Disclaimer: I do not own Pirates of the Caribbean. (cries)
Lawyer: HELP! (Dragon continues to chew on him)
Me: Hey! I'm taking a vote on whether you want me to let the lawyer go or
not. Just remember that lawyers torture us all with their insistence that
we add these cursed disclaimers.
Lawyer: That's not fair!
Me: I'm a pirate. Duh.
Chapter 3: Accords
Kay pelted through town in abject terror. The pirates had arrived and were wreaking havoc on everything and everyone. Kay was surrounded by screaming, frightened people.
Someone grabbed Kay's shoulder suddenly from behind and she fell, twisting around quickly to see who had attacked her. She found herself staring up at the leering face of a pirate. Her shriek of terror grabbed the attention of the blacksmith, who was fighting nearby. He rushed over and stabbed the pirate in the back, then extended a hand to Kay to help her up.
"You need to find someplace to hide," he told her. Kay wanted to, but fear held her rooted to the spot. Suddenly the blacksmith looked off to the side, fear and surprise on his face. Kay turned to look and saw the girl from the docks, Elizabeth, being pulled away by two pirates. The blacksmith made to go to her, but another pirate running past him whacked him over the head and he toppled backwards, unconscious.
With her one protector down, Kay turned and streaked off again, running as if she had demons on her tail. She found herself at the jail, and the guard was turned away from her, facing two pirates who were obviously headed his way. She pushed open the door and bolted down the stairs. It was pure luck that kept her from falling and breaking her neck. She ran past the cells, noticing with a detached corner of her mind that there was a gigantic hole in the wall of one cell and that the one next to it held a single occupant. Spotting a doorway at the end of the hall she ran through it and ducked off to the side to hug the wall, clutching her bag to her chest. No sooner had she cleared the doorway than she was followed by a dog, carrying in its mouth a ring of keys, and she heard two men enter the room. She peeked around the wall to see them, praying that they couldn't hear her ragged breathing.
Jack: The girl pelted past his cell like a blur and ducked for shelter through the storeroom doorway at the end of the room, followed almost immediately by the dog. He would have felt peeved, but before he could the guard came crashing down the stairs to land in a heap at the bottom, followed by two pirates.
"Hey! This ain't the armory," one of the snapped. Then he spotted Jack and nudged his companion. "Well, well. Look what we have hear Twig. Captain Jack Sparrow. Last time I saw you, you was all alone on a god-forsaken island, shrinken into the distance. His fortunes haven't improved much."
"Worry about your own fortunes," Jack responded. "The deepest circle of hell is reserved for betrayers and mutineers."
The pirate shot his arm through the bar to grab Jack's throat. Jack heard a muffled gasp from the direction of the storeroom and knew the girl was watching. He glanced down and saw that the pirates arm had turned skeletal in the moonlight.
"So there is a curse," Jack muttered. That's interesting."
"You know nothing of hell," the pirate snarled. He released Jack and stalked away, his companion following.
"That's very interesting," Jack said thoughtfully. He glanced towards the storeroom where the girl was fearfully looking out, probably trying to see if the pirates had gone. She glanced over at him, caught him looking and ducked back into the storeroom. Jack chuckled.
Kay: Kay sat huddled against the wall, shaking. Her mind was a confused whirlwind, she was unable to concentrate on a single thought. When she finally managed to calm her mind down a bit, one thought came to the fore of her mind and stayed there. That man's arm had turned to bone! That shouldn't be possible, but Kay knew what she had seen. After a long time her reeling mind was finally cast into unconsciousness.
~*~
When Kay woke there was light shining in the room. Her back was stiff from sleeping upright against a hard wall all night. As she stood and stretched she wondered vaguely where she was. Then, like a tidal wave, all the events of the previous day came crashing into her head. Everything from standing in her room, to following Jack through town, to the pirate raid.
Kay remained cool, all the panic of the previous night banished in the light of day. She examined her situation from every angle, knowing that it wasn't good. She was stuck in a place she didn't know, hell she wasn't even in her own century, she had no money, and she didn't know a soul. Well, that last wasn't exactly true. She glanced through the door at Jack, who was trying to pick the lock with a bone. She needed his help, Kay admitted to herself. But would he help her? She thought he had recognized her, when he saw her on the docks. Kay mentally shook herself. She could break him out. The dog was cowering under a bench at the opposite end of the room. That was her bargaining chip. She took a deep breath and walked out to confront Jack.
