Disclamer: I do not own POTC or any of his characters. I do not own the name ''Nastro Azzuro'' (It's the name of an italian beer). I also do not own the song ''Azzuro'' (Lyrics by Adriano Celentano) I do not own "L'Ambarabà '' which is a bar in the city of Pisa (Italy). But I own my characters, the S.I.P.V.M. (In English, I.S.P.O.W.) and the O.M.P.P. (in English, O.W.P.P) (you'll know the names of this organizations soon)
Summary: Capt. Jack Sparrow and his crew are in a travel in the Mediterranean sea, in search for The Treasure of the Golden Crocodile (Author's note:This is also an idea which I own. :P), when they arrive at the mouth of the river Arno... Well, what are ye waiting for, mates??? Begin to read now!!!
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Treasure of the Golden Crocodile
Chapter 2: The S.I.P.V.M. and the O.M.P.P
An hour later they arrived at the city of Pisa. Lark and her crew took Jack and his men to an strange place...
-L'Ambarabà?- he asked
-It's a very famous place for all the pirates who visit Pisa- Lark replied- There, we can have Limoncello, Grappa and birra.
-Do you have rum?- he asked
-I don't know,beacuse I've never drink rum, but you can ask the owner-She said as she opened the door.-Roberto! Siam' arrivati!
But there was no one in the tavern.
-ROBERTO!!-Lark shouted again
Then, a short, black haired man appeared in the room.
-Cap'n Lark!-he said- What a pleasure to see ye and yer crew again!
-Well, Roberto,I must introduce ye to a very famous pirate- Lark said- Roberto, this is Jack Sparrow, Captain of the Black Pearl...
-Nice to meet ye, Cap'n Sparrow- Roberto said
-...And this is Roberto, also known as the ''Minister of the Alcohol'' and owner of the bar L'Ambarabà...- Lark continued
-...Where you can have any drink you want.- Roberto replied
-I suppose that the rum is included-Jack said
-Of course Cap'n Sparrow- Roberto replied
-Then, Roberto- Lark said- Serve drinks to all me men and to Sparrow's men. Put them in my account.
-Ok- Roberto replied- But, what about Sparrow and ye?
-We have first to meet the Godmother- Lark said-. The drinks will come after the meeting...
Then, they went to another room, which lead to a secret passage,which ended in another room , which had in one of the walls a big portrait of seven people: four women and three men.Six of them were dressed like pirates, and the other one was dressed like a woman of the high society.At the feet of one of the pirates there was a crocodile, which ''was of real gold and his eyes were blue zaffires...''
Above the portrait you could read.
-The founder members of the S.-I.-P.-V.-M, Clara Pita, Anna Isabella Baggigi, Manjula Dianna,Will ''El Botas'', Guillame Paté and Fritz Ingo, and the leader and founder of the O.-M.-P.-P, Diana Baggigi..-Jack read, and then asked- What's this?
- The S.I.P.V.M. is il ''Sindacato Internazionale di Pirateria del Vecchio Mondo''- A voice said behind him- Or, if you prefere the ''International Sindicate of Piracy of the Old World''
Jack and Veronica turned back.They saw an old woman who looked like one of the pirate women of the portrait.She was sat on a big chair, and she was caressing a little baby crocodile.
-Godmother- Veronica said, doing a reverence- We've finally found Jack Sparrow.
-Ah!, I see- The godmother replied- The best friend of my son. and the one who revenged his death...
-Excuse me, M' lady, but I don't know who are ye talking about- Jack said
-Just look at the portrait.- The Godmother said- Does any face looks familiar to ye?
Jack looked at the faces of the pirates. He didn't notice any familiar face untill he saw the face of the man who was at the left of the young Godmother...
-Bootstrap Bill!!-He said
-Bootstrap Bill Sr.-The Godmother corrected him.- The father of the Bootstrap Bill that ye knew, and my lover. I was Bootstrap's Bill mother...I've heard that he had a son. How is he?
-Well he is exactly the same image of his father- Jack said- in the fisical aspects. But about his thoughts, he is something completely different to your son.He doesn't want to be a pirate.
-If he changes his thoughts, you can tell him that he will be very welcomed here...-the Godmother said, looking at the portrait of the group.
-Well, I believe that you want information about ''The Treasure of the Golden Crocodile'', don't you?- The Godmother asked
-Yes, I do- Jack answered- Where is it?
