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Chapter Twenty Four.
Jack strutted around the deck of his ship, running his hand over the new timber, checking it met with his approval. They would be ready to sail in an hour, but for Jack that wasn't soon enough. He couldn't wait to get away from Rhydon and all the horrors that lurked there. Not least the painful memories it conjured up of his dead friend, Bootstrap Bill, but the memories of when Barbossa and Jack were mates.
Will was below with Elizabeth, it had been four days since he had seen her, and the separation had been hard on the young lovers.
"Liz what's wrong?" Will asked.
"After hearing that story about Jack, I can't help but think, we're not going to make it away from Rhydon."
"Of course we will, we'll be setting sail in an hour. Honestly everything will be fine, and anyway if the worse comes to the worse your not the slightest bit involved."
"But I am Will, I'm here on this ship, with Jack."
"And me."
"And you."
"Well, there you go, if you're with Jack and I, nothing's going to happen to you."
She nodded. He leaned forward and kissed her, gently stroking her pale, white chin, with his rough pirate hands.
He took her hand and led her up onto the top deck, where Jack was mindless pulling one of the ropes attached to his sail, to check if it would hold.
It was Elizabeth who saw the golden carriage approaching the harbour. She pointed at it, and grabbed Will's shoulder. "Look!"
"The Garter." Will guessed.
Jack shook his head. "Nah, his daughter." He turned away and walked to the aft of the shipping, checking the repairs as he went.
"His daughter?" Elizabeth asked.
Will shrugged.
A young girl alighted from the carriage. She approached the harbour, and demanded to be taken to the Black Pearl. Two guards accompanied her in a rowing boat. Once they reached the ship they helped her up on the deck.
"Sparrow?" She asked, looking round.
Jack swaggered up. "Nice to see you again, love."
"The pleasure is all mine."
"Really?" He asked, losing interest, and tugging on the nearest rope. He pulled it from the deck, and jumped in surprise. "If you want something doing, ye have to do it yourself."
She cleared her throat to get his attention. The daughter of the Garter was not use to be ignored. Elizabeth and Will stood apprehensively in the background, what had Jack done now?
"Hmmm, nice ship."
"Thanks." Jack said, uncertainly. Not sure if she was being sarcastic or not.
"Mr Sparrow."
"Captain." He reminded.
"I am not sure where you come from, MR Sparrow, but here in Rhydon we do not give status to pillaging, worthless, pirates." She said, with a smile.
Jack grinned. "I'm going to take that as a compliment."
"This morning you claimed to be a friend of my father's. You cannot leave without paying him a visit."
"What do you want?"
"I want you to come and visit my father." She looked around, awkwardly, and seemed to guide Jack from her view, taking him further back.
"I'm a bit busy at the moment, maybe next time."
She glanced over her shoulder with a smile. "There won't be a next time, you're no friend of my father's, you never will be. Maybe we should pay a visit to that friend of yours, what's her name now? Jo?"
Jack grabbed her arm. "You stay away from Jo."
"Touching." She said, with a sneer, she pulled her arm from his grasp, with a swift downward movement.
"If you touch Jo, it'll be the last thing you ever do."
"Oh I'm quivering with fear." She said with a laugh.
"You seem to forget one thing love. You're here on my ship, all alone. . ." He placed his rough hand up to her tanned skin, and brushed harshly against her smooth cheek. She pulled back, appalled.
"You wouldn't dare."
He grinned. "Think what you like love."
She pushed past him and clambered back down to her rowing boat. He watched with a grin as the guards rowed her back to shore. Now only one problem left, Jo.
"Gibbs."
"Aye, cap'n?"
"I need you to do a little favour for me." He pulled Gibbs away from the hearing of Will and Elizabeth.
"Aye?"
Jack took Gibbs into a quiet corner and gave a few brief instructions, before Gibbs nodded and ran off.
Jack ambled over to where Will and Elizabeth were standing, he put his arm around Liz, leaning on her.
"We're leaving soon."
Liz nodded. "I was aware of that fact." She shuffled away from his arm.
An hour later they set off. Gibbs had returned with a 'package' which was protesting loudly.
"It's for your own good, Jo." Jack told her.
She swore loudly.
"Should a lady really be using words like that?" He asked her.
