Disclaimer: I do not own anything Potc related. Well that's not true, I own
a Jack Sparrow poster, a bunch of key chains...*sees the glares of her
readers*...shutting up.
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**Janes Point of View**
Jane stared at the wall with wide eyes as it came closer and closer. She looked around frantically, seeing if there was anyone fit enough to steer the Pearl. But no one was. AnaMaria was unconscious, and all the sailors, including Jack, were still enchanted by the Sirens music.
Jane looked at the helm. Maybe she could do it. It would be like driving a car. Jane looked up at the wall and finally made up her mind. She had to try. Jane bent down and as carefully, but as quickly as she could she grabbed AnaMaria by her shoulders and moved her away from the helm.
Jane grabbed the helm with both hands and looked up. It was now or never. She quickly turned the helm hoping she wasn't already to late to change the course. The Black Pearl groaned as it began to turn sharply to the right, away from the wall, but not quick enough. The ship jolted as the side grinded against the wall. Jane gritted her teeth as she turned the helm even more.
When she finally got the ship off the wall she tried to get it back into the middle of the channel, but because she was so inexperienced it wasn't easy.
For the next half an hour Jane wrestled with the helm, trying to get the ship out to of there in one piece. The music of the Sirens began to get louder and louder. Making her head throb. Jane squinted her eyes for a moment. She saw an opening. They were going to make it!
Jane smiled as she began to steer the ship in that direction. Gradually the music began to get quieter, but it was still there. Suddenly Jane heard a creak and thud behind her. She turned her head and saw that Jack was standing up, still enchanted by the music, following one of the Sirens towards the edge of the rail.
"JACK!!! JACK!!" Jane yelled as she tried to think what to do. If she let go of the helm, the ship would crash, if she didn't Jack would fall over board and drown. Jane looked at her feet for a moment, and got and idea. Without letting the helm go, she grabbed some rope she had dropped before and began to loop it around the helm. Once she had dne that she grabbed the ends of the rope and tied it off on one of the rails, making it so the helm couldn't turn.
She turned to the direction she had seen Jack and began to run. He was standing on the rail murmuring to himself. Jane scrambled over and reached Jack just as e was jumping. Jane reached her hand out, hoping she could grab his arm, shirt, anything. Her wish came true as her fingers closed around his wrist. Jane was about to sigh with relief when she felt her self being pulled down with him.
Jane gave a yell as she began to go over the rail. She closed her eyes, waiting for the impact, but none came. As she opened her eyes she saw why. One of her feet had a rope around it, holding both her and Jack just above the water. Jane took a few breaths to steady herself. Her foot must have gotten tangled in the rope when she was tying the helm. She had never been so thankful for her clumsiness. Jane was jolted back to reality when the ship hit yet another rock. At this rate it would be a miracle if a tiny splinter of this ship ever made it to the open sea again.
Jane turned he head to the side to see where they were headed. And she was right. If they kept on going in this direction, they were going to hit yet another wall. Jane took another deep breath as she began to move her other leg up to the railing. When she got it anchored between two rails she tried to get in reach of the rail by doing an upside down sit up. But it wasn't as easy as it sounded, she still had a grip on Jacks wrist, and that man weighed a ton.
But Jane kept trying anyway. After a few tries she finally got hold on the rail and pulled both her and Jack closer to the ship. Jane quickly untangled her foot, and stood up on the other side of the rail. She gripped the rail with her free hand and then climbed onto the deck. Jane stopped for a moment trying to catch her breath, then she tried to pull jack up. Which wasn't easy as it sounds. After several tugs she finally got him over the rail and they fell to the deck.
Jane sighed and pushed Jack off of her. She scrambled to the helm and quickly turned it, steering the ship away from the wall. She held the ship on course, heading straight for the opening. As the Pearl came closer and closer to the opening the music of the Sirens got softer and softer and when the pearl sailed tout of the Dragons teeth, the music completely stopped. As soon as it had stopped everyone woke up from their trance, looking around them trying to figure out where they were and why they were tied to a mast.
