Chapter Four: Old... friends?
A/N: Yay! People are reviewing! This is great! I went to a water park yesterday and I thought I was going to get so sunburned, but I tanned! I don't look like a ghost anymore! Yay!
Jack groaned slightly when he came to. He opened one eye to try to figure out what was going on. His head hurt, his arms were tied firmly above his head where the ropes or chains seemed to be connected to the wall. His mind slowly allowed him the remembrance of the tall man he'd seen just before blacking out. The captain of the Black Pearl let out a low curse.
"Such language," a voice said from the other side of the cell.
"I'll speak 'owever I damn well please," Jack growled.
"You all right, Jack?" Will's slightly worried voice came from yet another side of what the pirate captain had guessed was a small cell.
"'m jus' dandy, lad." He tugged on his chains and heard them rattle. Well they weren't ropes. "I take it lady luck didn' shine on me as to kill you, eh, Richard?"
"You would only be so fortunate," the elder man retorted.
"Where are th' lasses?" Jack asked, fingering the chains above him. There was always a way to get free of these, one just had to be creative.
"In another cell," Will answered.
Jack looked in the boy's direction. Poor lad... He was supposed to be excited now, with his wedding and all, but here he was sitting in a cell, worrying about his bride-to-be's safety.
"Do you know the man that took us?" Richard asked, the question directed at anyone that would answer.
At that time the door to the cell flung open, light pouring in and blinding the three captives. Jack cracked an eye and focused on the outline of the man who'd taken something far too hard to his head earlier. "'allo, Oliver."
The man in the doorway smirked coldly down at the pirate captain. "Hello, Jack, it's been quite a while, eh? You 'aven't changed too much." He knelt down next to the younger man. "A few more beads in your hair, perhaps, but still the same lad that came over from England begging for a ride on the beautiful Pearl."
"I didn't beg, I was offered," Jack responded, his head held high.
"Ah yes," Oliver responded. "Offered.... 'ol Bootstrap did take good care 'o you, didn't 'e. Though I 'eard 'e was amongst yer crew when they mutinied."
"How do you know Bootstrap Bill?" Will asked from his spot, struggling against the restraints. He knew Jack was probably thinking this was something "stupid" that he was going to do.
"ol' Bootstrap brought Jack onto the Pearl first off. I knew him from there. You, boy? You know 'im?"
"'e's only 'eard of 'im," Jack said quickly. "Doesn' know 'im, of course. Why would a lad like 'im know 'ol Bootstrap?" The pirate captain flashed his trademark grin at the elder man, and his eyes caught Will's. Will could almost hear him. "Do us a favor, just stay there, and don't do anything... stupid."
"I'm Bootstrap Bill's son," Will said defiantly, his head held high. He saw Jack's shoulders drop in momentary defeat as they had aboard the Pearl a few months before.
"Ah," Oliver said as he eyed Will carefully. "Well you'll pay the price I owe to 'ol Bootstrap then, eh?"
"What are ye talkin' 'bout?" Jack demanded. "William and I did nothin' to you."
"Oh but you did," Oliver countered. "So very, very much to ol' Oliver Jameston." He rummaged through his coat jacket and pulled a key from it. A couple of men came into the room. Oliver chuckled as he watched Jack watch the two large men. "We're goin' to 'ave ourselves a chat, Jack," he said as he undid the chains from the wall and tugged the pirate upwards. "A nice, long chat."
Jack showed no outward fear as the two bigger men dragged him out of the cell. Oliver flashed the two remaining men a smirk before closing them back into darkness.
"What do you think he wants?" Richard whispered, almost as if he were afraid to say anything loudly that might bring the men storming back in for them next.
"Jack did something to him," Will answered. "I'm not even sure that Jack knows WHAT he did to him, but he must have done something."
Richard shuttered slightly involuntarily. He had no use for his stepson, but he was on the edge of fear for the poor boy.
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Jack's dark eyes scanned the room that he was being dragged into. "Might I inquire the subject of our conversation?" he asked with a defying grin up at his lead captor. "It's been so long, Oliver, I'd thought you'd 'ave long forgotten ol' Jack."
"Why, because you didn' give me a second thought?"
"'xactly."
A smirk crossed Oliver's face. "You may leave," he told the two guards. They had fastened Jack's chains so that he hung from his wrists with his feet just barely touching the floor.
