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Chapter 5: An Ultimatum
Jack's cabin was a comfortable place. After having washed the breakfast dishes and eaten something to sustain her, Faith had been sent up here.
"Okay, love, explain a few things to me," Jack said as he came through the door. "First: 'ow do you know Will?"
"I've lived in Port Royal for most of my life. I met him on the streets one day on an outing. I just kept seeing him everywhere and we eventually became friends. When he took the apprenticeship at Brown's smithy..."
"Oh yeah!" Jack interrupted, a wistful look in his eye. Or maybe that was just the leftovers of the previous night's glaze. "I remember that place! Gave that donkey quite a fright, I did!" He laughed at himself.
Faith cocked her head and raised an eyebrow. Jack turned a little and saw her watching him. Immediately, he straightened up and frowned, his hands behind his back. "Sorry. Continue."
"He would make little gifts and such for me, just as practice," Faith continued, still a little confused about this Captain Jack Sparrow's quirks. "Then he made me my dagger, and I haven't parted with it since."
Jack nodded, his brow knit with thought. After a moment, he rocked a little on the balls of his feet as he said, "And what of Elizabeth? 'Ow is she?"
"She's just fine. She and Will are having another baby soon, you know,
so..."
Jack, who had been leaning forward, now leaned quite a ways backward in shock as he interrupted. "What? Children?!"
Faith's eyebrow rose again. "Yes... they were married the month after you left on the Black Pearl. Didn't you know?"
"I do now," he muttered as he shook his head. He grumbled under his breath for a moment longer before putting a final question to Faith. "So... Elizabeth – does she talk about me at all?"
Faith smiled, a mischievous look in her eyes. "Are you sure you want to
know, Jack?"
"Captain. Captain Jack. And yes, tell me."
"She says you're a filthy, stinking pirate with an unhealthy obsession with rum, and that if she never sees you again, it will be too soon." Faith ticked off the list on her fingers. She surveyed Jack's crestfallen face and immediately elaborated. "But aside from that, she thinks you're a good man." Jack perked up visibly. "For the most part," Faith added.
"A good man, eh? Well then." He seemed to suddenly remember that Faith was in the room. He cleared his throat. "Er – you can go."
Faith thanked him and stood to go. She exited the cabin while reminding herself that she didn't have to curtsy when she left a room. She smiled. Her apprenticeship as a piratess on the Black Pearl was going to be a lot of fun.
By the time she got down to the kitchen, all the pirates were finishing their lunch. Abbi smiled at her as soon as she came in, and Faith smiled in return. "Just in time!" she called as the pirates began stacking their dishes.
But it wasn't long before Faith's bright smile faded. Pirate after pirate said crude remark after crude remark. Faith's expression clouded. "Stop saying those things," she growled menacingly.
One of the men sneered. "What'll you do about it, eh, poppet?"
Faith advanced on the man swiftly and drew her dagger all in one movement. Before he knew what was happening, the dagger was at the offender's throat. He froze. "My name is Faith," she said through clenched teeth, pushing the dagger a little harder against his neck. The man swallowed hard. "And I am sick of those rude remarks and improper advances. The next man who utters something like what you've been saying to me all day will die by my dagger. Got it?"
All present nodded swiftly. With one last searing look, Faith released the man and moved over to where the dishes were piling up. She replaced the dagger at her hip and began her work, rolling up her sleeves as she did so.
Abbi turned on the men with a satisfied look on her face. Her hands on her hips, she said loudly, "All right, boys! Back to work! No supper for the slackers, Jack's orders!"
They swarmed out until only Abbi and Faith were left. "That was very good. You won't have any more trouble with them."
"That was the idea," Faith said, turning away from the dishes to face Abbi. "Still think I can't take care of myself?"
Abbi's hands came up in defense as she shook her head. Faith laughed and Abbi soon joined her as the two women went cheerfully about their work.
Hope all of you enjoyed that!
wolfgazer325: thanks for the encouragement! We hope you keep reading!!!!!
Chapter 6 will be up on Thursday. We probably won't update again after that until the NEXT Wed. Sorry for the long wait- we'll be on a trip this weekend (in which we get to miss school on Mon.- YES!!!). But Chapter 6 is great. More interaction with Jack and Abbi! WOO-HOO!
Anyway, hope all of you come back for more!
Keep Writing!
