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The day passed by with a great feast in celebration of the much-needed rain and the two new comers. Jack and Kami soon found Will and Lore painted and dressed in completely different clothes. Lore was sitting on the dirt getting strand of hair braided by the little girls of the village. They looked questioningly at Kami and Jack and looked at Lore. "Friends," she said. The girls giggled and picked flowers from the trees and gave them to the two new visitors.
"Well Lore, looks like you know how to charm even Caribbean natives," Kami said tucking the flower in to her messy curls. Her smoke-lined eyes looked at Lore's with kindness that older sisters give their younger ones. The children swarmed around Jack and Kami and dragged them away to be decorated in native clothes. Soon the two emerged one after the other dressed in tropical colors.
Kami wrinkled her nose at Lore indicating she didn't like the sarong that draped her body. Lore smirked knowing Kami liked the more sophisticated and expensive clothes. Will blurted out that Jack looked like a woman with the flowers around his neck. Jack burst into a run and chased Will around the huts. The children thought it was a game and joined in making it difficult to beat Will up. Jack picked up one of the girls and swung her around. Her tan, thin legs swooped above the ground as she shrieked with laughter.
Lore sat next to Kami and they watched the kids play with Jack and Will. "He'd make a great father," Lore said not taking her eyes off Jack. From the corner of her eye, Lore could see her friend smile dreamily. Just then girl from before ran up behind Lore. "Giant ships are coming! I can see them on the horizon. Are they your friends?" Lore panicked. The first thought that came into mind was Carter.
Leaping to her feet Lore called Jack's name and began to run to the shoreline. Jack and Lore stood at the shore in shock. "Well, sooner or later he would find me," Jack said. "And who exactly does that ship belong to?" Lore asked not taking her eyes off the enormous ship. "That would be Commodore Norrington's ship," said a voice behind them. Will came and stood beside Lore. "What are we going to do Jack?" Lore asked not wanting to leave just yet.
"What else can we do, luv?" Jack said, hearing Lore heave a sigh. "We're staying 'ere! We aren't doin' anythin' wrong!" Lore smiled and leapt on Jack, "Great!" Running back to the camp she began to dance around and picked up a little boy and swung him around in a tight embrace.
By the time the Commodore's ship was harbored, the pirates were armed and read in case of a battle. Jack, Lore, Will and Kami were dressed in their regular clothes again and were eating happily in a circle. Lore got an uneasy feeling and leaned back. "He's coming ashore," she said with her eyes closed. Smiling she opened her eyes and looked at Jack, her eyes cold and hard like metal.
Suddenly everything went quiet. They couldn't hear the voices of the Indians in the distance or the birds singing. Just the crunching of leaves and the swishing of swords slashing away at the branches of the tropical forest. Jack stood stretched. Picking up three apples he began to juggle them. Will cocked an eye brow and Lore took out her sword and began to balance it on her index finger. Kami laughed when Jack threw an apple up in the air and attempted to catch it, when instead it landed on Will's head.
"You clown!" Will shouted throwing the apple and Jack. Jack dodged and threw another apple at Will. Catching the apple he chucked it at his friend and rolled out of the way so Jack wouldn't throw the fruit at him. Jack chuckled and began to juggle again. Will grabbed another piece of fruit and chucked it at Jack's stomach. Just as it hit Jack, a man dressed in a naval uniform stepped out from behind the thicket of trees.
Jack whirled around and came face to face with a pistol's nose. Cocking the gun the man smirked, "Well, well, well...Jack Sparrow, isn't it?" Jack smiled still looking at the nozzle of the gun, "Fancy running into you here, Commodore." Realizing that this was the Commodore that tried to kill Jack, Lore caught sight of Kami who came behind Norrington and held a short blade to the Commodore's throat. "Well, Mister Norrington, I doubt that's any way to greet an old friend, is it? I say we start over. How's about you drop that pistol and unarm yourself, mate." Obliging to the order, Norrington threw the pistol away from him and took his sword off his belt.
Lore stood and slowly walked over to the Commodore. Jack stood and grabbed the pistol and aimed it at Norrington. "So, Commodore, what brings you to our neck of the woods, eh?" His smile was charming and broad, Jack began to think of whether he should make Norrington walk the plank, hang him, or simply letting him go. Just then a small group of men in uniforms charged from behind the trees and attacked the four pirates.
