Pirates of the Caribbean:
Chapter 10: Elizabeth's debt
By: Vipera berus
Disclaimer: Disney owns everything!!!…except Tony Evans and the plot… :)
Author's Note: Yay!!! My beloved chapter 10!!! And guess what?!?! Tony's back, mates! And the plot is just thickening… muhahahhaaaaaaahahahahaahhahahahahahahhahaaaaahhhah!
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And here it is: The tenth chapter! Woot woot!!! ;)
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Happened in previous chapter:
"CAPTAIN!!!" came a loud manly shout from below. Jack and the others snapped out of their thoughts very quickly and searched for the source of the voice. "CAPTAIN, WE HAVE A STOWAW – " the yell was cut off by the sound of a punch and some angry muttering.
"Shut your mouth and never call me a stowaway! (Well, you can't call me a stowaway if you shut your mouth!)" came another voice who seemed to be the puncher. This was a feminine voice. "Oh and go tell your lovely yet very violent Captain that he has a visitor, 'cause that is exactly what I am!"
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Chapter ten… :)
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Jack's mouth fell open, so did everyone else's. He had heard that voice before. Oh, yes he had. Elizabeth, Will and Jack watched with surprised eyes as a woman walked up the stairs towards them. The girl was familiar and Jack couldn't help but grimace as he saw her walk towards him with a very, very, very, very, very furious expression on her face.
Her shoulder-length chocolate brown hair was fluttering behind her as she walked. Her blue eyes didn't let their cold gaze avert from Jack. Her body was petite and her name was Tony Evans. (A/N: Arrrr…you guessed it already!!!)
"Evans?!?!" Jack managed to choke out in his surprised state. Tony gave him a nod and a smirk when she finally halted right in front of him she took out her cutlass and without a warning, slashed his right shoulder open. "OUCH!" Jack cried and Elizabeth let out a yelp, he brought his hand to the wound on his shoulder. "What didja do tha' for?!?!" he asked her, blood started to ooze from the cut. Wasn't this familiar?
"Remember this, Sparrow?" Tony spat, pointing her index finger at her own shoulder where he could see a bandage tied around it to prevent her own cut from bleeding. There was a little red stain which meant that it was still bleeding and must still be hurting.
"Aye! But…but that don't give ye the right to attack me, ye crazy woman!" Jack hissed and pressed his hand to his shoulder. Tony smirked evilly.
"Oh! Finally you admit that I'm a woman, Jack!" Tony said happily and placed her cutlass back to its hold. "And that was just revenge. You see, I am the type of pirate who'll always get her revenge, alright, whatever it takes! And this time it was just the fact to get aboard yer ruddy boat and give ye that pretty cut." Tony explained with a smirk.
"Was that the only reason ye had to sneak aboard me ship, love?!?!" Jack was near-screaming in anger. Elizabeth, Will and the crew were all watching the scene in surprise. No one had seemed to come over Tony's sudden appearance.
"Well, no. And I didn't sneak aboard your ship! This is only a visit and I'll leave as soon as I get back what's mine!" She replied coldly with a glare filled with deadly daggers. Jack grimaced at the hateful gaze.
"An' what, may I ask you, is yours precisely?" Jack asked with gritted teeth though knew perfectly well what it was.
"Whoa! I thought that maybe you were just acting dense, but this proves that you really are stupid, Sparrow!" Tony said rolling her eyes.
In a quick move, both Jack and Tony had their swords out and they were pointing them at each other. Their eyes were locked and everything around them was fading. This was real. They were really going to kill this time. Who was it going to be? Jack or Tony?
"I want my map back, Sparrow." Tony said in a low, dangerous voice. Jack gave her a mocking grin.
"Why would I give ye the map back, eh? As far as I'm concerned, ye gave it to me willingly as a nice little present and presents should never be returned, savvy?" Jack drawled in a tone very similar to Tony's. They continued to glare at each other.
"Then I s'pose I have to take it away from ye after you're dead by my sword." Tony hissed. Jack eyed her weapon.
"It's a cutlass, love." He commented swiftly. Tony looked at her weapon as well.
"Oh yeah…" she said and raised her eyebrows for a second. "Anyway…I want my map back, either way, you give it to me alive or I'll take it from ye once ye're dead." Tony hissed with narrowed eyes and lowered eyebrows. Jack narrowed his eyes as well.
"Aye, bu' what if I happen to kill ye first, Evans?" Jack asked with a smirk.
Tony was about to answer when she felt a pistol being pressed against the back of her head and it was cocked. She gulped. Damn pistols…she hated those things, alright…They always had to ruin a perfectly good moment…
"It seems to me tha' ye aren't very welcome aboard me ship, Evans." Jack said amused and glanced over Tony's shoulder.