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** Jacks P.O.V.**
Jack groaned as he stood up from the deck. His left shoulder throbbed, but he couldn't figure out why. He looked around. They were on the open sea. How did they get there? The last thing he remembered was sailing through the Dragons Teeth, and hearing some beautiful music. After that it was a blank. Jack looked behind him and saw the sharp rocks of the Dragons Teeth begin to shrink into the distance. Then he saw Jane. He saw Jane at the helm. He frowned. What was she doing there? He didn't know what just happened but he sure knew he didn't want a girl steering his beloved ship.
Jack then glanced around the Pearl. His ship was beat up pretty bad. The wood on the deck was crushed in several places, one of the sails had a long rip in it, and the railing around the helm was almost totally gone. He looked at Jane with a glare. She turned to meet his gaze.
"Still think a ships no place for a women?"
Jack threw his hands in the air. "Aye! Aye I do. I mean look at me ship!" He began to point at all the damaged areas on his ship. "I .... just look! Me deck is ruined, me sails look like someone cut them and just look at the rail!! That rail came all the way from China! Its impossible to replace! Ye just proved me point! A ship ain't no place for a woman."
Janes mouth dropped open. She had just saved his life and this was how he treated her? Jack watched as she began to get red. But them she stopped, looked behind her then looked at Jack. He frowned again.
"What?"
Jane nodded to the ground near her feet. "It's AnaMaria."
"What about 'er?"
Jane sighed wearily. "If you weren't such an idiot you would have noticed that AnaMaria is injured! She got hit on the head with a rock. She's over here."
Jack looked around the deck again in search of Gibbs. By this time the whole crew had untied themselves and were back to work, acting as if that never happened. "Oi Gibs!"
Gibbs walked over to Jack. "Aye?"
Jack pointed to the helm. "Kindly relive Ms Miller of the helm, I need t'tend to AnaMaria."
Gibbs nodded and walked over to the helm. "'scuse me miss, yer to leave now."
Jane snorted and thought abut punching Gibbs but then decided against. It. Another punch like the one she had given him before, and she might kill the old man.
Jack quickly walked to the helm and looked over AnaMaria. He bent down and picked her up, then walked began to walk to his cabin. Jane followed behind him. As Jack walked past the crew, several of them stopped and stared at AnaMarias still form. But when Jack gave them a glance, they quickly went back to work and didn't talk about it.
Jack walked down below deck and towards his cabin. When he reached it he stopped and just stared. His door was down, the hinges torn off, and his cabin was a mess. Messier than usual. He turned around, Anaaria still in his arms and looked at Jane. She tried to look innocent but she failed miserably. She shrugged.
"Would you believe me if I said the Sirens did it?"
Jack groaned as he entered his messy cabin, He couldn't believe this girl had just ransacked his room. He was going to kill her. But he pushed those thoughts aside as he layed AnaMaria on the bed. He brushed aside her hair to look at the wound. It was pretty bad, The rock had hit her right beside her left eye, and the cut was really deep. He turned to Jane.
"Yer gonna 'elp me clean 'er up savvy?"
Jane folded her arms. "Yeah? And why should I?" She knew she was going to help, she WANTED to help, but she also wanted to get on Jacks nerves. She succeed. Jack stood up and faced her.
"why? Cuz one, I said so, two I'm Cap'n so ye 'ave to obey my orders..."
Jane interrupted him with wave of her hand as she stepped closer. "I am not part of your crew! I would never want to be part of you're gross smelly crew. They are.."
This time Jack interrupted her and took a step closer so that they were nearly touching nose to nose. "Dun ye be insulting me crew! Yer the stowaway! Ye follow me orders like everyone lese."
"I did NOT stowaway."
"Then how did ye get 'ere? And if ye were truly innocnt then why is me room destroyed?" Jack yelled. He didn't usually lose his temper, but this girl just pushed him too hard.
"I told you...."
"Shut up both of you!"
Jack and Jane turned their heads to look at AnaMaria who must have woken up during their shouting. She was looking at them, her face slightly turned on the pillow and her eyes barely open. "If ye two ain't gonna shut up, then get out. Me'ead is killin' me."
