Author Notes: Thanks to everyone who reviewed the last chapter, it was
greatly appreciated. Hope you all enjoy this chapter...and review at the
end, too. Sorry about the delay in the update...blame evil institutions of
torture # 1 and 2...school and work...just kidding, boss, I love my
job...anyways, I hope you all like the chapter. Check out WeasleyGirl's
new story, its PotC and is absolutely excellent. Also check out Pirates of
the Caribbean: The Aftermath...which is co-authored by me and WeasleyGirl,
it needs love, mates, its dying of lack of attention. Anywho, enjoy!
Author Thanks:
A-J Sparrow - Thanks for the review, mate. Hope you like the chappie.
Piper 8188 - Thanks for the review mate! As for the dream, you'll have to see if it has any significance or not...I'm not telling. Hope you like the chappie.
movielvr - Thanks, mate. I'm not telling what's gonna happen...you're going to have to wait and see for yourself...don't wanna give anything away. Hope you like the chapter.
blue_jay - Thanks! I'm sorry about your friend. My grandmother, who I was exceptionally close to, died a year and a half ago and I had a really hard time getting over it. And the poem was something that I felt like she would say to me...Anyways, I hope you like the chapter.
WeasleyGirl - Okay, I'll leave your sayings alone, savvy? No mutinying against me...that's not very nice... And I'll announce at the end of this chappie that I am a QG...although I think everyone knows...I have it in my profile. Anywho, hope you like the chapter.
TriGemini - Thanks, mate. Hope you like the chapter!
Anaknusan - Thanks for the review and the suggestion! I'll try to work on that. Hope you like the chapter.
kimmaree - Thanks for the review! You'll understand at the end of this chapter why Jack was hesitant to go to Hawaii, even though he's on good terms with the king. Hope you like the chapter.
Jinxd n cursed - Thanks for the review! Not telling...but either way, it would be too soon to know...usually it doesn't show until at least three months...Hope you like the chapter!
Amidala - Thanks! I'm flattered that this is your favourite! Enjoy!
Eccentric Banshee - You got the word right, don't worry about it. Thanks for the review mate. Keep up the good work on your story. Hope you like the chapter.
Cagalli - Thanks for the review. You'll understand the thing with Kao in this chapter. Hope you like the chappie!
What's in a Name?
Chapter 19: Tropical Paradise?
I shifted slightly and Jack tightened his grip on me, pulling me closer to him. I sighed deeply and fell back asleep soon...not registering the scuffle outside our door.
~*~
I woke the next morning to an exceptionally warm day. The air smelled as though it had rained during the night. I rolled over and watched Jack sleep. I gazed at him for a moment but then I tried to get up. Slowly, I scooted backward and lifted Jack's arm off of my waist.
But I was unsuccessful. Jack pulled me back down and murmured into my hair, "Don't go, love."
I shifted slightly to get comfortable again. "I thought you were asleep," I said quietly.
We lay together for a while, just talking and enjoying the other's company. Eventually we decided to get up.
The king was busy that day so Jack and I were on our own. We returned to the Black Pearl briefly. Jack gave orders to the crew about the repairs that needed to be made. I packed us a lunch for us and soon we left again.
Jack led me away from the ship in the opposite direction that we had come. I followed curiously. My hair, which I had left loose today, fluttered around me in the wind.
"Where are we going?" I asked.
Jack tapped the side of his nose and led me further from the town. We journeyed into the rolling green hills. We walked for nearly an hour, my curiosity growing at every step. The tropical forest was growing denser as we continued. Birds cawed and odd animals chattered angrily at our disturbing them. The air was humid and I could practically taste the moisture. Giant flowers bloomed and flourished in this warm weather. The trees had become so dense that I could hardly see the blue sky up above us.
I could hear something getting louder as we got closer to whatever it was. But I couldn't tell what it was that we were approaching.
Another fifteen minutes and finally, we reached our destination.
It was a beautiful waterfall, cascading over the side of a cliff. Water frothed at the base of it and mist floated up leisurely.
I drew a sharp intake of breath. "Its beautiful..." I whispered.
Jack grabbed my hand and led me along a narrow path that passed behind the waterfall to a cave.
"Oh, Jack," I said quietly. "Its wonderful."
