Hello there again! Well this turned out a little differently then I had
first planned. Like I said before you will find out how Kate met Jack but
you will also find out that they have a deeper connection. Kate always
shows what she thinks is hate for Jack but deep down she respects him more
then anyone she ever knew! Strictly pirate-to-pirate for now! Anyways this
chapter is a little serious but I thought you all might like a little
insight on Kate's past.
TheSiriusSparrow - Thanks so much!! YOU are the best! All your reviews are so motivating! And thanks for mentioning me in your story it's kind of hard to get people to read my story when no one has ever heard of me!! lol! Anyways this is a totally different chapter, kinda serious but I think all stories need a little seriousness! Oh well read on!
Chapter Nine
Dreaming in the past-----
***The stars cast an eerie glow on the ship as it glided silently through the water. Kate stood at the helm of the Night Flame looking about at the dark silence around her.
"The Raiders are about tonight," Jack Sparrow said joining her at the helm.
Kate turned to glare at him, "That's wonderful news. But I don't care. You will do whatever it is you need to do to get your information out of them and we're leaving. I promised I'd help you but that doesn't mean I'll die for you."
Jack raised an eyebrow, "And I will forever be in you debt if you do this for me. Granted I ever get the Pearl back, without it I won't be much help I fear."
Kate raised an eyebrow, "Doubtful." She knew his knowledge of the Spanish Maine was far greater then any other that sailed it and she knew that if she ever did need his help with anything he would come but she would never ask, her pride was to strong for that.
She had met him in Tortuga, naturally she had known who he was but Jack had taken it farther in asking her to help in his search for Barbossa. The Raiders, the pirates they were currently after, were close confidants of the Black Pearl and almost as feared.
Jack already having heard tell of the beautiful, mischievous Captain Kate Morgan knew she was exactly what he needed and had told her so. But now Kate had the feeling that everything was wrong and like any good Captain she would go into this thing head held high and come out leading her crew.
She looked sideways at Jack. She had agreed to help him because Barbossa had killed her father and she had promised to avenge his death but going into this venture she knew that there was more to it then that. Little did she know that that night would be the worst nightmare of her life.***
***Hours later they came upon a small island. Kate looked for any sign of an enemy ship and finding none told them to drop anchor just off the shore. Jack led Kate and three of her crewmembers on shore. Galena Pitney, her then first mate, Galena's younger sister Jule Pitney, and her second mate Flynn Jacobs.
They followed Jack through the dense foliage of the island to a small inlet where they immediately spotted the Night Raiders, the crew lazily spread out along the beach.
"What do they use this island for?" Kate whispered.
"Stop off," Jack replied. "They leave goods here for pirate merchants. Illegal goods not sold on the black market." He pointed to a line of people standing motionless with a couple of sailors, "Those are women they've taken in their raids. They sell them off as whore's sometimes."
Kate frowned, she didn't often put anything past a pirate she herself being one but that seemed almost too barbaric to her. "What are we doing-" She stopped at the sound of a scream from behind them.
"Galena!" Jule was shouting. Galena had fallen to the ground a dagger sticking out of her chest. Kate ran to her side and saw that her eyes had rolled up inside her head in shock. Jule was filled with rage, her eyes brimming with tears and Kate had to grab her arms to keep her from moving.
Kate turned to look at Jack who was watching the Raiders. "They're coming," he said.
"Take Galena back to the ship," Kate said. When Jule opened her mouth to protest Kate stopped her, "Just go. I'll stay with Jack. Take the ship around to the other side of the island. We'll meet you there." Jule nodded and lifting her sister ran from them as fast as she could. Kate turned to Jacobs, "Follow her Flynn make sure they get back to the Flame safely."
"But Captain," Jacobs said.
"Just go she's safe," Jack said quietly.
Jacobs frowned, "You're the one who got her into this." With that he took off after Jule and Galena. Kate watched him go and when he had disappeared in the shadows turned to face Jack.
"What do we do now?" Kate asked. "*Captain* Jack Sparrow?"
Jack looked at her exasperated, "You're going to have to trust me."
"And if I don't?"
"You won't live through this."
Kate looked at him surprised, "Are you serious?"
Jack nodded, "Entirely."
Kate nodded, "I don't trust you. You're a pirate. But I'll do what you want."