"So wha's all this 'bout?" Jack asked again as he watched Oliver move. He never liked it when people examined him too long, unless it was a girl, of course. He certainly didn't like a man examining him this closely.
"'s far as good ol' Captain Farthom knows, you're here to tell us 'bout where some 'idden treasure is. Poor ol' cap'n is so gullible, wouldn't ya say, Jack?"
"Wouldn't know since I don' know why I'm 'ere."
A glint in Oliver's eyes almost made Jack flinch. Almost. The elder man leaned in and took hold of Jack's chin so that he couldn't move his head. "You took somethin' from me, Jack Sparrow."
"Captain," Jack corrected. "I've been a captain for some time now."
"Ah yes, I knew that," Oliver said with a smirk. "Well, Captain, you'll wish you'd never takin' somethin' 'o mine after this."
"Dunno what I took off ya," Jack said with as much of a shrug as he could with his hands tied above him.
"You'll figure it out by the time I'm done." The smirk turned into an evil grin. "By the time I'm done, you'll be screamin' for me to kill ya and take 'er back."
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"He's been gone a while," Will mumbled as he continued to work on his chains.
"Maybe if they kill him they'll let us go?" Richard offered.
Will looked in the elder man's direction, horrified. "That's your wife's son you're talking about!"
"Little bastard..." Richard growled. "Marie embellishes stories, it's her habit. The way her father told it was that Jonathan Sparrow took her onboard his ship, raped her, and then half brainwashed her into thinking she cared for him. It was a horrible experience that she's blocked most of it out. Jack is nothing but his father's son, and that within itself is reason enough for him to hang in the nearest gallows."
Will started to reply when the door was flung open and one of the large men walked in. "Jameston wants you two to come with us. We won't 'urt ya much if ya come quietly."
Richard and Will found themselves being unlocked from their chains and all but dragged into a new cell. It was easier to see in this one, as it had a window in it. Will's eyes lit up when he saw his love. "Elizabeth!" he hollered.
"Will!"
The two men were shoved into the cell. Ana Maria perked up. "Where's Jack?"
"'e'll be 'ere in a few minutes, if 'e survived, 'at is."
True to the large man's words, the door was reopened a few minutes later and Jack was tossed into the cell, his body limp. Ana Maria was the first at his side. "He's still breathing," she whispered. She pulled the unconscious pirate up against her, running her fingers over the cuts and gashes along his torso and arms. "Whoever did this knew 'ow to keep 'im alive," she muttered. "Jack, luv, time to wake up."
Jack gave a small groan and his eyes fluttered open. "I knew I 'ated him for some reason."
Ana Maria gave a small smile. "What does 'e want, Jack?"
The pirate captain shook his head slightly. "I dunno, luv," he managed, trying to sit up, but Ana pulled him back down gently. "Said I took somethin' from 'im, but I jus' don' know...."
Ana Maria brushed some of his unruly hair out of his face. "It's all right, Jack. Just rest, eh?"
"Since when are you givin' orders to me?" Jack asked with a small grin.
"Daft fool," she responded with small smile. "Just sleep while you can. I'll wake ya if they come back."
Jack nodded, slipping into the beckoning darkness.
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Kungfuchick: Have you ever noticed that Jack ALWAYS gets hit on the head? I finally got my mom to sit down and watch the movie the other day (boy had she been missing a good movie!) and I about decided why Jack is the way he is. He has brain damage from EVERYONE hitting him upside the head. Lol. He gets knocked out cold at least twice in the movie... Poor Jack....
LaVieSansAmour: I know! I hate being on the other side of cliff hangers. :evil cackle: I feel like I've got some sort of power on this side! But the more reviews I get, the more I want to write! That's just how I am... When I don't get reviews, I tend to taper off of writing on a story, but this one should be okay b/c I'm getting reviews . I'm glad I got Jack in character! I hope I continue to get everyone in character..... Tell me if I'm not, savvy?
Savvy-rum-drinker: Wow! Glad you like it! Your reviews are the kind that really get me so I want to write, not that all don't, but it's nice to know my stories are liked that much .
Ivy Crane: I'm starting to work on the Ana/Jack moments for ya . but it'll be a while before I get around to Jack looking respectable, sorry....
