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Atrinak, Roseate, ~*~*~, Mor-Ros, Quiet One, ILoveOrli-08, and DragonHunter200 : Sorry, but cliffhangers are funny. Thanks to all of you for reading and reviewing. I appreciate it a lot. And thank you to those of you who put me on your favorite author's list. You guys rock. 673,983,434,493 points for all 7 of you!!!
CHAPTER FOUR
A small girl stood on the deck of a ship, rain pouring down the sides of her dark skin. Speedily and sure of herself, she moved about the deck doing what needed to be done in the storm. A loud crack thundered through the sky and lit up her surroundings as she looked out to the sea.
She did a double take. Had she seen what she thought she'd seen? Another lightning bolt exploded from the sky lighting up the sea again.
"Cap'n!" She immediately began yelling, looking around frantically. "Cap'n, there be two people in the water! Cap'n!"
The Captain looked around wildly. "What?"
"Cap'n! Da'," the girl said again. "There be two people in the water. It doesn't seem like they be doin' too well, neither."
The Captain looked out to the sea where he saw Jack and Bill floundering around in the water. The blonder one seemed to be able to keep his head above water- God knows how in this storm- but the other was struggling. He slipped underwater and did not come back up.
Quickly, the man took a strong rope and tied it around his waist. "I need three strong men to pull me back on board when I get the lads." He ordered the girl. "Can ye get them?"
"Aye."
"Then I'm going in." He tied the rope into a strong know on the side of the ship then dove over into the stormy water. He quickly pulled strong laps towards the blond boy who still bobbing in and under the water. The boy looked at him with frightened eyes.
The Captain ducked under water when he got close enough and began feeling around blindly for the boy who had sunk under. He couldn't have sunk that far! He swam lower as the air began burning in his lungs. Lower, his arms stretching around for a hint of the boy but grasping nothing. Finally, when he thought he would have to come up for air and give up on the dark haired lad his hand touched something.
Quickly latching onto what he discovered to the boy's shirt, he began kicking upwards, struggling against the storm. He burst through the surface gasping deep breaths of air. He latched an arm around the second boy who immediately fainted in his arms from fatigue.
Back on the ship, the dark skinned girl had gotten three men together at the rope.
"Pull him in. Pull in me Da'." She cried when she saw him holding the two boys. "Quick, 'fore he drowns under their weight."
The three men grabbed hold of the rope and began to pull in the Captain in synchronization. "Heave HO. Heave HO. Heave HO." Slowly, the Captain was raised into the ship, the boys in his arms. He set them down then leaned against the side of the ship panting.
"Tha' one." He motioned to Jack. "Not breathin'."
One of the men who had assisted in hoisting them onto the ship set to Jack, applying pressure in the right areas, forcing him to take in a breath of air.
The first thing Jack thought when he woke was that he was drowning from the inside. He instantly rolled over to his side and began vomiting and coughing out all the water he had swallowed and breathed into his lungs. He shuddered violently and immediately fell unconscious again.
Two men got on either side of the Captain and lifted him to his feet. "Bring the boys under the deck. My daughter, come too. Watch the lads."
"Aye." She got up and followed her father under the deck and various crew members helping them down.
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It was a few hours later when Jack woke up again, feeling extremely disoriented. He had no clue as to where he was. He remembered vaguely falling into the water but not much more then the horrible suffocating feeling he had felt as the water spilt into his lungs...
"Hello," a voice said at his side. He turned his head sharply to see a girl, his age or perhaps a year older or younger, sitting next to him and looking at him in curiosity. Jack saw Bill lying on the other side of her.
"Is he..." Jack began.
"He's fine." The girl replied. "He's wore himself out, is all. Ye be allrigh'?"
Jack nodded.
"Who would ye be?" The girl asked him.
Jack looked around him in confusion again. This didn't look to be his father's ship. "Jack Sparrow. Is this the 'Godspeed'?"
"'Godspeed'? No, ye be on the 'Golden Revenge'."
"Is it a Navy ship?"
The girl laughed at Jack. "Ye're not serious right?"
Jack merely looked confused.
The girl grinned, flashing white teeth. "My name is Anna Maria and ye're on a pirate ship, lad."