Jane looked at the floor and Jack just ignored her while he went around his room looking for a rag. Once he found it he opened one of his desk drawers and was thankful when he saw that his rum hadn't been touched. Jane walked up beside him and took the rag from him. He was going to put up a fight, but then decided not to as he watched Jane begin to clean the wound.
"What 'appened?" AnaMaria asked weakly.
Jane shook her head. "try not to talk for a bit. You were hit on the head b a falling rock."
AnaMaria closed her eyes. "Then 'ow did we get out of the Dragons Teeth? Who steered?"
Jane was silent for a few minutes before she answered. She continued to clean the wound. "I did."
AnaMarias eyes flew opened as she looked searchingly at Jane's face. "You? You steered the Pearl?"
Jane nodded. AnaMaria burst into laughter. Jane tilted her head.
"What?"
"Nothing. Nothing at all!" Jack watched the two talk as he leaned against a wall. Maybe this girl wasn't so bad. She obviously knew how to clean wounds. Just then, Jane flipped her hairbcak, revealing an ugly bruise on her left cheek. Jack frowned a bit when he saw it. At first he thought it might have been from a rock, but as he looked at it longer, he realized it was in the shape of a hand.
Jack was brought back to reality when Jane poked him on his arm. He looked up at her.
"What?"
Jane jerked her head towards the sleeping AnaMaria. "She's sleeping. Her wound on her head will be fine, as long as you make sure she cleans it." Jane tilted her head slightly when Jack didn't answer. "You ok?"
Jack nodded and stood up. "Come on, we'll let AnaMaria rest, ye go find something t'do, I'm gonna go to the 'elm."
Jane nodded and followed Jack out of the cabin. Jack made his way back to the helm, and Jane followed close behind him. She was silent the whole way to the helm, which amazed Jack. From the little time he had met her, she hadn't stopped talking. When Jack stepped up on the deck, he looked around. His men were working everywhere, trying to fix broken planks and some were just staring at the sails. He sighed as he made his way to the helm. Gibbs caught sight of him, and with a nod he moved aside and went to go and help clean the ship up.
'Jack?'
'Captain.'
Jane just rolled he eyes. "Yeah whatever man. I have a question."
Jack glanced at her for a moment before turning back to the helm. Jane took that as a 'go ahead' and took a breath.
"Where are you headed?"
"What makes you think we are headed anywhere?"
"I'm not stupid Jack...."
'Could have fooled me." Jack muttered under his breath.
Jane narrowed her eyes but decided to ignore it. "As I was saying before I was rudely interrupted, I'm not stupid, you wouldn't have risked the lives of you crew by going into the Dragons Teeth if you weren't heading somewhere important. So where are you going?"
Jack snorted. "Why would I tell you?"
Jane folded her arms across her chest. "Because I saved your life. You owe me."
Jack glanced at her. "I dun owe you anything, ye got that?" Jack put up his hand before Jane could protest. 'BUT I'll gladly tell you where we are headed.......if you tell me something."
Jane tilted her head. "Okay, what do you want to know?"
"Who hit ye?"
Janes mouth fell open. "I beg your pardon"
Jack pointed to her bruise. "You heard me, who hit you?"
Jane pursed her lips. "That is absolutely none of your business, CAPTAIN Sparrow."
Jack turned back to the wheel with raised eyebrows. "Well then Ms, Miller, I believe your question will remained unanswered then eh?"
Jane blinked. Did he just say he 'wasn't' going to answer her question? She opened her mouth to say something...but couldn't think of anything. So she tried again. Same result. With a huff she turned on her heel and stomped her way to Jacks cabin.
Jack sighed as he watched her go below. This was going to be a loooong trip.
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Note: I apologize for the delay, but as I'm sure we all know, life throws us a lot of obstacles, and it decided to throw them all at me at the same bloody time. So once again I apologize. I will try to update once a week. I'm getting on a roll here, and I already have the next chapter halfway done. Hope you enjoyed this one.