The waterfall in front of us thundered in the background. I sunk to the floor with Jack and set to removing the food that I had packed. Jack grabbed my hands and pulled me away from the food. "Don't worry about that," he husked as he pulled me into his lap.
Kissing me passionately, he ran his tongue along my lips, parting them for exploration of his own tongue. My prior experiences had made me much bolder in this area and I was pleased when I earned a moan from Jack. I nipped lightly at his lip as his hand meandered down my front leisurely, going lower and lower...past my hips.
"Jack," I cried hoarsely.
Our conquest continued for some time, and ended with both of us lying on the floor of the cave, exhausted but comfortable in the other's arms. Neither of us really had any desire to eat though.
I stood and put on the long shirt quickly before tossing Jack his trousers. After he had donned them, I got an idea.
Feeling like doing something I had never done before, I grabbed Jack's hand and stood, pulling him with me.
Jack chuckled at my boldness but followed me outside the cave. I pecked a swift kiss on his lips.
Jack immediately responded, his arms going around me, deepening the kiss. But before it could continue, so, feeling playful, I pushed him from me into the pool of water. I stood laughing at him as he fell ungracefully into the...I could only imagine...exceptionally cool water. But as I laughed, he had swum up and one quick arm darted out and pulled me feet first into the water. I came crashing down into the extremely cold water. I was still laughing when Jack had pulled me in and on the way down, I swallowed an enormous amount of water. My feet hit the bottom and I was able to push myself up. Once I had surfaced, I sputtered slightly before I found a narrow ledge to stand on. I splashed Jack in retribution and said chidingly, "That's not very nice."
Jack reached over and pulled me to him. He kissed me gently on the lips in a silent apology.
I nodded sanctimoniously. "That's more like it," I said jokingly.
Jack released me and dived below the surface. I stood on my tiptoes...I had never learned how to swim! Jack tugged at my ankle, pulling me down again. I floundered in the water, finding to find something to push off of so I could back up. My eyes tightly shut and I kicked out for what seemed like an eternity before finally my foot collided with something...a rather soft something. I got back up and found the ledge that I was standing on earlier.
Jack soon followed and said, "Not nice....not nice at all."
I stuck out my tongue childishly and said, "I didn't mean to kick you...I just couldn't find anything to push off of."
Jack studied me for a moment. "Ye can't swim, can ye?" he asked.
I shook my head in a definite 'no.'
"Come 'ere," Jack said patiently, gesturing to the spot between his arms.
I raised a careful eyebrow. "Now, normally I wouldn't object to that, but I don't see how that will help this circumstance," I said sarcastically.
"Guess ye'll 'ave to come 'ere to find out, aye?" Jack retorted.
I did my best to get over to him on my own, struggling in the deep water before finally accepting his offered hand to help me over. Jack pulled me close to him and had me balance on his leg.
"'Ere, lie on me arms and I'll tell ye what to do next," Jack instructed. I did as I was told but I wondered how far into an actual lesson we'd get...considering...
Jack's voice interrupted my thoughts once more. "Now, put yer face in the water and kick with yer feet."
I shot one dubious glance at Jack before doing what I was told. I placed my face below the water's surface and kicked lightly with my feet. Jack readjusted his hold on me, balancing me on his leg so that he could use his hands to make my feet kick harder.
I started as his hand ran down the inside of my calf and hovered around my knee. I spasmed slightly...it tickled! I flipped over and said reproachfully, "Not helping!"
"Oh, come on, now, darling. 'Ave a bit o' fun!" Jack said, laughing at my flounderings.
I reached up and flicked his nose annoyedly. I flipped back down to my stomach. "Now what?" I asked.
"Put yer face in the water and I'll 'elp yer arms," Jack told me.
I did as I was told and Jack's warm hands grasped each of my wrists. He made them move in giant circles, one before the others. All this I had to do in one giant movement - face, feet, arms. Then Jack tilted my head with one hand after I had gotten the jist of the arm movements and brought it up to the surface. With a gentle thumb, Jack opened my mouth, so I could breathe.
I didn't realize it but Jack was slowly edging his leg downwards. Finally, I was swimming by myself, Jack hovering at my side, in case I started to have trouble. When I finally realized what I was doing, I stopped. But my cease in movement made me sink in the water. Jack caught me before I got any farther down.