A/N: Yay! People are reviewing! This is great! I went to a water park yesterday and I thought I was going to get so sunburned, but I tanned! I don't look like a ghost anymore! Yay!
Jack groaned slightly when he came to. He opened one eye to try to figure out what was going on. His head hurt, his arms were tied firmly above his head where the ropes or chains seemed to be connected to the wall. His mind slowly allowed him the remembrance of the tall man he'd seen just before blacking out. The captain of the Black Pearl let out a low curse.
"Such language," a voice said from the other side of the cell.
"I'll speak 'owever I damn well please," Jack growled.
"You all right, Jack?" Will's slightly worried voice came from yet another side of what the pirate captain had guessed was a small cell.
"'m jus' dandy, lad." He tugged on his chains and heard them rattle. Well they weren't ropes. "I take it lady luck didn' shine on me as to kill you, eh, Richard?"
"You would only be so fortunate," the elder man retorted.
"Where are th' lasses?" Jack asked, fingering the chains above him. There was always a way to get free of these, one just had to be creative.
"In another cell," Will answered.
Jack looked in the boy's direction. Poor lad... He was supposed to be excited now, with his wedding and all, but here he was sitting in a cell, worrying about his bride-to-be's safety.
"Do you know the man that took us?" Richard asked, the question directed at anyone that would answer.
At that time the door to the cell flung open, light pouring in and blinding the three captives. Jack cracked an eye and focused on the outline of the man who'd taken something far too hard to his head earlier. "'allo, Oliver."
The man in the doorway smirked coldly down at the pirate captain. "Hello, Jack, it's been quite a while, eh? You 'aven't changed too much." He knelt down next to the younger man. "A few more beads in your hair, perhaps, but still the same lad that came over from England begging for a ride on the beautiful Pearl."
"I didn't beg, I was offered," Jack responded, his head held high.
"Ah yes," Oliver responded. "Offered.... 'ol Bootstrap did take good care 'o you, didn't 'e. Though I 'eard 'e was amongst yer crew when they mutinied."
"How do you know Bootstrap Bill?" Will asked from his spot, struggling against the restraints. He knew Jack was probably thinking this was something "stupid" that he was going to do.
"ol' Bootstrap brought Jack onto the Pearl first off. I knew him from there. You, boy? You know 'im?"
"'e's only 'eard of 'im," Jack said quickly. "Doesn' know 'im, of course. Why would a lad like 'im know 'ol Bootstrap?" The pirate captain flashed his trademark grin at the elder man, and his eyes caught Will's. Will could almost hear him. "Do us a favor, just stay there, and don't do anything... stupid."
"I'm Bootstrap Bill's son," Will said defiantly, his head held high. He saw Jack's shoulders drop in momentary defeat as they had aboard the Pearl a few months before.
"Ah," Oliver said as he eyed Will carefully. "Well you'll pay the price I owe to 'ol Bootstrap then, eh?"
"What are ye talkin' 'bout?" Jack demanded. "William and I did nothin' to you."
"Oh but you did," Oliver countered. "So very, very much to ol' Oliver Jameston." He rummaged through his coat jacket and pulled a key from it. A couple of men came into the room. Oliver chuckled as he watched Jack watch the two large men. "We're goin' to 'ave ourselves a chat, Jack," he said as he undid the chains from the wall and tugged the pirate upwards. "A nice, long chat."
Jack showed no outward fear as the two bigger men dragged him out of the cell. Oliver flashed the two remaining men a smirk before closing them back into darkness.
"What do you think he wants?" Richard whispered, almost as if he were afraid to say anything loudly that might bring the men storming back in for them next.
"Jack did something to him," Will answered. "I'm not even sure that Jack knows WHAT he did to him, but he must have done something."
Richard shuttered slightly involuntarily. He had no use for his stepson, but he was on the edge of fear for the poor boy.
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Jack's dark eyes scanned the room that he was being dragged into. "Might I inquire the subject of our conversation?" he asked with a defying grin up at his lead captor. "It's been so long, Oliver, I'd thought you'd 'ave long forgotten ol' Jack."
"Why, because you didn' give me a second thought?"
"'xactly."
A smirk crossed Oliver's face. "You may leave," he told the two guards. They had fastened Jack's chains so that he hung from his wrists with his feet just barely touching the floor.