"That's right, Jack. She isn't welcome here." came a voice that made Tony roll her eyes in annoyance. She groaned and dropped the cutlass, which had been pointing at Jack, to her side and placed it in its hold.
"Hmm…Let's guess who that could be." Tony said sarcastically, lifting a finger to her chin. "A woman who is annoying, who tries to be a guy and who is knocking boots with the Captain! My guess is Jack's hero, Anamaria." Tony said but did not turn around to face Anamaria who stood behind her, her pistol pointing at her head. "Well? Can I get an answer, please?" Tony said mockingly, her glare directed at Jack who still stood firmly in front of her, his sword pointing at her.
"Right you are. It's Anamaria." Jack answered instead of Anamaria.
"I say that this nice little visit we got from the girl has come to an ending, right Captain?" Anamaria asked Jack who nodded.
"Exactly. So nice of ye to come and visit us again, Evans, but I'm 'fraid ye 'ave to go back to the hole ye slithered out from." Jack said, placing his sword in its hold and taking his pistol out instead and pointing it at her.
"Oh no. I'm not going anywhere until I get my map back!" Tony said angrily. But Jack took a step forward and the pistol came dangerously near her throat. "OK. That's not funny anymore. I'm sick of your little pistol games, Jack. I am here to negotiate of the return of my map in a very civil way," her hand twitched in her cutlass's direction. "and this isn't very civil from you, is it?" she asked.
"No. But why would I be civil when you are a stowaway aboard me ship and only wanting back my Treasure map, huh?" Jack sneered. Tony was fuming with rage.
"I am not a stowaway, alright?" she said angrily. "And the map is mine! MINE, do you understand!" she yelled but shut up when Jack's pistol came in contact with her throat.
"That's it. You're out of here…Ending of yer visit indeed…" Jack muttered in anger.
Suddenly Jack took a firm grip of her arm and rushed past Anamaria and her pointing pistol and started dragging her to the deck where all the pirates were looking at them in interest.
"Jack, NO!" Elizabeth yelled from the helm as she, Will and Anamaria, hurried after them.
Tony winced in pain of his hard grip as they stopped in front of the plank and the crew gathered around them in a circle, looking interested.
Tony eyed the plank suspiciously. "Uh ooh…You're not going to…err…make me walk the plank are you?" she asked Jack uncertainly, giving him a sweet smile before gulping at his evil smirk.
"You guessed it, love." Jack said and turned her roughly around to face the plank. "It's a long way back to Tortuga, Evans. Are you sure you can handle to swim all the way, eh?" Jack mocked as they both stared at the island a long, long way by the horizon. The pirates sniggered devilishly and refused to let Elizabeth (who was jumping madly behind the tall pirates) through to see what was happening.
Tony could feel Jack's body pressed against her back and his breath tickled her ear softly as he spoke. Yet his pistol was pointing at her throat.
"Face facts, Tony; the map is mine now and I'm going after Redd's Treasure alone, without you." Jack whispered in her ear. "Quite funny isn't it? I stole your map and your plan…" he chuckled lightly.
"Well, you should face facts too, Jack." Tony spat. "You're soon going to be pissing on yourself 'cause you're so scared." she said to him, staring ahead with a scowl on her face.
"Scared of what?" Jack asked coldly.
"Of making me walk that plank and swimming ashore." Tony answered. "Frankly because you still think I'm stunningly pretty and you don't want me to die along the way…" she trailed off.
"Is that so? Shall I prove my ability to make ye take a swim then?" Jack hissed and pushed her forward onto the plank which shook dangerously. Tony let out a scream and held her arms stretched out to get some kind of balance.
"Er…OK…I believe you, can I come back on safe decks now?" Tony said, turning around to look at all the laughing pirates and Jack, who was pointing his pistol at her.
"Nah…I rather enjoy seeing ye in such a vulnerable state, lassie." Jack said with a smirk. Tony scowled and crossed her arms over her chest, trying to show that she was completely comfortable standing on the unsteady plank, but she wasn't. From the corner of her eye, she could see a few big white sharks, swimming hungrily in the water below her. Eeek…
"Just make her fall already, Jack!" Anamaria yelled.
"Oh shut up, Anamaria!" Tony snapped angrily at the woman who stood a few feet behind Jack. "No one wants to hear you!" she added with a glare at Anamaria, who returned a glare as cold as Tony's.
Jack cocked his pistol.
"HEY! I – it's a really long way back to Tortuga! I – I'm not going to m – make it, Sparrow!" Tony gulped and cast a quick glance to the sea and the sharks below her. "Can't we just think of some other solution to this, eh? There is no need to kill people, alright! And those sharks! Look at them! They're huge!" Tony tried hysterically with wide pleading eyes.
