Hello ye scurvy bilge rats ;) Heres another one for Davey Jone's Locker. Thank you for the reviews does happy jig
Bonny crouched in the alley to the side of the modest muse,
trying to coax the map to burn. She held her breath and touched
the candle to its side. A thin line of flame licked at the papery
edge, then slowly spread towards the centre.
Suddenly a stream of water gushed above her head and put the
flame out. Bonny went rigid, her heart palpitating in her throat.
"Get up and turn around." She thought she would be
relieved at Jacks voice, but no. He sounded as if he was
repressing the urge to drown her. She stood carefully, her
arm pressed to her side, and stared up at him, genuine guilt
etched across her face.
"Hey Jack," she said in little more than a whisper.
His brows were raised so high they touched his bandanna. He
seemed torn between anger and confusion; his head was tilted to
the side, his arms outstretched in a bemused question.
She held up a hand. "Now, before you react the way I think
you will, just let me explain."
"How do you know how I'll react," he growled, piercing
her with dark eyes.
"Jack?!"
He crossed his arms with a jingle of bracelets and waited for her
to speak.
She couldn't think of anything to say. Her mouth opened and
closed like a fish. 'Think of something, think of
something...' she hissed inwardly. Damn brain was too fogged
with rum.
"I ...um..."
Jack shook his head and stepped towards her, his eyes black and
unreadable.
Stepping back, she panicked. "Wwww www wait! Before
you-"
He grabbed her around the waist and threw her over his shoulder.
She wimpered as her side screamed in pain.
He began to stride away from the tavern and into the night.
"Jack!" She yelled, muffled by his shirt. "Let me
down! Please!" The ground was spinning above/below her head.
Her stomach seemed to be dropping into her knees. She groaned.
"Jack! I'm going to be sick!"
He gave a deep chuckle. "If you think I'm believing anything
you say again..."
The ground danced a merry jig in Bonnys vision and she passed
out.
Loud groans woke Bonny from her stupor. She mumbled shut up,
before she realised she had been making the noise. She put a hand
to her head. It was thumping, she thought wincing at the effort.
Her whole body ached, especially her head. Plus her stomach
seemed to be spinning inside her body. Not to mention the searing
pain in her side. It felt like she was lying on wood. She froze.
"What the-"
She was lying on wood. Her hand patted about, trying to find out
where she was. Wooden floors, she discovered. Slight swaying-a
ship. Unless that was just her head again.
More questing found metal of some form. Bars. She felt pleased
with this deduction. So she was on a ship, lying on the floor and
there were bars around her. She relaxed. Then sat bolt upright.
She opened her eyes and groaned again. It was bright. There was
light. Painful light. Shielding her suddenly sensitive vision,
she stared around her. So she was in the brig on the pearl.
Something was trying to get her attention. Something she should
remember, but her mind was rebelling. She tried to scratch her
head, and found something else there. She panicked slightly, then
discovered it was a hat.
"Jacks hat," she realised. She looked down. "Jacks
coat?" She couldn't understand why she was wearing them.
Unless she had become Jack in her sleep somehow? No. Stupid idea.
She yawned widely and groaned again.
"Don't remember you hitting your head." A voice said
sounding amused.
She frowned. "Jacks voice?"
"Yes love. Jack's voice, Jack's coat and Jack's hat."
She licked her dry lips. "Why am I wearing these?" she
asked, still not able to focus beyond her nose.
"Good question. A better one would be why are you in the
brig?"
She frowned. "Why am I in the brig?"
"Lets see. Intoxication, insubordination, thievery, lying,
personal and physical attacks, destroying valuable artifacts,
anarchy...any of this sounding familiar,eh?"
Last night came flooding back. She jumped to her feet, swayed,
and grabbed hold of the bars.
"Oh god! Am I badly injured?"
"Love, you have what we call a hangover. I sincerely doubt
its fatal."
She opened her eyes fully and stared at Jack. He was standing
outside her cell, his arms laced through the bars.
"What happened?" She croaked.
He sighed and handed her a tankard of water through the bars.
"Darlin', God only knows what goes on in that frazzled head
of yours."
He watched her gulp half of it before commenting, "Its
probably best you don't drink it too fast. Won't make your
stomach any better."
She groaned and threw the tankard at him. It hit the bars,
spilling whatever was left. Bonny sagged back to the ground and
put her head in her hands.
"How did I get here?"
"That would be me. I had to cart you like a limp rag. Had
the watch after me for suspected murder. Took them long enough to
realise you were still alive. Barely."
The rest of the night flashed back into her mind, and she jumped
to her feet again.
"Jack, where are we? Have we left Tortuga?!"
He peered at her closely. "We left it four hours ago. I
wanted to wake you for work but Gibbs protested. Seems to have
taken a shine to you." He narrowed his eyes mischievously
and muttered. "Can never account for taste."
"No no no!" She slammed her hands against the bars,
then doubled over in pain. Jack was inside and at her side in an
instant, his brows meeting in concern.
"What is it?"
She pushed him away and turned her back to hide her grimace.
"Its nothing. Too much rum."
"Good. Then you can start work immediatly."
"What!" Bonny spun around to glare at him. He smirked
and stepped towards her.
"A blind bilge rat could see you're in pain love. Let me
see." He moved her arm away from her side, ignoring her
protests. He pushed aside his coat and saw the blood still
seeping from her wound.
"Thats a knife wound." His eyes met hers with a dark
look. "Where did you get that?"
