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Chapter 2
Jack watched a little bug fly into his cabin through a window seeping moonlight. It buzzed around the room very lost and confused as it ran into a wall.
Then it landed on Jack's bottle of rum.
He attempted to pound it with his fist but he missed and the bug flew away right past his head mocking him.
It landed on the wall and once again Jack tried to smash it... but he missed again.
He scowled at it and threw his bottle of rum at the bug sitting in a bowl of apples.
"HA!"
"'ello Cap'n! Are ye okay?" said a familiar voice from behind Jack.
" 'ello Bill Turner, long time no speak, eh?!"
Bill stared at the fruit bowl full of broken glass, rum dripped off the sides of it. The little bug shook the rum off its wings and buzzed out the window. He really didn't want to know. " Lot's of business to take care of I 'spose."
" Aye. How's the spouse?"
"'Avent heard from me family in a long time. But young Will be turning 8 soon! " Bill grinned.
" The little bloke's growing up! Grab a drink and sit!" Jack reached into his drawer and pulled out two new bottles of rum. He handed one to Bill.
" He sure is growing up. Soon we'll be able to teach him the beauty of piracy!" Bill's smile faded, " I miss him."
" Well. On a positive note, once we find that treasure you'll be able to go home to yer spouse and wife."
" Aye. That is if she doesn't catch we with my damn pirate brand again!" He glanced down at the 'P' on his arm.
" Thank the East India trading company fer that..."
" But Jack don't ye remember, clever ol' you wrapped it up with bandages."
" 'Course I remember." Jack took a sip of rum.
" And it was great till Isabelle said I should go see the nurse."
A/N: Isabelle is Bill's wife...
" And that's when ye had to make a run for it!" Jack and Bill said at the same time then laughed.
" I miss the good ol days." Bill said finally.
" Aye. Would that be before or after Barbossa joined our crew?"
" Before."
" Aye" Jack snickered. Then he lowered his voice, " About Barbossa... I gave up the bearings to him."
" Ye what?" Bill stood up and the whole desk shook.
" I did it with the code in interest, Bill."
" I know ye did." Bill sighed. " But can ye really trust him?"
" I can trust the code."
Bill made a groaning noise and stuffed himself back into his chair.
" Look, I heard something about the treasure... I think ye might want to hear about this."
" What?"
" There's 'spose to be a curse upon the treasure. When the treasure is taken from it's resting place. A curse is set upon whomever lifts the treasure from the box. The curse will not be removed till every piece of the gold is back in the box, and the blood repaid."
" Whose blood is te be repaid?"
" The blood of whoever takes the treasure out of its box."
" So what is the curse exactly?"
" You become the living dead. Food turns to ash in your mouth, you can't drink or feel. In the moonlight you become yer true self. Skeletons."
" I don't believe in ghost stories, Jack."
" Me either, I'm just telling you. In case. Look, if worse comes to worse, do what's right by you."
Bill nodded.
Silence.
" I got a new hat." Jack said finally.
Bill laughed. " I hope'd ye would... yer old one only had about a thousand holes in it. If ye could even call it a hat..."
Jack stood up and put it on as if he was a king being crowned. Then he admired himself in the musty mirror that hung on his wall.
" Oh! Jack ye look soooo lovely!" Bill said in a high-pitched voice. " Lemme try it on!" He said pulling it from Jack's head and placing it on his own.
"Hmm.. Well. I'd say it looks better on me, mate."
" Boy I'm starved." Bill handed the hat back to Jack.
" Apple?"
" Err.." He looked at the rum soaked apples in disgust. " What's with you and apples?"
" Not me. Barbossa's taken a fancy to them."
Bill snickered. " Weird fellow that Barbossa is."
" Not as strange as you and me, mate!"
" Best be getting on my way. Don't want anybody to get suspicious."
" Aye."
Bill walked slowly out of the cabin. "Just don't do anything stupid, Jack." He said quietly to himself. "Please... don't do anything stupid... not again at least." With that Bill walked down into his cabin as the Black Pearl glowed in the ghostly blue moonlight.
Coming soon: Jack gets betrayed by his "loyal crew", Jack's legend is born, Jack meets Annemarie... and more...