Jack gave her a grin and just when he was about to step roughly at the end of the plank and make her fall (Tony closed her eyes), someone pushed through the crowd of pirates who were watching the scene with interest.
"Don't do it, Jack!" Elizabeth's voice came and Jack turned around to look at her, as did everyone else. "Don't do it." she repeated sternly, placing her hands on her hips. Will emerged from the crowd as well and stepped beside Elizabeth, putting a hand on her shoulder.
"Why not?" Jack asked, glancing sideways at Tony, who was biting her lip and eyeing the sharks below her and then at Elizabeth. "She deserves it, Elizabeth." Jack said with lowered eyebrows.
The crew agreed with loud 'aye, aye she deserves it!'. Apparently they hadn't still forgiven the pirate lass when she had fooled them the day she introduced herself as Miss Mayfield. Well, some things aren't meant to be forgotten…
"She does not deserve it, Jack!" Elizabeth said, hotly.
"Why's tha', love? She has done many things she should regret!" Jack said.
"So have you!" Elizabeth exclaimed. "Just because she may have tricked you, you want to kill her even if you have the map and are after more money than she promised! I don't think she's doing anything wrong when she claims it back." she sighed. "If the Treasure really is worth twice what Tony promised, then you have everything you want, even more!"
Jack stared at Elizabeth with raised eyebrows. Elizabeth looked at Jack and then at Tony who was smiling at her.
"Aha…" Jack said. "But tha' doesn't save her. We are pirates after all, savvy? And that is why she's swimming back to Tortuga." Jack said swiftly. His pistol was still pointing at Tony, even though he was half turned to look at Elizabeth.
"Oy, remember the sharks, Sparrow! I don't wish to take a swimming competition with them, alright! So, what say we agree with Liz and you don't kill me, instead you could help me back aboard, savvy?" Tony said with a sweet smile.
"She does not deserve death, Jack, and death is exactly what she is going to get if she falls into the water." Elizabeth said but Jack was not going to give up on this.
"But she does deserve death! Evans is a horrible excuse of a pirate and I will make her fall into that ocean!" Jack argued hotly. Tony frowned but decided not to open her mouth and cause more trouble.
"Not if I'll stop you first!" Elizabeth yelled in answer and pushed past Jack to extend a hand to Tony. She stared at her hand in surprise. This was not what she was expecting.
"Uh…are you going to push me into the water, Liz? Or what's with that hand?" Tony asked with raised eyebrows and bit her lip. Elizabeth rolled her eyes and extended her hand forward to her.
"Oh, come on, Tony. You will most certainly die if you're not taking my hand. I'm paying my debt to you now. I owe you this, Evans." Elizabeth said and finally Tony understood. She grabbed her hand and was helped back on safe decks by Elizabeth. Jack did not look too happy though. He had a gloomy expression on his face and he was sulking.
"What is this Elizabeth? What debt?" Will asked as he walked forward to them.
Tony was smiling broadly, her twinkling eyes looking at Jack who was looking at her very sourly. The crew didn't look very happy either, especially not Anamaria. Some of them groaned in annoyance at Elizabeth who had spoiled the fun.
"You remember the first time she was in Port Royal? The time I just knew she was a pirate, although she fooled James Norrington? She saved my life one particular night when she was out in a tavern for a drink and I followed her. The sailors in there decided to harass me and Tony saved me. Now I saved her life and my debt is paid." Elizabeth explained to them all.
"Aye…that's what happened." Tony said with a grin and clapped her hands together, swaying on her spot in a very Jack-like manner.
Everybody was looking at Elizabeth and Tony. Jack knew he couldn't kill Tony this particular day because she was now under Elizabeth's protection and that protection wasn't weak. Elizabeth would always get her will through in everything…the spoiled brat…
"She's coming with us, Jack, whether you like it or not." Elizabeth said sternly, looking at Jack "But it's you who decide what to do with the Treasure and who it belongs to." She said.
"Aye. The Treasure is mine and will be mine even if Evans does manage to survive the trip alive." Jack said, casting Tony a glance.
"What do mean by that? Of course I manage the trip, you skunk." Tony said with her hands on her hips. "Why wouldn't I?"
Jack smirked and walked forwards to her and lifted a finger into the air between their faces.
"Because ye never know who might pull the trigger this time, love." Jack said dangerously. "Besides, ye better behave from now on. I'm not going to keep ye aboard for long if you continue to act like a slimy idiot, which ye are, bu' I'll be saying this only once, Evans," Jack said, leaning a little closer to her face.
"Say what?" she asked with raised eyebrows.
"I'll be keeping an eye on ye, lass." Jack said and turned around before walking briskly towards his cabin to heal his wound, his coat fluttering behind him. Oh, why the bloody hell did I agree to keep her aboard?!?!?! He thought and cursed.
