Chapter Nine - Bad Food and Bad Memories
Daisy called a meeting the next morning. As the crew slowly approached the deck they began to notice the new comer. However they carried on as usual in a meeting and stood in a line; shoulders back, heads up. Daisy paced in front of them smiling at each member of her crew -minus Jack who was still covered in bandages down in the medical room...or as the crew liked to call it 'Nikki's room of hell'. "Morning crew," Daisy said brightly as she skipped around the line of people. (She had become a lot happier since the return of Jack). "So i can see that many of you have noticed our new member of crew?" All eyes pointed towards the new man, "Yes yes we know where he is. This is Mr Edward 'Deep sea' and he will be accompanying us to Tortuga. Where as he once was a Spaniard navy, he is not anymore. He is just a regular pirate like the rest of us so i expect you all to treat him like one of the gang aye?" There was an uproar of "AYE AYE CAP'N!!" "RIGHT!!! back to your posts!" and they scurried off to pull the ropes that needed pulling and push the knobs that needed pushing.
Rach headed over to Daisy once everyone was settled and their jobs were done, "So....is this Mr Edwards just accompanying us to Tortuga?" Daisy nodded still gazing off to sea, "Aye....we have a lot of business to attend to once we reach Tortuga....its gonna be interesting to see how people react to Jack's return." Jack had been away for a long while....a very long while...and maybe that was for the good because he was beginning to gain a bit of a bad name with the pirates of the Caribbean. Rach sighed, "Okay..." At this point Mr Edwards came up to them, "Who is that men covered in bandages?...rather odd slang he uses..." He had a genially confused look on his face and it made them both laugh. Daisy nodded "Aye he does! But its pirate slang so you'll get used to it...."
Daisy called out for Becky to take the wheel for a moment and took Mr Edwards 'Deep sea' aside. "There was something i was going to ask you...well you see if i was to call you Mr Edwards 'Deep Sea' every time then i could easily run out of breath before i told you the rest of the sentence. Is there a shorter name we could call you?" Mr Edwards 'Deep sea' smiled and replied, "Yeah you can call me Edu for short." Daisy smiled, "Right then Edu im going to let Rach here show you the ropes and meet the crew. I have some serious sailing to do. We have to get all the way back to the Caribbean ya know!" They all laughed, "That ok Rach?" "Aye fine cap'n!" Rach said with a smile.
Rach showed Edu the basic tasks on deck....some of the more simple tasks as he was new to sailing as a pirate. Tiff and Matt were on deck also, so Rach wondered over and tapped them on the back and introduced them to Edu. "Hellloooooo 'Deep sea' man!" Tiff chimed with a big grin....Matt burst out laughing and the two of them ended up in a little tizz. Well, after everyone was happy and acquainted....the days rolled on....and so did the weeks....many times Daisy had insisted on playing strip poker with everyone, and everyone kept losing! It appeared that Edu had learned the trick of declining her requests to play. But Daisy still persisted! The crew eat merrily every night - with the scrummy food prepared by Matt of course.
Daisy was overjoyed when Jack was finally back on his feet. The two could be seen laughing and joking up at the helm and their happiness seemed to spread throughout the crew. Spirits were high and evenings were filled with song and Rum and strip poker playing. However one morning the crew woke up to the calmest sea they had seen in a while. The sun was shining and the sea showed not even a ripple in its deep blue waters. They let loose the sails but they refused to carry them any further. "Cap'n?" Rach whispered to Daisy, "Its not looking good. We only have enough food to last us a week out at sea. Tortuga may only be a week away but if this keeps up..." she trailed off. Daisy looked up into the sky searching desperately for a sign of a cloud. "Whats wrong cap'n?" came the voice of Matt. "Nothing's wrong, we're fine we have enough food to last us!" Matt turned away satisfied but Rach frowned, "No we're not!" she gasped. Daisy lent into Rach, "You know what the crew's like...they hear there is a problem and next thing you know they will all be hiding under their beds"
Rach gave a frown and shook her head,"Aye....i know." Then she swayed her way down the steps to the main deck. A load noise could be heard from below deck, so Rach made her way down towards the cabins to see what was going on. She stepped down towards the dining room...which was more of a large cardboard box with oil lamps inside...but it was cosy in a way. Matt came running past with large plates in his hands....and what was that?? Food??....cooked pork, with tender strips of bacon and vegetables around it....where did he get that form?... "Matt?..." Matt turned quickly after landing the plate firmly on the table..."Aye?" Rach gave him a questioning look, "Where did you get that food from??" Matt frowned, "The store?! where else? Daisy said there was lots of food left....and she was right, down in the old store, theres a whole horde of food stashed there." Rach gave a gasp, "Thats gone off!!!" Matt waved his hand nonchalantly, "Calm...calm! don't worry its not...everything is fine. Now get everyone for dinner will ya?"
