Okay, well, this is my last chapter, so I really hope you've liked my fic!
I had a lot of fun writing it! Enjoy the final chapter!
Chapter 11: Drink Up, Me Hearties, Yo Ho!
Jack!" Celeste exclaimed. "In all the excitement, I forgot! The Pearl! Santara's crew!"
"Oh, right..." Jack recalled. The had approached the Pearl by about fifty feet when it hit her. They ducked into some bushes.
"Okay, here's the plan: I'll distract the guards while you sneak aboard and free the crew!"
"An' 'ow am I supposed to get up on deck?" Jack asked. "Climb on? With this shoulder?"
"No, I suppose not..." she said thoughtfully. "Just-just try to casually walk on while I distract them."
"Well, okay..." Jack agreed. He put Santara's bundled up head in a bush. Celeste quickly moved into the clearing in front of the Pearl.
"Hellooooo!" she called. "Santara's crew...buddies...men...people! There is a damsel in distress here!" After a moment, about ten pirates came down the gangplank to her.
"Why, 'ello there, poppet." a pirate greeted.
"Yes, hello!" she said loudly, gesturing wildly and trying to keep their attention while Jack slipped on deck. "I-I don't suppose you pirates could tell me where Santara is, would you?" the pirates stared at her, seeing her bleeding arms and waist.
"Are ye alrigh'?" the pirate asked.
"What? Oh...er..." Celeste hesitated. "I, er...tripped and fell a moment ago..."
"Hm... Well, where'd you come from, poppet?" the pirate asked.
"Er..." she glanced around. "Over there! Right over there! That way!" she pointed dramatically behind her, still trying to hold their attention. She was speaking loudly and dramatically. "Yep, that way!"
"Ye wouldn' 'ave come from the Black Pearl 'ere, would ye?" he asked.
"Black... Pearl...? Er, no... No Pearl. Nope. No way. Not me!" she struggled to hold their attention. "No, no, you see, I am a friend of Santara! And I-I am unable to, er, find him at the moment... You, er, could you help me find him?"
"I'm afraid we're needed here, poppet." he answered, obviously an idiot.
"Ohh, please, Mr. Pirate! Please!" she begged flakily. "I desperately need to find Captain Santara! Can't you take me to him?"
"Ye see, poppet, the Captain's busy righ' now. Getting rid o' a client." She saw Jack and much of the crew sneak down the gangplank.
"Oh, okay, well... may I say one thing?" she asked.
"Aye."
"You guys are such total idiots." Just then, Jack and the crew attacked Santara's crew. Celeste pulled out her swords and charged into battle. She saw Jack wince in pain. She ran to him, fighting.
"Are you alright?" she asked, slashing at a pirate.
"Yes, I'm fine." Jack assured. She got caught up in a fight and decided that Jack should be fine.
"Ow!" Jack yelled. Celeste wheeled around to see that a pirate had slashed at Jack's left forearm. Blood quickly seeped out of his wound and stained his sleeve.
"Jack!" Celeste yelled, a little preoccupied with a fight. She quickly slew her attacker and ran to Jack, who stabbed the pirate he'd been fighting. "Jack, you're hurt!" she said, surveying his wounds. "...A lot! You can't fight like--" she was cut off by an attacking pirate. She quickly fought him off and spoke again to Jack. "You can't fight in that condition!"
"I'm fine, love! I'm fine!" he assured, irritated.
"Jack, I'm not going to tell you again! Get out of here before you get hurt anymore! Go hide over there under the gangplank!" she slashed a pirate.
"An' what about you? You're 'urt too."
"I didn't get stabbed in the shoulder! Go!" she commanded. He reluctantly retreated, knowing that he was in no condition for battle.
Celeste fought angrily, quickly ending the fights she got into. When the battle ended, she put away her swords and ran to Jack, who was sitting under the gangplank.
"I feel like a bloody coward." Jack told her shamefully.
