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out! Now you will all know what was in that black box! I hope you all enjoy
and please R/R! I love ya all~! Kate
TheSiriusSparrow- Thank you so0o0o0o much for reviewing! It's great to know people like my story! You're story is great too!! lol well read on and enjoy!
To everyone else!! Thanks so much for the great, great reviews!! Keep 'em coming and I hope you like this chapter!
Chapter Six
"It's locked?" Jack said disbelievingly.
"Aye," Kate replied. "So it would appear." They were back on the Pearl and the newly found black box was under intense scrutiny.
"Didn't you look to see if there was a key down there?" Will asked.
"I felt around," Kate said and shrugged. "But I could have missed something. It was kind of dark down there." She looked pointedly at Will.
Jack sat and mused for a moment, "Let's try and break the lock."
Kate looked at him skeptically, "We don't want to risk damaging what's in there."
"Has any one tried to pick the lock?" Elizabeth asked. Kate and Jack both gave her and exasperated look. She shrugged, "I was only asking."
"Well there has to be a key somewhere," Kate said, "And I'm almost positive it is not in that tavern." She chewed her lip as she always did when she was thinking and her hand went routinely to the thin silver chain at her throat. She sat playing with it for a moment before Jack suddenly reached up and seized her by the arm. "What!?!?" she snapped.
"Where did you get that?" he asked. He know had a hold of the necklace and was looking intently at it.
"Uh, my father gave it to me the night he died," she replied.
Jack rolled his eyes, "Sometimes I think all of you are bloody idiots." He yanked on the chain and it came off her neck.
Kate protested, "What are you doing. That's mine?"
Jack turned back around and leaned in close to her face. He sneered and dangled the pendent on the end in front of her face. "See this luv?" he said softly. "This is your bloody key!"
"How-"
"What-"
Many questions of surprise and bewilderment filled the cabin. The pendent silver pendant was a circle, inscribed on the front were intricate lines weaving together to form a complex pattern. He looked around at them. "Watch carefully." He walked over to the small black box perched on the table. He took the pendent in his fingers and slipped it into the keyhole on the box. He turned it and a soft click reverberated through the small space.
He grinned as he turned, "And that is how it is done."
Kate was staring at him in astonishment, as well as every other person in that room. "How did you know that would work?"
"I didn't," Jack replied with a shrug. "But it made sense didn't it and it worked."
"Well let's see what's in it!" Will said.
Jack turned and Kate, Will, Elizabeth, Pitney, and Mr. Gibbs gathered around him. He opened it revealing a card exactly like the one Kate and showed to Will at the tavern.
"What is this?" Jack asked. He was studying the witch's eyes carefully.
"It's the witch's eye," Will said.
Jack raised a curious eyebrow and Kate explained, "It was my father's symbol and now it's mine." She lifted her sleeve to show Jack the tattoo.
Jack nodded and studied the card. Written below the design of the witch's eye there was a phrase in a language he identified as French though he could not read it. It said, La Lune est le Secret. "This is in a different language and it's the only thing on the bloody card."
Kate leaned over her shoulder, "It's French."
"I'm aware of that," Jack replied eyeing her. "But can you read it?"
"Of course," Kate replied. "It says the moon is the secret."
Jack raised an eyebrow, "You speak French?"
"Aye," Kate retorted, "So it would seem."
"Shut up you two," Gibbs said. "What is it supposed to mean?"
"The moon," Kate mused as she walked over to peer at the darkened night sky. "Maybe the moonlight will show us something we can't see."
Jack walked over to the window and held the card in the moonlight. "Nothing's happening," he replied.
Kate rolled her eyes, as if that wasn't obvious. "Turn it over," she said.
Jack did and as soon as the moonlight touched the paper silvery words started to appear on it. Jack grinned, "Well that's interesting."
Kate grinned along with him, "Indeed it is."
"This part is in French to," Jack said exasperated. He handed the card to Kate who studied it carefully before she read it out loud.
"Amazing," she breathed.
"What?" Elizabeth said seemingly interested again. "What does it say?"
