her to still her hands, pressing her against his chest. "Let me show you again." He breathed. Slowly he showed her the knot again. Then he undid it was took her step by step on how to do it herself, physically placing her hands where they needed to go. Soon she was able to tie the knot perfectly by herself.
"Thank you." She murmured, trying not to become to aware of the fact that he was pressed up against her.
"Look, at that." Jack pointed to the sun setting on the horizon. "One of the most beautiful things about sailing on the open sea is the sunsets." She looked out at the play of bright colors across the sky.
"Yes, beautiful." She whispered as Jack lowered his mouth to her neck. She looked up and saw Eris staring at her. Suddenly Marina jumped away before Jack kissed her shoulder. She looked anywhere but at him. "uh.I.I.t.think I'm g.going to g.go find m.myself a cabin. I'm.uh.not feeling well." She stammered.
"Yes, well, you and Eris can go on to bed." Jack said walking away. Marina hurried down to where Eris stood.
"He said we can find a cabin and go to bed." Marina told her.
"Okay." She said tentatively. She followed Marina down into the belly of the ship to find themselves a cabin. As soon as they were out of jack and will's sight Eris hit Marina upside the head. "WHAT DID YOU THINK YOU WERE DOING?"
"I wasn't doing anything! And anyway why does it make any difference to you?" Marina answered.
"You know he likes me!" Eris complained.
"is that why he keeps hanging all over me just now and back in the cell?" Marina argued.
"But." Eris suddenly started laughing hysterically. "Why are we arguing? I thought we swore we'd never fight over a guy."
Marina started to laugh too. "Yeah, but up until now we never had the same taste in men."
"True. We will give him some time then we will make him decide. Up until then we don't fight. 'kay?" Eris proposed.
"Okay! Let's go find somewhere to sleep." They took off to find themselves each a cabin.