"You're hurt and couldn't fight!" Celeste stated obviously. He didn't reply. "Oh! I almost forgot! Wait here!" she ran out of Jack's sight through some trees. She came back moments later, carrying Santara's wrapped up head.
"Can't very well forget my souvenir!" she added cheerfully.
"I suppose not." Jack answered, hoisting himself up.
"Come on, Jack." she said comfortingly, helping him up. "Let's get you patched up."
She helped him onto the Pearl and to his room.
"I'll go get some bandages for you. Wait here." she said.
"Wait!" Jack halted her. "You're 'urt too, love." he reminded her. "Oh... yeah..." she looked at her bleeding arms and waist. She wiped the blood from the wound on her cheek with her sleeve. "I guess I was just so worried about you, I--"
"I know." Jack interrupted. Just then, Mr. Cotton, Gibbs, Anamaria, Angelina, and Audra hurried into the room. Angelina and Audra had been put on the Pearl with the rest of the imprisoned crew when they'd been captured.
"Are you two alright?" Audra asked urgently.
"Yeah, are ya okay?" Angelina asked as well. Audra got tears in her eyes. She ran over and hugged Celeste and Jack.
"I-I thought..." Audra stuttered. "I thought you were lost to the locker of Davy Jones!"
"That's Davy Jones's locker." Celeste corrected.
"Yeah, yeah..." Audra mumbled, wiping away tears of joy from her face.
"Oh, Mr. Cotton!" Celeste added gratefully. "I'd like to thank you for sending your brave parrot to our rescue!"
"Any port in the storm!" the parrot squawked.
"Are you both alright?" Anamaria asked.
"Yes... now..." Celeste answered, grasping Jack's hand.
* * *
The next day, after their wounds had been taken care of, the crew was sent out to plunder Santara's treasure. Celeste and Jack stayed aboard the Pearl because they were still a little weak from all the blood loss.
That evening, after all the treasure had been loaded into the cargo hold, and, to Jack's delight, they'd returned his gun to him, and found Celeste's as well, the Pearl set sail. Celeste and Jack stood at the helm, gazing out at the sparkling Caribbean.
"That was a pretty frightening experience." Celeste said. "I had a pretty tough time killing him."
"You?" Jack asked. "I think I killed him, love."
"Oh, no, Jack. You're mistaken. I did." Celeste corrected.
"No, I killed him."
"No, I did."
"I did."
"I did."
"I did!"
"I did! Ugh!" Celeste grunted. "Let's just drop it." she gazed out at the ocean and sighed. "It's really beautiful isn't it?"
"Aye..." Jack agreed, gazing out at the ocean as well.
"The important thing is that you survived, Jack." Celeste told him. "You're the important one."
"You're important too, darling!" Jack assured. "If you hadn't killed Santara, who knows 'ow many people would've slaughtered."
"Ha!" she exclaimed. "I killed him! You admit it!" they laughed. There was a pause.
"Darling... I want you to stay 'ere on the Pearl with me... an' be a pirate. Angelina an' Audra can stay too." she looked up at him.
"Wh-what did you say?" she asked. He leaned over and kissed her. "W- wow. Said all that, did you?" she smiled. "I would love to stay. I've got nothing to go back to... All I can say is... wow... I'm going to be a real pirate!"
"Aye. We'll be the scourge--" he glanced at her and hesitated, catching her disapproval, "--and the, er, savior of the Spanish Main... or wherever we want to go." She leaned back against Jack's left shoulder.
"I love you." she sighed.
"I love you too." he told her. They both gazed dreamily out at the Caribbean. After a moment, Jack began to hum: "Nananana nanana dada dada..." he hummed to "A Pirate's Life For Me."
"...And really bad eggs..." she continued. The then sang together as the Pearl sailed off into the horizon.
"Drink up, me hearties, yo ho!"
Well, that's it [takes a bow]. I hope you enjoyed it! I had tons of fun writing it! I hope you all review!! Anyway, I really do hope you enjoyed it! That's why I like to write -- to see other people happy! So, since I can't see you, leave a review! Drink up, me hearties, yo ho! Catch you in the sequel!
