Chapter 18

The cigarettes disappeared?

Will smirked as he watched the two fall asleep on the other side of the beach. Not only had Jack not set up a watch, but they had fallen asleep on the opposite end of the beach from everyone else. This was going to be easier than he had originally thought. "That buffoon, he can't even take care of her," he mumbled, watching them closely. Will got up surreptitiously and stretched. He wandered off towards the meeting spot, not even having to feign sleeplessness because everyone was asleep. He smiled as he sauntered through the camp site, making it quickly off the beach and into the trees. He was immediately met by the witch and four of her companions.

"Well?" She whispered.

"They are sound asleep, and as I thought no guards have been set," he smiled, waiting for a reaction before telling her the rest. "And, they are on the other side of the beach away from everyone." The witches face turned into a large smile when this was said.

"Well which way?" She asked, waiting for him to lead her. He did so quickly. The night was dark, but the half moon gave them ample light to see by. They made it out of the dense foliage and back to the beach within minutes. And there the lovers were, wrapped in each others embrace as they slept on the soft sand, oblivious to the people hovering over them.

Jack became aware that something was wrong when someone shoved something in his mouth. He was being held and his arms were being tied. "Wmmm hmmm hemm," he mumbled. He tried to look around, to see what was going on. "Aimm," he called for Alyth. He received no answer, worry blossomed in Jack. 'Why didn't I set a guard?' he asked himself, struggling to pull out of their grasp.

"Nock him out," a gravelly voice whispered. Jack struggled harder, trying to make them drop him.

"Someone 'elp me out 'ere," a voice whispered. Jack fell to the ground with a hard thump.

"Grab him," a woman yelled.

Jack stood and raced away, able to see in the moonlight. He spit out his gag and yelled for his men, "We're under attack, up and to arms ye scurvy dogs." His shout was answered by men standing up, some instantly awake, others needing time.

"Shit, get to the boat," the woman yelled.

"Alyth," Jack whispered. He turned and charged back, his arms free from their loose bindings, and the bag from his mouth. He checked for his cutlass only to find it missing. "damn," he cursed, but charged at the group of four men in front of him. Alyth was nowhere to be seen. "Where is she?" He demanded as he charged them. One man went down as he kicked him in the family jewels, and quickly broke his neck. The other three attacked simultaneously.

"There's no time, get in the boat and row," the woman screamed. Jack turned and saw his men racing up the beach towards them. One man was facing him now, the other two had run away. He smirked and punched him hard, knocking him out with one punch. He was too late though, the row boat had taken off, they were headed towards a small ship anchored a ways off from the pearl. There was still time, there had to be. After all he was Captain Jack Sparrow, and his ship was the Black Pearl. His men reached him soon after.

"Grab this swab and take him to the boats, we need to ready the Pearl and leave now," Jack ordered, walking towards their boats. They were gone. "God damn it," he growled, and jumped in the water to swim to the Pearl. He had to send some boats back, and quickly. The other boat had already made it to the ship. The ship was all ready to go, and by the time he made it to the Pearl the smaller ship carrying Alyth had almost disappeared.

"Cap'n, whats happening?" One of his crew, Jonston, asked as he climbed on deck.

"They have Alyth, ready the ship quick. I wanna be outa here in no more than twenty minutes. Rouse the crew, and send boats to shore to pick up the rest," Jack ordered, shouting, "all hands on deck." Boats were lowered and the Pearl readied. It wasn't fast enough, they would lose the other ship. It had already disappeared on the horizon. "I'm coming love," he whispered as he waited for his ship to be readied. "I'll get ye back."

I know this chapter is incredibly short, but I really wanted to end it there. I will probably have another one up later tonight though! Keep up the reviews! Oh, and if you haven't checked it out yet check out my other story The Slave Girl. Yes I'm a shameless self promoter, I know it. But even if you only kind of like this one you'll like that one, it's 100 times better than this one even! Just go into my profile and check out the summary. Okay, enough of that... hope you liked this chapter, thanks everyone!