Lore ducked and blocked blows with her sword and took out her small gun from her belt. Will and Jack looked at each other briefly and began to fight the attacking group. Lore kept her eyes on Norrington. She knew that face. Where had she seen it? Thrusting her sword into a soldier, she paused to think. Blocking a blow, she kicked her attacker where it counted, "Norrington!" she shouted. She knew where she's seen him now: at the bar sitting with Carter. He wore regular clothes and was wearing a hat instead of the uniform he wore now.
Turning around, the Commodore blocked a blow from an angry young woman. "You knew Carter! He told you we were here, didn't he?" Norrington smirked. "I knew I'd seen you before. No, young lady, Carter was found dying in the ally behind the bar you saw him at. He died later on that night [here he began to attack her] and [he blocked a blow] he told me that one of his runaway slaves had run away with a man matching Mister Turner's description. So [he dodged a kick from Lore] I asked around and a few 'friends' of Mister Sparrow's pointed me in the right direction of finding him."
Just then the Commodore unleashed a series of attacks and smiled menacingly at Lore that made him look as if he were insane. Dropping to the ground, Lore made a roundhouse kick and tripped the Commodore. When she attacked, he blocked every blow she made. "Enough with this proper English fighting!" she muttered to herself.
Grabbing her slender sword in both hands, she assumed her ready position and focused on the Commodore's weak points. "So tell me, how many slaves did you buy off of Carter, hmm? Did you have fun with your new investment?" she asked grudgingly. The Commodore looked at Lore and said a simple and flat "no". "If you must know, mi'lady, I'm happily married to Mister Turner's sweetheart," he retorted. Lore remembered Will's story about his old crush Elizabeth Swan.
Just then Norrington slashed at Lore's legs and cut her left shin. Sucking in air through her teeth, Lore collapsed. "You ass!" she hissed. The Commodore stood triumphantly over Lore and smiled. Lore glanced quickly at her sword that lay by her feet. "Those Japanese techniques won't work over my superior fighting skill, young lady," he said with confidence. Lore loathed him with every atom in her being.
"Besides, who would name their moves after something a sword with human characteristics? Like: punching blade, or sword of fury?" He chuckled darkly. "Or," she said slowly, "Kicking blade?" Norrington nodded, "Precisely," he said baring his teeth in an awful smile. Suddenly, Lore kicked her sword so it stood upright then fell over on the tip of her boot. Swinging her leg, she kicked at Norrington with her sword slicing into his leg.
Leaping up, Lore gladly introduced her knee to Norrington's stomach. Quickly twirling behind him, she reached over her shoulder and punched his face with both hands, "Spinning Phoenix," she said. Dropping to the ground she spun around kicking him with both legs, "Silent Shuriken!" Balling her fists up, she swung both hands at his face as he hunched over, then twirled around and kick him from behind her, "Divine Light." Norrington lay motionless on the ground, his nose bleeding and bruises forming on his face.
Lore noticed soldiers running away, the rest laying unconscious or dead on the ground. Jack's crew had arrived and greatly out numbered Norrington's men. Sheathing her sword, Lore looked for the others. Tired, but okay, they looked around at the bodies on the ground. Jack walked over to where Lore stood and made a face of sympathy when he saw Norrington. "I'm not gonna ask what he said to me ye angry," he said after a moment. Lore smiled and gave short laugh.
The group soon told the natives they would be leaving, not wanting to stick around when Norrington and his men woke up. The young girl that Lore was talking to told Jack of a cave in an adjacent island that they could hide in. Jack smiled and ruffled her hair, "We'll go there."
Packing up, the crowd of pirates sailed under the night sky and anchored in the cave the girl had told them about.
Lore couldn't sleep, so she decided to explore the island. The Black Pearl was close to the cave, so she climbed down the rope ladder and swam around to shore. She found a waterfall that poured into a crystal clear lagoon.
In awe of the beauty of the scenery, Lore didn't hear Will come up behind her. His strong arms circled her thin waist as his warm lips hovered close to her ear. His breath was sweet with rum from the earlier celebration of defeating Norrington's men. Closing her eyes, Lore could feel her heart beat rapidly in her chest.
"Now...where were we?"
