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A/N:updating again even though noone's reviewing!
Faith
Chapter five
"As charming a proposition as that is, mate, I am afraid I shall 'ave to decline"
A loud gunshot echoed through the room...but Jack was still standing, confused, the remaining men turned to face their cohort.
"Thanks, Darlin'" called Jack, Amber smiled and lowered her pistol
"Anytime, Love...now, which one of you three is going to surrender first?"
"Ye're out numbered, ye crazy whore"
"Three against three" remarked Will Turner, "sounds even to me"
"I don't care for your tone" said Amber, lifting her sword, "and I'm not a whore"
With that, she lunged forward, the man who'd insulted her-thinking she would be an easy mark, moved forward to meet her, leaving one his men to attack Jack and the other Will.
At one point, the three ended up in a back-to-back triangle.
"No exactly the entertainment I had in mind" remarked Jack
"At least it's not your carpet, Love," replied Amber; making a sharp forward thrust with her sword she neatly sliced her attackers throat.
"Show off" muttered Jack, finishing off his opponent with a jab to the chest, then stabbing Will's opponent through the back.
"I had him," protested Will
"Of course you did," said Amber soothingly, "Jack was just helping"
"That's right," said Jack, "come on let's get these bodies of here, so Mistress Amber can get back to business"
"Where's Henry?" asked Amber suddenly, "my doorman"
"I think he got behind the stairs," said Jack, Amber rushed over to the stairs Henry was lying behind them, unconscious.
"Henry" she gasped, running her hands over the blood covered man, "Jack, help me get him to one of the downstairs rooms!"
"Will, give us a hand, mate, Amber you get your medicines an' such"
Amber nodded and hurried upstairs, calling out to the girls on her way. When she came back downstairs, Henry was laid out in one of the bedrooms, she noticed with distracted amusement that Young Will Turner seemed to have his eyes glued to the floor.
"Mr. Turner, get me some warm water from the kitchen please, Jack, you know where I keep the rum-don't take any on the way back please"
Without waiting to see if they obeyed, Amber knelt next to the bed and began gently removing Henry's shirt, the man's eyelids fluttered.
"Tried to keep them out, I did"
"I know you did, luv, no worries though we sorted them out. You just rest now, Jack's bringing some rum for you then I'll fix you up"
"And here it is, as full as when it left the storeroom" said Jack, bowing floridly, and handing it over.
"Thank you, Jack Here now, have a swig of that"
Amber gently held the bottle to Henry's mouth, and tipped a liberal amount of rum down his throat. Gradually, he slid into a deep sleep, just as Will returned with a jug of water.
"Good lad, thank you"
"I'll start cleaning up shall I?" offered Will
"If you don't mind, dear" replied Amber absently, as she washed Henry's wounds, Will nodded and left the room.
"So much for a pleasant evening" remarked Jack, helping her without instruction
"The night is young, and I can get one of the girls to watch Henry," said Amber, smiling at Jack.
"Why, Ma'am, was that an invitation?"
"Undoubtedly, here pass me a clean cloth and the rum would you"
Dousing the cloth in rum, she rubbed it over the myriad cuts and bruises on his chest, arms and face.
"We'll need to turn him, so I can check his back"
"Lucky for the poor bastard that he's asleep" said Jack, carefully lifting him to his side
"The rum should keep him numb until we're done at least" agreed Amber "his backs not too back, I'll just rub it over with some rum so it doesn't go bad"
"Wouldn't wish that on anyone" agreed Jack, "only a miracle I didn't lose my arm, I was told"
"Is that so?"
"Yes, that is so" Jack echoed her voice mockingly "though my doctor neglected to mention it at the time"
"I'm no doctor, Jack, I just know a few things"
"In fact, the fellow I was discussin' it with didn't believe that a woman had doctored me"
"Most men have that opinion about all women...there that should do it," she concluded, guiding Henry back down onto the bed.
"come on we'd better get your house cleaned up"
"Definitely, and make sure young Mr. Turner's not hurt himself"
"That too" agreed Jack, standing up, and helping Amber to her feet.
They finished dragging the bodies into the alley behind the house.
"I regonise him" remarked Amber, at one point, "beat up one of my girls a while back, must have got drunk and decided to get revenge."
"got what he deserved" said Jack as they reentered the house, their grisly work complete.
"It's nearly dawn" Jack noted, "I have to meet Gibbs at the dock soon"
"Visit me next time you're in town?"
"O' course"
"Don't be a stranger" said Amber, as they entered the empty hallway, Jack pulled her close to him and kissed her deeply."Never!"
Several hours later, they met Gibbs, and the new crew on the docks, sailing out of the harbor Jack started thinking about the past...