"I did it!" I said gleefully. I balanced precariously on Jack's knee too keep from sinking. I clung onto Jack's shoulder. Leaning in, I planted a light kiss on Jack's cheek.
Jack laughed lowly, his lips tickling my ear. I shuddered at the warmth of his breath on my ear. Jack's arms wrapped around my body, keeping me close to him. I pushed my fingers up in the bandana that was always present on Jack's head and massaged his scalp.
A low laugh reached my ears. Not Jack's laugh but...another.
I turned wildly to see who was there.
At the top of the waterfall stood a man and behind him, stood about another dozen men, all alarmed and looking murderous.
It was the man from earlier...the man that had stared at me as I walked into the home with Jack.
I stiffened, freezing dead on the spot. Jack's arms tightened protectively around me.
The man above us spoke angrily and Jack called something back, sounding furious.
More laughter.
The men that had been behind the first man had disappeared from my line of vision.
Jack's grip tightened further as he, too, noticed this absence. The man came slowly down the side of the waterfall, not breaking his gaze on me. I shivered in nervous fear.
Then it happened.
The previously missing men appeared suddenly and grabbed onto the floating tendrils of my hair, pulling me painfully away from Jack. I screamed in shock. Arms grabbed at Jack, who had tried to pull me back. Whoever had caught me, drug me from the water. My arms were pinned behind me so that I couldn't move hardly at all. I stared wildly around. Jack was a ways away from me, being restrained by three burly men. He was cursing most profusely, saying things that made me blush terribly. The man from earlier had come up to me. He reminded me of a snake, slithering closer to me. I bit my lip harshly, trying to keep myself from saying something that would get me into trouble of one sort or another.
The man's dark hand reached out and caressed my face. I shuddered and tried to pull away but I was held too tightly by whomever was holding me. Jack let out another stream of profanity in both English and that other language. The man responded to Jack's call and said something harshly to him.
I met eyes with Jack. He smiled reassuringly briefly and made to speak to me. As he opened his mouth to talk, a fist collided with his jaw. Flecks of blood flew from Jack's lip as his head snapped away.
I tried to go to Jack but...the person holding me pulled me back sharply. I dug a sharp elbow into the man's side and then pressed down on the man's foot. The man released his hold on me and I ran towards Jack quickly. I was so close to him, I could have reached out and touched him but someone grabbed me.
It was the man. He pulled me so that my face was a mere centimetre away from his and said hoarsely, "Don't do that again."
I nodded...seeing not much else to do in the situation.
"And now, Captain Sparrow, this is where we leave you," the man said in English and I knew this was so I knew what was going on.
"Listen here, Kao. Don't you dare hurt her! If you do, it'll be the last thing you do!!!" Jack roared as I was tugged away.
I kicked out at the person holding me and fought with all my might to get away.
It didn't work.
I was pulled onto a dock and onto a ship docked several docks places away from the Black Pearl. I called out madly for help, hoping that Colin or one of the others on guard would hear me. A gag was put in my mouth to stop my shouting.
They forced me onto a ship...some part of my mind registered that this was probably a slave-trader. I fought harder but it did little good. They took me down to the brig. Pushing me in forcefully, I knocked into the bars of the brig. Leaning against the bars, I glared at the man angrily.
"Who are you?!" I asked.
"Kao Terra," he replied. "I'm sorry for tearing you away from your lover, but I couldn't allow a beaut like you to get away. You wouldn't believe how good of a price a girl like you will fetch," he cried, laughing madly.
Anger burning inside of me, I spat at the man...Kao Terra...and laughed as it hit him on the face.
He roared angrily, shook the bars of the cage menacingly and said, "You'll learn soon enough, girl." Then he left in a rush.
~*~
Meanwhile in Hawaii:
A day later, Jack Sparrow woke with a sharp pain in the back of his head. The men had knocked him out. That must be what the pain was from. Jack thought back to what happened after Christy had been taken away. He hadn't seen it coming but something blunt collided with the back of Jack's head, successfully knocking him out.
Jack tore from the waterfall, running flat out to get into town. Once he reached the king's home, he stormed into the study unannounced. "You bastard! I come to your home after you've promised me your hospitality and this is what happens. Where did they take her!?"