She walked to stand in front of his cell, and turned to face him. He was staring at her curiously. Kay took another deep breath.
"I have a proposition for you," she said quietly. "I can get you out of here."
"The key's run off luv, ow you plannin on doin that?" he asked.
"I know where that dog went and I can get the keys. But you have to agree to do something for me first."
"And what's that?"
Kay took a breath, then answered. "You have to take me with you." Whatever Jack had been expecting, it wasn't that. He looked like someone had hit him over the head with something hard and heavy.
"Ye want to travel with a pirate," he asked incredulously.
Kay smiled. "I've dreamed about being a pirate since I was a child. I thought it would be a grand adventure. Besides, I have no where to go, hell I don't even know where I am. You can help me, and I can help you." She decided to try some pirate speech, and extending her hand through the bars asked, "Do we have an accord?"
Jack smiled as he took her hand. "Aye, we do. Now go find that mangy cur so we can leave."
Kay trotted back into the storeroom. As soon as she disappeared the young blacksmith came clambering down the stairs, but intent on what she was doing Kay didn't hear him.
Kay ducked under the dog's bench and grabbed the ring of keys in its mouth but the dog wasn't letting go. The two played tug-of-war until a loud clang from the jail caused the dog to yelp and drop the keys. Kay snatched them up and returned to the cells.
"Are you suggesting that was a mistake?" she heard Jack ask. She paused on the doorframe, staring at the scene before her in shock. Jack's cell door was lying on the floor and Jack himself had a gun pointed at the head of the young blacksmith she had seen the previous day. Jack continued, "When you only have one shot it's best to wait for the opportune moment. That wasn't it." He lowered the gun. "Nor is this." Kay sighed. She really hadn't believed that he would fire.
Jack looked up then, and saw her in the doorway. "There ye are luv." The blacksmith whipped around, startled.
"I guess we don't need these," Kay muttered, and dropped the keys. The dog darted forward and snatched them up, then darted back under its bench. Kay didn't know what to do. The agreement had been that she get Jack out and then he'd take her with him, but now she was unable to hold up her end of the deal. He had no reason to hold his. Jack turned to face her.
"Ye comin luv?" he asked.
"But I-"Kay started, confused.
"I already said you were comin," Jack interrupted smoothly. "Ye still want to, I assume."
Kay needed no further urging. She grabbed up her bag and walked over to join the two men, settling her bag more comfortably on her back.
"Ye never told me yer name luv," Jack said. Kay stuck out her hand.
"Kay Joans."
"Captain Jack Sparrow." Kay took his hand, then extended hers to the blacksmith.
"Will Turner," he said. He looked puzzled as to why she was there. Kay brought him back to the present.
"Well gentlemen, I think we should be going."
They slipped up the stairs and through the streets until they reached the beach near the docks. They ducked under a bridge, looking at the ships in the water.
"We're going to steal a ship?" Will asked, incredulous. "That ship?"
"Commandeer. We're going to commandeer that ship, nautical term," Jack responded. "Just one question about your business boy, or there's no use going. This girl, how far are you willing to go to save her?"
"I'd die for her," Will snapped fiercely.
"Ah good. No worries then," said Jack, and turned back to watching the ships. He motioned for them to follow him and they ducked under a rowboat. When the sounds of passing feet faded they stood up and walked with the rowboat into the water. They were able to breathe the air trapped under the boat. Kay was impressed. This idea was sheer genius. Will echoed her thoughts.
"This is either madness or brilliance," he muttered.
"It's remarkable how often those two traits coincide," Jack responded. Kay snorted. She heard a muffled crunch behind her and looking over her shoulder she saw that Will had caught his foot in a lobster trap. She caught his eye, then turned away as she started laughing. When they finally stopped Will was able to get it off.
"We're going to swim up from here," Jack told them. Then, almost as an after thought he turned to Kay and asked "Can ye swim?"
