Jack climbed out of the water and set Camille on the land. Following the
bit of sand was green grass, and following that was a few trees; the start
of a forest. Jack wasn't sure if the forest was small, or a seeming never-
ending one. He wiggled his jaw twice in though then looked down to Camille.
Her thin blue dress was soaking wet, as was her hair. Jack too was dripping wet. Camille slowly extended her arm up to him, she was holding his hat. He shook his head, "You can hold onto it for now, luv." Jack said softly.
"But it's your hat, Jack...You said before..." Her voice faded off, her eyes filled with tears.
He sighed and kneeled down so he was eye-level with her, "Remember what I said before that? A time ago? Don't let them see you cry." Camille sniffed and nodded, wiping her eyes. Jack took the hat from her hands and put it on her wet hair. In an effort to cheer her, Jack gave a grin, "Savvy?"
Camille gave a small smile, "Aye."
Jack nodded and stood up, "Alright...In a time like this, Pirates don't panic. Commodores, well there's no doubt they'd panic. But not us pirates, right?"
She grinned and nodded, "Right."
Seeing her grin, Jack smiled, and looked at his ship sailing away into the distance. It got smaller, smaller, and smaller. He sighed watching his ship become a small dot against the horizon, then disappear. "Third time I've had to watch someone said away with my Pearl." He said, to both Camille and himself.
"What's that?" Camille asked, pointing at what he was holding in his hand.
Jack looked down at the thing he grabbed in the water. Someone on his crew through him a compass. Not a compass. But, the compass. The compass that seemed broken to everyone else. A compass that doesn't point north is useless, but if your not trying to find north, and something else...Say, a certain ship for instance, it was about the only helpful thing.
He felt a grin spread across his face, "A compass, my dear girl, a compass..."
Camille had a blank look on her face, "Compass?"
Jack nodded, "Aye." He lowered his hand so Camille could see, "The point... It always points north no matter which way you turn it." Jack said, "Well...This one doesn't...But, most do." He said in a matter-of-fact way.
"Hmm... What does this one point to?" She asked.
"My ship."
Camille nodded again, "Oh."
He smiled lightly looking at her. Jack looked at the compass, then to the ocean, thoughtfully. Jack was disappointed with himself, he should've figured this would happen sooner. Maud had said before things like, 'If you chose to take the jump...If not Camille will be under the waves...Do you choose her to be with you?...That's where I'll depart, that's where I'll leave you be...'
Jack tilted his head to the side, Anamarie and Elizabeth were in the brig... He was there before. But at least they didn't have to stand there with a leak someplace in the brig. Jack had made sure that was fixed quite a while ago, and he had fixed the holes from cannonballs too. Poor William, he was locked in the Captain's quarters, with Maud. Jack sighed, wondering what become of the rest of his crew. A voice pulled him from his thoughts.
"Who are you?!" A voice said from behind him, there was a gun at his back.
Jack raised his arms slightly, "No one..."
Camille looked between them then chirped, "His name is Captain Jack Sparrow."
"Jack Sparrow?" He asked , "Turn around."
Jack turned around and grinned seeing who it was.
"No." Camille said, putting her hands on her hips, "Captain Jack Sparrow. I can call him Jack. But you have to call him Captain Jack Sparrow. Not just Jack Sparrow. Well you can, but put a 'Captain' before the 'Jack Sparrow'."
The man smiled, then looked at Jack, "You've got a daughter? Since when?"
Jack grinned, "No...She's not my daughter...Just..."
"Just like one." He finished for Jack.
He nodded, "Yes... And how've you been Nathan? I see your in the Navy now." Jack said with a light laugh.
Nathan nodded, "Yeah...Never could be a pirate like you."
Jack raised an eyebrow, "You were though, my first mate... The first one to join my crew."
"I was engaged...I couldn't leave my wife alone while I go rob and steal. Besides she had a child on the way..." Nathan said, trying to defend himself. "He's seven now, Arthur is his name." He said proudly.
"Yes, I suppose you couldn't...What are you doing here?"
"Patrolling, check by here every hour or so... I do miss the days though, tell me...How's the Pearl?" Nathan asked.
Camille broke in , holding onto one of Jack's arms, "It's gone."
"Gone?" Nathan asked, quirking his eyebrows looking back to Jack.
"Another pirate took it..." Jack said with a frown.
"Is that so? What pirate?"
"A miss by the name of Maud."
Nathan's eyes widened, "We've been after her for a year now! Can't seem to find her."
Jack looked at Nathan, "I could...Just need a ship."
Nathan pointed to himself, "Have you forgotten? I'm in the navy, we've got ships!"
Jack started to get hope, "But I'm a pirate..."
"Jack, no one would care if you can find her..." Nathan said, his tone of voice sounded very eager.
He looked down to Camille then picked her up, "I don't want the entire Navy with..."
Nathan nodded once, "Not a problem."
Jack grinned, "You've got yourself a deal...Why are you after her?"
Nathan looked at the Camille with a smile for a moment, before looking at Jack, "She's killed five people, made them walk the plank...And she stole two ships of the navy's within four months."
"And...What will happen to her when she's caught?"
"I'm sure you know the term, 'A short drop and a sudden stop'."
