Rough Days
By Ainohikari and Padfootop
Mina ran away from the body and went through the back of the tavern to her room. She cleaned her hands and collapsed into tears. She would never be able to face Will now. How could she have been so stupid? Killing Elizabeth?! That was so not a good idea! She cried through out the night. Luckily no one came in to check on her. There was to much noise in the tavern for people to hear her.
Tas woke up and picked the lock of the storage room. She looked around, hearing a noise. Now where did it come from? She followed it, stoping at her cousin's door. She walked in and saw Mina with her face planted into her pillow, her tears still flowing.
Mina didn't hear Tas come in and kept on crying, mumbling how stupid she was. Her eyes were great big pools of tears and the skin around them red and puffy to the max. Her hair was loose and flared around her. It was tangled and all over the place. She looked like she had just been dumped by the love of her life or lost someone close to her.
Tas looked at the scene before her. "What the hell? Okay, who'd you sleep with?" she deadpanned. Her cousin was never this hysterical unless it had something to do with Will.
Mina looked at her cousin and growled. "No one. Go away. This is all ur fault anyway."
Tas rolled her eyes and sat next to the girl. Her head was spining and she felt naeous. How was this her fault? "My fault? You're the one that cares about boring old Will Turner and his fucking wife Elizabeth."
Mina turned to her cousin and shot her arm at the woman, pushing her off the bed. "It is all your fucking fault! Everything is your fault! I should turn you in right now!"
Mina got up and went behind a screen to dress. After she finished putting on a nice day dress of sky blue, she left to find Norrington. If Tas knew what was good for her, she would leave and soon. She walked past the alley where the "incident" happened. There were several guards there, checking out the body and scene. Will and Jack were there, Faile nearby.
Will looked like he wasn't sure wheter to laugh hysterically, cry helplessly or scream in blind rage, and his expression flickered through the three emotions rapidly. Faile looked between Elizabeth's body and the confused Will, pity in her eyes and sympathy on her face, completely ignoring the glares the quards were shooting at her and Jack, as if it was their fault.
Jack, however was a completely different story. Being neither a gentleman nor a woman, he had no idea what to do in this situation. Looking very awkwardand refusing to meet anyone's eye, least of all Will's. Jack was doing the only thing he could think to do, talk. The things he was saying however made Faile wanna clamp a hand on his mouth and never remove it.
"S'not th' end o' th' wo'ld, Will," Jack was saying as Mina went past, trying his hand at a reassuring smile and failing miserably. "The'e's pl'nty o' wom'n in th' wo'ld. Jus' ... give yeself time t' ca'm down 'n' event'ally eve'thin'll be set righ', ye'll see."
Will was shooting Jack murderous looks, which the captain didn't notice since he was avoiding looking at his friend at all costs while trying to not look like that was what he was doing. Faile noticed, however, and darted over to him, abandoning her place on the wall. She settled right between the two men and beamed at both. : "Will, I'm te'ibleh sorreh fer yer loss," she said, leaving the grin for a serious expression, I t'ink i' 'd be best if'n ye w'nt 'ome, though. Git s'me rest. Tha' way ye'll be able t' t'ink m're clea'ly 'n' find 'er killeh. 'Kay?" Faile gave him a sympathetic squeeze on the arm then looped her arms around the closest ine of Jack's. ""We 'afta be goin' now. Le' us know if'n ye wan' 'elp in th' sea'ch. We'll be 'appy t' 'elp. Le's go, Jack." She forcefully dragged Jack out of the alley and past Mina.
Mina had hidden herself in a doorway when she saw the guards around the body. 'Shit,' she thought. She had hoped nobody had found it yet. No such luck for the young woman. You'd think with sixteen years in Port Royale would have taught her that nothing was ever kept out of sight for long.
After the two pirates passed her, she came out and walked into the alley. She stopped next to Will, her hand on his shoulder in support. She refused to look at him though, just as Jack had, although for a different reason. She also refused to look at the body. If she looked at either, the whole story would have come out and she'd have been carted off to jail by the guards, most likely with a dawn appointment with the gallows as well. Why did she have to be the Govenor's daughter!
"I'm sorry," she said simply. "You should go home and rest. Let the guards take care of this matter." She pulled lightly on his arm as the guards covered Elizabeth's body. She'd find Norrington later. Right now she would help her friend, even though she did cause his pain.
Will refused to follow her for a few seconds, but did in the end. She lead him to his house and it was there that it all came out. Will's tears fell in rivers and nothing would stop them. Mina held him to her chest, whispering soothing words and rubbing his back. They stayed like this for hours, although his tears had stopped awhile before. She rocked and soon he was asleep. She followed soon after and never let go of Will. She would comfort him all she could.
Mina woke up later to Will still asleep in her lap and Norrington at the door. She told him to come in, but quietly from the chair, which thankfully was close enough to the door that she didn't have to yell. "Hello Commadore. How may I help you? I'd get you something, but as you can see I'm a little tied down at the moment." Norrington shook his head and took a seat. "I've come to see if there was any one that would have killed Mrs. Turner for revenge or something. Or if there is any pirate that could have done it."
"Well, Miss Atlantis might have. She is at the tavern right now. With a nice hangover, too." Mina replied, her eyes cold and emotionless, something not normal at all for Mina Starr. She was normally a happy person, one full of emotion, not a cold and heartless.
"Thank you, Miss Starr." Norrignton said and left. He was immeadiately attacked by Mac. "Not now Miss Starford. I have a pirate to catch."
"Really?! Can I come? I promise to stay out of the way!" Mac said, hanging on his arm. He really didn't like the situation and tried to pry her off of him. Unfortunately, it was almost like trying to pry his skin off, and with the pain. It pinched when she clamped on that hard! He sighed and let her come, stopping for a few guards along the way.
