Chapter 18 : Look who just turned up....

Will, Fen... Jack grinned, extending one hand towards the open-mouthed man to his right, and one to the shabby pirate on his left. Fen frowned, apparently confused. Jack turned his head towards her, grinning even more broadly than before, Fen, Will...

There was a pause, during which Will looked curiously at Fen before offering his hand and Fen just stared at Jack like she had never before realised quite how stupid he was. Jack looked back and forth between the two, the smile gradually fading from his eyes as no one moved. They seemed to be waiting for something, especially Will who was starting to look put out, what with his hand wavering in mid-air and Fen not even noticing.

asked Fen, in an attempt to break the silence. The other two looked at each other, puzzled. Well, what, luv'? asked Jack, making Will also stare at Jack like he was stupid. He looked back and forth between the two. Was there someting he was missing? Fen will what? Fen repeated, frowning. Jack replied promptly. That was something he could reply to.

Fen narrowed he eyes. I'll turn who? A blank look squandered Jack's face. He frowned, turned to Will and mouthed someting along the lines of, What's she going on about?' Will shrugged, shaking his head and finally lowering his hand, which had been tiring. Across from them, Fen started to look annoyed. Could you please explain what you are going on about? She asked in a pursed voice.

Well, I'd love to, but there is a slight problem - and that being that I have no idea what you are actually talking about. She raised her eyebrows and stared at him. He stared back. Fen raised a weathered hand, pointed one of the knarled fingers at her chest, turned a cercle, then shrugged. She waited for an answer, which Jack gave her soon enough - a shrug and an are you completely off your head? look. Unfortunately all that their looks and gests portrayed was their total lack of comprehension.

A heavy silence started to grow in the cell. Minutes passed and they just stood there, staring pointedly at each other. Duelling almost, with icy, probing stares.

And Will, trying to be polite, was becoming even more put out. Errr, sorry to interrupt you, but... his voice trailed off, as he became aware that neither of them seemed to even notice his presence in the room. He screwed his face up, shrugged his shoulders and slumped down on the ground, seeing if he could get some sleep - you never know... He hadn't been sleeping much these days, but...

A laugh broke out. Fen's by the sound of it. Will looked up, startled. It would seem that they had finish their staring contest. And that it had been a draw. It would seem.

he asked. Fen turned to him, still laughing, Finished what? he was about to explain when Jack burst in. Don't worry about her, mate, she'll just confuse you even more. Fen shot him a dark look. He smiled wide-eyed at her, Yes, luv'? She crossed her arms and took, slowly so as to almost taste her moves, a step towards him. His eyes narrowed and a smile twitched to his mouth.

Will yawned. How about you come over here and just tell me what's happened and everything, instead of acting like a pair of harridans? They frowned simultaneously, paused and then Jack held out an arm, rather worse for the wear to Fen, Shall we? She raised her eyebrows and rolled her eyes, He feigned a hurt look, But- But-.

She snorted, trying to disapprove and failing miserably, You aren't fooling anyone, you know. She plonked herself down next to Will's slumped figure, leaving Jack no choice but to follow suit.

started Jack, shooting an annoyed glare at Fen, you'll be happy to know that dear Liz is perfectly alright, if a bit disgruntled seeing as she doesn't know where you are and thinks your dead, and I think it even passed her mind that you might have run off with Anamaria. The smile of relief that had flickered to Will's face at Elisabeth being alright faded as he heard the rest of Jack's speech. His jaw dropped open, like he couldn't believe his ears.

Don't get all sad and soppy here - there really isn't time for it. Jack made a wry face, as if expecting Will to burst into tears. Which he didn't. No need to look so surprised either. Anyway, I continue. The day you disappeared we were - Gibbs, Anamaria and I, that is to say - sitting with Elisabeth, in the forgery, with the pleasurable company of a nice bottle of rum. He grinned contently, recalling the moment.