Atrinak, Roseate, ~*~*~, Mor-Ros, Quiet One, ILoveOrli-08, and DragonHunter200 : Sorry, but cliffhangers are funny. Thanks to all of you for reading and reviewing. I appreciate it a lot. And thank you to those of you who put me on your favorite author's list. You guys rock. 673,983,434,493 points for all 7 of you!!!
CHAPTER FOUR
A small girl stood on the deck of a ship, rain pouring down the sides of her dark skin. Speedily and sure of herself, she moved about the deck doing what needed to be done in the storm. A loud crack thundered through the sky and lit up her surroundings as she looked out to the sea.
She did a double take. Had she seen what she thought she'd seen? Another lightning bolt exploded from the sky lighting up the sea again.
"Cap'n!" She immediately began yelling, looking around frantically. "Cap'n, there be two people in the water! Cap'n!"
The Captain looked around wildly. "What?"
"Cap'n! Da'," the girl said again. "There be two people in the water. It doesn't seem like they be doin' too well, neither."
The Captain looked out to the sea where he saw Jack and Bill floundering around in the water. The blonder one seemed to be able to keep his head above water- God knows how in this storm- but the other was struggling. He slipped underwater and did not come back up.
Quickly, the man took a strong rope and tied it around his waist. "I need three strong men to pull me back on board when I get the lads." He ordered the girl. "Can ye get them?"
"Aye."
"Then I'm going in." He tied the rope into a strong know on the side of the ship then dove over into the stormy water. He quickly pulled strong laps towards the blond boy who still bobbing in and under the water. The boy looked at him with frightened eyes.
The Captain ducked under water when he got close enough and began feeling around blindly for the boy who had sunk under. He couldn't have sunk that far! He swam lower as the air began burning in his lungs. Lower, his arms stretching around for a hint of the boy but grasping nothing. Finally, when he thought he would have to come up for air and give up on the dark haired lad his hand touched something.
Quickly latching onto what he discovered to the boy's shirt, he began kicking upwards, struggling against the storm. He burst through the surface gasping deep breaths of air. He latched an arm around the second boy who immediately fainted in his arms from fatigue.
Back on the ship, the dark skinned girl had gotten three men together at the rope.
"Pull him in. Pull in me Da'." She cried when she saw him holding the two boys. "Quick, 'fore he drowns under their weight."
The three men grabbed hold of the rope and began to pull in the Captain in synchronization. "Heave HO. Heave HO. Heave HO." Slowly, the Captain was raised into the ship, the boys in his arms. He set them down then leaned against the side of the ship panting.
"Tha' one." He motioned to Jack. "Not breathin'."
One of the men who had assisted in hoisting them onto the ship set to Jack, applying pressure in the right areas, forcing him to take in a breath of air.
The first thing Jack thought when he woke was that he was drowning from the inside. He instantly rolled over to his side and began vomiting and coughing out all the water he had swallowed and breathed into his lungs. He shuddered violently and immediately fell unconscious again.
Two men got on either side of the Captain and lifted him to his feet. "Bring the boys under the deck. My daughter, come too. Watch the lads."
"Aye." She got up and followed her father under the deck and various crew members helping them down.
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It was a few hours later when Jack woke up again, feeling extremely disoriented. He had no clue as to where he was. He remembered vaguely falling into the water but not much more then the horrible suffocating feeling he had felt as the water spilt into his lungs...
"Hello," a voice said at his side. He turned his head sharply to see a girl, his age or perhaps a year older or younger, sitting next to him and looking at him in curiosity. Jack saw Bill lying on the other side of her.
"Is he..." Jack began.
"He's fine." The girl replied. "He's wore himself out, is all. Ye be allrigh'?"
Jack nodded.
"Who would ye be?" The girl asked him.
Jack looked around him in confusion again. This didn't look to be his father's ship. "Jack Sparrow. Is this the 'Godspeed'?"
"'Godspeed'? No, ye be on the 'Golden Revenge'."
"Is it a Navy ship?"
The girl laughed at Jack. "Ye're not serious right?"
Jack merely looked confused.
The girl grinned, flashing white teeth. "My name is Anna Maria and ye're on a pirate ship, lad."