Jack shrugged, "Alright." He pulled an extra pistol from the back of his belt and handed it to her. "Load it and your own and be ready to fire." She nodded and watched as he tied a bandanna around his hair and all the jingling trinkets in it. He put his hat on her head. "Sorry luv," he replied. "I don't want to lose it and it won't help me any in this fight."
"What are you going to do?"
"You're going to hide behind that tree right there because they're coming," he replied and shoved her into the shadows of an enormous tree probably hundreds of years old. He placed a finger to his lips and unsheathed his sword as the pirate's came blundering through the underbrush.
"They been here Wolf," one said.
"There's blood here from whoever we hit."
"Wolf there's gunpowder on the ground, they got guns."
"There can't be more 'n two or three," a gruff voice answered. "Hunt 'em down and kill 'em."
Kate sucked in air and waited with bated breath. She peeked slightly around the tree and saw two figures headed straight for them. She looked expectantly at Jack. He whispered, "Fight like a pirate." He frowned, "Show no mercy, you sure won't get any in return."
With that he slid around the other side of the tree and crept up behind the two pirates headed straight for Kate. "Evening gents," Jack said. As they whirled in surprise Jack killed them both on the spot. "Come on luv."
Kate crept after him as he made his way toward, she frowned, towards the Raider's camp, which still happened to be swarming with pirates. She grabbed his shoulder, "What are you doing?"
"I came here for answers," he replied. "And I'll bloody well get them."
He said this so fiercely Kate dropped the subject and followed him in curious silence. She could tell he did this for a living as he managed to slide through every dark place and shadow as they went.
"Amazing," she marveled to herself. A man that always seemed to be half drunk and always sarcastic was smart and good at what he did. She was beginning to think he wasn't kidding when he said he was *Captain Jack Sparrow* so arrogantly. She wondered if all the stories about him might be true. She shook her head and stowed the thought away for later.
Jack pulled out his own pistol now and crouched silently watching the movements of the pirates. He nodded and mused, "Uh huh. Kate on my word I want you to crawl over behind those crates. I want you to wait there until you see me signal for you to move then I want you to wait for me behind where the women over there are sitting."
Kate looked and saw beyond the crates a huge mound of sand where the women captives sat staring bleakly into oblivion. She nodded, "When do we attack?"
"We will wait for the opportune moment," he replied. "Don't do anything without my signal."
Kate raised an eyebrow, "You said I should trust you, don't you trust me?"
He grinned, "Entirely. I just need this done a certain way."
"Ah, you mean so that it has the greatest profit for you."
Jack grinned, "And you say you don't understand me."
Kate shook her head, "Let's get this over with."
Jack nodded. They sat silently on their haunches for about two minutes until Jack tapped her on the shoulder, "Get ready." He paused watching the pirate's intently. "Go," he whispered softly. Kate nodded and crawled on her hands and knees over to the crates. She stood up flattening her back against them. She peeked around the corner and counted how many pirates there were between her and the women.
There were four. She could kill all of them without firing a shot if she had to but hopefully she could make it over without being spotted. She heard the low whistle of Jack signaling to her. She turned to look at him and he motioned her to go. She looked around the corner and ducking don silently made her way behind an old rowboat they had brought ashore.
Lifting her upper body with her arms she looked at Jack who safely hidden in her original spot and at the now three pirates near her. Ducking down again she crawled snakelike towards the sand mound. "Thank the god it's dark," she thought, "Or we would be found for sure."
Just as the thought crossed her mind a foot stomped down in front of her face. She bit back a cry of surprise and looked up annoyed at the face of her interruption. The man grinned down at her, "Where ya headed lass?"
Kate stood, her cover blown, and said, "I was just enjoying the island in the dark."
"Don't be smart with me lass," he replied. He reached a hand to snatch Jack's hat from her head but his hand was slapped with the steel of a cutlass, Jack's cutlass.
Jack raised an eyebrow, "That's not very nice. Where's your manners?"
"Who are you?" he snarled.
"Oh an old friend of your captain's," he replied. "You might know me, it's Captain Jack Sparrow."
The man smirked, "Captain, eh? But you don't have a ship."
Jack frowned, "I do but it is inconveniently in the hands of someone else right now. In fact that's why I'm here."
The man smirked and made to lung at Jack but instead came crashing down on Kate. Surprise and shock overwhelmed her making her head swim. The breath had been knocked from her and she fought to get her breath back even as the man atop her rolled over so she was on top of him.