Please read and REVIEW!!!! Thanks.
RinaSparrow
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**Janes Point of View**
Jane stared at the wall with wide eyes as it came closer and closer. She looked around frantically, seeing if there was anyone fit enough to steer the Pearl. But no one was. AnaMaria was unconscious, and all the sailors, including Jack, were still enchanted by the Sirens music.
Jane looked at the helm. Maybe she could do it. It would be like driving a car. Jane looked up at the wall and finally made up her mind. She had to try. Jane bent down and as carefully, but as quickly as she could she grabbed AnaMaria by her shoulders and moved her away from the helm.
Jane grabbed the helm with both hands and looked up. It was now or never. She quickly turned the helm hoping she wasn't already to late to change the course. The Black Pearl groaned as it began to turn sharply to the right, away from the wall, but not quick enough. The ship jolted as the side grinded against the wall. Jane gritted her teeth as she turned the helm even more.
When she finally got the ship off the wall she tried to get it back into the middle of the channel, but because she was so inexperienced it wasn't easy.
For the next half an hour Jane wrestled with the helm, trying to get the ship out to of there in one piece. The music of the Sirens began to get louder and louder. Making her head throb. Jane squinted her eyes for a moment. She saw an opening. They were going to make it!
Jane smiled as she began to steer the ship in that direction. Gradually the music began to get quieter, but it was still there. Suddenly Jane heard a creak and thud behind her. She turned her head and saw that Jack was standing up, still enchanted by the music, following one of the Sirens towards the edge of the rail.
"JACK!!! JACK!!" Jane yelled as she tried to think what to do. If she let go of the helm, the ship would crash, if she didn't Jack would fall over board and drown. Jane looked at her feet for a moment, and got and idea. Without letting the helm go, she grabbed some rope she had dropped before and began to loop it around the helm. Once she had dne that she grabbed the ends of the rope and tied it off on one of the rails, making it so the helm couldn't turn.
She turned to the direction she had seen Jack and began to run. He was standing on the rail murmuring to himself. Jane scrambled over and reached Jack just as e was jumping. Jane reached her hand out, hoping she could grab his arm, shirt, anything. Her wish came true as her fingers closed around his wrist. Jane was about to sigh with relief when she felt her self being pulled down with him.
Jane gave a yell as she began to go over the rail. She closed her eyes, waiting for the impact, but none came. As she opened her eyes she saw why. One of her feet had a rope around it, holding both her and Jack just above the water. Jane took a few breaths to steady herself. Her foot must have gotten tangled in the rope when she was tying the helm. She had never been so thankful for her clumsiness. Jane was jolted back to reality when the ship hit yet another rock. At this rate it would be a miracle if a tiny splinter of this ship ever made it to the open sea again.
Jane turned he head to the side to see where they were headed. And she was right. If they kept on going in this direction, they were going to hit yet another wall. Jane took another deep breath as she began to move her other leg up to the railing. When she got it anchored between two rails she tried to get in reach of the rail by doing an upside down sit up. But it wasn't as easy as it sounded, she still had a grip on Jacks wrist, and that man weighed a ton.
But Jane kept trying anyway. After a few tries she finally got hold on the rail and pulled both her and Jack closer to the ship. Jane quickly untangled her foot, and stood up on the other side of the rail. She gripped the rail with her free hand and then climbed onto the deck. Jane stopped for a moment trying to catch her breath, then she tried to pull jack up. Which wasn't easy as it sounds. After several tugs she finally got him over the rail and they fell to the deck.
Jane sighed and pushed Jack off of her. She scrambled to the helm and quickly turned it, steering the ship away from the wall. She held the ship on course, heading straight for the opening. As the Pearl came closer and closer to the opening the music of the Sirens got softer and softer and when the pearl sailed tout of the Dragons teeth, the music completely stopped. As soon as it had stopped everyone woke up from their trance, looking around them trying to figure out where they were and why they were tied to a mast.