-Here, in the undergrounds of Pisa- The Godmother replied- My home. But only a few people in here have any access to the Treasure. There are a lot of enigmas and proves that you must pass before finding the Treasure. It's something that Paté made for security. He didn't wanted that bastard of Ingo to take the Treasure...
-What happened between them?-Jack asked
-Well, Paté hated Ingo.- she replied- He told me several times that we would have to expell him from ''Il Sindacato'', but I didn't do it. And Ingo, that bloody bastard, betrayed us. He left us to the English authorities. I was the only one who could escape, and I had to hide for the next five months in the house of a friend. After that five months, I gave birth to little Bill, but I had to left him with my friend.
The Godmother looked again at the portrait.
-Poor Diana...- she said- When I came back to Pisa without her sister, she was almost to finish with the O.D.P.P....
-Wasn't it the O.M.P.P.?- Jack asked
-The inscription in the portrait has a little translation mistake, beacuse the painter didn't know to speak italian properly- she replied- It is the ''Organizazione di Donne Prottectrici di Pirate'' . In english, the ''Organization of Women Protectors of Pirates''. Diana founded this organiztion to protect her sister, Anna Isabella and her fellow pirates of the wrath of the Governor of Pisa, who was her father. Now, her granddaughter, Jennifer Baggigi, is the leader of this organization...
Jack couldn't almost believe what he was being told. Could really exist such an organization within the pirates' world? Anyway, his interest was much more another one…
- So, this is very interesting but, what about the treasure? You've just told me there are a lot of proves we will have to pass and things like...
The Godmother just smiled, calmed, while she still craddled the baby crocodile in her arms. Lark was just sitting there and she also had that naughty smile on her lips. Jack couldn't avoid the feeling that he was the only one there who didn't know what kind of game they were all playing to.
The Godmother, still watching him ironically, started speaking again:
-You'll know everything in the right time, don't worry, Jack. If you…
But in that very moment, the door crushed down with a horrible roar. There, standing in the threshold, all surrounded by the dust and still trying to keep the door on its place, was Riccardo Vespucci. Once he realized what he had done, he attempted to leave the pulled up door on the floor, but he stumbled with it and entered the room falling down and hitting Jack on his right leg.
-Excuse me, Cap'n Jack -, he managed to say when recovering the balance.
-Yeah, don't worry, it happens usually – Lark tagged -. That's way we don't let him near any kind of door.
While Vespucci did his best in cleaning the dust from captain Sparrow's clothes and also from his own, Jack couldn't help the feeling that Lark's first mate had already forgotten the message he was supposed to deliver when entering the room in such a way. But, again, The Godmother was the first who spoke:
-Riccardo, my dear, do you remember, in any case, what were you about to notice us?
-Oh, porca put…, excuse me again. Yeah, of course I remember and I must say is something really important. Actually I can't just remind me that something so significant has happened in the last… I would say, the last 5 years, at least, because what…
-Mr. Vespucci -, Lark quoted -, I hope that that story will only be exciting and important and not urgent, I mean, that it will not require our inmediate intervention…
-In fact, I would say, it deserves it.
-So?
- I'm afraid Jennifer Baggigi, the sister of the Governor, Lorenzo Baggigi, has been kidnapped by the most terrible of the pirates at the North of the Mediterranean…
-Guntram Ingo!!! – exclaimed at the same time The Godmother, that let her crocodile fall down a meter to the floor, and Lark, who, for the first time stood up since they were inside the room. Both of them seemed genouinously concerned.
-We'll need all the help in the world to recover her – Vespucci said.
Jack looked around. All of them were talking about that event and had obviously forgotten to tell him about the golden crocodile. He tryied in vane to drive back the attention to him and in the end he had to whistle to make them silent and could ask:
-I have two questions…
-Go ahead – Lark said -. Don't you see that right now we don't have a moment to loose?
-Ok. First of all: who's that Guntram?
-He is Fritz Ingo's grandson and, whats more important, he is the most brave, cruel, and ruthless pirate in the world… there's no other one like him…
-I think, may be, that's not so true… - Jack answered wounded in his pirate's pride
.-We cannot discuss about this now, Jack. Come on, what's the second question?
-Ok. The second fact is: why are we standing here and talking instead of hunting that son of a bastard?