Last chapter! Sobs on friend's shoulder and wrecks new shirt! Oh my
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and my teacher wants to talk to me about something...quiver. Now I'm
scared. Every time a teacher wants to talk to you about something it's
not good! Oh well! If you have any questions I will answer them on a
separate page so...ask away. –thank you to all who read and mostly
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know what I mean. Thank you...it has been an excellent journey.
Ch. 20 It all comes around
Lily screamed and ran to the side of the ship, looking over the edge and through the rain at the tossing waves and steely water. There were bubbles pouring from below but no one was surfacing. With out even thinking about it, she began to strip off her dress. A man with graying hair and beard stopped her as she wiggled out of her dress.
"No lass." He said, "Let Jack be getting it by 'imself." They leaned on the railing and watched the water. No one was surfacing. The man who someone called Gibbs moved away and Lily, with out even thinking, shed the last of her weight and jumped clear off the side.
The water hit her hard with it's cold, she couldn't breathe or think. Surfacing, she took a large salty gulp and spun around on the spot, slightly disoriented. "Jack!" She screamed. Above, crewmembers were jumping off the railing to, many getting ropes and such to haul everyone aboard. Gibbs surfaced beside her, Anamaria swam beside Rosa.
"Below us!" Gibbs yelled, pointing down. Lily took a large breath and went under, fighting her way downwards through the cold and dark, searching. There were two dark shapes, locked in a fierce battle. Jack had Fritz's throat; Fritz had a dagger, which Jack held off with his other hand. When Lily joined them, Jack let go of Fritz's neck and motioned for her to leave. She shook her head. Jack did it again and received a punch in the face. She needed air, going up, she took in a large gulp and found Gibbs surfacing beside her.
"Right below me." She said, "They're alive."
"Won't be for long." Gibbs pulled out a knife and handed it to Lily. "For Fritz. Kill him, then we get them both up and...I'll wait for the others and we will come down." Lily nodded and dived, swimming quickly as she could to reach the bottom. Below, the fight was slowing, both participants half drowned.
Lily took the knife in her hand and hit Fritz as hard as she could in the shoulder. The man let go of Jack who took his dagger hand in both of his own and tried desperately to yank it out of the man's grasp. Lily needed air again...it was so far above. She could barely see the light penetrating the ocean's cold sky. Glancing at Jack, she took off, back towards the light and life above. Gibbs took the dagger from her at the top and dived with Anamaria and Rosa, leaving Lily there alone.
She tried to dive three times but she only got half way before she needed air. All the dives had exhausted her and, when she was about to try a fourth time, she took a deep breath before they surfaced. "Help!" Anamaria yelled, being dragged under as she tried to hold up Jack. He wasn't moving. Lily swam over and together they made their way awkwardly over to the ships where the crewmen waited.
"How are we going to do this?" Lily asked as a man above let down two ropes. Jack and Fritz were still connected with a restraint. Gibbs shrugged, him and Dana holding Fritz, not troubling to keep his head above water. The man was dead anyway.
"Have to hoist them together." Gibbs said, tying the rope around Fritz's chest, Anamaria doing the same to Jack. His head rested limply on Lily's shoulder as they bobbed on the ocean's strong waves...he was so still. She couldn't lose him again!
It was difficult but the crews managed to hoist up Jack and Fritz, them both banging against the sides of the ships. When they were up, more ropes were thrown down and the four of them were hauled up to. Lily pushed away helpful hands and crawled over to Jack and Fritz who lay on their backs on the deck. Anamaria had her hand on Jack's neck.
"He's not breathing...he's gone." She said. Suddenly, a very masculine woman was there, kneeling beside Jack and pushing Anamaria aside.
"Move!" She snapped, tilting Jack's head back. A man from one of the crews stepped forward.
"Reg, what are you doing?" He asked. The woman didn't look up but continued what ever it was she was doing.
"Shut up, Lester. I'm trying to work here! I may not like him but..." She clasped her lips over Jack's and breathed hard into his mouth. Everyone watched as his chest rose slowly. She did it again and the same thing happened. Lily was about to say something when the woman started pressing hard on his chest. There were some weird crinkling sounds.
"STOP!" She screamed. "What are you doing." The woman named Reg stopped and glared at her.