Chapter 11: Drink Up, Me Hearties, Yo Ho!
Jack!" Celeste exclaimed. "In all the excitement, I forgot! The Pearl! Santara's crew!"
"Oh, right..." Jack recalled. The had approached the Pearl by about fifty feet when it hit her. They ducked into some bushes.
"Okay, here's the plan: I'll distract the guards while you sneak aboard and free the crew!"
"An' 'ow am I supposed to get up on deck?" Jack asked. "Climb on? With this shoulder?"
"No, I suppose not..." she said thoughtfully. "Just-just try to casually walk on while I distract them."
"Well, okay..." Jack agreed. He put Santara's bundled up head in a bush. Celeste quickly moved into the clearing in front of the Pearl.
"Hellooooo!" she called. "Santara's crew...buddies...men...people! There is a damsel in distress here!" After a moment, about ten pirates came down the gangplank to her.
"Why, 'ello there, poppet." a pirate greeted.
"Yes, hello!" she said loudly, gesturing wildly and trying to keep their attention while Jack slipped on deck. "I-I don't suppose you pirates could tell me where Santara is, would you?" the pirates stared at her, seeing her bleeding arms and waist.
"Are ye alrigh'?" the pirate asked.
"What? Oh...er..." Celeste hesitated. "I, er...tripped and fell a moment ago..."
"Hm... Well, where'd you come from, poppet?" the pirate asked.
"Er..." she glanced around. "Over there! Right over there! That way!" she pointed dramatically behind her, still trying to hold their attention. She was speaking loudly and dramatically. "Yep, that way!"
"Ye wouldn' 'ave come from the Black Pearl 'ere, would ye?" he asked.
"Black... Pearl...? Er, no... No Pearl. Nope. No way. Not me!" she struggled to hold their attention. "No, no, you see, I am a friend of Santara! And I-I am unable to, er, find him at the moment... You, er, could you help me find him?"
"I'm afraid we're needed here, poppet." he answered, obviously an idiot.
"Ohh, please, Mr. Pirate! Please!" she begged flakily. "I desperately need to find Captain Santara! Can't you take me to him?"
"Ye see, poppet, the Captain's busy righ' now. Getting rid o' a client." She saw Jack and much of the crew sneak down the gangplank.
"Oh, okay, well... may I say one thing?" she asked.
"Aye."
"You guys are such total idiots." Just then, Jack and the crew attacked Santara's crew. Celeste pulled out her swords and charged into battle. She saw Jack wince in pain. She ran to him, fighting.
"Are you alright?" she asked, slashing at a pirate.
"Yes, I'm fine." Jack assured. She got caught up in a fight and decided that Jack should be fine.
"Ow!" Jack yelled. Celeste wheeled around to see that a pirate had slashed at Jack's left forearm. Blood quickly seeped out of his wound and stained his sleeve.
"Jack!" Celeste yelled, a little preoccupied with a fight. She quickly slew her attacker and ran to Jack, who stabbed the pirate he'd been fighting. "Jack, you're hurt!" she said, surveying his wounds. "...A lot! You can't fight like--" she was cut off by an attacking pirate. She quickly fought him off and spoke again to Jack. "You can't fight in that condition!"
"I'm fine, love! I'm fine!" he assured, irritated.
"Jack, I'm not going to tell you again! Get out of here before you get hurt anymore! Go hide over there under the gangplank!" she slashed a pirate.
"An' what about you? You're 'urt too."
"I didn't get stabbed in the shoulder! Go!" she commanded. He reluctantly retreated, knowing that he was in no condition for battle.
Celeste fought angrily, quickly ending the fights she got into. When the battle ended, she put away her swords and ran to Jack, who was sitting under the gangplank.
"I feel like a bloody coward." Jack told her shamefully.
"You're hurt and couldn't fight!" Celeste stated obviously. He didn't reply. "Oh! I almost forgot! Wait here!" she ran out of Jack's sight through some trees. She came back moments later, carrying Santara's wrapped up head.