"That was mistake," she whispered. She brought her knee down hard and he threw her off in shock and pain.
He glared at her from his place on the ground. "Wench," he spat. " You'll pay for that." He jumped up drawing his sword with him. Kate stood ready as he lunged at her.
"Oh no mate," Jack said. "You don't get to have all the fun." He ran forward to join her so that the man was now fending off, more then fighting, two exceptional pirates with cutlasses.
"Won't my captain be pleased when I bring you both to him," he wheezed still arrogant.
Kate rolled her eyes, "He would but fortunately for us it's not going to happen."
He growled and hit her with his elbow. She fell with a soft cry to the ground and watched Jack fight off the angry pirate. "Enough," she growled. Standing she drew her pistol and flicked the hammer loading it. She held it out and motioned for Jack to get out of the way.
Jack grinned, "Anything you say luv." He did a quick somersault and had brought the pirate's attention around to Kate.
She smirked, "I guess today isn't the best day for you. Beat up by a mere girl and now," she trailed off as he seemed to realize what it was she was going to do.
"You don't have the guts to kill me," he sneered.
Kate's face grew hard and her eyes flashed ice cold, "Oh no?" A booming sound echoed around them and the pirate looked down in astonishment. On the left side of his chest a flower of red was blooming beneath his shirt.
"I was killed by a woman," he said weakly and fell to the ground.
"Don't you forget it," Kate snarled.
Jack looked at her surprised a pistol in his own hand as well. He had underestimated her. The tales of the beautiful Captain Morgan were many as well as the stories of her raiding but he had not thought the stories of murder and killings could be true. Yet he had seen her show mercy to so many before this man, it was amazing the change in attitude she took. "We better find someplace to hide," he said quickly. "They will have heard the gunshot and come looking."
Kate nodded and followed him as he swung up into a tree. She smirked and almost laughed. He looked at her curiously, "You're a monkey."
Jack laughed and held a hand down to her. She reached up and took it swinging her self up as he pulled. Minutes later they watched amused as the pirates showed and found the dead one. Kate laughed as they looked around confused.
"Where'd they go?" one asked.
"They couldn't have gone far." Another answered.
"There's footsteps that lead to the forest heading away from here towards the crates."
Jack grinned, "They're more dim-witted then I thought." As the pirate's followed the trail Kate and Jack had left behind them that led away from the camp they jumped down and once again made their way towards where the Captain sat surrounded by others.
"How are you going to get to him?" she asked.
Jack opened his mouth to reply but was hit over the head and he fell on top of her unconscious. Behind him stood the figure of a stooped man. He straightened and she saw his face. She gasped in horror. Never had she seen such a horrible creature.
The man's face was ruddy red and black eyes sunk low in his face glared evilly out at her. A scar across his face from right temple to the left side of his chin. A piece of his nose was missing on the right side and there was no lip on the upper left side of his mouth. His teeth were a sparkling white but he was missing one on the right side and it was replaced with a gold one.
She screamed and he laughed sending shivers down her spine and making her hair stand on end. She shoved Jack beneath her and drew her sword to protect him.
"Now what do you plan on doing with that lass?" he growled his voice was grating and horrible.
"You won't hurt him," she whispered. "Not while he's unconscious."
He pulled his pistol from his belt and flicked the hammer, "Now no one said anything about hurting anyone."
Kate glared, "You're a pirate. You don't care who you hurt."
"True," he said thoughtfully. "But you're to pretty to waste now." He grabbed her sword pulling it from her slippery grasp. He ripped her up by the arms and she screamed in protest.
"Let me go!" she writhed in his grasp. "Let me go!"
"Now, now," he replied. "Tell your new Captain your name."
Kate growled up at him, "Don't talk to me like I'm some child. My name is Captain Kate Morgan."
"Captain Kate Morgan, eh?" he grinned in her face. "Then why were you with Captain Jack Sparrow?"
"None of your business," she snarled. "And what did you mean by my new Captain?"
"I meant," he replied, "That I taking you with us when we leave. After we kill the Jack, of course."
She sneered, "Of course. There's just one problem."
"Oh?"
She nodded, "I'm not going?"
"How do you plan on stopping me?"
"My crew and ship are waiting right off shore," she said. "If I give the signal they'll blow you all to hell and back."