The king looked at Jack puzzled for a moment but a look of realization flashed across his fat pouchy face and he murmured, "Kao."
"What was that?" Jack questioned, his anger boiling to immeasurable heights.
"Kao Terra. From dinner last night. Seemed taken with your little friend," the king said conversationally.
"Well, now he's taken her. Where would he take her?"
"I can't tell you that. I must protect my people and Kao is one of my people," the king replied gravely.
In one swift movement, Jack drew his cutlass and placed it fluidly on the flabby folds of the king's neck. "Tell me and you will see tomorrow in one piece," Jack hissed.
The king blanched. He stuttered and said, "Kao usually docks at Singapore to refill supplies and make repairs. Try there."
Jack sheathed his cutlass and left the room.
He hurried to the Pearl and shouted for the crew to make ready to leave.
"But, cap'n, the repairs," Gibbs protested.
Jack whirled around and said, "The repairs can wait until later." Then he stormed down to the galley.
Colin heard Jack's approaching footsteps and turned. "All right, cap'n?" he asked as Jack grabbed a piece of bread and ate it furiously.
"They took her!" Jack said, pounding his fist against the table angrily.
"WHAT?!" Colin asked.
"They took her, the bastards. They took her and they're going to sell her if we don't catch up," Jack roared.
Colin slammed his own fist to the table. "Why?!"
Jack rolled his eyes. "You've seen her, Colin. She would get a good price on the slave trade and that's what I'm worried about." Jack pulled out a bottle of rum from the cabinet and uncorked it with his teeth. He drank a huge draw from the bottle angrily. "I knew I shouldn't have brought her here. Bloody girl is too damn convincing. I should have known better. I knew a long time ago that Hawaii was a common safe haven for slave- traders...why did I let her convince me? It figures, you know mate, because if that storm hadn't pushed us ahead...we would have probably missed that Kao bastard...But instead, you and me are here and Christy is god-knows where," Jack said angrily.
"Damn," Colin swore loudly.
Jack slammed the bottle to the table, startling Chaton into a fierce shriek. Jack picked up the lemur, placed it on his shoulder and strode away.
When he reached the deck, the ship was ready to sail. Jack took the helm and expertly led the Pearl out of the harbour and out to sea.
~*~
Author's note - Okay, you all probably hate me now...so be it. Review and let me know what you think! Thanks. ~CrazyCanoeingGIT
Author Thanks:
A-J Sparrow - Thanks for the review, mate. Hope you like the chappie.
Piper 8188 - Thanks for the review mate! As for the dream, you'll have to see if it has any significance or not...I'm not telling. Hope you like the chappie.
movielvr - Thanks, mate. I'm not telling what's gonna happen...you're going to have to wait and see for yourself...don't wanna give anything away. Hope you like the chapter.
blue_jay - Thanks! I'm sorry about your friend. My grandmother, who I was exceptionally close to, died a year and a half ago and I had a really hard time getting over it. And the poem was something that I felt like she would say to me...Anyways, I hope you like the chapter.
WeasleyGirl - Okay, I'll leave your sayings alone, savvy? No mutinying against me...that's not very nice... And I'll announce at the end of this chappie that I am a QG...although I think everyone knows...I have it in my profile. Anywho, hope you like the chapter.
TriGemini - Thanks, mate. Hope you like the chapter!
Anaknusan - Thanks for the review and the suggestion! I'll try to work on that. Hope you like the chapter.
kimmaree - Thanks for the review! You'll understand at the end of this chapter why Jack was hesitant to go to Hawaii, even though he's on good terms with the king. Hope you like the chapter.
Jinxd n cursed - Thanks for the review! Not telling...but either way, it would be too soon to know...usually it doesn't show until at least three months...Hope you like the chapter!
Amidala - Thanks! I'm flattered that this is your favourite! Enjoy!
Eccentric Banshee - You got the word right, don't worry about it. Thanks for the review mate. Keep up the good work on your story. Hope you like the chapter.
Cagalli - Thanks for the review. You'll understand the thing with Kao in this chapter. Hope you like the chappie!
What's in a Name?
Chapter 19: Tropical Paradise?
