Chapter Seven: Yellow, Black and Red
The Spanish Main was not very different from the old English ports back in the Caribbean apart from the obvious fact...it was bigger. Our hero's assembled themselves into three parties; Matt and Tiffany, Nikki and Becky and Will, Rach and Daisy. The cabin boy stayed on the ship to look after it even though it was well hidden. Daisy had lent him a spare pack of cards so that he could teach himself Strip Poker. The plan was to visit every tavern in the Port of Quenta Cilla, where Jack had supposedly been taken, and try to find out any news that they could.
Rach, Daisy and Will took the route by the docks, whilst the others randomly searched via the Town hall and Shipyard. The docks were dirty, and that was a lot coming from pirates being naturally dirty anyway. However the state of these docks was rather terrible. Mould was growing like livewire everywhere...and it squelched out seawater residue every time you stepped on it. The dynamic trio headed across the docks and found one of the town's Gentleman who kept a tally of the ships harboured and tapped him on the shoulder, and he turned around slightly surprised.
Daisy stepped forwards clutching one hand on her cutlass just encase. "Ello mate" she said to him. The man looked confuddled for a while but then suddenly said, "Ah! English! Yes I speak English a little." Rach and Will rolled their eyes but Daisy continued, "We look for news of a man and will pay for any information you can give us." "Ah pay...yes pay" the man's eyes lit up and obviously he had not understood any of what she just said apart from that one word. "Uh look MAN!" she shouted pointing to Will, "HERE" she pointed to the dock, "FROM A BOAT" she pointed to the ships. It was getting them no where as the man had no idea what she was saying. Suddenly Daisy became aware that Will was laughing his head off behind her. "You bloody well try" she grumbled. Will stepped forward and spoke fluent Spanish to the man to the shock of Rach and Daisy.
Rach gawped at him with a grin, "Since when could you speak Spanish, Will?" Will merely raised his eyebrows nonchalantly with a cheeky smile on his lips before Daisy coughed, "Look love birds where here for a reason you know?" Rach turned quickly away from Will and put her attention towards the translation Will was now giving – "Basically, Jack has been sent to the fort....up there" He pointed up to the towers of the large Spanish fort to the side of the Port. "He says he isn't sure what exactly their planning on doing with him, but he has been sent there to await their decision." Daisy let this sink in before she grabbed them both on the arm and lunged forward towards the fort. Will crying "Thanks mate" back.....but of course in Spanish.
Daisy looked to the sky...it was midday. Perfect. They had arranged to meet the rest of the crew in one of the taverns that they had passed, before splitting up, at twelve. They entered the noisy room and ordered in four Rums (Daisy wanted one extra because apparently it "helped her to think"). She spotted Matt and Tiffany sitting at one of the tables and went to join them. Minutes later Becky and Nikki burst through the door and settled themselves beside the rest of the crew. They all leaned in so that they couldn't be heard. "Any news?" Daisy asked the others.
Rach turned to them all. Matt and Tiffany gave blank looks and shook their heads solemnly, "Nope, sorry Daisy couldn't find nothin' to do with Jack Sp- ..." Daisy raised a hand to his face, it appeared a tall rough looking guy next to them had his ears pierced, "Don't want anyone to know....so err, we'll refer to him as 'Dingleberry'" They all nodded slowly and Daisy turned to Becky and Nikki in questioning. "Well...we found out that Dingleberry is due to be hanged tomorrow morning..." Becky spoke very grimly, and Nikki shook her head in sorrow. Daisy didn't seem too worried, "No problem...we'll rescue Dingleberry long before these damned Spaniards can do anything to him!" "Shhhhh....." Rach pulled a funny face and pointed to the tall rough man again who looked extremely suspicious and seemed to be very intrigued to know their conversation.
Daisy dipped her head into her first Rum and thought about it. "Well we need to know how many guards are surrounding it...the exact position where they have him..." she muttered more to herself than anyone. The crew stared at her with apt and ready faces. Finally Daisy looked up. "Right listen up here's what we're gonna do..." The crew gathered around and the plan was spilled. Two hours later the crew were assembled in their positions around the side of the fort. Daisy gave the nod and Matt ran forward and screamed at the top of his lungs "Aaaarrrggghhh!!!". He was the diversion. Nikki, Tiff and Becky acted as relatives of his who had an 'understanding of this terrible madness which has bestowed him'. It worked as all of the guards ran to him to see if he needed help. Meanwhile Daisy, Rach and Will slipped passed the chaos and into the Fort.