Daisy staggered down below decks following the smell of cooked meat. What was going on? The rest of the crew were running ahead of her rubbing their hungry tummies like starved dogs. As she entered the room and peered around the crew - who were now stuffing their faces - she noticed Rach and Jack standing there with shocked faces. "Whats going on?" she asked them. They turned to her, "Well it seems that Matt has cooked up the gone off food in the old store and...now the crew are eating it" Daisy looked at the crew...they were such pigs. "STOP STOP STOP!!" she yelled over the noise of munching, "your all going to get food poisoning again and you know we can't sail this ship without a crew!" "Aye...but...the ship...isn't...moving...is...it?" said Becky between mouthfuls. "FOR GOD SAKE STOP!" the crew looked at their captain with mouths full. Daisy stepped forwards and picked up a peice of the food and smelt it......
Rach stared at all of the crew in amazement! They knew how Matt had given them all food poisoning so many times before! Rach shook her head then turned to Daisy, "What the heck are we going to do now??...if they're ill...." Rach tailed off, she thought only of the worst. Daisy shook her head then tasted a tiny sample of the food matt had prepared again. She paused for a few seconds, "No....no its fine!!" Rach gave a sigh of relief, "You are sure?" Daisy nodded and then tucked into the food herself. Rach slightly reluctant but after having gone for so long without any food she needed the energy, and so sat down with the rest of the crew to eat.
Daisy ate her share of the food quickly and ordered the table to be cleared. The crew looked up at her with their stomachs filled with the feast prepared by Matt. "Well thank yea Matt!" Daisy cried and there was an uproar of cheers, "and now with our bellies filled and the table cleared i think there is only one thing to do!" she pulled out a bottle of rum and the crew cheered again but got confused when she took a swig out of it and returned it to her pocket, "we will play a game of Strip Poker!" and she drew out her pack of cards.
Rach and the rest of the crew gawped at her, "aaaaaaargh" Daisy gave them a warning look, "Who's the capn'??" They all nodded and paid attention then. Later on that evening, after Daisy had slaughtered them all at Strip Poker....of course! And much to the delight of Daisy when she beat Jack, the crew took up there nightly posts. As they had settled into the night....Rach wondered up on deck, Daisy was up by the wheel. Rach walked up to her and looked around at the open sea. She gazed around....all was silent and calm...and what was that? Rach gave a gasp and tapped Daisy's shoulder, "Capn'! Whats that out at sea??"
Daisy sprang into action calling out for Becky to take the wheel. Her and Rach ran to the side of the ship and Daisy whipped out her telescope. "Bloody Navy" she whispered turning to Rach, then she yelled to the crew "All hands on deck Sails on the west horizon!" The deck became a mass of pirates scurrying to their posts. Jack took the wheel and Becky ran to join the rest of the crew. Rach turned to Daisy, "What's the plan cap'n?" Daisy stared at the sails, which up until now had been motionless, but now were swaying in the light breeze. "We stand and fight. We need supplies. No navy man can defeat us!" Rach smiled and sprang into position on the deck. "RUN OUT THE SWEEPS!!" Daisy cried as the enemy drew nearer.
Rach tossed her hair out of the way as she went bellow deck with Tiff, Matt, Edu, Becky and Nikki to load the cannons! Up on board Daisy yelled, "Lets show these sea scallywags what we got!!! FIRE!" Rach repeated the order bellow deck so that every cannon and all the fire power they had would be shot at the Navy!...BANG!!!...As the first shots of cannon balls blasted from the Black Pearl and the Navy ship towards one another. A Cannon was fired directly through the hull of the enemy ship and Nikki gave a load roar of laughter as it did so! "OK!....reload with grape shot!!!" Daisy yelled from on deck. The cannons were reloaded quickly with two interlocking cannon balls. Rach cried, "Come on pirates! Lets take out there mast!!!"
Daisy smiled as the enemy main mast went crashing into the sea. "Lets board those pirate haters and kill every one of them!!!" she cried and the crew jumped over the gap between ships. Daisy thrust her sword into the nearest navy man's heart and laughed as he fell to the floor. Jack, who was Captain of the Black Pearl while she was boarded the enemy ship, was yelling out orders to her crew. They were winning and the feel of triumph shot over them. But suddenly Daisy became aware that Will had stopped. His sword hanging lousy by his side he stared up towards the enemy ship's wheel. Daisy followed his gaze and she gasped as her eyes fell on...Elizabeth.