Kate read aloud: "Par la lune peut mes beaucoup de trésors sont vus
De nuit ils sont protégés
Dans le morn nous tout sera allé
Et seulement ces qu'a vu peut nous trouver
Jusqu'à ce que la lune voyage encore
Par une nuit sans étoiles
Mai qu'un étranger tombe sur
L'Ilot Perdu des Dieux."
"That was remarkable Kate but in English please," Jack said.
"Yes, yes of course," Kate replied absently. "It says: By the moon may my many treasures be seen; By night they are protected; In the morn we all will be gone; And only those that have seen can find us; Till the moon rides again; Through a starless night; May a stranger happen upon; The Lost Isle of the Gods."
"The Lost Isle of the Gods?" Elizabeth asked. "I don't understand."
Kate's eyes were simply brilliant with understanding and Jack seemed to be on the verge of it. "The Isle of the Gods.." Jack said.
"Don't you see what this is?" Kate asked she was all but jumping for joy. "This is the Lost Isle of the Gods, the Disappearing Isle? It's where the Gods set Pandora's Box."
Elizabeth drew in a sharp breath, "Pandora's Box? But that island will be cursed, with mythical creatures, the damned, anything and everything that was in our nightmares as children."
Kate grinned, "And treasure beyond your wildest dreams for those who make it."
"This is something we have here," Gibbs said. "But what about the map. There is nothing written on the map except the clues that led us to The Deep."
"Aye," Jack said. "But moonlight is the secret. Once again moonlight shows us what things truly are."
"So the moonlight will show us what is on the map," Kate said. "But how do we find the island?"
Jack grinned, "Leave that to me."
***Well that was a bit of a cliffhanger wasn't it? lol! Oh well you'll just have to wait till I get the next chapter up! HeHe! AnYwAyS! I thought the French gave this chapter a nice touch (I don't think I've mentioned that I love everything to do with Europe)! I'm not entirely sure when the next chapter will be up because next week is exams and I've been studying like a mad woman! This weekend is all going to be studying so I'll see what I can do but I make no promises! lol! Thanks again for reading and reviewing! Ta! Kate
TheSiriusSparrow- Thank you so0o0o0o much for reviewing! It's great to know people like my story! You're story is great too!! lol well read on and enjoy!
To everyone else!! Thanks so much for the great, great reviews!! Keep 'em coming and I hope you like this chapter!
Chapter Six
"It's locked?" Jack said disbelievingly.
"Aye," Kate replied. "So it would appear." They were back on the Pearl and the newly found black box was under intense scrutiny.
"Didn't you look to see if there was a key down there?" Will asked.
"I felt around," Kate said and shrugged. "But I could have missed something. It was kind of dark down there." She looked pointedly at Will.
Jack sat and mused for a moment, "Let's try and break the lock."
Kate looked at him skeptically, "We don't want to risk damaging what's in there."
"Has any one tried to pick the lock?" Elizabeth asked. Kate and Jack both gave her and exasperated look. She shrugged, "I was only asking."
"Well there has to be a key somewhere," Kate said, "And I'm almost positive it is not in that tavern." She chewed her lip as she always did when she was thinking and her hand went routinely to the thin silver chain at her throat. She sat playing with it for a moment before Jack suddenly reached up and seized her by the arm. "What!?!?" she snapped.
"Where did you get that?" he asked. He know had a hold of the necklace and was looking intently at it.
"Uh, my father gave it to me the night he died," she replied.
Jack rolled his eyes, "Sometimes I think all of you are bloody idiots." He yanked on the chain and it came off her neck.
Kate protested, "What are you doing. That's mine?"
Jack turned back around and leaned in close to her face. He sneered and dangled the pendent on the end in front of her face. "See this luv?" he said softly. "This is your bloody key!"
"How-"
"What-"
Many questions of surprise and bewilderment filled the cabin. The pendent silver pendant was a circle, inscribed on the front were intricate lines weaving together to form a complex pattern. He looked around at them. "Watch carefully." He walked over to the small black box perched on the table. He took the pendent in his fingers and slipped it into the keyhole on the box. He turned it and a soft click reverberated through the small space.