The aroma was once more of sea-salt air and grime, which was wonderful for our pirates who had spent most of their entire lives out at sea. They slipped passed a few more guards and hid in the corridor behind. Daisy gave Rach and Will a nod, "Ok...when I give the signal," she whispered, "we all rush up a bop them on the back of the head." "Got it..." They replied in unison. "Right.....now!" They all raced up to the three guards and with fist, pistol butt and one more fist bopped them on the back of the head and they fell to the stone floor. Daisy gave yet another nod – as this was all very carefully planned out – and they dragged the unconscious bodies into a nearby cupboard and emerged fully clothed in Spanish Guard uniform, the only thing that could possibly give them away now was their braided hair and brightly coloured bandanas....and- "Daisy!....Take you're hat off!" Daisy jumped and touched the material of her hat, "Ahhh, aye...I forgot about that." All of their remaining pirate clothing was in large Hessian sacks on their backs, which – if questioned – could be passed off as the remains from the chopping block.
Daisy suddenly halted them and dipped back into the cupboard. A slash a stab and a swish could be heard and Daisy appeared wiping the blood off of her sword. "Was that really necessary?" Will asked. "Aye twas! Bloody Spaniards keep my Jack locked up what do you think they're going to get?? A party? Anyway if they woke up our cover would be broken" and with that she strode forwards in a mood with Will for questioning her. Rach gave Will a glance and muttered "She gets touchy when it comes to Jack". Will nodded and the set off up the stairs. Finally they came across a group of Spaniards. Daisy gave yet another nod and Will stepped forwards "Could you tell me where they have locked up the prisoner Jack Sparrow? We have been sent to check his health for the Governor. Can't hang an ill man you see" ...except it was in Spanish. The men gave an odd look and Daisy gave Will a threatening you-got-it-wrong-you-blithering-idiot look but the men suddenly said something to Will, smiled and turned around. When they had completely disappeared Will turned to Daisy and Rach.
Rach raised an eyebrow in questioning and Will spoke, "Right, well it would appear that our Jack is held captive.....just...." He stepped back a few steps and peered round the corner. "Will!!! Good ta see ya mate!" Will turned back to Rach and Daisy, "Right here...." Daisy rushed round to see him and waved her hands through the bars to try and touch him but he seemed to be a pile of clothes and bones on the floor...which could talk. "Any chance of an escape plan??" They all nodded and Will did his little trick with the half- pin barrel hinges...lucky they weren't full-pin. Daisy lunged forward towards Jack, "Bloody hell! They don't feed ya much do they?!" She looked questioningly at his bony arms and chest. Jack shrugged, "Well....its not exactly first class in 'ere....so anyway, weren't ya gonna get me ou' of 'ere?"
Daisy laughed, "No we're gonna leave you here to hang." Jack smiled, "now that's what I like to hear" and the pair of them burst out laughing. Rach and Will exchanged glances of worry that maybe the two were totally insane. Daisy put out her hand and tried to haul Jack to his feet. However he was badly bruised and looked as though one of his legs was broken or badly sprained. "Ooch!" he muffled. Daisy sat him back down and looked worried. "Ok we have a change of plan" she said turning to the other two, "get your kit back on we're gonna show this town who we are!" Fifteen minutes later, and back in pirate swag, the four pirates, well three pirates and Will, were ready to make way to the Black Pearl. Will went first followed by Daisy, who had Jack leaning heavily on her, and bringing up the rear was Rach. Perfect it was like two and a half to the whole Spanish Main (half because Daisy could only fight with one hand as the other was holding Jack up). They began to make their way down to the Pearl.
They sneak passed many soldiers and guards of the fort, however their luck changes when they finally reach the outside daylight again. Matt and Becky and Nikki and Tiff were still moaning and the guards looked very frustrated...probably because they couldn't understand a word of what they were saying. However once Will, Daisy, Jack and Rach had walked passed them, they drew their swords. Daisy was very familiar to this sound along with Jack and they both shouted together, "Draw swords you mangy dogs, and hack 'em to bits." At this, everyone – and that meant, Rach, Will, Matt, Tiffany, Becky, Nikki and half of Daisy – held their cutlasses in hand and began to circle the Spanish guards. The guards gave a look of surprise their were far to many pirates against only them two...but it wasn't long before five other soldiers with muskets and top of the range melee combat fighting skills came along.
Slashes and stabs and swipes could be heard. Peasants screamed and ducked for cover but finally the battle was over. As the dust cleared Daisy winced to see who had won the battle. She herself had killed one of the Spaniards, with difficulty though because of the obvious fact that she had a Jack attached to her. The dust cleared and Daisy peered around. Nikki. Matt. Becky. Rach. Tiff...and Will. They were all alive! A pile of yellow coats lay piled on the floor and the pirates let out a cheer (yaay!) however another load of them were coming to save the cowering peasants and kill the evil pirates. But when they reached there the pirates had gone. They had once again slipped past the enemy and were now close to their beloved Black Pearl. Jack sighed, "Me Pearl! – Daisy gave him a look – "our Pearl" he corrected himself.
