PiratePrincess91: See! I TOLD you that I don't like killing/hurting
characters, and Jack didn't die! He just...dissapeared for a while Grin
Yes, this will explain more. It'll do just what the title implies.
(Ok, last chapter. Sob I'm actually surprised that I managed to finish the story. 0.o; It's the second story I've ever written and actually finished. My other one is called: 'My Darling Lillian' It's a LOTR fic, but I'm gonna stop ranting now, and actually type the final chapter.)
Ruby Of the Sea
Chapter 9
To Fill in the Gaps
About two years, and a marriage ceremony, later Ruby and Jack were back aboard the Black Pearl.
Ruby sighed as she sat down onto her and Jack's bed. Their son, Jo, had been crying for two hours, and had just fallen asleep.
"Captain Sparrow," She called teasingly, "you never told me how you escaped from the noose the second time you were nearly hung at Port Royal."
"Actually, love," Jack said slightly grimacing, "it was the third time I was nearly hung at that particular port."
"Captain, captain..." Ruby laughed, stretching on the bed, "What shall I do with you?"
After a quick shrug from the captain, and another laugh from Ruby, Jack sat down on the edge of the bed.
Ruby sat up, and began rubbing Jack's shoulders. "Now, tell me how it is that you escaped."
Captain Jack was standing with a noose around his neck, wearily listening to his charges being read to him.
"—leading a band of pirates in attacking numerous ports, impersonating the Pope,— "
Jack frowned. He didn't remember doing that.
In about five more minutes, his charges were finished, and he began worrying.
'Where is Jo? Did she not find Will?'
"May God have mercy on your soul." The priest said blandly, obviously not meaning a word.
"Wait! Wait!" Jack shouted, now trying to stall for time, "Might a prisoner have a last request?"
A bit of stifled laughter rippled through the crowd.
"What is it, Sparrow?"
Jack did not correct him, put on a drunken smile, then said: "A bit of rum would be nice. Just a bottle?"
"Denied." The priest said curtly, then nodded to the executioner who stood with his hand on the lever to the trap door. The executioner nodded back, and prepared to lean back, when the governor's daughter shouted: "Stop!"
"Elizabeth!" the Captain shouted, happily. It wasn't Jo, but Jo was probably just behind her somewhere.
"That's Mrs. Turner to you." She said, keeping her lips straightened in a thin line, but her eyes laughed.
Jack smiled apologetically, and Elizabeth turned to speak with the priest.
While Elizabeth spoke with the priest, Jack noticed another person coming up through the crowd. He craned his neck to see if it was Jo, but instead he saw Will coming up the path that had been cleared a moment earlier for Elizabeth.
William climbed the stairs that led to the gallows, and walked over to Jack.
"Where's Jo?" Sparrow asked.
"Who?" Will replied.
"She isn't here?"
"Not that I know of." Will replied as he headed over to where the executioner stood.
"Let me help you with that." Will offered, as though he were going to pull the lever, but instead pushed the man off the platform. Elizabeth followed suit, and pushed aside the parson.
"It's an escape!" One excited little boy shouted, waving his toy sword about.
Will cut Jack's binds, and within moments, much of the navy stationed at the port was climbing the stairs up to the gallows, and a battle ensued.
Will tossed Jack a sword, and the pirate captain defended the stairs. Will and Elizabeth freed the remnant of the pirates.
"We need to get to the Pearl." Gibs said, restating the obvious.
"Well, that would be pleasant. I don't think I can keep fighting all of the Royal Navy all day." Jack said, dodging the thrust of one sword, and then returning it.
"Does anyone have any bright ideas?" Anna-Maria asked.
"I 'ave one!" Jack announced, "When I say 'go', jump into the water!" (The gallows were overlooking the ocean, though it was relatively high up.)
"Ready?" The captain asked, stepping backwards so that the soldiers could come onto the gallows.
"Go!" Jack shouted just as the guards came up the steps.