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** Jacks P.O.V.**
Jack groaned as he stood up from the deck. His left shoulder throbbed, but he couldn't figure out why. He looked around. They were on the open sea. How did they get there? The last thing he remembered was sailing through the Dragons Teeth, and hearing some beautiful music. After that it was a blank. Jack looked behind him and saw the sharp rocks of the Dragons Teeth begin to shrink into the distance. Then he saw Jane. He saw Jane at the helm. He frowned. What was she doing there? He didn't know what just happened but he sure knew he didn't want a girl steering his beloved ship.
Jack then glanced around the Pearl. His ship was beat up pretty bad. The wood on the deck was crushed in several places, one of the sails had a long rip in it, and the railing around the helm was almost totally gone. He looked at Jane with a glare. She turned to meet his gaze.
"Still think a ships no place for a women?"
Jack threw his hands in the air. "Aye! Aye I do. I mean look at me ship!" He began to point at all the damaged areas on his ship. "I .... just look! Me deck is ruined, me sails look like someone cut them and just look at the rail!! That rail came all the way from China! Its impossible to replace! Ye just proved me point! A ship ain't no place for a woman."
Janes mouth dropped open. She had just saved his life and this was how he treated her? Jack watched as she began to get red. But them she stopped, looked behind her then looked at Jack. He frowned again.
"What?"
Jane nodded to the ground near her feet. "It's AnaMaria."
"What about 'er?"
Jane sighed wearily. "If you weren't such an idiot you would have noticed that AnaMaria is injured! She got hit on the head with a rock. She's over here."
Jack looked around the deck again in search of Gibbs. By this time the whole crew had untied themselves and were back to work, acting as if that never happened. "Oi Gibs!"
Gibbs walked over to Jack. "Aye?"
Jack pointed to the helm. "Kindly relive Ms Miller of the helm, I need t'tend to AnaMaria."
Gibbs nodded and walked over to the helm. "'scuse me miss, yer to leave now."
Jane snorted and thought abut punching Gibbs but then decided against. It. Another punch like the one she had given him before, and she might kill the old man.
Jack quickly walked to the helm and looked over AnaMaria. He bent down and picked her up, then walked began to walk to his cabin. Jane followed behind him. As Jack walked past the crew, several of them stopped and stared at AnaMarias still form. But when Jack gave them a glance, they quickly went back to work and didn't talk about it.
Jack walked down below deck and towards his cabin. When he reached it he stopped and just stared. His door was down, the hinges torn off, and his cabin was a mess. Messier than usual. He turned around, Anaaria still in his arms and looked at Jane. She tried to look innocent but she failed miserably. She shrugged.
"Would you believe me if I said the Sirens did it?"
Jack groaned as he entered his messy cabin, He couldn't believe this girl had just ransacked his room. He was going to kill her. But he pushed those thoughts aside as he layed AnaMaria on the bed. He brushed aside her hair to look at the wound. It was pretty bad, The rock had hit her right beside her left eye, and the cut was really deep. He turned to Jane.
"Yer gonna 'elp me clean 'er up savvy?"
Jane folded her arms. "Yeah? And why should I?" She knew she was going to help, she WANTED to help, but she also wanted to get on Jacks nerves. She succeed. Jack stood up and faced her.
"why? Cuz one, I said so, two I'm Cap'n so ye 'ave to obey my orders..."
Jane interrupted him with wave of her hand as she stepped closer. "I am not part of your crew! I would never want to be part of you're gross smelly crew. They are.."
This time Jack interrupted her and took a step closer so that they were nearly touching nose to nose. "Dun ye be insulting me crew! Yer the stowaway! Ye follow me orders like everyone lese."
"I did NOT stowaway."
"Then how did ye get 'ere? And if ye were truly innocnt then why is me room destroyed?" Jack yelled. He didn't usually lose his temper, but this girl just pushed him too hard.
"I told you...."
"Shut up both of you!"
Jack and Jane turned their heads to look at AnaMaria who must have woken up during their shouting. She was looking at them, her face slightly turned on the pillow and her eyes barely open. "If ye two ain't gonna shut up, then get out. Me'ead is killin' me."