This skinny lad, Kevin or maybe James, his name was, came running up to us, saying you'd gone off on the trades mission a day earlier than forseen. So we stayed with Liz for a while, a week or so, time to get food and everything and then we left. But, coming back a month later, you had, apparently, disappeared. So I set off to search for you - you can thank Liz for that, because I was all for waiting. I thought that you had probably just been delayed, but arriving at the island, you had, apparently been kidnapped. He paused and made a few gests to add to the effect.

I managed to get engaged on a ship, parting back to Tortuga, seeing as I had left my own in the hands of Anamaria during the search, but the admirable captain that now has us all prisoners in this beautiful cell had me marooned, as it were. So the search was put to a rather abrupt end. He shook his head dramatically, By chance, though, on the apparently deserted island was Fen. We instantly took a liking to each other and- He broke off before the disgusted look Fen was giving him. Oh did we indeed? She asked. As far as I can remember. Hmmm.... Where was I? Yes, but we were faced with the problem of getting away. Escaping. I soon found an answer to that though and....

He carried on his tale, for well over an hour, taking out certain passages that weren't to his liking, and adding in others. Fen, getting bored with the exagerations, felt the world becoming hazier and hazier, more and more muffled. She yawned a good ten times, before feeling her eyes closing and the world becoming dark. Her head lulled to one side, falling clumsily onto Jack's shoulder - who grinned at her and patted her head, before returning to his calmly over exaggerated story.

Frowning, Will asked at the end, So is Fen a, well a, I mean a- Spit it out... A man or a, well, a womyn? Jack looked at him, frowning, then nodded knowingly, A womyn. It was as though a great weight had been lifted off Will's shoulders, So that explains the business... I think we'd better try and muster a little sleep - we arrive tomorrow. Jack raised his eyebrows, We arrive? Where? I haven't found out that much, all I know is snippets from the guards talking. He finished with a yawn and stretched out on the ground.

Jack shot a glance at the snoring Fen by his side. Blast it! What was he supposed to do with her? He reached out and waved a hand in front of her face. She, predictably, did not move. He decided on the safeset way and lay her down on the ground to his right, wincing when a beam of light caught her cheek.

Lying between the two of them, he placed his tri-corner hat over his face, ready to doze off. But, just as the ship gave a particularly violent lurch, Will's voice came over to him, Is there anything between you and Fen? Jack sat up bolt upright. He stared at the figure to his left. Course not! She's bonkers... He shook his head and lay back down, replacing the hat over his face, as before, and tried to get back to sleep, ignoring Will's condescending look and and Fen's sleeping presence. There were more important things to concentrate on - finding some sort of plan, for example.

--------------------------------------------Phew.... finished.... Right, well, hope you liked it, and sorry - as usual (lol) - for not gettting it up sooner... Due to holidays (YIPEE!!!!! WAHOOO!!!!!), I'm not going to be able to get to a computer till the tenth, so there probably won't be an update for a while, although I might (don't count on it) be able to get a chapter (if I do, it'll be a short one) up before Friday....

And THANK YOU to all the reviewers!! You're great encouragement! (Especially if you can come up with faults, lol...)

Fiona charity : thank you bunches for your comments and you're quite right... In the later chapters, I've gotten rid of the pirate accent thingy, but the other things, I will have to go over... So when I - err, eventually, hopefully - go over this fic, I'll sort it all out (and hopefully it'll meet with your approval, lol....).
Jackanory : Yeah, sorry about ch. 17, it didn't work for some reason, and thanks for the second review... it certainly does get me motivated!!! Prisoner - Will... hmmm... maybe....
VagrantCandy : Ooops, sorry again, lol... He might possibly be THE Pintel, though I'm not all that sure, seeing as I haven't read all the story, lol... And, well, the romance, erm, yeah, I'll get it to come in at some stage... hopefully it won't be too soppy... Well done on the guess... was it that obvious it was Will??
YueMichiruNaragisawaMiko : Yeah, I'm not too keen on her, either, for quite obvious reasons... you know, you really shouldn't tease Fen... she doesn't really like it all that much.... lol....
kristhegreat : hmmmm... are slurpies nice? You know, you're reviews always make me feel REALLY good - thanks tons!!!!
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