His crew, William, and Elizabeth jumped into the ocean, while Jack stayed back for a few moments longer.
He ran to the far end of the gallows, and as the guards ran towards him, he pulled the levers, and the doors beneath the soldiers opened.
The soldiers fell through, and Jack noticed that one had somehow gotten his boot caught in the noose that would have held his neck.
"Then I joined me crew in the water, and after a bit of commandeering, I managed to get the Pearl back. Will and Elizabeth had to move from Port Royal, because they continually rescued convicted pirates." Jack grinned.
"Tsk, tsk! How terribly inconsiderate to the law keepers!" Ruby said in a mock-chiding tone.
"I was on me way to visit the Turners when yer sister, Nicole found me. They happened to move to the same port that you lived at." Jack reflected as he stretched out.
"Well, I'll thank Nicole the next time I see her." Ruby smiled.
"The Louises didn't seem too happy to 'ave a pirate for a son-in- law." Jack mused, as Ruby fingered the beads in his hair.
"How are the Turners?" she queried, dropping a dreadlocked strand of hair.
"Elizabeth should be having a baby of her own soon enough." Jack replied, looking across the room to where Jo was asleep, almost all of his fist shoved into his mouth.
Ruby dropped down next to Jack, closed her eyes, and gave a satisfied sigh.
"I'm glad I found you in that barrel." Jack said playfully.
Ruby opened her eyes again to find Jack's deep, brown one gazing deeply into her own.
Jack leaned down and kissed her deeply.
--------------------------------- Now that that's over, I have an announcement! I plan to write a sequel! Weak applause mingled with yawns It will be called: Opal of the Sea !
Summary: It's 1619, and when Will and Elizabeth's daughter, Opal, is captured, and is being taken to America. The Turners must turn to their friend, Jack Sparrow, his wife, Ruby Sparrow, and son, Jo Sparrow, to help them rescue her. Will they be able to rescue her or will it be too late?
I won't be able to write it for a while still, because I'm moving soon, and don't want to start it until I'm at wherever it is that I'm going.
(Ok, last chapter. Sob I'm actually surprised that I managed to finish the story. 0.o; It's the second story I've ever written and actually finished. My other one is called: 'My Darling Lillian' It's a LOTR fic, but I'm gonna stop ranting now, and actually type the final chapter.)
Ruby Of the Sea
Chapter 9
To Fill in the Gaps
About two years, and a marriage ceremony, later Ruby and Jack were back aboard the Black Pearl.
Ruby sighed as she sat down onto her and Jack's bed. Their son, Jo, had been crying for two hours, and had just fallen asleep.
"Captain Sparrow," She called teasingly, "you never told me how you escaped from the noose the second time you were nearly hung at Port Royal."
"Actually, love," Jack said slightly grimacing, "it was the third time I was nearly hung at that particular port."
"Captain, captain..." Ruby laughed, stretching on the bed, "What shall I do with you?"
After a quick shrug from the captain, and another laugh from Ruby, Jack sat down on the edge of the bed.
Ruby sat up, and began rubbing Jack's shoulders. "Now, tell me how it is that you escaped."
Captain Jack was standing with a noose around his neck, wearily listening to his charges being read to him.
"—leading a band of pirates in attacking numerous ports, impersonating the Pope,— "
Jack frowned. He didn't remember doing that.
In about five more minutes, his charges were finished, and he began worrying.
'Where is Jo? Did she not find Will?'
"May God have mercy on your soul." The priest said blandly, obviously not meaning a word.
"Wait! Wait!" Jack shouted, now trying to stall for time, "Might a prisoner have a last request?"
A bit of stifled laughter rippled through the crowd.
"What is it, Sparrow?"
Jack did not correct him, put on a drunken smile, then said: "A bit of rum would be nice. Just a bottle?"