I shifted slightly and Jack tightened his grip on me, pulling me closer to him. I sighed deeply and fell back asleep soon...not registering the scuffle outside our door.
~*~
I woke the next morning to an exceptionally warm day. The air smelled as though it had rained during the night. I rolled over and watched Jack sleep. I gazed at him for a moment but then I tried to get up. Slowly, I scooted backward and lifted Jack's arm off of my waist.
But I was unsuccessful. Jack pulled me back down and murmured into my hair, "Don't go, love."
I shifted slightly to get comfortable again. "I thought you were asleep," I said quietly.
We lay together for a while, just talking and enjoying the other's company. Eventually we decided to get up.
The king was busy that day so Jack and I were on our own. We returned to the Black Pearl briefly. Jack gave orders to the crew about the repairs that needed to be made. I packed us a lunch for us and soon we left again.
Jack led me away from the ship in the opposite direction that we had come. I followed curiously. My hair, which I had left loose today, fluttered around me in the wind.
"Where are we going?" I asked.
Jack tapped the side of his nose and led me further from the town. We journeyed into the rolling green hills. We walked for nearly an hour, my curiosity growing at every step. The tropical forest was growing denser as we continued. Birds cawed and odd animals chattered angrily at our disturbing them. The air was humid and I could practically taste the moisture. Giant flowers bloomed and flourished in this warm weather. The trees had become so dense that I could hardly see the blue sky up above us.
I could hear something getting louder as we got closer to whatever it was. But I couldn't tell what it was that we were approaching.
Another fifteen minutes and finally, we reached our destination.
It was a beautiful waterfall, cascading over the side of a cliff. Water frothed at the base of it and mist floated up leisurely.
I drew a sharp intake of breath. "Its beautiful..." I whispered.
Jack grabbed my hand and led me along a narrow path that passed behind the waterfall to a cave.
"Oh, Jack," I said quietly. "Its wonderful."
The waterfall in front of us thundered in the background. I sunk to the floor with Jack and set to removing the food that I had packed. Jack grabbed my hands and pulled me away from the food. "Don't worry about that," he husked as he pulled me into his lap.
Kissing me passionately, he ran his tongue along my lips, parting them for exploration of his own tongue. My prior experiences had made me much bolder in this area and I was pleased when I earned a moan from Jack. I nipped lightly at his lip as his hand meandered down my front leisurely, going lower and lower...past my hips.
"Jack," I cried hoarsely.
Our conquest continued for some time, and ended with both of us lying on the floor of the cave, exhausted but comfortable in the other's arms. Neither of us really had any desire to eat though.
I stood and put on the long shirt quickly before tossing Jack his trousers. After he had donned them, I got an idea.
Feeling like doing something I had never done before, I grabbed Jack's hand and stood, pulling him with me.
Jack chuckled at my boldness but followed me outside the cave. I pecked a swift kiss on his lips.
Jack immediately responded, his arms going around me, deepening the kiss. But before it could continue, so, feeling playful, I pushed him from me into the pool of water. I stood laughing at him as he fell ungracefully into the...I could only imagine...exceptionally cool water. But as I laughed, he had swum up and one quick arm darted out and pulled me feet first into the water. I came crashing down into the extremely cold water. I was still laughing when Jack had pulled me in and on the way down, I swallowed an enormous amount of water. My feet hit the bottom and I was able to push myself up. Once I had surfaced, I sputtered slightly before I found a narrow ledge to stand on. I splashed Jack in retribution and said chidingly, "That's not very nice."
Jack reached over and pulled me to him. He kissed me gently on the lips in a silent apology.
I nodded sanctimoniously. "That's more like it," I said jokingly.
Jack released me and dived below the surface. I stood on my tiptoes...I had never learned how to swim! Jack tugged at my ankle, pulling me down again. I floundered in the water, finding to find something to push off of so I could back up. My eyes tightly shut and I kicked out for what seemed like an eternity before finally my foot collided with something...a rather soft something. I got back up and found the ledge that I was standing on earlier.
Jack soon followed and said, "Not nice....not nice at all."
I stuck out my tongue childishly and said, "I didn't mean to kick you...I just couldn't find anything to push off of."
Jack studied me for a moment. "Ye can't swim, can ye?" he asked.
I shook my head in a definite 'no.'
