Chapter 9: Encounter with the Black Pearl
Megan opened her eyes as the raindrops slowly pounded on her forehead. She put her hand to her head and wiped them off. Leaning on the side of the ship. She didn't know where she was. She fell over onto the hardwood deck and crawled around. The crew members gave a friendly smile, but she wasn't convinced. She stood up completely paranoid and grabbed Mr. Cotton by the shirt collar and spun him around with his back to her chest. She held her sword by his neck. "Who are you guys and where the hell am I?!" She demanded an answer. Mr. Cotton said nothing. "Answer man!" The parrot flew down and started pecking Megan. She slapped at it, never succeeded in hitting it. "Yo ho, yo ho!" The parrot said.
"What in the seven Hells is that supposed to mean?!" Mr. Gibbs came forward. "He's mute. Poor lad got his tongue cut out. I've told you that a million times. Now for Heaven's sake, let him go, and please get a shirt on!" Megan looked down, finding she were nothing but an undergarment and quickly ran below deck, now remembering everything. She returned moments later to see Jaden walking around on the deck. She walked to her. "Hey, Jaden, where's Shavai? I haven't seen her since she took off with the euphnic."
Meanwhile....
Shavai shifted on the bed and and looked to her left. She wasn't alone. She leaped up screaming seeing Will was in the bed with her. "What the hell are you doing here?!" Will looked suprised as he sat up and pulled the covers over himself. "Are you daft?!" Shavai pulled her pants up to her ankles and jumped around the room to pull her pants up. She almost had it until she tripped over the comforter. She laid on the ground thinking for a moment as she struggled into her pants. "Will, why are you going on this thingy?" Will tilted his head "What thingy? The search for the amulet? Because Jack asked me to. Besides, he said that it would be a great adventure. I don't care about the treasure." Shavai shook her head as she understood what he meant. Suddenly she realized she and Will had just slept together..... and she didn't remember a thing. She cursed herself inside. "I'm gonna quit drinking."
She went to the main deck and began walking around contemplating what she had done. She wondered if Will could possibly love her the way that she loved him. She couldn't wait to be back on land, but, she didn't want her time to be cut short with Will. She wished it would last forever and as far as she was concerned, she didn't care if she ever saw land again. She looked ahead of her. The crew was in a huge crowd toward the back of the ship. Jack was there infront of them all looking through a telescope talking to Jaden. Just as Shavai made her way through the crowd he grinned "They're catching up." Shavai looked at Megan worried "Who are they?"
Megan turned to Shavai and replied "These are the bastards that've been following us. The damned things that sent that creature on us back at the port."
Jack handed the telescope to Jaden. She looked back at Jack "So...got any good ideas?" Jack considered for a moment he held up a finger as he swayed back and forth about to tell Jaden his plan, until Jaden interrupted "I said good ideas, not drunk ones." Jack put his finger down and looked back at the ship following them, then back at Jaden. "Nope, not a one." Jaden looked unsuprised. "Didn't think so."
Shavai took the telescope from Jaden and examined the ship. A large ship.... with black sails....with a crew that looked to be damned as walking corpses. Once again, Jack would have to get in a battle against his own ship. The Black Pearl would be firing on them soon. Jack sighed. It looked as though he would have to have to destroy his own ship. "Get moving you half-wits!" Jack ordered to the crew. "Unless you feel like living at the bottom of Davy Jone's locker!" Jack moved quickly to the wheel. "Load the cannons!" Shavai, Megan and Jaden, ordered the crew to load everything into them, get pistols loaded and get swords unsheathed. They over looked everything as the ship came closer.
"Ready, aim........fire!"
To Be Continued....