The Spanish Main was not very different from the old English ports back in the Caribbean apart from the obvious fact...it was bigger. Our hero's assembled themselves into three parties; Matt and Tiffany, Nikki and Becky and Will, Rach and Daisy. The cabin boy stayed on the ship to look after it even though it was well hidden. Daisy had lent him a spare pack of cards so that he could teach himself Strip Poker. The plan was to visit every tavern in the Port of Quenta Cilla, where Jack had supposedly been taken, and try to find out any news that they could.
Rach, Daisy and Will took the route by the docks, whilst the others randomly searched via the Town hall and Shipyard. The docks were dirty, and that was a lot coming from pirates being naturally dirty anyway. However the state of these docks was rather terrible. Mould was growing like livewire everywhere...and it squelched out seawater residue every time you stepped on it. The dynamic trio headed across the docks and found one of the town's Gentleman who kept a tally of the ships harboured and tapped him on the shoulder, and he turned around slightly surprised.
Daisy stepped forwards clutching one hand on her cutlass just encase. "Ello mate" she said to him. The man looked confuddled for a while but then suddenly said, "Ah! English! Yes I speak English a little." Rach and Will rolled their eyes but Daisy continued, "We look for news of a man and will pay for any information you can give us." "Ah pay...yes pay" the man's eyes lit up and obviously he had not understood any of what she just said apart from that one word. "Uh look MAN!" she shouted pointing to Will, "HERE" she pointed to the dock, "FROM A BOAT" she pointed to the ships. It was getting them no where as the man had no idea what she was saying. Suddenly Daisy became aware that Will was laughing his head off behind her. "You bloody well try" she grumbled. Will stepped forward and spoke fluent Spanish to the man to the shock of Rach and Daisy.
Rach gawped at him with a grin, "Since when could you speak Spanish, Will?" Will merely raised his eyebrows nonchalantly with a cheeky smile on his lips before Daisy coughed, "Look love birds where here for a reason you know?" Rach turned quickly away from Will and put her attention towards the translation Will was now giving – "Basically, Jack has been sent to the fort....up there" He pointed up to the towers of the large Spanish fort to the side of the Port. "He says he isn't sure what exactly their planning on doing with him, but he has been sent there to await their decision." Daisy let this sink in before she grabbed them both on the arm and lunged forward towards the fort. Will crying "Thanks mate" back.....but of course in Spanish.
Daisy looked to the sky...it was midday. Perfect. They had arranged to meet the rest of the crew in one of the taverns that they had passed, before splitting up, at twelve. They entered the noisy room and ordered in four Rums (Daisy wanted one extra because apparently it "helped her to think"). She spotted Matt and Tiffany sitting at one of the tables and went to join them. Minutes later Becky and Nikki burst through the door and settled themselves beside the rest of the crew. They all leaned in so that they couldn't be heard. "Any news?" Daisy asked the others.
Rach turned to them all. Matt and Tiffany gave blank looks and shook their heads solemnly, "Nope, sorry Daisy couldn't find nothin' to do with Jack Sp- ..." Daisy raised a hand to his face, it appeared a tall rough looking guy next to them had his ears pierced, "Don't want anyone to know....so err, we'll refer to him as 'Dingleberry'" They all nodded slowly and Daisy turned to Becky and Nikki in questioning. "Well...we found out that Dingleberry is due to be hanged tomorrow morning..." Becky spoke very grimly, and Nikki shook her head in sorrow. Daisy didn't seem too worried, "No problem...we'll rescue Dingleberry long before these damned Spaniards can do anything to him!" "Shhhhh....." Rach pulled a funny face and pointed to the tall rough man again who looked extremely suspicious and seemed to be very intrigued to know their conversation.
Daisy dipped her head into her first Rum and thought about it. "Well we need to know how many guards are surrounding it...the exact position where they have him..." she muttered more to herself than anyone. The crew stared at her with apt and ready faces. Finally Daisy looked up. "Right listen up here's what we're gonna do..." The crew gathered around and the plan was spilled. Two hours later the crew were assembled in their positions around the side of the fort. Daisy gave the nod and Matt ran forward and screamed at the top of his lungs "Aaaarrrggghhh!!!". He was the diversion. Nikki, Tiff and Becky acted as relatives of his who had an 'understanding of this terrible madness which has bestowed him'. It worked as all of the guards ran to him to see if he needed help. Meanwhile Daisy, Rach and Will slipped passed the chaos and into the Fort.
