A/N: Ok, this is where the plot thickens. If you have any questions about what is going on, tell me and I will be happy to fix it.
When they reached the top, a pair of strong hands reached out and grabbed them both, pulling them under the stairs and out of sight.
"Ouch, hey!" Caden cried as the man pushed them both to the ground.
"Mr. Gibbs?" Jacob questioned as they sat there, watching the man peer between the steps.
"Shh, boy. Keep quiet. I gots the feeling there's trouble coming," he answered.
"What are you talking about?" Caden asked as she sat up on her haunches to see what Gibbs was staring at. There, in the middle of the deck, was her father, surrounded by angry looking pirates.
"What's going on?" Jacob wondered aloud.
"There not happy about the changes in direction. They've been planning this for a while now. Jack better have a good reason to get out of this one."
"But what about you? And Will and Elizabeth? What about Ana Maria? You don't want to hurt Jack," Caden reasoned as the angry pirates swarmed in around her father.
"Aye. But that leaves only five of us and about twenty of them. They'd make us walk the plank for sure if we so much as stepped in their way."
"They can't do this!" Caden cried as she bounded out of their hiding place.
"Caden, no!" Jacob screamed after her, but it was to late.
"Well, well, well. Lookie what we got here. Come to save your daddy have you?" One dirty looking man asked as he stepped forward from the others. He was younger looking than the rest, but still held the rough look. His groudy blonde hair was pulled into a small pony tail at the nape of his neck. There was an obvious scar that reached from his nose, to the middle of his right cheek.
"You won't get away with this. It's against the code!" She yelled, trying to move around the pirates to Jack.
"Against the code, ya say? Well I say this is against the code to," he backed stepped until he was to the right of Jack, who was tied to the mast. He pulled a large knife from his belt, and ran it along Jack's throat, earning a small stream of blood. "Get the girl," he commanded as he studied the blood that was on his knife. Two gangly men moved toward her, taking hold of her arms and feet to prevent her from kicking.
"Should we lock her in the brig with the others?" one asked, dodging Caden's attempted bite.
"No, lets give her the same fate as her beloved daddy," the leader replied.
"I never thought you would stoop this low, Lastrange. I don't know what I was thinking when I let you back on the Pearl. Should have known you'd let history repeat itself," Jack called from his spot on the mast.
"Aye Jack. Ya didn't think. You didn't even notice when I gathered up me own crew and stole the Pearl right out from under ya nose. Just doin what Barbossa would have wanted, after all."
"You filthy mongrel! You led me on a wild chase through the ocean for my ship that you had stolen! You, all of you, will rot in hell for this!" Jack screamed, struggling against the mast once more.
"I don't want to hear it Jack. I'm the captain now. Put the girl up with Jack," he commanded once more before retreating to the captain's quarters.
"Jack?" Caden asked a good twenty minutes later. She had been tied up on the other side of the mast.
"Yes, love?"
"Was that filthy man on the Pearl with you?" She questioned while looking down at her feet.
"Yes love. Was one of the cursed that got free after taken by Norrington and his men. Came crawling back a few years ago, so I gave him a spot on me crew. As it turns out love, he hired his own pirates to steal the Pearl back, and decided to commit mutaniny. And that leads us to where we are now," he finished, attempting to look around at his daughter.
"What are we going to do?" She replied, a single tear rolling down her pale cheek. "They took Jacob and Gibbs to the brig with Will, Elizabeth, and Ana Maria. What are they going to do to us?"
"Don't worry darling. All will be fine, savvy?"
"Savvy," she replied.
The noon sun was hot on her skin, seeming to make it boil. The dried tear on her cheek was beginning to itch. On instinct, Caden reached up to wipe it away. It wasn't until she was about to place her hand back inside the ropes that she noticed what she was doing.
"Dad! Dad! Look! I can get my hand out!" she cried with excitement.
"Hmm? What was that?" Jack asked, coming out of his dazed state of mind.
"Look, if I wiggle just enough, I can get… out!" seconds later, Caden appeared in front of Jack, holding the rope that held her hostage in her hand.
"Well done love! It's a good thing those idiots didn't have enough sense to leave a watchman eh?" He asked as Caden pulled out her small knife and cut the robes holding Jack. "Now listen, we must get to the others. Your smaller and can slip past them. I put an extra key under the board outside of the cell, incase Gibbs locked himself in again. Go on now, and be quiet about it."
