Okay, now if I could, I suggest listening to the POTC soundtrack with this
chap. It definitely helped me to right it. Well, stop reading this! Read
the story!!
Disclaimer: I own them! I own them all! Every single character and plot element from POTC belongs to ME!! So take that!!
*nose grows three feet*
okay. So not fair. Fine fine fine! I don't own them! I don't own them!
*nothing happens*
alright, enough with the giant nose thing. Um..can I have my nose back?
Disney: no. actually, this is a good look for you..
Disclaimer: not funny. so not funny.
Chapter 4
Too Close for Comfort
"Hurry up, Meline," said Will, practically dragging his daughter up the next step of the house.
"Dad, slow down," panted Meline as she desperately tried to keep up with her father's pace.
They had come home by now, and Will was trying to accomplish what he had planned to do in hours, in minutes.
Since Jack had talked about pirates working fast when after blood, Will felt as though he were racing time in the attempt to protect his daughter. Somehow, it seemed strange that this thought had not come to him on his own. Had he been reckless to not have done something to protect Meline the moment he had found out about the treasur-?
"Dad, if you don't slow down, I'm going to fall down these stairs, and I'll make sure I take you down with me!" Shouted Meline as she continued to struggle up the flight of stairs to her room.
"Yeah, uh huh, great, dear," muttered Will, his mind still on other things.
Meline sighed, wondering what the world was going on, and what was making her father act so weird.
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After minutes of tugging and pulling, Meline and Will reached her room. She had just opened her mouth to ask her father about his peculiar behavior when he started running around her room, grabbing brushes, other toiletries, and stuffed animals at random and piling them all into a bag.
Meline just stared for a moment. That is, until her father started to open her underwear drawer.
"Wait, wait!" She shouted, moving as fast as possible to Will and putting her hand on his arm to keep him from messing with her panties. That was just wrong.
"Dad," she asked, her eyes looking questionably into his. "What's going on? This is not your normal dad behavior."
Will looked down into his daughter's eyes and sighed. He dropped the bag, held her hand, and led her over to her bed, where they both sat down.
Meline's expression had turned slightly apprehensive. She doesn't understand how much her life is getting ready to change, Will thought. He couldn't look at her in the eyes. He felt so guilty. He lowered his head and looked at the floor.
"Meline," he said softly, "there is something I have to tell you."
"What is it, father?" Meline asked, her voice just as soft as his.
"Before you were born-" her father started, but he was cut off by the sudden opening of Meline's bedroom door.
Elizabeth hurtled into the room, her face white as ebony.
"There coming!" She whispered, looking at Will, terror in her face.
"What?" asked Meline, looking from one parent to the other. "Who's com-?" But her father put his hand over her mouth and said "Shh!"
He stared at Elizabeth. "Where are they exactly?"
"Coming up the path," Whispered Elizabeth, still looking scared. "They should be here at any moment. I saw them through our bedroom window."
"Okay," said Will. His gaze turned back to Meline. "I'm afraid you're going to have to ask Jack about all of this. Just tell him I haven't told you. He'll understand."
"Now," he continued, helping Meline off of her bed and handing her a bag he had brought upstairs with him. "I'm afraid that with the little amount of time we have, you can only take this with you."
Meline opened up the bag. There was a bunch of boys' clothes in it. "What- ?"
"You'll understand later!" hushed Will. "Elizabeth," he looked at his wife. "If you don't want to see her off.."
"Of course I do," said Elizabeth, giving her husband a dirty look.
"Alright then," Will sighed. "Meline, I'm going to have to carry you. It'll be much faster this way."
Still completely clueless, Meline nodded and, continuing to clutch the bag, allowed her father to pick her up. Her braces clanged together has he held her in his arms.
"I know you're confused," Will said, looking into her eyes, "but know that your mother and I are just doing what we can to protect you. You will understand soon. I promise." He looked over at Elizabeth. "Let's go."
With that, they proceeded quickly and quietly across the hall and down the stairs. Will, having worked with heavy objects and other materials in his shop capable of strengthening muscles, carried his daughter as though she was lighter than a feather pillow.
But, as they reached the bottom of the stairs, the three heard voices coming up the drive of the house.
"Quick!" Whispered Elizabeth, grabbing her husband by the arm, and leading them into the kitchen. "We'll have to go out the back way."
They tip-toed to the door, Will still carrying Meline.
But as they reached it, the door swung open.
A man, definitely a pirate, judging by the fact that he smelled of rum and had a minimum amount of teeth, stood on the threshold.
The man opened his mouth. "I've found her-"
Quick as lightning, Elizabeth grabbed a knife off of the kitchen counter, and stuck it between the man's ribs. He fell silent and slumped to the floor.
