Disclaimer: PotC is not mine. And I don't even have my rainbow socks
anymore, they went funny-coloured in the wash. :-(
A/N: Ok, for those of you who haven't checked out my LiveJournal...Only two chapters left including this one! And I am going to do another review- thanking thing at the very very end of the fic cos I don't really want to put it here. So, don't worry, I have read them!
Chapter Twelve-The Battle Begins
"Cap'n, behind us! The Black Pearl is comin' up behind us!"
Nicola sat up eagerly as she heard the news. A week and a half she had been waiting to hear those words, and now she finally did she felt as if she was on cloud nine.
"The cannons are out and they've all got guns! They're goin' to ambush us, cap'n sir!"
The pirates immediately broke into a panic and started to run all over the place, trying their best to prepare themselves for the upcoming attack.
"Load yer cannons!" Captain Lawrence bellowed to the crew.
"Come and get me, Jack." Nicola whispered to herself as she heard the first cannonball hit the ship.
~~~***~~~
"Fire!" Jack yelled to his crew, who were all now so nervous that they were shaking. The cannons let out a roaring "boom!" as they were fired, sending the murky black cannonballs flying toward the Dark Siren. Everyone cheered as they saw three of them hit the side of the ship. The cannons were reloaded and fired again. It was only after another two cannonballs hit that the Dark Siren finally started to retaliate to the attack. Their aim was poor, however, and only one cannonball made it to the Pearl. It didn't do any damage, it simply landed on deck and rolled across the floor, until Gibbs picked it up and placed it in his cannon.
The Black Pearl continued to draw closer to the Dark Siren, and soon they were close enough to allow a person to swing from one ship to the other. Jack hastily did so, and, after checking no one had noticed him, made his way to the brig of the ship to find Nicola.
He found her pacing round her small cell, looking worried. Her expression changed rapidly when she saw him.
"Jack!" she cried as she ran to the bars of her cell. "I'm so glad you're here! I was waiting for you to come, and then the battle started and..."
"Calm down, love!" he told her. "I have to get you out of here without 'em noticin'."
He studied the hinges on the cell door carefully. He recognized them as being the same which had been on his cell door back in Port Royal.
"These are half pin-barrel hinges...With the right leverage and a proper application of strength, the door will lift free..."
He wedged a large piece of wood which had broken off part of the ship into a gap in the bars as Will had done, and quickly removed the door from its hinges.
Nicola laughed happily. "How did you know how to do that??" She asked as she ran out of the cell, wrapping her arms around Jack's neck and embracing him.
"An old friend. The same one who told you those stories all that time ago. I remember you telling me about him."
"My uncle?"
"Yep. Come on, let's get off this damn ship." He took her by the hand and pulled her on deck. They swung back to the Pearl, still remaining unnoticed by the enemy in the violent battle.
"You were that pirate captain my Uncle told me about! The one who said 'savvy' all the time!" She gasped as she stood on the Pearl's deck. "You were the one who fought against Captain Barbossa? And the one who finally broke the curse of those skeleton pirates? And the one..."
"Yes, yes, that was me. And it was bloody hard work, too. Though not nearly as hard as keepin' you safe." He said. "Get below deck, I don't want you getting hurt!"
Nicola stood still. She felt hurt. She had been sitting in a cell for over a week, thinking mostly about Jack, and when she finally saw him again he hushed her and told her to hide away again. She threw Jack's hat, which she had been wearing ever since he gave it to her, onto the ground in anger.
"No! I'm not being treated like another woman! I will fight, same as you!"
Her outburst caused both of them to stand still, facing each other silently as they always seemed to end up doing. Unfortunately, this made them easy targets. Neither of them noticed the bullet came speeding towards them...
AN: CLIFFHANGER! Yay! Who will get shot? Will they live? Will the Black Pearl win the battle or will it finally sink to the bottom of Davy Jones' Locker? Guess what? You have to read the next chapter to find out!
A/N: Ok, for those of you who haven't checked out my LiveJournal...Only two chapters left including this one! And I am going to do another review- thanking thing at the very very end of the fic cos I don't really want to put it here. So, don't worry, I have read them!
Chapter Twelve-The Battle Begins
"Cap'n, behind us! The Black Pearl is comin' up behind us!"
Nicola sat up eagerly as she heard the news. A week and a half she had been waiting to hear those words, and now she finally did she felt as if she was on cloud nine.
"The cannons are out and they've all got guns! They're goin' to ambush us, cap'n sir!"
The pirates immediately broke into a panic and started to run all over the place, trying their best to prepare themselves for the upcoming attack.
"Load yer cannons!" Captain Lawrence bellowed to the crew.
"Come and get me, Jack." Nicola whispered to herself as she heard the first cannonball hit the ship.
~~~***~~~
"Fire!" Jack yelled to his crew, who were all now so nervous that they were shaking. The cannons let out a roaring "boom!" as they were fired, sending the murky black cannonballs flying toward the Dark Siren. Everyone cheered as they saw three of them hit the side of the ship. The cannons were reloaded and fired again. It was only after another two cannonballs hit that the Dark Siren finally started to retaliate to the attack. Their aim was poor, however, and only one cannonball made it to the Pearl. It didn't do any damage, it simply landed on deck and rolled across the floor, until Gibbs picked it up and placed it in his cannon.
The Black Pearl continued to draw closer to the Dark Siren, and soon they were close enough to allow a person to swing from one ship to the other. Jack hastily did so, and, after checking no one had noticed him, made his way to the brig of the ship to find Nicola.
He found her pacing round her small cell, looking worried. Her expression changed rapidly when she saw him.
"Jack!" she cried as she ran to the bars of her cell. "I'm so glad you're here! I was waiting for you to come, and then the battle started and..."
"Calm down, love!" he told her. "I have to get you out of here without 'em noticin'."
He studied the hinges on the cell door carefully. He recognized them as being the same which had been on his cell door back in Port Royal.
"These are half pin-barrel hinges...With the right leverage and a proper application of strength, the door will lift free..."
He wedged a large piece of wood which had broken off part of the ship into a gap in the bars as Will had done, and quickly removed the door from its hinges.
Nicola laughed happily. "How did you know how to do that??" She asked as she ran out of the cell, wrapping her arms around Jack's neck and embracing him.
"An old friend. The same one who told you those stories all that time ago. I remember you telling me about him."
"My uncle?"
"Yep. Come on, let's get off this damn ship." He took her by the hand and pulled her on deck. They swung back to the Pearl, still remaining unnoticed by the enemy in the violent battle.
"You were that pirate captain my Uncle told me about! The one who said 'savvy' all the time!" She gasped as she stood on the Pearl's deck. "You were the one who fought against Captain Barbossa? And the one who finally broke the curse of those skeleton pirates? And the one..."
"Yes, yes, that was me. And it was bloody hard work, too. Though not nearly as hard as keepin' you safe." He said. "Get below deck, I don't want you getting hurt!"
Nicola stood still. She felt hurt. She had been sitting in a cell for over a week, thinking mostly about Jack, and when she finally saw him again he hushed her and told her to hide away again. She threw Jack's hat, which she had been wearing ever since he gave it to her, onto the ground in anger.
"No! I'm not being treated like another woman! I will fight, same as you!"
Her outburst caused both of them to stand still, facing each other silently as they always seemed to end up doing. Unfortunately, this made them easy targets. Neither of them noticed the bullet came speeding towards them...
AN: CLIFFHANGER! Yay! Who will get shot? Will they live? Will the Black Pearl win the battle or will it finally sink to the bottom of Davy Jones' Locker? Guess what? You have to read the next chapter to find out!