"Look lady! If you want him to live shut up!" She continued her assault on his body, pressing down fifteen times, breathing into him twice...1...2...3...4...5...6...7...8...9...10...11...12...13...14...15...1 breath, 2 breath...Rosa grabbed Lily and held her tight, both watching the scene as men pressed in around them. Then, suddenly, Jack's throat moved and a spurt of water flew from his mouth, just missing Reg. She turned him over and Jack coughed out all the remaining water, taking in large, shuddering gasps.
"Jack!" Lily screamed, flinging her arms around his neck as he lay back against the deck, eyes closed. She felt his free hand rise and wrap around her waist. "I love you, oh my god...I love you and I thought..."
"I know luv, just not around the men, okay?" He whispered into her ear. She smiled but, suddenly, a hand grasped her hair and pulled back her head. Fritz was up. He laughed.
"Not...over...yet...Delore!" He rasped. Jack went for his gun when a dozen shots went off at once and Peg-Leg Fritz dropped dead. The crew of the Seeker had finally been allowed their revenge.
"What will you do, now that this is all over?" Dana asked as the men around her walked across the gangplank and onto the Red-Revenge, some with captives. Jack smiled and pulled Lily closer to him as she laid her head on his shoulder. His wrist still hurt but, at least he was alive.
"Be the Captain of the Black Pearl, what else?" He asked. Dana winked and smiled at Lily. Jack looked over her shoulder at Reg who was walking towards them. "Looks like your first mate be ready to set sail, eh? Captain." Dana laughed.
"I'll never get used to that." She said. She nodded to Reg who hurried away. "See each other soon?" She asked. Jack nodded.
"I'm afraid to say we will." He answered. Dana turned and walked away, across the gang plank to her ship, now no longer the Red-Revenge but the Red-Boy. Jack watched her for a moment before there was a hand on his shoulder. It was Herald.
"Bye Jack." He said, holding out his hand. They shook and Herald sighed, looking back at the Seeker. "This is just so..."
"Unreal." Lily supplied. Herald nodded.
"My life...it's led to this." Jack knew how he felt. This had been such a journey..."What of you now, Captain Sparrow." Jack smiled mischievously.
"I have my sister to take home to her husband, then I have the commodore to annoy...a certain blacksmith's wedding to attend and then, more treasure, I'm sure." Herald nodded and her, to, left. Jack went to the wheel and leaned against it with Anamaria, Lily down below, leaning on the rail with Katherine.
The rain had stopped the moment Fritz had been killed; the sun was sinking beneath the water, casting the sky red. It was all over and so surreal it was. He'd set off a boy, been done a man. His life had been a twisting road. Lily looked up at him, the sun catching in her eyes. She was still undecided as to weather she wanted to stay on the ship or go. He hoped she'd stay, even though Jack Sparrow...Captain Jack Sparrow didn't have a love...infamous men shouldn't.
"Where to Captain?" Anamaria asked. Jack smiled. "Port Royal it is."
Ignoring Gibbs who was trying to ask him a question, Jack went to the rail and leaned against it beside Lily, their hands interlocking. From his pocket he pulled a crumpled letter, the one from his mother to his father. Finally, for the first time in his life, he read it.
"In life or death, in hope or despair, in rain or shine, I love you. It will all come around, the world will turn and we are left with this one last hope, this one last gift of love. Why are we born? Why do we die? What makes the world go round and round? Is it human nature to wonder these things? Did they always? Would they always? What would happen when the world stopped spinning? What would happen if time just stopped? Often I lay there, in my darkened room, and wonder what awaits me. What is on the other side? Do the stars wink? What makes them glow? What breathed to life the shadows and the air, what made the sun and the sky? Who's loving touch created the moon? Who birthed the ocean, and made her run free, filtering onto the land as lakes and rivers and streams? Why are we born? Why do we die?" Jack smiled and let it go where it soared on the wind and fell into the sea.
He was done; it was done...now his parents were at peace. His mother had said it. It all really did come around.
The End
Dame Fritz! Will he ever die? He did now...or did he? Dun Dun Dun! Maybe a sequel? Probably not. Anyway...
Alteng: I've gotten so used to writing you're name. Eunuch...hah gotta luv em, eh? I like having powerful women in my stories, for so long we were held back so...not that I'm good at history or anything...shifts eyes...to many people around me to admit that. How many times can we kill Fritz? You know what, if I did make a sequel it would be cool if...never mind. If this was a movie I'd go off the ship, into the water (with camera) and go down...down...down...to Fritz and have camera on his face. Then...eyes open and cut to credits...that would be so cool. Like the Jason movies, he never dies. I'll look into that Witter person. Thanx.
