Chapter Four: Stowaway
"Pleasant night, Captain?" askes Gibbs the next morning. All the crew have arrived back from spending the night in Tortuga, the ship's full of candles and food, clothes and people. Jack stands at the wheel of the ship, the crew bustling about around him.
"Lovely nigh', thank ye for ye concern Gibbs," says Jack, turning the wheel slightly. Sarah opens the Captain's cabin door and steps out into the sunlight. She's no longer wearing the beige dress, but a pair of dark breeches and one of Jack's shirts, which is too big for her delicate figure. She steps up beside Jack and he wraps one arm around her waist, and plants a quick kiss on her forehead. Gibbs has now gone to work on the deck.
"Alrigh' ye scabberous dogs!" roars Jack to his crew. Everyone looks up at Jack and Sarah. "Ye know how we feel abou' eachother, ye can all guess, an' I know ye know how we feel abou' eachother, so there's no need for any rumors or anything. An'," Jack pauses, and Sarah feels that there's a surprise coming. "An' we'll be sharin' the Captain's cabin, so, now ye know where ye can find us both." She looks up at Jack, lips slightly parted, smiling. Jack gives her another quick kiss. "That were it, all han's on deck!" The crew resume their work.
"So, I've been upgraded, have I?" she asks slyly.
"Now, love. Ye make me think ye jus' some whore, who wan's t' sleep in me bed," says Jack, knowing that she's only playing with him. She leans a little closer to his ear.
"I do want to sleep in your bed, Jack," she says.
"Well, we'll have to see what we can do about that," replies Jack. As soon as Jack plants a soft kiss on her lips, Gibbs calls out to him.
"Captain, we've got ourselves a stowaway!"
"Thomas! Take the wheel!" Jack shouts, taking Sarah's hand and leading her to the room where Gibbs has the stowaway. Its not a very furnished room, just a few dusty boxes and things covered in sheets.
"Hello," says Jack, a little strangely for an interrogater. The stowaway, who is a young boy of about twelve, doesn't say anything, and cowers, despite Jack's friendly approach.
"It's alright," Sarah says.
"How d'ye come t' be aboard me Pearl?" asks Jack.
"I come on, last port, hear that Captain Sparrow knows Commodore Barbossa," says the boy slowly, and in broken English.
"Barbossa's dead, Commodore Barbossa?" asks Jack, a little unsure.
"Yes, he killed my family," says the boy, tears pricking his eyes. Jack looks sideways to Gibbs.
"Last port, so Barbossa's at the last port?" asks Jack. The boy nods. "Gibbs, go turn us round," Jack orders, and Gibbs leaves.
"What's your name?" Sarah asks him.
"Lethanial," replies the boy. She glances at Jack.
"Alright, Lethanial," Jack says, moving towards him. Lethanial shuffles backwards a bit. "I'm no' gonna hur' ye, since ye're upon the Pearl, we'd better be ge'ing' a bed for ye," Jack offers, Lethanial looks up at him with wide eyes.
"Oh, Captain!" he says.
An hour later, Sarah's with Jack in their cabin, he's pacing the room.
"Jack, tell me what's wrong," she says. Jack stops, and sits on the bed.
"Nearly a year ago," he begins, "I killed Captain Barbossa. He were me firs' mate and he organize' a mutiny. So I killed 'im. Bu', he were a cursed pirate, as were 'is crew. They took the treasure of Cortez and it turned 'em inta the livin' dead, as some called 'em. Now, we sorted all this ou' an' everthin'. Bu', he can' be alive, I watched 'im die meself, I sho' the bulle'. An' Commodore?"
"Cursed pirates?" Sarah asks. Jack nods. "Maybe we should just wait until we get to port."
"Yeah, ye're righ'," Jack agrees. "We're only a day away."