Perfect. Wonderful. This was just great, Kate thought as she sat tied up next to Jack below decks on her father's ship. "Exactly what I need," she muttered. She was tied up next to the most irritating man in the world, who happened to be asleep, and she was alone in the dark with her thoughts. Very bad combination, especially since her thoughts weren't making her situation any easier.
The scene from that morning kept replaying over and over again in her head. She couldn't come up with a satisfying reason to have stopped her father from killing Jack. No reason that she liked anyway. Hadn't she promised herself when she'd set out on this venture that no matter what happened she was going to get that treasure and get back to Tortuga? Why had she let her emotions get in the way?
She groaned, her emotions were exactly the problem. She had always been told that her only weakness as a pirate was that she let her emotions interfere to often. But she was starting to think that any feelings she had for Jack could be dangerous and her situation didn't allow for anything to interfere, especially if she intended to get away with the treasure without her father knowing her plans.
She sighed. So much had changed in only the course of a day and she really wished she had someone besides Jack to talk to about it. She looked over at him sharply when she felt him stir beside her.
"Hullo luv," Jack slurred. "What happened? Where are we?"
Kate rolled her eyes, he had been drunk when he had regained consciousness, "You don't remember do you?"
She could almost see the frown on his face when he said, "'Fraid not."
"You don't remember almost dying? Meeting my father? None of it?" she replied exasperated
"Your father?" Jack said and the memory of that morning filled his head. "Ah you mean about this morning. Of course I remember that. How could I forget a man holding a cutlass to my neck and his beautiful daughter coming to my rescue?"
Kate winced, "Yes how could a man forget that?"
Jack chuckled, "So where are we?"
"Below deck on my father's ship," she replied.
"Hmm, wonderful," he replied.
"Indeed," she responded. Kate waited for Jack to add his thoughts on their predicament. When he didn't she sighed exasperated and said, "Are you going to help me out of these bonds or are you just going to sit there staring into the dark like an idiot."
"You have a point," Jack said, "But I believe I'm tied up too, luv."
Kate growled impatiently, "You are Captain Jack Sparrow. You vanished from under the eyes of seven agents of the East India Trading Company. You sacked Nassau Port without even firing a shot. Now do you think you could manage to get these bloody bonds off our hands?"
She heard Jack chuckle and found the sound oddly comforting, "I think I can manage, luv." Within seconds Jack had himself untied and Kate's hands unbound. She was in the process of untying her ankles when voices drifted down from above them.
Her eyes now adjusted to the dark, she saw the dim outline of Jack move towards the stairs. She pulled the ropes off her ankles and crept silently after to listen with him.
"There's been no sign of anyone anywhere on the island," a voice responded to Bill Morgan. "We couldn't find anyone except the whelp that followed us into the clearing."
'Will!' Kate thought. She had completely forgotten about him. She was still wondering as she continued to listen.
"Well it's to dark to look anymore tonight," Bill replied. "You two curs get your arses below decks to guard the prisoners and make sure you keep a close eyes on me girl and that Sparrow."
"Aye, aye sir," they replied and Kate felt Jack pull her behind some nearby crates before they spotted the two pirates descending the stairs.
"Jack where do you think-"
"Shh," he murmured in her ear and Kate suddenly realized how very close they were to each other. The effect caused her to stop talking immediately and essentially caused her to stop breathing.
"Light a lantern you stupid chit," one of the pirates slurred.
"Yea, yea I'm a goin," the other replied.
She felt Jack lean in closer to her ear and he whispered, "We have to get out of here before they see that we're gone."
Kate nodded, "Okay, let's go…" She made to move forward and Jack grabbed her around the waist pulling her back against him, only this time she didn't have her back to him. She gulped, "What's wrong?"
"Listen," he hissed.
"Get up wench," one of the pirates snarled.
They heard a grunt and cry of pain followed by a familiar voice, "Leave her alone you curs! She didn't do anythin' to you!"
Kate's eyes grew big as she looked up at Jack, "That was Ana Maria." Jack nodded but didn't reply.
"Shut up wench." The outbursts were followed by a squeak of terror that could've only come from Elizabeth.
"Leave them alone," a weak voice, that sounded quite like Will, spoke up. Well that answered one question.
Kate stared in surprise at Jack, "How the hell did Elizabeth and Ana Maria get on my father's ship?"
Jack grinned down at her, "If you don't know how do you expect me to know, luv?"
Kate couldn't help herself at that moment. With Jack's mouth only inches away and his hands around her waist it seem almost natural.
She reached up and kissed him full on the mouth and a thrill raced from her fingertips down to her very toes causing her to shiver in ecstasy.
When he pulled back to look at her she suddenly found herself staring at him in horror. "I-I, uh, Jack," Kate stuttered on helplessly as Jack looked on in amusement.
"Eh, who's there?" A voice interrupted her uncomfortable stammering. She clapped a hand over her mouth and looked at Jack with an unspoken question in her eyes.
"Draw your sword," he replied and drew his own along with his pistol. "C'mon. Let's try and keep this quiet."
Kate nodded still slightly in shock at her boldness. She followed Jack as he crept around the crates and ambushed the two suspicious pirates. They killed both of them instantly from behind and Kate looked around disbelievingly at half the crew from the Black Pearl, who looked back at her in mild curiosity.
She turned to Jack and found his face in a scowl, "Jack?"
His scowl deepened, "They have the Pearl."
Kate frowned, she hadn't thought of that. "Damn right they do," Ana Maria snapped. "And if you don't get us out of here they're going to lock you up this time!"
"Right," Jack said and went about untying his crew. After Kate had finished untying Pitney she looked up at Jack and Ana Maria.
"Well what do you propose we do now?" she asked, hands on her hips.
"Well I propose," Jack said, "That we get the Pearl back before we do anything else."
"How's the ship going to help us get the treasure?" Kate asked.
Will frowned, "After all this you still want to go after that treasure?"
Kate and Jack both looked at him incredulously. "Are you thick Will or are you just naturally stupid?" Kate asked. (A/N: Sorry to all you Will fans but it's just so fun to pick on him! hehe!)
"We came here to get that treasure," Jack replied. "But we won't be able to get it if your father has two ships, especially when one of them is the Pearl."
Kate nodded with a sigh, "I agree but how are we going to fight our way through four times as many pirates as we have?" She gestured around to what part of their crew they had.
Jack shrugged, "We'll manage. We just have to make it back to the Pearl and free the rest of the crew and we'll be fine."
"Easy for you to say," Elizabeth grumped. "You haven't been sitting in this horrible place for two days."
"Two days?" Will said suddenly concerned.
Kate rolled her eyes as Will moved forward to take Elizabeth in her arms, "Oh honestly. Let's get this over with!"
With her and Jack in the lead their force of twenty or so stormed up the stairs to the decks of… Kate stopped mid-stride as she stared in horror at what she was seeing. She was on her own ship, she had been held prisoner on the Night Flame.
She looked at Pitney who was looking around in the same kind of shock. "How can this be possible?" Kate sputtered.
"Anything's possible luv," her father replied.
Kate whirled suddenly angry beyond reason, "You may be right father but that means that you may very well die this night."
Bill Morgan raised an eyebrow as he watched his daughter, "We shall see luv, we shall see."
He lunged forward and Kate raised her cutlass in defense…
*****o0o0o0o0o!! Another cliffy!! Aren't I mean?? hehe! I enjoy it immensely if you couldn't tell!! Anywho! The next chapter will kind of bring everything to a climax so look for that extremely LONG chapter! woo! It's long already and I ain't even finished with it! haha! Yea so thankies for reading and don't forget to review on your way out!!
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