He scowled, "Well then I guess I'll just have to make sure you can't signal them won't I? Wolf!"
A huge man came barreling around the corner to answer his Captain. "Aye sir?"
"Take this wench and don't take your eyes off her," he growled. "I'll take care of the good Captain here."
Wolf moved forward and wrapped his arms tightly around Kate's chest so she could only breath is short gasps. "No," she wheezed. "Jack!" She was fighting the huge man holding her. She lashed out at anything she could get at. She had told Jack she wouldn't die for him but she hadn't planned on him dying for her. Wolf threw her on the ground and she whimpered as she felt her ribs being bruised.
Wolf leaned over her all but drooling. She curled herself in a ball so she wouldn't have to look at him. In all truth she was thinking her mind turning over every possibility. There wasn't one thing she could do. The man that was guarding her was three times her size.
She felt his hand crawl up her side and she slapped it away. She looked up to snarl at him, "Keep your hands to yourself. If you're going to do this to me at least give me a little dignity."
"I'm a pirate luv," he replied. "I don't have to let you have any dignity. It's not in a pirate's nature to let a pretty woman pass him by."
Her dark eyes glinted hard steel, "It doesn't matter if you are three times my size. If you so much as lay a hand on me you'll wish you hadn't."
"I doubt the likes of you could harm me in anyway," he said dangerously soft.
Shouts sounded form behind them and they both turned to look as two pirates dragged a half crazy young woman over towards Kate and Wolf. Kate went numb with shock. It was Galena. "No!" she shouted. "Galena. You can't do this to her. She'll die anyway. At least let her die in peace."
Wolf laughed harshly in her face, "Aye she'll die but it won't be easy for either of you."
Kate's eyes grew big as he grabbed her by the wrists and pulled her forward to the laughing men dragging Galena. Wolf threw Kate down beside her. Kate quickly moved to her side. Tears slid down her face as she looked at the fear and confusion in Galena's half conscious eyes.
A shot sounded somewhere behind them and Kate knew that the Captain had just killed Jack. She squeezed her eyes shut as she held Galena. She glared up at Wolf with hatred ablaze in her eyes. "What are you going to do to us?"
Wolf sneered, "We can't do anything to you, Captain's orders but I think we're going to give the girl there a long, slow death."
Kate gasped and shielded Galena with her own body. "I won't let you," she whispered tears streaming steadily down her cheeks, though her eyes were as cold as a blizzard.
Wolf grinned, "Well I suppose there is an alternative."
Kate frowned, "Oh?"
"If you don't want us to kill her you could always give her a nice quick shot through the heart. Quick, relatively painless. But you would be responsible for her death."
Kate shut her eyes again rocking a moaning Galena back and forth. It would be painful for both of them but less. "Forgive me Galena," she whispered in her ear. "I won't see you tortured till you are dead."
With pain in her eyes she looked at Wolf, "Alright."
Wolf grinned and leered at her, "You've got one shot, make sure you don't miss lass."
Kate scowled at him, "Would that it was your heart I was aiming at."
"As the world is an unfair place luv," he replied. He handed her the pistol loaded with a single shot. "And I warn ya. If ya shoot any other then the wench there you won't live to see another minute."
"Don't worry, I would rather she die now the have to suffer through the likes of you," she growled. She raised her shaking hand and pointed the pistol at Galena's heart. "Forgive me," she whispered and pulled the trigger. The boom that issued after it seemed magnified times three and seemed an eternity to strike Galena.
Galena flew back from the jolt and her eyes opened wide and stared straight at Kate. She nodded her head and smiled before she dropped dead to the ground.
Kate fell sobbing to the ground. Never had she made a prisoner endure such, never would she make them suffer. At least she had the dignity to let them die with pride. Her head was pulled up by the hair and suddenly she was looking at the end of a gun.
"Sorry luv," Wolf said.
A shot roared and Kate jumped before she realized that she was not the one who had been shot. She watched in disbelief as blood flowed quickly down Wolf's chest. Her vision was starting to blur when suddenly she found herself wrapped in a man's arms. She looked up and saw Jack's face.
"Jack how?"
He looked down surprised at her, "Kate?" She didn't hear the rest because she chose that moment to pass out completely.