The day passed by with a great feast in celebration of the much-needed rain and the two new comers. Jack and Kami soon found Will and Lore painted and dressed in completely different clothes. Lore was sitting on the dirt getting strand of hair braided by the little girls of the village. They looked questioningly at Kami and Jack and looked at Lore. "Friends," she said. The girls giggled and picked flowers from the trees and gave them to the two new visitors.
"Well Lore, looks like you know how to charm even Caribbean natives," Kami said tucking the flower in to her messy curls. Her smoke-lined eyes looked at Lore's with kindness that older sisters give their younger ones. The children swarmed around Jack and Kami and dragged them away to be decorated in native clothes. Soon the two emerged one after the other dressed in tropical colors.
Kami wrinkled her nose at Lore indicating she didn't like the sarong that draped her body. Lore smirked knowing Kami liked the more sophisticated and expensive clothes. Will blurted out that Jack looked like a woman with the flowers around his neck. Jack burst into a run and chased Will around the huts. The children thought it was a game and joined in making it difficult to beat Will up. Jack picked up one of the girls and swung her around. Her tan, thin legs swooped above the ground as she shrieked with laughter.
Lore sat next to Kami and they watched the kids play with Jack and Will. "He'd make a great father," Lore said not taking her eyes off Jack. From the corner of her eye, Lore could see her friend smile dreamily. Just then girl from before ran up behind Lore. "Giant ships are coming! I can see them on the horizon. Are they your friends?" Lore panicked. The first thought that came into mind was Carter.
Leaping to her feet Lore called Jack's name and began to run to the shoreline. Jack and Lore stood at the shore in shock. "Well, sooner or later he would find me," Jack said. "And who exactly does that ship belong to?" Lore asked not taking her eyes off the enormous ship. "That would be Commodore Norrington's ship," said a voice behind them. Will came and stood beside Lore. "What are we going to do Jack?" Lore asked not wanting to leave just yet.
"What else can we do, luv?" Jack said, hearing Lore heave a sigh. "We're staying 'ere! We aren't doin' anythin' wrong!" Lore smiled and leapt on Jack, "Great!" Running back to the camp she began to dance around and picked up a little boy and swung him around in a tight embrace.
By the time the Commodore's ship was harbored, the pirates were armed and read in case of a battle. Jack, Lore, Will and Kami were dressed in their regular clothes again and were eating happily in a circle. Lore got an uneasy feeling and leaned back. "He's coming ashore," she said with her eyes closed. Smiling she opened her eyes and looked at Jack, her eyes cold and hard like metal.
Suddenly everything went quiet. They couldn't hear the voices of the Indians in the distance or the birds singing. Just the crunching of leaves and the swishing of swords slashing away at the branches of the tropical forest. Jack stood stretched. Picking up three apples he began to juggle them. Will cocked an eye brow and Lore took out her sword and began to balance it on her index finger. Kami laughed when Jack threw an apple up in the air and attempted to catch it, when instead it landed on Will's head.
"You clown!" Will shouted throwing the apple and Jack. Jack dodged and threw another apple at Will. Catching the apple he chucked it at his friend and rolled out of the way so Jack wouldn't throw the fruit at him. Jack chuckled and began to juggle again. Will grabbed another piece of fruit and chucked it at Jack's stomach. Just as it hit Jack, a man dressed in a naval uniform stepped out from behind the thicket of trees.
Jack whirled around and came face to face with a pistol's nose. Cocking the gun the man smirked, "Well, well, well...Jack Sparrow, isn't it?" Jack smiled still looking at the nozzle of the gun, "Fancy running into you here, Commodore." Realizing that this was the Commodore that tried to kill Jack, Lore caught sight of Kami who came behind Norrington and held a short blade to the Commodore's throat. "Well, Mister Norrington, I doubt that's any way to greet an old friend, is it? I say we start over. How's about you drop that pistol and unarm yourself, mate." Obliging to the order, Norrington threw the pistol away from him and took his sword off his belt.
Lore stood and slowly walked over to the Commodore. Jack stood and grabbed the pistol and aimed it at Norrington. "So, Commodore, what brings you to our neck of the woods, eh?" His smile was charming and broad, Jack began to think of whether he should make Norrington walk the plank, hang him, or simply letting him go. Just then a small group of men in uniforms charged from behind the trees and attacked the four pirates.