Kay felt annoyed. "I was on my high school and college swim and diving teams," she said waspishly.
"I'll take that as a yes then," Jack muttered, obviously confused as to what high school and college were. "Alright, now." They all took deep breaths and kicked off from the ocean floor. Kay broke the surface first, and was wiping her eyes when the other two came up. They climbed the back of the ship, the Dauntless, so as to take the guards by surprise.
"Stay here," Jack muttered to Kay, gesturing for her to hide behind the ship's wheel. Kay complied with good grace. She wasn't stupid, she had no weapons with which to attack or defend with. So she just watched as Jack and Will announced that they were taking over the ship and herded the guards into a rowboat which they dropped into the water. She then came out and went to help the two men get the ship ready to sail.
After a bit she noticed that the ship nearer the shore, the Interceptor was coming on them fast. Will took off for the helm and Kay followed as quickly as she could.
"Here they come," Will announced when he reached Jack. Jack turned and grinned, then grabbed the two and dragged them to hide. Soon enough the Interceptor pulled alongside and the men boarded the Dauntless. Kay heard the Commodore shouting for his men to search the ship for them. When the solders were busy searching Jack grabbed Kay around the waist, grabbed a rope, and swung over to the Interceptor with Kay clinging tightly to his neck. Will followed suit. Jack quickly pulled out a knife and cut all the ropes that connected the two ships. He ran to the helm as the Interceptor pulled away from the Dauntless.
Kay heard the Commodore yell and knew he had seen them, but they had pulled to far for the solders to swing across. One of them proved that when he tried to swing over and landed in the water. Kay laughed when she heard Jack call back to the Commodore.
"Thank you for making us ready to make way. We would have had a hard time of it by ourselves." Then they ducked as the solders started to fire on them.
"Won't they try to follow us?" Will asked.
"They'll try," Jack answered smugly. "But they won't get far. I disabled the rudder chain." Kay laughed again, vaguely realizing that it had been years since she had last been this happy. Still smiling, she turned to help the Jack and Will sail the ship.
Yay! Chapter 3 done. This one took awhile, considering I was typing and watching Air Force 1 at the same time... ahem. Anyway please review. I only have one reviewer so far, ONE! Oh, and please tell me what you want me to do to the lawyer. (grins evily, lawyer gulps)
Chapter 3: Accords
Kay pelted through town in abject terror. The pirates had arrived and were wreaking havoc on everything and everyone. Kay was surrounded by screaming, frightened people.
Someone grabbed Kay's shoulder suddenly from behind and she fell, twisting around quickly to see who had attacked her. She found herself staring up at the leering face of a pirate. Her shriek of terror grabbed the attention of the blacksmith, who was fighting nearby. He rushed over and stabbed the pirate in the back, then extended a hand to Kay to help her up.
"You need to find someplace to hide," he told her. Kay wanted to, but fear held her rooted to the spot. Suddenly the blacksmith looked off to the side, fear and surprise on his face. Kay turned to look and saw the girl from the docks, Elizabeth, being pulled away by two pirates. The blacksmith made to go to her, but another pirate running past him whacked him over the head and he toppled backwards, unconscious.
With her one protector down, Kay turned and streaked off again, running as if she had demons on her tail. She found herself at the jail, and the guard was turned away from her, facing two pirates who were obviously headed his way. She pushed open the door and bolted down the stairs. It was pure luck that kept her from falling and breaking her neck. She ran past the cells, noticing with a detached corner of her mind that there was a gigantic hole in the wall of one cell and that the one next to it held a single occupant. Spotting a doorway at the end of the hall she ran through it and ducked off to the side to hug the wall, clutching her bag to her chest. No sooner had she cleared the doorway than she was followed by a dog, carrying in its mouth a ring of keys, and she heard two men enter the room. She peeked around the wall to see them, praying that they couldn't hear her ragged breathing.
Jack: The girl pelted past his cell like a blur and ducked for shelter through the storeroom doorway at the end of the room, followed almost immediately by the dog. He would have felt peeved, but before he could the guard came crashing down the stairs to land in a heap at the bottom, followed by two pirates.