Mina ran away from the body and went through the back of the tavern to her room. She cleaned her hands and collapsed into tears. She would never be able to face Will now. How could she have been so stupid? Killing Elizabeth?! That was so not a good idea! She cried through out the night. Luckily no one came in to check on her. There was to much noise in the tavern for people to hear her.
Tas woke up and picked the lock of the storage room. She looked around, hearing a noise. Now where did it come from? She followed it, stoping at her cousin's door. She walked in and saw Mina with her face planted into her pillow, her tears still flowing.
Mina didn't hear Tas come in and kept on crying, mumbling how stupid she was. Her eyes were great big pools of tears and the skin around them red and puffy to the max. Her hair was loose and flared around her. It was tangled and all over the place. She looked like she had just been dumped by the love of her life or lost someone close to her.
Tas looked at the scene before her. "What the hell? Okay, who'd you sleep with?" she deadpanned. Her cousin was never this hysterical unless it had something to do with Will.
Mina looked at her cousin and growled. "No one. Go away. This is all ur fault anyway."
Tas rolled her eyes and sat next to the girl. Her head was spining and she felt naeous. How was this her fault? "My fault? You're the one that cares about boring old Will Turner and his fucking wife Elizabeth."
Mina turned to her cousin and shot her arm at the woman, pushing her off the bed. "It is all your fucking fault! Everything is your fault! I should turn you in right now!"
Mina got up and went behind a screen to dress. After she finished putting on a nice day dress of sky blue, she left to find Norrington. If Tas knew what was good for her, she would leave and soon. She walked past the alley where the "incident" happened. There were several guards there, checking out the body and scene. Will and Jack were there, Faile nearby.
Will looked like he wasn't sure wheter to laugh hysterically, cry helplessly or scream in blind rage, and his expression flickered through the three emotions rapidly. Faile looked between Elizabeth's body and the confused Will, pity in her eyes and sympathy on her face, completely ignoring the glares the quards were shooting at her and Jack, as if it was their fault.
Jack, however was a completely different story. Being neither a gentleman nor a woman, he had no idea what to do in this situation. Looking very awkwardand refusing to meet anyone's eye, least of all Will's. Jack was doing the only thing he could think to do, talk. The things he was saying however made Faile wanna clamp a hand on his mouth and never remove it.
"S'not th' end o' th' wo'ld, Will," Jack was saying as Mina went past, trying his hand at a reassuring smile and failing miserably. "The'e's pl'nty o' wom'n in th' wo'ld. Jus' ... give yeself time t' ca'm down 'n' event'ally eve'thin'll be set righ', ye'll see."
Will was shooting Jack murderous looks, which the captain didn't notice since he was avoiding looking at his friend at all costs while trying to not look like that was what he was doing. Faile noticed, however, and darted over to him, abandoning her place on the wall. She settled right between the two men and beamed at both. : "Will, I'm te'ibleh sorreh fer yer loss," she said, leaving the grin for a serious expression, I t'ink i' 'd be best if'n ye w'nt 'ome, though. Git s'me rest. Tha' way ye'll be able t' t'ink m're clea'ly 'n' find 'er killeh. 'Kay?" Faile gave him a sympathetic squeeze on the arm then looped her arms around the closest ine of Jack's. ""We 'afta be goin' now. Le' us know if'n ye wan' 'elp in th' sea'ch. We'll be 'appy t' 'elp. Le's go, Jack." She forcefully dragged Jack out of the alley and past Mina.
Mina had hidden herself in a doorway when she saw the guards around the body. 'Shit,' she thought. She had hoped nobody had found it yet. No such luck for the young woman. You'd think with sixteen years in Port Royale would have taught her that nothing was ever kept out of sight for long.
After the two pirates passed her, she came out and walked into the alley. She stopped next to Will, her hand on his shoulder in support. She refused to look at him though, just as Jack had, although for a different reason. She also refused to look at the body. If she looked at either, the whole story would have come out and she'd have been carted off to jail by the guards, most likely with a dawn appointment with the gallows as well. Why did she have to be the Govenor's daughter!
"I'm sorry," she said simply. "You should go home and rest. Let the guards take care of this matter." She pulled lightly on his arm as the guards covered Elizabeth's body. She'd find Norrington later. Right now she would help her friend, even though she did cause his pain.
Will refused to follow her for a few seconds, but did in the end. She lead him to his house and it was there that it all came out. Will's tears fell in rivers and nothing would stop them. Mina held him to her chest, whispering soothing words and rubbing his back. They stayed like this for hours, although his tears had stopped awhile before. She rocked and soon he was asleep. She followed soon after and never let go of Will. She would comfort him all she could.
Mina woke up later to Will still asleep in her lap and Norrington at the door. She told him to come in, but quietly from the chair, which thankfully was close enough to the door that she didn't have to yell. "Hello Commadore. How may I help you? I'd get you something, but as you can see I'm a little tied down at the moment." Norrington shook his head and took a seat. "I've come to see if there was any one that would have killed Mrs. Turner for revenge or something. Or if there is any pirate that could have done it."
"Well, Miss Atlantis might have. She is at the tavern right now. With a nice hangover, too." Mina replied, her eyes cold and emotionless, something not normal at all for Mina Starr. She was normally a happy person, one full of emotion, not a cold and heartless.
"Thank you, Miss Starr." Norrignton said and left. He was immeadiately attacked by Mac. "Not now Miss Starford. I have a pirate to catch."
"Really?! Can I come? I promise to stay out of the way!" Mac said, hanging on his arm. He really didn't like the situation and tried to pry her off of him. Unfortunately, it was almost like trying to pry his skin off, and with the pain. It pinched when she clamped on that hard! He sighed and let her come, stopping for a few guards along the way.