Meline closed her eyes, fighting the urge to scream. Her own mother had just killed a man! What in the hell was going on?
"Run!" Said Will, no longer whispering. There was no need to whisper, now that the pirate had shouted and revealed their position.
They bolted through the doorway, and ran, straight towards the docks. The sun was just starting to sink into the blood-red sky.
Meline held onto her father as hard as she could. All she could think about was how her mother had just killed a man. And her father had said that they were trying to protect her. But protect her from what? Why were a bunch of pirates after her in the first place? And why were they headed to the docks?
They didn't stop running until they had reached the docks.
Will immediately spotted the Black Pearl, and Jack, who was waiting on deck, looking in their direction.
"Ahoy!" He shouted, waiving his arms eccentrically. Why are ya here so early?"
"We-"
BANG!
A bullet went whizzing right by Meline's shoulder, barely missing her.
Will and Elizabeth started to run again. They could hear Jack shouting orders to set the Pearl sail. It started to move as they got closer to it.
By the time they reached it, the Black Pearl was almost too far away to reach. Elizabeth snatched the bag out of Meline's arms, and threw it on the ship. Jack, who was reaching over the side of the ship, grabbed Meline's hand, and pulled her onto it, just as another bullet went by her ear.
Meline fell onto the deck as Jack finished hauling her on. She started to get up and help her parents get on board, but Jack shoved her head back down.
"We have to get my parents on the ship before we get too far away!" She shouted, trying to remove his hand from her head.
"They're not coming with us, luv!" Jack replied.
"What?!" Meline shoved his hand off of her and stood up.
Will and Elizabeth both had their hands up in the air. About fifteen pirates were on the dock, most with their pistols aimed at the couple.
"No!" Meline screamed, wanting to get off the ship and help them. But they were too far away now. The Pearl was about a hundred yards away and gaining speed quickly.
Another gun went off, and Jack once again pushed Meline out of harm's way, this time ducking himself.
Meline looked at him.
"We have to go back and help them! They'll be killed!"
"No they won't, luv," Jack said. "Those pirates don't want to kill your parents. Just you."
Well, there you go!
I hope you like it. And review it! At least for now, this is my only story (I just finished the other one last night (boo hoo)), so I might update quicker. That is, of course, if I get some inspiration..... (for all of you slow people, that means review)
Happy turkey day to all (even though it's one thirty Friday morning!)
Disclaimer: I own them! I own them all! Every single character and plot element from POTC belongs to ME!! So take that!!
*nose grows three feet*
okay. So not fair. Fine fine fine! I don't own them! I don't own them!
*nothing happens*
alright, enough with the giant nose thing. Um..can I have my nose back?
Disney: no. actually, this is a good look for you..
Disclaimer: not funny. so not funny.
Chapter 4
Too Close for Comfort
"Hurry up, Meline," said Will, practically dragging his daughter up the next step of the house.
"Dad, slow down," panted Meline as she desperately tried to keep up with her father's pace.
They had come home by now, and Will was trying to accomplish what he had planned to do in hours, in minutes.
Since Jack had talked about pirates working fast when after blood, Will felt as though he were racing time in the attempt to protect his daughter. Somehow, it seemed strange that this thought had not come to him on his own. Had he been reckless to not have done something to protect Meline the moment he had found out about the treasur-?
"Dad, if you don't slow down, I'm going to fall down these stairs, and I'll make sure I take you down with me!" Shouted Meline as she continued to struggle up the flight of stairs to her room.
"Yeah, uh huh, great, dear," muttered Will, his mind still on other things.
Meline sighed, wondering what the world was going on, and what was making her father act so weird.
~~~.~~~.~~~.~~~.~~~.~~~.~~~.~~~.
After minutes of tugging and pulling, Meline and Will reached her room. She had just opened her mouth to ask her father about his peculiar behavior when he started running around her room, grabbing brushes, other toiletries, and stuffed animals at random and piling them all into a bag.
Meline just stared for a moment. That is, until her father started to open her underwear drawer.
"Wait, wait!" She shouted, moving as fast as possible to Will and putting her hand on his arm to keep him from messing with her panties. That was just wrong.
"Dad," she asked, her eyes looking questionably into his. "What's going on? This is not your normal dad behavior."
Will looked down into his daughter's eyes and sighed. He dropped the bag, held her hand, and led her over to her bed, where they both sat down.
Meline's expression had turned slightly apprehensive. She doesn't understand how much her life is getting ready to change, Will thought. He couldn't look at her in the eyes. He felt so guilty. He lowered his head and looked at the floor.
"Meline," he said softly, "there is something I have to tell you."
"What is it, father?" Meline asked, her voice just as soft as his.