The aroma was once more of sea-salt air and grime, which was wonderful for our pirates who had spent most of their entire lives out at sea. They slipped passed a few more guards and hid in the corridor behind. Daisy gave Rach and Will a nod, "Ok...when I give the signal," she whispered, "we all rush up a bop them on the back of the head." "Got it..." They replied in unison. "Right.....now!" They all raced up to the three guards and with fist, pistol butt and one more fist bopped them on the back of the head and they fell to the stone floor. Daisy gave yet another nod – as this was all very carefully planned out – and they dragged the unconscious bodies into a nearby cupboard and emerged fully clothed in Spanish Guard uniform, the only thing that could possibly give them away now was their braided hair and brightly coloured bandanas....and- "Daisy!....Take you're hat off!" Daisy jumped and touched the material of her hat, "Ahhh, aye...I forgot about that." All of their remaining pirate clothing was in large Hessian sacks on their backs, which – if questioned – could be passed off as the remains from the chopping block.
Daisy suddenly halted them and dipped back into the cupboard. A slash a stab and a swish could be heard and Daisy appeared wiping the blood off of her sword. "Was that really necessary?" Will asked. "Aye twas! Bloody Spaniards keep my Jack locked up what do you think they're going to get?? A party? Anyway if they woke up our cover would be broken" and with that she strode forwards in a mood with Will for questioning her. Rach gave Will a glance and muttered "She gets touchy when it comes to Jack". Will nodded and the set off up the stairs. Finally they came across a group of Spaniards. Daisy gave yet another nod and Will stepped forwards "Could you tell me where they have locked up the prisoner Jack Sparrow? We have been sent to check his health for the Governor. Can't hang an ill man you see" ...except it was in Spanish. The men gave an odd look and Daisy gave Will a threatening you-got-it-wrong-you-blithering-idiot look but the men suddenly said something to Will, smiled and turned around. When they had completely disappeared Will turned to Daisy and Rach.
Rach raised an eyebrow in questioning and Will spoke, "Right, well it would appear that our Jack is held captive.....just...." He stepped back a few steps and peered round the corner. "Will!!! Good ta see ya mate!" Will turned back to Rach and Daisy, "Right here...." Daisy rushed round to see him and waved her hands through the bars to try and touch him but he seemed to be a pile of clothes and bones on the floor...which could talk. "Any chance of an escape plan??" They all nodded and Will did his little trick with the half- pin barrel hinges...lucky they weren't full-pin. Daisy lunged forward towards Jack, "Bloody hell! They don't feed ya much do they?!" She looked questioningly at his bony arms and chest. Jack shrugged, "Well....its not exactly first class in 'ere....so anyway, weren't ya gonna get me ou' of 'ere?"
Daisy laughed, "No we're gonna leave you here to hang." Jack smiled, "now that's what I like to hear" and the pair of them burst out laughing. Rach and Will exchanged glances of worry that maybe the two were totally insane. Daisy put out her hand and tried to haul Jack to his feet. However he was badly bruised and looked as though one of his legs was broken or badly sprained. "Ooch!" he muffled. Daisy sat him back down and looked worried. "Ok we have a change of plan" she said turning to the other two, "get your kit back on we're gonna show this town who we are!" Fifteen minutes later, and back in pirate swag, the four pirates, well three pirates and Will, were ready to make way to the Black Pearl. Will went first followed by Daisy, who had Jack leaning heavily on her, and bringing up the rear was Rach. Perfect it was like two and a half to the whole Spanish Main (half because Daisy could only fight with one hand as the other was holding Jack up). They began to make their way down to the Pearl.
They sneak passed many soldiers and guards of the fort, however their luck changes when they finally reach the outside daylight again. Matt and Becky and Nikki and Tiff were still moaning and the guards looked very frustrated...probably because they couldn't understand a word of what they were saying. However once Will, Daisy, Jack and Rach had walked passed them, they drew their swords. Daisy was very familiar to this sound along with Jack and they both shouted together, "Draw swords you mangy dogs, and hack 'em to bits." At this, everyone – and that meant, Rach, Will, Matt, Tiffany, Becky, Nikki and half of Daisy – held their cutlasses in hand and began to circle the Spanish guards. The guards gave a look of surprise their were far to many pirates against only them two...but it wasn't long before five other soldiers with muskets and top of the range melee combat fighting skills came along.
Slashes and stabs and swipes could be heard. Peasants screamed and ducked for cover but finally the battle was over. As the dust cleared Daisy winced to see who had won the battle. She herself had killed one of the Spaniards, with difficulty though because of the obvious fact that she had a Jack attached to her. The dust cleared and Daisy peered around. Nikki. Matt. Becky. Rach. Tiff...and Will. They were all alive! A pile of yellow coats lay piled on the floor and the pirates let out a cheer (yaay!) however another load of them were coming to save the cowering peasants and kill the evil pirates. But when they reached there the pirates had gone. They had once again slipped past the enemy and were now close to their beloved Black Pearl. Jack sighed, "Me Pearl! – Daisy gave him a look – "our Pearl" he corrected himself.