The Choice of Katrina
Chapter Six: Not-So-Kidnapped
Comments: Yay! Only a few more chapters to go! You know the disclaimer so I'll take this chapter to add my comments. I will have a commentary version of the story on my website once I build it so if you look at my profile in a few weeks, visit my "homepage" and look for Fiction.
The Leonard ship came into a close by The Black Pearl and a pair of soldiers laid a plank across the two and massive amounts of them came jumping on deck, demanding the return of Katrina.
"Wait! You don't know what you're doing!" Katrina yelled at them.
"Princess! They've brainwashed you! Come, let's go!" One soldier said. Suddenly, the crowd of men split as Commodore Graham came through.
"Commodore! You must convince your men that there is nothing wrong here!" Katrina said, grasping the Commodore's arm.
"Oh but Your Highness, there is something wrong here." he said. Katrina shook her head desperately. Commodore Graham released himself from Katrina's grasp. Everyone on the ship was quiet, except for Christopher, who was wailing in his mother's arms. Commodore Graham walked over to Jack and leaned down to get in his face.
"Sparrow?" He said. Jack nodded.
"You're to be hanged at the dawn of our arrival to Leonard." Graham said. "Chain him." Officers made their way to Jack with a set of iron handcuffs. As soon as they cuffed him, Katrina's fury built up insider her.
"Commodore, I protest! This man is my father! You can't hang him, despite the fact that he kidnapped me!" she said.
"I agree with the Princess, sir. He really did nothing but take his daughter back." George said. For that, he was punished with a lash across the face.
"You will not speak to me with that manner, kitchen boy!" Graham said.
"Commodore! You wait until I tell me mother!" Katrina said.
"Your mother was the one who sent for me to come out and get you. Along with your fiancé! Now, if you feel the need to disrespect me anymore..." Graham was cut off short by the yelling of some officers. Jack had cut the chains apart from his irons on something and was now making a run for it. He ran around the deck twice and as he made his way towards Katrina and the Commodore, he grabbed his daughter in one arm and a rope in his other hand. Will pulled out a lever and the rope went swinging, along with Jack and Katrina. They swung around until they reached the other ship. By this time, all of the officers had lost sight of them. Commodore Graham knew better and yelled for his men to make their way back to the Leonard Ship. But it was too late. The plank had already been kicked down and George and Will were swimming towards the ship after it. Jack tipped his hat to the Commodore, whose face was red with fury. But all he could do now was watch as a pirate, a princess, a kitchen boy, and a blacksmith made off with his ship.