Chapter 2
Jack watched a little bug fly into his cabin through a window seeping moonlight. It buzzed around the room very lost and confused as it ran into a wall.
Then it landed on Jack's bottle of rum.
He attempted to pound it with his fist but he missed and the bug flew away right past his head mocking him.
It landed on the wall and once again Jack tried to smash it... but he missed again.
He scowled at it and threw his bottle of rum at the bug sitting in a bowl of apples.
"HA!"
"'ello Cap'n! Are ye okay?" said a familiar voice from behind Jack.
" 'ello Bill Turner, long time no speak, eh?!"
Bill stared at the fruit bowl full of broken glass, rum dripped off the sides of it. The little bug shook the rum off its wings and buzzed out the window. He really didn't want to know. " Lot's of business to take care of I 'spose."
" Aye. How's the spouse?"
"'Avent heard from me family in a long time. But young Will be turning 8 soon! " Bill grinned.
" The little bloke's growing up! Grab a drink and sit!" Jack reached into his drawer and pulled out two new bottles of rum. He handed one to Bill.
" He sure is growing up. Soon we'll be able to teach him the beauty of piracy!" Bill's smile faded, " I miss him."
" Well. On a positive note, once we find that treasure you'll be able to go home to yer spouse and wife."
" Aye. That is if she doesn't catch we with my damn pirate brand again!" He glanced down at the 'P' on his arm.
" Thank the East India trading company fer that..."
" But Jack don't ye remember, clever ol' you wrapped it up with bandages."
" 'Course I remember." Jack took a sip of rum.
" And it was great till Isabelle said I should go see the nurse."
A/N: Isabelle is Bill's wife...
" And that's when ye had to make a run for it!" Jack and Bill said at the same time then laughed.
" I miss the good ol days." Bill said finally.
" Aye. Would that be before or after Barbossa joined our crew?"
" Before."
" Aye" Jack snickered. Then he lowered his voice, " About Barbossa... I gave up the bearings to him."
" Ye what?" Bill stood up and the whole desk shook.
" I did it with the code in interest, Bill."
" I know ye did." Bill sighed. " But can ye really trust him?"
" I can trust the code."
Bill made a groaning noise and stuffed himself back into his chair.
" Look, I heard something about the treasure... I think ye might want to hear about this."
" What?"
" There's 'spose to be a curse upon the treasure. When the treasure is taken from it's resting place. A curse is set upon whomever lifts the treasure from the box. The curse will not be removed till every piece of the gold is back in the box, and the blood repaid."
" Whose blood is te be repaid?"
" The blood of whoever takes the treasure out of its box."
" So what is the curse exactly?"
" You become the living dead. Food turns to ash in your mouth, you can't drink or feel. In the moonlight you become yer true self. Skeletons."
" I don't believe in ghost stories, Jack."
" Me either, I'm just telling you. In case. Look, if worse comes to worse, do what's right by you."
Bill nodded.
Silence.
" I got a new hat." Jack said finally.
Bill laughed. " I hope'd ye would... yer old one only had about a thousand holes in it. If ye could even call it a hat..."
Jack stood up and put it on as if he was a king being crowned. Then he admired himself in the musty mirror that hung on his wall.
" Oh! Jack ye look soooo lovely!" Bill said in a high-pitched voice. " Lemme try it on!" He said pulling it from Jack's head and placing it on his own.
"Hmm.. Well. I'd say it looks better on me, mate."
" Boy I'm starved." Bill handed the hat back to Jack.
" Apple?"
" Err.." He looked at the rum soaked apples in disgust. " What's with you and apples?"
" Not me. Barbossa's taken a fancy to them."
Bill snickered. " Weird fellow that Barbossa is."
" Not as strange as you and me, mate!"
" Best be getting on my way. Don't want anybody to get suspicious."
" Aye."
Bill walked slowly out of the cabin. "Just don't do anything stupid, Jack." He said quietly to himself. "Please... don't do anything stupid... not again at least." With that Bill walked down into his cabin as the Black Pearl glowed in the ghostly blue moonlight.
Coming soon: Jack gets betrayed by his "loyal crew", Jack's legend is born, Jack meets Annemarie... and more...