Ch. 20 It all comes around
Lily screamed and ran to the side of the ship, looking over the edge and through the rain at the tossing waves and steely water. There were bubbles pouring from below but no one was surfacing. With out even thinking about it, she began to strip off her dress. A man with graying hair and beard stopped her as she wiggled out of her dress.
"No lass." He said, "Let Jack be getting it by 'imself." They leaned on the railing and watched the water. No one was surfacing. The man who someone called Gibbs moved away and Lily, with out even thinking, shed the last of her weight and jumped clear off the side.
The water hit her hard with it's cold, she couldn't breathe or think. Surfacing, she took a large salty gulp and spun around on the spot, slightly disoriented. "Jack!" She screamed. Above, crewmembers were jumping off the railing to, many getting ropes and such to haul everyone aboard. Gibbs surfaced beside her, Anamaria swam beside Rosa.
"Below us!" Gibbs yelled, pointing down. Lily took a large breath and went under, fighting her way downwards through the cold and dark, searching. There were two dark shapes, locked in a fierce battle. Jack had Fritz's throat; Fritz had a dagger, which Jack held off with his other hand. When Lily joined them, Jack let go of Fritz's neck and motioned for her to leave. She shook her head. Jack did it again and received a punch in the face. She needed air, going up, she took in a large gulp and found Gibbs surfacing beside her.
"Right below me." She said, "They're alive."
"Won't be for long." Gibbs pulled out a knife and handed it to Lily. "For Fritz. Kill him, then we get them both up and...I'll wait for the others and we will come down." Lily nodded and dived, swimming quickly as she could to reach the bottom. Below, the fight was slowing, both participants half drowned.
Lily took the knife in her hand and hit Fritz as hard as she could in the shoulder. The man let go of Jack who took his dagger hand in both of his own and tried desperately to yank it out of the man's grasp. Lily needed air again...it was so far above. She could barely see the light penetrating the ocean's cold sky. Glancing at Jack, she took off, back towards the light and life above. Gibbs took the dagger from her at the top and dived with Anamaria and Rosa, leaving Lily there alone.
She tried to dive three times but she only got half way before she needed air. All the dives had exhausted her and, when she was about to try a fourth time, she took a deep breath before they surfaced. "Help!" Anamaria yelled, being dragged under as she tried to hold up Jack. He wasn't moving. Lily swam over and together they made their way awkwardly over to the ships where the crewmen waited.
"How are we going to do this?" Lily asked as a man above let down two ropes. Jack and Fritz were still connected with a restraint. Gibbs shrugged, him and Dana holding Fritz, not troubling to keep his head above water. The man was dead anyway.
"Have to hoist them together." Gibbs said, tying the rope around Fritz's chest, Anamaria doing the same to Jack. His head rested limply on Lily's shoulder as they bobbed on the ocean's strong waves...he was so still. She couldn't lose him again!
It was difficult but the crews managed to hoist up Jack and Fritz, them both banging against the sides of the ships. When they were up, more ropes were thrown down and the four of them were hauled up to. Lily pushed away helpful hands and crawled over to Jack and Fritz who lay on their backs on the deck. Anamaria had her hand on Jack's neck.
"He's not breathing...he's gone." She said. Suddenly, a very masculine woman was there, kneeling beside Jack and pushing Anamaria aside.
"Move!" She snapped, tilting Jack's head back. A man from one of the crews stepped forward.
"Reg, what are you doing?" He asked. The woman didn't look up but continued what ever it was she was doing.
"Shut up, Lester. I'm trying to work here! I may not like him but..." She clasped her lips over Jack's and breathed hard into his mouth. Everyone watched as his chest rose slowly. She did it again and the same thing happened. Lily was about to say something when the woman started pressing hard on his chest. There were some weird crinkling sounds.
"STOP!" She screamed. "What are you doing." The woman named Reg stopped and glared at her.
"Look lady! If you want him to live shut up!" She continued her assault on his body, pressing down fifteen times, breathing into him twice...1...2...3...4...5...6...7...8...9...10...11...12...13...14...15...1 breath, 2 breath...Rosa grabbed Lily and held her tight, both watching the scene as men pressed in around them. Then, suddenly, Jack's throat moved and a spurt of water flew from his mouth, just missing Reg. She turned him over and Jack coughed out all the remaining water, taking in large, shuddering gasps.