***I'm so sorry this was so long a chapter! This one was really long. Hehe! Anways well now you know how Kate and Jack met for the first time. I'm really sorry it took so long to get it up and if it's to long tell me but I promise that is the longest chapter I have even written! Actually it surprised me to! But yeah I hope you liked it and please review! Thanks!
TheSiriusSparrow - Thanks so much!! YOU are the best! All your reviews are so motivating! And thanks for mentioning me in your story it's kind of hard to get people to read my story when no one has ever heard of me!! lol! Anyways this is a totally different chapter, kinda serious but I think all stories need a little seriousness! Oh well read on!
Chapter Nine
Dreaming in the past-----
***The stars cast an eerie glow on the ship as it glided silently through the water. Kate stood at the helm of the Night Flame looking about at the dark silence around her.
"The Raiders are about tonight," Jack Sparrow said joining her at the helm.
Kate turned to glare at him, "That's wonderful news. But I don't care. You will do whatever it is you need to do to get your information out of them and we're leaving. I promised I'd help you but that doesn't mean I'll die for you."
Jack raised an eyebrow, "And I will forever be in you debt if you do this for me. Granted I ever get the Pearl back, without it I won't be much help I fear."
Kate raised an eyebrow, "Doubtful." She knew his knowledge of the Spanish Maine was far greater then any other that sailed it and she knew that if she ever did need his help with anything he would come but she would never ask, her pride was to strong for that.
She had met him in Tortuga, naturally she had known who he was but Jack had taken it farther in asking her to help in his search for Barbossa. The Raiders, the pirates they were currently after, were close confidants of the Black Pearl and almost as feared.
Jack already having heard tell of the beautiful, mischievous Captain Kate Morgan knew she was exactly what he needed and had told her so. But now Kate had the feeling that everything was wrong and like any good Captain she would go into this thing head held high and come out leading her crew.
She looked sideways at Jack. She had agreed to help him because Barbossa had killed her father and she had promised to avenge his death but going into this venture she knew that there was more to it then that. Little did she know that that night would be the worst nightmare of her life.***
***Hours later they came upon a small island. Kate looked for any sign of an enemy ship and finding none told them to drop anchor just off the shore. Jack led Kate and three of her crewmembers on shore. Galena Pitney, her then first mate, Galena's younger sister Jule Pitney, and her second mate Flynn Jacobs.
They followed Jack through the dense foliage of the island to a small inlet where they immediately spotted the Night Raiders, the crew lazily spread out along the beach.
"What do they use this island for?" Kate whispered.
"Stop off," Jack replied. "They leave goods here for pirate merchants. Illegal goods not sold on the black market." He pointed to a line of people standing motionless with a couple of sailors, "Those are women they've taken in their raids. They sell them off as whore's sometimes."
Kate frowned, she didn't often put anything past a pirate she herself being one but that seemed almost too barbaric to her. "What are we doing-" She stopped at the sound of a scream from behind them.
"Galena!" Jule was shouting. Galena had fallen to the ground a dagger sticking out of her chest. Kate ran to her side and saw that her eyes had rolled up inside her head in shock. Jule was filled with rage, her eyes brimming with tears and Kate had to grab her arms to keep her from moving.
Kate turned to look at Jack who was watching the Raiders. "They're coming," he said.
"Take Galena back to the ship," Kate said. When Jule opened her mouth to protest Kate stopped her, "Just go. I'll stay with Jack. Take the ship around to the other side of the island. We'll meet you there." Jule nodded and lifting her sister ran from them as fast as she could. Kate turned to Jacobs, "Follow her Flynn make sure they get back to the Flame safely."
"But Captain," Jacobs said.
"Just go she's safe," Jack said quietly.
Jacobs frowned, "You're the one who got her into this." With that he took off after Jule and Galena. Kate watched him go and when he had disappeared in the shadows turned to face Jack.
"What do we do now?" Kate asked. "*Captain* Jack Sparrow?"
Jack looked at her exasperated, "You're going to have to trust me."
"And if I don't?"
"You won't live through this."
Kate looked at him surprised, "Are you serious?"
Jack nodded, "Entirely."
Kate nodded, "I don't trust you. You're a pirate. But I'll do what you want."
Jack shrugged, "Alright." He pulled an extra pistol from the back of his belt and handed it to her. "Load it and your own and be ready to fire." She nodded and watched as he tied a bandanna around his hair and all the jingling trinkets in it. He put his hat on her head. "Sorry luv," he replied. "I don't want to lose it and it won't help me any in this fight."