He grinned as he turned, "And that is how it is done."
Kate was staring at him in astonishment, as well as every other person in that room. "How did you know that would work?"
"I didn't," Jack replied with a shrug. "But it made sense didn't it and it worked."
"Well let's see what's in it!" Will said.
Jack turned and Kate, Will, Elizabeth, Pitney, and Mr. Gibbs gathered around him. He opened it revealing a card exactly like the one Kate and showed to Will at the tavern.
"What is this?" Jack asked. He was studying the witch's eyes carefully.
"It's the witch's eye," Will said.
Jack raised a curious eyebrow and Kate explained, "It was my father's symbol and now it's mine." She lifted her sleeve to show Jack the tattoo.
Jack nodded and studied the card. Written below the design of the witch's eye there was a phrase in a language he identified as French though he could not read it. It said, La Lune est le Secret. "This is in a different language and it's the only thing on the bloody card."
Kate leaned over her shoulder, "It's French."
"I'm aware of that," Jack replied eyeing her. "But can you read it?"
"Of course," Kate replied. "It says the moon is the secret."
Jack raised an eyebrow, "You speak French?"
"Aye," Kate retorted, "So it would seem."
"Shut up you two," Gibbs said. "What is it supposed to mean?"
"The moon," Kate mused as she walked over to peer at the darkened night sky. "Maybe the moonlight will show us something we can't see."
Jack walked over to the window and held the card in the moonlight. "Nothing's happening," he replied.
Kate rolled her eyes, as if that wasn't obvious. "Turn it over," she said.
Jack did and as soon as the moonlight touched the paper silvery words started to appear on it. Jack grinned, "Well that's interesting."
Kate grinned along with him, "Indeed it is."
"This part is in French to," Jack said exasperated. He handed the card to Kate who studied it carefully before she read it out loud.
"Amazing," she breathed.
"What?" Elizabeth said seemingly interested again. "What does it say?"
Kate read aloud: "Par la lune peut mes beaucoup de trésors sont vus
De nuit ils sont protégés
Dans le morn nous tout sera allé
Et seulement ces qu'a vu peut nous trouver
Jusqu'à ce que la lune voyage encore
Par une nuit sans étoiles
Mai qu'un étranger tombe sur
L'Ilot Perdu des Dieux."
"That was remarkable Kate but in English please," Jack said.
"Yes, yes of course," Kate replied absently. "It says: By the moon may my many treasures be seen; By night they are protected; In the morn we all will be gone; And only those that have seen can find us; Till the moon rides again; Through a starless night; May a stranger happen upon; The Lost Isle of the Gods."
"The Lost Isle of the Gods?" Elizabeth asked. "I don't understand."
Kate's eyes were simply brilliant with understanding and Jack seemed to be on the verge of it. "The Isle of the Gods.." Jack said.
"Don't you see what this is?" Kate asked she was all but jumping for joy. "This is the Lost Isle of the Gods, the Disappearing Isle? It's where the Gods set Pandora's Box."
Elizabeth drew in a sharp breath, "Pandora's Box? But that island will be cursed, with mythical creatures, the damned, anything and everything that was in our nightmares as children."
Kate grinned, "And treasure beyond your wildest dreams for those who make it."
"This is something we have here," Gibbs said. "But what about the map. There is nothing written on the map except the clues that led us to The Deep."
"Aye," Jack said. "But moonlight is the secret. Once again moonlight shows us what things truly are."
"So the moonlight will show us what is on the map," Kate said. "But how do we find the island?"
Jack grinned, "Leave that to me."
***Well that was a bit of a cliffhanger wasn't it? lol! Oh well you'll just have to wait till I get the next chapter up! HeHe! AnYwAyS! I thought the French gave this chapter a nice touch (I don't think I've mentioned that I love everything to do with Europe)! I'm not entirely sure when the next chapter will be up because next week is exams and I've been studying like a mad woman! This weekend is all going to be studying so I'll see what I can do but I make no promises! lol! Thanks again for reading and reviewing! Ta! Kate