Chapter 13: Jaden's Tears
(Day 4)
Megan walked behind the cook as he prepared the food for the crew. Walking beside him, she stole an apple. "So, must be hard actually havin ta replace a man who just died, correct?" She smirked a little trying just to tease him. He didn't seem to notice. "Not really.How'd he die anyway?" He paused for a moment as he chopped up a carrot. Megan grinned "Horribly. He was the only cook we had and he was poisoned by his own cooking, but the only strange thing was the fact that nobody else was killed by eating the same thing. One thing's for sure though," Megan stopped to take a bite of her stolen apple. "We'll find whoever did this and sentence them to the same fate, if not, worse." She took another bite. She suddenly noticed a small vial right behind the small basket of fruit. She looked carefully at it until she realized she couldn't see the label on it. She tilted her head to her side. Trying to see it even better, she leaned further to one side on the balls of her feet. The chef, Marion, began to dice the carrots until he noticed her leaning over out of the corner of his eye. He went back to chopping when there was a loud crash. He looked behind himself and saw nothing until he looked down where he was looking and saw Megan had lost her balance and fell onto the ground.
Megan laughed it off as she got to her feet. Marion looked down at her, unamused. "Yes. Well, I'll be right back." He quickly left the room before Megan could respond. "Sure! It's not like I was trying to talk to you or anything." Megan stated sarcastically to the silence. Then she saw her oppertunity to see what the vial contained. She walked over to it quickly, searching with her eyes trying to be quick before he returned. Then the letters struck her like a bolt of lightning. C-Y-A-N-I-D-E. Megan gasped and ran to the main deck.
Will sat speaking to Jack at the front of the ship, when suddenly, Jack got a gleam in his eye and a smile on his mouth. Before Will could ask any questions, his world went black. Shavai stood holding her hands against Will's eyes. She cleared her throat and lowered her voice "Guess who?" Will snickered "Alright. I guess 'Who'." He said as a reply. Shavai removed her hands and ran one hand over his hair and wrapped her fingers in his ponytail. Jack rolled his eyes "Go on, kiss. We all know you're going to." Shavai shrugged her shoulders and leaned over to Will and gave him a kiss and he happily replied to it with one of his own. Jack looked disgusted and turned his back so he was staring out onto the sea. Jaden came up behind him and wrapped her arms around his waist. He smiled to himself then quickly turned grim hoping to throw everyone off. Jaden looked back at Shavai and Will "Be careful. Wouldn't want to get stuck that way, now would we?" They broke their kiss. They all laughed as Megan approached them panting. "Jaden! I know. Who is. Poisoning. Everyone." She spoke between each pant. Jack, Will, and Shavai came to attention hearing her say those words. "Megan, no one did anything. Sometimes you just don't cook things enough, or they've gone bad or-" Before she finished, Megan cut her off. "But I've got proof!" Jack looked at her very seriously "And what's your proof, Meg?" He asked her half tilting his head at her. Megan finally caught her breath "There's a bottle of cyanide on one of the counters in the kitchen." Will stood up "I'll find it." With that he walked off to the kitchen. Shavai slowly stepped sideways "Yeah... and he'll need help if he gets in any trouble." She ran after him. Megan and Jaden looked at each other. "Oh dear, they're going to defile the food..."
Mr. Gibbs walked over to Jack holding a tray of food. "Jack. Demeta be wantin to see ya." Jack looked over in that direction. "Hmm. Sounds simple enough." He said as he shook his head to dismiss Gibbs. He placed his hat on and walked below deck to her cell. When he got there, she got up and went to the bars where Jack was standing. "Captain Sparrow. I know I never got the chance to properly thank you for rescuing me the other day and well, I wanted you to have this." She outstretched her hand and offered a gold band ring. Jack looked at it. It was very enticing with weird markings on the outside of it that appeared to be 7 slashes in it. Jack got hold of the ring and Demeta got hold of him. Quickly she pulled him towards her and gave him a deep kiss. When Jack finally pulled away, they heard a glass crash to the ground. Jaden stood in the doorway. "No, no, believe me;" Jack said as he started walking towards her "It's not what it looks like." Jaden ran back up the stairs, tears welled up in her eyes. Demeta rubbed her mouth with her fingertips as she watched Jack go after her. Jaden stood by the edge of the deck trying to show she could keep her calm. She had her first regrets about going on this adventure. She took the necklace from around her neck and held it in her hand over the edge. It would serve Jack right if she dropped it. "Jaden. Please let me explain." Jaden continued looking over the edge "There's nothing to explain. She's a woman, you're a womanizor and the two seem to go together very well appearantly." Jack held his finger infront of her face "No. She kissed me! I didn't want her to!" Jaden looked unconvinced at him "Well you were sure as hell putting up one hell of a fight!" The whole crew stood watching. They all stared in wide eyes as they saw the first woman to ever get jealous over Jack Sparrow that was really doing something about it. She slammed her dagger into the ship's side railing "I can't talk to you right now, Jack. If I do, I'll kill you." Jack immediatly backed off. Megan watched in complete interest as she stood beside Anna Maria.
Jaden looked out onto the ocean as a tear rolled down her cheek. She closed her eyes and sunk to the floor. Leaning against the side of the ship and she began to cry. She drew her knees up to her chest and wrapped her arms around her legs, burying her face in her legs, sobbing. It was like some horribly sad drama soap-opera. The whole crew watched in complete horror as Jack marched off to his quarters. Megan ran over to Jaden and gave her a small hug. "Shh. It's gonna be alright. He's just a man after all." Jaden wiped her tears away and looked at Megan "I know." She stated as she wiped more tears away. "But it was so wonderful." Megan gave a sigh as the thought of her and Brandon came back to her memory. She clenched a fist behind Jaden's back as she continued hugging her. "I know. But all fairy-tales must end sometime."