Lore ducked and blocked blows with her sword and took out her small gun from her belt. Will and Jack looked at each other briefly and began to fight the attacking group. Lore kept her eyes on Norrington. She knew that face. Where had she seen it? Thrusting her sword into a soldier, she paused to think. Blocking a blow, she kicked her attacker where it counted, "Norrington!" she shouted. She knew where she's seen him now: at the bar sitting with Carter. He wore regular clothes and was wearing a hat instead of the uniform he wore now.
Turning around, the Commodore blocked a blow from an angry young woman. "You knew Carter! He told you we were here, didn't he?" Norrington smirked. "I knew I'd seen you before. No, young lady, Carter was found dying in the ally behind the bar you saw him at. He died later on that night [here he began to attack her] and [he blocked a blow] he told me that one of his runaway slaves had run away with a man matching Mister Turner's description. So [he dodged a kick from Lore] I asked around and a few 'friends' of Mister Sparrow's pointed me in the right direction of finding him."
Just then the Commodore unleashed a series of attacks and smiled menacingly at Lore that made him look as if he were insane. Dropping to the ground, Lore made a roundhouse kick and tripped the Commodore. When she attacked, he blocked every blow she made. "Enough with this proper English fighting!" she muttered to herself.
Grabbing her slender sword in both hands, she assumed her ready position and focused on the Commodore's weak points. "So tell me, how many slaves did you buy off of Carter, hmm? Did you have fun with your new investment?" she asked grudgingly. The Commodore looked at Lore and said a simple and flat "no". "If you must know, mi'lady, I'm happily married to Mister Turner's sweetheart," he retorted. Lore remembered Will's story about his old crush Elizabeth Swan.
Just then Norrington slashed at Lore's legs and cut her left shin. Sucking in air through her teeth, Lore collapsed. "You ass!" she hissed. The Commodore stood triumphantly over Lore and smiled. Lore glanced quickly at her sword that lay by her feet. "Those Japanese techniques won't work over my superior fighting skill, young lady," he said with confidence. Lore loathed him with every atom in her being.
"Besides, who would name their moves after something a sword with human characteristics? Like: punching blade, or sword of fury?" He chuckled darkly. "Or," she said slowly, "Kicking blade?" Norrington nodded, "Precisely," he said baring his teeth in an awful smile. Suddenly, Lore kicked her sword so it stood upright then fell over on the tip of her boot. Swinging her leg, she kicked at Norrington with her sword slicing into his leg.
Leaping up, Lore gladly introduced her knee to Norrington's stomach. Quickly twirling behind him, she reached over her shoulder and punched his face with both hands, "Spinning Phoenix," she said. Dropping to the ground she spun around kicking him with both legs, "Silent Shuriken!" Balling her fists up, she swung both hands at his face as he hunched over, then twirled around and kick him from behind her, "Divine Light." Norrington lay motionless on the ground, his nose bleeding and bruises forming on his face.
Lore noticed soldiers running away, the rest laying unconscious or dead on the ground. Jack's crew had arrived and greatly out numbered Norrington's men. Sheathing her sword, Lore looked for the others. Tired, but okay, they looked around at the bodies on the ground. Jack walked over to where Lore stood and made a face of sympathy when he saw Norrington. "I'm not gonna ask what he said to me ye angry," he said after a moment. Lore smiled and gave short laugh.
The group soon told the natives they would be leaving, not wanting to stick around when Norrington and his men woke up. The young girl that Lore was talking to told Jack of a cave in an adjacent island that they could hide in. Jack smiled and ruffled her hair, "We'll go there."
Packing up, the crowd of pirates sailed under the night sky and anchored in the cave the girl had told them about.
Lore couldn't sleep, so she decided to explore the island. The Black Pearl was close to the cave, so she climbed down the rope ladder and swam around to shore. She found a waterfall that poured into a crystal clear lagoon.
In awe of the beauty of the scenery, Lore didn't hear Will come up behind her. His strong arms circled her thin waist as his warm lips hovered close to her ear. His breath was sweet with rum from the earlier celebration of defeating Norrington's men. Closing her eyes, Lore could feel her heart beat rapidly in her chest.
"Now...where were we?"