"Can't very well forget my souvenir!" she added cheerfully.
"I suppose not." Jack answered, hoisting himself up.
"Come on, Jack." she said comfortingly, helping him up. "Let's get you patched up."
She helped him onto the Pearl and to his room.
"I'll go get some bandages for you. Wait here." she said.
"Wait!" Jack halted her. "You're 'urt too, love." he reminded her. "Oh... yeah..." she looked at her bleeding arms and waist. She wiped the blood from the wound on her cheek with her sleeve. "I guess I was just so worried about you, I--"
"I know." Jack interrupted. Just then, Mr. Cotton, Gibbs, Anamaria, Angelina, and Audra hurried into the room. Angelina and Audra had been put on the Pearl with the rest of the imprisoned crew when they'd been captured.
"Are you two alright?" Audra asked urgently.
"Yeah, are ya okay?" Angelina asked as well. Audra got tears in her eyes. She ran over and hugged Celeste and Jack.
"I-I thought..." Audra stuttered. "I thought you were lost to the locker of Davy Jones!"
"That's Davy Jones's locker." Celeste corrected.
"Yeah, yeah..." Audra mumbled, wiping away tears of joy from her face.
"Oh, Mr. Cotton!" Celeste added gratefully. "I'd like to thank you for sending your brave parrot to our rescue!"
"Any port in the storm!" the parrot squawked.
"Are you both alright?" Anamaria asked.
"Yes... now..." Celeste answered, grasping Jack's hand.
* * *
The next day, after their wounds had been taken care of, the crew was sent out to plunder Santara's treasure. Celeste and Jack stayed aboard the Pearl because they were still a little weak from all the blood loss.
That evening, after all the treasure had been loaded into the cargo hold, and, to Jack's delight, they'd returned his gun to him, and found Celeste's as well, the Pearl set sail. Celeste and Jack stood at the helm, gazing out at the sparkling Caribbean.
"That was a pretty frightening experience." Celeste said. "I had a pretty tough time killing him."
"You?" Jack asked. "I think I killed him, love."
"Oh, no, Jack. You're mistaken. I did." Celeste corrected.
"No, I killed him."
"No, I did."
"I did."
"I did."
"I did!"
"I did! Ugh!" Celeste grunted. "Let's just drop it." she gazed out at the ocean and sighed. "It's really beautiful isn't it?"
"Aye..." Jack agreed, gazing out at the ocean as well.
"The important thing is that you survived, Jack." Celeste told him. "You're the important one."
"You're important too, darling!" Jack assured. "If you hadn't killed Santara, who knows 'ow many people would've slaughtered."
"Ha!" she exclaimed. "I killed him! You admit it!" they laughed. There was a pause.
"Darling... I want you to stay 'ere on the Pearl with me... an' be a pirate. Angelina an' Audra can stay too." she looked up at him.
"Wh-what did you say?" she asked. He leaned over and kissed her. "W- wow. Said all that, did you?" she smiled. "I would love to stay. I've got nothing to go back to... All I can say is... wow... I'm going to be a real pirate!"
"Aye. We'll be the scourge--" he glanced at her and hesitated, catching her disapproval, "--and the, er, savior of the Spanish Main... or wherever we want to go." She leaned back against Jack's left shoulder.
"I love you." she sighed.
"I love you too." he told her. They both gazed dreamily out at the Caribbean. After a moment, Jack began to hum: "Nananana nanana dada dada..." he hummed to "A Pirate's Life For Me."
"...And really bad eggs..." she continued. The then sang together as the Pearl sailed off into the horizon.
"Drink up, me hearties, yo ho!"
Well, that's it [takes a bow]. I hope you enjoyed it! I had tons of fun writing it! I hope you all review!! Anyway, I really do hope you enjoyed it! That's why I like to write -- to see other people happy! So, since I can't see you, leave a review! Drink up, me hearties, yo ho! Catch you in the sequel!