Daisy called a meeting the next morning. As the crew slowly approached the deck they began to notice the new comer. However they carried on as usual in a meeting and stood in a line; shoulders back, heads up. Daisy paced in front of them smiling at each member of her crew -minus Jack who was still covered in bandages down in the medical room...or as the crew liked to call it 'Nikki's room of hell'. "Morning crew," Daisy said brightly as she skipped around the line of people. (She had become a lot happier since the return of Jack). "So i can see that many of you have noticed our new member of crew?" All eyes pointed towards the new man, "Yes yes we know where he is. This is Mr Edward 'Deep sea' and he will be accompanying us to Tortuga. Where as he once was a Spaniard navy, he is not anymore. He is just a regular pirate like the rest of us so i expect you all to treat him like one of the gang aye?" There was an uproar of "AYE AYE CAP'N!!" "RIGHT!!! back to your posts!" and they scurried off to pull the ropes that needed pulling and push the knobs that needed pushing.
Rach headed over to Daisy once everyone was settled and their jobs were done, "So....is this Mr Edwards just accompanying us to Tortuga?" Daisy nodded still gazing off to sea, "Aye....we have a lot of business to attend to once we reach Tortuga....its gonna be interesting to see how people react to Jack's return." Jack had been away for a long while....a very long while...and maybe that was for the good because he was beginning to gain a bit of a bad name with the pirates of the Caribbean. Rach sighed, "Okay..." At this point Mr Edwards came up to them, "Who is that men covered in bandages?...rather odd slang he uses..." He had a genially confused look on his face and it made them both laugh. Daisy nodded "Aye he does! But its pirate slang so you'll get used to it...."
Daisy called out for Becky to take the wheel for a moment and took Mr Edwards 'Deep sea' aside. "There was something i was going to ask you...well you see if i was to call you Mr Edwards 'Deep Sea' every time then i could easily run out of breath before i told you the rest of the sentence. Is there a shorter name we could call you?" Mr Edwards 'Deep sea' smiled and replied, "Yeah you can call me Edu for short." Daisy smiled, "Right then Edu im going to let Rach here show you the ropes and meet the crew. I have some serious sailing to do. We have to get all the way back to the Caribbean ya know!" They all laughed, "That ok Rach?" "Aye fine cap'n!" Rach said with a smile.
Rach showed Edu the basic tasks on deck....some of the more simple tasks as he was new to sailing as a pirate. Tiff and Matt were on deck also, so Rach wondered over and tapped them on the back and introduced them to Edu. "Hellloooooo 'Deep sea' man!" Tiff chimed with a big grin....Matt burst out laughing and the two of them ended up in a little tizz. Well, after everyone was happy and acquainted....the days rolled on....and so did the weeks....many times Daisy had insisted on playing strip poker with everyone, and everyone kept losing! It appeared that Edu had learned the trick of declining her requests to play. But Daisy still persisted! The crew eat merrily every night - with the scrummy food prepared by Matt of course.
Daisy was overjoyed when Jack was finally back on his feet. The two could be seen laughing and joking up at the helm and their happiness seemed to spread throughout the crew. Spirits were high and evenings were filled with song and Rum and strip poker playing. However one morning the crew woke up to the calmest sea they had seen in a while. The sun was shining and the sea showed not even a ripple in its deep blue waters. They let loose the sails but they refused to carry them any further. "Cap'n?" Rach whispered to Daisy, "Its not looking good. We only have enough food to last us a week out at sea. Tortuga may only be a week away but if this keeps up..." she trailed off. Daisy looked up into the sky searching desperately for a sign of a cloud. "Whats wrong cap'n?" came the voice of Matt. "Nothing's wrong, we're fine we have enough food to last us!" Matt turned away satisfied but Rach frowned, "No we're not!" she gasped. Daisy lent into Rach, "You know what the crew's like...they hear there is a problem and next thing you know they will all be hiding under their beds"
Rach gave a frown and shook her head,"Aye....i know." Then she swayed her way down the steps to the main deck. A load noise could be heard from below deck, so Rach made her way down towards the cabins to see what was going on. She stepped down towards the dining room...which was more of a large cardboard box with oil lamps inside...but it was cosy in a way. Matt came running past with large plates in his hands....and what was that?? Food??....cooked pork, with tender strips of bacon and vegetables around it....where did he get that form?... "Matt?..." Matt turned quickly after landing the plate firmly on the table..."Aye?" Rach gave him a questioning look, "Where did you get that food from??" Matt frowned, "The store?! where else? Daisy said there was lots of food left....and she was right, down in the old store, theres a whole horde of food stashed there." Rach gave a gasp, "Thats gone off!!!" Matt waved his hand nonchalantly, "Calm...calm! don't worry its not...everything is fine. Now get everyone for dinner will ya?"
