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Disclaimer – see prologue
* ~ * ~ * In Her Eyes
Chapter One
' Parry, parry, attack, swipe, kill. Too easy. Next opponent. Bloody hell, he looks big. Parry, step to the left, parry, poke. Into the ocean he goes. Lets see, One...two...three... (scream, splash) there you go!'
Jack smiled devilishly. They were winning, quite obviously. The crew of the Jade was both inexperienced and rash, much like young William Turner.
While everyone else was busy defending themselves and relieving the pirates of their treasure, Jack waltz towards the captain's cabin. He had killed the captain himself, just a few moments ago when the captain of the Jade had tried to attack him from behind. Bloody cowards.
Anyhow, the fighting around Jack continued, and he finally reached the door. Pushing it open tentatively, Jack stepped inside. The first thing he noticed was the lingering intensity of fear. It's the way you feel it, like a prickle on your arms. There was a bed in one corner, a desk with a couple of maps, and a trunk. Aware of light breathing somewhere in the room, Jack observed the area with an inquisitive eye. There! Against the wall next to the desk, was a girl. Unconscious at the moment, it seemed, with only a sheet wrapped around her, nothing else.
The shouts and screams of fighting had ceased outside, but Jack didn't notice, for he was lost in his thoughts.
'Now where have I seen her before? I don't remember threatening her before...or have I?' he mused. 'Jet-black hair, fair skin, wait...no...it couldn't be. That was years ago.'
However, his musings were interrupted by a call.
"Captain? They have surrendered their ship."
Snapping out of his reverie, Jack stooped to pick up the girl, making sure that the sheet was covering her entirely, and walked out.
"Well mates, what have you found?"
"Plenty of gold, and several trunks of clothing, and from the quality, we could make quite a fortune."
"I don't think we shall be selling the clothes any time soon." Jack said as he stepped out into the light.
"Now, where did you find her??" asked Gibbs. "Its bad luck to have women aboard, and we already have one." He continues, shooting Ana Maria a look, who glared back stubbornly.
"Not this one, mate." Jack replied, and called out, "Back to the ship! I hope you left enough crewmembers and some gold to let them still sail and survive."
Looking sheepishly around them, one crewmate stepped up.
"No, captain, we did not."
"Oh really?" Jack said, stressing out the 'really', "and that would be because...?" faltering there with a hand motion indicating that he should answer.
"We forgot your orders and took pleasure in killing and feeling superior." The crewmate replied resignedly.
"Now that's not very nice. Well, split up the crew! We shall sail two ships to Tortuga where the Jade will be given to Anamaria and so she can find her own crew." Jack said.
Passing Anamaria, Jack whispered to her, "Take control of the Jade. I DID promise you a boat, and now you have one. I don't think you'll have any trouble gaining control of the crew." then he swung onto the Pearl with the girl in his arms.
Taking notice on the damage done to his beloved Pearl, Jack whispered to her, "No worries, you'll be taken care of."
However, his voice gave comfort to another ear.
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What do you think? I decided to make this a puzzle piece thing, so everything will make sense. Or does it already? Writing Jack is pretty hard, because you want it to sound like him, so you use his language, but it can't be TOO much or else it'll sound phony. What do you think?
**Special thanks to Chris, ma oboe partner, for helping me with the impersonation of Jack...oops...Captain Jack.
Disclaimer – see prologue
* ~ * ~ * In Her Eyes
Chapter One
' Parry, parry, attack, swipe, kill. Too easy. Next opponent. Bloody hell, he looks big. Parry, step to the left, parry, poke. Into the ocean he goes. Lets see, One...two...three... (scream, splash) there you go!'
Jack smiled devilishly. They were winning, quite obviously. The crew of the Jade was both inexperienced and rash, much like young William Turner.
While everyone else was busy defending themselves and relieving the pirates of their treasure, Jack waltz towards the captain's cabin. He had killed the captain himself, just a few moments ago when the captain of the Jade had tried to attack him from behind. Bloody cowards.
Anyhow, the fighting around Jack continued, and he finally reached the door. Pushing it open tentatively, Jack stepped inside. The first thing he noticed was the lingering intensity of fear. It's the way you feel it, like a prickle on your arms. There was a bed in one corner, a desk with a couple of maps, and a trunk. Aware of light breathing somewhere in the room, Jack observed the area with an inquisitive eye. There! Against the wall next to the desk, was a girl. Unconscious at the moment, it seemed, with only a sheet wrapped around her, nothing else.
The shouts and screams of fighting had ceased outside, but Jack didn't notice, for he was lost in his thoughts.
'Now where have I seen her before? I don't remember threatening her before...or have I?' he mused. 'Jet-black hair, fair skin, wait...no...it couldn't be. That was years ago.'
However, his musings were interrupted by a call.
"Captain? They have surrendered their ship."
Snapping out of his reverie, Jack stooped to pick up the girl, making sure that the sheet was covering her entirely, and walked out.
"Well mates, what have you found?"
"Plenty of gold, and several trunks of clothing, and from the quality, we could make quite a fortune."
"I don't think we shall be selling the clothes any time soon." Jack said as he stepped out into the light.
"Now, where did you find her??" asked Gibbs. "Its bad luck to have women aboard, and we already have one." He continues, shooting Ana Maria a look, who glared back stubbornly.
"Not this one, mate." Jack replied, and called out, "Back to the ship! I hope you left enough crewmembers and some gold to let them still sail and survive."
Looking sheepishly around them, one crewmate stepped up.
"No, captain, we did not."
"Oh really?" Jack said, stressing out the 'really', "and that would be because...?" faltering there with a hand motion indicating that he should answer.
"We forgot your orders and took pleasure in killing and feeling superior." The crewmate replied resignedly.
"Now that's not very nice. Well, split up the crew! We shall sail two ships to Tortuga where the Jade will be given to Anamaria and so she can find her own crew." Jack said.
Passing Anamaria, Jack whispered to her, "Take control of the Jade. I DID promise you a boat, and now you have one. I don't think you'll have any trouble gaining control of the crew." then he swung onto the Pearl with the girl in his arms.
Taking notice on the damage done to his beloved Pearl, Jack whispered to her, "No worries, you'll be taken care of."
However, his voice gave comfort to another ear.
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What do you think? I decided to make this a puzzle piece thing, so everything will make sense. Or does it already? Writing Jack is pretty hard, because you want it to sound like him, so you use his language, but it can't be TOO much or else it'll sound phony. What do you think?
**Special thanks to Chris, ma oboe partner, for helping me with the impersonation of Jack...oops...Captain Jack.