"Come 'ere," Jack said patiently, gesturing to the spot between his arms.
I raised a careful eyebrow. "Now, normally I wouldn't object to that, but I don't see how that will help this circumstance," I said sarcastically.
"Guess ye'll 'ave to come 'ere to find out, aye?" Jack retorted.
I did my best to get over to him on my own, struggling in the deep water before finally accepting his offered hand to help me over. Jack pulled me close to him and had me balance on his leg.
"'Ere, lie on me arms and I'll tell ye what to do next," Jack instructed. I did as I was told but I wondered how far into an actual lesson we'd get...considering...
Jack's voice interrupted my thoughts once more. "Now, put yer face in the water and kick with yer feet."
I shot one dubious glance at Jack before doing what I was told. I placed my face below the water's surface and kicked lightly with my feet. Jack readjusted his hold on me, balancing me on his leg so that he could use his hands to make my feet kick harder.
I started as his hand ran down the inside of my calf and hovered around my knee. I spasmed slightly...it tickled! I flipped over and said reproachfully, "Not helping!"
"Oh, come on, now, darling. 'Ave a bit o' fun!" Jack said, laughing at my flounderings.
I reached up and flicked his nose annoyedly. I flipped back down to my stomach. "Now what?" I asked.
"Put yer face in the water and I'll 'elp yer arms," Jack told me.
I did as I was told and Jack's warm hands grasped each of my wrists. He made them move in giant circles, one before the others. All this I had to do in one giant movement - face, feet, arms. Then Jack tilted my head with one hand after I had gotten the jist of the arm movements and brought it up to the surface. With a gentle thumb, Jack opened my mouth, so I could breathe.
I didn't realize it but Jack was slowly edging his leg downwards. Finally, I was swimming by myself, Jack hovering at my side, in case I started to have trouble. When I finally realized what I was doing, I stopped. But my cease in movement made me sink in the water. Jack caught me before I got any farther down.
"I did it!" I said gleefully. I balanced precariously on Jack's knee too keep from sinking. I clung onto Jack's shoulder. Leaning in, I planted a light kiss on Jack's cheek.
Jack laughed lowly, his lips tickling my ear. I shuddered at the warmth of his breath on my ear. Jack's arms wrapped around my body, keeping me close to him. I pushed my fingers up in the bandana that was always present on Jack's head and massaged his scalp.
A low laugh reached my ears. Not Jack's laugh but...another.
I turned wildly to see who was there.
At the top of the waterfall stood a man and behind him, stood about another dozen men, all alarmed and looking murderous.
It was the man from earlier...the man that had stared at me as I walked into the home with Jack.
I stiffened, freezing dead on the spot. Jack's arms tightened protectively around me.
The man above us spoke angrily and Jack called something back, sounding furious.
More laughter.
The men that had been behind the first man had disappeared from my line of vision.
Jack's grip tightened further as he, too, noticed this absence. The man came slowly down the side of the waterfall, not breaking his gaze on me. I shivered in nervous fear.
Then it happened.
The previously missing men appeared suddenly and grabbed onto the floating tendrils of my hair, pulling me painfully away from Jack. I screamed in shock. Arms grabbed at Jack, who had tried to pull me back. Whoever had caught me, drug me from the water. My arms were pinned behind me so that I couldn't move hardly at all. I stared wildly around. Jack was a ways away from me, being restrained by three burly men. He was cursing most profusely, saying things that made me blush terribly. The man from earlier had come up to me. He reminded me of a snake, slithering closer to me. I bit my lip harshly, trying to keep myself from saying something that would get me into trouble of one sort or another.
The man's dark hand reached out and caressed my face. I shuddered and tried to pull away but I was held too tightly by whomever was holding me. Jack let out another stream of profanity in both English and that other language. The man responded to Jack's call and said something harshly to him.
I met eyes with Jack. He smiled reassuringly briefly and made to speak to me. As he opened his mouth to talk, a fist collided with his jaw. Flecks of blood flew from Jack's lip as his head snapped away.
I tried to go to Jack but...the person holding me pulled me back sharply. I dug a sharp elbow into the man's side and then pressed down on the man's foot. The man released his hold on me and I ran towards Jack quickly. I was so close to him, I could have reached out and touched him but someone grabbed me.