Daisy staggered down below decks following the smell of cooked meat. What was going on? The rest of the crew were running ahead of her rubbing their hungry tummies like starved dogs. As she entered the room and peered around the crew - who were now stuffing their faces - she noticed Rach and Jack standing there with shocked faces. "Whats going on?" she asked them. They turned to her, "Well it seems that Matt has cooked up the gone off food in the old store and...now the crew are eating it" Daisy looked at the crew...they were such pigs. "STOP STOP STOP!!" she yelled over the noise of munching, "your all going to get food poisoning again and you know we can't sail this ship without a crew!" "Aye...but...the ship...isn't...moving...is...it?" said Becky between mouthfuls. "FOR GOD SAKE STOP!" the crew looked at their captain with mouths full. Daisy stepped forwards and picked up a peice of the food and smelt it......
Rach stared at all of the crew in amazement! They knew how Matt had given them all food poisoning so many times before! Rach shook her head then turned to Daisy, "What the heck are we going to do now??...if they're ill...." Rach tailed off, she thought only of the worst. Daisy shook her head then tasted a tiny sample of the food matt had prepared again. She paused for a few seconds, "No....no its fine!!" Rach gave a sigh of relief, "You are sure?" Daisy nodded and then tucked into the food herself. Rach slightly reluctant but after having gone for so long without any food she needed the energy, and so sat down with the rest of the crew to eat.
Daisy ate her share of the food quickly and ordered the table to be cleared. The crew looked up at her with their stomachs filled with the feast prepared by Matt. "Well thank yea Matt!" Daisy cried and there was an uproar of cheers, "and now with our bellies filled and the table cleared i think there is only one thing to do!" she pulled out a bottle of rum and the crew cheered again but got confused when she took a swig out of it and returned it to her pocket, "we will play a game of Strip Poker!" and she drew out her pack of cards.
Rach and the rest of the crew gawped at her, "aaaaaaargh" Daisy gave them a warning look, "Who's the capn'??" They all nodded and paid attention then. Later on that evening, after Daisy had slaughtered them all at Strip Poker....of course! And much to the delight of Daisy when she beat Jack, the crew took up there nightly posts. As they had settled into the night....Rach wondered up on deck, Daisy was up by the wheel. Rach walked up to her and looked around at the open sea. She gazed around....all was silent and calm...and what was that? Rach gave a gasp and tapped Daisy's shoulder, "Capn'! Whats that out at sea??"
Daisy sprang into action calling out for Becky to take the wheel. Her and Rach ran to the side of the ship and Daisy whipped out her telescope. "Bloody Navy" she whispered turning to Rach, then she yelled to the crew "All hands on deck Sails on the west horizon!" The deck became a mass of pirates scurrying to their posts. Jack took the wheel and Becky ran to join the rest of the crew. Rach turned to Daisy, "What's the plan cap'n?" Daisy stared at the sails, which up until now had been motionless, but now were swaying in the light breeze. "We stand and fight. We need supplies. No navy man can defeat us!" Rach smiled and sprang into position on the deck. "RUN OUT THE SWEEPS!!" Daisy cried as the enemy drew nearer.
Rach tossed her hair out of the way as she went bellow deck with Tiff, Matt, Edu, Becky and Nikki to load the cannons! Up on board Daisy yelled, "Lets show these sea scallywags what we got!!! FIRE!" Rach repeated the order bellow deck so that every cannon and all the fire power they had would be shot at the Navy!...BANG!!!...As the first shots of cannon balls blasted from the Black Pearl and the Navy ship towards one another. A Cannon was fired directly through the hull of the enemy ship and Nikki gave a load roar of laughter as it did so! "OK!....reload with grape shot!!!" Daisy yelled from on deck. The cannons were reloaded quickly with two interlocking cannon balls. Rach cried, "Come on pirates! Lets take out there mast!!!"
Daisy smiled as the enemy main mast went crashing into the sea. "Lets board those pirate haters and kill every one of them!!!" she cried and the crew jumped over the gap between ships. Daisy thrust her sword into the nearest navy man's heart and laughed as he fell to the floor. Jack, who was Captain of the Black Pearl while she was boarded the enemy ship, was yelling out orders to her crew. They were winning and the feel of triumph shot over them. But suddenly Daisy became aware that Will had stopped. His sword hanging lousy by his side he stared up towards the enemy ship's wheel. Daisy followed his gaze and she gasped as her eyes fell on...Elizabeth.