"Alright," she whispered, slowly sneaking past some sleeping pirates that were supposed to be watching the cells.
"Caden? Oh my, Caden! Be careful!" Elizabeth whispered as she saw Caden round the corner.
"Shh. Don't worry, I'll be fine," she whispered back as she bent a few feet away in front of the cell. After a few moments of checking the closest floorboards, she finally found the one that held the key.
"How clever," she heard Will murmur under his breath. She stood and silently crept over to the cell and turned the key with the slightest creek.
"Come on, Jack is waiting for us. I don't know what he has planned, but it had better be good," one by one, the cells occupants crept out and headed for the stair case. Jacob was the last one out, and paused for a second to give Caden a smile in thanks. She nodded back, and let the door close behind her as she walked for the stairs also.
The sight that welcomed the group was not a happy one. The same pirates were surrounding the deck, and Jack was in his original place on the mast. His body made no movement except that of his head, lolling back and forth with the sway of the ship. His arms hung limply under the ropes, making no attempt to free him.
"No more interruptions from this one, eh?" one of the gangly pirates asked another.
"I don't recon so. It's hard to put up a fight when you're dead." Caden's breath caught in her throat. She heard Elizabeth gasp and Ana Maria had a look of pure terror on her face. Gibbs was holding back an enraged Will from trying to take on all the pirates by himself. Caden felt a light hand on her shoulder. She turned to see a sympathetic Jacob, his eyes shining with unshed tears.
"They're out!" one of the men called. All the heads turned to stare at the newly freed group.
"Well get them you morons!" Shouted Lastrange. All at once, the crowd of pirates engulfed them. Caden could hear her elders putting up a fight, using only their fists.
"Jacob! Caden! Get out!" Will yelled as he punched a brown haired man in the stomach, and pushed him another one who was already injured. Before she knew what was going on, Jacob had grabbed her wrist and was heading for the captain's quarters.
"We'll be safe in here… there's a lock on the door," he was mumbling as though trying to keep himself calm instead of Caden. A second later, he pushed her into the room and locked it securely behind them.
"So much for a quiet morning," Jacob whispered before collapsing in the nearest chair.
A/N: Now, if anyone is confused beyond reason, I can fix it. Just let me know using that little button in the left corner. Bye bye!
When they reached the top, a pair of strong hands reached out and grabbed them both, pulling them under the stairs and out of sight.
"Ouch, hey!" Caden cried as the man pushed them both to the ground.
"Mr. Gibbs?" Jacob questioned as they sat there, watching the man peer between the steps.
"Shh, boy. Keep quiet. I gots the feeling there's trouble coming," he answered.
"What are you talking about?" Caden asked as she sat up on her haunches to see what Gibbs was staring at. There, in the middle of the deck, was her father, surrounded by angry looking pirates.
"What's going on?" Jacob wondered aloud.
"There not happy about the changes in direction. They've been planning this for a while now. Jack better have a good reason to get out of this one."
"But what about you? And Will and Elizabeth? What about Ana Maria? You don't want to hurt Jack," Caden reasoned as the angry pirates swarmed in around her father.
"Aye. But that leaves only five of us and about twenty of them. They'd make us walk the plank for sure if we so much as stepped in their way."
"They can't do this!" Caden cried as she bounded out of their hiding place.
"Caden, no!" Jacob screamed after her, but it was to late.
"Well, well, well. Lookie what we got here. Come to save your daddy have you?" One dirty looking man asked as he stepped forward from the others. He was younger looking than the rest, but still held the rough look. His groudy blonde hair was pulled into a small pony tail at the nape of his neck. There was an obvious scar that reached from his nose, to the middle of his right cheek.
"You won't get away with this. It's against the code!" She yelled, trying to move around the pirates to Jack.
"Against the code, ya say? Well I say this is against the code to," he backed stepped until he was to the right of Jack, who was tied to the mast. He pulled a large knife from his belt, and ran it along Jack's throat, earning a small stream of blood. "Get the girl," he commanded as he studied the blood that was on his knife. Two gangly men moved toward her, taking hold of her arms and feet to prevent her from kicking.
"Should we lock her in the brig with the others?" one asked, dodging Caden's attempted bite.
"No, lets give her the same fate as her beloved daddy," the leader replied.
"I never thought you would stoop this low, Lastrange. I don't know what I was thinking when I let you back on the Pearl. Should have known you'd let history repeat itself," Jack called from his spot on the mast.