"Hey! This ain't the armory," one of the snapped. Then he spotted Jack and nudged his companion. "Well, well. Look what we have hear Twig. Captain Jack Sparrow. Last time I saw you, you was all alone on a god-forsaken island, shrinken into the distance. His fortunes haven't improved much."
"Worry about your own fortunes," Jack responded. "The deepest circle of hell is reserved for betrayers and mutineers."
The pirate shot his arm through the bar to grab Jack's throat. Jack heard a muffled gasp from the direction of the storeroom and knew the girl was watching. He glanced down and saw that the pirates arm had turned skeletal in the moonlight.
"So there is a curse," Jack muttered. That's interesting."
"You know nothing of hell," the pirate snarled. He released Jack and stalked away, his companion following.
"That's very interesting," Jack said thoughtfully. He glanced towards the storeroom where the girl was fearfully looking out, probably trying to see if the pirates had gone. She glanced over at him, caught him looking and ducked back into the storeroom. Jack chuckled.
Kay: Kay sat huddled against the wall, shaking. Her mind was a confused whirlwind, she was unable to concentrate on a single thought. When she finally managed to calm her mind down a bit, one thought came to the fore of her mind and stayed there. That man's arm had turned to bone! That shouldn't be possible, but Kay knew what she had seen. After a long time her reeling mind was finally cast into unconsciousness.
~*~
When Kay woke there was light shining in the room. Her back was stiff from sleeping upright against a hard wall all night. As she stood and stretched she wondered vaguely where she was. Then, like a tidal wave, all the events of the previous day came crashing into her head. Everything from standing in her room, to following Jack through town, to the pirate raid.
Kay remained cool, all the panic of the previous night banished in the light of day. She examined her situation from every angle, knowing that it wasn't good. She was stuck in a place she didn't know, hell she wasn't even in her own century, she had no money, and she didn't know a soul. Well, that last wasn't exactly true. She glanced through the door at Jack, who was trying to pick the lock with a bone. She needed his help, Kay admitted to herself. But would he help her? She thought he had recognized her, when he saw her on the docks. Kay mentally shook herself. She could break him out. The dog was cowering under a bench at the opposite end of the room. That was her bargaining chip. She took a deep breath and walked out to confront Jack.
She walked to stand in front of his cell, and turned to face him. He was staring at her curiously. Kay took another deep breath.
"I have a proposition for you," she said quietly. "I can get you out of here."
"The key's run off luv, ow you plannin on doin that?" he asked.
"I know where that dog went and I can get the keys. But you have to agree to do something for me first."
"And what's that?"
Kay took a breath, then answered. "You have to take me with you." Whatever Jack had been expecting, it wasn't that. He looked like someone had hit him over the head with something hard and heavy.
"Ye want to travel with a pirate," he asked incredulously.
Kay smiled. "I've dreamed about being a pirate since I was a child. I thought it would be a grand adventure. Besides, I have no where to go, hell I don't even know where I am. You can help me, and I can help you." She decided to try some pirate speech, and extending her hand through the bars asked, "Do we have an accord?"
Jack smiled as he took her hand. "Aye, we do. Now go find that mangy cur so we can leave."
Kay trotted back into the storeroom. As soon as she disappeared the young blacksmith came clambering down the stairs, but intent on what she was doing Kay didn't hear him.
Kay ducked under the dog's bench and grabbed the ring of keys in its mouth but the dog wasn't letting go. The two played tug-of-war until a loud clang from the jail caused the dog to yelp and drop the keys. Kay snatched them up and returned to the cells.
"Are you suggesting that was a mistake?" she heard Jack ask. She paused on the doorframe, staring at the scene before her in shock. Jack's cell door was lying on the floor and Jack himself had a gun pointed at the head of the young blacksmith she had seen the previous day. Jack continued, "When you only have one shot it's best to wait for the opportune moment. That wasn't it." He lowered the gun. "Nor is this." Kay sighed. She really hadn't believed that he would fire.
Jack looked up then, and saw her in the doorway. "There ye are luv." The blacksmith whipped around, startled.
"I guess we don't need these," Kay muttered, and dropped the keys. The dog darted forward and snatched them up, then darted back under its bench. Kay didn't know what to do. The agreement had been that she get Jack out and then he'd take her with him, but now she was unable to hold up her end of the deal. He had no reason to hold his. Jack turned to face her.