"Denied." The priest said curtly, then nodded to the executioner who stood with his hand on the lever to the trap door. The executioner nodded back, and prepared to lean back, when the governor's daughter shouted: "Stop!"
"Elizabeth!" the Captain shouted, happily. It wasn't Jo, but Jo was probably just behind her somewhere.
"That's Mrs. Turner to you." She said, keeping her lips straightened in a thin line, but her eyes laughed.
Jack smiled apologetically, and Elizabeth turned to speak with the priest.
While Elizabeth spoke with the priest, Jack noticed another person coming up through the crowd. He craned his neck to see if it was Jo, but instead he saw Will coming up the path that had been cleared a moment earlier for Elizabeth.
William climbed the stairs that led to the gallows, and walked over to Jack.
"Where's Jo?" Sparrow asked.
"Who?" Will replied.
"She isn't here?"
"Not that I know of." Will replied as he headed over to where the executioner stood.
"Let me help you with that." Will offered, as though he were going to pull the lever, but instead pushed the man off the platform. Elizabeth followed suit, and pushed aside the parson.
"It's an escape!" One excited little boy shouted, waving his toy sword about.
Will cut Jack's binds, and within moments, much of the navy stationed at the port was climbing the stairs up to the gallows, and a battle ensued.
Will tossed Jack a sword, and the pirate captain defended the stairs. Will and Elizabeth freed the remnant of the pirates.
"We need to get to the Pearl." Gibs said, restating the obvious.
"Well, that would be pleasant. I don't think I can keep fighting all of the Royal Navy all day." Jack said, dodging the thrust of one sword, and then returning it.
"Does anyone have any bright ideas?" Anna-Maria asked.
"I 'ave one!" Jack announced, "When I say 'go', jump into the water!" (The gallows were overlooking the ocean, though it was relatively high up.)
"Ready?" The captain asked, stepping backwards so that the soldiers could come onto the gallows.
"Go!" Jack shouted just as the guards came up the steps.
His crew, William, and Elizabeth jumped into the ocean, while Jack stayed back for a few moments longer.
He ran to the far end of the gallows, and as the guards ran towards him, he pulled the levers, and the doors beneath the soldiers opened.
The soldiers fell through, and Jack noticed that one had somehow gotten his boot caught in the noose that would have held his neck.
"Then I joined me crew in the water, and after a bit of commandeering, I managed to get the Pearl back. Will and Elizabeth had to move from Port Royal, because they continually rescued convicted pirates." Jack grinned.
"Tsk, tsk! How terribly inconsiderate to the law keepers!" Ruby said in a mock-chiding tone.
"I was on me way to visit the Turners when yer sister, Nicole found me. They happened to move to the same port that you lived at." Jack reflected as he stretched out.
"Well, I'll thank Nicole the next time I see her." Ruby smiled.
"The Louises didn't seem too happy to 'ave a pirate for a son-in- law." Jack mused, as Ruby fingered the beads in his hair.
"How are the Turners?" she queried, dropping a dreadlocked strand of hair.
"Elizabeth should be having a baby of her own soon enough." Jack replied, looking across the room to where Jo was asleep, almost all of his fist shoved into his mouth.
Ruby dropped down next to Jack, closed her eyes, and gave a satisfied sigh.
"I'm glad I found you in that barrel." Jack said playfully.
Ruby opened her eyes again to find Jack's deep, brown one gazing deeply into her own.
Jack leaned down and kissed her deeply.
--------------------------------- Now that that's over, I have an announcement! I plan to write a sequel! Weak applause mingled with yawns It will be called: Opal of the Sea !
Summary: It's 1619, and when Will and Elizabeth's daughter, Opal, is captured, and is being taken to America. The Turners must turn to their friend, Jack Sparrow, his wife, Ruby Sparrow, and son, Jo Sparrow, to help them rescue her. Will they be able to rescue her or will it be too late?
I won't be able to write it for a while still, because I'm moving soon, and don't want to start it until I'm at wherever it is that I'm going.