It was the man. He pulled me so that my face was a mere centimetre away from his and said hoarsely, "Don't do that again."
I nodded...seeing not much else to do in the situation.
"And now, Captain Sparrow, this is where we leave you," the man said in English and I knew this was so I knew what was going on.
"Listen here, Kao. Don't you dare hurt her! If you do, it'll be the last thing you do!!!" Jack roared as I was tugged away.
I kicked out at the person holding me and fought with all my might to get away.
It didn't work.
I was pulled onto a dock and onto a ship docked several docks places away from the Black Pearl. I called out madly for help, hoping that Colin or one of the others on guard would hear me. A gag was put in my mouth to stop my shouting.
They forced me onto a ship...some part of my mind registered that this was probably a slave-trader. I fought harder but it did little good. They took me down to the brig. Pushing me in forcefully, I knocked into the bars of the brig. Leaning against the bars, I glared at the man angrily.
"Who are you?!" I asked.
"Kao Terra," he replied. "I'm sorry for tearing you away from your lover, but I couldn't allow a beaut like you to get away. You wouldn't believe how good of a price a girl like you will fetch," he cried, laughing madly.
Anger burning inside of me, I spat at the man...Kao Terra...and laughed as it hit him on the face.
He roared angrily, shook the bars of the cage menacingly and said, "You'll learn soon enough, girl." Then he left in a rush.
~*~
Meanwhile in Hawaii:
A day later, Jack Sparrow woke with a sharp pain in the back of his head. The men had knocked him out. That must be what the pain was from. Jack thought back to what happened after Christy had been taken away. He hadn't seen it coming but something blunt collided with the back of Jack's head, successfully knocking him out.
Jack tore from the waterfall, running flat out to get into town. Once he reached the king's home, he stormed into the study unannounced. "You bastard! I come to your home after you've promised me your hospitality and this is what happens. Where did they take her!?"
The king looked at Jack puzzled for a moment but a look of realization flashed across his fat pouchy face and he murmured, "Kao."
"What was that?" Jack questioned, his anger boiling to immeasurable heights.
"Kao Terra. From dinner last night. Seemed taken with your little friend," the king said conversationally.
"Well, now he's taken her. Where would he take her?"
"I can't tell you that. I must protect my people and Kao is one of my people," the king replied gravely.
In one swift movement, Jack drew his cutlass and placed it fluidly on the flabby folds of the king's neck. "Tell me and you will see tomorrow in one piece," Jack hissed.
The king blanched. He stuttered and said, "Kao usually docks at Singapore to refill supplies and make repairs. Try there."
Jack sheathed his cutlass and left the room.
He hurried to the Pearl and shouted for the crew to make ready to leave.
"But, cap'n, the repairs," Gibbs protested.
Jack whirled around and said, "The repairs can wait until later." Then he stormed down to the galley.
Colin heard Jack's approaching footsteps and turned. "All right, cap'n?" he asked as Jack grabbed a piece of bread and ate it furiously.
"They took her!" Jack said, pounding his fist against the table angrily.
"WHAT?!" Colin asked.
"They took her, the bastards. They took her and they're going to sell her if we don't catch up," Jack roared.
Colin slammed his own fist to the table. "Why?!"
Jack rolled his eyes. "You've seen her, Colin. She would get a good price on the slave trade and that's what I'm worried about." Jack pulled out a bottle of rum from the cabinet and uncorked it with his teeth. He drank a huge draw from the bottle angrily. "I knew I shouldn't have brought her here. Bloody girl is too damn convincing. I should have known better. I knew a long time ago that Hawaii was a common safe haven for slave- traders...why did I let her convince me? It figures, you know mate, because if that storm hadn't pushed us ahead...we would have probably missed that Kao bastard...But instead, you and me are here and Christy is god-knows where," Jack said angrily.
"Damn," Colin swore loudly.
Jack slammed the bottle to the table, startling Chaton into a fierce shriek. Jack picked up the lemur, placed it on his shoulder and strode away.
When he reached the deck, the ship was ready to sail. Jack took the helm and expertly led the Pearl out of the harbour and out to sea.
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Author's note - Okay, you all probably hate me now...so be it. Review and let me know what you think! Thanks. ~CrazyCanoeingGIT