"What are you going to do?"
"You're going to hide behind that tree right there because they're coming," he replied and shoved her into the shadows of an enormous tree probably hundreds of years old. He placed a finger to his lips and unsheathed his sword as the pirate's came blundering through the underbrush.
"They been here Wolf," one said.
"There's blood here from whoever we hit."
"Wolf there's gunpowder on the ground, they got guns."
"There can't be more 'n two or three," a gruff voice answered. "Hunt 'em down and kill 'em."
Kate sucked in air and waited with bated breath. She peeked slightly around the tree and saw two figures headed straight for them. She looked expectantly at Jack. He whispered, "Fight like a pirate." He frowned, "Show no mercy, you sure won't get any in return."
With that he slid around the other side of the tree and crept up behind the two pirates headed straight for Kate. "Evening gents," Jack said. As they whirled in surprise Jack killed them both on the spot. "Come on luv."
Kate crept after him as he made his way toward, she frowned, towards the Raider's camp, which still happened to be swarming with pirates. She grabbed his shoulder, "What are you doing?"
"I came here for answers," he replied. "And I'll bloody well get them."
He said this so fiercely Kate dropped the subject and followed him in curious silence. She could tell he did this for a living as he managed to slide through every dark place and shadow as they went.
"Amazing," she marveled to herself. A man that always seemed to be half drunk and always sarcastic was smart and good at what he did. She was beginning to think he wasn't kidding when he said he was *Captain Jack Sparrow* so arrogantly. She wondered if all the stories about him might be true. She shook her head and stowed the thought away for later.
Jack pulled out his own pistol now and crouched silently watching the movements of the pirates. He nodded and mused, "Uh huh. Kate on my word I want you to crawl over behind those crates. I want you to wait there until you see me signal for you to move then I want you to wait for me behind where the women over there are sitting."
Kate looked and saw beyond the crates a huge mound of sand where the women captives sat staring bleakly into oblivion. She nodded, "When do we attack?"
"We will wait for the opportune moment," he replied. "Don't do anything without my signal."
Kate raised an eyebrow, "You said I should trust you, don't you trust me?"
He grinned, "Entirely. I just need this done a certain way."
"Ah, you mean so that it has the greatest profit for you."
Jack grinned, "And you say you don't understand me."
Kate shook her head, "Let's get this over with."
Jack nodded. They sat silently on their haunches for about two minutes until Jack tapped her on the shoulder, "Get ready." He paused watching the pirate's intently. "Go," he whispered softly. Kate nodded and crawled on her hands and knees over to the crates. She stood up flattening her back against them. She peeked around the corner and counted how many pirates there were between her and the women.
There were four. She could kill all of them without firing a shot if she had to but hopefully she could make it over without being spotted. She heard the low whistle of Jack signaling to her. She turned to look at him and he motioned her to go. She looked around the corner and ducking don silently made her way behind an old rowboat they had brought ashore.
Lifting her upper body with her arms she looked at Jack who safely hidden in her original spot and at the now three pirates near her. Ducking down again she crawled snakelike towards the sand mound. "Thank the god it's dark," she thought, "Or we would be found for sure."
Just as the thought crossed her mind a foot stomped down in front of her face. She bit back a cry of surprise and looked up annoyed at the face of her interruption. The man grinned down at her, "Where ya headed lass?"
Kate stood, her cover blown, and said, "I was just enjoying the island in the dark."
"Don't be smart with me lass," he replied. He reached a hand to snatch Jack's hat from her head but his hand was slapped with the steel of a cutlass, Jack's cutlass.
Jack raised an eyebrow, "That's not very nice. Where's your manners?"
"Who are you?" he snarled.
"Oh an old friend of your captain's," he replied. "You might know me, it's Captain Jack Sparrow."
The man smirked, "Captain, eh? But you don't have a ship."
Jack frowned, "I do but it is inconveniently in the hands of someone else right now. In fact that's why I'm here."
The man smirked and made to lung at Jack but instead came crashing down on Kate. Surprise and shock overwhelmed her making her head swim. The breath had been knocked from her and she fought to get her breath back even as the man atop her rolled over so she was on top of him.
"That was mistake," she whispered. She brought her knee down hard and he threw her off in shock and pain.
