Here it is, Chapter Eight! It's finally summer vacation so hopefully I'll have lots more time to work on my fanfics. This chapter is dedicated to my most dedicated reviewer: DaydreamBeliever14. Thanks so much and enjoy!
Chapter Eight: Revenge
Ellie awoke to the sound of Gibbs rousing Jack. His tone was urgent, but she couldn't hear his words.
"Jack," she said sleepily. "Something wrong?"
"No, luv. Go back to sleep."
"Jack-"
"Things are shipshape like I tol' yeh. Now sleep." Jack kissed her softly and padded out with Gibbs.
Ellie sighed. There was no use in going back to bed now that she was awake. She saw Jack's old hat and decided to take it to him. Up on deck, Jack was staring fixedly through his spyglass. Gibbs was speaking to him. Ellie heard the words 'revenge' and 'commodore' and then, 'she doesn't need to know' from Jack.
"What don't I need to know?" Ellie demanded.
Jack groaned. "Nothin' luv."
"Jack don't you dare keep secrets from me!"
He tossed her the spyglass and pointed east. "Look there."
She lifted the spyglass to her eye, quickly focusing on a ship not far off.
"Happy now?"
"No. How did he catch up so quickly?"
Jack took his place at the helm, easing the Pearl into the wind. "I couldn't tell yeh. Someone musta seen us."
Ellie joined Jack. "Can I help in any way?"
"No. Go to bed."
"I can reef topsails. Haul canvas. Swab the deck. Anything."
A small grin played at Jack's lips. "Make breakfast?"
"Of course."
Jack took Ellie by the waist, pulling her against him.
"Captain, I must protest. This is an emergency," Ellie teased.
He kissed her warmly. "That was for luck."
Ellie returned the kiss. "And that was for love."
She cocked his hat on his head and left for the kitchen.
"Gibbs," Jack said.
Aye cap'n?"
"Remember once I said I'd do anything to keep her safe?"
"Aye."
"I still mean it."
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Dawn broke over the Revenge. Norrington was pacing the decks, chatting with Gillette, his first mate. He was clearly in an agitated mood.
"I thought Miss Fly was a rational woman," he said. "Now she runs off with Sparrow. Were she not my fiancée, I would have her hanged with him."
"Commodore," a chipper sailor approached him. "Gaining on the Black Pearl, sir. We'll reach her by noon."
"Excellent."
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"She's comin' up on us, Jack," Gibbs warned. "She'll overtake us by noon."
"Not if I'm captain o' this ship," Jack growled.
Ellie came over, balancing breakfast in her arms. Jack took the coffee and toast she offered hungrily.
"She's gaining?" Ellie asked.
"Aye." Jack gulped down the coffee.
"Jack. This is daft," Gibbs protested. "There's not a place to dock for miles. We'll never make it."
Ellie looked to Jack for reassurance but found none. He quickly finished his meal and took the wheel again. Gibbs looked to the horizon and the fast approaching Revenge.
"God help us if Norrington catches us," he said.
"God help us," Ellie repeated.
The Revenge was coming...
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Chapter Eight: Revenge
Ellie awoke to the sound of Gibbs rousing Jack. His tone was urgent, but she couldn't hear his words.
"Jack," she said sleepily. "Something wrong?"
"No, luv. Go back to sleep."
"Jack-"
"Things are shipshape like I tol' yeh. Now sleep." Jack kissed her softly and padded out with Gibbs.
Ellie sighed. There was no use in going back to bed now that she was awake. She saw Jack's old hat and decided to take it to him. Up on deck, Jack was staring fixedly through his spyglass. Gibbs was speaking to him. Ellie heard the words 'revenge' and 'commodore' and then, 'she doesn't need to know' from Jack.
"What don't I need to know?" Ellie demanded.
Jack groaned. "Nothin' luv."
"Jack don't you dare keep secrets from me!"
He tossed her the spyglass and pointed east. "Look there."
She lifted the spyglass to her eye, quickly focusing on a ship not far off.
"Happy now?"
"No. How did he catch up so quickly?"
Jack took his place at the helm, easing the Pearl into the wind. "I couldn't tell yeh. Someone musta seen us."
Ellie joined Jack. "Can I help in any way?"
"No. Go to bed."
"I can reef topsails. Haul canvas. Swab the deck. Anything."
A small grin played at Jack's lips. "Make breakfast?"
"Of course."
Jack took Ellie by the waist, pulling her against him.
"Captain, I must protest. This is an emergency," Ellie teased.
He kissed her warmly. "That was for luck."
Ellie returned the kiss. "And that was for love."
She cocked his hat on his head and left for the kitchen.
"Gibbs," Jack said.
Aye cap'n?"
"Remember once I said I'd do anything to keep her safe?"
"Aye."
"I still mean it."
¯ ¯ ¯
Dawn broke over the Revenge. Norrington was pacing the decks, chatting with Gillette, his first mate. He was clearly in an agitated mood.
"I thought Miss Fly was a rational woman," he said. "Now she runs off with Sparrow. Were she not my fiancée, I would have her hanged with him."
"Commodore," a chipper sailor approached him. "Gaining on the Black Pearl, sir. We'll reach her by noon."
"Excellent."
¯ ¯ ¯
"She's comin' up on us, Jack," Gibbs warned. "She'll overtake us by noon."
"Not if I'm captain o' this ship," Jack growled.
Ellie came over, balancing breakfast in her arms. Jack took the coffee and toast she offered hungrily.
"She's gaining?" Ellie asked.
"Aye." Jack gulped down the coffee.
"Jack. This is daft," Gibbs protested. "There's not a place to dock for miles. We'll never make it."
Ellie looked to Jack for reassurance but found none. He quickly finished his meal and took the wheel again. Gibbs looked to the horizon and the fast approaching Revenge.
"God help us if Norrington catches us," he said.
"God help us," Ellie repeated.
The Revenge was coming...
Well??? Come on, tell me how you liked it! Review!