"Aye Jack. Ya didn't think. You didn't even notice when I gathered up me own crew and stole the Pearl right out from under ya nose. Just doin what Barbossa would have wanted, after all."
"You filthy mongrel! You led me on a wild chase through the ocean for my ship that you had stolen! You, all of you, will rot in hell for this!" Jack screamed, struggling against the mast once more.
"I don't want to hear it Jack. I'm the captain now. Put the girl up with Jack," he commanded once more before retreating to the captain's quarters.
"Jack?" Caden asked a good twenty minutes later. She had been tied up on the other side of the mast.
"Yes, love?"
"Was that filthy man on the Pearl with you?" She questioned while looking down at her feet.
"Yes love. Was one of the cursed that got free after taken by Norrington and his men. Came crawling back a few years ago, so I gave him a spot on me crew. As it turns out love, he hired his own pirates to steal the Pearl back, and decided to commit mutaniny. And that leads us to where we are now," he finished, attempting to look around at his daughter.
"What are we going to do?" She replied, a single tear rolling down her pale cheek. "They took Jacob and Gibbs to the brig with Will, Elizabeth, and Ana Maria. What are they going to do to us?"
"Don't worry darling. All will be fine, savvy?"
"Savvy," she replied.
The noon sun was hot on her skin, seeming to make it boil. The dried tear on her cheek was beginning to itch. On instinct, Caden reached up to wipe it away. It wasn't until she was about to place her hand back inside the ropes that she noticed what she was doing.
"Dad! Dad! Look! I can get my hand out!" she cried with excitement.
"Hmm? What was that?" Jack asked, coming out of his dazed state of mind.
"Look, if I wiggle just enough, I can get… out!" seconds later, Caden appeared in front of Jack, holding the rope that held her hostage in her hand.
"Well done love! It's a good thing those idiots didn't have enough sense to leave a watchman eh?" He asked as Caden pulled out her small knife and cut the robes holding Jack. "Now listen, we must get to the others. Your smaller and can slip past them. I put an extra key under the board outside of the cell, incase Gibbs locked himself in again. Go on now, and be quiet about it."
"Alright," she whispered, slowly sneaking past some sleeping pirates that were supposed to be watching the cells.
"Caden? Oh my, Caden! Be careful!" Elizabeth whispered as she saw Caden round the corner.
"Shh. Don't worry, I'll be fine," she whispered back as she bent a few feet away in front of the cell. After a few moments of checking the closest floorboards, she finally found the one that held the key.
"How clever," she heard Will murmur under his breath. She stood and silently crept over to the cell and turned the key with the slightest creek.
"Come on, Jack is waiting for us. I don't know what he has planned, but it had better be good," one by one, the cells occupants crept out and headed for the stair case. Jacob was the last one out, and paused for a second to give Caden a smile in thanks. She nodded back, and let the door close behind her as she walked for the stairs also.
The sight that welcomed the group was not a happy one. The same pirates were surrounding the deck, and Jack was in his original place on the mast. His body made no movement except that of his head, lolling back and forth with the sway of the ship. His arms hung limply under the ropes, making no attempt to free him.
"No more interruptions from this one, eh?" one of the gangly pirates asked another.
"I don't recon so. It's hard to put up a fight when you're dead." Caden's breath caught in her throat. She heard Elizabeth gasp and Ana Maria had a look of pure terror on her face. Gibbs was holding back an enraged Will from trying to take on all the pirates by himself. Caden felt a light hand on her shoulder. She turned to see a sympathetic Jacob, his eyes shining with unshed tears.
"They're out!" one of the men called. All the heads turned to stare at the newly freed group.
"Well get them you morons!" Shouted Lastrange. All at once, the crowd of pirates engulfed them. Caden could hear her elders putting up a fight, using only their fists.
"Jacob! Caden! Get out!" Will yelled as he punched a brown haired man in the stomach, and pushed him another one who was already injured. Before she knew what was going on, Jacob had grabbed her wrist and was heading for the captain's quarters.
"We'll be safe in here… there's a lock on the door," he was mumbling as though trying to keep himself calm instead of Caden. A second later, he pushed her into the room and locked it securely behind them.
"So much for a quiet morning," Jacob whispered before collapsing in the nearest chair.
A/N: Now, if anyone is confused beyond reason, I can fix it. Just let me know using that little button in the left corner. Bye bye!