"Jack!" Lily screamed, flinging her arms around his neck as he lay back against the deck, eyes closed. She felt his free hand rise and wrap around her waist. "I love you, oh my god...I love you and I thought..."
"I know luv, just not around the men, okay?" He whispered into her ear. She smiled but, suddenly, a hand grasped her hair and pulled back her head. Fritz was up. He laughed.
"Not...over...yet...Delore!" He rasped. Jack went for his gun when a dozen shots went off at once and Peg-Leg Fritz dropped dead. The crew of the Seeker had finally been allowed their revenge.
"What will you do, now that this is all over?" Dana asked as the men around her walked across the gangplank and onto the Red-Revenge, some with captives. Jack smiled and pulled Lily closer to him as she laid her head on his shoulder. His wrist still hurt but, at least he was alive.
"Be the Captain of the Black Pearl, what else?" He asked. Dana winked and smiled at Lily. Jack looked over her shoulder at Reg who was walking towards them. "Looks like your first mate be ready to set sail, eh? Captain." Dana laughed.
"I'll never get used to that." She said. She nodded to Reg who hurried away. "See each other soon?" She asked. Jack nodded.
"I'm afraid to say we will." He answered. Dana turned and walked away, across the gang plank to her ship, now no longer the Red-Revenge but the Red-Boy. Jack watched her for a moment before there was a hand on his shoulder. It was Herald.
"Bye Jack." He said, holding out his hand. They shook and Herald sighed, looking back at the Seeker. "This is just so..."
"Unreal." Lily supplied. Herald nodded.
"My life...it's led to this." Jack knew how he felt. This had been such a journey..."What of you now, Captain Sparrow." Jack smiled mischievously.
"I have my sister to take home to her husband, then I have the commodore to annoy...a certain blacksmith's wedding to attend and then, more treasure, I'm sure." Herald nodded and her, to, left. Jack went to the wheel and leaned against it with Anamaria, Lily down below, leaning on the rail with Katherine.
The rain had stopped the moment Fritz had been killed; the sun was sinking beneath the water, casting the sky red. It was all over and so surreal it was. He'd set off a boy, been done a man. His life had been a twisting road. Lily looked up at him, the sun catching in her eyes. She was still undecided as to weather she wanted to stay on the ship or go. He hoped she'd stay, even though Jack Sparrow...Captain Jack Sparrow didn't have a love...infamous men shouldn't.
"Where to Captain?" Anamaria asked. Jack smiled. "Port Royal it is."
Ignoring Gibbs who was trying to ask him a question, Jack went to the rail and leaned against it beside Lily, their hands interlocking. From his pocket he pulled a crumpled letter, the one from his mother to his father. Finally, for the first time in his life, he read it.
"In life or death, in hope or despair, in rain or shine, I love you. It will all come around, the world will turn and we are left with this one last hope, this one last gift of love. Why are we born? Why do we die? What makes the world go round and round? Is it human nature to wonder these things? Did they always? Would they always? What would happen when the world stopped spinning? What would happen if time just stopped? Often I lay there, in my darkened room, and wonder what awaits me. What is on the other side? Do the stars wink? What makes them glow? What breathed to life the shadows and the air, what made the sun and the sky? Who's loving touch created the moon? Who birthed the ocean, and made her run free, filtering onto the land as lakes and rivers and streams? Why are we born? Why do we die?" Jack smiled and let it go where it soared on the wind and fell into the sea.
He was done; it was done...now his parents were at peace. His mother had said it. It all really did come around.
The End
Dame Fritz! Will he ever die? He did now...or did he? Dun Dun Dun! Maybe a sequel? Probably not. Anyway...
Alteng: I've gotten so used to writing you're name. Eunuch...hah gotta luv em, eh? I like having powerful women in my stories, for so long we were held back so...not that I'm good at history or anything...shifts eyes...to many people around me to admit that. How many times can we kill Fritz? You know what, if I did make a sequel it would be cool if...never mind. If this was a movie I'd go off the ship, into the water (with camera) and go down...down...down...to Fritz and have camera on his face. Then...eyes open and cut to credits...that would be so cool. Like the Jason movies, he never dies. I'll look into that Witter person. Thanx.