A/N: Penultimate chapter guys. . .
Chapter Nine: Reunited
The pirate on watch three mornings after was the first to spot the Isla de Cantar, out in the distance. Jack and Sage immediately went up to the crows nest to see for themselves, and it was, indeed, the Isla de Cantar. The crew, knowing they would reach the island in good time today, spent a few minutes preparing themselves for taking all the treasure onto the ship. When the Black Pearl stopped in a suitable harbor, everyone was ready.
"Jack," Gibbs says to his Captain, returning from the cave, to Jack who was still on the beach.
"More gold than any man's ever seen?" asks Jack, confidentl and with a twinkle in his eye.
"Jack, there's nothing."
"Wha'?"
"The cave's empty, someone's got 'ere first Jack," Gibbs explains. Jack looks across at Sage, then hurries into the cave where his crew are searching for the tiniest bit of gold left behind.
"Alrigh'," Jack roars to his crew. "We'll search the whole island, meet back at the Pearl before dusk." So everyone went about to find the treasure of the Isla de Cantar, some took the north side, some took the south side, Jack went one way, Sage went another. Although as Sage found out, it was best she'd chosen her way.
As Sage takes the beach round the island, she realises how big the island is, and wonders how she hasn't found any natives or sign of anything apart from plant life yet. But after climbing over a few rocks, she sees something big in the distance. A ship.
Upon carefully getting closer, she realises it's her ship! The Silver Bell! Docked a few hundred yards away.
Scrabbling up to the ship, she sees some of her crew, who welcome her back like never before.
"But how did you knew I'd be coming here?" she asks.
"We knew abou' the Map of Hoards," one says to her. "We knew tha' was wha' The Black Pearl wanted so we decided we'd get ye back here."
"Ye're comin' back wi' us, aren' ye?" another asks. Sage is torn for a moment, she did love her ship, and they had the treasure of the Isla de Cantar aboard, but she felt something for The Black Pearl, and for Jack, that she couldn't let go of easily.
"Aye," she says, after a few minutes consideration. "O' course I'm comin' wi' ye." So she gets back onto The Silver Bell with her crew, with the thought to set sail immediately from the small harbor. But what Sage doesn't know, is that Jack and his crew, are twenty or so yards from her ship, waiting to pounce.
Sage stands by the wheel of her ship, looking out to sea, when she first hears the rioting. On the beach where The Silver Bell is anchored she hears shouting, so she looks, and recognises Jack's crew. Jack, is the first she sees upon her ship. He points a pistol towards her and she freezes.
"So ye're runnin' off wi' our treasure, love?" he asks. Stannich, from Sage's crew, comes behind Jack with a pistol to his head.
"Drop the weapon Sparrow. Ye don' shoot a lady," he says. Jack slowly lowers his pistol, when Gibbs aims for Stannich.
"Captain!"
"So if I shoot 'er then ye'll shoot me and Gibbs'll shoot ye, where does all of this ge' us?" asks Jack. Two more of Sage's crew aim at Gibbs.
"Alright, this is gettin' stupid," Sage says, stepping down from the wheel. "Captain Sparrow, lets go and talk about this, aye?" She motions for Jack to follow her into her cabin. He does. Sage's cabin is far more luxuriously decorated than Jack's cabin, as she had said to Benjamin, all her loot goes back into the ship. But apart from the décor, the cabins are pretty similar.
"Ye wan' the treasure?" she asks Jack. "Ye can 'ave the treasure, they knew we were comin' 'ere an' thought they'd meet us. I jus' wan' me ship back, Jack." Jack, keeping his hand firmly on the butt of his pistol, steps closer to her.
"Tha's where I think ye're wrong, love. I think they knew we were comin' 'ere for our treasure, and ye thought ye'd have a go yerself. Well love, ye can' beat Captain Jack Sparrow, savvy?"
"Oh really?"
"Aye, really. Now, yer righ', we'll take the treasure, bu' the lil matter of double-crossin' old Jack, now tha's gotta be sorted ou'." Sage backs up a step. "Because double-crossin' old Jack, tha' has the penalty of death, Captain Sage. An' tha', is jus' wha' ye've done." He pulls out his pistol, cocks it and aims at Sage.
"So go on then, shoo' me," Sage replies, holding her arms from her in defeat. "Jus' so ye know, I didn' know they were 'ere, ye can take ye treasure, an' we weren' abou' ter sail."
"Ye lie," says Jack, touching the barrel of the gun to Sage's head, whispering in her ear.
"Nope, I don' Jack, bu' go ahead, shoot me anyway. I'm sure me crew'll love ye for it, imagine they'll put a bullet in yer head too," she says. Jack lowers the pistol.
"Aye, I'll leave yer be, bu' I won' if I see ye anywhere near me patch o' the Caribbean again," says Jack. He turns to leave.
"Jack," Sage calls out to him. He turns back. "Didn' ye feel anythin'?"
"Wha'?"
"Didn't ye feel anythin' on the Pearl? Yer cabin, the crows nest? The sun rise?" Jack frowns a little.
"Sailin' the seven seas together?" he asks.
"Well, maybe no' tha' forward," Sage replies.
"I did, pumped full o' rum. I'm no' sure how I feel 'bout it now though."
"Aye, yer righ'. Now would yer be so kind, to take this treasure off me 'ands?" Sage offers. Jack gives a smile, how much a reluctant smile that this was the last he'd see of Sage, and how much a happy smile that he was getting the treasure, Sage, and even Jack, wasn't sure.
Sage and Jack left the cabin, to tell the crew of The Black Pearl to get the treasure and go back to their ship, but when they stepped on deck, they saw the strangest sight of both crews aboard the same ship.