~Ary and Joey~
Chapter 5: An Ultimatum
Jack's cabin was a comfortable place. After having washed the breakfast dishes and eaten something to sustain her, Faith had been sent up here.
"Okay, love, explain a few things to me," Jack said as he came through the door. "First: 'ow do you know Will?"
"I've lived in Port Royal for most of my life. I met him on the streets one day on an outing. I just kept seeing him everywhere and we eventually became friends. When he took the apprenticeship at Brown's smithy..."
"Oh yeah!" Jack interrupted, a wistful look in his eye. Or maybe that was just the leftovers of the previous night's glaze. "I remember that place! Gave that donkey quite a fright, I did!" He laughed at himself.
Faith cocked her head and raised an eyebrow. Jack turned a little and saw her watching him. Immediately, he straightened up and frowned, his hands behind his back. "Sorry. Continue."
"He would make little gifts and such for me, just as practice," Faith continued, still a little confused about this Captain Jack Sparrow's quirks. "Then he made me my dagger, and I haven't parted with it since."
Jack nodded, his brow knit with thought. After a moment, he rocked a little on the balls of his feet as he said, "And what of Elizabeth? 'Ow is she?"
"She's just fine. She and Will are having another baby soon, you know,
so..."
Jack, who had been leaning forward, now leaned quite a ways backward in shock as he interrupted. "What? Children?!"
Faith's eyebrow rose again. "Yes... they were married the month after you left on the Black Pearl. Didn't you know?"
"I do now," he muttered as he shook his head. He grumbled under his breath for a moment longer before putting a final question to Faith. "So... Elizabeth – does she talk about me at all?"
Faith smiled, a mischievous look in her eyes. "Are you sure you want to
know, Jack?"
"Captain. Captain Jack. And yes, tell me."
"She says you're a filthy, stinking pirate with an unhealthy obsession with rum, and that if she never sees you again, it will be too soon." Faith ticked off the list on her fingers. She surveyed Jack's crestfallen face and immediately elaborated. "But aside from that, she thinks you're a good man." Jack perked up visibly. "For the most part," Faith added.
"A good man, eh? Well then." He seemed to suddenly remember that Faith was in the room. He cleared his throat. "Er – you can go."
Faith thanked him and stood to go. She exited the cabin while reminding herself that she didn't have to curtsy when she left a room. She smiled. Her apprenticeship as a piratess on the Black Pearl was going to be a lot of fun.
By the time she got down to the kitchen, all the pirates were finishing their lunch. Abbi smiled at her as soon as she came in, and Faith smiled in return. "Just in time!" she called as the pirates began stacking their dishes.
But it wasn't long before Faith's bright smile faded. Pirate after pirate said crude remark after crude remark. Faith's expression clouded. "Stop saying those things," she growled menacingly.
One of the men sneered. "What'll you do about it, eh, poppet?"
Faith advanced on the man swiftly and drew her dagger all in one movement. Before he knew what was happening, the dagger was at the offender's throat. He froze. "My name is Faith," she said through clenched teeth, pushing the dagger a little harder against his neck. The man swallowed hard. "And I am sick of those rude remarks and improper advances. The next man who utters something like what you've been saying to me all day will die by my dagger. Got it?"
All present nodded swiftly. With one last searing look, Faith released the man and moved over to where the dishes were piling up. She replaced the dagger at her hip and began her work, rolling up her sleeves as she did so.
Abbi turned on the men with a satisfied look on her face. Her hands on her hips, she said loudly, "All right, boys! Back to work! No supper for the slackers, Jack's orders!"
They swarmed out until only Abbi and Faith were left. "That was very good. You won't have any more trouble with them."
"That was the idea," Faith said, turning away from the dishes to face Abbi. "Still think I can't take care of myself?"
Abbi's hands came up in defense as she shook her head. Faith laughed and Abbi soon joined her as the two women went cheerfully about their work.
Hope all of you enjoyed that!
wolfgazer325: thanks for the encouragement! We hope you keep reading!!!!!
Chapter 6 will be up on Thursday. We probably won't update again after that until the NEXT Wed. Sorry for the long wait- we'll be on a trip this weekend (in which we get to miss school on Mon.- YES!!!). But Chapter 6 is great. More interaction with Jack and Abbi! WOO-HOO!
Anyway, hope all of you come back for more!
Keep Writing!
~Ary and Joey~