"Before you were born-" her father started, but he was cut off by the sudden opening of Meline's bedroom door.
Elizabeth hurtled into the room, her face white as ebony.
"There coming!" She whispered, looking at Will, terror in her face.
"What?" asked Meline, looking from one parent to the other. "Who's com-?" But her father put his hand over her mouth and said "Shh!"
He stared at Elizabeth. "Where are they exactly?"
"Coming up the path," Whispered Elizabeth, still looking scared. "They should be here at any moment. I saw them through our bedroom window."
"Okay," said Will. His gaze turned back to Meline. "I'm afraid you're going to have to ask Jack about all of this. Just tell him I haven't told you. He'll understand."
"Now," he continued, helping Meline off of her bed and handing her a bag he had brought upstairs with him. "I'm afraid that with the little amount of time we have, you can only take this with you."
Meline opened up the bag. There was a bunch of boys' clothes in it. "What- ?"
"You'll understand later!" hushed Will. "Elizabeth," he looked at his wife. "If you don't want to see her off.."
"Of course I do," said Elizabeth, giving her husband a dirty look.
"Alright then," Will sighed. "Meline, I'm going to have to carry you. It'll be much faster this way."
Still completely clueless, Meline nodded and, continuing to clutch the bag, allowed her father to pick her up. Her braces clanged together has he held her in his arms.
"I know you're confused," Will said, looking into her eyes, "but know that your mother and I are just doing what we can to protect you. You will understand soon. I promise." He looked over at Elizabeth. "Let's go."
With that, they proceeded quickly and quietly across the hall and down the stairs. Will, having worked with heavy objects and other materials in his shop capable of strengthening muscles, carried his daughter as though she was lighter than a feather pillow.
But, as they reached the bottom of the stairs, the three heard voices coming up the drive of the house.
"Quick!" Whispered Elizabeth, grabbing her husband by the arm, and leading them into the kitchen. "We'll have to go out the back way."
They tip-toed to the door, Will still carrying Meline.
But as they reached it, the door swung open.
A man, definitely a pirate, judging by the fact that he smelled of rum and had a minimum amount of teeth, stood on the threshold.
The man opened his mouth. "I've found her-"
Quick as lightning, Elizabeth grabbed a knife off of the kitchen counter, and stuck it between the man's ribs. He fell silent and slumped to the floor.
Meline closed her eyes, fighting the urge to scream. Her own mother had just killed a man! What in the hell was going on?
"Run!" Said Will, no longer whispering. There was no need to whisper, now that the pirate had shouted and revealed their position.
They bolted through the doorway, and ran, straight towards the docks. The sun was just starting to sink into the blood-red sky.
Meline held onto her father as hard as she could. All she could think about was how her mother had just killed a man. And her father had said that they were trying to protect her. But protect her from what? Why were a bunch of pirates after her in the first place? And why were they headed to the docks?
They didn't stop running until they had reached the docks.
Will immediately spotted the Black Pearl, and Jack, who was waiting on deck, looking in their direction.
"Ahoy!" He shouted, waiving his arms eccentrically. Why are ya here so early?"
"We-"
BANG!
A bullet went whizzing right by Meline's shoulder, barely missing her.
Will and Elizabeth started to run again. They could hear Jack shouting orders to set the Pearl sail. It started to move as they got closer to it.
By the time they reached it, the Black Pearl was almost too far away to reach. Elizabeth snatched the bag out of Meline's arms, and threw it on the ship. Jack, who was reaching over the side of the ship, grabbed Meline's hand, and pulled her onto it, just as another bullet went by her ear.
Meline fell onto the deck as Jack finished hauling her on. She started to get up and help her parents get on board, but Jack shoved her head back down.
"We have to get my parents on the ship before we get too far away!" She shouted, trying to remove his hand from her head.
"They're not coming with us, luv!" Jack replied.
"What?!" Meline shoved his hand off of her and stood up.
Will and Elizabeth both had their hands up in the air. About fifteen pirates were on the dock, most with their pistols aimed at the couple.
"No!" Meline screamed, wanting to get off the ship and help them. But they were too far away now. The Pearl was about a hundred yards away and gaining speed quickly.
Another gun went off, and Jack once again pushed Meline out of harm's way, this time ducking himself.
Meline looked at him.
"We have to go back and help them! They'll be killed!"
"No they won't, luv," Jack said. "Those pirates don't want to kill your parents. Just you."
Well, there you go!
I hope you like it. And review it! At least for now, this is my only story (I just finished the other one last night (boo hoo)), so I might update quicker. That is, of course, if I get some inspiration..... (for all of you slow people, that means review)
Happy turkey day to all (even though it's one thirty Friday morning!)