"Of course you will! I know you'll be glancing at my arse from time to time, haha! But you won't regret this, Sparrow!!!" Tony yelled after him with a huge grin on her face.
The crew returned to their tasks, disappointed that Tony hadn't been thrown down to the sea to join the sharks. But they kept their hopes up that that would happen one day… Anamaria couldn't stop muttering angrily and cussing Jack for letting such a good opportunity slip away when they had a perfect chance to get rid of Tony Evans forever, but she knew that there wasn't point in arguing against Elizabeth…
"Well, can I at least hear a 'thank you'?" Elizabeth asked Tony, once the two of them, and Will stood alone by the plank and looked at each other.
"Well, since were square now, I don't see what's the point in that, Lizzie." Tony replied with a smirk, her arms crossed over her chest and she was back to her old self…
"Oh, never mind… I knew you were going to come up with some excuse that you wouldn't have to thank me." Elizabeth said, rolling her eyes.
"What can I say? I'm Tony 'Sharp-Tongue' Evans!" she replied and gave Elizabeth a pat on her shoulder and another arrogant smirk before she hurried to help the crew.
"Do you think I made the wrong choice when I…err…saved her? Or prevented her from becoming fish food?" Elizabeth asked Will once only the two of them were left standing amongst all the working pirates on the shining deck.
Tony was smiling all the time she helped the crew work aboard the ship, yes, she was actually helping them and without protest. And strangely enough, Jack wasn't saying a thing about that either. Yet it seemed that he was too deep in his thoughts to pay such things attention. She was a strong and good add to the crew (well, she wasn't officially in the crew yet) and most of the crewmembers noticed this.
"I will let you be judge of that yourself, Elizabeth." William answered. "But I would say that Evans will have it rough staying aboard a ship where she isn't welcomed." He continued and squeezed Elizabeth's hand slightly. She smiled at him.
"Yes, but she'll have me." Elizabeth said smiling. "We will have to wait and see how she will trick Jack to give her a share of the Treasure, which I am almost positive she will try and do, if I know her properly that is."
"Oh she will. There's no doubt about that. What I'm worried about, is how she will do it and how much trouble she will cause with it." Will said worried…
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Later that evening, when the sun had set and the Black Pearl just continued to sail forward, Tony had finally the chance to stop working for that day.
Every part of her body ached. She had literally worked her ass off just to try and please Jack and to show him that there was some good qualities in her, but every time he passed the spot she was cleaning the deck or the place where she was tying ropes or mending the sails, he had always something to say and provoke. She was starting to think that it wasn't such a good idea when she stayed. Maybe Jack was trying on purpose to make her so fed up with the ship that she would eventually leave? Well, then she would have to prove him that she was tough and she wouldn't leave just because of a little amount of work! (Little amount? Yeah right…)
Tony groaned as she watched a few other crewmembers walk down below the deck to their cabins and she guessed that she was also allowed to go. She walked slowly towards the entrance to the cabins, rubbing her back and her bum.
"Where do ye think yer going, Evans?" came a voice from right in front of her and Tony sighed, looking up to Jack's smirking face.
"I'm going to bed, Captain." Tony answered, the word 'Captain' dripping with sarcasm. She continued her walk but Jack's voice stopped her again.
"I can't recall giving you the permission to stop yer work and go to bed, love." He said. "So it seems tha' ye just have to continue yer work for a little longer since almost everyone else have gone asleep, Evans." Jack said with a toothy grin.
"Hmm…well, I can't recall you giving me any orders to work either, so I was actually working by my own instructions, which means that I am perfectly allowed to go to bed, Sparrow…Captain." Tony said sweetly. Jack's face was reddening in anger and he opened his mouth to yell at her but Tony decided she would speak first; "But, as I'm in a really good mood this very lovely day, oh gracious Captain of mine, I think I'll go and…uh…swab the deck, alright?" Tony said hastily and straightened up a bit, still holding one hand to her back, which was aching badly.
Jack's expression changed quite quickly, from furious to a calmer one. He eyed her suspiciously and placed a hand on his hip.
"Aye…that would be for the best. And after you've done tha', you could go and clean the kitchen which is in a very bad shape." Jack replied firmly and scurried away without waiting for a fierce answer from her. He went back to the helm from where his eyes didn't leave Tony as she stared at the spot where Jack had been standing for a while ago. She shook her head and muttered something he couldn't hear before she rubbed her bum once again and walked over to a mop and a bucket with water and she started working.
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To Be Continued…
Author's Note: The end of Chapter ten! Wooohoooo! No cliffhanger this time, but at least Tony is back! ;)
Hopefully I get the next chapter posted soon, but I'm on my summer holidays and there's so much I've got to do so we'll have to wait and see when I get this updated, savvy?
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