"Ye comin luv?" he asked.
"But I-"Kay started, confused.
"I already said you were comin," Jack interrupted smoothly. "Ye still want to, I assume."
Kay needed no further urging. She grabbed up her bag and walked over to join the two men, settling her bag more comfortably on her back.
"Ye never told me yer name luv," Jack said. Kay stuck out her hand.
"Kay Joans."
"Captain Jack Sparrow." Kay took his hand, then extended hers to the blacksmith.
"Will Turner," he said. He looked puzzled as to why she was there. Kay brought him back to the present.
"Well gentlemen, I think we should be going."
They slipped up the stairs and through the streets until they reached the beach near the docks. They ducked under a bridge, looking at the ships in the water.
"We're going to steal a ship?" Will asked, incredulous. "That ship?"
"Commandeer. We're going to commandeer that ship, nautical term," Jack responded. "Just one question about your business boy, or there's no use going. This girl, how far are you willing to go to save her?"
"I'd die for her," Will snapped fiercely.
"Ah good. No worries then," said Jack, and turned back to watching the ships. He motioned for them to follow him and they ducked under a rowboat. When the sounds of passing feet faded they stood up and walked with the rowboat into the water. They were able to breathe the air trapped under the boat. Kay was impressed. This idea was sheer genius. Will echoed her thoughts.
"This is either madness or brilliance," he muttered.
"It's remarkable how often those two traits coincide," Jack responded. Kay snorted. She heard a muffled crunch behind her and looking over her shoulder she saw that Will had caught his foot in a lobster trap. She caught his eye, then turned away as she started laughing. When they finally stopped Will was able to get it off.
"We're going to swim up from here," Jack told them. Then, almost as an after thought he turned to Kay and asked "Can ye swim?"
Kay felt annoyed. "I was on my high school and college swim and diving teams," she said waspishly.
"I'll take that as a yes then," Jack muttered, obviously confused as to what high school and college were. "Alright, now." They all took deep breaths and kicked off from the ocean floor. Kay broke the surface first, and was wiping her eyes when the other two came up. They climbed the back of the ship, the Dauntless, so as to take the guards by surprise.
"Stay here," Jack muttered to Kay, gesturing for her to hide behind the ship's wheel. Kay complied with good grace. She wasn't stupid, she had no weapons with which to attack or defend with. So she just watched as Jack and Will announced that they were taking over the ship and herded the guards into a rowboat which they dropped into the water. She then came out and went to help the two men get the ship ready to sail.
After a bit she noticed that the ship nearer the shore, the Interceptor was coming on them fast. Will took off for the helm and Kay followed as quickly as she could.
"Here they come," Will announced when he reached Jack. Jack turned and grinned, then grabbed the two and dragged them to hide. Soon enough the Interceptor pulled alongside and the men boarded the Dauntless. Kay heard the Commodore shouting for his men to search the ship for them. When the solders were busy searching Jack grabbed Kay around the waist, grabbed a rope, and swung over to the Interceptor with Kay clinging tightly to his neck. Will followed suit. Jack quickly pulled out a knife and cut all the ropes that connected the two ships. He ran to the helm as the Interceptor pulled away from the Dauntless.
Kay heard the Commodore yell and knew he had seen them, but they had pulled to far for the solders to swing across. One of them proved that when he tried to swing over and landed in the water. Kay laughed when she heard Jack call back to the Commodore.
"Thank you for making us ready to make way. We would have had a hard time of it by ourselves." Then they ducked as the solders started to fire on them.
"Won't they try to follow us?" Will asked.
"They'll try," Jack answered smugly. "But they won't get far. I disabled the rudder chain." Kay laughed again, vaguely realizing that it had been years since she had last been this happy. Still smiling, she turned to help the Jack and Will sail the ship.
Yay! Chapter 3 done. This one took awhile, considering I was typing and watching Air Force 1 at the same time... ahem. Anyway please review. I only have one reviewer so far, ONE! Oh, and please tell me what you want me to do to the lawyer. (grins evily, lawyer gulps)