Whoa! The start of another chapter. So... do I live of die? No one put that opinion in really but I did get a rape-threat form my friend Johanna. Kinda creepy. DAWNY7! I love you! My cousin is in Hawaii...I am jealous...bleh. I'll get over it. Hope you had fun there.

Chapter 8. Thank the Roman Chest Plate.

Tina's startled gasp did not cover the sound of Erica's air rushing from her lungs, nor did it stop her cousin from standing to look shocked at her hand-covered stomach. She withdrew her hand to reveal a hole in the fabric, but no blood. Barbossa took a surprised step back as Erica looked him in the eyes then burst into another fit of cackles.

"Are you satisfied?" She laughed wiping away a tear of amusement (or gratification?) Barbossa looked at her stunned for a moment before trying to put some thought to this. He glanced towards the gold and shook that idea away. She hadn't had time to grab a piece of the treasure. He looked back at her, the hole, then her face again. She had to be what she said she was.

"Eh...what else can you do, ah, Lady Sorceress?" He asked for good measure. Erica raised a hand to cover her mouth in what was, most likely, amusement then withdrew her hand and spit fire at one of his men, who dodged it with a yell. Barbossa closed his eyes in silent contemplation. She was a dragon as well. Hopefully not a vampire too.

"I take it I may have my cousin then?" Erica asked sweetly, reminding him of her presence.

"Release the woman!" The captain shouted a bit harshly at his men. Tina didn't waste time hitting bother her captors in the face and running to Erica. She hugged her cousin enthusiastically and looked around expectantly. Erica smiled pleasantly, as if on a business meeting.

"A pleasure doing business with you, Gentlemen," she bowed before she and her cousin went up in smoke. Where as behind the smoke cloud she shoved her cousin down into the water to follow after Will and Elizabeth. Tina more than gladly allowed this and spoke only when they were in a rowboat and somewhat out of the cave, where it was safe to talk.

"How the hell did you do THAT!?" She shrieked, turning to stare wide- eyed at her cousin. Erica was in the process of wiping some of the eyeliner away from her eyes so she didn't answer quickly.

"Lots of eyeliner, a tiny bit of rum, a roman woman's chest plate I found in the gold, my lighter and some gun powder." She said while pulling a genuine chest plate out from under her black tank top "You didn't think I actually had those boobs did you?"

"Looked normal to me, but then again I don't usually stare at your chest!" Tina said then started laughing as she traced over the bullet, lodged into the steel.

Will began to shake his head as he deposited a few oars into the water. "For a moment I thought you really were a sorceress." Elizabeth sat silently in the boat. That girl with the dark eyes shocked her and she wasn't sure she wanted to greet her yet. Then again Tina was her cousin so she couldn't be that bad.

"Really Will I'm not. ...Well ok. Maybe it did look convincing." Erica laughed then looked to Elizabeth. "Hi! I'm the crazy cousin of Tina's. I'm sure she's told you lot's of bad things about me."

"Actually she only said that you were going to come get her. I could only hope I would be rescued in the process. I'm glad you met up with Will to do so." Elizabeth said, somewhat shyly. Erica grinned and said no more since they were at the ship and she started climbing in. She was hungry and apples sounded good to her.

"Erica!" Tina said suddenly. "I want food. Feed me!"

"That's my line," Erica frowned and led her younger cousin towards the kitchen. "International take over. Feed me and I'll go away."

"Quit copying Model UN."

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"So what are we gonna do?" Tina asked the obvious question that had been plaguing both of their minds. Erica looked up from her apple slices. She couldn't find any peanuts butter and it bothered her. So, she was just dipping them in honey.

"I don't know. Sit and wait until we get put back where we belong," She shrugged and pushed and apple slice into her mouth. Tina made an audible growl of frustration.

"Yeah. We'll sit around and drink rum and then get shot...just like Catherine." She snapped standing up.

"Her name was Caroline," Erica said calmly.

"That's the point. It's not important enough to remember!" Tina said then stomped out of the kitchen cabin. Erica shrugged and shoved another piece of apple in her mouth. Fate was a nasty thing at times.

Tina made her way up the stairs and banged her fist on the walls every two steps. How could Erica be thinking like that? As much as she, herself, wanted to stay and sail with Jack at the end of this adventure she needed the simple comforts of home. And somewhere Erica did too. She had seen the way her cousin's face contorted when she heard there was no peanut butter. And she knew for a fact Erica wouldn't last long without her Lord of the Rings collection. (How many shelves now?)

But alas time really is a short thing. The pirates were catching up fast. And with them was Tina's beloved Jack, who will be called some very naughty names later by Erica. She won't care that it's part of the storyline for him to help Barbossa or anything. She doesn't like it when people are cheats and liars. Anyway...

Erica was in the process of balancing a funky shaped spoon on her nose when the ship went into chaos. Tina bolted down the stairs and nearly landed on Erica as she jumped off the last step. Can anyone tell that she is excited to meet Jack?

"They're coming! Elizabeth just had her hissy about this being the fastest ship and stuff!" She bounced around excitedly. She and Erica would be the only one excited about being caught by pirates. Dumb fan girls. The both bound up the stairs quickly, Erica with her red bag and Tina with her sunglasses.