Jack grinned, "I do.. Well then, Nathan, lead the way."
Nathan nodded and started the walk.
Her thin blue dress was soaking wet, as was her hair. Jack too was dripping wet. Camille slowly extended her arm up to him, she was holding his hat. He shook his head, "You can hold onto it for now, luv." Jack said softly.
"But it's your hat, Jack...You said before..." Her voice faded off, her eyes filled with tears.
He sighed and kneeled down so he was eye-level with her, "Remember what I said before that? A time ago? Don't let them see you cry." Camille sniffed and nodded, wiping her eyes. Jack took the hat from her hands and put it on her wet hair. In an effort to cheer her, Jack gave a grin, "Savvy?"
Camille gave a small smile, "Aye."
Jack nodded and stood up, "Alright...In a time like this, Pirates don't panic. Commodores, well there's no doubt they'd panic. But not us pirates, right?"
She grinned and nodded, "Right."
Seeing her grin, Jack smiled, and looked at his ship sailing away into the distance. It got smaller, smaller, and smaller. He sighed watching his ship become a small dot against the horizon, then disappear. "Third time I've had to watch someone said away with my Pearl." He said, to both Camille and himself.
"What's that?" Camille asked, pointing at what he was holding in his hand.
Jack looked down at the thing he grabbed in the water. Someone on his crew through him a compass. Not a compass. But, the compass. The compass that seemed broken to everyone else. A compass that doesn't point north is useless, but if your not trying to find north, and something else...Say, a certain ship for instance, it was about the only helpful thing.
He felt a grin spread across his face, "A compass, my dear girl, a compass..."
Camille had a blank look on her face, "Compass?"
Jack nodded, "Aye." He lowered his hand so Camille could see, "The point... It always points north no matter which way you turn it." Jack said, "Well...This one doesn't...But, most do." He said in a matter-of-fact way.
"Hmm... What does this one point to?" She asked.
"My ship."
Camille nodded again, "Oh."
He smiled lightly looking at her. Jack looked at the compass, then to the ocean, thoughtfully. Jack was disappointed with himself, he should've figured this would happen sooner. Maud had said before things like, 'If you chose to take the jump...If not Camille will be under the waves...Do you choose her to be with you?...That's where I'll depart, that's where I'll leave you be...'
Jack tilted his head to the side, Anamarie and Elizabeth were in the brig... He was there before. But at least they didn't have to stand there with a leak someplace in the brig. Jack had made sure that was fixed quite a while ago, and he had fixed the holes from cannonballs too. Poor William, he was locked in the Captain's quarters, with Maud. Jack sighed, wondering what become of the rest of his crew. A voice pulled him from his thoughts.
"Who are you?!" A voice said from behind him, there was a gun at his back.
Jack raised his arms slightly, "No one..."
Camille looked between them then chirped, "His name is Captain Jack Sparrow."
"Jack Sparrow?" He asked , "Turn around."
Jack turned around and grinned seeing who it was.
"No." Camille said, putting her hands on her hips, "Captain Jack Sparrow. I can call him Jack. But you have to call him Captain Jack Sparrow. Not just Jack Sparrow. Well you can, but put a 'Captain' before the 'Jack Sparrow'."
The man smiled, then looked at Jack, "You've got a daughter? Since when?"
Jack grinned, "No...She's not my daughter...Just..."
"Just like one." He finished for Jack.
He nodded, "Yes... And how've you been Nathan? I see your in the Navy now." Jack said with a light laugh.
Nathan nodded, "Yeah...Never could be a pirate like you."
Jack raised an eyebrow, "You were though, my first mate... The first one to join my crew."
"I was engaged...I couldn't leave my wife alone while I go rob and steal. Besides she had a child on the way..." Nathan said, trying to defend himself. "He's seven now, Arthur is his name." He said proudly.
"Yes, I suppose you couldn't...What are you doing here?"
"Patrolling, check by here every hour or so... I do miss the days though, tell me...How's the Pearl?" Nathan asked.
Camille broke in , holding onto one of Jack's arms, "It's gone."
"Gone?" Nathan asked, quirking his eyebrows looking back to Jack.
"Another pirate took it..." Jack said with a frown.
"Is that so? What pirate?"
"A miss by the name of Maud."
Nathan's eyes widened, "We've been after her for a year now! Can't seem to find her."
Jack looked at Nathan, "I could...Just need a ship."
Nathan pointed to himself, "Have you forgotten? I'm in the navy, we've got ships!"
Jack started to get hope, "But I'm a pirate..."
"Jack, no one would care if you can find her..." Nathan said, his tone of voice sounded very eager.
He looked down to Camille then picked her up, "I don't want the entire Navy with..."
Nathan nodded once, "Not a problem."
Jack grinned, "You've got yourself a deal...Why are you after her?"
Nathan looked at the Camille with a smile for a moment, before looking at Jack, "She's killed five people, made them walk the plank...And she stole two ships of the navy's within four months."
"And...What will happen to her when she's caught?"
"I'm sure you know the term, 'A short drop and a sudden stop'."
Jack grinned, "I do.. Well then, Nathan, lead the way."
Nathan nodded and started the walk.