He glared at her from his place on the ground. "Wench," he spat. " You'll pay for that." He jumped up drawing his sword with him. Kate stood ready as he lunged at her.
"Oh no mate," Jack said. "You don't get to have all the fun." He ran forward to join her so that the man was now fending off, more then fighting, two exceptional pirates with cutlasses.
"Won't my captain be pleased when I bring you both to him," he wheezed still arrogant.
Kate rolled her eyes, "He would but fortunately for us it's not going to happen."
He growled and hit her with his elbow. She fell with a soft cry to the ground and watched Jack fight off the angry pirate. "Enough," she growled. Standing she drew her pistol and flicked the hammer loading it. She held it out and motioned for Jack to get out of the way.
Jack grinned, "Anything you say luv." He did a quick somersault and had brought the pirate's attention around to Kate.
She smirked, "I guess today isn't the best day for you. Beat up by a mere girl and now," she trailed off as he seemed to realize what it was she was going to do.
"You don't have the guts to kill me," he sneered.
Kate's face grew hard and her eyes flashed ice cold, "Oh no?" A booming sound echoed around them and the pirate looked down in astonishment. On the left side of his chest a flower of red was blooming beneath his shirt.
"I was killed by a woman," he said weakly and fell to the ground.
"Don't you forget it," Kate snarled.
Jack looked at her surprised a pistol in his own hand as well. He had underestimated her. The tales of the beautiful Captain Morgan were many as well as the stories of her raiding but he had not thought the stories of murder and killings could be true. Yet he had seen her show mercy to so many before this man, it was amazing the change in attitude she took. "We better find someplace to hide," he said quickly. "They will have heard the gunshot and come looking."
Kate nodded and followed him as he swung up into a tree. She smirked and almost laughed. He looked at her curiously, "You're a monkey."
Jack laughed and held a hand down to her. She reached up and took it swinging her self up as he pulled. Minutes later they watched amused as the pirates showed and found the dead one. Kate laughed as they looked around confused.
"Where'd they go?" one asked.
"They couldn't have gone far." Another answered.
"There's footsteps that lead to the forest heading away from here towards the crates."
Jack grinned, "They're more dim-witted then I thought." As the pirate's followed the trail Kate and Jack had left behind them that led away from the camp they jumped down and once again made their way towards where the Captain sat surrounded by others.
"How are you going to get to him?" she asked.
Jack opened his mouth to reply but was hit over the head and he fell on top of her unconscious. Behind him stood the figure of a stooped man. He straightened and she saw his face. She gasped in horror. Never had she seen such a horrible creature.
The man's face was ruddy red and black eyes sunk low in his face glared evilly out at her. A scar across his face from right temple to the left side of his chin. A piece of his nose was missing on the right side and there was no lip on the upper left side of his mouth. His teeth were a sparkling white but he was missing one on the right side and it was replaced with a gold one.
She screamed and he laughed sending shivers down her spine and making her hair stand on end. She shoved Jack beneath her and drew her sword to protect him.
"Now what do you plan on doing with that lass?" he growled his voice was grating and horrible.
"You won't hurt him," she whispered. "Not while he's unconscious."
He pulled his pistol from his belt and flicked the hammer, "Now no one said anything about hurting anyone."
Kate glared, "You're a pirate. You don't care who you hurt."
"True," he said thoughtfully. "But you're to pretty to waste now." He grabbed her sword pulling it from her slippery grasp. He ripped her up by the arms and she screamed in protest.
"Let me go!" she writhed in his grasp. "Let me go!"
"Now, now," he replied. "Tell your new Captain your name."
Kate growled up at him, "Don't talk to me like I'm some child. My name is Captain Kate Morgan."
"Captain Kate Morgan, eh?" he grinned in her face. "Then why were you with Captain Jack Sparrow?"
"None of your business," she snarled. "And what did you mean by my new Captain?"
"I meant," he replied, "That I taking you with us when we leave. After we kill the Jack, of course."
She sneered, "Of course. There's just one problem."
"Oh?"
She nodded, "I'm not going?"
"How do you plan on stopping me?"
"My crew and ship are waiting right off shore," she said. "If I give the signal they'll blow you all to hell and back."
He scowled, "Well then I guess I'll just have to make sure you can't signal them won't I? Wolf!"
A huge man came barreling around the corner to answer his Captain. "Aye sir?"