Chapter Twenty Four.
Jack strutted around the deck of his ship, running his hand over the new timber, checking it met with his approval. They would be ready to sail in an hour, but for Jack that wasn't soon enough. He couldn't wait to get away from Rhydon and all the horrors that lurked there. Not least the painful memories it conjured up of his dead friend, Bootstrap Bill, but the memories of when Barbossa and Jack were mates.
Will was below with Elizabeth, it had been four days since he had seen her, and the separation had been hard on the young lovers.
"Liz what's wrong?" Will asked.
"After hearing that story about Jack, I can't help but think, we're not going to make it away from Rhydon."
"Of course we will, we'll be setting sail in an hour. Honestly everything will be fine, and anyway if the worse comes to the worse your not the slightest bit involved."
"But I am Will, I'm here on this ship, with Jack."
"And me."
"And you."
"Well, there you go, if you're with Jack and I, nothing's going to happen to you."
She nodded. He leaned forward and kissed her, gently stroking her pale, white chin, with his rough pirate hands.
He took her hand and led her up onto the top deck, where Jack was mindless pulling one of the ropes attached to his sail, to check if it would hold.
It was Elizabeth who saw the golden carriage approaching the harbour. She pointed at it, and grabbed Will's shoulder. "Look!"
"The Garter." Will guessed.
Jack shook his head. "Nah, his daughter." He turned away and walked to the aft of the shipping, checking the repairs as he went.
"His daughter?" Elizabeth asked.
Will shrugged.
A young girl alighted from the carriage. She approached the harbour, and demanded to be taken to the Black Pearl. Two guards accompanied her in a rowing boat. Once they reached the ship they helped her up on the deck.
"Sparrow?" She asked, looking round.
Jack swaggered up. "Nice to see you again, love."
"The pleasure is all mine."
"Really?" He asked, losing interest, and tugging on the nearest rope. He pulled it from the deck, and jumped in surprise. "If you want something doing, ye have to do it yourself."
She cleared her throat to get his attention. The daughter of the Garter was not use to be ignored. Elizabeth and Will stood apprehensively in the background, what had Jack done now?
"Hmmm, nice ship."
"Thanks." Jack said, uncertainly. Not sure if she was being sarcastic or not.
"Mr Sparrow."
"Captain." He reminded.
"I am not sure where you come from, MR Sparrow, but here in Rhydon we do not give status to pillaging, worthless, pirates." She said, with a smile.
Jack grinned. "I'm going to take that as a compliment."
"This morning you claimed to be a friend of my father's. You cannot leave without paying him a visit."
"What do you want?"
"I want you to come and visit my father." She looked around, awkwardly, and seemed to guide Jack from her view, taking him further back.
"I'm a bit busy at the moment, maybe next time."
She glanced over her shoulder with a smile. "There won't be a next time, you're no friend of my father's, you never will be. Maybe we should pay a visit to that friend of yours, what's her name now? Jo?"
Jack grabbed her arm. "You stay away from Jo."
"Touching." She said, with a sneer, she pulled her arm from his grasp, with a swift downward movement.
"If you touch Jo, it'll be the last thing you ever do."
"Oh I'm quivering with fear." She said with a laugh.
"You seem to forget one thing love. You're here on my ship, all alone. . ." He placed his rough hand up to her tanned skin, and brushed harshly against her smooth cheek. She pulled back, appalled.
"You wouldn't dare."
He grinned. "Think what you like love."
She pushed past him and clambered back down to her rowing boat. He watched with a grin as the guards rowed her back to shore. Now only one problem left, Jo.
"Gibbs."
"Aye, cap'n?"
"I need you to do a little favour for me." He pulled Gibbs away from the hearing of Will and Elizabeth.
"Aye?"
Jack took Gibbs into a quiet corner and gave a few brief instructions, before Gibbs nodded and ran off.
Jack ambled over to where Will and Elizabeth were standing, he put his arm around Liz, leaning on her.
"We're leaving soon."
Liz nodded. "I was aware of that fact." She shuffled away from his arm.
An hour later they set off. Gibbs had returned with a 'package' which was protesting loudly.
"It's for your own good, Jo." Jack told her.
She swore loudly.
"Should a lady really be using words like that?" He asked her.