"We're going to need that," Will said as he placed a foot on a cannon, stopping it form being tossed overboard. Tina looked around and gasped at how clear the deck already was. She had only been below with Erica for two minutes. Erica however was playing with a cannon ball and cried out when it hit her toe.

"Owie!"

"Erica! Quit playing around!"

"I'm not playing around! It completely attacked me!"

"It's and inanimate object. How the hell can it attack you!?"

"It rolled right into my path of destination and then it bit my foot!"

"Shut up before I bite you!"

"Oh...I need you to," Erica smirked and turned just as the anchor was dropped. Tina braced herself; not even mentioning to Erica what had happened and snickered as her cousin when rolling across the deck. She wasn't very happy when the crashed into the stairs.

"Ha!" Tina laughed and ducked as the cannons fired. What the hell was going on? She caught sight of Erica shoving the chest plate back under her shirt and rolled her eyes at the makeup applying that happened next.

"I don't thin I can keep this act up, Tina!" Erica shouted as she put her hands over her head. There was no way in hell she was going to die in POTC. That would just suck ass. Tina, by now, was getting sick of tripping over her dress skirt. She grabbed a knife from a boarding pirate and cut half the front off.

"Oh!" Erica gasped with a laugh. "Barbossa won't like that. Such a nice dress you have ruined!" As if she really cared. She pulled out her lighter and put a bit of rum in her mouth before spitting it into the face of a pirate that was coming at her. He floundered about for a moment before jumping overboard to extinguish it.

Now Tina was having a fun old time being a little hell cat to some random pirate that was too close to Mr. Gibbs. He really was nice to her. She'd known him for two whole hours and he liked her better than he liked Erica. How nice. She grunted when she was thrown aside. A different pirate grabbed her and started hauling her over his shoulder as he made his way back over to the Pearl. This lead her to beat at his back with her fists as hard as she could.

Erica was in the process of firing up another pirate when she heard her younger cousin and started towards her only to be jumped on by a small primate. She grabbed at the monkey before he jumped onto the fallen mast and ran to the other side. She blinked. How could she have forgotten about Will?

"You damn stupid monkey!" She screamed just as another person bowled her over. Jack. The human Jack not the monkey. "Jack!" She ran after him, cursing the weight of the chest plate. She heard Tina scream in the distance and nearly tripped over Jack when he stopped on the beam. The monkey had gotten the medallion to Captain Barbossa. End of Game.

"Why thank you Jack," Barbossa said a little too proudly. Jack sat up.

"You're welcome," No he didn't mean it, but he was being polite. Barbossa looked at him as if spotting a mistake.

"Oh! Not you. We named the monkey Jack." He reached up and pet the monkey, mockingly. Jack smiled briefly then looked down. Erica grinned for a moment then started backing up. She was in a load of trouble now.

"Stop right there, Sorceress!" Barbossa said, cocking his pistol and aiming it at her. She did, not wanting to take the chance of him aiming at her head this time. "That ship is going to blow and I think you owe me some explanations." Erica looked back at where the mast of the Interceptor had fallen then back at the Captain.

"Erica," Tina called from where she was held captive. "Don't do anything stupid!" Good advice, considering who she was talking to.

"And what explanations would those be?" Erica said calmly. She took a steadying breath and held her hand out to him as soon as Jack was out of the way. She had to maintain her authority as an immortal sorceress. What fun.

"Ones dealing with why we are still cursed when you said you removed your hold," Barbossa said, taking her hand and helping her down. None too gently, though, since she stumbled upon landing. The Pearl pushed away from the damaged ship and sailed as far away as possible, while Barbossa drilled Erica

"I am ah, holding the curse on you until I return to my world. I have to know that my cousin and I are safely home." She lied. It seemed to work, but he had a comeback.

"Isn't that a waste of time and energy on your part then?" he said.

"Uh..." She cleared her throat. "Captain Barbossa, let me remind you that my cousin and I are only in this world for a short time. I didn't lie when I said I held the curse, but enough blood would have broken that. So my only thought is that you didn't use enough blood." There. Maybe that had done it. She smiled at him confidently and found herself unprepared for what he said next.

"Or perhaps we didn't use the right blood," He eyed Tina and the young girl stopped her struggling, catching on to this thoughts. "Maybe that is why you are so frantic to get your cousin back so bad."

"She is no way related to any Turner blood," Erica said quickly, losing her calm composure. She rolled her eyes to give her a laid back look again. This was no time to flip out. "You are welcome to try if you must, but I warn you, my power fades the longer I am here. I told you I am not of this world," Maybe that was the wrong thing to say.

"Really now," Barbossa's eyes twinkled. "I think I've found another way to lift the curse then."

"I doubt it will work," Erica responded calmly. She gasped when Barbossa pulled her close and grinned nastily at her face.

"Oh I think it will..."

Ok! END of Chapter 8. That took me too long to type that short of a chapter! Well. THANK YOU SO MUCH DAWNY! This chapter is dedicated to you. With Turtles of couse. Until next time.

Tora