"Take this wench and don't take your eyes off her," he growled. "I'll take care of the good Captain here."
Wolf moved forward and wrapped his arms tightly around Kate's chest so she could only breath is short gasps. "No," she wheezed. "Jack!" She was fighting the huge man holding her. She lashed out at anything she could get at. She had told Jack she wouldn't die for him but she hadn't planned on him dying for her. Wolf threw her on the ground and she whimpered as she felt her ribs being bruised.
Wolf leaned over her all but drooling. She curled herself in a ball so she wouldn't have to look at him. In all truth she was thinking her mind turning over every possibility. There wasn't one thing she could do. The man that was guarding her was three times her size.
She felt his hand crawl up her side and she slapped it away. She looked up to snarl at him, "Keep your hands to yourself. If you're going to do this to me at least give me a little dignity."
"I'm a pirate luv," he replied. "I don't have to let you have any dignity. It's not in a pirate's nature to let a pretty woman pass him by."
Her dark eyes glinted hard steel, "It doesn't matter if you are three times my size. If you so much as lay a hand on me you'll wish you hadn't."
"I doubt the likes of you could harm me in anyway," he said dangerously soft.
Shouts sounded form behind them and they both turned to look as two pirates dragged a half crazy young woman over towards Kate and Wolf. Kate went numb with shock. It was Galena. "No!" she shouted. "Galena. You can't do this to her. She'll die anyway. At least let her die in peace."
Wolf laughed harshly in her face, "Aye she'll die but it won't be easy for either of you."
Kate's eyes grew big as he grabbed her by the wrists and pulled her forward to the laughing men dragging Galena. Wolf threw Kate down beside her. Kate quickly moved to her side. Tears slid down her face as she looked at the fear and confusion in Galena's half conscious eyes.
A shot sounded somewhere behind them and Kate knew that the Captain had just killed Jack. She squeezed her eyes shut as she held Galena. She glared up at Wolf with hatred ablaze in her eyes. "What are you going to do to us?"
Wolf sneered, "We can't do anything to you, Captain's orders but I think we're going to give the girl there a long, slow death."
Kate gasped and shielded Galena with her own body. "I won't let you," she whispered tears streaming steadily down her cheeks, though her eyes were as cold as a blizzard.
Wolf grinned, "Well I suppose there is an alternative."
Kate frowned, "Oh?"
"If you don't want us to kill her you could always give her a nice quick shot through the heart. Quick, relatively painless. But you would be responsible for her death."
Kate shut her eyes again rocking a moaning Galena back and forth. It would be painful for both of them but less. "Forgive me Galena," she whispered in her ear. "I won't see you tortured till you are dead."
With pain in her eyes she looked at Wolf, "Alright."
Wolf grinned and leered at her, "You've got one shot, make sure you don't miss lass."
Kate scowled at him, "Would that it was your heart I was aiming at."
"As the world is an unfair place luv," he replied. He handed her the pistol loaded with a single shot. "And I warn ya. If ya shoot any other then the wench there you won't live to see another minute."
"Don't worry, I would rather she die now the have to suffer through the likes of you," she growled. She raised her shaking hand and pointed the pistol at Galena's heart. "Forgive me," she whispered and pulled the trigger. The boom that issued after it seemed magnified times three and seemed an eternity to strike Galena.
Galena flew back from the jolt and her eyes opened wide and stared straight at Kate. She nodded her head and smiled before she dropped dead to the ground.
Kate fell sobbing to the ground. Never had she made a prisoner endure such, never would she make them suffer. At least she had the dignity to let them die with pride. Her head was pulled up by the hair and suddenly she was looking at the end of a gun.
"Sorry luv," Wolf said.
A shot roared and Kate jumped before she realized that she was not the one who had been shot. She watched in disbelief as blood flowed quickly down Wolf's chest. Her vision was starting to blur when suddenly she found herself wrapped in a man's arms. She looked up and saw Jack's face.
"Jack how?"
He looked down surprised at her, "Kate?" She didn't hear the rest because she chose that moment to pass out completely.
***I'm so sorry this was so long a chapter! This one was really long. Hehe! Anways well now you know how Kate and Jack met for the first time. I'm really sorry it took so long to get it up and if it's to long tell me but I promise that is the longest chapter I have even written! Actually it surprised me to! But yeah I hope you liked it and please review! Thanks!