Jane looked at the floor and Jack just ignored her while he went around his room looking for a rag. Once he found it he opened one of his desk drawers and was thankful when he saw that his rum hadn't been touched. Jane walked up beside him and took the rag from him. He was going to put up a fight, but then decided not to as he watched Jane begin to clean the wound.
"What 'appened?" AnaMaria asked weakly.
Jane shook her head. "try not to talk for a bit. You were hit on the head b a falling rock."
AnaMaria closed her eyes. "Then 'ow did we get out of the Dragons Teeth? Who steered?"
Jane was silent for a few minutes before she answered. She continued to clean the wound. "I did."
AnaMarias eyes flew opened as she looked searchingly at Jane's face. "You? You steered the Pearl?"
Jane nodded. AnaMaria burst into laughter. Jane tilted her head.
"What?"
"Nothing. Nothing at all!" Jack watched the two talk as he leaned against a wall. Maybe this girl wasn't so bad. She obviously knew how to clean wounds. Just then, Jane flipped her hairbcak, revealing an ugly bruise on her left cheek. Jack frowned a bit when he saw it. At first he thought it might have been from a rock, but as he looked at it longer, he realized it was in the shape of a hand.
Jack was brought back to reality when Jane poked him on his arm. He looked up at her.
"What?"
Jane jerked her head towards the sleeping AnaMaria. "She's sleeping. Her wound on her head will be fine, as long as you make sure she cleans it." Jane tilted her head slightly when Jack didn't answer. "You ok?"
Jack nodded and stood up. "Come on, we'll let AnaMaria rest, ye go find something t'do, I'm gonna go to the 'elm."
Jane nodded and followed Jack out of the cabin. Jack made his way back to the helm, and Jane followed close behind him. She was silent the whole way to the helm, which amazed Jack. From the little time he had met her, she hadn't stopped talking. When Jack stepped up on the deck, he looked around. His men were working everywhere, trying to fix broken planks and some were just staring at the sails. He sighed as he made his way to the helm. Gibbs caught sight of him, and with a nod he moved aside and went to go and help clean the ship up.
'Jack?'
'Captain.'
Jane just rolled he eyes. "Yeah whatever man. I have a question."
Jack glanced at her for a moment before turning back to the helm. Jane took that as a 'go ahead' and took a breath.
"Where are you headed?"
"What makes you think we are headed anywhere?"
"I'm not stupid Jack...."
'Could have fooled me." Jack muttered under his breath.
Jane narrowed her eyes but decided to ignore it. "As I was saying before I was rudely interrupted, I'm not stupid, you wouldn't have risked the lives of you crew by going into the Dragons Teeth if you weren't heading somewhere important. So where are you going?"
Jack snorted. "Why would I tell you?"
Jane folded her arms across her chest. "Because I saved your life. You owe me."
Jack glanced at her. "I dun owe you anything, ye got that?" Jack put up his hand before Jane could protest. 'BUT I'll gladly tell you where we are headed.......if you tell me something."
Jane tilted her head. "Okay, what do you want to know?"
"Who hit ye?"
Janes mouth fell open. "I beg your pardon"
Jack pointed to her bruise. "You heard me, who hit you?"
Jane pursed her lips. "That is absolutely none of your business, CAPTAIN Sparrow."
Jack turned back to the wheel with raised eyebrows. "Well then Ms, Miller, I believe your question will remained unanswered then eh?"
Jane blinked. Did he just say he 'wasn't' going to answer her question? She opened her mouth to say something...but couldn't think of anything. So she tried again. Same result. With a huff she turned on her heel and stomped her way to Jacks cabin.
Jack sighed as he watched her go below. This was going to be a loooong trip.
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Note: I apologize for the delay, but as I'm sure we all know, life throws us a lot of obstacles, and it decided to throw them all at me at the same bloody time. So once again I apologize. I will try to update once a week. I'm getting on a roll here, and I already have the next chapter halfway done. Hope you enjoyed this one.
Please read and REVIEW!!!! Thanks.
RinaSparrow