"So wha's all this 'bout?" Jack asked again as he watched Oliver move. He never liked it when people examined him too long, unless it was a girl, of course. He certainly didn't like a man examining him this closely.
"'s far as good ol' Captain Farthom knows, you're here to tell us 'bout where some 'idden treasure is. Poor ol' cap'n is so gullible, wouldn't ya say, Jack?"
"Wouldn't know since I don' know why I'm 'ere."
A glint in Oliver's eyes almost made Jack flinch. Almost. The elder man leaned in and took hold of Jack's chin so that he couldn't move his head. "You took somethin' from me, Jack Sparrow."
"Captain," Jack corrected. "I've been a captain for some time now."
"Ah yes, I knew that," Oliver said with a smirk. "Well, Captain, you'll wish you'd never takin' somethin' 'o mine after this."
"Dunno what I took off ya," Jack said with as much of a shrug as he could with his hands tied above him.
"You'll figure it out by the time I'm done." The smirk turned into an evil grin. "By the time I'm done, you'll be screamin' for me to kill ya and take 'er back."
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"He's been gone a while," Will mumbled as he continued to work on his chains.
"Maybe if they kill him they'll let us go?" Richard offered.
Will looked in the elder man's direction, horrified. "That's your wife's son you're talking about!"
"Little bastard..." Richard growled. "Marie embellishes stories, it's her habit. The way her father told it was that Jonathan Sparrow took her onboard his ship, raped her, and then half brainwashed her into thinking she cared for him. It was a horrible experience that she's blocked most of it out. Jack is nothing but his father's son, and that within itself is reason enough for him to hang in the nearest gallows."
Will started to reply when the door was flung open and one of the large men walked in. "Jameston wants you two to come with us. We won't 'urt ya much if ya come quietly."
Richard and Will found themselves being unlocked from their chains and all but dragged into a new cell. It was easier to see in this one, as it had a window in it. Will's eyes lit up when he saw his love. "Elizabeth!" he hollered.
"Will!"
The two men were shoved into the cell. Ana Maria perked up. "Where's Jack?"
"'e'll be 'ere in a few minutes, if 'e survived, 'at is."
True to the large man's words, the door was reopened a few minutes later and Jack was tossed into the cell, his body limp. Ana Maria was the first at his side. "He's still breathing," she whispered. She pulled the unconscious pirate up against her, running her fingers over the cuts and gashes along his torso and arms. "Whoever did this knew 'ow to keep 'im alive," she muttered. "Jack, luv, time to wake up."
Jack gave a small groan and his eyes fluttered open. "I knew I 'ated him for some reason."
Ana Maria gave a small smile. "What does 'e want, Jack?"
The pirate captain shook his head slightly. "I dunno, luv," he managed, trying to sit up, but Ana pulled him back down gently. "Said I took somethin' from 'im, but I jus' don' know...."
Ana Maria brushed some of his unruly hair out of his face. "It's all right, Jack. Just rest, eh?"
"Since when are you givin' orders to me?" Jack asked with a small grin.
"Daft fool," she responded with small smile. "Just sleep while you can. I'll wake ya if they come back."
Jack nodded, slipping into the beckoning darkness.
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Thanks to all reviewers!
Kungfuchick: Have you ever noticed that Jack ALWAYS gets hit on the head? I finally got my mom to sit down and watch the movie the other day (boy had she been missing a good movie!) and I about decided why Jack is the way he is. He has brain damage from EVERYONE hitting him upside the head. Lol. He gets knocked out cold at least twice in the movie... Poor Jack....
LaVieSansAmour: I know! I hate being on the other side of cliff hangers. :evil cackle: I feel like I've got some sort of power on this side! But the more reviews I get, the more I want to write! That's just how I am... When I don't get reviews, I tend to taper off of writing on a story, but this one should be okay b/c I'm getting reviews . I'm glad I got Jack in character! I hope I continue to get everyone in character..... Tell me if I'm not, savvy?
Savvy-rum-drinker: Wow! Glad you like it! Your reviews are the kind that really get me so I want to write, not that all don't, but it's nice to know my stories are liked that much .
Ivy Crane: I'm starting to work on the Ana/Jack moments for ya . but it'll be a while before I get around to Jack looking respectable, sorry....